Alex dropped Halley off about an hour after Skye made a surprise appearance at Kara's. She thanked Alex for the ride, headed up to Kara's floor and walked into the apartment. Kara sat on the couch watching an old movie that Halley didn't recognize, staring blankly at the T.V. She barely looked up when the door opened and shut. Halley hung up her jacket and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, then walked over to the couch and plopped down next to Kara. When she still didn't react, Halley reached for the remote on the coffee table and turned the T.V off. Kara blinked and turned to look at her. Her face was a mix of surprise and confusion, as if she had no idea anyone had even walked in.
"Are you okay?" Halley asked when she had finally got Kara's attention.
"Yeah," she lied. "Everything's fine."
Once again, the ping went off. Halley was about to call her out on the lie, but Kara reached forward and grabbed the box of potstickers from the coffee table. She shoved it into Halley's lap. "Try one," she demanded. She looked at her with an excited look on her face, masking the clear anxiousness she had only moments ago. Halley took one and popped it in her mouth. Kara smiled, waiting for a reaction.
When Halley finished chewing and swallowed, she grabbed another. "Wow," was all she could say.
"Right?" Kara laughed, taking one for herself.
Halley watched her, debating if she should ask what was wrong. After an inner battle inside her head, she decided she was too tired to get into anything. Whatever it was, it could wait until tomorrow.
Kara woke up early the next morning, unable to sleep any longer. She couldn't stop thinking about Skye. How was she going to tell Halley? She decided she needed to talk to Alex first.
She checked to see if Halley was still asleep, then walked onto the balcony. She pressed Alex's name in her phone and waited. Alex picked up on the third ring.
"Hey, what's up?" She heard her sister's voice ask on the other end.
"I need to talk to you," Kara said. "Like, as soon as possible."
As she listened to Alex talk, she looked down and noticed something she hadn't before. An identical star symbol to the one they found in the park was drawn in the corner of the balcony. Skye's initials took up a large portion of the circle, and beside them read the word: "Park". She stared at it, forgetting she was on the phone.
"Kara? You still there?"
Kara snapped back into reality when she heard Alex's voice. "Uh, I'm here. I'll- I'll come by your place in an hour."
They hung up and Kara went inside. Halley was still asleep, so Kara had time to remove the symbol.
Halley woke up 30 minutes later to Kara getting ready to leave. "Where're you going?"
"Hey, good morning. I, uh, I need to see Alex about something," Kara explained. "Um, there's food in the fridge so feel free to make something. Try not to burn down my apartment, okay? And I don't just mean with the cooking." And with that, she rushed out the door, leaving a groggy and confused Halley with a million questions and no answers.
"We should call Hank," Alex said after Kara explained the situation.
"No. No, we can't. Halley would never forgive me."
"Kara, Halley doesn't even know. And she should."
"I know," Kara sighed. "I'm going to tell her. Just, not yet. Maybe I can get through to Skye. Maybe I can fix this. I'll just go to the park and find her."
"I should go with you," Alex said.
Kara shook her head. "No, no, I can handle this. I'm not going to let you get anymore involved than you already are." She hugged Alex and kissed her on the cheek.
"Be safe," Alex told her.
Kara walked to the door, opened it and turned to her sister. "Always," she smiled before disappearing into the hallway.
"Where's Halley?" Skye asked when Kara flew down in front of her.
"Not coming," she replied. "Wasn't feeling up to it."
"You didn't tell her about me, did you?" Skye laughed. "I thought I made it pretty clear last night that I wanted to see her. Not you."
"Based on what she's told me, you're not exactly her favourite person."
"And based on what she's done, she's not mine either. She told you about all that, right? Well, I doubt she told you what I can do." Skye stretched her right arm out towards a nearby tree, clenched her fist like she was grasping something, and whipped her hand in Kara's direction. The entire plant uprooted from the ground and flew towards her. Kara dodged it and flew upwards, then landed behind Skye.
"It doesn't have to be with this way, Skye." Kara tried telling her. She stepped forward cautiously, hoping not to spook her.
Skye got a look of excitement on her face. "But it's more fun when it is, isn't it?" She put her palms face up, her fingers curling inward and lifted her hands slowly. The ground shook, the asphalt separating beneath Kara's feet, forcing her to jump again and hover high above the now broken pathway. Kara realized there was no point in talking it out. She flew towards Skye at full speed, sending her backward, her body dragging against the ground until she came to a stop. Kara began punching her opponent, unaware of Skye's hand moving beside her. A couple of tree branches from another tree stretched out in their direction, wrapping themselves around Kara's waist and arms. Before she had a chance to react, they scooped her up and tightened around her. Her eyes widened, her lungs begging for air.
Skye coughed a few times and struggled to stand. She wiped the blood from her mouth and stared up at Kara. "Supergirl isn't so super now, is she?"
Kara continued gasping for air, her legs kicking and eyelids fluttering. Her strength was no use when everything was starting to shut down. Skye clenched her fist, forcing the branches to squeeze Supergirl's torso even more, but then released her fingers. Kara crashed down on the ground, and lay completely still. Skye walked over and towered over her. Giving her a little kick to wake her up, Kara's eyes opened slightly.
"I'm not going to kill you," Skye told her. "Halley's not here to see it." She gave her another kick in the side, this time harder. Kara winced and coughed, then watched Skye turn and leave like nothing happened.
Alex held her sister's hand as she was scanned for internal injuries. After Skye left Kara injured in the park alone, Alex got worried and immediately rushed to where she was. She was brought to the DEO, where Alex demanded they do multiple tests to ensure she was okay. As they waited for the test to complete, Halley barged into the room.
"I heard. What happened?" She asked, her eyes darting from Kara to Alex, then back to Kara.
The machines hooked up to Kara started beeping, and Kara sat up slowly with Alex's help.
"Had an encounter with an alien. Didn't go too well," Kara explained.
"What alien?" Halley asked.
Kara passed a look with Alex, who kept quiet. "Uh, I don't know."
A little ping went off in Halley's head and she touched her ear. "You're lying," she said. "You're always lying. I know when you do, remember? Just tell me."
Kara took a breath, which caused a sharp pain to shoot through her ribcage. She clutched her stomach, then looked up at the young girl. "It was your sister, Halley. Skye's on Earth."
