The sun was just beginning to sink below the horizon, filling the sky with tinges of yellow and orange. Alex barely noticed the beautiful sky, as she headed up to her sister's apartment.
As she unlocked the door, she called out to Kara, pulling the door closed behind her firmly. Before heading into the living room.
"Kara?" she called one last time.
Alex flopped down on the sofa, letting out a sigh. She decided that Kara was probably once again pulling a late night at KatCo. Alex had really just wanted to sit with her sister, watching TV, with a massive pizza. Alex pulled off her boots, with a slight wince and she began to rub the balls of her feet.
It had been yet another long day. Hank believed another Alien from Fort Rozz was making it's mark on the city. However all evidence was sketchy at best. They believed the alien, was called Moro, a mind controller, who was feeding off people's memories.
Alex leaned back on the sofa, closing her eyes.
"Don't struggle." a deep voice doomed from behind her. Two hands encompassed her head.
Alex tried to get up and fight, but her eyes began to droop. She felt herself drifting off to sleep. She tried to fight the urge, but the hands seemed to tightened on either side of her head, and she fell unconscious almost immediately.
She felt herself be lifted into large arms, as her eyes closed. Her last thoughts were about, how she had warn Kara.
Alex lay flat on a metal table, over her stood Moro, and Maxwell Lord. Maxwell's head was resting in his hand, as he stared down at her. Her hair was fanned out behind her, her eyes moving. He wondered what she was dreaming about.
"You know what I want removed?" Maxwell suddenly said, breaking out of his trance.
The alien nodded, and placed their hands on either side of her head.
"Wait, there is something else."
The alien turned and smiled at Maxwell.
"I bet I can guess." they boomed, chuckling slightly.
"I need her to trust me," Maxwell, ignored the leering of the Alien.
"You had dinner once. I can make it more." they smiled.
Maxwell smiled slightly, then quickly made his face back to the neutral mask he had been trying so hard to present.
"Do whatever it takes." he said to the alien.
Moro chuckled as they began to delve into her mind.
Kara sat fidgeting in the DEO headquarters, as Hank ran more scans to try and locate Alex.
"Are you sure she was taken?" Hank asked again, for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Yes!" Kara exasperatedly sighed. "Her shoes were by the sofa, her key on the table. She was in my apartment."
Hank sighed.
"I'm worried about her too Kara." Hank calmly replied.
"I know. I just..." Kara trailed off, "I should have been there."
"Alex, wouldn't want you to blame yourself."
Kara nodded, and leaned over to look at the the screen.
"Still nothing." The tech in front of her smiled, sympathetically up at her.
"I can't just sit in here and do nothing." Kara sighed, turning away.
Suddenly there was a loud beep from the computer.
"Sir, her locator has come back online." the technician said, looking surprised.
"Where?" Kara demanded.
"An alleyway of Main Street." the tech quickly said, displaying the map on the large screen.
"Lets go." Hank said, turning away, as him and Kara ran off out of the DEO.
When they were a safe distance away from the main building, Hank transformed, and the two of them flew, faster than they ever had towards the center of town.
Kara landed first, and saw Alex, lying unconscious, her feet bare.
"Alex?" Kara, gasped kneeling down beside her to check her pulse.
Behind her landed John Jones, who quickly turned back into Hank. He rushed to be beside Kara and Alex.
"She's alive." Kara whispered.
John noticed the bruised on the side of her face, and felt anger rise inside him.
"We need to get here back to the DEO." he said, trying to keep calm. He was worried that Alex had been attacked by Moro. The bruises was similar to that of the other victims.
Even the word victim seemed wrong to use about her. She was a survivor.
Kara went to lift up Alex.
"Let me." Hank interrupted her though, by placing a hand on her arm.
Kara gave him a thin smile, and stood up as Hank lifted Alex into his arms.
Alex awoke with a start on a bed, in the DEO medical bay. The bright light above her, made her squint slightly. Beside her stood Hank, reading from a tablet.
"Hank?" she wearily said, her head was pounding, and the bright light was not helping.
She tried to sit up, but was immediately hit by a wave of nausea.
"Do you know what happened to you?" he asked gently, placing a hand on her shoulder to steady her.
Alex rubbed her head slightly.
"We found you unconscious." Hank added, trying to trigger her memory. He strongly suspected that Moro was be behind this.
Alex nodded slightly, sifting through her foggy memories.
"There..was an alien." she said, rubbing her head. "She looked like a human, she knocked me out." Alex continued, groggily.
"Can you give me a description?" Hank asked.
"I think so." Alex nodded.
"She was..."
"Alex!" Kara interrupted, bursting into the room, and pulling her into a hug.
Alex immediately shoved her hard away from her, leaping up from the bed, ripping out her IV drip in the process.
"That's her." Alex shouted, preparing to take a swing a Kara's face.
"Alex, no!" Hank shouted, grabbing Alex, before she could make contact with Kara.
He held her close to him, as she struggled in confusion.
"Alex? What's going on Hank?" Kara asked.
"Hank let go of me." Alex shouted, struggling against him.
"Alex, Kara is your sister." Hank calmly said, still holding on to Alex. "I need you to calm down."
Hank slowly released Alex.
"I don't have a sister." Alex said confused.
"Alex?" Kara gasped, her face filled with pain. "What's happened?" Kara asked, looking at Hank.
"I think Moro got to her." Hank said, keeping a close eye on Alex.
Alex moved away from Kara, her eyes still closely watching her.
"Who's Moro?" Alex asked Hank.
"A mind controller. It feeds on memories." Hank explained.
"I can't stay here." Alex said, heading towards the door.
Kara instinctively grabbed Alex's arm. Alex reacted as if Kara's hand was burning, and yanked it away.
"Don't touch me!" Alex growled.
"Alex, don't go, it's not safe." Kara began speaking.
"How do I know, your not Moro, that you've turned them?" Alex said, pulling open the door.
Hank stopped her, by placing his hand on the door.
"Alex, trust me." Hank tried to calmly say, but his voice was tinged with concern.
"No!" Alex shouted, pulling out her gun, and pointing it at Hank.
"Alex, what are you doing?" Kara gasped, rushing forward.
"Stop, Alien." Alex hissed.
Kara steadied her emotions. She couldn't believe Alex was turning on her and Hank. Alex had always been a source of strength for Kara. It wasn't just that Alex didn't recognize her, but that Alex was looking at her like she was a monster.
"I am leaving, and neither of you is going to stop me." Alex determinedly said, pulling open the door.
"Alex, please don't do this." Hank said, as Alex, began to slip out the door.
"Why should I trust you?" Alex retorted, "You murdered my father."
With that Alex ran out the door, and away down the corridor.
"Should I stop her?" Kara queried, watching her sister disappear down the hall.
"Whatever Moro did to her, it has consequences. Her headache is only going to get worse and her fever will rise." Hank said in a steady tone.
"We have to get here back, before..."
"We need a way to counteract, what Moro has done. WE can't get her back if she doesn't trust us."
Kara sighed and turned away from Hank, close to tears.
"What do we do?" she asked, as she composed herself.
"We need to get Moro, hopefully with a sample of their blood, we can reverse the effects."
Alex wasn't sure where she was going, she knew it wasn't safe to go back to her place. They would find her there.
Her head was spinning, as she headed through the center of National City. She felt her nausea rising.
Where to go? She thought. She needed someone to help her figure out this Moro thing. It Moro was this blonde girl, and had managed to infiltrate the DEO, things were going to get messy.
Alex suddenly saw a newsstand, on the front page of every local newspaper was that girl Kara's face, with the word "SUPERGIRL".
It felt like the world was falling apart around her. Alex steadied herself. She knew suddenly where she had to go. The only person she could trust right now. Maxwell Lord.