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"You look like death."

That was the line that Kara opened with as she entered the D.E.O infirmary, armed with food and caffeine. She was no longer the protector of National City, only a concerned sister. Maggie gratefully accepted the pizza box she was offered as Kara took a seat beside her.

"Don't worry, it's all vegan," Kara assured and watched Maggie's cautious face turn relieved as she opened the box to reveal the goodness inside.

"Thank you so much, Kara, I needed this," Maggie savoured her first bite before continuing to speak, "Maybe the smell of all this will finally wake her up."

Her being Alex, who lay still even hours on from the emergency surgery on her back. Maggie didn't understand all of the medical talk, but knew enough that they had to wait until Alex woke up to find out the extent of her injury. They didn't know if she would work again. They didn't know if she would walk again.

But right now, Maggie realised she still had amends to make with the younger Danvers sister. She hadn't seen Kara since they exchanged somewhat heated words, and there had been an unsettling weight on her shoulders from the moment Kara had left.

"I never meant to blame you for this," she began, trying to search Kara's face for any display of emotion on the matter. But the younger woman was almost as expert as Alex when it comes to hiding emotions sometimes, "I just have a lot of anger and nowhere to put it. But you're the last person I would take my anger out on because I believe you did everything you could to protect Alex. Sometimes everything just isn't enough."

Kara smiled, not with her usual brightness, but smiled nevertheless, "It's okay. We'll get through this."

Aside from the murmurs of people passing through and by the infirmary, a blanket of quiet had been draped over them. Maggie and Kara continued to eat their pizza in deep thought. One of them wracked with guilt and reflection on the moment her hero almost fell. The other failing to settle with the stone of dread in her stomach for what the future may hold. Both of their hearts holding fear for loved one; it's a feeling no one ever wants to feel.

Maggie cleared her box, placing it on the floor before reaching for Alex's hand and reassuming her position before Kara had arrived.

"Where did you even find pizza this early?" The light had barely risen over National City.

"I...I bought it before all this happened. Just used my eyes to heat it up again."

Maggie smirked, "You have your uses, Little Danvers."

"Yeah? Well, another thing I can do is get people to take care of themselves. Especially when that person is my sister's girlfriend. Alex would kill me if I let you burn out."

The NCPD officer rolled her eyes, "I'm fine. I need to be awake when she wakes."

Kara tilted her head to catch Maggie's eye line, "You will be. Or I will be. The more important thing is that you're able to help her because you're rested. So sleep, Maggie Sawyer."

No more than five minutes later, Kara's demand was met. Not needing to sleep as a necessity, she opened her laptop to continue reports for Catco. And waited.


Kara was still tapping furiously into mid-morning, as the D.E.O filled once again for another day - hopefully with less disaster. Maggie's head still rest on Alex's bed, with her hands still gripping to Alex's even unconsciously. J'onn and Winn had already stopped by to send their love to not only Alex, but the other agents injured by the escapee.

Kara reached for drink, her mind still occupied, causing her to knock the bottom of the cup into her laptop.

"Oh no no no no… I'm Supergirl and I'm probably clumsier than your average human," she muttered as she tipped the device upside down and shook it in vain. She was about to continue cursing her bad luck when she heard the quietest, yet, to her, the loudest of sounds.

"Kara…"

Alex.

"K-Kara…"

Alex.

Kara instantly forgot about her defeated battle with the laptop and was at her sister's side within the next second. The movement startled Maggie as she snapped awake, eyes hazardously searching the room, hands never leaving Alex's.

"I'm here, Alex, I'm here," Kara reassured, "You're at the D.E.O, remember?"

Alex's eyes were only half open but the movement beneath her eyelids suggested her frantic search for safety. By now, Maggie had recovered her senses and reached for the button to page Doctor Hamilton.

"Babe, Hamilton is on her way. You're fresh out of surgery, you badass." Maggie's joke fell short as Alex didn't appear to react or even acknowledge her surroundings. The monitor had picked up and her eyes weren't focused on any particular spot - just moving and searching and flickering. It was scary to see someone like Alex, someone so strong, seem so helpless and afraid herself. All Kara and Maggie could do was wait until Hamilton arrived.

Maggie squeezed her distressed girlfriend's hand even tighter and whispered, "Just hold on, Alex."

Just hold on.


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