Chapter 7: Future and Future
A/N: Hi everyone. Hope you enjoy. Thanks to all those that have favorited, followed and commented. I will be putting an appendix at the end of the story naming all those, along with special thanks to certain individuals. I also don't like this chapter over all, I feel as if it doesn't flow organically and is forced so I will be changing it later, not the events, just how it is written. Please review and comment.
The two heroes had left as quickly as possible and flew straight to the DEO. Hank was livid that Cat Grant now knew their secret, he seriously considered erasing her mind. Though that would only be a temporary solution. No, best possible solution was to do nothing and continue as if nothing had changed. Alex would still work for the DEO and fight alongside Supergirl. He on the other hand would keep a close eye on the media mogul. Hank ordered them to meet with her tomorrow and discuss with her whatever plans she had while he listened in. They parted with Alex going to the 'language room' and Kara going on patrol with her free time.
That night Alex flew home searching the skies for the blonde in case she was still patrolling. She heard a scream from above and immediately looked up to the source. There was nothing. She strained to listen, cursing the fact that she didn't have super hearing. Nothing. She started flying again wondering if she imagined it. Then she heard whisper, a whisper of her name. She stopped and frantically searched. Nothing, why couldn't she find the source. She felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as two strong arms grabbed her from behind, locking her in position. She stayed rigid as the voiced whispered to her.
"I thought you would never be done in there." The voice whispered in what appeared to be a threatening tone.
"Well, I thought you were patrolling." Alex retorted with a grin slowly spreading.
"True, but I missed you too much." The blonde supplied as she shifted her hand down.
"Not now." The brunette chuckled, "I have to go think about my future." She added solemnly and sarcastically at the same time. Kara sighed and let go before flying in front of the brunette and leaving a dizzying kiss. The blonde dropped out of her sight and Alex flew home.
The next morning Alex and Kara walked into Cat's office together, the assistant leaving a latte right in front of the media mogul and the agent pulling the doors closed. They stood in front on her as she wrote, an obvious attempt to gain power in this situation. The older blonde looked up as she put her pen down and smiled predatorily at them.
"So what have you decided about you future?" Looking at the brunette.
"I'm going to continue as I would if nothing had happened with the exception of helping Kara."
"I understand, bit disappointed though. Now to you." The older blonde turned her head to the younger blonde. "I want you to pack up your stuff by the end of the week, you are then effectively no longer my assistant. Before you think you are fired, I am promoting you. You have worked diligent and meticulously as my assistant for close to two years now. If it was anyone else I would most likely have promoted them a long time ago. You will now be reporting on whatever assignments are handed to you."
Kara wanted to argue that she should have a say in this matter but truthfully she wanted to be a reporter and it fitted her that she was being promoted. "Thank you Miss Grant."
"Don't thank me, just do as good as job at it as you would as my assistant. That is all I want."
"Yes, Miss Grant. Should I draw up a list of possible replacements and a set of guidelines for them?"
"Yes please. If you could find an exact clone that would be much better but at last I suspect there are only one of you." She half joked, she wished to have another assistant at least half as good as Kara but that would be impossible. Kara had been the best assistant she had ever known and that was why she was hesitant to let her go. She also realised she was being very forceful but she was unsure how to act around the two woman. She viewed them more as people then workers. "And Alex, I would like to do an interview with you."
"I would have to discuss that with my boss but as long as certain questions can be ignored I assume it would be fine."
"Thank you, please do let me know."
Alex left shortly after that and returned to the DEO to find one of the prisoners escaping. Swooping in, she punched the thing and felt pain shooting through her hand and arm. The beast responded in kind and knocked her through a wall and onto a now crushed table. She felt something connect with her face and then everything went black.
Kara watched over the brunette as she slept in a hospital bed at the DEO. She had received a call from Hank shortly after talking to Cat. He said one of the more dangerous aliens had escaped and they needed help. She had arrived just in time to see it punch Alex in the face with enough force to crack the floor. It was a miracle she was still alive. Kara had recognised the alien species immediately and new that fighting was only going to leave her damaged. She used her heat vision to get it to scurry away before taking Alex to the medical wing. That had been five hours ago. She watched as the brunettes eyes fluttered open and she instantly felt hope.
Which immediately fell flat when the brunettes started crying. The blonde held her and let her cry until it was silent in the room again.
"Alex, what's wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"I can't see." She whispered back and sobbed again.
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