When Alex and Maggie returned to the DEO, the atmosphere in the building was different. The smell had changed completely and it put Alex on edge. They were in an undamaged section of the building, where they had been directed to go. As they entered the conference room, they were confronted with J'onn, Kara, Winn, as well as several men in camo and two men in fancy suits all sitting around the table.
"This is Maggie Sawyer, she has been working as a liaison on agent Danvers case. She'll be sitting in on the meeting," J'onn introduced, as Alex and Maggie took their seats.
The air in the room was tense, even Kara who could keep a smile in the tensest of situations was frowning. The air was thick with the smell of cologne and sweat, and Alex's stomach rolled in disgust. The undisguised hostility on the faces of the men in suits had Alex tensing, but when the hint of fear tinted scent, hit her nostrils, she smirked slightly.
"So, agent Danvers, it seems you picked up a few new abilities," one of the suited men, an overweight bald man, started without introducing himself.
Alex glanced to J'onn, who gave a subtle nod, "Yes I did."
The man stared at Alex for nearly a full minute before continuing, "I've read your file and before you were in a coma, you didn't have any control over your 'little gift'," he used finger quotes to cement his point. "Going so far as to have yourself locked in a cage."
Alex didn't respond, instead waiting for him to make his point.
When he realized, he wasn't going to get a response he continued, "You killed 8 armed individuals, with nothing but your hands today."
Alex winced at his words. She hadn't been sure how many it had been.
"How does that make you feel?"
Alex shrugged, "I was protecting my people," was her simple, but true answer.
"Would this be an example of you not being 'in control'?" he once again used finger quotes, Alex wanted to break those fingers.
"I was in complete control," she answered honestly.
"So, you're telling me you were in complete control when you repeatedly slammed your victims head into the ground, essentially obliterating his skull."
Alex was aware of most of the people in the room shifting uncomfortably. She could smell the apprehension wafting off Kara and Maggie and her heart sank a little, but she chose to keep speaking the truth, "Yea I was in complete control. He was trying to kill me, I prevented that from happening."
The man shuffled through his papers and Alex was very familiar with the stalling tactic, made to make the person being interviewed uneasy, it was just pissing her off, "How about we cut the crap and you ask me what you really want to know?"
The man looked angry and opened his mouth to talk but Alex cut him off, "Am I a threat to the DEO? No, I'm not. Am I willing to submit to testing? Yes I am. What are my 'abilities'?" Alex used air quotes, fighting off a smirk at the man's anger at the dig. "I am stronger. Not as strong as Supergirl, but strong. I am bullet proof, even though it hurts like a bitch when the bullets hit. And I have an advanced sense of smell."
"What do you mean smell?" It was J'onn who spoke.
"I mean, I can smell the stench of fear from Mr. Suit here and his friend," she glanced to the other suited man, a young scrawny man with too long bangs, who had been sitting quietly, "Is enjoying this little power play… a lot. If you get my drift," Alex smirked as the guy blushed and shifted in his seat.
"Oh and apparently, my tolerance for bullshit is a lot less now too."
"You're out of line agent Danvers," the bald man in the suit was angry now, his face red and his hands shaking.
"No I'm out of patience. Do what you're going to do and stop wasting everyone's time."
The man glared at Alex for a long time before finally grating out, "I have already discussed what will be expected of you with your superiors," he stood and gathered his papers looking down at her, "we'll be keeping a close eye on you agent Danvers." And with that everyone left, leaving only Kara, Alex, J'onn, and Maggie.
"Well that was entertaining," Winn was the first to speak.
Alex rolled her shoulders trying to calm down.
Kara stood and moved to where Alex sat and pulled her up, "Are you really OK?" worry coated her words.
Alex smiled and pulled Kara to her, "Yes I am OK. I feel great considering I've been asleep for three months."
"You scared me so much," Kara spoke into Alex's shoulder.
Alex held her tighter, "I know. I'm sorry."
"We need to get you in with the doctors immediately," J'onn said from behind Kara. "I have a lot of people breathing down my neck."
Alex pulled away from Kara, but kept a hold of her hand, knowing Kara needed that comfort, "I'm ready."
Winn had to go back to his desk, but the others followed Alex to the med bay, and Alex was grateful for the support. Even though she knew realistically nothing was wrong with her, she was nervous about what the results would say.
Maggie and Kara were talking, while Alex was poked and prodded for the doctor's tests. Maggie was impressed by Alex's patience. She had lost count of the number of tests that had been run so far.
Everyone froze when a ferocious growl filled the room. They all turned to Alex who had her head tilted and a deep frown on her face.
"Alex?," Kara asked gently, taking a step closer to her sister.
Without a word Alex stood and left the room heading toward the main part of the DEO. Maggie and Kara quickly followed.
As they got to the main hub where the computers were Alex let out another growl, stunning the room into silence, all bodies turning toward her. She was focused solely on one individual who was standing in front of Winn and J'onn.
"Agent Danvers?" J'onn asked, a look of worry crossing his features.
Alex ignored him, stepping closer to the agent, she pulled Winn back by the arm and put herself in front of him, a low rumbling growl sounded in her chest as she stepped into the agent's personal space, "What are you?" Alex asked, her voice deeper than normal.
The agent glanced at J'onn, fear in his eyes.
Alex growled louder.
"Uh... you know me agent Danvers. We have worked together for months now," the agents voice shook.
Alex sneered, "No," she said fiercely.
There was a standoff, Alex still growled low in her chest, "Show yourself."
The agent looked fearfully again to J'onn, who now looked suspicious. The agent then looked around, before rolling his eyes and releasing is own growl before he morphed into a beastly creature and lunged at Alex.
Alex was ready for him though and easily tossed him away from her. They squared up again and the beast flashed large white teeth as he lunged again. Alex countered and knocked him to the ground, she landed on top of him flashed her own teeth that had elongated and without preamble she sunk them into his neck, shaking her head.
He let out a pitiful howl before knocking Alex off him with one last burst of strength, before he jumped up and ran past everyone and disappeared.
Several people took off after him while others, still stood stunned as Alex sat on her knees chest heaving and blood covering her mouth. She still growled.
"Alex?" J'onn stepped forward.
Alex looked at him and stopped growling, "What?" She asked slightly out of breath. She looked around the room at the shocked faces, "That explains how they were able to figure out how to hit us," Alex spoke as if nothing had just happened. She stood up and walked to stand in front of Maggie, who looked slightly scared, she reached out a hand, and was relieved when it was immediately taken. She stepped closer and put her head-on Maggie's shoulder, using her familiar smell to calm the rage still in her.
"That was a Dracx," Kara pointed out. "They are very hard to detect when they aren't morphed. That's an impressive nose you have there."
Alex finally stood up, "That was one of the alien DNA enzymes the doctor rattled off that he found in my DNA. I'm sure that helped," she held out her free hand and took Kara's, "I'm sorry I scared you both."
"It's OK," Maggie offered. "Why don't you go clean your face?" Maggie pushed her gently toward the locker room area.
Alex stared at her with a frown for several seconds before turning and walking away, a slight droop to her shoulders.
They all stood in a slightly stunned silence as they watched her walk away.
"What the hell was that?" Winn finally asked into the silence.
"She has a smorgasbord or alien enzymes in her DNA. I don't know for sure what they were trying to create, but while some of the enzymes are dormant, many of them are not. There is really no way of knowing which ones will appear," the doctor who had been running Alex's tests explained. "Dracx genetics are extremely strong so it's not really surprising that they would pop up. Especially with agent Danvers so stressed and vulnerable at the moment."
"Can I go home?" Everyone jumped as Alex spoke from behind them. Her voice was small and Maggie hurt for her.
J'onn nodded, "Yes, if the doctor will clear you to go home."
"If she agrees to come back in first thing tomorrow for more testing, I don't see why she can't go home and sleep in her own bed. I'm sure anything familiar will be very welcome," the doctor answered as if Alex wasn't standing there.
Alex glanced at Maggie, "I'm coming with you," Maggie said immediately. Not even bothering to check with J'onn even though technically she worked for him. She waited while Alex said her goodbyes to Kara and with a promise to keep Kara updated they left with joined hands.
Maggie was exhausted from the stress and worry of the day and wanted nothing more than to curl up with Alex and go to sleep. When she walked out of the bathroom after getting ready for bed she was confronted by a topless Alex who was sprawled out on the bed with her jeans still on. She had an arm thrown over her face so Maggie couldn't tell if she was sleeping or not, but before she could overthink it, Maggie moved to the bed and climbed on, moving to straddle Alex's hips.
Alex removed the arm from her eyes and placed both hands behind her head simply regarding Maggie curiously.
She ran her hands over Alex's stomach, feeling the prominent curves of her abs, a new addition thanks to the injections given to Alex, not that Maggie was going to complain.
She could feel Alex relaxing slightly under her touch and continued to rub up between Alex's breast and down her stomach, her thumbs just barely going under the loose waistband of Alex's jeans.
Alex continued to wordlessly watch.
Maggie switched her focus now encompassing Alex's breast in the massage. She's rewarded with a slight increase in Alex's breathing. After several minutes, Maggie moves her hands to the waistband of Alex's jeans and pauses, meeting Alex's gaze and getting a slight nod of accent. She undoes the button and slowly lowers the zipper, the sound loud in the silent room. She stands up and pulls the jeans with her until she has Alex completely nude in front of her.
Alex is covered in bruises and scrapes, but her beauty leaves Maggie breathless. She runs her hands up Alex's muscular thighs her fingers encountering wetness when she reaches their apex. They spread slightly as Alex lets out a slight moan. Maggie looks up and sees Alex now sitting up, braced on her elbows as she watches Maggie intently.
Maggie spreads her thighs further, moving forward until her face is even with Alex's center, never breaking eye contact. She blows softly against Alex and smiles when, Alex's head falls back.
She adjusts herself until she's able to part, Alex's lips with her hands exposing more of her to Maggie's hungry gaze. She looks back up to Alex whose dark gaze is back on her.
She takes a long swipe at Alex and is rewarded with a groan as Alex's hips thrust forward. She does it several more times before she has Alex shaking and no longer able to hold herself up, and constantly moaning. She can tell Alex is close, and not wanting to be cruel she places two fingers against Alex's opening and waits, for the moaned, "Yes," before she easily inserts them with the help of Alex's abundant wetness.
This is Maggie's favorite part of their love making. When she has strong, badass agent, Alex Danvers, shaking and wrecked under her hands. She goes back to using her mouth as she thrusts into Alex. She feels Alex tense internally just seconds before she cries out and clenches her thighs, just narrowly missing closing Maggie's head between them.
She rides out Alex's orgasm with her, until Alex finally unclenches her thighs and allows Maggie to pull out of her.
Alex reaches blindly for Maggie finding her hand and pulling her up onto the bed to drape across her body and catching her mouth in a deep and probing kiss. She pushes Maggie gently till she's laying on her back. She grasps the bottom of Maggie's shirt and at Maggie's nod she pulls it over her head. Her chest is bare underneath, Alex immediately starts kissing across her chest. Nipping lightly along the way.
Maggie is already squirming, somehow forgetting how intense, being the sole focus of Alex's attention was.
Alex wastes no time in moving down Maggie's body lowering the waistband of Maggie pajama bottoms to suck languidly at her hips bones. Before Alex can even ask for permission Maggie is pushing at her pants removing them quickly.
Maggie is shocked when Alex confidentially pulls her to the edge of the bed and kneels between her legs. Alex had only done this a couple of times, always having trouble working up enough courage.
That doesn't seem to be a problem this time as she drapes Maggie's legs over her shoulders and lowers her head. Maggie cries out at the amazing sensation of Alex's tongue. Usually the quiet one in bed, Maggie finds herself being surprisingly vocal. Way too soon she can feel herself rushing toward her climax, but just as she's about to explode Alex gentles her touch and brings her back down.
It's a trick Maggie had done to Alex, much to her frustration. Before Maggie has time to admonish Alex, she's being worked back up and can only think of the pleasure coursing through her body. She is quickly on the edge again, and grasps Alex's hair, "Don't you dare stop."
Alex chuckles and the vibrations help bring Maggie over the edge. Alex gentles her touch and helps Maggie ride out her pleasure.
Maggie is only vaguely aware of Alex moving away from the bed as she lays in a state of complete satisfaction. Soon though, Alex is back cleaning her with a warm cloth and handing her a bottle of water. Maggie finally regained enough strength to set up and drink down half the bottle.
She laughs when she sees Alex sitting naked and cross legged, eating a pint of ice cream. The difference between this sight and the sight of Alex biting the throat of her adversary, was jarring. Maggie pushed down the thoughts for later.
She laid on her side, her head propped on her hand, "That was amazing," she ran a finger along Alex's leg.
Alex grinned, "It was."
Maggie simply watched Alex as she ate. Mostly Alex seemed completely the same, just small things stuck out to Maggie. Like how she would occasionally pause what she was doing and tip her head, before just going back to what she was doing.
"What are you doing when you do that?" Maggie asked, sitting up to match Alex's cross-legged pose.
Alex put the now empty container on the nightstand before taking the water from Maggie's hand and finishing it off, "Do what?"
"You'll just randomly stop what you're doing and kinda tilt your head. You just did it a second ago."
"Oh I didn't realize I did anything. I was taking in all the smells," Alex shrugged and looked down, fiddling with a loose string on the blanket below them.
"I imagine it smells like sex," Maggie guessed.
Alex smiled, "Well yeah, but it's deeper than that. I don't want to freak you out?" She hedges slightly.
Maggie frowns, "You're not going to freak me out." She scooted closer to Alex, until their knees were touching and she could take her hands.
"Everyone has a distinct smell, and it's not just the perfume they have on or the soap they use, it's a scent that is distinctly them. I'm trying to learn yours."
"So you were telling the truth when you said that you could smell that man's fear?" Maggie asked curious now.
"Yes, all fear smells the same," she crinkled her nose, "It stinks."
"What does my unique smell, smell like?" Maggie couldn't hold in her curiosity.
Alex smiled brightly, "It smells amazing. Like all my favorite scents all together," Alex thought for a second. "I wonder if it's because I love you, that it's so pleasing?"
Maggie startled at the words, still not used to hearing them, "I don't know. What does Kara smell like?" Kara was the most important person in Alex's life so she figured the comparison was just.
Alex seemed to think for a bit, "Actually it's pretty similar to yours, but hers is subtler and calming."
Maggie raised an eyebrow, "My scent doesn't calm you?"
"Your scent is confusing. It calms me and also does other...not so calming things to me," Alex smirked.
Maggie smirked back, "I like that thought." Maggie got to her knees pushing, Alex back as she straddled her waist. "What's my smell now?"
"Home," Alex answered without hesitation. Maggie laughed as Alex rolled her eyes, "That was so corny."
"I like it." Maggie admitted and then proceeded to show Alex just how much.
Hours later, Maggie wakes to a darkened room. She can't remember going to sleep, but smiles pleasantly at the soreness of her muscles. She reaches over to Alex's side of the bed, but on encounters cool sheets. Sitting up she only sees an empty apartment, "Alex?" she calls even though she knows instinctually she's alone.