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CHAPTER 10 - VICEVERSA
"Kara! Look at me you're going to be fine. Kara please look at me!" Alex was standing beside Kara; she kept on shouting as she saw how her sister was struggling to breathe and losing consciousness.
Cristina got into the room giving instructions "Alex get into your bed we can handle this. Check her oxygen levels! Kara you need to take slow breaths" She took her stethoscope out to hear Kara´s heart, she looked also to the monitors "There is tachycardia bring the lidocaine"
"I can´t… breathe!" Kara gasped
Kara lost consciousness. It felt like eternity to Alex as Cristina was doing her best to keep her heart beating. The oxygen mask was placed and within some minutes she was able to stabilize Kara´s vitals.
"Cristina what happened?" Alex said with deep concern
"Her heart has weakened because of the Kryptonite, the exposure has been too long and I don't know if the damage it has done would be permanent. Eliza and Dr. Stevens need to come quick with a cure or…"
"Don´t even say it Hamilton. My sister will recover"
"I know she is strong Alex, but I'm really concern about her heart condition"
Alex started to pull out the IV from her "I'll go to help them"
"What are you doing? You're still recovering" Cristina said trying to stop her
"I´m fine Cristina, you won´t stop me and you know it" Alex was determined to find a cure for Kara.
"Alex at least let me run some tests on you. You can't push yourself too hard you just came back from a coma"
Alex indeed realized that just hours ago she was unconscious "I´ll let you do all the tests you want, just please when you finish let me go and help"
Cristina looked at her wounds and for her surprise there was still the mark from the bullet and the stab but they were almost completely healed. The cut over her eyebrow disappeared. She ordered to take some X-rays to check her ribs and there was no sign of the fractures. Since Alex woke up she noticed that it was a very fast recovery. She was sure that Alex was strong but the way she was reacting was not normal. She started to work on Alex´s blood samples and was surprised with what she was seeing. Some of Alex´s cells were regenerating quite fast and they looked different. They were like something Cristina already knew… they looked like Kryptonian cells.
Meanwhile Alex stayed with Kara. The beeping sound filled the room. She kept on seeing her weakened sister. Her head was full of ideas on how to help Kara, how to bring her back. She remembered when Kara was under the Black Mercy and the anguish she felt when she saw her lying on her apartment. She was able to help her at that time and she was sure she will now.
"I promise we will find a way to help you. He won't win and you will recover. Hang on Kara. You're strong and you have to fight."
"A.. Alex?" Kara whispered
"Sis, how are you feeling?" She approached to hear Kara
"Hurts… my chest hurts. Everything... hurts. I can feel how my heart beat is not normal. It's the same thing I felt when we were captive. Alex, I… I don't know if I´m going to make it" It was a big effort for her to talk.
"You can´t think like that Kara. You're a fighter" Alex was struggling to keep on talking without her voice breaking "Don't let that crazy Dr. win"
"I love you Alex"
"I love you too little alien" Kara smiled weakly with that.
"Could you... stay with me? I heard you wanted to go…. and help Eliza and Dr. Stevens but... please I don't want to be alone"
"Kara… I want to help them find a cure, that's how I can help you"
"Alex, you help me enough... by not leaving me"
Alex couldn't ignore the look in Kara´s eyes she couldn't say no. "I'll stay with you. Always" She gave her a kiss on her forehead and sat behind her grabbing her hand.
"Thank you" Kara kept on looking at Alex but she was too weak to keep on talking. After some minutes she fell asleep. Alex kept on watching her unconscious sister until Cristina interrupted her.
"How is she?"
"She fell asleep a couple of minutes ago but her breathing is becoming heavier"
Cristina looked concerned
"Her oxygen levels are falling if she keeps this way I´ll have to put her on a ventilator. Even her heart rate is low. By now I'll increase the amount of oxygen for her and I'll see if that helps" Cristina approached to Kara and did as she said.
"How are you feeling Alex?"
"Stronger and there is no pain"
"Alex… You know your recovery is not normal. Right?"
"Couldn't this be taken like a miracle?" Alex saw how Cristina just looked at her "I know is not normal. What did you find?
I checked your blood samples they changed. You have kryptonian cells in your body"
"What?!"
"As with Kara the injection that man gave you didn´t worked immediately. With her the kryptonite began to make effect when she was weakened by using her powers. In your case I assume the kryptonian cells began to work when you were exposed to the solar emitters. When Kara´s bed was placed beside you some of the solar waves reached you activating their healing power that's why you've been recovering this fast. But Alex, as with Kara I don't know what would happen if you stay away from the solar emitters. We don't know if this condition is permanent"
"So I actually recovered because of Kara"
"Kind of. She wanted to be near you, that's why we brought her here. If you haven't received those solar waves maybe you would still be in coma"
"But I'm fine now"
"Yes, and I thought you would run to your lab?"
"I promised Kara I wouldn't leave her and I won´t break that promise"
"How are you feeling?"
"You know you just asked that Hamilton?"
"Same as Kara. I don't know why it is so difficult for both of you. Really Alex, how are you feeling with all of this?"
"So Kara didn´t wanted to talk either" Alex chuckled "We avoid our feelings but at the end they come up. I don't know Cristina. This is unreal; everything was going normal or at least as normal as our lives can be. I want so much to help her. It is hard to stay knowing that I might be able to help my mom with her research but I know Kara needs me in here. When I was in coma, I heard Kara, like in my dreams. She asking me to stay, saying she needed me. I feel the same. You know, when the red kryptonite affected her and she told me all those things I thought my relationship with her wouldn´t be the same. I lost her at that time" She sighed "Seeing her like this is like I'm losing her again. I need my sister" Alex couldn't stay strong anymore. She started to cry. Cristina embraced her, she knew that Alex was holding all those emotions and needed to come out.
"Alex, you have done everything for her. We are doing everything to save her. She is strong and you have to believe in her, have faith in her. She will get better"
"Thank you Cristina"
Jonn and Winn arrived when Kara´s crisis was controlled. They knew Alex stayed with Kara and knowing they were more useful in other ways they reached the DEO communications room.
"Vasquez, here is Mr Schott ready to help us with our search" and looking towards Winn he said "Mr. Schott, we need you to break into CADMUS firewalls and find all the background of Dr. Hills. He is the man that abducted both Kara and Alex. We need to find to what he had access to and discover with what he injected them"
"It´s of extreme importance to be undetected and find the information ASAP. The life of the Danvers depends on it" Vasquez gave her the instructions
"So no pressure at all. And I thought that working with Miss Grant was difficult" Looking at Vasquez and Jonn sight he continued "Not that I don't like working here… I´ll start right away"
"Vasquez help him and let me know when you found something useful" Jonn said
Cristina gave the update to Jonn, how Alex was recovering and Kara´s condition was getting worse. He instructed her to rest while the research done by Eliza and Dr. Stevens was ready seeing how tired she was. Then he took out his phone.
"This is agent Hank Henshaw. Outside your office is a special vehicle that will take you here. Miss Grant you can visit Supergirl"
Miss Grant arrival to the DEO was unexpected. No reporters were allowed there so none would have ever guessed that the Queen of all media would make her appearance there. But the woman that arrived wasn't that powerful media mogul. This was Cat Grant visiting her ex-assistant, visiting Supergirl. Agent Vasquez and Jonn received her and instructed her to follow them to the Danvers sister room. When she arrived she saw Alex holding Kara´s hand and crying. Vazquez and Jonn left them alone.
"Miss Grant!" Alex said sobbing and cleaning her face. She was surprised to see Kara´s boss there.
"You can call me Cat. I see you're doing fine. The last I knew is that you were recovering but I imagined would be still on bed"
"It's complicated but the short version is that I'm healing fast"
Cat turned her sight to Kara. She was shocked when she saw the oxygen mask over her and how weak she looked.
"My sister was injected with kryptonite, modified kryptonite. She is having trouble to breath and her heart is too weak" Cat placed her hand over her shoulder. Alex continued "My mom is working on a solution but Kara is feeling so weak, that… " She couldn´t finish.
"Kara is a strong young woman. If I have learned something from her is that we have to keep our hopes high, waiting for the best. Even in the darkest moments she has proven that she will fight against anything" Alex moved so Cat could be closer to Kara. Cat placed her hand over Kara´s forehead
"Now this might be one of your biggest challenges, you have to beat this kryptonite thing. You have to stay strong, stronger than you'll ever be. This is your life Kara you're fighting for it. Many people in here is waiting for you. Not the superhero, but for Kara Danvers. The girl that enlightens every place she walks in with her smile and optimism. The girl that always sees the good in people and feels frustrated when she sees injustice. The girl that I let get into my life and changed me for good." She grabbed Kara´s hand and felt a squeeze. Kara began to open her eyes, she couldn't say anything because she was too weak but Cat saw gratitude on her eyes. It was only for a moment since Kara was shortly asleep again. Cat turned then to Alex.
"Thank you Miss Grant I know this means a lot to her" Cat cleared her throat this was a difficult moment for her too.
"I always wanted to meet you Alex. To meet the woman Kara looked up to. It´s awful it had to be under disgraceful circumstances. First Myriad now this. Kara always talked about you with joy and love. I know she cares about your mother Eliza and is very grateful with your father Jeremiah but you, you're different for her. Don't get me wrong she really appreciates them but she always refers to both of them as her foster parents. But you are not only the girl she grew up with. You're truly her sister"
"And she is mine. Thank you for telling me this" Alex smiled and with that she felt comfort. She knew she had to let her know how Kara felt about her "You're very important for her too. She cares for your and I want to thank you for helping her. She feels now that she is reaching her potential and that´s because of you.. I know you promote her at work but also as Supergirl you've been a great support. The article you wrote when she revealed to the world helped her to know that she was a hero but she had to keep on improving her skills. You pushed her to be better" Alex saw Cat smiling.
"And if she let me I'll keep on doing it" She approached to Kara "Do you hear me Kiera, I´ll still be pushing you because I care about you…see you at work, Supergirl"
Cat left the DEO, thanking Jonn for the help to get there and assuring she would like to come back. Eliza and Dr. Stevens were doing the last test over the kryptonite when Cristina arrived.
"Cristina how are my girls?"
"They are resting in their room. Kara is unconscious and Alex is taking care of her. Kara has a heart failure, time is becoming short"
"We developed a serum to neutralize the Kryptonite effects. We used Alex´s previous research to create the blue Kryptonite used to defeat Bizarro. The last test had positive results." Dr. Stevens gave her the paperwork
"Alex will be glad to know she helped you in some way" She read the notes over the paperwork "This are great news and as I see this won't affect Kara´s health"
"We are doing tests with her blood samples. Most of them successful. We need to run one final test and we will be ready to give the serum to her"
"I´ll go to Jonn and tell him the update" But Jonn already heard the whole conversation but stayed outside "Thank you Dr. but I heard what I needed"
Jonn went with Vasquez and Winn to know if they were able to find something.
"Vasquez any news?"
"Mr Schott is mumbling besides that nothing new"
"I´m not mumbling… CADMUS security is too high I need more time"
"Keep on working Mr Schott" Jonn instructed
"Actually I wanted to ask you something. I want to see Kara, or maybe talk with Alex."
Jonn realized that since Winn came they haven't given an update to him. He was so busy with the CADMUS investigation he didn't even noticed Cat's presence at the DEO
"Sure Mr Shott follow me"
"It seems to be like I´m always following you"
"Mr Schott, have you ever considered changing your work path?"
"I had time to think about it but actually never found the right place for me"
"What do you think about becoming a DEO agent?"
"Really?! That would be awesome. Do I have to do all the physical training too? I´m actually bad with exercise"
"It´s mandatory but if there is a problem…"
Winn didn´t let Jonn finish "No, I´m sure I can do it"
"Mr Shott you´re welcome to the DEO. Let us know when you notify Cat Grant about this"
"Sure Director Henshaw" Winn couldn´t believe what just happened.
"Here you are Mr Schott. The Danvers room you can go in"
Winn knocked the door and he heard Alex´s footsteps approaching. She saw Winn and let him in.
"Hello Alex, I just, I wanted to see how is Kara"
"You can come in Winn" She opened the door and Winn started to walk in "She is unconscious but you can talk to her"
"You said this wouldn't be like the Black Mercy thing but it looks pretty much like that" He said sadly approaching to Kara´s side
"I know Winn"
Winn walked to where Kara was. He was sad to see her again like that.
"Kara you have to come back, you can't leave us. I didn´t told you this before but having you in my life is one of the best things that I have. When you helped me with my dad I was really grateful because without you I wouldn't be able to overcome that. Thank you Kara, for all the things you have done. I know that you will do you best to come back to us"
He turned around and saw Alex standing there. "I´m helping Director Henshaw to find more information about the guy that started all of this. I promise Alex I´ll help both of you in any way I can. Kara means the world for me"
"Thank you Winn. I know how you feel about her and I appreciate everything you´re doing"
At CADMUS
"Have you heard something about Supergirl"
"No sir, anything"
"Do you know what that means? It means she is unavailable for one of two reasons. Her sister is still in danger or she is the one in danger. You want to bet?"
"Sir, we may need them to know how they are reacting to the serum Dr. Hills gave them"
"I told you, Supergirl will come by her own free will…."
"But what if one of them are… dead?"
"I don't think Director Henshaw would allow that to happen. He and his team would work to find a way to get what they needs to save them…" General Morrison kept silent as he developed his next move "If he tries to get the information, well we will give him what we want him to know"
"Sir?" Lieutenant Harrison saw how General Morrison got into CADMUS system and began to write on Alex´s and Supergirl´s file.
"Lieutenant when I finish this tell our IT dept to bring down some of our firewalls. I need the DEO to find this"
"Do you think they are attempting to get into our files?"
"Of course they are, I would be disappointed if they aren´t"
TBC
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