The first thing Lena saw when she entered the dream world was Kara, crying in the middle of a pitch black room. She wanted to go to her, to save her, to hold her and never let her go, but she couldn't… She had to wait.
She watched as the area around them switched from pitch black, to a dream version of Kara's loft, and hid behind a curtain behind Kara.
Lena watched as the front door opened, and Alex stepped in. "Kara! Why the hell do you always have to make my life miserable?! Can't you just stop trying to show me up? You're not special."
Kara cried. "I-I'm s-sorry." She whimpered.
Alex scoffed at her. "You know what? Fuck you. You're the worst sister in the world! You never listen to me! I never asked for you! You ruined my life! You're the reason my dad is gone! You're the reason I couldn't become a doctor! I hate you!"
Lena's heart shredded itself as she watched what was happening. She had no idea Kara had so many insecurities… Insecurities that Lena knew stemmed from a lifetime of feeling guilty for merely existing.
But they were unfounded; Alex loved Kara. Loved her more than anything, they were each other's best friends… So why did Kara feel so insecure?
Kara cried out. "Alex, please… I'm so sorry. For everything, if I could die in his place, I would."
Alex glared. "I really wish that you could." She snarled before the room turned pitch black once again.
Lena heard Kara continue to cry in the distance; breaking Lena's heart all the more before the surroundings morphed into a futuristic looking bedroom lit in red.
A man and a woman, both wearing the same crest that Supergirl wore, appeared before Kara and started chastising her.
"Kara, all we asked of you was to look after Kal-El… why couldn't you do that? Why must you shame us at every turn? You will never be as good as Kal-El. He's a better Kryptonian than you. He's a better hero than you… He's a better El than you."
Kara let out a harsh sob. "Mom, Dad, please… I'm sorry. I tried everything I could, but my pod arrived too late. I'm so sorry." She cried out.
Lena wanted to stop this, to make this all go away for Kara; she hated seeing her so hurt.
Lena felt guilt course through her for ever wanting to put Kara through this in the first place. Finally, Kara's 'parents' disappeared and their surroundings once again morphed, this time, into the glass bowl office at CatCo, where Cat Grant appeared, staring at Kara angrily.
"Kiera!" Cat screeched. "You're possibly the worst assistant I've ever had."
Kara frowned. "B-but Miss Grant, I-,"
Cat shook her head. "Miss Tessmacher is far better than you ever were, which is sad really; but I'm even more appalled by your lack of passion in your writing lately. It seems as though CatCo just has no use for you any longer. I'd very much like for you to pack up your things and leave."
Kara cried out, "But writing is my passion!"
Cat scoffed. "Really? Because it seems to me flying around playing hero takes precedence these days."
Next was James, telling Kara that she was the worst girlfriend he'd ever had and that he regretted leaving Lucy for her.
Then Winn telling Kara that he regretted befriending her and going along with her Supergirl journey.
Then came Eliza, which was perhaps the most heartbreaking of them all.
The room morphed into Eliza's living room, where she was taking down all the pictures of Kara that she had on her wall and throwing them into the lit fire pit. "Kara Zor-El… I regret agreeing to take you in, all you ever did was burden my family with your powers and inability to fit in to humanity. You even cost me, my husband. You weren't worth the sacrifices we made."
Kara fell to her knees, tears cascading down her face, as she began chanting over and over quietly. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so, so, sorry."
Lena had tears of her own flowing freely down her face as her heart ripped and tattered a little more with each heartbroken apology that passed from Kara's mouth.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, their surroundings morphed into Lena's L-Corp office, and just as Kara grabbed the doorknob, Lena stopped her by gripping her wrist.
Lena watched Kara's tear-sodden face look at her with confusion. "Lena?"
Lena nodded. "It's me, baby. The real Lena. The one in there isn't real. None of this is. You're under Gray Mercy; my mother had one of her Cadmus goons throw it on you when you were fighting them off. Alex doesn't hate you. No one does, we all love you, Kara. So please, please come back to me. We all love you. Alex loves you. Your parents love you. Eliza loves you. James, Winn, and Cat all care for you, and I love you with every piece of me. I would never cheat on you. I would never hurt you. I would never do anything to risk losing you. Being without you these past few months has been the worst experience of my life, and I need you to come back to me. Come back to me Kara, so I can make amends for ignoring your feelings. So I can apologize for not taking into consideration how you might be feeling. But most importantly come back to me so I can put my engagement ring back on some day, because I can't live without you Kara, and the only thing that's been keeping me going is that I had hope that I could make you remember the truth."
Kara's brows stayed furrowed. The world began shaking as if there was just a massive earthquake. She looked at the doorknob in her hand and shook her head. "What's happening?"
Lena swallowed, terrified of seeing what was behind that door if Kara still opened it. "You're believing! Kara, Kara tell me you believe me, please."
Kara shook her head in confusion. "You didn't cheat on me?"
Lena shook her head. "No. I never would. You're the only one in the world that I could give myself to. I'm yours Kara, and I always have been."
"Promise?" Kara asked in a small, uncertain voice.
Lena nodded. "I promise baby. I love you. Only You. Always you."
Kara smiled, and let go of the doorknob. She turned so that she was face to face with Lena and cradled her face with both of her strong, Kryptonian hands. "You came to save me."
Lena swallowed back her tears of utter euphoria; finally, FINALLY, Kara was looking at her with love again. "Always." She croaked out tearfully.
Kara smiled. "I love you, Lena. I love you so much that it hurts."
Lena giggled through her tears, unable to help it… this was all she'd wanted to happen for the past two months, and she couldn't help but feel giddy that it was finally happening… Kara finally loved her again. "I love you so much that it kills me inside when you aren't smiling."
Kara smiled. "Well with you, I'll always be smiling." And with that, Kara leaned in and connected their lips, but as soon as their lips touched, everything went black.
