Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl or the characters.
A/N: This is written in response to a prompt given by red lighting.
As Alex banged on the door again she wondered why Kara wasn't responding. Checking her phone she confirmed the last message Kara sent was from an hour ago when she said Alex should come round straight away.
Assuming Supergirl had been needed Alex started to turn away when she heard a sound coming from Kara's apartment. A sound that shouldn't come from Kara's apartment. A baby crying. Shaking her head assuming that the stress of the last few weeks had caught up with her she took a deep breath and placed her ear against the door. Now convinced there was a baby crying she took out her set of keys to Kara's apartment and opened the door.
As she stepped into the apartment she immediately saw the source of the noise, but some how her brain did not want to believe there was crying baby on the floor.
"Kara?" Alex called, the sound of her voice enough to get the baby's attention. Looking round the crying baby saw Alex and held out its arms.
"Kara?" Alex called wondering what was happening as she approached the baby. On seeing the sobbing infant looking so scared and upset part of Alex wanted to pick it up and comfort it, but the whole situation was so absurd she was convinced it must be a trap. She wouldn't put it past some of the Fort Rozz inmates to create an exploding baby. But as she looked at the child something in her was drawn to it.
"Kara?" She called again as she walked round the apartment still trying to decided what to do about the baby, who she noticed was crawling towards her. Unable to ignore the cries any longer she approached the baby and lifted it into her arms.
"Hey there. You okay?" She asked as she gently rocked the baby who seemed comforted. "Why am I asking you? It is not like you can understand or talk back. Where the hell is Kara? And where did you come from?"
As she talked to herself the child gripped to Alex with more power than she was expecting almost strangling her in the process causing her to comment. "Great, Kara not only took in a stray, she took in an alien stray." She then pulled away from the baby and said to it. "We had better get you to the DEO."
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"Agent Danvers?" Lucy asked confused as to why Alex had returned to work and why she was carrying a baby.
"I found it at Kara's." Alex explained.
"And where is your sister?"
"I don't know. She is not at her apartment and she didn't take her phone with her."
"I still don't get why you brought the baby here. It is not exactly child friendly."
"I think it is an alien." Alex said.
"Of course it is." Lucy sighed. "Let's go to Dr Hamilton."
As Lucy, Alex and the baby entered Hamilton's lab the doctor looked round and asked. "Alien or human?"
"Don't know, but I think alien." Alex said.
"I can take a DNA sample and confirm." Hamilton said as she motioned to a bed and said. "Put the child on there and I'll find out what I can. Make sure you watch the child so they don't roll off."
As Alex tried to put the baby down the small child refused to release its grip on Alex causing Lucy to comment. "Whatever species it is, it is definitely fond of you."
"So it demonstrates very poor survival skills. I have no idea what to do with a baby." Alex said as Hamilton wrestled the child away from her. "When I would have been getting a babysitting job I got Kara instead."
"Babies aren't that complex Agent Danvers." Hamilton said as she started to examine the child. "And I'm sure this little girl is no different."
"Girl?" Lucy asked.
"That's right."
"How old is it?" Alex asked.
"I would guess based on size and weight she is about eighteen months. Perhaps a little younger. The good news is she seems healthy. There are no signs she has experienced any trauma."
"That's good." Lucy commented.
"But doesn't bring us any closer to learning where it came from or where Kara is." Alex said.
"No it doesn't." Hamilton said as she handed Alex the baby.
"Why are you giving it to me?" Alex asked clearly uncomfortable with the situation.
"Because she was reaching out for you. For whatever reason she feels some sort of bond with you."
"What am I meant to do with it."
"She, Agent Danvers." Hamilton corrected her again. "Hold her and play with her. I will run the DNA test."
"Will it take long?" Lucy asked throwing Alex a sympathetic glance.
"That depends on if she is a species we have come across before." Hamilton said.
Just then J'onn entered the lab. "Major Lane have you got the-" He started only to notice the baby Alex was awkwardly holding. He then asked. "Something I should know?"
"I found it in Kara's apartment."Alex said, looking less confident than J'onn had ever seen. "Pretty sure it's an alien."
"We are getting a DNA test run on her." Lucy added as Alex awkwardly rocked the baby who was beginning to grow restless.
"What are you doing to her?" J'onn asked before taking pity on Alex and taking the baby from her, rocking her gently until she dozed off.
"Wow, you are good at that." Alex commented.
"Well I did have two daughters." J'onn reminded her. "What does your sister have to say about this?"
"She's disappeared." Alex said. "I should go and look for her."
"Not so fast. You can't abandon her." J'onn said handing the baby back to Alex. "You brought her in, you need to stay with her."
"But I am bad with kids, whereas you, you are a natural."
"Practice makes perfect." Hank said unsympathetically. "Besides I have an important meeting I don't have time to babysit. Either get hold of your sister or look after the baby." Hank said as there was a noise from the other side of the lab.
"Ohhh." Hamilton said.
"Oh what?" Alex questioned.
"The baby is Kryptonian."
"It is?" Alex asked surprised.
"She is." Hamilton corrected again. "And not just any Kryptonian, it's your sister."
"No no no." Alex said. "There is no way this is Kara."
"She has the same pleading eyes." Lucy said.
"Not helpful." Alex shot back.
"The DNA is identical. So either this is your sister or it, I mean she, is a clone." Hamilton said. "My money would be on her actually being Kara." Hamilton said. "The DNA is missing all the markers normally associated with clones."
"I have never heard of people being turned into babies." Hank said doubtfully. "But I will go check the databases for anything similar." He said before walking out of the lab.
As he did the baby started to cry and Alex asked. "What am I meant to do? Why is she crying?"
"Well, seeing it's Kara, she is probably hungry." Lucy said.
"That is so not funny." Alex muttered. "What do Kryptonian babies actually eat?"
"Based on your sister's nutritional requirements probably the same as human babies." Hamilton said.
"Which is?" Alex asked frustrated by the unhelpful answer as she gently rocked the baby.
"At eighteen months, normal food chopped up small. But to be clear, by normal I do not mean pizzas, take out or junk food. I will see what I can find." Hamilton said.
"Wait. What am I meant to do? What if I do something wrong?" Alex asked.
"Just remain calm and remember she is your sister. If it makes you feel better human children don't form long term memories until they are about four. So if her brain works in the same way you have two years before you need to worry about doing something wrong. Anything you do now she won't remember." Hamilton said leaving the room.
"Was that a joke?" Alex asked as she continued to rock the baby.
"Hard to tell with her." Lucy shrugged. "I'm going to see if we can get any intel on this. I'll let you know if we find something."
"But-" Alex said but Lucy was already gone leaving Alex with the crying baby.
"Hey you." Alex said moving the child so she was sat on her knee facing Alex. "There's no need to cry. Food will be here soon." Suddenly finding herself facing Alex the baby seemed to calm slightly and held out her arms causing Alex to pull the baby into a hug. "It's going to be okay." Alex said, although she wasn't sure if it was for her benefit or the baby's. After a couple of minutes though the baby began to grow restless and Alex put the baby down on the bed so she was sitting facing Alex.
"How about a nursery rhyme?" Alex suggested. "Except I don't know anyway." The admission seemingly upsetting the child who looked on the verge of tears. "Wait, I do know one." Alex then said remembering teaching Kara some for an English project after she arrived. She then started to recite pat-a-cake whilst demonstrating the claps. After a minute of being transfixed on Alex's hands the baby laughed and started clapping first by herself then with Alex. As the baby started to grow more confident the claps became harder until Alex's hand started to sting.
"Easy there." Alex said putting her hands down. The action immediately causing the baby to start crying. "Don't cry." Alex pleaded "Food will be here soon." As if on cue Hamilton reentered the lab with a plate of food. Looking round the baby took one look at the food and stopped crying.
"Oh god, it is Kara." Alex commented.
TBC
