A/N: Thank you for the reviews. For the guest reviewers I can't responded directly to, Kara hasn't accepted option two as her first choice. There will be more in this chapter on the different options. I have tried to keep this close to the show so Lena does not openly know that Kara is Supergirl. That said I personally believe there is no way she can't know so maybe later I will bring that in. Lena was a very last minute addition to this story so I haven't fully decided where to take her yet.

"Did you get what you were after?" Lena asked Winn as they drove back from L-Corp.

"I did, thank you." He said tapping his bag. "I don't know if it will help. But it is better than nothing." He said before looking at the case sitting on the floor of the limo and asking. "You think the cage will work?"

"I hope so." Lena replied. "But there are a lot of unknowns."

"Are you sure Max is on the level?" Winn asked.

"You don't trust him either?" Lena guessed.

"No and we have a lot of history and a lot of reason not to trust him. Although he did help save K- Supergirl from the Black Mercy and he was kind of useful during Myriad, so maybe I am being paranoid."

"I have no idea what his real motives are. But there is nothing I have seen that indicates he's lied to us." Lena said. "Although willingly choosing to work with the government seems out of character. But the Omegahedron is like the ultimate toy so maybe it is not that hard to believe. From everything I have seen there is no reason not believe him. But he seems a little too eager to watch Supergirl sacrifice herself." Lena replied. "I mean there was no reason to tell her about option two, at least until option one failed."

"What are the chances that option one will fail?" Winn asked.

"If all the assumptions are correct it is about fifty fifty. However, we have no idea how unstable that device is or how quickly it is generating power. Max has not been involved with the prototype for a few weeks. The military could have changed it and it may be behaving differently to what Max is expecting. If that is the case it could go critical a lot quicker than twenty minutes."

"I thought you said ten?" Winn asked suspiciously.

"I said ten to get the device somewhere safe. I allowed an extra ten for Supergirl to get out of there."

-00-

"You okay? You don't seem like your normal chipper self." Max commented as he and Kara waited for Lena to return.

"Do you really care?"

"Normally no. But seeing the fate of the world is in your hands, your mental state is more of a concern than normal."

"I'm fine." Kara said.

"Does this have something to do with Alex?" Max asked.

"That is none of your business."

"I'll take that as a yes. Is she okay?" Max probed.

"I don't know." Kara said sadly.

"As much as I hate Hallmark moments, perhaps you should see her. You being this distracted isn't going to help save the world."

"She doesn't want to see me."

"I doubt that. You were inseparable."

"Were." Kara agreed. "A lot has changed. And then her girlfriend was shot. She blames me."

"You should see her. Alex has a right to know what is happening. Wait girlfriend? That explains why we never worked."

"If I tell her she'll want to help. But right now she needs to be with Maggie." Kara said ignoring his last comment.

"This could be a one way trip for you." Max pointed out.

"I know."

"If you don't make it do you want me to pass on a message?"

"You want me to trust you to pass on my dying words?" Kara asked.

"You are limited on options." Max pointed out. "When this is over, if you don't make it, your friends are going to be too upset to be much help to Alex. What ever differences we have I have always had a soft spot for your sister."

"Fine. Please can you give her this." Kara said handing over an envelope.

"Of course."

"Everything okay?" Winn asked as he and Lena entered the lab.

"It's fine." Supergirl said before asking "Do you have the cage?"

"We do. All ready for Max to test." Lena said handing over the case.

"I also have a present for you." Winn said pulling out a new Supergirl costume from his bag. "Lena let me use her lab and I used the same silver nanotube technology that's in the cage to make you a new costume. It won't make you immune from electrocution, but it may make you a little more resilient."

"Thank you." Supergirl said taking the costume from Winn before disappearing in a blur. Returning moments later in the new costume.

"I didn't have time to do those other modifications, but next model I will." He added as Supergirl hugged him.

"As touching as this is I need to verify the cage will work." Max said.

"Watch him." Supergirl said to Winn.

"Of course." He smiled as Lena turned to Supergirl and asked.

"Can we talk privately?"

"Sure."

-00-

"Supergirl. I'm sorry." Lena said as they walked out onto the balcony confusing the hero.

"For what? This isn't your fault. In fact you have helped save everyone."

"I meant I'm sorry for what I made you do. With the bomb. I should have kept the trigger, detonated the device myself. Not force you to do it."

"By giving me the trigger you bought me time. I wanted to talk Rhea down. I never would have had the opportunity if you hadn't given me the trigger."

"But then you were forced to kill Rhea. You are not a killer, or you weren't till I made you one."

"You didn't make me do anything." Supergirl said before adding sadly. "And it is not the first time I have been forced to kill."

"If you are at peace with it, why are you so happy to accept a suicide mission?"

"I'm not happy, just accepting of the situation. Besides it may not be a suicide mission. Your plan is a good one."

"Maybe, but I can't help but feel now you know about option two you will be a little more willing to give up on option one if things start going wrong."

"That's why you didn't want to tell me?" Supergirl guessed.

"It is. I trust you. But I also believe you will do whatever you think is right regardless of the personal cost. If you view option two as safer for everyone I worry you will carry it out even though option one could work."

"I don't want this to be a suicide mission." Supergirl said. "But I will do whatever it takes to keep the Earth safe."

"It doesn't have to be you." Lena argued.

"Yes it does. There are only three people on this planet that have a chance. J'onn who is in a coma, my cousin who has too much to lose and me."

"It's ready." Max said as he and Winn joined Lena and Supergirl on the balcony.

"It looks like it works." Winn confirmed.

"Great." Supergirl said reaching out to take the device.

"Good luck." Winn said to his friend who nodded and took to the skies.

"Seems almost fitting that a Luthor sends a Super to their death." Max commented.

"This is your mess." Winn reminded Max as he walked back to his workstation to track his friend's progress.

-TBC

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