And we continue!

Kara walked into CatCo, her sight fixed to the ground. James approached her, laying a hand over her shoulder.

"Hey…how are you handling it?"

"Great" she said dryly "Is the metropolitan event covered?"

"You don't have to come back to work yet" James said soothingly.

"I do. I really do" she walked past him.

"I know you are upset!" he called dropping his arms to the side "I knew Lena too. It won't be easy to keep moving forward without her, but pretending nothing happened won't help"

"James, you don't know anything!" she bite back.

"I know she meant a lot to you"

"Well…the feeling wasn't mutual, I guess"

"What are you talking about?"

"Nothing" she cut him short "So, is there a note I can cover?"

James sighed deeply "None that you'll agree upon" he rested his hands on his belt "We need an editorial letter addressing this issue. Paying our respects and commemorating all her successes. I started one myself, but I think you knew her better than anyone"

"I didn't" Kara shot him down.

He exhaled trying to reach her "Maybe doing this would give you closure" he pointed "think about it and give me an answer by the end of the week. For now, take the rest of the day off" he patted her shoulder.

"I don't need it" she replied.

"Then it's not a suggestion" he said gravely "go home. Heal. Rest a little. Let's see how you feel tomorrow"

Kara dismissed the talk and grabbed her purse going outside the building when a man in a suit got to her.

"Excuse me…are you Kara Danvers?"

"Am I getting a citation?" she asked half annoyed.

"No, no. My name is Andrew Draper. I am- was Miss Luthor's attorney" he introduced himself "may I have a moment of your time?"

They sat down at a local coffee shop, away from the gaze of the curious.

"I was instructed to discuss Miss Luthor's last will in your presence" he explained putting the briefcase in front of him.

"I don't understand what you need me for" Kara frowned.

"Well, you see, you are involved in CatCo"

"Yeah, I work there. Have been working there since Cat Grant was in charge"

"No, I meant to say you are involved in the will regarding CatCo" he continued while opening his case.

"I don't follow" she shook her head.

"Well, Miss Danvers, you are the soul heir of the company"

"What?!"

"Your name is the only one listed for CatCo actions" he showed her the papers with the signatures

"That doesn't make any sense! What about the partners? The investors? Stakeholders? James?!" she listed.

"Well, as you might see in this document, Miss Luthor was quietly buying back all actions from both companies until she regained full control over them. It's a tragedy she died so suddenly, but from the very start of her testament it was stipulated that all CatCo related properties and actions should go to you" he extended a fountain pen "The Empire is yours"

Supergirl flew across the night sky before landing on the balcony of the DEO. She had been in complete radio silence with them, but knew there was no other place in town where she could safely arrive in full uniform.

She breathed in unevenly resting her forehead over her folded arms. She wasn't sure what she felt anymore. The feeling of betrayal was the one that lingered in the back of her head the most. But she knew other thing were stinging too.

"Kara" her sister's voice called form behind as a hand rubbed small circles on her back "do you mind if I stay with you?"

"Why? You didn't stayed with me when I was mourning"

That blow hit Alex in the guts "You are right, I didn't even check on you. I have no excuse for that. I knew it was a set up and you didn't. But I didn't overlook your pain, I had to overcome it. I knew that if I saw you I would tell you the moment my eyes were on yours. For the sake of the mission it had to be a secret"

"That doesn't make it better. You are my sister" she demanded.

"Yes, but I am also a DEO agent, and getting this mission right also guaranteed me you wouldn't be at risk so often. Lena gets life threats in an almost daily fashion and more than once you were willing to sacrifice yourself for her. You almost died several times. Now you don't have to gamble it"

"How did you do it?" she asked sully.

"What?"

"How did you trick me?" she remarked grimly "I missed the bomb's ticking, the whole set up…how did you get away with that?"

Alex winced "You don't need to kno-"

"How?"

Alex exhaled "The led kept you from seeing the bomb, what you missed was that we had a tunnel underground made of led too. The trap door got Lena away and safe from the blast of the explosion. We moved her from there. No one was aware of it"

"The ticking…how did you…?"

Alex swallowed "Lena's heartbeat. She engineered the mechanism to emulate that sound instead of a mechanical one"

"How did she know I would be looking for it in all the chaos and noise?"

Alex shrugged "She insisted on those details. I have no idea what her train of thoughts was" she admitted.

Kara shivered hugging herself.

"You know…Lena insisted you had to be aware of this" Alex commented "She made an ultimatum, saying that if we didn't told you she was in fact alive, she wouldn't go ahead with the plan"

"Why did she needed Supergirl to know she was still-?"

"No, not Supergirl. Kara" Alex corrected.

She looked at her struck by the information, so Alex proceeded.

"But…since you were the same person and we couldn't risk it, we told her we would after the blast, not before. We were already so invested in the mission that she had to agree. So once you showed up the other day, we had our end of the deal covered. Not a very nice tactic, but…" Alex scratched the back of her neck ashamed "how...how are you dealing with Lena knowing your identity?

"I am not"

Kara shut her eyes processing it all. Still nothing made much sense.

Alex rubbed her back one last time "I am sorry we did this to you, Kara" she said sincerely "At the long term, I thought this would be for your own good, to protect you. I…didn't realize how much Lena meant to you. It's a stupid thing to admit and I'm not saying I thought you would bounce back immediately but…I thought you would be relieved the moment you saw her again and that would be that. I went through all the details of the mission so thoroughly and somehow… I oversaw your feelings. I didn't meant to cause you such pain, sis. I am truly sorry"

Kara nodded silently before looking for her eyes "I know you would never purposely hurt me…" she looked back at the horizon "I just need some time"

The older sibling nodded going back into the building "She's here, you know?" Alex added turning around "since she's technically death she can't leave this facility for a month or so before we move her location" she tilted her head leaving the idea unsaid.

Kara didn't reply, she just looked at her sister walk away. Then she took a deep breath and focused on hearing it. One beat after another, the lullaby she was used to listening. Just nights before she had thought that would be the very last sound she would hear from Lena and now it was all over the place. The only thing she could distinguish in a room full of agents and machines. So she decided to follow it.

There was Lena. Sitting in front of a microscope, sight fixed into her research, a white coat on. She was free to do all the progress she wanted away from the eye of the public or the Luthor name and still she was restricted by those four walls. Kara had to wonder if it had been worth it. Kara reached for the knob ready to turn it and walk in…but didn't. She noticed the change of pace, how her heart had slowed, how her shoulders dropped under the coat and her head hanged. Not once had she seen her head down, Lena always walked tall and proud, but not this time. And whatever need for confrontation Kara was hoping to have, quickly vanished from her thoughts as she backed away feeling a shiver running through. Nothing made sense.

See you friday! And Thank you for the support!