Chapter 10: Punch
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She should have known this would happen, there was no way in hell Lex would give up a chance like this. Of course, he would try to kill her and Kara now that it was out there. The only thing they had going for them was like 99% of the population apparently a pair of glasses, a ponytail and a wardrobe of cardigans was apparently enough to fool Lex. How her genius brother hadn't seen through it was beyond her, but she will thank the universe for small favours.
Ever since the article had been printed there had been a total of 17 attempts on their lives. The first one was a relatively simple sniper waiting for them when they left for work. He didn't get a chance to shoot thanks to Kara`s friends at the D.E.O.
The second, however, was a different story.
There was a bomb in their apartment, in the pillow room, in Kara`s safe space. Luckily Kara had heard the beeping and flown them away before it killed them, but the look of devastation on her face broke Lena`s, heart.
No matter the fact that they had it all rebuilt and replaced later that day. They had ruined that place for Kara, it wasn't the same anymore, and so they had moved to Kara`s apartment.
When they arrived at Kara`s apartment, Lena was practically holding Kara up. Her beloved hadn't been here for weeks, even months if you didn't count the small handful of times she had a night there with Alex. They had been driven there from their home, and it showed. There were three more attempts that day, all three discovered the perils of pushing an already terrified Kryptonian.
It wasn't until the seventeenth attempt that things got truly bad, though. Weeks had passed since they had come out, and attack after the attack had failed, until one came too close for comfort. Lena was hit in the chest by the barb off the tail of a Thanagarian hunter. The scorpion-like alien had ambushed them in the lobby of L-Corp as Kara had been walking Lena to her office. Had Lena not been wearing special Enhanced DEO body armour she would have died.
And Kara, Kara didn't take that lightly.
The rage with which Kara moved had everyone watching as she literally tore the Thanagarian`s head off, mounted it on his tail and then used the tail as a club to beat the still twitching body. It was that day that many realised just who Supergirl was, but perhaps most importantly they realised just the sort of rage she held for one who would harm her beloved.
They all watch on in shock as Kara takes the Thanagarian`s tail, head still mounted, and flies off into the distance, and although Lena knows where she is going she can't bring herself to feel anything but worry for the blonde.
Lex had ceased to be her brother the moment he attacked Kara and had she her way she would kill him herself, Kara on the other hand. Kara, Lena knows is too pure a soul, and as soon as she realises what she is likely going to do Lena will need every trick and skill she has come up with to bring back the blonde from the ledge.