Sitting at her desk, she rested her chin on her hands, eyes closed, and enjoyed the slight breeze that came through her open balcony door. Two seconds of peace, this was pretty much the extent of her down time. Reimaging her family's company took so much of her time. Was it truly worth it?
Lena was startled back to reality by a knock at her office door. "Come in" she said.
"Excuse me, Ms. Luthor, there is a Mr. Schott here to see you" said her assistant.
"Yes, of course, show him in" Lena replied, standing up from her desk. "Ah, Winn, so glad you could come" Lena said extending her hand to a rather nervous looking Winn. Lena and Winn had become somewhat awkward acquaintances ever since he helped her set off the strobe that rendered the alien weapons incapacitated at her last party. She found him to be sincere and caring, but rather intimidated by her and therefore adorably awkward. She also knew that he was friends with Kara Danvers, and anyone Kara trusted was someone Lena could trust as well.
"Yes…um…hi Lena, I was rather shocked to get your message. You said you needed help with something?" Winn stumbled. "Does it have anything to do with alien weaponry?" he asked with a slight sparkle in his eye which Lena couldn't help but chuckle at.
"Ah, yes, you know me too well already. I was hoping you would help me with my latest project." Lena said motioning Winn to sit down while she moves to sit down on the other side of her desk.
"I'm sorry Lena, but I can't help you develop weapons that will harm aliens." Winn said in his most serious, yet not convincing voice. He was shaking his head no, even though he found alien weapons utterly fascinating.
"No, no, no, I'm sorry Winn. I think you got the wrong idea. I'm not looking to create weapons that will harm aliens. I want to create a portable detection system that warn of any high-tech weapons and create an appropriate force field either around the person wearing the device or around the weapon when it is remotely started" Lena explained with a smile.
"Well now Ms. Luthor, this is something we can talk about" Winn said sitting forward on his chair with now a definite sparkle in his eye.
Winn was more than happy to discuss technology with Lena. It was his passion and she found it amusing how intense he could get. However, she also had an ulterior motive for asking Winn to help. She had loads of very smart people working for her, but none of them were Winn…and none of them were friends with Kara.
Meanwhile, back at the DEO, Kara was pacing floor.
"What do you mean I'm grounded?" Kara asked, looking over at Alex then towards J'onn. "How can I be grounded? I'm Supergirl!"
"Kara, we asking all DEO agents to lay low for the next 48 hours while we sort out who is behind the latest attacks. You know they are only targeting DEO agents." Alex sighed as she tried to reason with her sister.
"Right, I know that, but isn't it better that I am out there. I mean I can't really get hurt and I could easily capture whoever is behind this" Kara said, stopping for only a moment before beginning her tedious pace again. "I mean, I've been here for 4 hours. I would think that is way long enough."
Alex just smiled at her sister's overly dramatic sense of time.
"No Supergirl, we need to be sure this isn't a trick to draw you out into the open and leave you unprotected" J'onn added into the conversation. "This is all a little too close to home. It is better that we all stay put and try to get to the bottom of this before we lose any other agents. Agent Schott, can you pull up the location of the last incident. Agent Schott? Where is Agent Schott?!"
"Do I feel my ears a-tingling?" Winn said as he entered the room carrying a cup of coffee and taking a bite of a donut.
"Where have you been Agent Schott? We are on total lockdown" J'onn interrogated Winn as Winn slid into his seat.
"What? I've been with Lena. All is good. I'm here now. You can relax."
"You know we have been in lockdown all morning, why did you leave? How did you leave?" Alex asked walking over to Winn, arms crossed in front.
"I have my ways." Winn said as he twirled in his chair. "Lena needed me, and so I went."
Kara just stood there looking at Winn. "I think we have several issues here" Kara began, "First, how come he got to leave? Second, where is my donut? Third, why would Lena want you?"
Winn took another sip of his coffee, "To answer your questions…First, no one stopped me from walking through the door. Second, I ate your donut, I was really hungry. And third, why wouldn't Lena want me, have you seen this body?" Winn said as he stood up and gestured to his entire body.
"Grr" was all Kara could say before turning to storm out of the room. "I'm going to work out." Kara wasn't sure what made her more frustrated, the fact that Winn could simply walk right out the door and she's stuck here, or that he actually ate her donut, he knows she loves donuts, or that Lena asked for him and not her.
But that last one is just silly. Why would Lena ask for her? They have met on occasion, most of them being work related, and most of them being inside Lena's office. Lena did say they were friends, but she could have other friends as well. But there was something about Lena. Something special. But why would she want Winn? How could he help her more than Kara, or even Supergirl? More importantly, why did Kara really care who Lena wanted?
Kara was mid kick when Alex walked into the room.
"Care for a sparring partner?" Alex asked, turning on the Kryptonite lights.
"All depends, care to be defeated by your little sister?"
"Very funny" Alex said with a sly smile before suddenly throwing a right hook.
The two were a fairly equally matched when Kara had her powers dampened. Kara would even admit that Alex was definitely more aware of her abilities when it came to fighting. She could outwit any opponent before true force was needed. Kara loved these moments with her sister. Being able to see the true Alex, the one who wasn't hiding behind some pretend lab job, but who knew how to fight aliens, not only with her brains, but with her strength as well.
The match came to a draw when a both girls were laid out flat by each other. Breathing heavy, not only because of the fight, but because of the fit of laughter that ensued, Kara turned on her side to look at her sister.
"Why do you think Lena wanted Winn?" she asked earnestly, still completely caught up with the fact that Winn was wanted instead of her.
"Oh Kara, are you asking me as a concerned Supergirl or as a jealous friend?" Alex asked as she sat up to look at her sister.
"No… well…no… well" Kara stuttered as she laid flat on her back again.
"Winn is always going to be your friend. He isn't going to leave you for a Luthor. Or are you really upset that he ate your donut?" Alex said, standing up and turning off the Kryptonite lights, and walking out of the door with a laugh.
"Ha, you're funny, Alex. You know we don't joke about donuts." Kara yelled after her sister. Kara just laid there in the silence. Did Alex think she was jealous of Lena hanging out with Winn? Yes, they were good friends. She trusted him. She cared about him. She thought he was pretty awesome. But… no, this was different. She wasn't jealous of Lena, she was jealous of Winn and that he got to spend the morning with Lena.
This was going to be a problem.
