Chapter 9
Kara stood in the hall way outside of the DEO's surgical room, her foot tapping nervously on the floor, the fly back had been heart breaking as she could feel Lena tensing in pain, blood still dripping from her open facial wounds. Small whimperings coming from her throat as Kara set down in National City, she entered the DEO and demanded a doctor, not even looking at Alex or J'onn.
Now she began to pace, rubbing the dried blood on her hands… Lena's blood, she shook with all the conflicting emotions running through her head.
"Kara?" Alex came walking down the corridor "We need to talk she said coming to stand in front of her sister
"Not now Alex" Kara said shaking her head
Alex grabbed Kara's arm "Yes now" she said warningly
Kara allowed herself to be dragged into an empty recovery room, Alex turned on her quickly
"What the hell were you thinking?" she exclaimed, without pausing to allow Kara to talk "You go of comms and break into the police department, Kara you threw around a civilian" Alex voice strained as she spoke, obviously trying to keep herself professional but her feelings rising to the surface
Kara remained silent
"Kara this isn't you… why" she paused trying to think of the words to say "Is this all because of Lena?"
Kara looked into her sisters eyes "She is my best friend and I have already lost too many people I care about to just sit by and do nothing" her voice was louder than she meant it to be
Alex held Kara's blue gaze "That does not excuse what you did Kara"
"Does not excuse?" Kara repeated, she pointed to the door "Have you seen what they have done to her? You haven't even bothered to ask if she is going to make it, Alex they were cutting her up in a twisted lab underneath the old Luthor Mansion" she yelled angrily
Alex was taken aback by the sudden outburst "Kara I-
"Don't" Kara interrupted "I need to be there for my friend" and without waiting for any response Kara turned sharply and walked out of the door slamming it
Leaving her sister standing in an empty room shocked at the usually kind woman's outburst.
Kara moved back to her place in the hallway, she was too afraid to use her x-ray vision to see what was happening, images of Lena's bloody face kept flashing across her mind, it enraged Kara that someone had done that to her and it broke her that she didn't stop this from happening.
I should have been there
The thought kept going over and over in her mind, her fists clenched as her anger boiled again
She looked down at her fists and opened them to reveal all of Lena's dried blood
How much had she lost?
Did Kara get there in time?
Was she going to survive?
If she did would she ever forgive me?
So many thoughts whirling around, she wanted answers
Feeling overwhelmed she collapsed against the wall, sliding down until she sat on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest as she waited, fear keeping her from listening. So instead she just stared at the wall and waited
It seemed like days had passed when the doctor came out of the room when it had only been a couple of hours, Kara stood from the floor and took in the man's appearance, sweat covered his brow and dark rings circled his eyes.
Kara inhaled deeply waiting for an answer, terrified of what she might hear
"Miss Luthor sustained a lot of injuries" he took a breath "We have done our best to stabilize her" another pause
"Doctor please just tell me" Kara said, every moment killing her with the not knowing
The doctor nodded "She is stable, but we need to keep a close eye on her"
Kara almost collapsed right there in the corridor, she was alive. The doctor was still speaking but Kara was not listening
"I need to see her" Kara blurted out, interrupting the doctor
He looked at her "She is still under sedation at the moment, the shock of what happened to her will not help with her recovery"
"Doctor I need to see her for myself, I need to know she is alive" Kara pleaded
The doctor nodded and lead Kara into the surgical room where the nurses were tidying up, she could see gauze covered in blood, she turned her attention back to the operating table where she could see Lena lying there. As Kara neared she could see that Lena's face was covered in bandages, Kara's eyes wandered down her body seeing more bandages, she swallowed a lump that was forming in her throat.
"What did they do to her?" Kara asked blinking back the tears
The doctor sighed "They beat her from we can see, but there was something unusual"
"Unusual how?" Kara asked not taking her eyes from Lena, too afraid that she might disappear once more
"They started a surgical procedure though, they made an incision along her stomach" he scratched his head "But for the life of me I cannot work out why, none of her organs were cut into, it's as though they just opened her to see what was inside… I'm sorry" he said composing himself after his medical ramblings
"And what they did to her face?" Kara asked, looking at the bandages
The doctor shifted from one foot to the other nervously, seeing how effected Supergirl was by Miss Luthor's state
"From what I can see there is no medical reason for it"
Kara's fists clenched "So they did it just to hurt her?"
"I cannot say for certain" he answered softly
Kara shook her head trying to keep her head on straight
"When will she wake?" Kara asked standing over Lena, it taking all her restraint not to reach out to her
"People react to sedation differently, maybe a few hours"
"Then I will wait"
The doctor nodded and left instructing a nurse to bring over a stool for Supergirl
