A/N: Thanks for the reviews and insights so far, I've really appreciated them. Some of the things the characters in this story do are not exactly canon for their CW Supergirl character, but I just wanted to play around with them and needed to do it to convey the story. I haven't fully decided on "SuperCat" or not yet…let me know what you all think.

As always, I own nothing in regards to Supergirl, I just love the show and all the characters!

Cat Grant sat quietly in a chair checking her emails, near Kara as she slept on the solar bed at the DEO. The ordeal at the hands of the two Cadmus creeps had really worn Kara out; apparently the kryptonite they'd used in the handcuffs was high grade and had really caused some physical damage to Kara. Fortunately it wasn't anything she wouldn't recover from, but the pain she felt had been so terribly real on so many levels.

Looking up from her phone Cat saw Alex enter the room, "Agent Danvers," Cat said with a slight grin on her face. "She still has yet to regain consciousness."

"Please call me Alex," the agent smiled back at Cat as she walked over to check on Kara's condition. "Dr. Hamilton said that it's not likely she'll wake up for about 24 hours. The kryptonite had a huge impact on her system and she'll take a bit longer than normal to recover, but thankfully, she will recover."

An awkward silence fell on the room while Alex checked the monitors and other equipment that Kara was attached to. Seeing that things were alright Alex turned toward Cat, "How're you doing?"

Unfazed or trying to appear so, Cat smiled at Alex, "I'm not the one lying in a bed with tubes and wires attached to me, but thank you for asking."

"Nice try, I'm good at recognizing when someone's trying to be evasive," Alex continued, "Really, how are you doing?"

Cat looked at the pale face of Kara, and let out a long slow sigh before answering, "Physically I'm ok, thank you. We went through a pretty rough ordeal so I expect it will take a fairly heavy toll on us both psychologically. I'm just glad you guys found us when you did. They were about to nearly drain all of her blood from her."

With a furrowed look on her face Cat stared directly at Alex, "Just exactly how did you find us? That colonel guy seemed fairly confident that no one knew where we were."

Alex hung her head for a brief moment, "We implanted a tracking device into Kara several months ago after she went missing and was found barely alive by Superman. She doesn't know about it."

Cat let out a sigh of disbelief as she shook her head at Alex's statement. "You violated her trust when she was unconscious and implanted a device into her without her knowledge…did I just hear you correctly?"

"It's not as bad as you just made it sound," Alex answered, "Kara pushes so hard when she's Supergirl; always thinking of others first; forgetting that she's important too and putting herself at great risk. Without that implant we'd have had no idea where you two were being held by Cadmus; you can only imagine what torture would be happening right now if we hadn't had that tracker and rescued you. So it saved both your lives today."

Cat shook her head at Alex's answer, "Did it ever occur to you that you should've asked or even told her about it? You guys invaded her body with a foreign object without her knowledge or consent and now you're justifying it based upon the outcome of today's events?"

Alex hung her head in shame at the truth of what Cat had just said to her. In her desire to protect Kara, because she was responsible for her after all, she'd totally disregarded her sister's individuality and rights with the device. She knew she did it for all the right reasons; she just did it in all the wrong ways.

"You're right Cat," Alex replied.

Cat was caught off guard by the admission, she was fully prepared to keep going on the agent until she saw that what she did was just plain wrong. "So, what are you going to do about it?"

Alex thought for a few moments while looking at Kara's face. "I think it'd be just as wrong to remove surgically while she's vulnerable like this, sort of doing the wrong thing for the right reasons again. When she wakes up I'll tell her about it before she fully heals and has her powers back because if she wants it out, we're going to have to remove it surgically, better to do it before she recovers and we have to weaken her again."

"You really need to cease breaching her trust in you, Alex," Cat spoke with a firm but loving voice, "before you destroy your relationship with her while trying to protect her. In fact, I don't think you can protect her if she can't trust you."

Alex took a seat next to Kara's bed and held her hand quietly, wondering what she was going to say to her sister when she woke up and what, if any, relationship they'd have once she did. Cat watched Alex as her face belied the emotional battle that was raging in her mind, so stubborn, the pair of them, Cat mused to herself.

"Alex, may I ask you a question?" Cat queried.

Not looking away from Kara, "Yeah, what is it?"

"Why didn't you tell Kara that you work for this secret government agency?" Cat had a line of questioning she was going to pursue with the young agent and this was the safest place to start.

"I was under orders from the director not to disclose to anyone, not my mom, not my sister, absolutely no one, that I work here. After all, it can't be a secret government agency if everyone knows about it." Alex turned and grinned at Cat.

"Hmmmm," Cat continued, "Ok, so when did you learn about Kryptonite and the effect it would have upon Kara?"

Alex turned in her chair to face Cat, "Why do you want to know that, Cat?"

Cat shrugged her shoulders trying to deflect the angry stare off her from Alex, "I was just curious, lots to think about while I've been sitting here."

"It was during my training," Alex said softly, looking at the floor as if recalling it all. "We were learning about the various aliens that came in Fort Rozz and what were their strengths and weaknesses, when we talked about Kryptonians that's when the kryptonite came up."

"I see," Cat paused to consider her next line of questions. "So why didn't you tell Kara about it when you learned of its existence?"

"Yeah right," Alex replied with exasperation in her voice, "How am I supposed to tell her about kryptonite, that I learned existed, while working for an agency, that I can't tell her about? Besides, it was deemed classified by the DEO on a need to know basis."

"Seriously?" Cat looked at Alex with disbelief, "You're going to hide behind the classified line for not warning your sister that there was a substance that existed which could potentially kill her? Don't you think that she is the essence of 'need to know'?"

Alex started to cry, she knew she had let Kara down in so many ways, this was one more item on the list. She began to believe that once Kara knew everything, she was going to lose her sister and it was all her own fault. "I don't know what to tell you, Cat," Alex said, "I never imagined she'd come out as Supergirl and therefore she wouldn't be in that type of danger needing protection from kryptonite, I guess. It's not the best answer, but it's the truth."

Cat was going to ask Alex why she let the DEO shoot Kara down with kryptonite darts instead of bringing her into the DEO herself, but seeing the sorrow weighing her down, she decided it was a topic best discussed between the sisters.

Just then Alex was summoned to the main control room by one of the agents. Cat watched her dry hers eyes, square back her shoulders before she leaned over to give Kara a kiss on the cheek, "I'll be back as soon as I can, sis."

Cat decided that she needed to have a heart to heart with the young hero before she woke up so she took the chair next to the bed and sat down. Gingerly she grabbed Kara's hand; her skin was soft and smooth, not old and wrinkled like Cat's. Tenderly Cat reached up and brushed an errant strand of Kara's hair behind her ear so she could get a good look at her. I hope when you wake up that you're able to understand just how much you're loved; especially by Alex. I know you're going to have a hard time trusting her but you need to remember and hold onto the special bond you share as sisters. I don't agree with what Alex did, but I do understand her reasons. Just know that I'm here for you if you need a friendly, loving shoulder to cry on; however, my dear Miss Danvers, it is high time you woke up and got off your butt and got back to work, chop, chop.

As if on cue, Kara started to waken slowly; her head turning from side to side; small moans of pain crying out of her mouth. "Kara?" Cat jumped to her feet and leaned over her hero. "Come on Kara, open your eyes."

"Alex?" Kara managed to barely speak, "Where am I? Is Ms. Grant ok?" Kara slowly opened her eyes to see Cat smiling over her, holding her hand.

"I'm here and I'm just fine, Kara," Cat smiled, "Let me go get Alex."

Cat left the room and headed in the direction where she believed Alex was to be found. "Alex, Kara's awake and is asking for you."

Dropping what she was doing Alex sprinted down the hall and into the medical bay, sure enough; there was her baby sister, awake, finally. "Kara, how're you feeling?"

"I hurt, Alex," she replied, "my head is pounding."

"I know," Alex smiled at her with a face full of love and concern, "Dr. Hamilton is on her way with something for the pain. The kryptonite they used on you was a high grade type, so I'm not surprised you're in pain; don't worry, we're here to help you recover."

"Ms. Grant," Kara looked past Alex, "are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

"Kara, really and truly, I'm fine, they didn't touch me. You were the one who took the brunt of the physical pain before we were rescued by you sister and some other agents." Cat was standing on the other side of the bed now. "Alex was quite impressive when she stormed into the room and sent that colonel fellow flat on his ass!"

Kara smiled weakly at the sound of hearing her boss curse, "Yeah, you don't want to cross her where I'm concerned, that's for sure."

Kara smiled up at Alex and then winced in pain as her head continued to throb. Dr. Hamilton entered the medical bay and immediately moved past Cat to check on her patient. "Welcome back, Supergirl, are you in any pain?"

"Yeah," Kara cried out, "my head is pounding so hard and my chest feels like there's a weight on it."

"What about your arms where the handcuffs were; any discomfort; can you move them okay?" Dr. Hamilton continued her examination of Kara. There was a significant amount of bruising on both arms from the kryptonite.

"Yeah," Kara answered, "they hurt a bit, but not as bad as my head does."

Cat spoke up, "That colonel guy kicked her in the head, and she flew a few feet across the room unconscious."

Dr. Hamilton took a penlight out of her jacket pocket and began to examine Kara's eyes. "I think you have a concussion, Supergirl. I'll prescribe something for the pain, but you need lots of bedrest until it heals, or your powers return."

Alex looked at Dr. Hamilton, "Thanks Doc, you're the best."

Dr. Hamilton turned away from Kara and went to get some pain medication for her. Cat returned to her spot beside Kara and looked at her with great concern. "So, I suppose you'll be needing some time off to heal?" Cat said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood in the room. "Take all the time you need, we don't need coming back until you're fully healed."

Kara weakly smiled at Cat, "Yes, Ms. Grant. Thank you for your patience and understanding."

"Kara, this is going to make you sleepy, but it will lessen the pain you're feeling." Dr. Hamilton said as she injected the syringe into the IV. "Concussion protocols will be in place and someone will be waking you hourly to check on you." Immediately Kara could feel the warmth of the pain medication as it coursed through her veins and relief began to swell through her as it did its job. Her head bobbed from side to side as sleep began to envelope her.

Before Dr. Hamilton could finish injecting the medication Kara was fast asleep. "Alex, Ms. Grant, she's going to be fine, but while her powers are down, the concussion is my biggest concern. I'm going to do an MRI while she's out just to be sure; then if everything is ok I suspect she'll be able to go home in a day or two. However, I don't want her left alone until her powers return. The intensity of the kryptonite seems to have wreaked more havoc on her systems than we originally thought, so I want her cared for by someone, or she'll have to remain here. Alex, you and I both know how she'll feel about that so you guys work it out while she's asleep and let me know."

"Thanks doc," Alex replied. "I'm sure Cat and I can figure out a way to get the worst patient in the world to rest at home."

Cat laughed, "Oh, I do love a challenge, Alex."

"And I think you love my sister too," Alex smiled at Cat. Cat blanched at Alex's statement, not sure what to say in reply. "It's okay, I'm pretty sure she feels the same way; she just hasn't admitted it to herself yet. But I know my baby sis."

Cat turned and looked at Kara as she lay sleeping. "Alex, I trust you'll keep this under your hat until she's fully recovered and able to deal with all of what's happened? We're going to have our hands full to say the least."