Reigning Down (April)
Their entire family ran in through the entrance doors to the ER. Far too often, had most of them been in this situation. Almost every time, it had been at the DEO med bay. Now, among the public, they were enduring something that none of them had known about or prepared for.
"Jackie...tell me she's okay." Alex approached one of her friends that had gone to school with her so many years ago, before she had been brought in by J'onn and the DEO. "Tell me." She held onto her friend's hand and felt just how badly Lucy was shaking. She could hear the erratic heartbeat, the heavy breaths, the pulse that was far too quick to be healthy. "Tell me."
"Well.." Danvers looked over just as several officers walked up to them. The nurse in charge put the focus back on informing her old school pal. "She's got extensive bruising at the abdomen. Her trachea was nearly crushed to death. We had to put a drainage.."
"How bad is it?"
"Hydrocephalus Alex. It's not good. They are still trying to calm down the access fluids. I'm not going to lie to you. It looks to be a TBI." Alex felt her own air cut off by the news and if she didn't have a hold onto Lucy she was pretty sure her body would have fell by now. "She's had a few seizures. The few times that somehow she came conscious, she was muttering something I couldn't quite understand but I think she was saying um…a um...a rosh...ummm Ben?" Danvers eyes widened just as her wife's did when she made her way to them.
"Ehrosh Bem. It means goodbye." Sam translated. "We've all learned some pretty complicated languages over the years." Hers and Alex's eyes met. What Sawyer had said was kryptonese and they both knew Maggie didn't know much of it. Lucy picked up on the glances.
"They are calling me back. The moment I have more information, I'll tell you. Good to see you Alex and I wish it was on better terms.." As the nurse headed down the hall, she passed some of their group.
"How is she?" Lena asked with Ruby hanging onto little Rose. Kara walked over to Lucy to give her a slight squeeze on the shoulder.
"It's not good." Sam told them as Danvers motioned for all of them to head into the room that they've been given to rest or talk in privately. Alex waited until everyone had entered and she thanked the main doctor for giving them the quarters, shutting the doors behind her. She adjusted the radio on her belt and logged into the frequency most of the nurses and doctors had on for calls.
"Aaron and Brainy are running things with Susan handling at much as she can. We've got ten teams out, to try to find whoever did this and they are checking all traffic cams, store cams, anything we can find. I suggest you all sit.." Jehna flew in only to land right in front of Alex. "Aoe..Zhed Behth Ehrosh Bem." She informed her.
"Rrehd.."
"HEY! Can we keep it in English please? My wife is unconscious in surgery and fighting for her life! I want answers and I don't want to be left out because of your native tongue!"
"Calm...down." Kara growled with her arms crossed not making eye contact with any of them. "We all need to calm down." She pulled her phone out, set it on the conference style table and slid it to the middle. "I just got this."
"A message? A...is that...who is that?" Lena glanced from the video sent to her wife and her other big sister. "You know who that is don't you?" Everyone brought eyes on Jehna. "Who is that?"
"That's...that's my Uncle Jaekob." She was floored and had to sit down from the pain that began to emulate from the pit of her stomach. "I trusted.."
"That's the one that took you in?" Kara stepped over and caught her sister before her knees could buckle. She took her by the chin carefully, lifting it so their cerulean blues met. "If he is, then...then I will do this." She would not fail someone who once long ago would have been her sister in law, married to her person. Now, with this brave and fierce sister of hers that looked to be crumbling, Kara had no doubt in her mind this was something she knew she had to do for all of them.
"Kara?" Alex was about to intervene until her little sister held out a hand. "Kara?"
"Tanahn Jaekob?" She felt the wind knocked out of her by a fist to her gut causing her legs to fold and her body to fall forward. Jehna caught her then looked at the kryptonian who had hit her.
"She would have killed him. I felt the shift in her energy. I know that sounds dumb but.."
"You're right. I have tried with everything I could to keep her from going down the path I have. I know where he resides, at our base. Tell me what you want to do Samantha In-Ze."
"Aunt Lena, would you take Rose for a sec?" Kieran nodded to bring her daughter to her chest, who appeared to be out cold for the moment. Ruby's orbs fell on Lucy's. "I will do what I must. Go Moms. I'll take care of Aunt Kara and the Little One. Aunt Jehna...you are family and don't forget that. Be careful."
"Follow us Jehna." Alex spoke with a little too much of an authoritative tone. She and Sam flew side by side with Jehna at her left. "We need to get you suited up properly."
"What do you have in mind?" When she realized what they were going for she froze. Both Artemis and Phoenix halted their flight to slowly turn and look at her. "I can't."
"Why would you not wear some...thing..oh shit Jehna." Alex realized why her older sister appeared distraught. "We will deal with what's left later. I need you protected or Kara will kill us both."
"Is your suit repaired?" Jehna asked as she stared into the chocolates that weren't cold but understanding. "It isn't is it."
"I don't need it." Alex's words had both of their gazes hardening in a protective manor. "You forget whose blood runs through my veins now."
"You aren't as fast as our daughter babe. You don't have.."
"I am a soldier dammit. There is a reason I got the role of Director and why I was feared by all agents. I can handle whatever comes our way. Can you?" Alex flicked her stare on one then the other. "Well?"
"I wasn't going to let Kara walk that path Alex. I can't. I watched from a locked, trapped...cruel cage as my body was used for violence and death. As much as she has proved an ally now, you know that Supergirl cannot be that opposite of hope. I will stain my hands as many times as I have to, so she will never feel blood on hers." Sam promised herself she would keep that vow. "Where is this place?"
"Are you sure?" Jehna began flying again with her sisters at her sides who nodded. "Okay." She didn't ever want it to come to this, but now...now..this was personal..
He cringed, but forced the needle further into his chest pushing down on the plunger harder. No matter how many times Jaekob did it, every time it still fucking hurt. He put his head back attempting to relax his muscles, trying to see through the pain and welcome the power. He clenched his jaw as the last of it was pumped into his heart. Jaekob grit his teeth tighter pulling the tip out finally. In a fit of excruciating agony, he threw the metal syringe across the room.
"Got...to find...a different way...to do that." He flung his right arm to the side to catch the beam close to him, gripping it tightly. When his nearly kryptonite green eyes opened and a smile slipped along his lips, he felt the movement across his face and body under his skin. "Feels so good though." The slithering around his veins, right under his flesh and through his organs had the glow of his kryptonite eyes becoming like smoke. Jaekob removed his hand from the beam he'd crushed easily, putting it in front of his face.
The worm like creatures kept moving around his body, only for some to slither right up and out of his skin showing themselves. They returned into his flesh again as he exited his lab. "Time to test this little power out." Jaekob laughed, heading down the steps about to go train some until a blast shook the entire building. "What.."
She had flown at him almost immediately, landing a hard kick to the side of his head as he staggered some. She didn't waste any time and struck him with another blow using the tip of her boot that impacted with his chin. Two others had landed but they held back to let their leader unleash all hell on the bastard. They watched as she punched, kicked, threw and struck with her strength and heat vision over and over until the monster fell to his knees.
"Meet Khuhtov Aoe sister Uncle." Jehna smiled popping her knuckles with Sam cracking her neck preparing their own moves after Alex was done.
"Your...baby sister Niece? This is a hum.." Jaekob felt yet another kick to his head but just when a fist could make contact with his throat he caught it, smiling. He pushed up from his knees with a grip still on this well trained fighter's wrist. "Such an interesting one you are."
"You will be lucky if I don't k...kill.." Alex eyes grew larger trapped in a set of sinister greens that reminded her of kryptonite. She couldn't force her wrist from his grasp, instead weakening as if he was sucking the very life from her body. She felt her now visible veins weakening as if what was in them had stopped flowing. The moment he was on his feet, she was practically on her knees held up only from his grip.
"ALEX!" Jehna and Sam yelled, ready to lunge forward until the one before them brought his arm up higher leaving Alex dangling in the air helpless and pale.
"You have my new terms to think about little Niece. You will join me or I kill this one and everyone else she knows. We have worked side by side for years and now that you spend quality time with a brat of a man that was nothing, you want to act like these humans. You are the perfect killer Jehna. So I am going to give you an opportunity to prove your loyalty."
"Let her go Jakeob." Jehna refused to give him the right of the name uncle anymore. "You almost killed a sister of mine." His laughter made her blood boil and flicking her gaze to the side, she wasn't the only one. "Let her go."
"Was she human before?" Sam slipped up and swallowed hard. His gaze turned to her and she tightened her jaw. "She was. Interesting." Jaekob smiled and let the worm-like creatures fuel him with more power and with it he took more from his dangling toy. "Did you know that humans have created half breed like creatures of other planet's species? I was curious as to how they had accomplished such a feat considering how dull and dim witted these humans are compared to the intelligence we have. After all, we are light years ahead of them in science and technology. So.."
"Alex.." Sam could no longer stay angry when she was watching the life sucked from her wife slowly, as if he was savoring her agony.
"Let...go of her Jaekob Kor-El." Jehna couldn't contain the rage, the fury and hate bubbling up in her ready to explode. She stepped forward with her eyes burning darker blues. "I won't ask you again. Now...Fahtul of her." It was time they all knew the other half of her blood. The blood she had given her sister and the blood she would give Alex even Sam or Ruby if they wanted that. Jehna let the smoke circle her body of the darkest of blues, the same color of her glowing eyes.
"That's new. Did you know they created metahumans on this wretched planet? Fake gods wielding powers they couldn't even fathom. Then injecting themselves with these bloods and infusing their bodies with things they had no idea could end their futile existence. Your sister should know. After all, records show that who they refer to as Supergirl, had been caught off guard by a human with parasites in their body. One touch and she was reduced to an empty shell. Shame he didn't kill her."
"What do you want?!"
"That kryptonian beside you? Kill her." Jehna's eyes widened as Sam gasped. They both heard the slowing of Alex's heart. She didn't have much time left. "Take her by the throat and as you crush it in your grasp, unleash your heat vision in her eyes. When you've burned holes until your beams have broke through the back of her skull, rip her heart out of her chest. You do that, I spare this one."
"I won't do it Jaekob." Jehna wouldn't kill any of her family. She reached out and Sam took her hand. "Let her go. Last chance."
"Oh well." He forced more power into his hand and pulled more of Alex's power and strength from her limp body. The loudest of clatters caught all of their attentions. All but Alex, who was too weak to hear or see anything. "I finally...get to meet you."
"Is this the power you took into your body?" Kara walked right over to them with her eyes glowing blue yet darkening far more than Jehna's ever had. She knew her and Sam were looking at her as if trying to peer through her. She could feel the parasites swarming through her body and even though it terrified her, she welcomed that fear turning into something greater. "Care to test it out on someone with the same?" Kara dashed the rest of the distance, grabbed his wrist and twisted it then snapped it in half. He howled and let go of Alex who Jehna luckily caught. "Get her out of here. I need you and Sam to get her to where she can be taken care of. I borrowed some things from your place Wai Aoe."
"Kar." Sam couldn't breathe. What had she done..
"Hey Kor-El?" Kara didn't hesitate and slammed the bottom of her foot down on one of his knees shattering it with the blow. "Go."
"El Mayarah Aoe." Sam told her and was grateful Kara nodded. She held her love to her chest that Jehna had handed to her carefully. She was reluctant to leave but knew there was nothing she could do, especially with how fueled up Kara was. Sam couldn't even stop this if she wanted to, she didn't stand a lick of a chance. Artemis turned to Jehna. "We need to Shahr her."
"El Mayarah Kara Zor-El. Kao Ahv Chai.."
"I promise." Kara would keep that. She heard them leave and put her attention back on the one she'd dropped to the ground at her feet. "I've knocked out all your soldiers. It's amazing how much my sister's blood makes me immune even to parasites." She saw him move and kicked him so hard he went flying across the room, through the wall and out at the hanger. "I gotta say, I'm not surprised you would use an old military base in the same place the Red Daughter had called her training camp long ago."
She flew through the hole she made and landed before Jaekob once again. This time she reached down to grab him by the throat. "Is this what you did to my Alektrah when you took the life force from her?" Kara used her newfound power and lifted him in the air while floating up toward the metal roof. "Hmmmm...your wrist is done for. Your kneecap in pieces. Maybe you need a taste of what you wanted my sister Jehna to do to Sam." She let her orbs glow again and howled as she fired her heat vision straight into his eyes breaking the screams from his throat. "You aren't worth killing. I will take what you have gained from my planet, MY home."
As he screamed bloody murder, She reached up to the side of his head to grab one of his ears then yank hard. Kara ignored the blood that poured from where she ripped it right off, letting it fall beneath them on the ground. She easily held both his wrists, one so frail now and the one she hadn't broken yet, switching hands. Kara tore off his other ear then stopped the controlled heat vision. "How much life can I suck from your body, like you did my sister's? I wonder...let's find out." Kara began to crush his other wrist unleashing whimpering screams from him now. She lifted her head with her other hand on his stomach then stabbing her fingers into it. She dug in and felt for his intestines while releasing a lighter beam at his other wrist towards his forearm.
Bit after bit she took from Jaekob and knew he was close to passing out. Stopping the attack at his other now destroyed wrist she glanced down. "Judging by how high we are up, I'd say that this is about...seven stories. What do you think?" Kara twisted one of his intestines then took her hand out and let him go. As he fell she knew it wouldn't kill him, but he wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. She stayed up in the air and looked at her bloody hands.
Sam may have not wanted them covered in violence, but...Kara was far from denying this part of her now. She fired her heat vision at the metal door then flew out it to make haste back to her family. She hadn't killed, just like she'd promised her true blooded sister. Even with what she had done, she now knew she just couldn't. Jehna had saved her from that. She wouldn't let it be in vain..
Lucy hadn't left her wife's side when she had been finally allowed visitors which consisted of everyone else but Alex, Sam, Kara and Jehna. That absence didn't last as three of them touched down in the hall. Danvers' friend from school had went with them in the ambulance, met Amelia and Ruby properly and introduced to a new atmosphere and a perspective employment opportunity.
"Susan." Vasquez held out her hand to Jackie as they shook on new pastures. "We can get her set up in here." She lead the nurse as well as surgeon, to their medical wing. "We've got some techniques, formulas and devices that will help with Maggie's recovery quicker. I am sure you know who most of us are."
"The Angels well...to me you guys looked like knights with the armor. Nice touch by the way. I used to be into a lot of the medieval era. So when I see something like that I ummm kinda drool."
"Ha ha ha...ohhhhh this gonna be fun." Lena tried to make light when they needed some of that humor and happy moments. "Lena."
"Jackie. Are all of you this uh nice?"
"We try to be." Kieran looked in as Lucy once again took her seat by her love. "If we show that monstrous side that everyone had been so frightened by with those who had attacked them and us, they won't be able to handle anything else in life. We are those angels because one of our own angels has always been the light in our darkness. Certainly in mine. When I came to National City, people just thought I was like Lex. I was the one who was taking over a company that had been run by him before. I wasn't trusted except...except by who was cousin to his enemy. She didn't call me names, or judge me. She accepted me, protected me and befriended me. She loved me for Lena and not see me as that Luthor that Lillian and Lex tried to make me think I was." Lena explained, wondering just how much this woman knew.
"I'd seen the footage, which was horrid in itself, the trials that were broadcast and read the papers and articles on Kara Zor-El Danvers. I was shocked to find out who she was, since Alex and I used to talk about our little sisters quite a bit when we'd go for burgers in between classes." Jackie watched her friend stroll over to them. "How are you?"
"I'm uh...drained. It's hard to explain." Danvers' eyes met her sister in law's. "The damn prick had injected parasites into his body." Lena felt shock ripple through her face. "Yeah. He was sucking everything from me." Alex noticed Kieran looking for her wife. "She's on her way."
"You need to rest babe." Sam told her beautiful badass.
"Alex?" Lucy called out from the patient room. She made her way in then stopped in the doorway. Her friend, her ex...her sisters were frail before her eyes. Maggie was hooked up to oxygen, bruises all over her neck and arms that were visible. Most of her torso wrapped in bandages and Alex could see how low her vitals were. "Anything?"
"Yes." She made her way in which Lucy offered Alex the chair beside her. "We…"
"The one that did this, was the one who murdered Jehna's father. He pretended to be his friend and turned around and joined Non to betray him and send him to Fort Rozz." Kara explained and they shivered at the dark blue almost black burning orbs in her sockets. "I found out, from one the soldiers that had escaped with him and my sister, everything missing from unanswered questions I had. Something didn't add up and I had to know why."
"Kar.." Alex went to stand until she saw the rage in her sister's face. It sent chills down her spine.
"Sit back down Alex. You and Lucy, Lena and my Little One should stay here and protect Maggie just in case we have anymore ruthless attack dogs." Kara wasn't even aware of her wife standing behind her, shaking some. The references she was using, coming from her lips were...far too similar to the ones a certain evil bitch used to say. It terrified the hell out of her. "I didn't kill him." Kara whispered before she flew off leaving a gust of wind in her path.
"What?" Lena looked ready to faint. "Why is she...using words that…"
"Lillian would use?" Danvers knew exactly what Kieran was thinking and Lena regretfully acknowledged. "There is something you need to know guys. Is it okay if I gather everyone in the hall here? I know you wanna stay close to Maggie. I do too, but I won't add the others if it's not okay with you Luce." Her second in command had several emotions run across her face, especially her eyes, but she nodded that is was alright. "Let's um...get everyone as close to the doorway as we can so you and I can stay in here with Sawyer."
Lucy picked up one chair with Alex picking up the other one, setting them somewhat by the door. Danvers let her chesnutt browns run down the list, but more importantly the eyes of those that were pleading for an understanding of what had happened. Her eyes met Jehna's as she walked over to stand by the doorway, as if guarding Lucy, Maggie and her at all costs.
"What don't we know Danvers." Amelia was curious but she knew her and Susan were on babysitting duty for little Rose. "I want the lowdown after." They disappeared with the nervous little girl in one of their arms.
"Now that we are clear from earshot of her...spill." Ruby had a bad feeling about what she was about to learn. She hadn't even seen her aunt leave, considering she was absent from their meeting. Skye studied a fidgety Dreamer then to a sickly ill Brainy. "I don't want this shit sugarcoated. Tell us."
"Who heard my sister." Alex spoke a little louder than she meant to. "Who."
"Not so much as heard, as saw." Nia stated. "So I need to know if it's true."
"Is what true?" Sam chimed in asking.
"Has she fallen?" Brainy added, taking one of Nia's hands. "She has."
"My sister hasn't fell anywhere you fucking.." Alex was ready to let loose her anger but was held back by her wife.
"What...happened Alexandra." Lena was tired of these games and when her sister in law didn't answer she looked at the second one. "Tell us Sam."
"I will take responsibility here." Jehna spoke up removing the pressure off the other two. "This rests on my shoulders, not anyone else's."
"How so?" Lena was sick of this shit.
"Perhaps, it was time I told you the whole story.."
She touched down at the fortress, walking over to the entrance making quick work of getting in. Just as she stepped through and the door shut, Kara slid a chain out from under her agent style suit and placing the medallion like key, in the other keyhole. The moment that was engaged, Kelex dropped mid hover. She hated to do this, but she had her reasons as she strode past him already knowing he was just in an equivalent of nap time. Their family's AI didn't need this on his metal shoulders.
Kara stepped up to the dash, placing both hands on the kryptonian deck and keyboard. She removed the necklace chain from around her head and brought the medallion of the stanford angel to where there was a base for it under one of the boards. Not even her cousin knew about it and Kara preferred to keep it that way. So fitting that she could create keyholes meant to house the unique design of one of Michelangelo's sculptures she'd carved two medallions from. The depth of an angel knelt down over a pedestal, weeping for what she had lost. Kara truly felt that way as of late, unable to shake the sorrow and pain that she now looked to extinguish if she could, but feared what would come of the decision she chose to make soon.
"Amarah..bring up Zhgehv Chaiahm Threhk Irstun Ewuhshehd.
"Certainly Lady El. Bringing up final trial of world killer blood transformation now."
"Analyze, place and test. Tell me when it can be administered." Kara ignored the darker burn of her once so kind cerulean eyes. Niceties were over and done with, after all she'd been through between the physical attacks and mental attacks, psychological hells and relentless nightmares. She watched the charts while the system ran through each particle and compatibility spectrum, while trying to fight what was swarming through her body. Deep down, she knew this was a losing battle.
Kara may not have killed Jaekob, but she had sucked almost everything out of him properties wise. She had drained the parasitic power too and with it the one she'd injected into her body was now fusing with that he'd created, unleashing a burning through her veins and muscles. "Well?" Her patience was running thin and with it she realized she had took on a more snappy attitude by one snarky word.
"Analysis completely Lady Kara Zor-El. Shall I administer through the tanks?" Kara closed her eyes while shutting out all other noises, both in the fortress and all over the world. When she found her daughter's strong heartbeat, her wife's nervous one and her person's tempo she always matched with her own, she then listened to the voices of who she had always believed to be like family. "Lady El?"
"SILENCE!" Kara growled, keeping the focus on those in the AOD.
"We found what was left of him. She nearly broke all the bones in his body."
"MY WIFE is no killer! You HAVE to be wrong!"
"YOU didn't get the coldest of deadly gazes sent your way! You didn't watch all the light and good, that you had spent your whole life looking to, be an emptiness in its place. So tell me...WHAT do you think YOU know that I DON'T?!"
"My little sister is not what I've been. She may have given the heartless and cruel a taste of his own medicine but..she will not kill. She promised me. She promised all of you, when she donned the cape and the symbol of hope. She's not me."
"She is trying to be me." Kara released a slight growl from her throat at who she heard.
"REIGN!"
"Mom? Mom stop!"
"Our mother says Dol Threhk Ikaogh of Harun-El."
"Dark? No. Black. Black blood? Wait...black blood use...NO! Kara!"
"Why are you here Reign. HOW are you here?"
"I second Lena's questions. What do you mean black blood Alex?"
"Samantha and I are on the same page here. It was Kara to believe in me before and refuse to end my life. Even when I nearly ended hers. Now, I need to stop her from ending her own with this path. Astra In-Ze wants us to see something none of us are. Alura Zor-El will do you no good in this."
Kara retracted her Super hearing again, unable to listen to anymore of their words. She stepped away and went to where the walls had slid open, seeing the two arms extended out at the table. There was no turning back and she took the last few steps after dropping the red and blue material to the icy floor. Now...it was no longer about being some symbol, being who everyone looked to for the right answers, being more human.
Kara was so very tired and she loved her wife and daughter with all of her heart. She loved Alex just like she was a blood sister, which now she was. She wanted to be that strength, but deep down she felt nothing but weak. Humans, with little drugs and tricks, had been the ones to cause her the greatest of pains. None of them could see how badly Kara suffered on the inside and why she looked for volatile alien drugs to find some sort of answers and solace. She didn't even want to be herself anymore and Kara knew just how far she'd fallen into this black abyss. It was over and she was done. The parasites had made her think clearly for once and now that the other voices have become mute, she had nothing to lose.
"Once we begin, use the restraints until I give you the word. No sooner and no one is to enter unless they know Umbravh. All systems have been locked, along with security measures engaged. I'm ready when you are." Kara slid onto her back relaxing her body to look up at the icy cave. Just as she felt the sting of the thicker needles entering her shoulders a whole other burning begun. After a few dismal minutes she must have become deranged with an unexpected laughter bubbling out of her throat. Even with her eyes shut once more, sanity's slip away continued unaware that all her veins were turning an icy grey with the color of her skin growing more pale. The worm like parasites were slithering under her skin in the hundreds until they all just stopped moving, as if their life had simply ended unexpectedly.
Grey veins and pale features were replaced with black veins and shifts in her muscles that became more defined. She sat up and yanked her body away uncaring when it caused blood to run down her shoulders as she grabbed both robotic like arms, tearing them right off the mounts they had been attached to. Once she felt more at ease, Kara opened her eyes that were like pits of darkness. Nothing remained in them.
"Gampil Fish Ju Kryptahnium Rahn Rth."
"There are currently twelve kryptonian life forms on Planet Earth. Would you like me to locate them for you?" She smiled with no hint of warmth on her face.
"That's alright. Khap Nim hunt those others." Kara made her way back to the dash, walking right over her old suit. "Place Alektrah In-Ze Danvers, Samantha In-Ze Danvers, Ruby In-Ze Danvers, Lena Kieran Zor-El Danvers, Roselyn Alexi Zor-El Danvers and Jehna Kor-El on the records as Threhk and Gynot NOT enemy. Rth Gavrrig..Earth Born names I will have you add as well. Enter these in your records here.."
Kara told the AI computer of her people, explaining each name, their meaning and whether to be added to one list or another for access. She knew who was hovering close to the fortress, but it didn't stop her task. In fact, it just brought a coldness that much deeper in her. She should have known that who she had called mother on their extinguished planet, would have returned to Earth to rain on her parade. First to take care of this, then….Alura Zor-El would KNOW her sister's pain. Let the GAMES..begin..
Forty-six tin canned cars later...it still wasn't enough. Anger seared through every fiber of her being, with no off switch to the thoughts the fears that played on her. Plagued with guilt, with regret, with all the things she shouldn't be focusing on yet was. Shame and failure held her like a vice, tightening more and more over Alex's very soul. Did she even have that? She felt like she'd given it to her little sister, that looked up to her with doe-like eyes. How those cerulean worldlike orbs had changed the moment an enraged expression covered Kara's face.
So it was no wonder, that now she was doing something she had known her sister did when needing to get some of that upset that anger out. Not once since landing here, did Kara display a cold cruelty in her eyes like Alex had seen. Even under red k, she still wouldn't show such a darkness. Sure, she had been a little crazy and icy but...she had never looked like that or hell, even stood that way.
"Fucking.." Alex kicked two trucks across the yard with both landing in the massive pile up Danvers had caused. "Not enough.."
"Somehow...I swear I've seen this before." Sam announced her presence, not surprised that her wife wasn't stopping the rather destructive routine they were practically surrounded by. "You know Rubes had found another abandoned military bunker that she kinda well...reconditioned. If you wanted to take this.."
"Is Maggie awake?" Alex spun around to face her wife who wasn't phased by the glow in her eyes. Sam was just about to respond when the radios at their sides went off.
"Sawyer is conscious guys!" The two looked at one another when their heads came back up as both nodded to fly off and towards the medical wing of the AOD.
"Did I just hear.." Susan asked glancing over seeing two warriors touchdown. Her and Amelia made their way through the hall with Lena and Ruby, holding little Rose, Brainy and Nia all joining them. Looking at one another, they immediately saw who was absent.
"I'm here." Kara stated, walking over from the opposite direction. A few glances strode along the Super and several of them were slightly cautious of her judging by the appearance of her. Kara was wearing agent cargo pocket black pants, black boots, a navy blue tank which was showing off muscles that Lena couldn't help but wanna drool over and then her hair tied back with a black french style hat on her head. "I had to take some uh...I needed to go punch things."
"Guys! She's getting grumpy here." Lucy announced and they all chuckled to walk in and see a grumbling jello munching Captain. "I think I might need to raid Aaron's stash of flavors."
"Well.." Maggie popped the spoon out of her mouth. "...if our Director would like splurge on the good stuff I wouldn't be left with crappy ones." They laughed with a couple rolling their eyes. "Are you all okay?" Sawyer was quick to set the empty cup and spoon down which her ex took to toss the empty container away. "Are you?"
"We are all intact, for the most part. There are some things that can wait until later Mags." Alex explained but Maggie shook her head. "How are you?"
"Tired of your deflecting Danvers. Now tell me what's going on because I see some bruises and cuts along a couple of you that...should be practically indestructible."
"That's my fault Maggie." Kara took full blame for this. "I know you don't want us to ask about you but I need to know, that you are alright. What hurts and if you tell me nothing I will scan you for.." Sawyer grumbled waving her arms which lead to her vitals cuff being disconnected. Maggie grinned as Amelia sighed to just shut the machine off.
"Nice to know it's not just Danvers that pulls that trick. I swear, I am getting wireless next time. Cough up the account for this Lena." Sam and Alex chuckled.
"I have a feeling I had some broken ribs, a lot of bruising. Judging by how much of me looks like I've been mummified, I would say I am right. I didn't like die did I?"
"Not funny babe." Lucy muttered with her hand slipping into one of her wife's. "It was an old pack of yours from the precinct that found you."
"Who alerted them?" Maggie was curious even more now but she quickly forced herself more upright, snatching up the remote to adjust the backrest. "Was anyone hurt?"
"A couple found you outside and they called the police. When your buddies answered the emergency, they realized it was you and your friend Lieutenant um...Frank Defaurot?"
"D'Vuaro but that's close enough Danvers."
"Well, they figured out it was you and the Lieut. He still had your old contact info and mine." Alex was ready to ask what had happened to her but her sister put up her hand and she knew what that meant. Her eyes flickered to the side widening by the sliver of black she saw in Kara's veins, along her neck. As quickly as they had shown, they disappeared leaving questions that would be brought to the house whether interrogation or not.
"They brought you to a regular hospital, one of my wife's, then we got you moved back to the AOD. An old friend of my sister's was the one to do most of the surgeries on you. I believe her name is Jackie. I kinda recall Lexy's bitching about me to her." Kara smirked stepping closer and taking Maggie's free hand. "I am glad you are okay. You scared the shit out of all of us."
"Must be drinking the kool-aid Little Danvers. Your mouth is gonna be a run for everyone's money, especially your sister ha ha. But hey...this douche that smacked me around I think...his name...ummm…" Maggie was trying to recall when it came to her. "Jae...Jaekob."
"What did he say to you?" Kara asked calmly.
"Ehrosh Bem. He also said um...Kir..gha..hv. Also...Tag..ehd..something he can um..um crush. He said your name Jehna." Maggie swallowed hard with her pulse beginning to race when she saw a darker shade of cerulean in her little sister's eyes. "Kara?"
"He called you weakling and something that…" Kara removed the darkness in her gaze and softly ran a thumb over the top of Maggie's hand. "He won't hurt you again Maggie. I promise."
"Kara, he's kryptonian and dangerous." Sawyer explained but Zor-El just smiled.
"You're safe. He's taken care of." Kara told her with Maggie's eyes locked on hers. "He can't hurt you anymore. We are all safe."
"From even YOU Kekphah Vo Udol?" Why did that woman's voice sound familiar?