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WARNINGS: This chapter will contain violence, with scenes of assault of a child.
Chapter Seven.
"What happened?" Alex asked as she and Maggie entered the room, J'onn and Winn following behind them, Winn carrying the device wrapped up in a cloth. Upon entering the room, they had heard Kara crying, her sobs muffled into Lena's shoulder as the CEO tried to calm her.
"She just needs a moment," Lena replied in Kara's place. "Do you know how to activate the AI?" she asked walking up to Alex while bouncing the child in her arms gently.
Turning to the panel on the side of the wall, Alex began to press a sequence of buttons. "It usually turns on automatically for Kara when she opens the seal on the door," she stated in confusion as the panel flashed green, the holographic image of Kara's Mother reappearing in the middle of the room shortly afterwards.
"Hello Kara," The hologram greeted. "How can I help you, my Daughter?" the hologram continued, the same question it had asked earlier, with the same robotic smile as before.
Kara sniffled after hearing her mother's voice, her sobs quietening as she turned her head from Lena's shoulder to look at the holographic image once again, seeming to calm at its presence.
"See, it's okay," Lena soothed, dropping a kiss the side of the little blonde's head, "it wasn't broken," she finished as Kara's breathing calmed, having gotten worked up by her crying.
After the had AI flashed red and turned off suddenly Kara had become fearful that she had broken it and wouldn't be able to see her mother again. While Lena had tried to soothe her, she didn't know enough about the AI to be able to offer her the assurances that she needed. The only comfort she was able to offer was the comfort of her arms.
"Kara was worried the hologram had broken, it turned off very suddenly," Lena explained, seeing the confused looks she was receiving from the other occupants of the room.
Alex nodded before walking closer to Lena. "Do you know what caused it to turn off?" She asked, watching as Kara stared at the hologram frowning.
"I wanted help remembering my childhood better," Kara replied quietly. "but, it made her angry."
"She's not your Mom Kar, not really. She wasn't angry with you," Alex assured, rubbing her little sister's shoulder, "do you have trouble remembering your early childhood?" She asked, thinking back to what Maggie had told her earlier.
Kara nodded in response but didn't say anything, she just kept staring at the hologram of her mother, the crinkle appearing on her forehead as she frowned.
"You've never told me that before," Alex said quietly, almost as an afterthought. But Kara's face looked so young and lost that she decided to drop the issue for now; there'd be plenty of time to talk to her sister later. "Winn said you wanted us here while he asks about the device?"
Kara nodded again, thankful that Alex knew not to push her right now.
She was scared beforehand just wondering what could have possibly happened to cause the dreams. Now, she didn't know what to think. Her Mother's reaction to her need for knowledge of her childhood confused and frightened her, but she didn't want to talk about that right now, not in front of everybody that was in the room.
She didn't want to risk them wanting to perform more tests on her and question her further.
Tiredly, Kara rested her forehead against her girlfriend's shoulder, "You might know what questions to ask better than me," she replied to Alex, her body relaxing as she felt Lena's hand run up and down her back, massaging her tired muscles with her soft touch.
Kara sighed sleepily, letting her eyes droop closed for a moment before blinking them open again quickly and turning her head to look to the hologram of her mother.
Alex cupped her little sister's cheek- ever the more gently when she saw the bruise from Edge still colouring the skin there- with a small smile before walking towards the middle of the room to stand next to Winn in front of the hologram. "We need your help in identifying a device that was used on Kara," she addressed the AI, looking to Winn, who uncovered the device from the cloth, "we need to know if there is a way we can use this to reverse the effects and turn Kara back to her correct age." She paused, waiting to see if the hologram can help.
"The device in your hands is a Krin-Drive, it was named after the young Kryptonian who invented it. You should destroy it immediately, the affects from the Drive can be dangerous. The use of this item is not permitted in any circumstance," the hologram answered.
The response made Alex frown, as J'onn came to stand next to her on her left-hand side, "What effects can it cause?" he asked.
"The Krin-Drive was invented to test psychological implications of different ways of training Kryptonian children, to better the education system used at the time. However, it was found that the use of the Drive would interfere with the child's emotional state and, furthermore, their development upon reversal. For some it completely stopped any further developmental stages, while in others it accelerated them far higher than they should be. The longer it takes to reverse the 'ageing processer' that the Krin-Drive uses the worst the implications will likely be. If this Drive has been used on my daughter, you need to restore her to her correct age immediately," The hologram explained, causing the occupants of the room to look back at Kara in worry.
"Okay, wait, what does she mean 'if'?" Maggie asked, confused, "can she not see that Kara is currently a lot younger than she should be?"
"I am the collected memories of all of Krypton. Kara Zor-el is my daughter, I know this by the biological matrix used to activate me, I do not recognise age and appearance," the hologram responded.
Maggie crossed her arms, leaning her back against the wall near the door where she stood. "No wonder little Danvers was a sobbing mess, Mommy dearest isn't the most comforting," she muttered under her breath, glancing to where Lena stood with the exhausted alien in her arms.
"You said we should reverse the effects immediately, can it be done with this device?" Winn asked, looking from the hologram to the Krin-Drive.
"The process is reversible using the Krin-Drive, but use of the Drive is prohibited on Krypton and punishable by death," the hologram replied.
"Death?" J'onn asked suddenly. "I thought Kryptonian's were against death penalties, that was the whole reason Fort Rozz was created. To spare the waste of life," he continued, not understanding why there would be a completely different set of rules for the use of one device.
"Imprisonment was not enough to deter the use of the Krin-Drive in certain groups, therefore the punishment for its use was increased to fit the crime accordingly," the hologram explained.
Crossing her arms, Alex stepped forward to address the hologram, "well, this is Earth not Krypton, and we need to reverse what's happened to my sister. The world needs your daughter, the world needs Supergirl, and we all need Kara back as we know her. Tell us how to reverse the process," she demanded.
"I cannot do as you ask."
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"Mags, where did you leave the keys?" Alex called from the kitchen, where she had been looking for her girlfriend's car keys. Maggie had brought a new car, separate to her standard police-issued one, after moving in together with Alex.
"Jacket pocket," Maggie called back from the living room where she was watching a movie with Kara.
After leaving the hologram room without the answers they needed, Lena had stayed at the DEO with Winn and J'onn to do some more research into the Krin-Drive.
Even though the hologram had refused to tell them how to reverse the effects of the device, they had understood enough from the information given to know there was a way to use the device for a reversal, they just had to figure out how to do it.
Alex had decided to leave the task in their capable hands for now, knowing that Lena and Winn tended to work very well together, whereas she usually made the younger technical-minded agent nervous. She had instead decided that herself and Maggie should take Kara back to Lena's home, so the young girl could rest. The lack of sleep the night before and the stress from the tests and getting upset had made the girl exhausted, noticeably so.
Kara had been reluctant to leave without Lena at first, however after lots of reassurance that Lena would not stay at the DEO all night and would be home with them by dinner time, the little blonde had left with her big sister and Maggie. Even though she was exhausted, the young superhero had been fighting sleep since they got back to Lena's home. Instead opting to stick closely to her big sister's side in the absence of her girlfriend, the unsafe feeling creeping back into her spine now she was away from Lena once again.
An hour and a half ago, while on their second movie, Alex had heard back from Eliza, who was now already on her way to National City, her flight due to be landing shortly. She was about to take the car to pick her Mother up from the airport, but had yet to let her little sister know that she wouldn't be joining her for the trip.
Alex wanted some time alone with her Mother to talk with her about the situation face to face while Kara was not with them. They had only spoken briefly on the phone, and Alex hadn't been able to let Eliza know all the information they had found out yet, due to the small Kryptonian that had been nestled into her side at the time.
Taking a deep breath to prepare herself, Alex slowly walked over to the kitchen table where her girlfriend's jacket was hanging on one of the chairs, before beginning to search the pockets.
"Got them!" she commented in victory as she grabbed a hold of the keys and made her way into the living room where Maggie and Kara were.
Walking into the room Alex took a seat next to Kara before grabbing her shoes that were on the floor in front of the couch where she had kicked them off earlier. "Where are we going?" Kara asked, noticing that her sister was putting her shoes on and had car keys in her hand.
Alex shared a look with Maggie quickly. The detective already knew of the situation as Alex had texted her after Eliza had called to prepare her, and ask if it was okay to leave Kara with her, without alerting Kara to what was going on before she needed to go.
With how Kara had been practically clinging to her big sister's side since leaving the DEO and Lena, she had a feeling her little sister was not going to take well to her leaving.
"I'm going to go pick up Mom from the airport, I need you to stay here with Maggie for a bit, okay?" Alex asked gently, turning to face her little sister.
"I can't come with you?" Kara said with a frown, sitting up straight, her back tensing slightly as she stared down at her lap.
The thought of Alex leaving frightened her.
Being away from Lena made her nervous enough already, but Alex leaving too? That only made the unsafe feeling in the pit of her stomach and the dread she had been feeling all day get stronger.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Maggie, she liked the detective and they'd come a long way from where they'd started. But Maggie wasn't Lena, and she wasn't Alex. Kara didn't feel the level of safety with Maggie that Lena and Alex were able to give to her.
"Not this time." Alex responded, trying to meet her sisters gaze. "I won't be long, two hours max, and Maggie will stay with you the whole time. You won't be alone," Alex continued, worried when her sister wouldn't look at her.
Kara was still staring at her lap, too many thoughts running through her head right now to be able to even hear what Alex was saying to her.
She was wondering what she had done wrong, why everybody was leaving her. Had she done something to make Lena and Alex angry with her?
"Hey little Danvers, wanna come help me do some food shopping? I bet you know where everything is in that store down the road, especially where all the good snacks are!" Maggie added, trying to help the situation as she could feel tension rising in the room with Kara's unresponsiveness and Alex's worry.
"See?" Alex prompted, "that sounds fun, you love snacks. When I get back, Mom will be with me, and Lena promised she would be back for dinner so there will be a big group of us tonight. Maybe we can invite Winn 'round to introduce Lena to game night? We haven't had one in a while," Alex continued, trying to get a response from Kara.
The response she got was not the one she was hoping for though.
She was hoping for a smile, for excitement, or at the very least for Kara to nod, agreeing reluctantly.
She wasn't expecting for Kara to burst into tears and to begin sobbing loudly.
And she wasn't expecting for Kara to curl in on herself, recoiling away from her touch.
She honestly wasn't expecting Kara to react that badly.
Though thinking on it she should have, Kara had been clingier than usual since they got back from the DEO without Lena.
"Kara, it's okay, don't cry, hey it's okay. I won't be long, I promise," Alex tried to assure her, not having a clue what to do when the only response she got was louder sobbing.
When they were teenagers Kara would calm at the sound of Alex's voice, finding it soothing. It seemed that right now Alex didn't have that effect on her sister.
"It's okay, I've got her," Maggie said, picking the little blonde up and sitting her on her lap, "you should go, or you'll be late. She'll be okay," she continued, wondering how much Kara was really taking in right now.
Frowning, Alex leant in to kiss her little sister's head, giving her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "I'll be back soon, I love you," she said. When Kara only cried more, she hesitated, looking to her girlfriend desperately. Maggie smiled at her reassuringly, mouthing 'go', before turning her attention back to the distraught child in her arms.
Maggie was shocked at how easily Kara had let herself be handled. She was surprised that Kara had not tried to pull away, though the girl hadn't latched onto her with a tight grip the way she had seen her do with Lena and Alex before either. Kara had merely allowed herself to be moved, she had not returned the hold, just continued to cry as the detective held her, seemingly unable to hear Alex's retreating footsteps.
"Shhhh, you're okay little Danvers, it's alright," she soothed, patting the young girls leg softly as she heard the door slam closed downstairs, "we'll finish watching the movie first, then we can go get some shopping and you can help me cook dinner," Maggie continued, speaking softly and calmly, hoping that would help calm the sobbing alien on her lap.
She released a breath as she heard the engine of her car start, signalling that Alex was about to leave, glad that her girlfriend trusted her enough to leave her little sister in her care. "Then we can get some practice in on Mario Karts while we wait for dinner to be ready and for everyone to get back," Maggie planned, continuing to speak calmly over Kara's cries, running her one hand down the girls back before starting to rub her thumb gently along her side.
She was relieved when she felt Kara begin to slowly curl into her, her hand coming up to grip the detective's shirt as she hiccupped in-between cries, beginning to calm down and seek some comfort with shuddering breaths.
"Deep breaths, that's good. You've got it… You okay kiddo?" Maggie asked after Kara had quietened, getting a small nod in response as the girl leaned into her hold more. "What's this? No chewing me out for calling you kiddo again?" she joked in shock, trying to get a smile from the child superhero.
Kara only shook her head before staring up at her with wide innocent blue eyes. "Maggie?" she asked quietly, after a silence, "you won't leave me, will you?" she stared at the detective's face with fear noticeable in her eyes, obviously looking for reassurance.
"Nope." Maggie replied instantly making a 'pop' sound as she over pronounced the 'p', wondering if Kara's reaction to Alex leaving was part of the side effects from the device being used on her or whether it was just the stress of the day catching up.
"I'm not going anywhere little Danvers." Maggie assured as the little girl studied her for a moment longer before cuddling into her tightly. It was obvious she didn't give Kara the same sense of safety she felt with Lena or Alex, but right now she was all Kara had till they returned.
If this was what the girl needed in this instant, then she'd stay here for as long as Kara needed.
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"I've been asked to help recover her memories, the Director wants me to write prompting questions about her childhood, they believe the chip is blocking her memories." Agent Corz, the DEO's therapist said from behind a large glass door. The phone she was holding pressed painfully against her ear as she watched Lena, J'onn and Winn working in the labs.
"They're smarter than we gave them credit for. We'll send questions through, but you will have to delay. He wants her back to her proper age before the memories are unlocked."
This job was starting to get risky, but she had a lot riding on this.
She couldn't back out now, even if she wanted to.
"The prompts need to be subtle, so they don't suspect me when this all comes out," Agent Corz replied anxiously.
She knew Director J'onzz would not be able to suspect her by reading her mind due to the technology she had been given, he would begin to suspect her if the questions were too leading though. He was smart. Smart and protective, which made a dangerous combination when you were one of the people working against him.
If she was rumbled before completing the task she would lose everything.
"They will be, just enough for her to make the links needed. He will do the rest, he seemed rather adamant that he gets to be the one who breaks the block."
"I do this then I'm out, you'll send payment, then I can leave?" The therapist asked, wanting confirmation that her part in this would be over after that.
Part of her regretted agreeing to this in the first place.
She liked Supergirl.
She liked Kara Danvers.
The last thing she wanted to do, was to bring pain of any sort to her.
For now, she would have to find comfort in the fact that she would not be physically hurting the alien herself, she would only be a small part in a much bigger plan.
She hoped that when her part was done, the clues she had left behind secretly would help the DEO fix the damage that was about to be caused, whatever it may be.
"Yes, as we agreed, once you have done you're job you'll be free to do and go as you please."
"And my brother?" She asked, wanted him to be free from their control.
She wanted her only living family back.
"Your brother will be free to return home with you, we will have no need of his services after this is done."
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Kara held onto Maggie's hand tightly as they walked into the superstore, keeping close to the detective as they brushed passed customers leaving the shop, Maggie grabbing a shopping basket in her spare hand when they passed a stand.
Once Kara had calmed and the movie had ended, Maggie got them both ready to leave for the short walk to the superstore that was only ten minutes' walk away from Lena's home.
Maggie had decided it would be better to bring up Kara's apparent abandonment issues with both Lena and Alex later, rather than question the girl herself right now, especially as she still seemed nervous around her at times.
Moving the shopping basket to balance in the curve of her arm, Maggie pulled a small piece of paper, that had a shopping list written on it, from her pocket. "Okay little Danvers, where am I going to find the vegan alternatives in this place?" she asked looking down to address her girlfriend's little sister.
"Same isle as gluten free stuff Lena likes," Kara replied after a moment's thought, looking up to find Maggie watching her expectantly, "I think it's this way," she continued before leading Maggie further into the store, leading her to the isle they needed.
Turning left they walked down an isle full of cheeses and creams before turning right and walking down another isle near the back of the store, passing by gluten free breads and other products before coming to a stop.
"Ahah! I knew your strange love of food stores would come in handy one day," Maggie joked, her eyes scanning over the items on the shelves as Kara stood close to her, still holding her hand while rocking on the back of her heels.
Finding the item needed Maggie let go of Kara's hand so she could pick it up from the shelf before placing it in the shopping basket. "Lasagne sheets, check," she commented to herself.
"Why are they purple?" Kara questioned in confusion.
"It's vegan, they're made from Aubergines," Maggie replied looking down to Kara to see her making a face of disgust, "it tastes great! Trust me kid," she continued as Kara made a 'yuk' sound.
Shaking her head with a smile, Maggie took Kara's hand in her own once again. "Come on, we need sauces next," she instructed, following as Kara led her around the store towards the sauces isle.
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"I'll get the questions to you later for your agent, I want to see how far along she is. I'm going to make contact, see if she recognises me."
"What if she remembers and alerts them of what could happen?"
"She won't remember me fully. Not yet. Not till the chip is disabled, but it may help with her psychological state if she remembers that she should fear me. If this works I will know that phase two will be ready soon, I will know what questions to suggest."
"How do you even expect to be able to get close enough? The sister is very protective, even more so right now, not to mention the others closest to her. They won't let you get near her."
"I've been watching them all day, they left her with the detective. She's taken her shopping, I should be able to get close enough without gaining unwanted attention."
"Be careful."
"You work for me, not the other way around."
"I know that, I didn't not mean to offend you."
"If you want your son to return I suggest you stop questioning me."
Snapping the phone shut disconnected the call, the stranger's eyes narrowed as he looked towards the entrance of the store. Turning his baseball cap around to hide his face, he stepped back from the tree he had been leaning against and began to walk towards the store.
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Her shoes screeched on the floor as she turned and ran down the isle looking for the vegan cheese Maggie had asked her to find, having forgotten to get it when they passed the cheese isle earlier.
She was looking for some cheese made from nuts called 'Nutcrafter', how that was meant to be cheese Kara didn't know, but Maggie had promised it would taste good. Anything would be better than the kale Lena kept trying to get her to eat all the time.
She wanted to find the cheese as quickly as possible, not wanting to spend too much time away from where Maggie was.
Alex leaving her behind earlier had thrown her and she was still feeling anxious without either Lena or her big sister around, Maggie's presence this afternoon had become somewhat comforting.
Part of her had wanted to refuse going to get the cheese alone, but Maggie had been very understanding with her so far and she didn't want to push her luck and make the detective angry with her, she was worried that if she did that her sisters girlfriend would leave as well.
It made the feeling of dread and the fear in the pit of her stomach bubble up again, it made her anxious and nervous.
Kara frowned as she stopped running and began to walk down the isle scanning the shelves, the isle was empty bar for her. She hoped the vegan cheese wasn't too high up, if it was she would have to try and climb up the chiller unit to reach it as there was no one around to ask for help.
Still concentrating on scanning the shelves for the cheese she needed, Kara failed to notice a presence behind her in the isle.
The stranger from outside with the baseball was stood behind her watching her.
"Well if it isn't little K. Z," The stranger said, smirking when the little blonde jumped at the sound of his voice, whipping around quickly to face him while pressing her back into the chiller unit behind her.
The stranger took a large step closer as Kara tried to back away. "What's the matter?" he asked staring down at her with hard serious eyes, his face still partially hidden by the baseball cap. "Are you scared of me, little warrior?"
Fear began to lace itself throughout Kara's being. "Who are you?" She asked, her voice quivering as the stranger came closer again, she wanted to run but found herself frozen.
"You know who I am, don't you remember? I know you very well," the stranger said, kneeling to the ground in front of Kara, still towering over her with his height even then, "subject K. Z." he finished with a smile, a smile that was not friendly or reassuring in any way.
"I don't know you…Sir, I think you are looking for someone else," Kara began to say shakily while backing away, "I… should find my Mom, she's waiting for me," she finished with a lie, thinking that would deter the stranger from speaking to her further, turning to run away only to find herself being held in place by a firm grip on her small arm.
"Don't lie to me girl! You have no Mother here or anywhere on this planet, now look at me," the stranger demanded, his voice was quiet but there was a clear edge to it, what he was saying was a demand not a suggestion.
Kara could tell this not just by the way he was speaking to her, but also by the fact she could feel his hand tightening on her arm, the grip strong and painful.
Something about him seemed familiar, his hard eyes and his commanding voice, she had seen and heard them before, but she couldn't remember from where.
"You do recognise me, don't you?" he asked with a smirk, "I can tell by the way you're behaving. This is perfect, just as I had hoped. Turn around and look at me, look at my face, my eyes. It will help you remember," he continued, tugging on Kara's arm, digging his nails into her skin so hard that it drew blood.
Kara whimpered in pain, as she tried to pull out of his grip, finding it impossible as the grip seemed to only tighten further.
The stranger gave a hard tug on Kara's arm pulling her around to face him, "I said look at me!" He demanded.
"No, let me go! Hel-" Kara began trying to yell, only to be stopped when a hand covered her mouth muffling what she was trying to say.
"Shut it you little –" the stranger started to demand, stopping when Kara bit into the hand that was over her mouth, "- was that meant to hurt?" he mocked smirking at her. "You might want to try a little harder," he finished before pulling back his hand to deliver a hard slap to her already bruised cheek causing her to cry out in pain loudly.
"MAGGIE!"
AN: I know...I'm evil...it's a nasty cliff-hanger.
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