AN: This is just a first draft. I know that there are mistakes in this, I have not edited this properly yet because this is just to test the waters, see if there's any interest and if I should continue. Please leave comments to let me know your thoughts, any suggestions you have and weather or not I should continue. Also at this moment in time I don't have a beta so if anyone is willing to volunteer just ping me a message. I hope you enjoy what I have so far.

KARA

When Kara was 13 her whole world got turned upside down and was irrevocably changed. It was on a friday night a couple of weeks before Christmas. The sky had already turned a beautiful shade of midnight blue making the snowflakes pop as they lazily made their way down to the ground that was already covered in a light dusting of powder white snow. Inside her home however, it was a winter paradise, there was a roaring fire in the hearth as they - her parents and Aunt Astra - curled up under blankets whilst sipping Italian hot chocolate. A crappy christmas film was playing on the TV about a woman who accompanied her niece and nephew to their estranged grandfather's for christmas and managed to bag a prince.

The Peace and Tranquility was shattered in an instant. One minute her aut was teasing her over finding the lead attractive and the next her mother was shoving her into the cupboard under the stairs telling her not to make a sound. Whist she huddled under the coats she heard the sounds of her whole family being murdered yet she was unable to make a sound as her mother's last words rung in her head.

Since that night Kara had not uttered a single single word; the psychologists said that it was a mental block that had been created when her mother told her not to make a sound.

After the massacre she was adopted by her father's work colleagues and close friends the Danvers. Even before the adoption she was close friends with Alex - they were practically sisters, unfortunately this did not prevent the road ahead from becoming rocky. As the third month bled into the fourth and then into the fifth the nightmares started to decline both in frequency and severity as the sun finally started to burn through the mist of grief. She was able to settle into her new normal fairly quickly with a new school, new house and new people all coming together to create her new life. There was no denying that it was hard to settle in with the stigma of not only being the girl who's family had been murdered but also but she was also the girl who didn't speak. Not great for conversations. Mainly she hung around with Alex and her friends whilst choosing to keep to herself during lessons.

Just when she felt like she was starting to get her footing back the rug was pulled out from under hers and the Danvers feet. It was just coming up to the sixth month anniversary of the deaths of her parents. Alex had been suffering from pain in her lower right leg in addition to fatigue and weight loss. When she developed a fever that had gone unbroken for several days that Eliza took her to the local A&E.

Two whirlwind days - of tests and referrals - later Alex was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma. There's not much that Kara can remember from the short period of time as it all passed by in a blur. However there is one memory that stands out with vivid clarity. It was of going home and curling up with Alex on her bed for a Harry Potter marathon trying to block out Eliza's muffled sobs from downstairs.

By the end of the week Alex's treatment plan had been had been finalized and her treatment had been started. They were starting her with chemo and radiation to shrink the tumor in a bid to avoid amputating the leg.
The whole family knew that it would be a hard uphill struggle. Kara was distraught as Alex had become something of a safe base for her since the deaths of her parents. So she went to as many of Alex's chemo appointments as she could but she was forced to wait in the waiting room.

It was on Alex's second Chemo appointment that she had met Lena Luthor for the first time. The waiting room was empty with the exception of Kara And Eliza. Alex had disappeared behind the double doors into the chemo treatment room about five minutes before the laughter started to drift down the corridor. It was a complete juxtaposition to sombre atmosphere in the children's oncology ward. A second later Lex burst into the waiting room dressed in old jeans, an old band T-Shirt and an Abercrombie zip up. He had a burgundy beanie pulled down to his ears to cover his bald head from the chemo. All his clothes seemed to hang off his skinny frame which was yet another side effect of the chemo that Alex had to look forward to. Perched on Lex's back was a small girl with chubby cheeks and imploring green eyes. I was clear that she was the source of the laughter.

In the distance from down the corridor and exasperated sounding woman called out "Lex put your sister down." This sent the duo into another fit of giggles.

"Hey Kar." said Lex turning her attention to Kara. They had met the previous week at Alex's first chemo appointment. "This is my baby sister Lena." he gestures at the girl on his back. "Lena this is Kara, her sister Alex is on my Chemo schedule."

Lena pouted "I'm not a baby." Kara found it hard to suppress a laugh at how looked. The small girl pouted before adding in a petulant tone "I'm eight."

"Lee, you'll always be my baby sister no matter what."

Her eyes widened comically "Even when I'm 30 and old?"

"Yes, even when your old."

"I heard that old comment young lady." said a red headed woman as she entered the room. "I'm turning 30 next week I'll have you know."

Lena whipped her head round so fast kara was half surprised the it didn't pop off. "Really!" she exclaimed. "But your not old."

"Well I'm glad to hear you say that." the woman snorted. "So how have you bee Lena Beana?"

The girl in question shrugged "Well my legs have been doing the jumpy thing; mum thinks that it might be mild AD because my chair may need adjusting."

Kara had had to admit that there was something disconcerting about hearing such a young child talk that way about medical conditions.

The woman smiled kindly approaching Lena. "Well your mum sounds like a very smart woman and I think that she might be spot on. So what do you say we go have a look at your chair and then get you in the pool."

Smiling in return Lena bobbed her head up and down, the woman took Lena into her arms balancing the girl on her hip. They exited the room with Lena telling her an animated tale about something that had happened at school.
A thought briefly crossed Kara's mind about Alex and how she might lose her leg and she was almost resentful that Lena was wasting her ability to run around and be a kid.

Almost as soon as the pair had left an older woman around Eliza's age entered and it was clear from her resemblance to Lex that she was his and Lena's mother. The woman smiled at Lex with a definant hint of sadness "Lex you can head in because your all signed in." Lex nodded shoving his hands into his pockets and heading into the chemo room. The woman turned her attention to Eliza. "Hello Eliza, how are you doing?"

Eliza sighed heavily "I guess I'm holding in there. How are you Lillian?" Lillian down in the chair next to Eliza as the two women started chatting. Kara turned her attention back to her old, worn and well read copy of the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Around an hour and a half into Alex's appointment the red headed woman entered the room. She approached Lillian and had a hushed conversation that Kara couldn't hear despite only being a couple seats away. "Thank you Cam!" said Lillian as the other woman stood.

"Lena should be out in a minute. She's just getting her shoes on. I'll see you and Lena next week at the usual time."

Just after Cam had left the room Lena re-entered. Kara groaned internally as the pieces fell into place and wave of guilt washed over her at the spiteful thoughts from earlier. There was also also a tinge of sympathy as she observed the young girl role into the room in a wheelchair. An uncomfortable feeling of injustice settled in her stomach provoked by the sight and thought of such a young lovely girl being confined to a wheelchair. There was also something that did not compute about the idea of wheelchairs being made so small - logically she knew they must but it was totally different to being confronted with the reality.

Once her brain finished short circuiting she turned her attention from the wheelchair to Lena. She was grinning from ear to ear and there was a sparkle in her eyes. Her hair was still sopping wet causing two wet patches to form on her top at the ends of her plaits. Lena wheeled over to Lillian and grabbed a thick book that she balanced on her knees as she headed over to the corner of the room with a pile of bean bags. Lena quickly transferred from the wheelchair to the bean bags as she settled down to read the book.

Almost a half hour later on the dot Alex through the double doors. She was extremely pale with her lips pressed into a thin line and her hand hovering in front of her face which was a sure indication that she was about to be sick. Lex had his arm around her waist as she leaned into his side making it clear that he was supporting most of her weight.

When they were close enough to the chairs Alex flopped down closing her eyes and groaning. "So it went that well then." deadpanned Eliza. Alex's only response was to grimace. Eliza stood pulling her daughter up with her and allowed Alex to lean on her much like with Lex.

Lillian also stoos slipping her KIndle in her handbag. She smiled at Eliza smiling and said "Well I guess this is it until next week."

Eliza nodded "I guess it is. Enjoy your week."

"We will. And likewise to you to."

Kara turned to look over her shoulder an watched as Lillian placed her bag and Lena's book on the seat of the wheelchair. She bent down picking Lena who had obviously fallen asleep at some point during the half hour. Lex followed his mother out of the waiting the room pushing the wheelchair looking grateful for having something to lean on.

It was three years before Kara saw Lena again. She did have a vague idea of what the younger girl had been up to from conversations she had overheard between Eliza and Lillian as well as talking to Alex and Lex. It was at the rehabilitation centre that was attached to the children's hospital where she and Alex bumped into the youngest Luthor.

Initially the Chemo, radiation and surgery had worked and Alex was in remission. Unfortunately the cancer not only returned but had spread to Alex's other leg. This time the doctors were not able to save the limbs so they forced to amputate both at the knee. It was a few weeks after Alex had been discharged from the rehab centre and graduated to an outpatient. Kara had an inset day so Eliza decided that instead of leaving the nervy girl alone she would drop her off at Alex's PT appointment.

"So how's Lex?" Asked Alex. After nearly three years Lex had finally got the magic seal of approval for remission four months ago.

Lena giggled. " Well much to his delight and mums chagrin his hair has grown back straight. Mum thinks the curls make him look cute, LEx thinks they make him look like a girl." She paused cocking her head to the side popping a wheelie in her chair. "Well he is right."

Kara laughed silently laughed silently whilst Lena burst into another fit of giggles whilst Alex started pensively of into the distance lost in thought. 'So how com your here? Don't you already know how to do all this stuff?' signed Kara. About a year ago the psychologists realised that it wasn't 'talking' that was the problem but rather the making of the sound. From that moment all of the Danvers had picked up ASL so that it would be easier for Kara to communicate with them. She had been pleasantly surprised to realise that Lena understood ASL - something about her mum making her learn so she could be a well rounded individual.

Lena lowered the front wheels of her chair back to the floor. "Well I'm going to boarding school in September and there are certain things that I've always had my parents or Lex to help me with that I need to learn how to do for myself."

'Boarding school sounds so fun you know the friends for life and midnight snacks in the Kitchen. Where are you going?'

"Mercer." Lena's whole face had lit up and she was practically vibrating in her seat from excitement.

'Isn't Mercer that ultra exclusive and super expensive high school in Montana?' Lena bobbed her head up and down. 'But your eleven?'

"I skipped third, fourth and fifth grade." Lena replied nonchalantly as if it was the most normal thing in the world that everyone did like food shopping or brushing their teeth. "Besides Mercer has an amazing science programme. It's the best in the country at highschool level."

"Do you ever miss it?" Asked Alex barely above a whisper. Kara had almost forgotten that she was there. At Kara and Lena's confused looks Alex elaborated "Walking. DO you ever miss walking?"

The jovial mood dissipated instantly and Lena fixed her eye's on the floor. "I don't really remember anything from before the accident. I mean it happened when I was four so all I have are a few fuzzy memories of my mum - my real mum." she paused an swallowed thickly "So I guess I've never really known anything else so I can't really miss something that I never had or had no memory of."

The conversation was quickly put to an end when her PT and OT came to start her session. An uncomfortable feeling settled in Kara's stomach and not for the first or last time she felt a wave of sorrow wash over her for the young Luthor. A few moments later Cam came to take Lena to the Gym.

The third time that Kara saw Lena was at a science conference. Lena and her business partner - who was probably something more but no one knew what - were the keynote speakers. Straight out of MIT at the young age of nineteen Lena had used her family money and partnered up with fellow graduate Jack Spheer on a start concerned with nanobots. Together the pair had developed the first prototype for self replicating nanobots that were programmed to target cancer cells.

Alex had dragged Kara along to the conference for some sister bonding time. The pair hadn't been able to spend much time together over the past couple of months. Alex had started working at Kara's family company - Krypton Tech - straight out of university and in two short years became the youngest person to be promoted from a research assistant to a junior researcher. Kara on the other hand had started her first job since graduation working at CatCo as a junior reporter. She had done an internship with Cat Grant the summer of her junior year; Kara had felt honoured and for some reason the formidable woman had taken a liking the young blonde. Cat had offered her a job for when she graduated. The result being that the two sisters were both busy working and climbing the ladder at their respective workplaces.

So when Alex had found out about the conference in the New York she thought it would be the perfect opportunity for a sister road trip. It took awhile for Alex to convince her because despite her family background she didn't have much interest in science. She did finally relent at the prospect of getting to spend some long overdue time with her sister and at the prospect of getting a week away from her nightmare of a boss Snapper Carr.

Kara hadn't really paid attention to what would be happening at the conference so it was a pleasant surprise to find out the Lena was a keynote speaker. There were a couple of speeches after Lena but she didn't really pay attention to them but after the speeches had concluded the crowd dispersed to mingle, look at the various stalls whilst enjoying fizz and canapes. Alex and Kara had gotten separated in the crowd but she didn't really mind as she wandered between the stalls because at least they had potstickers. She was looking at a stall on using plant based polymers to reduce waste - it was by Dr Ilsey who had spoken after Lena - whilst she munched on her fourth potsticker in five minutes when she heard her name being called.

Turning around she was greeted by her friend from university Barry. "Hey Kar! What are you doing here?"

She grinned at the young man who knew all to well of Kara's dislike for science. She quickly shoved the remainder of her potsticker into her mouth to free up her hands. 'Alex wanted to come so she organised it as a road trip for bonding time.'

"Thats cool. What did you think of Caitlyn's speech?"

Kara racked her brain trying to remember the women's speech on preventing curable diseases in children from developing countries 'I thought it was good - she had some great ideas and it's an admirable cause.'
Barry nodded eagerly "I know; she's great isn't she. We've just started working together at Star Labs."

"Hey Barry." calles a short baby faced guy with long hair. "Caitlyn and I were gonna go to the bar in our hotel to grab a drink. Wanna come with?"

"Uh yeah. Cisco this is Kara - we went to uni together. Kara this is Cisco - he also work at Star Labs. You wanna come to the bar with us?"

Kara smiled at Barry. 'I shouldn't. If I just disappeared Alex would freak.' at his doubtful look she laughed 'go have fun with your friends.'

She want back to browsing the stalls and consuming an alarming amount of potstickers losing track of the time before Alex found her. On the way back to the hotel they staying in for the night she listened to Alex animatedly talk about everything she saw and everyone she spoke to. "So I got the chance to briefly talk to Lena." Alex slipped in nonchalauntly. This immediately piqued her interest like Alex knew it would. She raised her eyebrows to say continue. "Well she's doing really well in life - both personal and professional. But I'm sure you already know that seen as you practically stalk her online." There was truth in what Alex said. Kara read every article that mentioned that mentioned the youngest Luthor along with everything she had published over the years and following all of her social media accounts. It could be said that the youngest Danvers had a crush on Lena but there was also something else, this connection that Kara couldn't really explain but had felt from the first time they had met. "And well…" Alex's teasing smile dropped from her face morphing into a more serious expression. "Lex's Leukemia is back." Thar revelation put a dampener on the rest of the trip.

The last time Kara saw Lena was at Lex's funeral; it was around a year after the conference. With this last round of Leukemia Lex had decided that he wasn't going to go through with the treatment. She couldn't really blame him because she had witnessed first hand with Alex what chemo and radiation could take out of a person.

She was accompanying Alex for the moral support. Alex's girlfriend MAggie had offered to come but Alex had opted for Kara had been there throughout her Cancer.

Not long after the conference Lena had fallen off the face of the Earth. All of her accounts ahd gone dark as well as there there had been no new research published on the self replicating nanobots. Of course the media had been all over Lena's disappearance speculating on the reason. Their ideas ranged from being kidnapped by aliens and forced to marry their price to her working of a covert government organisation. So Lex's funeral was the first time that Lena had been seen in public for almost a year and Kara was just as captivated by her as the first time that they met. The reason for her disappearance became quickly apparent. In her arms she cradled a small baby and it was clear from the babys colouring who the father was. Throughout the whole event Jack Spheer did not leave Lena's side.

Kara hung back whilst Alex went to give her condolences to Lena. For some reason Kara couldn't find it with in her self to actually talk to Lena. But she also felt that Alex needed a private moment because after all she was the one who was close to Lex, she was his friend and comrade of sorts.