In the end of the afternoon, Eliza, Alex and Kara were finally entering the young woman's apartment. Alex was supporting Kara and helped her walk towards the couch.

"Can I have some water?" the kryptonian asked making herself comfortable

"Of course." Alex said softly making her way back to the kitchen.

There, Eliza was scrowling on her phone, reading what aparently seemed like a million text messages.

"What is it, mom?" Alex asked seeing her mother frown.

The woman snapped her head up and smiled quickly before sitting next to Kara.

"Nothing." she tried not very convincing.

Kara sipped her water with a wondering stare. Alex quickly joined her in her glare, making her mother sigh in defeat. Really she couldn't hide anything to those girls.

"There was an incident at my lab and they want me to go handle it. I just...I don't want to leave you two alone after all that happened." Eliza finally confessed

"Well, it's not like they can fire you." Alex chuckled knowing how important her mother was in her lab

"Actually they can." Eliza said making both Kara and Alex suddenly worried. "There are a lot of smart people just waiting at the door."

"Just go then." Kara said finishing her glass of water

"No, no. They can wait." she insisted

"You can go, mom. I'll take care of Kara." Alex assured.

But even if Eliza was certain her daughter would keep an eye on her sister, she couldn't just leave them. She had to make sure they were both alright and that nothing would happen to any of them. Espacially when she had the impression that she would only see them when one of them would get hurt.

Eliza didn't add anything to the conversation but only stared at Alex and Kara. Still, a small part of her brain was telling to her to go back to work and her indecision didn't go unnoticed by Kara.

"Eliza..." she started to get her attention. "I don't want you to get fired because of me. You've already missed a lot of work and I promise... We'll be ok." the young woman assured making Eliza smile weakly

"Ok" she whispered standing up. "But at one condition-" she started lifting her finger

"-I'll call you everyday." Alex finished for her.

Eliza smiled at her daughter before leaning forward and kissing the top of Kara's head and then Alex's.

"I love you both." she said before gathering her things and leaving.

Once Eliza was gone, Alex stood up and headed to Kara's room. The young kryptonian barely noticed and was staring blankly at the wall. When Alex came back with a new set of comfortable PJ's, she stopped a meter away from her sister. For a few seconds, the young agent observed Kara with sadness. She was sitting there, sweaty, her knees to her chest, lost in her pointless contemplation. Alex's heart broke at the sight and just wondered what Kara had seen to make her like that.

Eventually, she laid a hand on Kara's arm to bring her to her bathroom. Only the gently touch startled the young woman who snapped her head towards her sister in a gasp of surprise. Quickly seeing the worried and comforting face of Alex, Kara relaxed slightly.

"Sorry... I was just lost in my thoughts."

"It's ok." Alex started. The young woman helped Kara stand up and guided her to the bathroom. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up."

The walk to the small room was silent. Alex could feel Kara's weakness against her shoulder whilst the kryptonian was looking down at her feet, carefully watching her steps. In the bathroom, Alex sat Kara on a stool in one corner of the room. While the agent was turning on the water and preparing everything her sister needed to shower, Kara was watching her closely. Weirdly, she needed to convince herslef that what was in front of her was real. It was the first time since she had woken up that Kara was scared to still be stuck under Max's torture. The scene that was playing before her was so rare and just impossible. Alex had always took care of her sister but never in that way. Kara had never felt that much need to be helped before.

"Can you do this alone or do you want me to stay?"

The question snapped Kara out of her reflexion. She looked up at Alex with lost eyes for a second before finding the strength to speak.

"No, I'm ok. Just put the stool in the shower. I'll be fine." she said already starting to get up.

Quickly, Alex land a hand to help her and then left her sister alone. The agent sat back on the couch and kept staring at the bathroom door. She could hear the water from where she was but nothing more. At this instant, she wished she had Kara's x-ray vision just to be sure her sister was fine. The last ten days had been the scrariest days of her entire life. Kara was all her life in the same way that Alex was all Kara's life. She remembered.

The day she learned that her father was dead. Eliza was so destroyed and distressed that she couldn't be able to support her daughter properly. She did her best of course, but only Kara provided Alex with all the support she needed. The woman was locked in her room, crying as long as she had water in her body. Alex wished she could lock herself in her room too but she couldn't. It was also Kara's room. She was sharing a room with someone she had known for only a year, someone she had been forced to know. For the first time since the young kryptonian had landed on Earth, the two girls were going to become closer than ever.

Kara was sitting on her bed, facing the wall. She was trying to ignore the girl crying on her bed on the other side of the room by dealing with her own pain. She would never consider Jeremiah and Eliza like her parents but they were the closest thing she had to them. They had always been there for her so far. But even if the couple was great at helping her with her powers and all that concerned Krypton and science, only Alex had been there to teach her about Earth's manners. She had been kind to her, even if at first Kara could sense the girl's resentment. Now she could easily consider her a friend. But it was time to become more than that.

Alex was curled up in a ball on her bed, facing the wall, her cries echoing those of her mother in the next room. In the past few months, she hadn't seen her father much. He was working in a new lab, a lot more secretive than his last job. But anyway, Jeremiah had always found time to play with her and Kara, teach her about the stars. And now he was gone forever. The girl was trying to ignore the sobs on the other side of the room. Clearly, Kara was dealing better with her father's death. Maybe it was because she had known Jeremiah for only a year, or maybe it was because she had already lost so much, she was sort of immune to it. There was so much questions in Alex's mind. She had been crying alone too long. Sniffing some tears back, the young girl turned to face her foster sister. It surprised her lightly to see her facing the wall like she was only two seconds ago. Maybe they were more alike than she thought.

"Kara?" she called with a shaky voice.

The other girl turned around and stared in Alex's crying face with her own wet blue eyes. Alex guessed she quickly saw her pleading look and watched Kara crowl in her bed. There, the young kryptonian positionned herself behind Alex, her back against the headboard, and wrapped her arms tightly around the older girl's chest. One second later, Alex leaned back on Kara's chest, accepting the embrace instantly. The kryptonian rested her head on her shoulder from behind and felt the girl starting to cry again. For the first time, Alex let herself go in front of Kara. And for the first time, Kara stayed strong and forgot her pain for Alex.

"I'm here for you." Kara whispered against her foster sister's ear

"I know." Alex started putting her hands on top of Kara's. "I'm here for you too...little sister."

Kara stayed astonished for a few seconds. For the first time, she felt fully accepted by her foster- no, her sister. Feeling tears coming in her eyes, the young kryptonian tightened her hug and started to cry again, cry from grief but also from joy.

Alex was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the bathroom door opening. Kara exited the bathroom and headed straight for her bed. She was a little pale but seemed relaxed now that she was clean. Alex had just the time to pull the sheets when Kara sat on the bed and laid on her back.

"Are you feeling better?" she asked putting the sheets back on Kara

"A little, now that I don't stink anymore." she said pulling the sheets up to her chin

Alex let out a small chuckle, glad that her sister had some energy left to make a joke. Still, the light on Kara's face was absent.

"Do you want anything? Water, something to eat?" the agent asked sitting on the edge of the bed

"No, thank you." Kara started shivering a bit. "I just want to sleep now."

Alex nodded with compassion and was about to stand up but the young kryptonian stopped her by gripping the bottom of her shirt.

"Can you stay? At least until I fall asleep..." Kara asked with pleading eyes.

How could Alex resist those blue eyes full of pain and fear? The young woman didn't think twice and crowled up in the bed next to her sister. Kara shifted on her side and took one of the woman's hands in her hers, her head almost on Alex's lap. The young agent squeezed gently the warm hand and began strocking Kara's hair. She could easily sense her fear of falling asleep but the young woman had no choice. She was too tired to fight and sensing Alex's presence next to her was comforting enough.

Only a few minutes later, Kara was asleep and Alex was fighting against her own fatigue. It was her first night without her sister being on the verge of death, the first night her worries were only minimal. But she couldn't resolve herself to sleep. The young woman wanted to stay awake, wanted to make sure Kara was still breathing against her thigh. But when Alex's hand lost her grip on her sister's, when her other hand simply rested on the kryptonian's head, her eyelids became heavy. So heavy that Alex tried to blink to push away the inevitable. But it was in vain. Without even realizing it, the young woman let her head fall back against the wall, slightly turned on Kara's side of the bed.

It was in the middle of the morning when Alex felt a ray of sunshine interrupt her much deserved sleep. Her eyes flutered, getting used to the sudden brightness. Then, remembering exactely where she was, the young agent saw her sister, sleeping with her head on her lap. Alex smiled shyly at the sight of Kara resting, breathing, alive. But she also noticed the thin layer of sweat on her forehead. Losing her smile, Alex brushed the other woman's head gently. Then, carefully, she grabbed a pillow and placed it under Kara's head, freeing her legs. The young agent got up and stired her numb body. Her back and her neck where so stiff that they were hurting.

Alex looked one last time at Kara, making sure she was still asleep and well, before heading in the kitchen. There, she turned on the coffee machine and then poured herself a black coffee.

An hour later, Alex was sipping her second cup of the dark buverage when the door bell rang. A little surprised to have company, the young woman opened the door slightly and peeked her head in the space freshly made. Her surprise grew even bigger when she saw Kara's boss, standing in front of her, holding sunflowers.

"Miss Grant?" Alex started opening the door fully. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, since I only got a message telling me that my assistant wasn't dying anymore and got no response since, I figured I would come and gather details myself." the woman said entering the apartment.

Alex closed the door, still with her coffee in her hand, and joined the other woman who had put her purse on the kitchen table.

"Where is she?" Cat asked as she didn't want to intrude by searching Kara herself

"In her room, sleeping."

"Oh, then I'll wait to give her these." she said placing the flowers next to her purse

"It's very nice of you."

"Oh no, that's the least I could do." Cat shrugged. "As much as I care to admit, I care about Kira and besides... this place needs more flowers." she added looking around.

Cat wasn't really one of those person who showed their feeling easily. She would only be public and open to the world when she was with Carter. The Queen of all Media hadn't made it so far by revealing all her kindness and she wasn't about to start now. It was a nasty habit that had settled over the years. Now, even in those kind of private interactions, Cat would still remain sacarstic, at least with people she didn't know very well. And Alex was part of those people. Sure, Cat knew she could fully trust the woman in front of her. She was an elite agent and Kara's sister on top of all.

On the other hand, Alex wasn't very found of Cat's sarcasm. Of course, she knew too well it was a defense mecanism. She, herself, was a user of this technique. But there was something about Cat...an attitude maybe, a tone, that was making her words meaner than they actually were. However, it didn't mean that Alex didn't like the Queen of all Media. She was an incredible woman who had built her own empire without any exterior help. Alex had a lot of respect for her. And even under those unpleasant comments and cold glares, the young woman could only admit that she had been a role model for her sister and her biggest asset in term of Supergirl publicity. Cat was maybe as essential in Kara's life than Alex. On thing was certain, Cat had the exact same role as Alex did but in a professional way.

"You know, you can leave and I'll tell Kara that you came." Alex proposed sitting on a high stool

"No, thank you. But I would be really glad if I could talk to her. Just a minute." Cat confessed not hiding her concern

"I understand."

"You could go." Cat said breaking an uncomfortable silence between the two women. Seeing the revolted look on Alex's face, Cat quickly corrected. "I mean I can see you're still in those awful governmental black clothes. You could go to your place, whereever that is, and get some things. I'm sure you planed on staying here for a few days."

Alex only nodded. But her face was betraying her. The young agent didn't want to leave her sick sister alone, not after the near death experience that had affected heavily both of them. Cat immediately noticed it.

"Don't worry, I'll stay here. I'm not doing very well around germs but this agent told me humans can't be affected, right?"

"Yes, that's true." Alex confirmed

"Then go." Cat insisted waving her hand towards the door.

Alex stared for a seconds in Cat's eyes before standing up and reluctantly leaving.

And there she was, alone in her assistant's apartment. Cat felt suddenly uneased. It was the first time she would see where Kara lived. Knowing that it was also Supergirl's place was putting Cat in a delicate place. Everything that she was seeing could potentially be a threat to the secret identity if it was revealed to the world. Of course, Cat wouldn't do such thing to her dear assistant but she was still afraid of violating her privacy. So the Queen of all Media just sat on one of the stool around the kitchen table and checked her e-mails.

About ten minutes later, however, the quiet of the place was broken by a pleading, terrified voice

"Alex! Alex, where are you!?" Kara shouted running in the principal room.

Cat was surprised to see the distress on the young woman's face. But she didn't have more time to detail her assistant that Cat noticed she wasn't very stady on her feet. Quickly, the woman stood up and rushed over the kryptonian who hadn't seen her yet. Cat gripped both of Kara's arms at the same time that the young woman snapped her head in her direction. All the fear in her eyes let the place to confusion, and suddenly, relief. Kara used briefly her boss' arms to support herself and then leaned forward in a hug. Cat accepted immediately the embrace and even tightened it. Feeling the life of the young woman circulating in her body lifted so much worries off of Cat's mind. Finally, she could see with her own eyes and be certain that Kara wouldn't die.

"Let's get you to the couch. I saw you collapse once, I'm not willing to see that again." Cat firmly said before breaking the hug and guiding her assistant to the living-room.

They both sat next to each other, slightly on the side so they could be face to face. Kara was still a bit confused. Alex wasn't there and she was the one that would assure her that she wasn't in her nightmare again. Alex was keeping her grounded. But then, here she saw her boss, who was dead but alive at the same time. That's only why Kara's balance was hanging on the reality side more.

Her train of thoughts was broken by Cat's hand who came resting on her own.

"You're alive..." Kara started looking at their hands. She didn't saw the confused look on Cat's face and didn't let her the chance to say anything. "Miss Grant, what are you doing here? Wh-Where is Alex?"

"Let me explain." Cat started with a gentle voice. "I came here to see you and be sure you were ok. And I told Alex to go to her place and get some clothes. So I stayed here to watch over you."

"But CatCo-"

"CatCo can work for a day without me. And that gives an oportunity to the board to be useful for once."

She paused to get a better look of Kara's condition. The young woman seemed to have a little fever but Cat wasn't very alarmed because her temperature seemed to be much lower than when she had collasped in her office. Kara was slightly pale but what struck Cat the most was how thin she looked. She couldn't really see her body under the yellow pajamas but her face was definitely slimer than before.

"How are you feeling? Do you need anything?" Cat finally asked

"I'm fine...better than yesterday anyway." Kara shrugged but seemed to hesitate

"You can ask me anything, Kara. Today, I'm not your boss. Consider me as a friend who's here to take care of you." Cat reassured

"I'm a little hungry." the young woman admitted, sitting more comfortably in her couch

"Perfect. Then let me cook something for you." Cat cheered standing up and heading in the kitchen

"But I'm afraid I'm going to throw up." the young kryptonian added with a sad face.

The last sentence froze Cat in her movement. For the first time in two years, her sunny assistant sounded defeated and depressed. What in the world had made her like this? Regaining her composure after a few seconds, Cat found a saucepan.

"Do you have rice? Rice is good when you're sick." she said louder, trying to ignore the sadness wraping the couch a few meters from her

"Yes." Kara simply said before staring blankly without a real target like she had done the day before.

Cat shivered once more at the too simple response. One word answer wasn't Kara's style at all. The woman decided to stay focussed on her rice for now; she would ask questions later. After a minute of research, Cat found what she was looking for. Then, while the rice was boiling, she opened the fridge and sighed.

"Well, I'm not really surprised to find a lack of vegetable and fruit in your fridge."

But once more, Kara didn't respond.

Several minutes later, Cat came back in the living-room with a plate of rice for Kara. She sat next to the young woman who was focussed on the neckless she was holding in her hands.

"That's a beautiful neckless." Cat said making her assistant look up and then back at the neckless

"It was my mother's. She gave it to me when I stepped into my pod." Kara explained, making Cat understand the importance of the object. "It helps me think."

"And what are you thinking right now?" Cat asked determined to help her talk.

Kara stared in her eyes for a second, feeling tears coming.

"That I'm not even sure this is real..." she started with a shaky voice. "I don't know if I'm still dreaming or not but Alex is keeping barely grounded and she's not here right now. But at the same time, you're here and that wouldn't be possible if I was still dreaming. I just don't know what to think or where I am anymore." Kara added almost crying.

Cat was also feeling tears coming in her eyes. Seeing the distress on the young woman's face, who was usualy so strong, was very unnatural. So that was why Kara was so sad. She must have seen terrible things in her dreams. And with this thought, Cat realized why the young kryptonian was so confused when she first saw her earlier.

"Kara, what did you mean when you said 'you're alive' earlier?" she asked softly.

The other woman took the time to sniff back some tears before speaking.

"When I was out...I had terrible nightmares. It was so real..." Kara started waving her hands in the air slightly. "Maxwell Lord and General Lane were after me. Lane made me crash in the park next to CatCo. When I woke up, you were there to see if I was ok. And then... Then Max showed up and..." she added, her voice trembling more and more. "He shot you right in the heart." she finally confessed glancing at her boss, making Cat straightening in horror. "You died in my arms." Kara finished staring at her hands

"And I suppose the nightmare didn't end there..." Cat said with compassion.

Kara only answered with a nod. A tear slid down her cheek and didn't go unnoticed by Cat. The older woman leaned forward and took the kryptonian in a tight hug. As soon as Kara was in Cat's arms, she started to cry freely. The Queen of all Media felt all of the usually strong woman's weakness and it overwhelmed her. But Cat retained her tears. Kara didn't need it. Instead, she stayed there, stroking the young kryptonian's back, until finally, she relaxed and stopped crying.

"I promise you, Kara. No one wants to kill you." Cat assured before making her look up. "And more importantly... All of this is real."

Cat paused a moment to make sure Kara had understood she wasn't in one of the horrible nightmares. Once she was satisfied, once a bit of the sadness left the young woman's eyes, she spoke again.

"Now let's put some food in you. You need it."

"Thank you." Kara said taking the plate on her lap

"I didn't know how much you would eat so I made a whole saucepan of it." Cat added with her classic sacarstic tone, watching her assistant eat a mouthful of rice.

Kara chuckled a bit at the tone. She had missed it. A small smile appeared on her face which made Cat smile widly. Finally, some joy and color where returning where they belonged.

AN: Chapter 10 is here! I'm sorry I couldn't post yesterday, so forgive me with this longer chapter ;)

I promised you Cat would be there for Kara and this is just the beginning of it. Hope you liked there conversation. And I want to thank to person who gave me the idea of inserting a childhood memory (I don't remember who it was but thank you). Don't forget to review and I will reply.

To the guest who posted two long review and that I mentioned in the past chapter, you should get an account so I can respond to you. I think it would be nice.

Next, Alex will come back and have a serious discussion with both Cat and Kara. And Kara will have to explain and understand what happened to her.