A few days later, Lena sits at her desk at L-Corp. It's 10:57pm and she should've gone home an hour ago, but knowing her, she's a hard worker. Always stays up late and wakes up early. Just like a Luther.
The phone suddenly rings. Lena looks at it and it shows Kara Danvers calling.
"Hey Kara! Didn't expect you to call so late at night." Lena says with a tiny smile on her face.
"Lena Luthor, Right?" a deep, monotone voice speaks, "Kara Danvers, or whatever you call her, is kidnapped. If you do not come out of your office and get into the car parked outside next to the entrance, Kara will get hurt really, really bad. Think fast." The person with the deep voice ends the call right after the last word.
Lena, knowing that this is a trap, still runs to the elevator and in less than 2 minutes is outside next to the black car.
The door of the car opens and two guys in black clothes and masks take her in the car with them. The door is shut closed and the car starts moving in about 110 km/h.
"Where is Kara?!" Lena demands in a angry voice. "If you hurt her, you will never get away with this!"
The two guys that also grabbed her, don't make a sound. They just sit there and keep holding her so she doesn't get away or do something silly.
Lena, understanding that she will not get an answer, gives up questioning. At least for now.
After about a 30 minute ride, they open the door and get out. Lena is pulled out of the car.
"Where is Kara?!" Lena keeps asking.
About five meters away there's another person standing. It's too dark here to see his face, but he, also in very dark clothes, turns around and starts speaking.
"As a Luther, I thought you would be smarter. Seems like a friendship has made you weaker. This was too easy!" the guy says and starts laughing in an devilish laugh.
Lena can't find any words to say so she stays silent.
"Why did we call you out here? Well, you see, there's something we need, that only you have. Without it our plan will never work out." The guy speaks as he starts walking around Lena and the other two guys holding her by her arms.
"Oh, well why didn't you just take it then? Would've been much faster and bought less trouble." Lena now speaks in her confident voice.
"True. But we need you to type in the code. The thing we need is locked in your safe, if I'm not wrong.After that we will get you to your mother, who will be free from the DEO's hands in about..." he looks at the clock on his hands as he speaks, "5 minutes. Everything is planned out perfectly. And when this all happens, we will destroy ALL aliens on this planet. Including your beloved Supergirl. And that all will be thanks to you."
"Unless..Supergirl stops you.."
"Why do you keep believing that..alien?! She's not even from your planet! You shouldn't trust her! No one should! But what could you expect from such idiotic people."
"But I do. Everyone does because she's a hero. She will always give it her all no matter what and will not run away! She is braver, stronger and kinder than any other human or alien out there." Lena says so confidently but inside she's terrified.
"Well, whatever. When she's gone, there will be no one to protect you. When I-" they guy cuts off as Supergirl appears.
"Your plan will never work!" Supergirl says ad she gets in her 'ready to fight' pose.
The two guys who were previously holding Lena, now have let go of her and have pulled out their guns and started shooting at the hero. These were not typical guns with normal ammo. These guns were designed to cause pain to aliens and since kryptonite isn't available to others anymore, this is the closest thing to stop Supergirl at least for a couple of seconds.
As the first two bullets touch the S on Supergirls costume, she gets thrown back and falls to the ground.
"Ugh..." she lets out a sound as she tries to get up, but gets shot again.
Meanwhile Lena hides behind the car she was in before and pulls out her phone, calling the police.
While everyone is busy, the guy who was talking before, now is quietly leaving. Before he can get into his car, another 8 cars pull up and from those step out guys in black clothes with guns and armor. The talking guy unwillingly surrenders and gets handcuffed.
Supergirl, unable to get closer to the two guys because of their guns, uses her heat vision to take them down and they soon fall to the ground. The guys from DEO take them and put them in the car. They also take their guns to discover more about them and what made them so powerful.
After all of this Lena finally stops hiding and steps in front of the car. Everything happened so fast, starting from the kidnapping and ending with the fight. As Supergirl comes up to Lena, Lena wraps her arms around her.
Supergirl slowly puts her hands on her waist and embraces the hug. She can feel Lenas heart beating really fast so she doesn't say a word.
After about a moment what felt like an eternity, they both let go.
"Are you ok?" the hero asks.
"Um...yeah..I think so. It's weird but..I feel like you're someone I've hugged before..I just don't know who. It feels...safe." Lena says as she still is confused and a little terrified.
"I'm..." Supergirl gets a bit lost in words "I'm sure you just need some rest. You'll feel better tomorrow!"
"Thanks. I'll..do that." As Lena finishes her sentence, Supergirl gives her a one last smile before taking off in the air.
If Kara wasn't Supergirl right now, she would hug her and tell her everything was going to be ok, but she can't. Because she's a hero and heroes can't get attached to others. They can't show their emotions and they must stay strong. That is the price.
It sometimes feels like it would be better if I wasn't a hero. If I could be Kara and just embrace her and be there for her. I wouldn't have to pretend to be someone else around her and I could be a friend that she needs right now.
Flying home in this late night, Kara can feel her eyes starting to tear up and everything starting to become blurry.
How much longer am I going to have to keep hiding this from her?