Trust Me
Chapter 10
SuperCorp
Rating: T

Lena was sat in her office, pouring over quarterly reports that she had to review. She honestly hated the paperwork side of business, but she knew that the other parts of her job, being able to really make a difference with LCorp, more than made up for it. She heard the door open and looked up with a smile, expecting that Kara had decided to drop by for a surprise visit. But that smile slid right off of her face when she saw Lillian Luthor standing across from her. Her mask of impassiveness was quickly put in place, but she knew her mother had seen her.

"Lena, I'm hurt. You're not happy to see your own mother?" Lillian asked, seemingly mocking her adoptive daughter. Lena just huffed and grimaced.

"What can I do for you, mother?" Lena asked, wanting to get down to business.

"What? Can a mother not drop by and see how her daughter is doing?" Lena chuckled.

"You never seemed to care before." She bit back. Lillian raised an eyebrow but relented.

"I've heard rumors, Lena. You're dating a reporter?" She hissed. Lena steeled her gaze.

"What of it?" She replied icily.

"The cousin of Clark Kent?" Lillian asked, a little triumph in her voice. Lena frowned, not knowing how her mother knew that. "You know he basically put your brother in jail."

"That has nothing to do with her," Lena said, calmly, but gripping the armrests of her chair.

"It has everything to do with her Lena. I can't allow you to get involved with an… alien." Lena, again, frowned, trying to keep her face as neutral as possible, but inside she was panicking. Luckily, her mother took her frown as disapproval at the revelation, rather than directed at her. "You didn't know then? Why am I not surprised. Why don't you run along and ask your little girlfriend who she really is." Lillian said with a smirk and left Lena's office without so much as a goodbye.

Lena just sat in her chair and ran a hand through her hair. If her mother knew Kara was Supergirl, it was only a matter of time before they enacted whatever plan they had in mind. She knew she needed to talk to Kara. She picked up her phone and sent Kara a quick text.

Lena: We need to talk. I just have a visit from my mother. Are you busy?

Kara: No. Want me to come to your office?

Lena: No, too risky. Come over tonight?

Kara: Okay

Lena sighed, sitting back in her chair. She just hoped her mother would postpone her plans long enough so that she could come up with a plan to stop her.

Later that evening, Kara and Lena were sat on the couch in Lena's apartment. Kara with a glass of water in her hand, Lena a glass of wine. "So what was this meeting with your mother about?" Kara asked, a little concerned. Lena took a breath.

"Cadmus knows. About you, I mean." Kara's eyes widened.

"You mean…" Lena nodded to answer her unspoken question. "Great. I… I need to tell Alex. Hank. The DEO. Somebody." Kara said, rattling off names. Lena quickly took Kara's hand to silence the blonde.

"Kara. Stop for a second. Think. This could be a great opportunity." Kara frowned.

"Lena? What are you…" Pausing before Lena's train of thought dawned on her. "No! There is no way I'm letting you use yourself as bait. Besides, she already knows we're dating!" Lena sighed, knowing this idea wasn't going to be easy to pitch to Kara.

"Kara, honey. Listen to me. My mother didn't know I knew about you being an alien. She expects me to confront you about it. If we break up and I go to her and tell her I felt betrayed, and that I wanted to help her, she would believe me. She doesn't know me well enough to know otherwise. I can figure out what they're planning. And put a stop to it." Kara shook her head.

"There has to be another way! One that doesn't involve putting yourself in danger." Kara said, somewhat angrily. Lena knew she wasn't angry with her, rather angry with the situation. Lena cupped Kara's face with her hand.

"Kara. This will be the easiest for everyone. Alex and Hank would agree with me. I promise you, I'll be as careful as possible, but I can't just sit by and let my mother try to destroy the aliens in National City. And eventually, the world if I know her ambitions. There's an opportunity here. I can't let it just slip away." Lena tried to convince her girlfriend to let her do this. Kara put her hand on Lena's before looking her in the eye.

"I'm not going to be able to stop you, am I?" She asked, in a voice that was smaller than Lena had ever heard.

"Kara, you're the one with the superpowers. You could stop me if you really wanted to. But I'm asking you not to. Let me be the hero for once." Lena could see the beginnings of tears in Kara's eyes, so the CEO pulled Kara in for a hug. The Kryptonian wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, tightly. Like she was afraid Lena would disappear.

"I don't want to let you go Lena." She whispered into Lena's ear. "What if something happens to you?"

"Then I trust that Supergirl will swoop in and save me. But this is something that I have to do alone Kara. It will work, but I need you trust me. I don't know what my mother will ask me to do." Kara nodded.

"You want me to trust that whatever you do, it isn't you." Lena nodded, Kara's face still buried in her neck.

"I… I don't want to do anything to hurt you. Or anyone else. But if this is going to work, my mother has to believe me."

"I… I trust you, Lena." Kara pulled back, looking her girlfriend in the eye. "And I… uhm… I love you." Lena's eyebrows shot up, but a wide smile graced her lips. She leaned in and pressed her lips against Kara's. The blonde yelped in surprise, before melting into the kiss, pulling Lena by the shirt closer to her. When the two finally broke apart, Lena rested her forehead against Kara's.

"In case you didn't know, I love you too."

A/N: So, I decided it was time to move forward a bit. I'm in the process of outlining my next SuperCorp story (hint: it's going to be a soulmate AU) but I needed to finish this one up first. We'll probably be seeing the wrap up of the Cadmus storyline and then leave our favorite couple. So, you have that to look forward to.