Collaborated with LVEZZ
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Kara sits opposite of Vasquez, putting an ice pack on her right eye. "This reminds me of my first time doing hand to hand training with Alex... got my butt thumped, this time I clearly didn't see that elbow coming," she smirks and glances up at the clock. "Two hours... not bad, thank you for agreeing to the spar."
"I am sorry about that last hit." Vasquez apologized. "Are you okay? You want me to help you to the infirmary to have your eye looked at?" Vasquez could not believe she took down the Girl of Steel.
She giggles, "I'll be fine, this is nothing compared to being stabbed with a kryptonite blade, though please don't go around bragging too much," she teases her. Remembering Alex's bumps and bruises were accompanied by an ice pack.
"Okay, well I am off so heading out." She smiled then left. She also reported to Alex what had happened.
Kara sighs, flying off home after that to grab some fresh ice. Then goes onto her laptop to order a few, no more than a few boxes of pizza.
She heard a knock at her door. "Kara let me in." Alex called out exasperated.
Blinking, she stands up and hits send for the payment, "Alex? What's wrong?" She asks as she unlocks the door and opens it.
"A black eye? Really Kara. How did that happen?" She looked at her swollen eye. "You lost focus. That's how it happened." Kara noticed her sister was on crutches now. She hobbled through the doorway.
She rolls her eyes, "it's not that bad, I had a small sparring match with Vasquez, and it should be totally acceptable considering I had no powers and we were at it for a while," she watches the crutches. "Well I'm happy to see your up and walking again, how'd your chat with Oliver go?" she follows her.
"He's a friggin Nazi! How do you think it went?' She looked at her sitting down.
Kara sighs, "did you get the answers we were wanting, and how bad is it?" she sits down next to her while putting the ice back on.
"They both are very bad people in their world. He has to go back to try to fix it. She can't or won't because she is too depressed and unstable. They are both a mess! Before I left I had a chat with J'onn. He refuses to take the Kryptonite cuffs off her. He says she is incredibly unstable and making her go through therapy. I don't think it will work if you don't help her through it." She looks at her struggling sister. "You could use it too you know."
She nods thoughtfully, "think he'll go through with it? Try and make their world better for her? I mean it's in his power, at least it should be. Even Hitler had people as bad as himself and I'm sure they would never bend if he tried to change things." Kara's head goes down, looking at her coffee table, "I'd much rather not. You hate therapy as much as I do."
"I don't know. He said he would try." She looked around the room. "No pizza?"
A knock comes on the door, "of course there's pizza," she stands up and returns with four boxes, "food! And no more beer for you," she sets the boxes down before turning on the TV.
"Yeah, yeah. I got hell from J'onn for that too. If you want to help your ... self." Alex told her digging into a pizza box, "you really should go through therapy with her. I mean c'mon Kara you know this whole twin thing is weird right?"
Kara looks at her seriously, "if we run into your twin, I'll make a mention," she rolls her eyes. "I'll think about it. I thought training my body like a human wound be a good step."
"Not when you aren't ready for it, you are still used to having powers Kara. No offense but you are not a fighter. If you really want to learn fighting techniques we will have to start you from scratch. You learn all the moves with no powers at all. Which means you will get hurt." She reminded her taking a swig of her water bottle. "Yayy water. So not beer..." She complained.
Kara nods, "I know... I get it. Tomorrow back to basics," she takes a bite from her pizza, "oh one box is for you. Thought you'd appreciate real food... and don't try to make me jealous about that water."
She pops on the next season of Game of Thrones before cuddling up with Alex. "Thank you for always being there for me." She kisses the top of her head.
"Always Kara. I know you aren't handling the twin thing well. I am serious when I said you need therapy too."
She finished her piece of pizza. She saw Kara had gone through her pizzas already. "You want some of mine super speed eater?"
She shakes her head, "I'll be fine," and starts sneaking her fingers around Alex's sides. Being extra careful as she tickles her sides.
"No Kara stop I can't do tickling the way I am feeling. I am still pretty sore." She explained hugging her to get her to stop. After hours of a marathon, they both fell asleep on the couch.
Kara felt at ease with her sister, lying there with her on the couch. Having used her lap as a pillow, lightly holding onto her knee, happy to be sleeping in her loft again. Not on a cold slab or the sun bed. She feels as though her body weighs much more than it should.
'Why is it so hard to move?' She wonders and finds her body is strapped down, again. 'What is going on... and why am I so cold again? Did I leave the window open?... wait... No this is wrong! This is so very wrong!' She tries to open her eyes as she feels something feather light lift off her body. 'Alex? Where are you? I'm scared... I'm genuinely scared!' Goes through her mind and pain spreads through her body. From the top of her ribs to below her belly button. She tries to pull on her arms to cover herself but she can't.
Alex woke up the next morning with the sun shining in on her and Kara making soft whimpering sounds. Lying in her lap, she saw the girl was in distress.
"This is what you get... your cousin hurts my son... now you pay the price and feel a mother's broken heart!" She hears Lillian and finally she opens her eyes. Looking around wildly she can't lift her head to see herself but the pain is telling her she is wide open and with every passing moment the pain is becoming more intense. Kara self consciously holds onto Alex's knee but doesn't squeeze hard, in her mind she can barely do what she is doing now. 'Alex? Where are you?'
"Alex... where... are you?" She whimpers in her sleep. Sweat appearing on her forehead and her heart starts beating rapidly.
"Easy Kara... wake up dear you are having a nightmare." She hugs the sleeping alien, rubbing her forehead trying to wake her. She waited for her to awaken.
Kara watches Lillian look down at her, scalpel in hand. "Oh, Alex isn't coming to save you... in fact when she finally gets here there'll be nothing left... I'm going to make your twin into my personal cyborg. And there's nothing you or your big sister can do about it," Lillian says hauntingly.
Kara pulls at her restraints as much as her numb body will allow. The pain is almost unbearable. "No Lillian... don't," she whimpers in her sleep as tears fall freely down the sides of her face. Her body going rigid, beginning to hyperventilate. The blade comes down and she feels it like it's a kryptonite blade cutting into her exposed heart. The pain explodes through her chest; in the waking world she gives the scream that escapes her lungs in the nightmare.
"Oh shit!" Alex exclaimed grabbing Kara harder after the blood curdling scream. "Kara damnit wake up!" She slaps her on her face, hurting her hand in the process. "Damnit! Ouch!" She exclaimed shaking her throbbing hand. It worked though, her sister was waking.
Jumping Kara looks around wildly, shocked at suddenly having Alex there in her face. Her body still pumping on the need to get away she backs up and almost falls off but she catches herself. "Al... Alex?" She says breathlessly and takes into account that she's in pain. "Oh my Rao, did I hurt you!"
"No your face did when I had to slap you to get you out of your nightmare. Are you better now?" She put her arms out, "C'mere give me a hug."
Kara wasted no time and pulled Alex into her, holding onto her, the nightmare still vivid in her mind causing her to almost cling to her. "I'm sorry," she whispers.
"No reason to apologize for your strong physiology Kara. But this reinforces the need for therapy. I knew you didn't get out of that lab unscathed. You act like being her science experiment didn't affect you, when clearly it did." She looked her sister in the eyes. "You are going back to the DEO and talking to Dr. Livingston. And we are doing full panels on you to make sure there are no side effects from the surgery."
She looked at her, "No sad eyes will convince me otherwise. I will give you a chance to change, I am stuck as is. But we are going back."
Kara nods, "no... I know it affected me Alex... I was just hoping I could work through it on my own," she closes her eyes. "But I see now that I need to address it," she gets up and goes to her closet and gets changed. "Want me to fly to your place first?"
Alex took the empty pizza boxes and threw them in Kara's recycle bin. She waited for her to change and go back to the DEO. Alex hated falling asleep in her clothes. She had to get home to change. "No I have a car we will take the car. I would rather you not fly for awhile Kara. You are not well. You might fly into something thinking about the trauma." She explained. "You know how distracted you can get."
She hobbled back to the living room after wrestling with the pizza boxes. "God I hate crutches!" She shouted furiously. Why do I always have to get shot in the leg!" She asked no one in particular as Kara was in her room changing.
Her room was simply an extension of her studio apartment. Her clothes on a rack by the window. She frowns and nods, "your right..." sounding and feeling defeated. "I dreamt that Lillian was going to turn my twin into a personal cyborg and there'd be nothing left of me," she steps out in a white and blue stripped dress top and jeans.
Kara thinks about it, "I broke your arm, not a good point," she frowns, and looks at Alex sadly. "You shouldn't have to be taking care of me, it should be the other way around!" Frustrated with herself.
"Kara you broke it when you were not yourself under red k. Right now you are just caught up in the trauma of what really happened. Come on let's get you back and run some tests."
Soon they were right back at the DEO, and Dr. Hamilton and Alex were running tests on the reluctant alien.
Lillian was not in the lab, she was placed in a room under guard at her door.
"Well her blood counts are coming back normal so physically she has completely healed." Hamilton told Alex while also checking Kara's body scans. "The sun bed as usual healed her right up. Mentally I am worried though. I put a call into Dr. Livingston. He should be here soon."
"I suggest the two Kryptonians go through therapy separately then together." Alex spoke up.
Hamilton nodded. "I think so too."
Alex walked ( hobbled) back to Kara on the sun bed. "Your tests came back normal. At least for you..." She smirked. "But your psych tests will be starting tomorrow." She told her sternly.
"And if Hamilton chooses to keep you here to make you get your therapy I won't stop her." Alex told her looking down on her giving her the eye. "I am going home and getting some sleep. I will see you tomorrow after your therapy."
Kara nods, looking nervous, "I know Alex..." Looking up at her big sister, "thanks for looking out for me," she offers a small smile. "Get some rest for me," she comments, she knows Alex is right, that she has to do this, she hates it but she knows she has to address it. Or it could affect her in her next battle.
"Kara I think you should get some sleep." Hamilton told her. "If your readings spike I will wake you from a possible nightmare." She assured her placing sensors on Kara's chest to monitor her. "I know you want to go home. I don't trust you to come back for your therapy, and neither does Alex. Sleep tight." Dr. Hamilton told her
Kara groans, "more sleep? Really?" She closes her eyes, "Alex told you I take it?" She frowns, the images still in her mind and the words Lillian used.
"Yes she did. We are worried for you Kara. Both of you are very unstable over all that you have been through." Dr. Hamilton says before heading over to the other Kryptonian in the infirmary.
The other had long since awakened from her drug induced sleep. She was lying still unable to extricate herself of the hated Kryptonite cuffs. "These are not necessary. I won't try to leave again." Kara told her quietly.
Dr. Hamilton nodded. "You will be talking to an analyst in a few moments. If he says you don't need them I will put in a request to the Director to have them removed."
"Dr. Hamilton, the Kryptonite makes me sick." Kara complained.
"I know and I'm sorry, but the Director has to release you. It is not up to me."
Kara nodded her head sadly. "Okay." She said silent.
"You should be happy." Hamilton told her. "Your readings are back to normal so I know you have healed."
Oliver knocks on the door to his wife's room and motions to the doctor. Walking with crutches now, taking his physio therapy head on, wanting to walk as soon as possible.
She spotted Oliver and walked over to him. "What are you doing out of bed?" She asked sternly.
Between the two Kara's her hands were more than full.
He bites his bottom lip, "is it okay that I talk to my wife? And I was wondering where my suit is? There's something in it I'd like to look at."
"She is not stable. You could upset her again. I will have one of my aides bring your suit to you."
She looks down at Supergirl. "Get some rest. You have a full day of therapy tomorrow. " She told her after going back to her when she saw her rise. "Don't make me have to tranquilize you Kara."
He goes back to his bed and waits patiently, a lot of planning going on in his mind.
Kara nods, "okay... could I get to rest in an actual bed instead of the sun bed?"
"No I want you in the sun bed for now." She smiled. "I will change you to a regular bed in a couple hours. Your readings came back normal but your solar cells have depleted some. Rest Kara, honestly between you and Alex you both are terrible patients!"
She flops back down and grumbles to herself, "okay..." She scratches her nose, "what if there's a threat to the city?"
"J'onn is on sentry duty right now."
"But he can't do my freeze breath or heat vision," she adds.
"Kara really, it won't take but a moment to put a kryptonite laced needle into you to get that tranquilizer in you. Calm down and go to sleep!" Hamilton was at the end of her rope with Kara.
She holds up her hands in surrender, the last thing she wants is any kryptonite.
"Rest okay? I will check on you in a couple of hours. Anything happens I am monitoring you."
"Yes Doctor, okay," Kara concedes.
She chuckles as she feels vindicated that she managed to keep the stubborn alien in place. Dr. Hamilton walked back over to the general. "Your husband wants to talk to you. Do you feel up to it?"
The general nodded slowly. Soon Oliver was rolled over in a wheelchair, as that was the deal for seeing her. He had to stay in his chair. He was also given his leather suit. "If you upset her again, this is the last time you see her." Hamilton warned giving them privacy.
He nods at her, keeping cool, his hands are together on his lap, "how're you feeling my love?"
"Really awful!" She exclaimed obviously stressed from the kryptonite cuffs.
He gives a light sigh, "I'm sorry... this is all my fault, we are here because of me and your in this situation because of me. I'm going to make it right. I will go back to our world and set it all in motion, I just want you to be happy," he reaches over and touches her shoulder.
"How are you going to get them to listen to you? You know the Reich will not hesitate to kill you."
He strokes her shoulder, "I'll first go to the main office and request all of my leads in decision making come together. But I will not go; I'll have them on lock down and then personally shut down the camps."
"It isn't safe!" She told him pulling on her cuffs again. "Rao I hate this stuff!" She exclaimed looking down at the glowing green cuffs.
He touches her forearm, "do you trust me?" He asks softly.
"And the Flash? That mad doctor will stop you- you know that! Even though this all went terribly wrong, I still trust and love you." She told him sadly.
He shakes his head, "I've worked out the math, and he won't be on our earth. By the time he gets back the changes will be done."
"How is he not on our Earth? He was there when we left, Rao he argued to try to go with us!"
Oliver strokes her cheek gently, looking at her with hope in his eyes. "Don't worry my love, I will make things right," he stands up to give her a kiss before sitting back down. "I love you."
"How will he not be there?" She asked, the drugs making it hard to concentrate. "I don't understand Oliver... don't go back without me- I have to help you." She struggled against the cuffs again. "Get these off me!" She ordered him crossly.
He shakes his head, "I'm sorry sweetie, and I don't want to risk them hurting you in case my plan fails." He rolls back, "it's the only way to fix what I've done."
"Arghh! " She struggled again. He could see she was gathering up every bit of strength to pull out of the cuffs.
Doctor Hamilton was heading back in the room.
Oliver moves back to her and holds her hands, "I sent him to another Earth for recon, if he is back I'll send him to another. I will not risk your life again, if the other heads of our army figure out what I'm planning they will kill you. I'm not willing to risk that."
That seemed to calm her some, but she still pulled at the cuffs. "I don't want anything to happen to you..." She told him weakening from her struggles.
Dr. Hamilton walked up. "Did I just see her resisting her restraints?" She asked calmly, putting her hands in her pockets.
Oliver stands up to kiss her forehead, "okay... I'll wait if that is your wish," he smoothes her hair back.
"Did I?" She asked Oliver.
"Umm I forgot my place. I am sorry. I won't do it again." The general looked up at the doctor with the same sad eyes their Kara uses.
"Don't forget again or you will be sedated." She warned walking away.
"And she would too!" She whispered to Oliver. "She doesn't like me."
He looks into her eyes, "what I hear is that they want to help you. As do I, tell me what it is you wish and I'll do it."
"I want to stay here with you." She looks around. "Maybe there is a place for us on this Earth."
Kara's monitor's start going off, she is about ready to roll off the sun bed in her sleep.
Oliver closes his eyes, "if it makes you happy," he smiles warmly at her, "I'll look into it," he strokes her cheek again.
"Maybe they can use two super beings."
Dr. Hamilton hastily approached her bedside. "Kara! Wake up!" She grabbed Kara up and squeezed her hard trying to wake her up.
Kara grips the sun bed edges tightly, but not enough to break it. Her body is rigid and her jaw is clenched tightly. She shakes her head in her sleep before letting out a whimper.
Dr. Hamilton called for smelling salts to awaken her. Her assistant brought them over. She pushed them under Kara's nostrils to get her awake.
Oliver looks up at the commotion going on with his wife's twin, "I hear she's getting therapy as well. She isn't handling what happened with her well," he looks at his wife. "You both need the help... I saw what happened... I wish I could help carry the pain for you."
"Rao I think we are both going insane!" The other Kara cried sadly.
"Kara breathe the salts, easy now." The doctor told her trying to bring her down from an obvious nightmare.
She jumps, waking with a start and slamming her head into the top of the sun bed. A few sparks go off on the inside. Touching her head she looks at Dr. Hamilton and rests herself back down. Feeling quite embarrassed.
"Sorry," she covers her eyes with her right hand to try and conceal the tears that want to come with the emotions that are mixing.
"It's okay. Let's get you in another bed." An assistant helped Kara up and walked her to a waiting bed. They made sure she was comfortable and tucked in.
"Better?" Dr. Hamilton asked concerned. "You don't have to sleep. Just rest quietly. I will have dinner brought to you soon. With ice cream for dessert." She promised.
"Hmmm she gets ice cream I get kryptonite. See what I mean Oliver?" His wife pointed out sadly. "They hate me here!"
She nods and rests her head back, "I keep getting nightmares... I don't feel rested... I just can't stop thinking about it," she looks at Dr. Hamilton, "I'll understand if you need to restrain me... I-" she wets her lips before biting her bottom lip. "I'm afraid of using my powers in my sleep."
"I am not restraining you Kara. But I am stepping up your therapy to tonight."
Oliver closes his eyes, "I'll ask the doctor if I can feed you ice cream, okay? And I'm sure they don't hate you. They're just concerned; they don't know you like I do."
Kara nods, "do you really think it'll help?" She asks, wanting to be hopeful, she doesn't want to be plagued with nightmares for a week or a month.
"I changed my mind. I just want to go back and see if we can stop the regime. You can't do it without me and you know it!" General Kara says.
Oliver smirks at his wife's attitude, "that's my wife!" He says proudly. "I know, but if you would rather spend time with your twin, maybe learning their history, you can."
"I do think it will help." Dr. Hamilton told her gently.
"Only if you stay too Oliver."
She swallows, "the sooner the better it seems," Kara says softly. She rests her head on the pillow, closing her eyes.
"We can go back home at the exact time we left. We have plenty of time to change our world." She explained hopeful.
Oliver moves a lock of her hair behind her ear, "you bet," he smiles before setting himself back into his chair not wanting to get into trouble.
"I will get you into the therapist first." She agreed, as she watched an aide bring a tray to Kara. It was boring food, but a big bowl of chocolate ice cream was on the tray too.
Kara's head jumped up at the smell of ice cream, she shakes her head, "no. She goes first; she's had it harder than me."
"He will analyze the two of you individually, and then both Alex and I believe group therapy for the two of you is best."
She groans but nods, "okay doc," Kara looks up at her, "should I be hooked up again? I may want to take a nap..." she takes a bite and tries not to make a face. "Bed rest..."
"Yes we are doing that now." She told her, "Don't worry Kara we will get you through it. I promise." Sure enough Kara felt the nurse place the sensors on her chest again, slightly unbuttoning the first few buttons on her blouse to be able to place them. "Seeing as I wasn't planning on admitting you, I won't have you changed into a gown." Hamilton squeezed her hand. "Now eat and then rest."
She takes another mouthful, "thanks Dr. Hamilton... who knew I'd be so much work," she mumbled the last bit to herself. She knows she and Alex don't make it easy, they're stubborn, but it's hitting her more and more that she really does need help. And she hates being a burden.
"We all have issues, sometimes we need help to get through," Dr. Hamilton left Kara to eat.
"Are you ready to eat?" She asked the other Kara.
"I will let you feed her if you would like." She told Oliver carefully, wondering how this strange Kryptonian would handle being fed.
An aide brought up a tray. She too had been given ice cream.
Oliver smiles, "wouldn't be the first time," he comments, remembering from their wedding night and honeymoon.
"Enjoy." The aide told him handing him the tray.
Oliver cuts it up first and then turns to his wife, "I love you darling," he holds the first serving to her.
"Oliver they won't even let me up to go to the bathroom!" She moaned sadly. He could clearly see she was attached to a catheter. She took the morsel of meat off the fork. "I am being punished for my senseless acts in that hallway." She looked downcast, tears welling up again.
He forks another chunk, "it could be worse," he comments.
"They don't trust me. They think I am dangerous." She swallowed but choked when she started to cry.
Oliver gives her the next bite, "like I said, they don't know you. You've been through an ordeal, they see that and they're just..." he waits for her to open her mouth.
She continues to choke. She cannot stop crying.
Resting the fork down he cups her face, "Kara... my sweet Kara, look at me please," he strokes her cheek gently and then wipes a tear away.
She finally swallows. She looks at him sadly.
"They're doing what they can to help you, they don't trust either of us but the fact that they want to put you into group therapy with your twin means something. They care about you, they're putting their effort into you, they see something in you that I've always seen and your letting it out," he stands up and kisses her. Not a quick peck this time, a passionate kiss, pulling away just enough so he can see her beautiful blue eyes and look into them. "Your heart is beautiful... and just like me they want to see you shine," he strokes her cheek with the back of his fingers. "We will be going home in no time and making it right, I promise."
"Okay Oliver. I love you. Can I have my ice cream before you leave?"
He grins at her, "of course and I love you too," Oliver feeds her the ice cream before he heads back to his area.
Grabbing his crutches before going to the men's room. He doesn't lock it, but he leaves a note stuck to the door before pulling out the device that got his wife and him to this Earth. Activating it he limps through, leaving the crutches behind.
Poor Kara, what do you think of Oliver's decision? What if your favourite couple in Supergirl or a couple you'd like to see happen and why?
-SLITH/LVEZ