Kara, Lena, Alex and Maggie go for a weekend retreat outside of the city. When an emergency forces Kara, Alex and Maggie to have to leave, Lena is left alone. But when she goes looking for Kara, is she really on her own?
Note: Lena doesn't know that Kara is Supergirl.
Despite the warmth of the summer sun pouring through the windows, the jagged mountaintops are covered in crisp snow. The winding road towards them is empty save for Maggie's unmarked police vehicle.
The detective is driving Alex, Kara and Lena to a secret location that the CEO has refused to disclose for a well-deserved weekend break.
"A spa hotel?" Alex speculates.
"Nope, but not a bad guess," Lena replies.
"Okay, I'm tired of keep guessing, we've been trying since yesterday," Kara moans, her cutest pout pulling at her features causing Lena to smile fondly at her. "Can you please just tell us?"
Lena simply shakes her head and can't stop her smile from turning into a mischievous grin. "That'd spoil things and where's the fun in that? Plus, we're here. Next left, Maggie."
"Copy that," the detective says, indicating and swinging the car into a gravel driveway.
Trees covered in green leaves surround the path, giving the journey before the surprise a magical feel. Kara takes Lena's hand and squeezes it, the excitement evident in her sky-blue eyes as she tries to look through the windows to see their destination.
The trees unfold to reveal a beautiful log cabin surrounded by lush green grass and vibrant summer flowers. A swing hangs from the front of the cabin over the porch, swaying gently in the summer breeze.
"Lena," Kara begins, almost speechless. "This is….. This is beautiful."
They each get out of their car, unable to tear their eyes from their surroundings.
"Where did you find this?" Alex asks.
"A developer wanted to knock it down and use the land to build on. I couldn't bear the thought of the abandoned cabin and the forest being lost, so I bought the land and fixed the house," Lena says simply, walking to the trunk of the car to start unloading the cases. "I love to come here in the summer."
"I can see why," Maggie says. "It's lovely, Lena."
The CEO smiles, embarrassed. She knows that it must sound crazy to Kara, Alex and Maggie, but saving the land was something that was important to her.
"Five million dollars of lovely," Kara says in her daydream. When she sees Lena glaring at her and Alex and Maggie's shocked expressions, Kara adds, "I read about this in CatCo, I remember it." She shrugs.
They grab their bags and head up the wooden stairs to the front door. Lena hands Kara the keys to allow her girlfriend to go inside first.
Kara marvels at what awaits them. A comfortable sofa sits in front of a crackling fire, despite the warmth of the day, and a beautiful old dining table sits proudly in the centre of the room with a small glass chandelier hanging above it. The walls are lined with bookcases that are filled to the brim with classics, and a wooden staircase leads to the bedrooms.
"You did this yourself?" Kara exclaims, standing next to Lena.
"I designed and decorated it myself, yes."
"Wait, is that a hot tub?" Alex asks as she peeps outside the glass doors at the back.
Maggie sees it too. "Yep."
"Okay, Kara and I are in the first bedroom on the left," Lena says, pointing in the direction of the stairs. "Alex, Maggie, you're in the second on the right."
As they head upstairs to unpack, Alex says, "Hey Lena, how much would it cost me to live here, because I wanna live here."
The women all laugh.
"I think you'd get pretty bored, Agent Danvers. There aren't many FBI emergencies out here! Nothing ever happens."
/
Kara snuggles closer to Lena under their light blue double blanket. The four women are sat under the stars around a campfire roasting marshmallows. Alex had used her DEO training to get it going and Kara really set it alight using her head vision after she'd made sure Lena wasn't looking.
"You really need to tell her!" Alex had warned. "You've been dating for three months now."
"Tomorrow, I promise," Kara replied with a sigh. She really meant it too.
Maggie examines her crisp marshmallow before waving it in front of Alex's face. Alex responds by opening her mouth, but after a few near misses, she rips it off the stick and places it in herself.
"So romantic," Maggie says sarcastically.
"I'm glad your shooting is more accurate than whatever that was," Alex retorts jokingly. She rests her head on Maggie's shoulder and the detective places a soft kiss in her hair.
Flames dance in front of them, crackling away as crickets sing in harmony.
"So Lena, how are things at CatCo?" Alex asks, making light conversation.
"It all seems to be okay, fingers crossed. We've got a big Supergirl cover story tomorrow." Lena beams when she mentions the hero. She doesn't notice the look Alex gives Kara or Maggie's silence. "And Sam has everything covered at L-Corp."
"Great, that's good to hear," Alex says.
"Can we not talk about work for one day?" Maggie asks.
"Fine!" Alex and Lena exclaim.
"I'll go get us some more marshmallows," Kara says, slipping out from under the blanket and letting the cooler air in.
She returns with the marshmallows and four hot chocolates, carefully handing them out.
"That's really hot, how did you just pick it up like that?" Lena asks, only half serious.
"I guess it's from carrying all of Cat's coffees every morning." Kara shrugs, hoping that her rubbish explanation will satisfy Lena. "What are you guys talking about?"
"I'm just getting to know Alex and Maggie a little better," Lena replies, smiling at the two women opposite.
Their conversation resumes as Kara climbs back under the blanket.
When their hot chocolates are long gone and all the marshmallows toasted, Alex, Maggie and Lena find themselves gazing up at the array of stars that are usually obscured by the light in the city.
When Alex looks down, she sees that Kara, who usually loves stargazing, has drifted off to sleep slumped against Lena.
"I think it's time we went to bed," Alex whispers, just audible above the crackle of the fire that was slowly going out. She gestures towards Kara, and Lena looks down and smiles at the peaceful Kryptonian, feeling happy and content in her company.
/
"Kara."
Pause.
"Kara."
Another pause.
"Earth to Kara."
The Kryptonian stirs from her sleep to see Alex standing in the doorway. She gestures for Kara to go outside, so she carefully climbs out of bed, making sure that Lena is still tucked snuggly under the duvet.
"There's an emergency, J'onn needs us." Alex is already dressed in her DEO uniform.
"All I wanted was one relaxing weekend," Kara sighs.
"He says he wouldn't ask if he thought it could be handled without us."
"I'll be right down."
Kara quickly changes into her suit and makes her way downstairs to where Alex and Maggie are gearing up.
"I'll be two minutes," Kara promises, grabbing a pad and some paper.
She scribbles a note to Lena in case she wakes up but hopes that she'll be back before does.
/
Lena stirs a little after three. She opens her eyes to see the other side of the bed vacant.
This isn't anything new. Kara was often out of bed at strange hours, but it isn't something that Lena had ever really questioned. She makes a mental note to make sure that she does.
She slips on her comfy socks and makes her way downstairs. When she doesn't find anyone in the living area, she tries the doors to check out back.
They're still locked.
She goes into the kitchen to find that empty too, so she makes her way back upstairs to grab her phone.
No messages other than a single notification about an attack in the city.
She's starting to panic now, especially when she knocks on Alex and Maggie's door and finds their bed empty and unmade.
She pads downstairs again and spies a folded piece of paper on the dining table. Setting her phone down, she unfolds it.
Lena,
Alex and Maggie have been called to an emergency in the city. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I've gone for a walk.
I'll be back soon, go back to bed and I promise I'll be there when you wake up. I've taken the key to the back door because I didn't want to leave it unlocked.
Love you,
K
Lena picks up her phone and rings Kara.
Voicemail.
She sighs. She decides to do as Kara suggests and goes back upstairs to bed.
Half an hour later, after much tossing and turning, Lena gives up. She can't sleep and Kara still isn't back. She searches through one of her bags and pulls out some work files that she'd snuck in when Kara wasn't looking.
She sits at the dining table, but eventually realises that she isn't really focused on her work and just keeps pushing the papers around the table.
She checks her phone. It has gone four and still dark outside.
Giving up on her work, she grabs her shoes and a flashlight and pulls on one of Kara's cosy cardigans.
She leaves via the front door but makes her way around the back.
She flicks on her flashlight and heads into the woods in search of her girlfriend.
/
"Kara," Lena calls out. "Kara, where are you?"
Twenty minutes of searching has turned up nothing. Lena knows these woods like the back of her hand and had looked in all the most obvious places, but Kara wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Kara, if you can hear me, this isn't funny anymore," Lena shouts.
Nothing.
Lena sighs, sitting down on a fallen tree. She reaches for her phone to call Kara again.
Damn, she thinks when she can't find it and realises that she's left it on the table in the cabin.
The sound of a twig snapping captures Lena's attention. She turns, aiming her flashlight in the direction of the sound.
"Kara?" Lena says.
When she doesn't get a response and can't see anything, she figures that it must have been an animal. She gets up to continue her search.
"Kara," she tries again.
A loud thud behind her gets her attention, and this time she's scared to turn around.
"Not Kara," a voice growls.
That's the last thing she hears before a hand covers her mouth, stifling her screams, and she's pulled into unconsciousness.
Note: Hope you enjoyed this, let me know who you think has taken Lena!
