"Supergirl?" Lena said when the caped hero knocked on her window. Standing she moved to the window an opened it.

"I have the plant you asked for." Supergirl stated, getting straight to the point.

"Thank you. I'll take it to the lab straight away. I'll be back with an estimate on how long it will take to finish the compound...assuming you are staying." Lena said taking the plant from Supergirl.

"I am." Supergirl agreed.

"Well make yourself comfortable, I'll be back soon." Lena said leaving.

The second she was gone Kara sat down on the couch and moved her cape away from her side revealing a torn, bloodstained tunic. Groaning she stood again and went to Lena's desk and looked for a blade. Finding a pair of scissors she went back to the couch and used the blade to try to extract the shard of Krytponite. Having made the wound bigger she put her forefinger and thumb into the wound and tried to remove the Kryptonite. She was still digging around in the wound when Lena came back into the room.

"It should be ready in under an hou- what's happened?" Lena asked rushing to her side.

"Have to get it out." Supergirl grunted as she pulled the mineral from her body.

"Kryptonite?" Lena asked. When Supergirl nodded she said. "Give it to me." To her surprise Supergirl didn't hesitate and passed the shard to her which she carried over to her wall safe and locked away.

"It's lead lined you should be fine now. Assuming you got it all out."

"I did. It's healed." Supergirl said looking at the wound. "Thank you."

"I didn't really do anything. But you're welcome. What happened?" Lena asked.

"Apparently the army still have Kryptonite bullets."

"The army shot you?" Lena asked confused.

"Yeah. I strayed onto a base as I was trying to get the plant."

"Why did they have Kryptonite bullets? Why were they even there?" Lena asked confused. "Are you sure it was the US army?"

"They sounded American and they were soldiers." Supergirl shrugged.

"Could it have been Cadmus?" Lena asked.

"I don't know, maybe. To be honest I was worrying more about getting the plant."

"Are you okay now?" Lena asked.

"I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You look a little pale." Lena said.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'll rest once I have handed over the antidote."

-00-

"Anything?" Eliza asked quietly when Hamilton and J'onn entered the room.

"Not yet. I'm sorry. The plan to keep her awake didn't actually slow down progression, if anything when she did sleep she seemed to lose more memory than before." Hamilton said. "Until Kara gets back all we can do is keep her comfortable."

"The good news is she should be back soon." J'onn said as Hamilton scribbled down some notes before leaving. Once she was gone J'onn asked Eliza. "How are you doing?"

"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with." Eliza confessed. "When Alex was four there was a meteor shower which she had heard about. Both Jeremiah and I ended up being delayed getting home and the babysitter wasn't a fan of astronomy. So Alex just walked out to see the shower. When we got home we went to kiss her goodnight and found her bed empty. We were so scared. Eventually we realised she must have gone to the beach. It was so dark and we spent the next couple of hours searching. Then we saw a lump on the beach. It was Alex, she was lying unmoving. I thought she was dead. I was terrified. I almost couldn't approach her, just in case. As it was she had just fallen to sleep. But for nearly two minutes I thought she was dead. I never thought I would have to deal with that feeling again." She went on before looking at J'onn. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to be insensitive. I can't begin to understand what you went through."

"It was a long time ago. Right now let's worry about Alex." J'onn said as the woman in question started to stir.

Giving Eliza's shoulder a reassuring squeeze J'onn left the room to give them privacy.

"Hi Sweetie." Eliza said squeezing Alex's hand.

"Where am I?" Alex asked looking round.

"In hospital."

"Are you sick? You look sick." Alex commented noticing how old Eliza looked.

"No Sweetie, I'm not sick."

"Then why are we in hospital?"

"You're sick. You have an infection."

"Did the alien give it to me?" She asked bringing hope into the room.

"You remember the alien?" Eliza asked.

"Kind of hard to forget suddenly having an alien sister take over your life." Alex said sucking the hope from the room.

"No, Kara didn't do this." Eliza said hugging Alex who said.

"I want dad."

"I know." Eliza said before lying and saying. "Soon."

-00-

"I have it." Supergirl said as she appeared by Hamilton.

"Thanks. I just need to run a couple of tests." Hamilton said. "I'll let you now when we are ready."

Nodding Kara left the main infirmary and headed to Alex's room only to be stopped by J'onn.

"What's happened?" Kara asked.

"The memory loss has accelerated."

"How bad?"

"Her last memory seems to be from around the time you arrived on Earth."

"She's gone back that far already?" Kara asked visibly upset.

"I'm sorry." J'onn said before noticing Kara's torn tunic. "What happened?"

"It's nothing. It was just a little harder to get the plant than I thought it would be. I should get changed before Eliza sees me." She said disappearing.

-00-

"Okay." Hamilton said entering the office where Maggie, J'onn, Eliza and Kara were waiting. "If this works like I hope it will, Alex will remember everything. However, she will be confused for a while. As her brain tries to reconcile the last few days."

"When can you give her the antidote?" Kara asked.

"Technically straight away. But you should know that my hope of it working is based on a trial involving rats and rat brains are different from human brains so there is a strong probability it won't work. But we are out of time and options. It may have low probability of success, but it is our best chance. But there is a risk, a big one, that the treatment will kill her. So if you want to see her now's the time."

"Just give her the antidote." Eliza said as Kara and Maggie nodded their agreement.

Once Hamilton had gone Eliza pulled Kara and Maggie in for a hug as J'onn looked on.

-00-

"How long does it take?" Kara asked impatiently as she paced the room.

"It's not something Dr Hamilton will want to rush." Eliza said calmly. "Come sit back down."

As Kara obeyed she commented. "I hate waiting."

"I know." Eliza wrapping an arm round Kara's shoulder and pulling her into a hug.

"A trait you and Alex share." J'onn commented from across the room where he stood leaning against a wall his arms folded across his chest. Any reply was cut off by the door opening.

"Is she-" Eliza started to ask, but found herself unable to complete the sentence.

"She's alive." Hamilton assured her causing Eliza to sag in relief.

"And her memories?" Kara asked.

"Right now, we can't tell. The scans look closer to the ones taken two weeks ago. But as I said we don't understand the human brain and just because the activity profile is different it doesn't mean she will be able to access memories. We'll know if it worked when she wakes up. Which shouldn't be too long." Hamilton said.

"Can we see her now?"

"Of course." Hamilton said as Eliza and J'onn immediately left the room. Noticing Kara wasn't moving Maggie asked.

"You not coming?"

"No. If it works-" Kara started only for Maggie to cut in.

"When it works."

"Fine, when it works she'll remember everything." Kara reminded Maggie. "I will be the last person she'll want to see."

"Kara, she didn't mean what she said." Maggie said.

"I just want what's best for Alex. Right now she needs to rest and she needs you." Kara said. "And you need her. I can't begin to imagine how hard it has been on you. Go see Alex. If she wants to see me I'll come back."

"She'll want to see you." Maggie said.

"Whatever has happened over the last few days doesn't change the fact that I didn't put her family first."

"Your family." Maggie corrected. "We both know Alex has a tendency of speaking without thinking. You've never held it against her before. Don't start now."

"I am not holding anything against Alex and I agree with what she said." Kara countered. "Right now, the important thing is she recovers. That means no stress. I have no idea if Alex will want to see me. What I do know is she'll be really upset if you're not there. So go."

TBC...


A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing.