As Alex slept, her head resting in Kara's lap, Kara's phone buzzed. Carefully reaching forward so not to wake Alex, Kara picked it up and saw a message from Maggie.
Maggie: Hey Kara, have you seen Alex?
Kara: She's still at my place.
Maggie: Still?
Kara: Yeah, was she meant to be back by a certain time?
Maggie: Back? She was never meant to leave.
Kara: She told me you brought her here.
Maggie: I didn't. Don't let her leave. I'll be there in a few mins.
Kara: Come straight in, the door's unlocked.
Maggie: Do you know how dangerous that is?!
Kara: Not for me :-)
As Kara put her phone down Alex started to stir. As she opened her eyes she asked.
"What's going on?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. Maggie was looking for you. Apparently she didn't know you were here." Kara said.
"Right, yeah, I may have..."
"Lied?" Kara suggested.
"Exaggerated the facts." Alex said before asking. "Are you mad at me?"
"Yes."
"Is she mad at me?"
"She was. Now she is mad at me for not locking my door."
"Well she is a cop." Alex reminded her.
"And I'm Supergirl." Kara countered as the door opened.
"You have to start locking your door." Maggie complained entering the apartment. She then looked at Alex and said. "As for you, I can't believe you just left the DEO."
"Really?" Alex asked confused.
"I'm with Alex." Kara agreed. "I mean she never follows medical advice."
"You two are unbelievable." Maggie grumbled. "Don't expect help explaining your escape to Eliza."
"Is she mad with me?" Alex asked.
"That would be an understatement." Maggie said. "But you'll see for yourself in a few minutes."
"She's coming here?" Alex asked eyes wide.
"Yes."
"Maybe I should go" Alex said.
"I don't think so. I promised that unless you were in urgent need of medical care you would stay here." Maggie said. "Now I've seen how scary your mom can be when she's angry I'm not crossing her." Before Alex could respond the front door opened again and Eliza stormed in.
"I can not believe how irresponsible you were." Eliza said her anger obvious to everyone.
"In my defence-" Alex started only for Eliza to cut her off.
"I will deal with your stupidity later." Eliza said. "Right now I need to deal with Kara."
"This is new." Alex said confused before turning to Kara and asking. "What did you do?"
"I don't know."
"Really?" Eliza asked. "You can't think of anything dangerous and irresponsible you've done recently?"
"Did you try cooking again?" Maggie asked Kara but Eliza's glare was strong enough to silence her as Kara looked at Eliza and said, with a questioning tone.
"No?"
"No? Really? So going single handedly after Cadmus without telling anyone, doesn't strike you as irresponsible?"
"You did what?" Alex asked.
"You are blowing this out of proportion." Kara said.
"Did you go to a Cadmus base, by yourself?" Eliza pressed.
"Well, kind of. But I mean I didn't know it was Cadmus. I just kind of stumbled across it when I was getting the plant. But I didn't know it was Cadmus. It was Lena who made the link."
"What link?" Alex asked confused.
"Between the Kryptonite bullets and Cadmus."
"What bullets?" Alex asked eyes wide.
"The ones they fired at me."
"And in particular the one they shot you with." Eliza went on.
"When were you shot?" Alex asked.
"When I went to get the plant. How do you even know about that?" She asked Eliza.
"Lena gave the shard you extracted in her office to Winn." Eliza said. "And then when you disappeared again Winn tracked you and found you had gone back."
"I don't understand." Maggie said joining in the interrogation. "How many times have you gone to this Cadmus base?"
"Twice." Kara said.
"Twice? Are you insane?" Alex asked.
"The first time I didn't know it was a Cadmus base I just kind of accidentally flew in there. The second time they weren't even there."
"How do you accidentally fly into a Cadmus base? Where was it any way?" Alex asked.
"The Marshall Islands, in the Pacific." Kara said. "I was looking for the plant."
"What plant?" Alex asked looking as confused as everyone else.
"The one Lena's team needed to make the antidote."
"Go back a few steps." Maggie said lost.
"To complete the antidote for Alex quickly her team needed something from a plant that is only found in the Marshall Islands. So I flew down there to get it. Only it turns out the one I picked was growing by a Cadmus base. They saw me and shot at me."
"You mean shot you." Eliza corrected.
"Fine they shot me. At the time I thought they were the army as they spoke English and were dressed like soldiers. But I was more concerned with getting the plant back so I flew back here."
"With a bullet in you?" Alex asked.
"More of a fragment." Kara corrected. "I got back to Lena and gave her the plant. She took it to the lab and I tried to extract the fragment. She came back as I was removing it and locked it in a lead lined safe. She then asked if they could have been Cadmus rather than army."
"How does any of that end up with you going back to the base?" Eliza asked still angry.
"Well when I got back here last night I had time to think about what had happened and I thought about what Lena said and realised she was right it probably was a Cadmus base so I went to investigate."
"By yourself? Without telling anyone?" Alex asked.
"Everyone was busy." Kara said meekly.
"Maggie could you take Alex home please?" Eliza asked, her tone one that everyone one in the room knew better than to argue with. Everyone but Alex.
"But-" She started only for Eliza to cut her off.
"Now." Eliza stated.
"Text me if you survive, so I can come back and kill you." Alex said hugging Kara goodbye.
"What were you thinking?" Eliza asked when Alex and Maggie had gone.
"That I could get Jeremiah back." Kara said quietly.
"By getting yourself killed?"
"I'm fine."
"Because you got lucky. What if they hadn't abandoned the base? They could have killed you Kara. I know what Alex said upset you and I know you want to make her happy, but getting yourself killed is not the way to do it. And it won't make me happy. You are my daughter, I can't lose you."
"You've all lost so much because of me." Kara said.
"Kara, you've always had this sense of responsibility, but not everything that happens is your fault. Cadmus would have come for Jeremiah regardless because of his friendship with your cousin. All I am really certain about is the day you came into our lives Alex gained a sister and I gained a daughter and I would never take that back. Which I why I need you to promise me that you will never do anything so stupid and reckless again."
"But-" Kara started only for Eliza to cut her off.
"No buts. You are irreplaceable." Eliza said hugging her.
TBC...
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing.