Alex waited patiently in the bushes, when she decided to finally move in, there was unexpected movement at a door that caught her attention. Two women were rushing into a black SUV nearby. They were two women that Alex knew very well, Lillian Luthor and Veronica Sinclair. Alex watched the car disappear into the distance, she considered chasing them, knowing the DEO would take care of Supergirl, she'd already risked enough but with her injuries and sneaking out against J'onn orders. When she checked her phone, her heart dropped, she had no new messages. Maggie...

J'onn watched the first DEO team rush through the door before using his abilities to walk in through the wall. Mon-El followed the team in. They immediately secured the first room with the kryptonite cage and continued towards the hallway leading to the rest of the cells. The Martian opened the cage and reached for the police badge on the ground. It didn't take him long to determine it probably belong to Maggie. He looked around, but found no signs of the detective. Loud metal noises and yelling pulled him out of his thoughts and he swiftly followed the rest of the DEO agents.

"So there is a bomb in this room," Mon-El said like calmly, clearly not realizing the danger that it put everyone into.
"Supergirl?"
"We haven't found her yet, sir." one of the agents answered.
"Look through the rest of the rooms. I'll deal with this," he pointed towards the bomb and entered the room. 8 minutes 52 seconds. J'onn kneeled down and examined the bomb, looking for a way to defuse it.

Alex saw the DEO agents running in and out of the storage buildings. She decided to join them, knowing she would already be in trouble for leaving against orders. She ran out of the bushes, but before she could move forward towards her intended destination, her feet got stucked in the long grass and she hit the ground. Unfortunately she landed on her side, the vest lowered the impact, but the wave of pain that instantly spread from her ribs overwhelmed her for a couple of minutes.

Kara heard the agents getting closer to her cell. She thought about yelling out to them for help and get them into the right room, but she wasn't able to do that. She just kept staring at the lifeless body in shock. She now had some idea of how Alex felt when she killed her aunt Astra. Although, this was something different. Kara was happy with or without her aunt, but Alex...Alex wasn't happy before, before Maggie. Of course she smiled on the outside, but it's not that hard to pretend. She was suffering inside, suffocating in her own thoughts, doubts and fears, until she met Maggie. And now...Kara was sure that with Maggie gone, happy Alex would be gone with her. A feeling of self loathing began creeping into her mind, slowly and precisely, but not unexpected. Kara knew that Alex would never be the same, that she would never be the same and all because Supergirl thought it would be a great idea to take Maggie flying with her instead of having her drive herself to the DEO. What a great idea...The Kryptonian hated herself and she knew that feeling won't go away anytime soon. Even if Alex would forgive her. Even if...Alex...The door opened, she looked up to see Mon-El grinning at her.

"Sir! We found her! We found Supergirl!"
"On my way!" J'onn slowly came to realization that he can't defuse the bomb. 5 minutes 12 seconds. He stood up and ran after the agent, "Everyone get out of here, Mon-El, help Kara and Detective Saw-" then he noticed, tears flooded his eyes immediately.
"What...what...I...Alex?" Kara wildly waved with her hand. The Daxamite helped her up, letting her lean on him; leaving the dead body on the ground, "J'onn!" Kara yelled after the Martian.
"I'll take care of it Supergirl, go now," he quickly glanced at Mon-El, "Help everyone out, there is a bomb in the other room and I can't stop the explosion." With that he watched Mon-El dragging Kara out. When they passed the kryptonite cage, they could hear J'onn hurrying up the rest of the agents. Kara turned her head to the side and she froze. Alex was standing right in front of her, her face constrained, her fists clenched. Alex smiled briefly and let out a sigh of relief, she was glad to see her sister alive, but her eyes were silently asking one important question. Where's Maggie?!

Alex slowly managed to get back on her feet, jogging towards the door. She was holding her ribs with one hand as she opened the door with her other. Her breathing was ragged, she shouldn't put that much pressure on herself re-injured, but she had no choice. She entered the building, leaning a bit on the wall next to her. The hallway stretched into the big room. First thing Alex saw was the cage. Alex didn't need to get closer to recognize the kryptonite infused in the bars. Her stomach turned upside down with images of Kara suffering inside it.

That's when she saw the familiar red and blue suit. She moved forward without thinking much, passing DEO agents giving her confused looks. She stopped in her tracks when she saw how weak her sister appeared. She just stood frozen, waiting. Kara noticed her right away, Alex gave her a warm smile and then she forced herself to gather all her strength to ask the question that she needed answered.

"Kara...was...is Maggie here? I know she flew off with you from the car crash...I tried calling, but she's not picking up...I thought maybe...maybe you just dropped her at my place, but why wouldn't she pick up the phone..." Alex started rambling, she didn't stop when Kara shook her head, she didn't stop when Kara's eyes flooded with tears, "Is she okay? Is she here?" Kara shook her head again, struggling to find a words that she should use, "Do you think that...that she decided that it was wrong...for us...to be together...do you think that...that she left me?" 3 minutes 48 seconds.

"Alex..." Kara barely managed to whisper her sister's name. She should have known that Alex would turn it against herself. Of course she would think she did something wrong and that Maggie would run. That may have been the better option to what really happened. She pulled Alex into a hug but before she could lock her arms around her sister, Alex went completely stiff. Realization struck her as she saw J'onn carrying a seemingly lifeless body that looked an awful lot like her girlfriend, right there behind Kara and her puppy boyfriend.

Except her girlfriend wasn't dead. She couldn't be. She ran towards him, ignoring the pain from her ribs, ignoring the tears and ignoring Kara screaming her name after her. Alex crashed into her boss, taking the body into her arms. She misjudged her strength and collapsed on the floor, desperately clutching Maggie's body closer to her. J'onn checked time, he felt wrong disturbing Alex at this moment, but he certainly won't let her die. 2 minutes 15 seconds.

"Alex...I'm sorry, but..."
"BUT WHAT!" Alex yelled at him, sobs wracking her whole body. Pain written all over her face.
"We have to go." J'onn answered calmly, fighting his own tears as he watched his daughter falling apart.
"No."
"Alex, there is a bomb here, Maggie wouldn't want you to..." 1 minute 35 seconds.
"I'm not leaving her." She tried to pick up her girlfriend's body, but she couldn't. She was barely able to stand on her own.
"I'm so sorry..." The Martian grabbed her and flew outside the building. As soon as they passed the door and landed nearby next to Kara, the building exploded. Alex fought J'onn's grip, she managed to free herself after few attempts, but right when she was about to run back, Kara's arm stopped her. She looked her sister in the eyes. Kara hesitated before taking one step closer to Alex, the pain and guilt in Alex's eyes was unbearable.

"You can't go there..."
"Not like you can help her anyway," Mon-El announced his presence, Kara closed her eyes, anticipating her sister's reaction. But Alex didn't yell. Alex didn't try to hit him. She just stared at Supergirl.
"But you could have...you could have helped her." Alex's voice was barely above whisper. It wasn't colored by emotions. It was dull, empty. Just like Alex now.