Maggie had learned a lot about the Danvers sister's tonight. Kara was as much of the puppy dog Maggie had thought she was but also a very strong woman just like her sister. She was relieved to know why Alex was so protective of the girl of steel. Most people on the outside would have said that Maggie was jealous of that relationship. She was but not for the reasons they thought. It wasn't jealousy over the two beautiful women being together but the fact that Alex who wasn't bullet proof would do whatever was necessary to make sure Supergirl was safe. Maggie had never had anyone care about her that much except maybe her Grams.

They ended the night early. Kara knew Alex needed to go to the safety of her own place or Maggie's to process everything she had learned tonight. Before they left Kara pulled Maggie aside.

"Maggie, my sister cares about you, a lot. I've never seen her like this with anyone before. I know you care about her to. I just," Kara paused she couldn't find the words she wanted but Maggie found them before she could.

Maggie put a hand on Kara's shoulder and looked deep into her eyes she said reassuringly "Kara your right I do care about your sister. More than I think I ever have about anyone else. If I hurt her again it won't be intentional but if I do you have my permission to throw me into outer space."

Kara laughed, "Dually noted. Maggie she is going to need you to be there for her in a way you probably never have had to be there for anyone before. I didn't give Alex all the information that Winn gave me tonight. It would have been too much to process in one night and she most definitely would have stormed out of here to try and fix the issue tonight."

Maggie nodded her head in response. Worry and maybe a little panic started to cross over her features but she quickly regained her composure. Maggie didn't live that far away from Kara's so she and Alex walked back to Maggie's apartment. In complete silence. Just holding each other's hand. Maggie knew Alex had the heart of a warrior. Maggie suspected that the things Kara hadn't told Alex had everything to do with what Alex mentioned. If that was the case, they would be in trouble. CADMUS wouldn't have just created on clone they would have made several. If not an entire army. Possibly making them immune to kryptonite. Which would mean they would be up for one hell of a fight. Which would mean that Kara was right going to do everything she could to protect the people of National City.

When they arrived at Maggie's apartment that's when Alex finally broke down. She wasn't sobbing uncontrollably just letting the tears she had been holding back flow freely. Maggie lead Alex back to her bedroom. Without bothering to undress they laid down together and Maggie just held Alex. She didn't speak because she couldn't say anything to comfort Alex. So she just held the woman cared about most in this world, occasionally planning soft kisses on her neck, her shoulders, her upper back until Alex had cried herself to sleep.

The next morning Alex woke with a start. She had an awful dream about CADMUS and her father. After steading her breathing and her racing heart she remembered she was at Maggie's but her girlfriend wasn't in bed next to her. That was when she heard some rustling in the kitchen. She crawled out of Maggie's bed and made her way out of the bedroom. Maggie had some music playing softly and was dancing through her kitchen making pancakes in nothing but her underwear and a tank top. Her hair twisted up into a messy bun. Alex snuck up behind her while she was flipping the latest batch of pancakes and wrapped her arms around the woman she didn't think she deserved.

"Good morning beautiful."

Alex started kissing Maggie's neck. Breathing her in. She must have gotten up long before Alex because she smelled of sandalwood, cedar and vanilla. Maggie's soap of choice. It was a scent Alex always loved. Associated with Maggie. It was a scent she found comfort in. But it also made her want Maggie. She efficiently turned off the stove and turned Maggie around so she could kiss her properly. Work her hands up underneath the tank top Maggie was wearing. Feeling the soft smooth flesh that covered Maggie's stomach.

Maggie hadn't expected this to happen this morning. She had expected Alex to wake up and come into her kitchen and be so consumed with finding out what CADMUS was up to that she was taken completely by surprise when Alex snuck up behind her and started kissing her. Maggie could never hold herself together when Alex did that. Before she had a chance to respond Alex had turned her around and started kissing her.

Maggie knew where this was headed and she pulled away a little breathless. "Good morning to you." Looking into Alex's eye's she saw the lust that was there but also a hint of pain. Maggie always wanted Alex but this morning she didn't have time for this. But she put herself aside for a second and thought of Alex. After all Maggie was the one in the kitchen half naked and there was no way Alex could resist.

Maggie kissed her again. Slowly running her hands down Alex's back until she reached her ass. Maggie grabbed at it furiously pulling Alex closer. Kissed her with more ferocity. She started leading Alex back to the bedroom ripping Alex's clothes off in the process. When they got to the foot of the bed Alex was in nothing but her bra and underwear. Maggie looked into her girlfriend's eyes saw a need there now mixed with that pain she gave Alex one questioning look. Alex responded with a nod of her head. Maggie gently pushed Alex down onto her bed and gave her what she needed. A piece of Maggie and an escape.

Alex was only a tiny bit sorry she had made Maggie late to work that morning. Seeing her in the kitchen had a woken something in her that she hadn't known she had needed that morning. Had needed to face her day. CADMUS was cloning people and very likely cloning her sister and Clark. She closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose trying to regain control of her thoughts. She couldn't think about her father. She knew there was at least one Jeremiah clone in custody at the DEO. She hoped he was the only one and the real Jeremiah was safe somewhere.

After changing into her usual DEO gear she made her way to central command. She saw J'onn looking over a satellite image of some wooded, mountainous terrain. Winn was at his desk and looked like he had been there all night. He probably had. Coming back here to help go over the copious amounts of data that had retrieved. Alex resisted the urge to smack him on the back of the head. Instead she walked to his station and stood behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"As much as I want to hurt you for disrupting the sacred sister night I'm glad you did."

"Alex I wanted to tell you everything from the start of that mission but J'onn ordered us all to leave you out of this. I shouldn't have even told Kara everything that I did." Winn looked a bit scared and started bouncing his foot up a down nervously.

"Don't worry about J'onn. Kara is going to let him have it today. She was furious after you left."

"I know she was. I don't know if it was about all the info or the fact that J'onn was keeping all of this from you."

"Probably both knowing Kara." Alex patted Winn gently on the shoulder before walking over to J'onn. She crossed her arms over her chest and stood there for a moment studying the screens in front of them. Not really processing what she was looking at but trying to gather her thoughts. J'onn was the first one to speak.

"Alex do you understand why I didn't tell you about this mission?"

"I do but you also have to trust that I can handle things and I'm not always going to act irrationally."

J'onn turned his head to look at Alex. With a bit of sarcasm, he said "Alex Danvers acting irrational who would have thought." He had made the woman blush. Since revealing his true identity he was seeing more of who Alex was as a person and not just the tough as nails DEO agent. She was like a daughter to him and he had never wanted to keep anything regarding Jeremiah from her but he had sworn to protect Alex. Sometimes that meant protecting her from herself. "When it comes to your family you do act irrationally. Even though Kara is for the most part indestructible you still try to protect her. Sometimes at a cost to your own life. You have been lucky so far that you haven't been seriously hurt. That is why I didn't want you involved in the raid on that lab."

Alex couldn't say anything she knew he was right. She had always been a very level headed agent but never was level headed when it came to her family. Now that her family and the DEO had come together because of CADMUS irrational thoughts had been few and far between these days.

"When I saw the man that I thought was Jeremiah my heart was happy. We had found your father. I had my doubts about including you in the raid and was starting to think that I should have included you. You should have been the one to find your father but the man that was in front of me turned into a monster. I'm glad you weren't there to see that." J'onn was starting to lose his composure. He grabbed the railing in front of him and took a deep breath before continuing.

"Alex I didn't know your father long but I know that he was a good man and loved you and Kara so much. I'm still trying to uphold that promise I made to him. To protect you. I'm glad that man wasn't your father. If CADMUS had effectively turned your father into that monster, there would be nothing I could do to protect you from that."

Alex knew J'onn was right. She did behave irrationally when it came to her family. Maybe it came from losing her father. The only person that had understood her. She loved her mother but they were polar opposites. When Jeremiah had died Alex had thought her whole world would end. Kara had helped her through that tough time. It had been through the mutual experience of losing parents that they finally became sisters. That was also when Alex tuned into the irrational protector of the Danvers family.

"Your right I do get irrational when it comes to my family but you can't protect me from everything." Alex turned toward J'onn leaning up against the railing and looking at the Martian that had become a father figure when she needed it most.

"But you can't keep me completely out of the loop anymore. I will promise to behave and not go out in the field regarding CADMUS if you don't give the approval but you need to promise that you won't keep me completely in the dark."

"Those are terms I can agree with Agent Danvers.