A/N: The italicized sections indicate what's going on in Supergirl's dream state. Oh, and I've created my own Kryptonian canon for this story.


Kara looks up at the sky and smiles. She has missed seeing the Kryptonian night sky and constellations.

"Kara, what do you see?" Zor-El asks his daughter.

"Lilith is rising in the seventh house," she replies to her father.

"And what does that mean Little One," he asks.

"Lilith in the seventh house is a great responsibility to us all," Kara answers. "Everything we do is a reflection of her. She is reflected in both our kindness and our anger. We must choose to act carefully; thinking of the greater good and putting aside our personal aspirations," she adds.

"Excellent Kara," he says proudly.

"Father, what can we do to help Aunt Astra honor Lilith as we do? I fear that she is so angry with Mother, that they will never speak to each other again," Kara asks worriedly.

"Little One, do not be concerned with your Mother and Aunt Astra's disagreement," he advises his daughter. "They are so much alike, yet they disagree over many things," Zor-El replies.

"But Father, Aunt Astra believes that Krypton is dying. Is it not true? Why does she think this?" Kara asks.

"Kara, this is the year that the Black Moon rises when Lilith is in the Ninth House. Your aunt believes that this will bring about greater instability for Krypton, but not all agree with her." He explains.

"Father, what will happen if Krypton is destroyed? Will we die?" Kara asks concerned.

Kneeling down to speak directly to his daughter, Zor-El, places his hands on her shoulders. "Kara, your mother is working long hours with the Council of Elders to save Krypton. Trust that she will," he answers, kissing her forehead and pulling her to him tightly.


"Is it possible that this is just temporary... due to the exposure?" Cat asks, her tone subdued and concerned as she sits in the windowless office with Alex and Hank.

"I don't know and that is possible, but we are still analyzing the substance. The only thing that I know right now is that it has shared properties with the Kryptonite that we're using now to keep her powerless and sedated," Alex explains.

"Is there someone else who knows more about it whom you could consult?" Cat asks, she worries that Alex is trying to hard to take care of her sister without considering other sources.

"Ms Grant, Alex Danvers is the authority on Kryptonian physiology. And I have complete confidence that Agent Danvers is the best person for this situation," Hank replies confidently.

"Have you considered waking her up and asking her?" Cat asks.

"It's too dangerous, if she flips back into her alternate personality... We don't know if we can contain her," Alex points out worriedly. "Kara appears to be stronger than Supergirl, which doesn't make sense and shouldn't even be possible," she adds.

"Kara is too important to just be lying around unconscious like this," Cat snaps. "Now fix it!" She adds before leaving the room.

Hank watches her leave. "Have Lane see her back to her office. And she's done here until we find a solution. No more civilians in the building once we release Lord," he says firmly.


Lucy looks up to see Cat facing the wall trying to brace herself.

"Cat," she says softly and to her surprise the woman turns to her and falls into her arms. "Hey, Kara's going to be okay. She's in good hands here. We'll take good care of her."

"What if this is permanent? What if Kara Danvers really is gone and we're left with this Kara Zor-El," Cat asks tearfully.

"Kara Danvers and Kara Zor-El are the same person, they always have been and they will be again," Lucy says firmly.

Cat nods. She knows this is true, but she's scared. "I don't know how it happened, but sometime in the last two years, Kara stopped being my assistant and became one of the most important people in my life and my son's life...we can't lose her," Cat says softly.


"I may be able to help you with whatever is going on with Supergirl," Max replies when Vasquez let's him out of the secure cell.

"Supergirl isn't your concern, Mr Lord," Vasquez says ushering him out of the detainment area.

"I know a lot about Kryptonian physiology," Max persists.

Vasquez glances at him, but remains silent as she escorts him to Hank's office. "Sir, I have Mr Lord," she says when Hank looks up.

"Sit down, Lord. We need to have a talk," Hank's voice is firm.

"I just offered my services to your Agent, but she seems to think that you have all the experts that you need on this case," Max replies.

"Unless this is something that you've cooked up in your lab, your services are not needed here," Hank retorts.

"No, no. This isn't anything that I've done," Max says holding up his hands, palms out.

"Then we just need to get a few details out of the way. This didn't affect Supergirl, in fact she saved a small plane from crashing into the ocean right before we took her into custody. There are only a few people who know that there is anything wrong and we intend to keep it that way," he points out gruffly.

"Okay, so what are you going to do about Kara Danvers, she's a menace," Lord counters.

"I'm going to remind you that Ms Danvers is an undercover agent for this agency and any disclosure of that would be an act of treason. She's been pulled off the street and is under care at our facility. She is no longer a menace, as you put it," Hank says grimacing.

"Fine," Max replies. "Am I free to go now?"

"No press conferences. If I see you on any media outlet talking about Supergirl or Kara Danvers, I'll have you arrested so quickly, your head will spin. Do you understand me?" Hank says rising to his feet, his voice low and angry.

"I-I understand," Max replies hesitantly. If he's honest, Hank Henshaw is intimidating as hell, but Max is rarely honest about these things.

"I'll have an agent drive you back to the city," Hank says picking up the phone on his desk.


"Alex, I brought your father's research on Kryptonian astrology," Eliza says when she enters the lab.

"Set it all there," Alex says pointing to a table off to the side of her desk.

Eliza sets everything down, then goes over to her daughter. Alex looks up tiredly from her research and then suddenly, she launches into her mother's arms.

"Mom, what if we don't..?" Alex begins to ask tearfully.

"Shhh, we'll figure it out. El Mayara, right?" Eliza says into her daughter's ear.

"El Mayara," Alex says softly closing her eyes a moment. Almost pulling strength from her mother's embrace.

"First, I want to see Kara, then we can get started," Eliza says when Alex pulls away.


"Mother, where will we live when Krypton is gone?" Kara asks worriedly.

Resting her hand on her daughter's shoulder, Alura questions, "Darling daughter, you should be concerned with your studies. Do you not have exams this week?"

"Mother, how can my studies be important right now? Krypton is unstable, the quakes occur all night. Dar's father told him that they will leave for Almerac soon," Kara replies.

"Almerac is not the solution and Va-Ne and others like him are cowards for abandoning Krypton," Alura snaps angrily before catching herself and smiling at her daughter. "Their faith in Rao and El Mayara are not as strong as ours," she adds softly, taking her daughter's hand and squeezing it tightly before kissing her lightly on the head.


Eliza leans over the bed and presses a soft kiss to Kara's forehead, before giving her hand a light squeeze.

"Alex, how was she before you put her under?" Eliza asks.

"She was scared and confused. She knew that something was wrong, Mom," Alex replies.

"Did she know about the split?" Eliza asks.

"No, I don't think so. But you could only talk to her if she was Supergirl," Alex answers as she reviews the monitors. Then turning to face her mother, she adds, "Mom, what if this is some sort of psychotic break?"

Eliza crosses the room to take Alex by the shoulders. "I know that you're worried, but Alex you've done the right thing. You've protected her and together we'll figure this out," she says pulling her in closely.


It's been a few days and Cat is working late again trying to get all of the editing done that Kara usually does for her. She hadn't realized how much she had been assigning her until she went to split up Kara's duties between Kelly and Emily.

Engrossed in the story that she's working on Cat doesn't hear the elevator or the woman approaching until a shadow crosses her desk.

"Alex!" she says looking up suddenly. "Is she... is there any change?" Cat asks hopefully.

"No, but Mom thinks that we're getting closer," Alex says, then laying a file down in front of Cat, she adds, "Here."

"What is this?" Cat asks looking down at the folder.

"It's a paternity test. Lord isn't Carter's father," Alex replies.

"How did you...You're positive?" Cat asks.

"I didn't exactly get his permission to run the test, but yes, I am positive," she admits.

"Alex, I don't really care how you managed to do it," Cat replies relieved to finally know the truth. Placing her hand over her heart, she adds, "Thank you." Then standing up to come around her desk she stops in front of the younger woman and says, "You look like hell."

"Thanks, this is the first time that I've left the DEO in past 48 hours," Alex admits.

"You didn't have to come here personally, you could have called," Cat points out leaning against her desk.

"I-I wanted to see you," Alex stammers a little and looks down nervously. "Cat, I'm sorry about Hank, he's very protective of Kara and even though you've been out there before, he's still nervous about you seeing so much..."

"Because I'm the Queen of all Media," Cat interrupts finishing her sentence. "As long as you know that I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize your organization. I may not be a fan of shadowy government agencies, but I do understand the need for this one to operate as it does," she remarks.

Alex sighs and runs a hand through her hair. She knew that Cat would not accept being banned from the DEO for her own safety and honestly she's a bit surprised that the media mogul is accepting this excuse for why she can't visit Kara.

Cat smiles softly at Alex, before picking up the empty glass from her desk, Cat heads over to the bar and pours another drink for herself and one for Alex.

"Come," she says handing the drink to Alex and heading outside to the balcony.

"I don't know if you know this or not, but this is where I first realized Kara was Supergirl," Cat remarks. Sentiments like this are not her forte, but she's going to try. She needs Alex to know that she cares deeply about her sister.

"I told her to stop visiting you out here, because I knew that you would figure it out," Alex replies. "I think that she wanted you to, she needed you to see her," she adds.

"It was difficult enough to ignore her before she was Supergirl, but afterwards... well, you know all that now," Cat adds a little embarrassed.

Alex smiles at her and holds up her glass, "To Supergirl," she says softly and Cat repeats the name softly as she touches their glasses together.

The sit silently for a few minutes savoring the peaceful evening and the cool evening air.

"This isn't about media access, your concern is for something else..." Cat says sitting her glass down and turning to face Alex. "This is about containment, isn't it?"

"I-I can't say yet. But we are limiting access as a precaution. Cat until we know exactly what we're dealing with, we have to be extremely cautious," Alex replies.

"I am going to trust that you and Dr Danvers will take care of our girl, but I want to see her as soon as she's awake. You must promise that," Cat says firmly.


"How long has her blood pressure been elevated?" Alex asks entering the medbay the next morning.

"It's been steadily rising," Eliza replies. "You should see this EEG," she adds moving out of the way to let Alex come in closer to read it.

"What the hell is going on in her head?" Alex blurts out, taking Kara's hand and rubbing her arm to soothe her sister.

"I think that we should lower the sedation level and bring her out of it," Eliza advises. "Alex, what if she thinks that she is back into the phantom zone... we can't wait. She needs to know that she's here, safe with her family," she adds.

Alex looks down at Kara worriedly.

Kal El enters the medbay, "How is she?" He asks.

"She's stressed. What if she doesn't know that we're here? We need to bring her out of sedation," Eliza answers.

"Mom, it's too dangerous to bring her out, since we don't know what's going on," Alex points out.

"I'm here Alex, bring her out so that I can talk to her," Kal counters, placing a strong hand on Kara's shoulder and giving it a squeeze.

"Are you sure, Kal?" Alex asks.

"Yes, just bring her out slowly so that she can focus on me," he replies sitting down on the side of the bed. "We need to make sure that she knows that she's with us and not lost in the phantom zone again," he says smiling softly at Eliza.


"Hey," Kal says when Kara's eyes flutter open.

It takes her a moment to let her eyes adjust, then she tries to sit up. He gently presses her back down. "Just take it easy, you've been out for a few days," he says quietly.

"A-a-a few days? Kal, what's happening?" Kara questions.

"You've been exposed to something," he replies. "Eliza and Alex are trying to figure it out, but you need to tell me everything. Can you do that?" He asks.

"I've been dreaming of Krypton. It was so real. Kal I feel like I've just been there," she says rapidly. "My father was teaching me about The Night of the Black Moon and Lilith rising. Argo City wasn't stable. My parents told me they were sending us to Earth, I saw the pods. You were just a baby."

He smiles at her and takes her hand in his, squeezing it to share his strength with her. "Those were just memories, Kara."

"Kal, there's something else. There are dark thoughts that keep creeping into my mind. Not the usual stuff, these are different. I don't think they are mine, at least I hope that they aren't," she adds worriedly.

"Tell me about them," he replies, "We'll figure it out together."

Kara recounts the vivid dream about an explosion that killed her, but left her floating and free. Then she describes several escapees of Fort Rozz that Kal captured before she was Supergirl. As she talks, she begins to speak in a Kryptonian accent mixing up her words with Kryptonian ones. Alarmed, Kal looks over to Alex and nods. She quickly injects Kara's IV to put her back under.


"Kara's memories are not her own," Kal points out. He then explains that Kara has memories of being on the Fort Rozz ship and of prisoners that he captured when she was a child.

"I need to consult Kalex," he remarks.

"What is Kalex?" Alex asks.

"Kalex was my father's robotic servant on Krypton, he was sent in my pod and I keep him in The Fortress of Solitude. He's my main link to Krypton, other than Kara." Kal explains.

"They sent an AI with Kara," Alex replies. "Maybe it could help you?"

"Okay, let's try that first," he replies.

It is much easier for Kal to interact with the AI and since he never knew his aunt, he's not distracted by her. It doesn't take him long to determine that the AI doesn't have all of the information that they need.

"I think that Kalex will know more, just keep her sedated until I return," Kal replies anxious to leave.

Flying out to The Fortress of Solitude, he organizes everything in his head and as soon as he enters the Fortress he consults Kalex with a series of questions. Each question clarifying what he found out from the Alura AI and then he delves deeper into the the situation to get as much back story as he can from Kalex.


Cat is sitting in her home office waiting for her son to get home from school. She left work early today after a disastrous meeting with the in house attorney regarding the expose on Maxwell Lord. Thoroughly frustrated, she grabbed up her things and left right after the meeting and came home to work in her home office. As soon as she got home Alex called to update her on Kara. Since the call ended, she's been unable to move from her chair. Her heart is screaming for her to go see Kara. Her mind telling her to trust Alex and be respectful that this isn't a normal situation.

Kara Danvers is gone. The words echo in Cat's head and she shudders at the memory of them passing Kara's lips. The thought of not seeing that bright and sunny version of Kara everyday, well Cat isn't going to let herself think about it any longer. The two Dr Danvers are brilliant and they'll fix this, she reminds herself.


"Before Alura launched the Fort Rozz Prison Ship into the phantom zone, there was an uprising led by Indigo, a Brainiac leader. Indigo rigged an explosion, it killed 9 other prisoners, but only seven bodies were found. Zora Vi-Lar and Lesla Lar-Qa were never found but presumed to have been killed, which is why neither appear on the ship's manifest.

Zora Vi-Lar was a Kandorian criminal, she earned her place in Fort Rozz when she fell in with the Brainiac Tribe and became one of their more valuable assets. She was known as the Black Flame, due to her telekinetic abilities.

Lesla Lar-Qa was a common Kandorian con artist, who managed to impersonate the daughter of a Council Elder to get into the office of Adjudicator General, Alura In-Ze." Kal explains sharing the information that he obtained from Kalex.

"Wait, she impersonated Kara to get into her mother's office?" Alex questions, putting it all together.

"Yes," he replies.

"I don't understand how any of this relates to Kara's situation now?" Eliza asks.

"They both were on Fort Rozz, Eliza. And it's possible that Zora Vi-Lar was able to transport herself out of her body before it was killed by the bomb," Kal explains. "It's possible that they have been one this whole time," he adds.

"But now something has happened to Lesla and you think that Zora is inside of Kara?" Eliza questions shaking her head in disagreement.

"Mom, it would explain Kara's personality shift, but I still don't understand why the Kryptonite doesn't affect her the same way it affects Supergirl," Alex remarks.

"If she is an ethereal being with telekinetic ability, then she exists in two dimensions, Kryptonite only exists in one dimension," Eliza points out.

"If all of this is true and I'm stressing the 'if', then what can we do to get her out of Kara's body?" Alex asks.

"Kara is going to need to force her out," Kal replies. "And we need to figure out how to contain her," he adds.