A/N: Again warning for a little bit of language.

7 – TMI?

When she arrived and touched down in her usual spot in the landing bay, she immediately headed to the control room to find Alex there with Vasquez, their heads together bent over a screen.

"Hey Kara," Alex greeted as she straightened and slipped her earpiece out of her ear.

"Hey, you two." Then Supergirl looked at her sister. "Coffee?"

"Sure, back shortly, Vasquez. Want me to bring you back some java?"

"You know how I like it," Vasquez replied with a little grin.

"Yes, I do," Alex replied returning the grin.

Kara looked between the two women, a clue suddenly flying in the window and hitting her in the head as she followed Alex. "Oh my God," she breathed when they were out of earshot. "You two are flirting!" She lowered her voice. "Are you sleeping with her?" She suddenly squeezed her eyes shut and covered them with her hands. "Nooooooo… you weren't actually sparring with her when I called, were you. Why did you answer the freaking phone, Alex?!"

"Kara," Alex countered calmly. "I answered because I thought something might be wrong and, judging by the fact that you came straight over here, I think I was right."

"Well, it's not that anything is… wrong… per se," the hero replied. "I just…" she shrugged. "I just wanted to talk to my sister."

They reached the mess hall and Alex poured two cups of coffee before taking a seat opposite her sister. "Does this have anything to do with the thing on the beach this evening?"

Kara's face scrunched and her voice rose in pitch. "Hoooow… did you..."

The agent rolled her eyes. "We monitor alien activity. You're an alien. You have a signature just like other aliens. We always know when you're on a rescue or just out patrolling, Kara."

Supergirl leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. "Big sister is watching me," she muttered, making Alex splutter her coffee all over the table as she laughed. "Sorry, sorry!" The hero grabbed some napkins and helped her sister clean up. "Anyway, today was both amazing and sucky." She smiled, her eyes shining. "Earlier today, Cat took me to visit her father's grave and told me that she wanted him to meet me. She told me she's in love with me and she kissed me." Kara's fingers moved to her lips in reflex.

"Kara," Alex whispered, grinning widely as she took her sister's hand and squeezed it. "I'm so thrilled for you."

"There's something else I want to tell you. I told him that it was an honor to love his daughter but I… I… in Kryptonese… I asked him if it would be ok if I asked Cat to join with me… marry me."

Alex's mouth dropped open. "Kara, that's incredibly sweet but doesn't it seem a little sudden? I know you've been in love with her for a long time but…"

"I know…" Kara got up and paced, her hands on her hips as her cape swung behind her. "I know but I just… I needed to ask him because I didn't know if or when I'd be back there. I asked Rao to keep him safe too, just in case. I know it doesn't seem logical or the right time and it isn't." She raised her hands and dropped them. "I love her so much, Alex, and I'm scared that something will happen, like on the beach today, and I'll lose her. I could have lost her a few nights ago and we could be having a very different conversation right now. It was kind of a carpe diem moment, you know?"

Alex took her sister's hand and guided her back to the table to sit down. "Kara, what happened at the beach?"

"We were walking together along the water line when these five guys on dirt bikes pulled up and surrounded us. The leader was talking shit about us being dykes and wanting to see my body and how he was going to fuck me like a real man blah blah and Cat was absolutely terrified. Eventually, I goaded him into attacking me and leaving Cat alone but I got so angry, Alex. I lost it and I used my powers. There was no one else around to see but..."

"What was Cat's reaction," Alex asked gently.

"At first, I think she was in shock but then, she just kept thanking me for being there and for saving her. It made me feel… better, Alex. Hurting those guys actually made me feel better."

"How badly were they hurt?"

"Well, the leader will be speaking at a higher octave while they try to extract his balls from his throat. The others, I just knocked out and tied up face to crotch." She chuckled as Alex laughed out loud. "You taught me that one."

"Yeah," Alex agreed. "Men normally won't move or struggle in that position for fear of nosing some other dude's crotch."

"And lastly, I melted their motorcycles. But I think everything is going to be ok because when the police arrived, I told them Supergirl had stopped them but had to leave to save someone else. They seemed to believe me. The kid in the bathing suit and glasses couldn't have POSSIBLY pulled all that off, right?"

"Right," Alex agreed. Then she paused as her sister's eyes became distant. "So what else is going on?"

The hero sighed as she returned from her thoughts. "I'm worried about Cat. She seems ok, like she's dealing with what happened in her usual strong and confident way but sometimes, I look at her and she looks so sad and devastated. It seems to be a split second thing and then she smiles at me but I'm not sure how to handle this, Alex. I'm not sure if I should push her to talk more about it or just let her talk to me when she needs to."

The older Danvers sister nodded. "How did Cat deal with those guys on the beach?" She paused thoughtfully. "Your instinct was to take them on and stop them from hurting anyone else. Your fight reflex kicked in and you said yourself that it made you feel better when you beat them up. How did Cat react?"

Kara completely agreed with her sister. "I remember Cat looking terrified but she didn't really say much outside of thanking me for protecting her. And she didn't really say a lot more about it after that at all, even when we got home. We haven't even really talked about the assault that much."

Alex scratched her nose. "Seems to me," she said seriously. "That you need to straight out ask Cat what she's feeling because dancing around the subject is not going to help her, Kara. She may not be honest about her feelings at first but she loves you and needs you and she'll let you in when she's ready."

The blonde head nodded. "I hear you."

The agent took her sisters hand again and squeezed it. "You have to be ready for her reaction, Kara, be it good or bad. You have to be ready to take her love or her blame or her punches when her emotions come to the surface and she reacts to them. She might want you to hold her or she might want you to fly as far from her as you can and not touch her. Either way, you have to be there for her."

Kara nodded and stood up then. "Thank you for listening, Alex, and for the advice. I'd better get going."

"I'm not saying this is going to be easy or hard, Lil' Sis. You just have to be prepared for both. Cat is one of the strongest people I know. You'll get through this together." The sisters hugged tightly. "Call me if you need anything."

"I will. I love you, Alex."

"And I love you."

..

Flying between National City's skyscrapers, Kara closed her eyes and listened to the sounds floating to her. Not too far away, she heard sirens and changed course to see what was going on, but as she rounded a building and made a left turn, she immediately saw flames and thick black smoke. It was coming from National City General Hospital. "Oh God," she murmured, speeding up to get there and hitting the ground a little faster than she normally would, adding a little hop to catch her balance.

"Supergirl, thank God!" one of the nearby firefighters cried. "We need you up there right now! We have patients and our own guys trapped. It's a chemical fire so don't use your freeze breath until you're sure it's safe."

"Got it!" Supergirl replied. Then she waved her arms and yelled instructions. "Get these people back, please. I need this area clear in case of falling debris." Then she turned and shot into the air again, heading for the section of the building where she could see the flames and smoke pouring through the windows.

Kara landed inside but the smoke was so thick that for a moment, she just stood still and tried to get her bearings. All around her, the flames roared but, over the loud noise, she heard the sound of weak cries for help. Kara knew she didn't have much time so she did the only thing she could. Using super speed, she moved from room to room until she had collected as many people as she could carry and then flew them to the ground outside. She left them to be seen to by paramedics and shot back into the building. Over and over, she did this, pulling people out until she was exhausted and covered head to toe with soot.

"Supergirl, wait!" The fire chief caught her attention and she ran to him, swiping the back of her hand over her forehead and smudging the soot even worse. "I've just been told that the affected floors have been confirmed as cleared."

"Good," Supergirl yelled back. "How are they doing with the fire? Do they need me back in there?" The look on the chief's face said it all and Kara nodded. "Tell all of the firefighters in there to get out. I'm going in." She lifted herself into the air and smiled as she looked down at his worried expression. "Don't worry. I'll be ok."

..

Glued to the television, Cat watched as Kara pulled group after group of people out of the burning hospital. The paramedics worked on the people, treating them for burns and smoke inhalation on gurneys that, Cat assumed, had been pulled from other parts of the hospital.

She saw Kara talking to a man in the background who was pointing at the flames spewing from the windows of the hospital and Supergirl nodded and rose into the air, pausing a moment to say something before shooting towards the building and back inside. Immediately, firefighters began to exit the building.

For a while, nothing seemed to be happening but then slowly, the flames appeared to be dying down and the smoke seemed to be thinner. Cat smiled with relief, knowing that Kara would have a hell of a story to tell when she got home but suddenly, to her horror, a huge explosion echoed through the television speakers and the whole section of the building's concrete fell to the ground. "Kara!" Cat screamed reaching out her hand helplessly as her heart thudded in her chest…