Thanks for reading this far…I made some alterations to the situation surrounding the tv story and its characters, hope you all don't mind. I'll try to make sure that in future chapters your questions and concerns about the characters, and the story, are answered. Please, let me know your thoughts and any ideas.

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"Kiera! Kiieera! Kiiieeerrra!" Ms Grant was shouting Kara's name, or at least her version of her assistants' name, at the top of her lungs when she suddenly saw Lucy Lane and Alex Danvers standing in the doorway to her office. Hmmm…even women look pretty good in a uniform as she eyed Major Lane's dress uniform. I wonder if Alex is as tough as that gun belt suggests she is…hope I never have to find out she ponders as she gives the second person of this dynamic duo a once over before inviting them into her office.

"Can I assume you're here to inform me as to the whereabouts of my missing assistant?" Cat was always one to get right to the point. "I really should fire her for not showing up for work, but she does manage my chaos well, my latte is always piping hot (not sure how she manages that one), and my son loves her…so she can stay…for now. Speak, don't just stand there."

Alex and Lucy enter the office and Lucy turns to close the doors behind her. Cat raises an eyebrow and comes out from behind her desk, mildly intrigued by what is going on in her office. "Ms. Grant," Alex motions to the couch, "you may want to sit down for this." Cat takes a seat and motions for her guests to do so as well.

Alex hangs her head for a split second, not sure how to say this to Cat, or to Lucy for that matter as she's about to expose Kara to two very powerful women who could do a great deal of damage in her little sisters' life…but desperate times called for desperate measures.

Looking at Lucy, "Sorry, I should've told you this before we came here, but just bear with me." Lucy has a confused look on her face as she nods and Alex begins, "Kara isn't who you think she is, well she is Kara, but she's also…"

"Supergirl," Cat chimes in exasperated, "tell me something I don't already know."

Lucy looks at Cat and then back at Alex, "Well, this is news to me! She's not right is she, Alex?"

Alex smiles at Cat and shakes her head, Can't fool her that easy Kara, she muses to herself… "Ms. Grant is correct, Kara is really Supergirl."

Lucy's stunned face at this revelation nearly makes both Cat and Alex start to laugh. "That just makes sense now," Lucy says as she reflects on all she knows about Kara/Supergirl, "why didn't I see it earlier?"

As Lucy ponders the revelation about Kara Alex continues, "Ms. Grant, Kara was arrested the other day for all the things she did to National City, to the police and for her attempt on your life while she was under the influence of the Red Kryptonite. She's being detained at the DEO as Supergirl while she awaits a bail hearing."

Lucy snaps out of her musings about Kara/Supergirl just in time to chime in, "I'm her lawyer as she's an alien and I'm in the military."

Cat tries to control the tone of her voice when she finally speaks, not wanting these two young ladies to hear the concern in her voice, "Is Kara alright? Does she need anything?"

"She's ok," Alex says as she looks at Cat with as much reassurance and confidence her face and voice can muster, "they used kryptonite handcuffs when they arrested her, and turned on these special kryptonite emitters in her cell to suppress her powers. But Lucy got the Director to turn them off as there was concern about the long term effects the kryptonite would have upon Supergirl."

"Long term," asked Cat Grant, fearful for what might lie ahead for her young assistant and mentee, "just how long do you think they'll hold her?"

Lucy looked down for a brief moment, sighed, and then looked squarely at Cat Grant, "I'm going to try to get her a bail hearing, but given that she's an alien with no way to keep her from going crazy again and this time killing someone, it's not likely that she'll get let out before trial." Lucy turned to see the fear in Alex' face as she considered the potential future of her younger sister. "Don't worry Alex, I'll fight with everything I have for her, trust me."

"So what do you need me to do to help," Cat asked leaning forward, "please know that I never pressed charges against Supergirl. She showed up on my balcony right after she was healed from the effects of the Red Kryptonite and apologized to me for what she did to me. And while I never told her that I forgave her, she knew that I did."

Alex looked a bit at a loss at this revelation, "So why did the National City DA move ahead with pressing the charge of attempted murder if you didn't press any charges?" Suddenly she turned to Lucy and simultaneously they both shouted, "Maxwell Lord!"

"He's the one who created and planted the Red Kryptonite that infected Supergirl in the first place," Alex pointed out, anger beginning to swell within her. "He's always had it in for Kara because she's an alien, I wouldn't be surprised but he has the DA in his back pocket."

"That brings us to why we're here, Ms. Grant," Lucy interjected, "we need your help to bring all of what has happened to light and force that slimy snake Lord out from behind his money and power and put him behind bars for a change!"

"Hmmmm," Cat had a sly grin on her face, "this sounds like a job for the Queen of all Media! I think I need to interview, on camera, all the parties involved with the story…Supergirl, Alex, that Director guy, and last but certainly not least…Maxwell Lord." Grinning with a wicked smirk Cat looks at Lucy, "Can you arrange for me to interview Supergirl, you are her lawyer after all."

"I don't know," Lucy pondered, "that's a tough one. Even Alex had a difficult time getting in to see her. She had to sneak in against the Director's orders in the middle of the night, just to check on her. I'll see what I can do."

Alex sat quietly for a moment, "Let me have a go at the Director, I bet I know how to get him to allow the interview." She wasn't happy about the plan she was hatching in her head to force the Director, her mentor and friend, to let Ms. Grant do the interview, but she also knew that she would do whatever it took to help her sister.

"Wonderful," said Cat as she got up and started walking back behind her desk, "let me know when you've succeeded and I'll be right over with a cameraman and my voice recorder to do the interview."

"You might want to bring James Olsen as the cameraman," Alex suggested, "he already knows who she really is." Lucy turns abruptly to face Alex, "Am I the last to know, or are there other people in Kara's life who don't know yet?"

"You're not the last to know, " Alex reassured Lucy, "I think agent Vasquez doesn't know yet, but then, you never know."

As they rose to head out to get the ball rolling to free Kara and nail Max Lord, Cat called out the Lucy, "Wait a minute will you Ms. Lane." Alex gave Lucy a look and shrugged her shoulders, having no idea what Cat wanted from her as she turned and left the office. "Who's paying you for defending Kara?" Cat asked, "I want to make sure that she gets the very best defense possible if this ridiculous case ever makes it to trial."

"No one is paying my fee," said Lucy, "I'm doing it for free, for Supergirl, for Alex, for the DEO, heck, I'm doing it for me as I really respect and admire her, and I don't think what she's been charged with is right or just."

"Well, I'm going to pay your fee," asserted the now seated media mogul, "so if you need to hire help, don't hesitate or worry about the cost, understood?" "Yes Ms. Grant, I got it." Lucy smiled, Kara sure had a powerful effect upon people, even someone as tough as Cat Grant.

When they were gone, Cat rose from behind her desk and poured herself a stiff shot of scotch, heading out to her balcony for a much needed breath of fresh air. She posed herself against the railing, sipping her drink, concerned about how Kara was doing locked in a cell…alone…frightened…helpless…her heart broke at the thought as she took a deep breath and quickly shot back the remainder of her scotch.

Cat Grant, the most powerful person in National City, had come to love and care about her young naïve assistant in a motherly way. She recalled how Kara had shared that she had lost both her parents at such a tender age, and when she figured out that she was really Supergirl she also knew that with Krypton destroyed, she had no family on this planet, and thought how lost and alone she must have felt growing up. Yes, Superman was her cousin, but they never seemed to get together, they clearly lived separate and different lives.

Kara had a sweet innocence and a quiet strength that Cat admired. She was strong and yet vulnerable…brave and yet uncertain…beautiful and didn't even really know it. Her heart hadn't had the years like Cat's had to become cynical and jaded towards the world and the people who inhabited it. Cat marvelled at how Kara would always see the best in people, even when they were trying to kill her, she just never wanted to give up on anyone.

Cat wanted to be someone with whom Kara/Supergirl could come to if she needed advice, or support, or encouragement. She wanted to be someone who wouldn't judge her, who would listen to her and be truthful with the young superhero. To be someone who would challenge her to grow as a person and as Supergirl, to be the best she could possibly be (she hated that she sounded like some old army recruiting poster). But now the young protégé's future was so uncertain.

Sighing heavily Cat regained her composure and returned to her desk to begin to plan out her interview questions for the various people she was about to meet with. If Max Lord was behind the charges, she was going to make sure he deeply regretted the day he went after Kara!