"Alex, no. I can't go along with this," Kara says crossing her arms. "Even if you can get him to agree to let you into the lab, there's no way that we can sneak the body out. He has cameras all over his property," she points out.
There's a knock at the door and Alex rushes over to answer it.
"Hey Alex, what's with the 911 text?" Winn asks as she grabs his arm and pulls him inside.
"I need your help. Can you hack into the surveillance system of Lord Technologies?" She asks rapidly.
"Whoa, that's a serious ask," he blurts out. "Oh but is it for the DEO? Because if it's the government spying on Maxwell Lord, that I can totally get behind," Winn adds.
"It's not exactly for the DEO," Alex replies. "But what if I told you that Lord has The Detonator and he is colluding with General Lane to analyze the body?" She asks.
"Is he really doing that? Because that doesn't sound good. Lord created Bizzaro with Kara's DNA, imagine what he could do with The Detonator's?" Winn exclaims.
"That's exactly why I need to get into that lab," Alex points out, staring over at Kara.
"Alex, I'm sorry." Kara replies stepping over to the door.
"You're leaving? Kara I can't do this without you..." she says, then watches as Kara opens the door to reveal Lucy standing there.
"Un-fucking-believable!" Alex says slapping her head with her hand. "You had no right to call her, Kara."
"I'm acting director of the DEO and one of my agents is about to do something incredibly stupid. She had every right to call me Alex," Lucy says storming into the house.
"I have to get into that lab," Alex says angrily.
"I know, but why are you shutting me out? I've been helping you. It's because of me that you even know that he has the body," Lucy questions her girlfriend.
"Lucy, you can't be involved with this. There are too many grey areas," Alex explains to the brunette. "You can't risk being involved in this. Not only are you acting director of the DEO, you're still active military Lucy. Please just leave now and you'll still have plausible deniability," she points out.
"Alex, there are other options. I just need some more time to research this. I think that I can get that body transferred to the DEO," Lucy counters.
"There's no time. Lord has had it for weeks now. He's already extracted DNA and I'm sure that he's already mapped it. Don't you realize how dangerous that is? Look what he did with Kara's DNA!" Alex reminds her excitedly.
Then turning to glare at her sister, "Jesus, Kara, I trusted you. How could you do this?"
Kara stands her ground. She knows that she did the right thing. Now she just hopes that Alex will forgive her, especially after Lucy realizes the lengths that Alex was willing to go to get inside Lord's lab.
"Excuse me? You have a date with Maxwell Lord tomorrow night?" Lucy exclaims trying to stay calm. Kara and Winn left right after she arrived, neither wanting to bear witness to the argument that was about to take place.
"Not a date, date. I'm just going to have dinner with him and see if I can persuade him to let me into his lab to assist with the analysis," Alex replies.
"Persuade how?" Lucy questions. "With this?" she adds holding up the dress that was draped over the couch.
Rolling her eyes, Alex scoffs. "You do realize that I have a doctorate in biochemistry and I specialize in alternate life forms... and he should have already asked me for help," she points out angrily.
"He can't ask you for help, because he doesn't want you to know what he's doing. Which is why this is so dangerous Alex! As soon as you tell him that you know he has those remains, he's going to increase all of his security and the rest of your plan doesn't have a chance!" Lucy counters back growling with frustration.
"Then what do you suggest that I do? Just wait until he's created a zombie army of Detonators, like he did with Bizzaro?" Alex replies sarcastically.
"I won't let it get to that point. I will file an injunction to stop him from using any of this analysis for his private gain," Lucy argues.
"It's not just his private gain that I'm worried about. I don't want him developing an army of meta-humans for the US Military either," Alex counters. "Lucy, we are on the same side here," she adds trying to bring things back down.
"I know that," Lucy says taking a deep breath. "No one wants an army of meta-humans and it wouldn't be legal for the military to contract for that. Robots and meta-humans are two completely different issues," she adds.
"Yeah, I know. I am the scientist here," Alex snaps. Then immediately regrets it. "I'm sorry, that wasn't necessary," she says softly.
"I get it now. Alex, you think that you should have known this was going to happen and somehow prevented it. You're scrambling now because you feel like this is somehow your fault," Lucy says realizing the other woman's motivation. "Alex you made the decision to stay with Supergirl after Hank recovered her, no one's judging you for that. In fact, I should have sent out the second recovery team sooner. It didn't even occur to me at the time that anyone else would recover that body."
Alex deflates and sits down on her couch.
Lucy sits down beside her.
"Maybe we can just sleep on this tonight and discuss it again tomorrow morning," she asks smiling weakly at her.
"Okay, that's probably a good idea," Alex agrees, a bit relieved that they at least agree on that.
"Should I go?" Lucy asks, no longer confident of what Alex wants from her.
"No, stay." Alex says softly approaching the brunette and wrapping her arms around her. "I'm sorry. I was trying to protect you, I don't want to hurt you."
"Then don't hurt me. Alex, this works when we're in it together. I know that our respective jobs will require us to keep secrets from each other, but what you were planning to do was dangerous. And not just dangerous for you, it was dangerous for us," Lucy replies carefully.
The next morning Alex wakes up curled around the brunette, it took forever to fall asleep. She knows that Lucy's right, but she still wants to try to get into that lab.
Lucy opens her eyes, she can tell that Alex is awake, so she turns over to face her. "Hey," she says softly.
Alex smiles before pulling the brunette closer and kissing her.
"Mmmm, it's that kind of morning," Lucy replies laughing happily.
Across town, Kara wakes up alone, it doesn't take her long to remember where she is. The incredibly soft sheets and the morning breeze blowing in from the ocean remind her that she came back to Cat's last night. Smiling she looks out to see Cat sitting on her chaise lounge in her robe, reading the morning news on her iPad.
Rousing herself from the bed, she pads outside to greet her.
"Good morning, Cat," she says softly as she approaches, not wanting to startle her.
"Hmm," Cat replies taking a moment to finish what she's reading before setting the tablet down. "You didn't sleep well, would you like to talk about it?" Cat asks reaching out for her hand.
"I want to tell you about the incredibly insane thing that Alex wants to do, that I had to stop her from doing, but I can't," Kara replies, looking down and intertwining her fingers. "I'm sorry if I woke you," she adds.
"No, I wasn't sleeping well either," Cat sighs. "Is it wrong that I assumed Carter's father would have the sex talk with him?" she asks.
"No, I think that's a normal expectation," Kara replies, sitting down with her on the lounge chair. "So that's what kept you up last night?"
"Among other things," Cat says idly trailing her fingers along Kara's leg. "I haven't had anyone stay over with Carter in the house before," she admits almost shyly.
"Oh," Kara says smiling. "Should I go before he wakes up?" she asks.
"No, he invited you to stay last night, he'll be disappointed if you're not here," she replies. Moving in closer to Kara and slipping her hands under her tank top. "He won't be up for another half hour," Cat adds, kissing her.
Kara pushes Cat back on the lounge and unties Cat's robe and manages to remove her own clothes all in one motion.
Cat gasps before delighting in the sight of Kara's body. "My god, you are so beautiful," she marvels, running her hands across Kara's broad shoulders and down her defined arms.
Wordlessly, Kara begins kissing her and letting her hands explore the other woman's body under the silk slip. "You feel amazing, Cat..." she says lifting her gently and removing the robe and slip. "I want you right here with the sun on my back," Kara states, it's not a question.
Cat nods, this Kara is confident and unyielding in the best way; it renders her speechless.
"Thank you for inviting me to come back last night, I really wanted to share this morning with you. I love seeing you with your son. He transforms you into this whole other being," Kara gushes after they drop Carter off at school.
"You have no idea the effect that you have on people do you?" Cat questions.
"The effect that I have on people?" Kara scoffs. "Cat you affect people, not me."
"Your enthusiasm and positive disposition inspires people Kara, I know because it inspires me," Cat points out.
"You're teasing me," Kara replies.
"No, I'm serious. Starting my day with you today..." Cat's voice trails off, distracted by the memory.
"Oh, so it's the endorphins talking, you know that sex increases the blood flow to the brain," Kara points out playfully.
"Hmm, it's been awhile since I've had sex in the morning, I seem to have forgotten the effect of it," Cat replies.
"Wait, why do you know so much about it?" Cat asks suddenly.
"Well, I sort of took some human sexuality classes in college. Alex suggested it, so that I would better understand humans, she kind of got tired of all of my questions," Kara says slightly embarrassed.
"How many classes?" Cat asks.
"It was a double major," Kara replies.
"You completed two undergraduate degrees in four years of college?" Cat asks. "What exactly was the second degree in?"
"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality," Kara answers.
"Why was that not on your resume?" Cat asks.
"I didn't think that it would help me get a job as your assistant," Kara replies.
"You are right. It was quite obvious early on that you were completely overqualified to be my assistant," Cat remarks, a coy grin twitching at the corner of her mouth. "This is you," she says watching Kara's apartment building come into view.
"We're not done with this conversation," Kara says pausing to kiss her lightly before climbing out of the towncar.
"Morning meeting starts in 15 minutes," Cat says with a twinkle in her eye. "Don't be late."
"Alex, uh, hey," Kara says as she lands in the alley behind CATCO and Alex's voice fills her head on the comms.
"Can you talk?" Alex asks.
"Not really, I'm running late." Kara admits quickly changing back into her work clothes and dashing around to the side entrance.
"I stopped by your place this morning, but you weren't there," Alex replies.
"I stayed at Cat's last night. Alex, I'm sorry about calling Lucy. I just don't want you to jeopardise everything because of this thing you have for Max Lord," Kara blurts out.
"The thing that I have for Max Lord?" Alex almost yells into the phone, but she's driving and doesn't want to look like a crazy person on the 405. "Kara, he's immoral and dangerous. And he's working for the military," she reminds her sister.
"Okay, okay, look I can probably get away at lunch, we can talk then," Kara suggests.
"Fine, I'll have worked out the plan for tonight by then," Alex replies ending the call.