A/N - so it's been a really, really Long time since I wrote regularly and I guess it felt right to start again and try a new fandom as well. So I am going to try my hand at Sanvers with a side of Supercorp. Hopefully it works out:). Tell me what you think.

Summary - Despite knowing that the repercussions of tampering with time could result in an outcome far worse than her current reality, Kara just cannot accept a reality where Alex is not alive. And in making a decision to change her timeline, to create a new reality and alter their fate, all she can hope for is that her faith in her Sister, their friends and maybe some help from an unlikely ally would make their new reality a better one.

The Scars of your Love

"I almost died..."

"Yeah..no, I would not have let that happen"

Maggie Sawyer & Alex Danvers

Flashpoint

Earth 1 (Somewhere in the past)

"So let me get this straight.." Kara looks intently at Barry, hand around the champagne flute as she gestures towards him. "You can run fast enough.."

"Mach 2" she grins wider as Barry mumbles the words, head down as if he's a bit embarrassed by the extent of his powers or maybe something else as she sees his grimace as well. Like he's in pain but she knows there's a story here and her reporter instincts are egging her on as she continues.

"Oookay, Mach 2 so that you hit a certain molecular frequency and then tear a hole through time.."Kara's interrupted again but by Cisco this time.

"And space" Cisco adds smugly.

"And space.. which allows you to time travel?" The alcohol sloshes over the rim of the flute as she punctuates the last word with her hand, her voice ending in a questioning lilt, her face scrunching up, not really understanding the science and wishing Alex was that was there to hear this and challenge it.

"And do you run into...you?"

"Kind of...your other self, it disappears when you change the timeline. It creates a new timeline, changing everything..."

Kara nods at his words, she's still on a bit of a high from helping all of her new friends to save their earth but she's also missing her home. Alex , James, Winn and Mon-El and even Lena. Maybe, especially Lena. Kara does not want to dwell on that thought, at least not sober. For once, she wishes she could get access to the alien liquor and wonder if the Dominators left any behind.

She does want to get back to her life even if this intermission was something she really needed. Things were always moving or changing so fast in National City. She still misses Cat and is kind of worried for Alex.

Not to mention her kiss with Mon-El and the small and possibly really relevant crazy fact that she also wants to kiss Lena or be kissed by her. Its all absolutely confusing and being able to let out her frustration by fighting the Dominators had been kind of cathartic. Though she still needed to decide on what she actually wanted.

"Yeah...but I regret it more that I can ever articulate...I mean, I screwed everything up and I wished.." Barry looks off, lost in thought as his eyes spy Caitlin talking to Felicity and John gesticulating with his hands as he talks animatedly, describing something to Sarah just as Cisco joins them, a tiny smile gracing his features. A welcome sight if any though Barry knows that the smile used to be so much bigger and brighter. He had messed up, had screwed with all their lives just because he thought he needed to make his better. It was never going to be a fair trade and he wished he had known then.

"But you didn't know.." Kara can see him struggling with his emotions as she reaches out to pull him into a one armed hug, not letting him turn away.

"I didn't think...I was selfish and it was wrong and now everyone is paying the price." How can he explain that he would give anything to undo his mistake. He knows that Kara likes him, maybe even respects him and he does not want that to change especially with the new knowledge that the implications of his thoughtless actions will have repercussions far into their future. He just hopes that the multiverse has not been touched, that Kara's life was like before, untouched and unchanged.

"Sometimes.." Kara pauses for effect because she needs Barry to really listen to her. She has an intimate understanding about guilt, about carrying the weight of a dead planet, an obliterated civilisation on her slim shoulders. She has lived with the fact that Fort Rozz's entry into earth was her fault. But, she also knows that life has to still go on. That its a choice that she has to make for her every waking second. And eventually, it does get easier as well, especially if you were surrounded by family and friends.

"..Bad things happen and sometimes they happen because its your fault..." she stares intently at Barry and can see him flinch at her words as his eyes slip shut and he swallows audibly. She has always been a tactile person so its an easy gesture to place a comforting hand on his arm, the warmth from her filtering through to Barry, anchoring him as her words resonate "And who we are...what we are...we need to make things right, even if it takes a long time..even if it takes forever, we fight..we make things right."

He nods at her words, understanding that he cannot change his choices but he can continue to make up for them. To take responsibility for all the changes and make it right wherever he can. "Thanks..I think I really needed to hear that and if you ever need any help.."

"Anytime and same goes for you..Just get Cisco to get that portal open.." Kara gives him that beautiful smile that he can't help but match. It signifies so much, such joy and love that it takes his breath away. He loves Iris, with all his heart but part of his soul recognises that something special in Kara. A connection forged by differences, by being apart from the norm, by being different yet finding a way to fit in.

He can see the inherent good in her, that she would do anything to make things right and it gives him hope as well. "Well, he's going to do that in a bit so we can finally send you home. Any particular place in mind?"

She looks around and sees her new friends in all their different groupings, the Legends gravitating towards each other and team Arrow, though apart, still keeping track of where each member was. And its easy for her to know exactly where she wants to be.

"You can drop me at Alex's place. She's my sister and she's always been my home."

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Earth 38 (Somewhat in the present)

Maggie's entire focus is on Alex and the way her hands are touching her body. Splayed fingers on the small of her back, where her shirt has ridden up. Knuckles brushing her jaw as Alex's lips meet hers. Each point of contact imprinted into her skin, igniting her senses.

She's lost in Alex's orbit, her smell, her touch. She still can't believe that it's actually happening, that she let herself have this, have Alex. Despite her instincts to stay away, to let Alex find her own level, to not taint that experience with her jaded view about love and first time expectations, she's glad that her fear could not hold her back.

She's still afraid though, of breaking Alex even if she knows deep down that the brunette currently kissing her is the strongest person she's ever met even amongst gods like Supergirl. But there's always going to be this niggling feeling at the root of her thoughts that she's the common denominator in her failed romantic pursuits.

"You're thinking way too loudly and possibly giving me a complex about my skills here." The words ghost over her as Alex breathes them out, while her hands continue to fondle and her eyes glittering in the dark. It speaks to her vast ability to multi task and still surprise Maggie as Alex's hand snakes downwards and plays with the elastic of her panties.

Any smart ass response dies on her lips when she hears Supergirl's startled voice, Alex's yelp of surprise, her own utterance all overlapping, coinciding with her world view upending as Alex rises up and she tries unsuccessfully to grab onto something, anything, before she crashes to the floor and hits her head on the side of the glass table.

"Alex!" Maybe she should have used her x ray vision but she still recalls that one time when she had used her super hearing first and Alex's moaning voice had caused her to simultaneously see through the front door as she broke through. Ready to confront whomever was hurting Alex, only to realise that her sister like any normal, healthy, adult woman, needed some relief of her own in the comfort and security of her own home.

Suffice it to say, they never talked about that incident, took 2 weeks to get back to actually looking at each other when they spoke and her promise to herself to never, ever, ever, use her powers to intrude on Alex unless she knocked on her door first and received an answer. This is not her fault, the door had been ajar.

"Maggie" Alex tries valiantly to reach out, missing Maggie's hand by an inch even as her body pivots to the door, startled to see her sister, relief and annoyance flooding her as she assimilates the situation, morphing from suave, hungry Danvers to irritated, unfulfilled Alex.

"Supergirl?" She knows that they're close. Hell, she had just a few seconds ago compared Alex's strength to the superhero. Its just that she can't really compete here. She's used up her reserve of courage the first time she came over to confess that she really, really wanted to be herself and kiss the girl she's been wanting to kiss since their first charged encounter. This time, she didn't even make it through a speech as Alex pulled her through the door, steering her to the couch and started assaulting her senses in the most divine way.

"What are you...", "Why are you here?", "Where the hell have you been?" Their voices again overlapping before Kara breaks out in a fit of uncontrollable giggles because she does not handle embarrassing situations all that well.

Kara's question cut short because she definitely knows what the two women were doing and maybe even finally answered a question in her own mind on what she was open to trying herself and possibly with whom.

Maggie's question really quite logical in the scheme of things even if she almost dreads the answer from the superhero because she's sure that the looks and touches between the two women currently standing over her, stemmed from love if nothing else.

Its the bite in Alex's voice that triggers Kara's giggling fit. In her rapidly diminishing defence, she did leave a note. Granted, the brevity of her message of 'helping Barry fight aliens, Multiverse travel involved, be back soon' probably could have used a lot more words and maybe a drawing or two to alleviate the worry bleeding through Alex's rancorous tone. But again in her now probably completely diminished defence, if her sister was that worried, maybe she should have been moping or working in her lab as oppose to getting to third base. All these thoughts colliding in her mind and resulting in the giggles because she's equal parts mortified and miffed and she has one shot to diffuse the situation.

"Sorry, Alex...I really didn't mean to barge in. And...well, hi Maggie. This is probably not how I envision this particular discussion to go and definitely not in this setting or.." She hears Alex's heart rate speed up and can see her about to interject so she decides to just go for it. "Anyway, we met before but I think given what you and umm, my sister were doing and I really didn't see.." She sees Alex's eyes widen at her admission and a second later, Maggie registering her words as well.

"So, I'm Kara and we really need to agree that one of you didn't close the front door and this is not my fault." Her nervous giggle finally unleashing the one Maggie was holding inside leaving Alex the only one wondering if it was too late to convince Maggie never to encourage Kara by joining in with the laughter.

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Earth 38 (Seven weeks from now)

The heat is stifling and Maggie wonders how Alex can still look so cool layered with the standard black DEO uniform and accompanying vest, holster and helmet. She tries, like really tries to focus and not dwell on how incredible Alex looks and she succeeds right until Alex turns and winks at her.

She gives herself the one minute to fantasize in her head or at least list the actual things that she was going to do with her stunningly hot girlfriend when they finally get through this raid. Its the only way she can get herself to concentrate and do her job and it does work as she finally shakes her head, squares her shoulders and give the signal to her team to move in.

There is no need to keep track of Alex because she knows that the both of them have a job to do and a team supporting them. Maggie knows that Alex does track her as she enters the building but its more to do with DEO policy and possibly the fact that Alex tracks all of the non DEO personnel because she feels responsible for their safety on these missions.

"No targets in sight." J'onn's deep voice filters though the open comm link. His instincts telling him that he cannot let his guard down so he continues looking around intently as he flies overhead.

"I'm scanning the south side of the building and there's nothing there." Kara's tone of disappointment bringing a smile to Maggie's face. "Do you need me on the ground?" There's hopefulness in the question though Maggie can picture Kara's face when Alex responds.

"Negative, Supergirl. You should do one more sweep and Tac teams one and two can finish up down here."

Maggie's already gesturing to her guys to spread out and cover more ground. They do all need a break from the constant stream of Cadmus attacks over the past month and not having a fire fight today sounded like a nice gift. Even better if they could finish in the next half hour or so.

She doesn't let her guard down, her ears attuned to the ambient noise and her eyes scanning her surroundings as she sees her team fan out, guns still held aloft, ready, just in case. Only all hell breaks lose when she takes her next step.

Both tac teams immediately coming under fire as they try and scatter. Supergirl and J'onn suddenly under attack from dozens of drones falling from subspace. The cacaphony of destruction does not stop her from looking for Alex even as she dives towards some cover behind a stack of wooden crates.

She can't see Alex and fear grips her even if she does not give in to it and returns fire, not knowing who she's shooting at but hoping she hits something. Maggie's reflexes have always been fast, top notch as her instructor at the academy had said before.

However, this time, she does not get a chance to react as she sees a shooter heading straight for her, hearing the retort from his gun as the bullet rips through the fleshy part of her thigh, a straight through that burns as it tears through muscle and nicks the bone. She braces for the searing pain she knows will come from the other shots fired but those bullets find a different end, each one propelling Alex backwards into her as their impact finally drives the brunette into her and towards the ground.

She had braced herself, a name like a prayer falling from her lips, expecting the rest of the shots to tear through skin and shatter bone but they do not find their purchase and all she could do was watch as Alex leapt towards her, twisting her body, arms flung outwards, blocking the gunman and taking the hits meant for Maggie, paying for Maggie's inertia.

She's not sure if she had screamed Alex's name, a guttural ragged sound of vowels and pain, though her throat hurts as she feels the weight of Alex colliding against her as she herself, crumbles to the ground. Her hands automatically going around Alex and she tries to curl around the taller woman, taking the brunt of the impact as their bodies crash against the unyielding concrete floor.

"God..please..no, Alex...Alex..answer me dammit..." words are tumbling out as she feels her hands coat with blood and Alex's head loll to one side, her body heavy and still. Maggie tries to sit up, gently cradling Alex's still body only to have steel like arms hold her back as bullets fly around them, some bouncing off impenetrable skin.

She had left J'onn, the second she heard Maggie's scream. Honing in on Alex's erratic heartbeat, knowing that she was still alive though barely so. It took all of her will power to only barrel through the warehouse punching every single Cadmus gunman instead of incinerating all of them because one of their ranks had hurt her big sister.

Kara strains her hearing as the heart beat stutters...stops and its her turn to scream. Pain incarnate and a singular thought takes shape as she ignores Maggie's plea to fly Alex to a hospital and instead she wrenches herself upright and runs like she's the scarlet speedster, picking up speed as she feels her body vibrating on an atomic level. As she feels like her physical self is fading and she sees images fly pass, barely registering in her mind. She knows she has to concentrate to pick the time she wants to get to in order to save Alex.

End Part 1