Meanwhile back at the DEO Brainy works on cross-referencing the Cadmus locations with radiation levels and ground activity. Alex start to perform an autopsy on Lilian's body to confirm her death.
On her way back to the DEO Lena recovers from her shock and a question pops into her mind. 'Why would Max go to Kara to tell her about the red Kryptonite? Shouldn't he go to James or Alex?'
At the DEO Lena finds Supergirl nervously pacing up and down in the control room. She looks up when Lena enters. "Alex told James I should work on the Ani-Kryptonite technology." Lena states when she sees Supergirl. "Yes, I know. Max's in the lab. I told him to be nice. He can be quite arrogant.", Supergirl says. Lena continues walking towards the lab. Before she is through the door, Supergirl adds. "Lena, thanks for doing this." Lena turns around. "James told me what happen with the red Kryptonite. I am sorry you had to go through this. No one should have to go through something like this. Especially you. I know how hard it is trying to regain the publics trust.", Lena says understandingly. Supergirl says half laughing half serious: "Tell me about it. I even assembled EKEA tables." Lena laughs at that statement and leaves to the lab. She tries to imagine Supergirl assembling EKEA tables and has to laugh at the hero performing so usual tasks.
Kara (as Supergirl) remembers the article she has to hand in this evening. She goes down into containment where Alex is still working on the autopsy. "Any reason to believe that it is not Lilian Luther so far." Alex looks up when she hears her sister speak. "No, so far I am sure that it is Lilian." Kara takes a deep breath. "Someone needs to tell Lena. I wish I could just tell her that I am Supergirl, then she wouldn't have to go through this alone." Alex looks at her sister serious. "Yes, but then she had to deal with the fact that her best friend has been lying to her about her identity since the day they met. And that she tried to use her boyfriend to spy on her." Kara sighs with a heavy heart. "I know. I should have told earlier. I just liked being seen normal. She never expected me to be this hero, like everyone else. I never meant to hurt her. I was so upset when I found out about Sam and I let my fear determined my actions. I should be better than that." "Kara, no one is perfect. Not even you. Remember what you mom sad: There is no correct path in live. You will lose you way many times. What's important? Is that you find you way back to the brave girl you always were. Be wise, be strong and always be true to yourself.", Alex finishes up the autopsy and hugs her sister. "I know that it's not easy for you, but it's for the best right now." Kara leans into her sister's hug.
Breaking apart from the hug Kara asks: "Could you get me my laptop, so I can write my article. I need to hand it in this evening and James is already busy enough handling everything at CatCo." "Sure, is there anything else you need?" "Maybe the book on my bedside table and some games. I need something to keep busy until I can leave.", Kara answers. "I was planning on getting pizza and pod stickers for lunch. I will get your stuff when I pick the food up." Kara smiles at her sister "Thanks, that sounds great. I will be training if you need me." Kara leave to the training room to pulverise on of the concrete blocks.
When it is lunchtime Alex comes in with five boxes of pizza and plenty of pod stickers. Alex place them at the round table and get Kara from the training room. On their way up they pass the lab, where Lena and Max are working. "You guys want some pizza and pod stickers? Alex got enough for everyone, but I can always eat it alone." Supergirl smiles at them. Lena looks up surprised. "Is it already lunchtime?" Alex looks at her laughing. "Lena, it's already two hours past lunch time." Lena looks at her watch "Ok. Well I guess some food won't hurt." Max and Lena follow them to operation room, where Brainy has already spread out the pizza boxes.
Supergirl grabs the first bag of potstickers and a slice of pizza. Alex looks at her lifting her eye browns. She is silently telling her sister to share. They all eat mostly silent. Then Supergirl ask "How far are you with the Anti-Kryptonite vests?" Max looks up at her. Then Lena replies. "It is going to take longer than expected since we also have to incorporate the protection for the red Kryptonite. We still don't exactly know how it is affecting you. We only have the Anti-Red-Kryptonite gun to work from." Supergirl groans. "I now. I just hate being stuck here." "Year, I can tell.", Lena replies. "Last time I had at least Mon-El to play monopoly with. Now, it is just boring." Lena looks at her with a questioning face. "You played monopoly?" "Well what do you think, what I am doing, when I am stuck here. I can't punch the concrete blocks in the basement all day. I kind of started it when Mon-El was quarantined." Lena raises an eyebrow. Max is totally unimpressed. He knows Kara has a normal life. "Any way are there any potstickers left?" Supergirl looks suspicions at Alex. "No, those are mine. You had almost twice as much." "If that potsticker is no in my mouth in two seconds I will melt you face." Lena moth drops open. 'Did Supergirl just threaten Alex?' Alex hands Supergirl th box to Supergirl. Lena looks at Alex. "You let her do that to you?" "I hope you get fat.", Alex adds looking at Supergirl. "Not on this planet.", Supergirl laughs and Alex joins her. Lena looks at Alex raising an eye brown, but doesn't say anything.
After they cleaned up lunch, Alex gives her sister her computer, books and games. Supergirl retreat to the training area to have some quiet. She needs to finish that article without Lena catching her. Alex works on some intel with Brainy and Agent Valez. Max and Lena are about to go back to study the red Kryptonite. Whean Alex pulls Lena away.
"Lena, we need to talk." Alex leads Lena to a conference and closes the door. She take a deep breath and starts. "Lena, before lunch I finished the autopsy on the body they recovered from prison. I am sorry. It is definitively Lilian. Whatever Kara and you saw this morning, it was not Lilian." Lena steadies herself on the table and slowly sits down. Alex move to her and puts her hand on her shoulder. When she looks up at Alex she has tears in her eyes. Alex sits down next to her and puts her arm around her. "If there is anything I can do for you let me know." Lena leans into Alex and take a few deep breaths. After a few minutes Alex says: "I need to go back to work, stay here as long as you need." Alex stands up and is about to leave when Lena says. "Could you call Kara?" Alex smiles "I let her know you want to talk to her."
After about ten minutes later Kara (as Kara) walks into the room Lena is sitting in. Lena looks up at her. "So, you do know about the DEO. I have been wondering." Kara smiles shy adjusting her glasses. "Yes, I do, but that is not important. How do you feel? Alex sad you were quite upset." Kara walks towards Lena and hugs her. "I just needed someone to talk to." Kara sits down next to Lena putting on arm around her. "Lena, I told you I am always there for you." Lena cries in her friend's arms. They sit together until Lena calms down. "I should go back to work. Supergirl needs that Anti-Kryptonite vest. And you have to write an article." Kara squeeze her arm a bit. "I am sure she will understand. She thought for long time her world was lost." Lena smiles. "Yes, but she is like a tiger in cage. I wonder how long she can take being stuck in here without going crazy." Kara laughs. "Well you might be right about that." They hug for and goodbye. Lena goes back to the lab, where she finds Alex and Max, working, but Alex leaves to coordinate other agents when Lena comes. Kara changes back into Supergirl and heads down to the training area.
After two hours Alex goes down to the training area to look after her sister. She finds Kara reading. Kara has already finished her article. When Kara hears her sister, she looks up. Alex asks: "Need a training body?" Kara smile: "Yes why not?" They go into the Kryptonite emitter training room. Alex turns on the Kryptonite emitters and they train for a while. After a few rounds they settle down, turning of the emitters and play some board games.
That is when Lena comes looking for Alex. She pauses a moment when she sees them sitting on the ground playing board games and joking like old friend. When they see Lena, they become quiet and look at her. "Alex, I just wanted to say, that I am leaving for tonight. I have some more business at L-Corp that can't wait and need to coordinate with James." Alex stands up. "Sure. I am going to come up with you. I need to see how far Brainy it with his research… Well, and I need to babysit Max." Supergirl looks up "Bye Lena. See you tomorrow." Lena look at her. "Bye"
As they walk back to the main operation room. Lena asks. "Why do you need to babysit Max?" Alex replies. "You can't leave that guy on his own. I don't trust him. He pulled so many stupid stunts before you came to National City." "What did he do?" "He blew up his own lab to test Supergirl's strength, followed her around with drones, had another bomb to test her speed, placed a bomb at the airport and his train at the same time to test her morals. He also created Bizzaro to kill her and in order to set a trap for Astra and Non, he accidently poised Supergirl with red Kryptonite." Lena looks shocked "He did all of that? I see why you don't trust him." "As long as you were with him I could trust that he will behave and not accidently blow up my lab. He is like child with a good complex. He has no morals. I am not leaving him in my lab without adult supervision." Lena laughs. "Well, I am glad you trust me enough to not blow up your lab."
An hour after Lena left the other agents leave too. Only Alex and Kara stay behind. They order some more food and decide to watch a movie on the biggest screen they can find. They both sleep at the DEO that night. Alex briefly goes home and get herself and Kara everything they need to spent the night at the DEO.
When Lena comes in early the next morning Alex is walking around looking for something, while brushing her teeth. "Did you sleep here?", she asks Alex. Most of the regular Argents aren't there jet only Brainy is already in front of his computer. Supergirl walks sleepy into the main operation room, wearing some Koala pyjamas and rubbing her eyes. "Alex, have you seen my tooth brush?" Supergirl almost runs into Lena. "Oh, Lena, you are already here." Lena raises her eyebrow. "You slept here too?" Supergirl is startled. "Yes…I…I am under containment remember." Supergirl looks around for a second and walks back out looking somewhere else for her toothbrush.
After Kara left a confused Lena, she goes to shower and cleans herself up. After half an hour she comes back into the main operation room eating some leftover pizza. When she walks past the lab where Lena is working Lena briefly looks up. She can't believe what happen to that cute sleepy hero who almost run into her just half an hour ago. Then she looked like an ordinary person, who just got up. Hair fussy and all. And now after a change of cloth and a shower she is the mighty hero of national city.
Within the next hour the DEO gets as busy as usually. Supergirl keeps running around looking over everyone shoulder until Alex tells her to get out because she is making everyone nervous.
Kara goes back to sit down and opens her laptop. She calls James asking if he has an assigning she can work on from the DEO. He tells her to start working on the story of Lilian Luther's death. She finds Alex and tries to get as much information out of her about Lilian. Then she goes back to her room and calls Lena asking her what she is supposed to write. Afterward she starts working on her article.
Just before lunch Lena comes down to talk to Supergirl. She finds her flouting on her back, riding a book. "Supergirl" Supergirl falls down to the ground when she is pulled out of her thoughts. She quickly stands up and looks startled at Lena. "Lena" Lena looks at her raising an eye brown. "You know for a hero you scare quite easily. Don't you have Superhearing? You should have heard me coming down the hall.", Lena says surprised by the hero's reaction. "Well, if I would use my Superheating all the time, I would go crazy. It like listening to a dozen radios at the same time. What do you need?", she answers. "I wanted to tell you that the Anti-Kryptonite vest is read, even though it is not a vest anymore. It is more a small attachment you can add to your belt. We should test it.", Lena answers. Supergirl smiles. "Great!", she puts her book aside and follows Lena to the lab.
At the lab Max hands her blue glowing compartment. She tucks it on her belt. Then Lena slowly opens the lead lined box containing some of her green Kryptonite. "Do you feel anything?", she asks Supergirl. Supergirl shakes her head and steps closer to the box. "No all good", she takes the Kryptonite and immediately drops it right again. "It only protects you from the radiation.", Max adds. "Well, it is better the being completely exposed. What about the red Kryptonite?", she asks. "It should protect you from its radiation, but you shouldn't touch it.", Max answers. "Well, you better hope so. Because if I get affected, the things I do are on you.", she replies to Max cold. Lena smiles to herself. She is glad that there is someone who is even more at odd with Supergirl than she is.
