Author's note: So I started writing this after watching the supergirl episode where Maggie pushes Alex away after their first kiss S2E06. It was meant to be a one shot but the words kept coming... so this has turned into a multi-chapter fic! I will be posting frequently as I have a large part of the story already mapped out, I hope you all enjoy and please review!
Alex ducked behind the dumpster beside her in the alleyway, narrowly missing the ball of raging ice heading in her direction. It exploded against the metal, ice shards imbedding themselves within the tough shell. Alex popped her head up again and shot a few rounds of her pistol off at the alien she had been sent to apprehend. She ducked quickly again as the alien responded with another blast, seemingly unharmed by the bullets sent its way. The second frozen missile penetrated the dumpster even further; Alex only saved by the fact that it was full of trash which had slowed the deadly blades down. It wouldn't take another beating; she needed to find more cover.
"Supergirl where are you?! I have agents down!" She spoke into her comms, still crouched behind the dumpster, the bodies of three other agents were scattered throughout the alley, having already fallen to the alien's earlier attacks, she wasn't sure if they still lived, but all their hopes now rested on supergirl.
"I'm on my way, hang on!" Supergirl replied, the rush of air Alex heard in the background indicating her sister was currently airborne.
"Danvers! Over here!" Alex looked up as she heard her name called. Detective Sawyer was hidden inside a doorway opening in the alleyway wall, and was beckoning her over. She had obviously seen the agent's cover was about to collapse. "I'll cover you!"
Alex nodded, took a breath and sprinted across the alleyway towards Maggie as the detective fired her weapon at the aggressor. She heard a roar behind her as the alien saw its prey escaping. Alex dived into the opening as it shot off another torrent of ice in her direction. She fell into Maggie in a tumble of limbs, crying out in pain as she felt the tail end of the alien's attack burn at her back as they fell to the floor.
She hadn't been in such close proximity with the detective since that fateful day when she had finally plucked up the courage to kiss her. She had been trying to avoid the woman ever since she had rejected Alex's advances, claiming Alex was just too new to this world, 'too new off the boat' for her to get involved with. Alex had been devastated, it had been life changing for her to realise who she truly was, and to be rejected the first time she expressed those feelings that she now finally understood had been too much. She hadn't left her apartment for days after the 'incident' only going back to work after her sister had flown in through her window to beat down the walls she had raised back up again. If it hadn't been for Kara she didn't think she would ever have found the strength to get back up off that couch.
For now though, all that was running through Alex's mind was the searing pain in her back, followed shortly by blackness.
Maggie caught Alex in her arms, falling with her as the agent fell into unconsciousness.
"Danvers! Danvers! Talk to me!" Maggie yelled. She panicked as she saw the ice covering Alex's back; she wrapped her jacket around her arm and brushed as much of the frost away as she could. She felt for the brunette's pulse and breathed a sigh of relief when she felt the faint rhythm.
She flinched as she heard the icy beast fire off more attacks, getting closer as it met no resistance and grew in confidence. Maggie quickly untangled herself from Alex and laid her down behind her. She reloaded her weapon and stood in front of the brunette she had come to care about, prepared to defend her to the last. She heard the alien get closer and closer until she could feel the cold air emanating from its exterior. Another blast got close enough to freeze the strands of her hair which had fallen loose from her ponytail. Maggie took a deep breath, in that moment deciding that she would rather face death head on and fighting rather than wait for it to come to her. She jumped out, firing her weapon as she did so and finally seeing the entirety of their foe.
It was humanoid in shape but over 7 feet tall. Blue in colour, but Maggie couldn't quite tell if its skin was made of ice or just incredibly cold. Its face was strangely elongated, lidless black eyes locked on Maggie as it raised one long arm, sinews and muscles rippling just under the surface of that strange blue skin. Time slowed down for Maggie, she saw a bright light grow within the alien's chest, expanding outwards and filtering down into the outstretched arm, veins glowing, it was charging! She unloaded her gun point blank into the thing's chest, but the hard skin didn't even scratch. She kept her finger on the trigger but the gun just clicked on empty. It smiled, showing perfect ice blue teeth, with far more canines in its mouth than a human would possess. She threw the gun in its face, causing it to lose focus for a second as she grabbed a nearby metal bin lid and a piece of pipe (which had been broken off in an earlier blast) and lifted them up into a defensive position. She started edging to the side, hoping to draw its attention away from where Alex's prone body lay. To her relief the alien turned with her, its outstretched arm remaining aimed in her direction, getting brighter and brighter. Maggie braced one foot behind her, preparing for the oncoming blast; she heard a great whooshing sound and closed her eyes, wishing she had had just a moment more with Alex.
After a second or two she cracked one eye open, thinking it was taking entirely too long for this hulked out alien to kill her. In front of her, locking arms with the alien was Supergirl! Maggie sighed with relief, extremely thankful to see the caped wonder girl.
"Get Alex and get out of here!" Supergirl yelled over her shoulder, using all her considerable strength just to hold the beast in place.
Sawyer didn't need to be told twice, she dropped her improvised weapons and ran straight back to Alex. The agent was breathing but still unconscious. Sawyer briefly questioned whether moving Alex might make things worse, but dismissed the thought when she heard the beast roar. She quickly hoisted Alex across her back in a fireman's lift, the shorter girl showing a surprising hidden strength.
The doorway was the back entrance to the next door Chinese restaurant. Sawyer walked as fast as she could through the crowded kitchen with Alex's dead weight over her shoulders, yelling at people to run as she went.
"Alien attack, get out! Run!" Everyone was running out ahead of her as she pushed herself on, still carrying Alex until she made it outside. She laid the agent down on her side, trying to avoid injuring Alex's back any further. She crouched next to her prone body and picked up the hi-tech comms mic tucked into Alex's ear.
"Anyone there?"
"Who is this? Agent Danvers?"
"Agent Danvers is injured and unconscious, Supergirl is battling the alien, but I'm not sure how long she can hold it. We need immediate extraction."
"Help is on the way, who is this?"
"Detective Sawyer of the NCPD. We're on the sidewalk outside Wok-a-Holic, please hurry"
"Hold on, someone will be there soon"
Maggie clipped the mic back onto Alex's shirt. She tucked a stray strand of her behind Alex's ear and found her hand tracing the outline of her jaw. She thought back to the night Alex had kissed her, it wasn't like she hadn't seen it coming, they had been flirting for weeks before Alex had realised she might be gay and she had told herself she was just helping a friend when she encouraged her to be honest with her sister.
She had been so happy when Alex had bounded into that bar to tell her that she had finally come out to Kara, she had been beaming from ear to ear, thanking Maggie for her help. That was when she kissed the detective. Shocked, Maggie had kissed her back, surprised but excited by the soft touch of the agent's lips. She broke it off first though, doubts immediately entering her mind. She had been hurt before by girls who had come out to her, only to break her heart later by saying she had been just an experiment to them, that yeah they'd had fun… the sex was great… but their ex-boyfriend was back in town and they wanted to try and fix things with him, or some other lame arse excuse. Maggie didn't want that to happen with Alex, so she'd thought she would try and let Alex explore her new sexuality elsewhere. Maybe she should have handled it better but she had just panicked with the kiss, trying to protect her heart from yet more damage. She liked Alex, thought they could be more than friends, but she was terrified of starting something that Alex might soon run away from. She didn't think her heart could take that kind of punishment.
But the look on Alex's face as she pushed her away, it was like she had just shot her puppy. And when she had made her excuses and had run out of the bar, Maggie's heart fell just a little more. But she told herself it was for the best, she didn't want to be anyone else's coming out relationship. And so she had given Alex her space, tried to lose herself in her work. But the call out she had received today of an ice alien had lead her straight back into Alex's life. And seeing her hurt like this, fearing that neither of them would live to see tomorrow had given her a jolt. She needed to take a chance on Alex, she couldn't waste any more time, both of their jobs had dangers, with neither of them knowing if the next case would be their last. The only problem was... did Alex still want her?
