PART 4

Kara was reeling. She stared at Lena like a deer caught in headlights.

"You...you do?"

Lena nodded.

"It can't be easy having a secret like this." Lena said with so much understanding Kara wondered if Lena knowing wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Kara let out a breath.

"It's really not. I mean the lies you have to come with and oh my God, the excuses! I almost can't keep up with it all!"

Lena smiled and nodded in agreement.

"I mean, the questions you must get."

"Oh, like you wouldn't believe! and it's rude to just leave like that."

"You feel you owe people an explanation?"

Kara nodded.

"I do. All the time. They keep asking me all these different questions and I'm like, 'can't I just go home now?'. I mean I care about the people of National city but come on, enough's enough!"

Lena chuckled.

"Well of course everybody's going to ask be asking the one girl in all of National city who knows Supergirl."

Kara nodded then stopped.

"Wait. What did you say?"

"Well, it can't be easy. You're the only one who knows Supergirl. I bet you get hounded on her whereabouts all the time." Lena said with an eye roll.

Kara tried to hide the grin and bit her lip in effort.

"Yeah...it's tough having to carry around...Supergirl's secret."

Lena touched Kara's arm.

"Well you don't need to worry. I'm not interested in Supergirl. I'm interested in you."

We're the same person! Kara wanted to scream but knew that it would be best just to nod along and let Lena believe what she thought she knew.

Maybe it was better this way. Lena not knowing the truth.

But then I am getting into a relationship with her and it shouldn't be built on lies. Maybe I should tell her she's got it wrong, tell her the truth. Kara thought, trying to weigh up her options and not coming up with a clear enough answer.

She looked into Lena's green eyes and made her decision. She couldn't lie to her.

"Lena I-"

A buzzing sound made Kara blink and Lena reached for her phone.

"One sec."

She answered it straight away once she saw the number on the screen.

"Lena Luthor speaking."

Kara watched as Lena's expression went from shock, to anger, to acceptance all in one go.

Lena put her phone away and gave Kara a forced smile.

"Kara...something's come up. Can we continue this some other time?"

Kara nodded.

"Sure."

Lena smiled gratefully and turned to head back into the L Corp building.

"Lena?"

The brunette stopped and looked back at Kara.

"Is everything...is everything ok?"

Lena nodded but Kara could hear her heartbeat racing and knew she was lying.

"Yes, of course. Just business stuff. I'll call you tomorrow."

Then she was gone.


A black limousine pulled up outside an aircraft hanger the very next morning.

The huge metal door was shut.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Lena asked the driver.

"I followed her instructions exactly, Miss Luthor."

Lena took one more look at the aircraft hanger before nodding.

"Alright. If I don't call in an hour, come and find me."

The driver nodded and Lena exited the vehicle.

She watched the black limousine pull away and she took a deep breath as she focused on the metal door in front of her.

She walked towards it but it didn't open.

She heard something moving above her and looked up to see a camera looking down at her.

She smirked.

Nothing had changed.

The metal door rolled up and Lena walked inside as it shut behind her again.

Inside was like nothing she had ever seen.

Different labs set up containing things that she only ever heard of Lex speak of.

Weapons lined the walls and they varied from small hand guns to rocket launchers.

There were a few suitcases placed on steel tables that Lena was sure didn't contain money, and there were also a few cars that looked like they belonged to some secret corporation.

"Lena, I was afraid you might not come." A woman greeted her with a suprised smile.

Lena's expression remained stoic.

"I said I would."

"Well, I'm glad you're here. Come, let me show you around."

Lena followed the older woman around the aircraft hanger as she pointed out things that Lena had already accounted for. The Luthor business woman did not like suprises.

When the tour was over, the other woman turned to look at Lena.

"I hear you are making quite the splash in National City. I'm proud of you."

Lena's lip curled up in distate.

"It's too late for you to start acting like my mother now."

"But I am, darling."

"Not my real mother, you're not." Lena was quick to add.

The older woman shrugged.

"Maybe not but whether you like it or not, you are a Luthor. Lex treated you as his sister from the very first moment your father brought you home."

Lena couldn't argue with that. Lex had made her feel welcome and she'd loved him like a brother. But Lillian Luthor? She was a hard one to love and Lena had tried her hardest to be good enough for her growing up.

It had never seemed enough.

And then Lex had been incarcerated and Lena knew she had to get out of Metropolis and get away from the home she grew up in.

Lena folded her arms.

"So why did you want me to come here? Besides showing me all this." She added, looking around at it all.

Lillian smiled.

"Lena, you are my daughter and I've seen the device you're working on; how to tell the aliens from the humans? You hate them almost as much as I do."

"No, that's not true. I just want-"

"It doesn't matter." Lillian said, waving her hand in a dismissive gesture.

"The point is, aliens could take over and Lena, we have expose them for what they are and stop them, and to do that, I need your help."

Lena stared at the older Luthor woman and shook her head.

"No. This isn't what I want."

"Don't you want our kind to be safe?"

"Yes but-"

"And exposing the aliens would help with that, wouldn't it?"

Lena faltered.

Lillian smirked, seeing that her daughter was torn.

"Help me expose them at least. We don't have to kill them all."

Lena's eyes widened and she took a step back from her mother.

"I'm not killing anyone!" She said, her voice came out in a breath of shock.

"Lena, change is hard but it is also good."

Lena turned away, shaking her head and heading towards the door.

"I'm done here. I won't help you with this."

She pulled out her phone and called her driver.

"I need you to pick me up. Now."

"Lena, please. We can talk about this." Lillian said as she followed her to the door.

"Open the door." Lena growled as she stood in front of it.

Lilian sighed.

"Lena, can we just-"

"Open. The. Door."

Lillian stared at her daughter, saw the hatred in those green eyes and nodded in defeat.

The door opened and Lena stepped into the sunlight as the limousine pulled up.

"I'll be seeing you." Lillian called as Lena climbed into the car and slammed the door behind her.


Kara couldn't focus.

Lena had said that she would call her and she hadn't.

Was she in trouble of some kind?

Kara sighed as she checked her phone. Maybe she'd missed something.

She'd call. She said she would.

Kara went and made herself some coffee. It would keep her awake.

Her phone rang and Kara used her super speed to answer it.

"Hello? Lena?"

"Lena?"

"Oh, hi Alex. You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why did you think Lena Luthor would be calling you? Unless it's another Lena you haven't told me about." Alex said with a light chuckle.

"No. It's the same Lena Luthor." Kara said, rolling her eyes.

"The evil Lena Luthor, right?"

"Alex she's not evil. She just...has an unfortunate last name." Kara said awkwardly.

"Ok, whatever. So I was thinking me and you, girl's night in? What d'ya say?"

Kara smiled. Maybe she did need a good night in with her sister to forget about the fact of Lena not calling her.

"Sounds great. I need something to take my mind off things." Kara muttered.

"Oh, is everything ok?" Alex asked, the concern in her voice clear as crystal.

"Oh, yeah! No everything's great! I just meant...work. It's a little...stressy."

"Stressy? Is that even a word?"

Kara could imagine Alex's raised eyebrow as she said it.

"Probably not. I'm a little tired."

"Ok well, get some rest. You'll feel better. I'll see you tomorrow night, ok?"

Kara nodded.

"Sure. I'm looking forward to it."

"Me too. Have a good night."

Kara smiled.

"You too."

Kara hung up and went back to making her coffee.

There was nothing on TV, a book didn't hold her attention, her work, she couldn't focus on and she blamed it all on Lena Luthor. The woman had to be toying with her.

What did I expect? She is a Luthor.

Kara frowned as she wondered if Lena would still be at her office.

At 11:30? Who works that late?

Maybe Lena did.

Kara made up her mind and, forgetting all about her coffee, literally flew to L Corp.

She hovered outside Lena's office and she saw what she had suspected.

There was Lena, sitting by her desk.

She was absolutely fine!

Kara glared at the other woman's back and flew down to go in through a back door that she easily opened without snapping it off it's hinges.

Within seconds, she was at Lena's door.

Kara strode in with purpose and the other woman looked shocked.

"Kara... How did you get in here?"

"I don't mean to sound like a clingy girlfriend here but you never called."

Lena closed her eyes, feeling stupid.

"Kara, I am so sorry. It's just...I have lot on my mind right now."

"After that call last night, you changed. What happened?"

Lena's eyes darted from side to side nervously.

"Nothing." She said with a shaky smile.

Kara didn't have to be a superhero to know that Lena was lying.

"I don't believe you." Kara said, folding her arms.

Lena sighed and got up from her desk, walking around it to stand in front of Kara.

"I promise you, nothing's going on." She assured her, holding Kara by the shoulders and doing her best to look convincing.

Kara shook her off and stepped back.

"Why are you lying to me?"

"Kara, I'm not ly-"

"Yes you are! You think I can't see it, Lena but I can. Something about that call upset you and now you're trying to act like you're ok when I can see that is the farthest thing from true!"

Lena frowned slightly.

She couldn't tell her. She just couldn't.

Lillian Luthor was dangerous and once she knew who Kara was and what she meant to Lena, the brunette was sure that she'd use her to get to her daughter and that was the last thing that Lena wanted so she had to keep up the lie until this all blew over.

"Kara, the only thing you need to know is that I am trying to protect you."

"By lying to me?!"

Lena licked her lips. How to make Kara understand...

"Look, you're right. That call last night did upset me but I can handle it. Please just let me do this. For us."

Kara shook her head.

"The whole part of a relationship, Lena, is helping each other, it's about being there for each other through the good and the bad, and I'm sorry but if you feel you can't depend on me with things like this...then what's the point?"

Lena felt like Kara was slipping away from her.

"No, Kara, don't say that. Of course I need you!"

"Then act like it!"

Kara sighed.

"I need to think about this...I'm going home." She muttered as she turned away.

"No, Kara, wait! Don't leave like this!" Lena cried, going after Kara.

Kara spun around, making Lena lose her grip and stumble onto the floor in her high heels.

Kara looked down at her and sad, green eyes looked up.

She looked so pitiful on the floor, staring up at Kara, silently begging her to forgive her, to understand her reasoning.

Kara sighed and helped Lena stand again.

"You need to decide what's more important, Lena. Us or your secrets?"

Kara headed for the door.

"That's pretty rich coming from someone who didn't even tell me she knew Supergirl." Lena said suddenly.

Kara stopped but she didn't turn around.

Lena licked her lips and continued.

"That was something I had to find out for myself, wasn't it? So if you want to talk about secrets, Kara, take a long, hard look in the mirror."

Kara bit the inside of her cheek as she realised Lena was right but she left her office without a word, leaving Lena feeling like she'd lost the one good thing she had going for her in National City.

Lena and Kara didn't speak for days. They were both too stubborn to apologize, even though not seeing each other every day was killing them. They both refused to give in.

Kara knew she was in the wrong too. She was just as much to blame as Lena.

While Lena wasn't being completely honest with her, neither was Kara.

Kara was content to let Lena believe that she only had connections to Supergirl, not that she actually was Supergirl.


One particular rainy day, Lena sat at her desk, rubbing her temples. She had a headache and she knew it was to do with stress and worry.

The Luthor woman pressed down on the intercom.

"Jess, could you cancel the rest of my meetings today, please?"

"But Miss Luthor, you have the budget to reivew and there's the-"

"I said cancel them!"

There was a pause and then Lena sighed.

"Jess, I'm sorry. I just don't feel very well right now and I just need to be left alone for the rest of the day." Lena explained, softening her tone.

To be fair, when she said rest of the day, what that actually meant was the last two hours.

"You know what? Infact, I think I'm done for today. You can go home if you like." Lena told her asisstant, hoping it would make up for the way she had snapped at her.

"Are you sure? I can stay if you want?"

"No, it's fine. Honestly. Go home, Jess. I'll be fine."

"Ok...thank you, Miss Luthor."

Lena smiled to herself and clicked off the intercom.

She sat back and rested her against the seat, spinning round in the chair to look out onto her balcony.

Her eyes widened when she saw a man standing there.

He was completely dressed in black and he held a gun in one hand.

Even though there was definitely a part of Lena that was scared, she'd also been expecting this.

She had wondered how long it would take before Lillian Luthor decided she was done waiting for her adopted daughter to play along.

Lena stood and calmly opened the door that lead out onto the balcony but she didn't go outside. She wasn't stupid.

"Lillian Luthor sent you?"

The man just nodded.

"She said you are to come with me peacefully. If not, I am to take you to her by force."

Lena nodded but she wasn't going anywhere.

"I understand... but I'm not going anywhere with you."

She quickly shut the door and locked it so that only glass separated them.

She wondered how much time it would buy her.

He would eventually shoot through. So she did the only thing she could think of; she ran.

Everyone had gone home. There was no one except security downstairs and Lena knew they wouldn't be able to reach her in time.

She heard the gun shot and the sound of glass breaking and knew he would be right behind her.

She ran to the elevator and pressed the call button frantically.

Her gaze flickered from the elevator to the stairs.

Would she fair better running down there?

She decided that she would choose the stairs.

She bolted for the fire exit, the alarm blaring as she did.

There were so many stairs to run down and as she ran as fast as she could, her high heels made her stumble and she lost her footing a few times before recovering quickly.

But on the third flight, when Lena thought she was almost in the clear, she fell and twisted her ankle and cried out as she found that she couldn't get up.

"It doesn't have to be this way, Miss Luthor. I was ordered not to hurt you unless you resisted." He said as he aimed his gun at her.

She then realised that the gun was a tranq gun. It would knock her out and she would be taken to her mother whether she liked it or not.

"This might hurt a tiny bit."

Suddenly, Supergirl appeared behind the man, grabbing his wrist.

"No, it's gonna hurt alot."

She then used his own gun to punch himself in the face, making him lose his balance.

He fought back but Supergirl knew she had him beat. She twisted the gun from his grip and fired once at his back. The drug took effect and he slumped forward, face first onto the stairs.

Supergirl turned to face Lena.

"Are you all right?"

Lena shook her head sadly but Kara knew it was more than just her ankle that was bothering her.

Teary green eyes looked up at her.

"I've made a mess of everything."

Kara was still a little miffed at Lena but she had to remember that right now was she Supergirl and not Kara Danvers.

"Do you want to tell me what's going on? Kara said you were keeping something from her."

Lena nodded. She didn't have to worry about putting Supergirl in any danger, she could handle herself, but Kara just seemed so fragile and Lena would pay any price to make sure she was protected.

"It's my mother...she wants me to help her expose the aliens...maybe even kill them and...if Kara knew that and my mother found out about what Kara means to me...she'd kill her too."

Author's Note- Sorry if this chapter was short, the next one will be longer and full of twists and turns! Thank you to everyone for following/adding to favourites and for all your reviews x