"She knows." Winn said walking into James's office and shutting the door behind him.
"Who knows what?" Jams asked looking up.
"Kara, knows you are the Guardian."
"I thought we agreed to tell her together." James said.
"Well Alex didn't get that memo." Winn said.
"Alex told Kara?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because we are the reason she was taken and nearly died." Winn explained.
"What?"
"Alex was being used as bait. They were after Guardian."
"Why?" James asked confused.
"She didn't say, but I think I figured it out and you aren't going to like it."
"Okay." James said.
"Seriously, you are not going to like it. You need to sit." Winn said.
"Okay." James said sitting on the couch.
"Three weeks ago you chased after some bank robbers through the old docks." Winn started.
"I remember." James said.
"When you stopped them, there was a fight, when they were shooting at you."
"The suit worked like it was meant to and the bullets bounced off." James recalled.
"Some of those bullets or bullets that didn't hit you at all went through the side of a building where some kids were playing. One kid, the son of one of the guys who took Alex was hit. He died. The guy blames you, well Guardian and took Alex to find out who you are. Alex didn't tell them anything, but she paid the price and Kara is really angry."
"I need to talk to her." James said.
"Well Kara needs not to see us right now, so give her some space."
"If we talk I can explain." James said.
"No. She needs time. You need to keep your distance." Winn said. When James didn't argue further Winn added. "Also Maggie knows."
"Is she going to arrest us?" James asked.
"I don't know. Seeing her girlfriend is lying in the infirmary right now because of us I'm trying to avoid her." Winn confessed. "There's something else, J'onn gave me a choice. Give up helping you or give up the DEO."
"What are you going to do?" James asked.
"I'm sorry. But Kara needs me. I need to be there for her."
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"Eliza? What are you doing here?" Kara asked when she returned home and found her foster mother sitting in her lounge. "I thought you had gone to a hotel?"
"I did. But I wanted to see you. Come sit." Eliza said patting the couch causing Kara to put her keys down before moving over to Eliza and dropping down next to her. Once she had sat down Eliza asked. "How are you doing?"
"Me? I'm fine. I'm not the one lying in an infirmary. There is no need to worry about me."
"I will always worry about you and Alex. It is part of being a mother." She said. "And unlike your sister you can't lie to me so I know you are not okay."
"I was so scared when we couldn't find her. And then when we did find her I thought she was going to die. She was so pale and there was so much blood." Kara said as silent tears rolled down her face causing Eliza to pull her into her arms.
"She is going to be fine thanks to you."
"I didn't even know she was missing for a day." Kara confessed. "I keep letting her down."
"Kara you are not letting anyone down." Eliza assured her just as there was a knock at the door. Confused Kara lowered her glasses and looked over to the sound using her x-ray vision. When she saw who it was she sighed before standing and saying. "It's Mon-El."
"Hey Kara." He grinned when Kara opened the door..
"Mon-El, why are you here?"
"I wanted to make sure you were okay. Winn said you needed a friend and it wasn't a good idea for you to see him." He said before noticing Eliza. Smiling widely he greeted. "Dr Danvers! I mean Eliza. It is so good to see you again."
"Mon-El." Eliza smiled.
"I can see you have all you need so I will go." Mon-El said to Kara. "But e-post if you need anything."
"E-mail." Kara corrected.
"Yes that one."
"Wait. You have an e-mail account? Does J'onn know?"
"Winn set me up." Mon-El said. "Although I am not sure why as I don't have anyone to converse with. My in-crate is always empty. None of the women I have met in the bar want to give me their address. They say they are not looking for that kind of commitment."
"No doubt." Kara said.
"Right, well I will see you tomorrow. Goodbye Eliza." He called before Kara shut the door.
"He so has a crush on you." Eliza smiled.
"He was kind of adamant he didn't." Kara said. "Although he did kiss me. Add to that he is a Daxamite who knows what goes through his head." Kara said flopping down on the couch next to Eliza who wrapped an arm round her.
-00-
"Hey." Kara smiled when she saw Alex open her eyes the following day.
"Hey."
"How are you feeling?"
"I wish I had your healing powers." Alex said trying not to grimace.
"Can I get you anything?"
"No, I'm good. Where is everyone?"
"J'onn is running down some leads on the guys who took you and Maggie is talking to Eliza."
"She is? Why?" Alex asked looking worried.
"The two wanted to get to know each other." Kara shrugged.
"Why?" Alex asked feeling her blood pressure rise.
"Because they both care for you." Kara said. "And Maggie couldn't wait to hear about all the pre-teen stories Eliza had. And Eliza really wanted to hear about your life here." Seeing Alex had started to pale Kara quickly said. "I'm just joking. Maggie is at work and Eliza will be here soon."
"So they're not talking?" Alex asked.
"Well they're not not talking. But right now they're not talking with each other." Kara said before squeezing Alex's hand and saying. "I'm sorry."
"For giving me heart failure just now?" Alex asked.
"No."
"Then for what?" Alex asked now completely lost.
"Taking so long to find you."
"Knowing that you were looking was enough to keep me going." Alex smiled.
"I'm also sorry my friends got you into this mess."
"That's not on you." Alex said. "And if you blame yourself I will beat them up harder than I'm already planning on."
"There's something you need to know." Kara said. "But I need you not to be mad at me."
"What have you done?" Alex asked.
"Well the thing is, when we were looking for you, I got really upset and I may have done some things I shouldn't have. Maggie stopped me doing anything really stupid, but I kinda lost her trust so I told her."
"Told her what?" Alex asked struggling to follow.
"That I'm Supergirl."
"You told her?" Alex asked trying to sit up, ending up wincing in pain.
"Please be careful." Kara said.
"I'm fine." Alex said taking a few deep breaths. "So you told her?"
"Yeah."
"How did she take it?"
"Pretty well."
"Is she mad at me?"
"I don't think so. At the time her worry for you was far greater than anything else. And when we spoke while you were in a coma she seemed pretty cool with it."
-00-
"Any luck finding the Benton brothers?" Maggie asked when she returned to the DEO.
"Not yet. The cell Badran contacted was left in the woods so we have no way of tracking them." J'onn said. "I take it Badran hasn't told you anything useful?"
"No. He claims he contacted Al Benton to warn him that Alex was a Federal Agent. Since then he hasn't heard anything from them. Winn checked his phone and email records and can't find proof that he is lying."
"We did manage to track the van they took to the cabin. It was abandoned thirty miles away." J'onn said. "I have a team looking for cars that were stolen from that area. If we get a hit I'll let you know."
"I've got people patrolling their old hang outs in the city in case they return." Maggie said.
"I've also had Mr Schott place a tracker on Olsen's Guardian suit so we can track him. If the Bentons do go after him at least we can find them that way." J'onn said.
"Are you bringing Olsen into this? We could use him as bait."
"I don't trust him." J'onn said. "If we get proof the Bentons are back in the city then maybe I'll use him. But for now keeping some separation between him and Kara seems to be the best option."
-00-
"Hey." Maggie smiled as she entered Alex's room. "Where is everyone?"
"Managed to persuade them to go home and get some rest." Alex said. "Kara was starting to pace a hole in the floor."
"You want me to go too?" Maggie asked.
"Actually, I'd like the company." Alex said.
"Something wrong?" Maggie asked picking up on Alex's unease.
"No. Yes. Maybe. I keep having flashbacks." Alex confessed looking awkward.
"After what you went through that's normal." Maggie said.
"Not for me."
"Even for Danvers of the uber shady DEO." Maggie said.
"You don't understand." Alex said. "I don't have that luxury."
"I know your sister is an alien, but I don't think being human is classed as a luxury." Maggie said.
"That's not what I meant. I'm meant to be better than that."
"Don't be so hard on yourself. It's normal." Maggie said. "And even you must have had nightmares from all the weird crap you see." When Alex gave an almost invisible nod Maggie asked. "How have you dealt with nightmares and flashbacks before?"
"Alcohol." Alex stated.
"That's healthy." Maggie said sarcastically. "And not on the table today. I heard normal people talk."
"Never really been an option for me." Alex said. "I mean I don't want to be benched, or freak Kara out, or want people to think I'm weak."
"Firstly, you are going to be benched for the foreseeable future regardless. Secondly I get that you want to protect Kara, but she'll pick up something is wrong. Thirdly I'm not going to judge you and I know you are anything but weak. So I'm here for you, whenever you're ready to talk."
"Thank you." Alex said a stray tear rolling down her face. "Will you stay with me until I fall to sleep?"
"I'm not going anywhere." Maggie smiled.
-TBC...