A/N: Thanks for the comments.
Jennifer Baratta- Thanks - things will turn around soon.
"Mom? What are you doing here?" Alex asked as she entered her apartment and saw her mother.
"Kelly called me and told me you had been sent to Argo." Eliza said. "I thought you might have brought Kara back."
"No. She stayed behind. But she's fine." Alex said. She then looked straight at her mother and added. "She's not ready to come back. But it's for the best."
"I know. Kelly told me why the President wanted her back. How are you?" Eliza asked moving over to Alex.
"Me? I'm fine. Better now that I know she is okay."
"But?" Eliza asked.
"I still miss her."
"Me too." Eliza said hugging her. Once she had released her Alex asked.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Why would I be mad at you?" Eliza asked confused.
"For not bringing her home."
"That was Kara's choice. Beside part of me wanted you to fail." Eliza confessed. "As much as I want her here with us, she has been through so much already it's not fair making her fight for us again."
"I agree." Alex said, taking a deep breath before confessing. "That's why I didn't tell her. I couldn't."
"You did the right thing." Eliza assured her as she hugged her again. As she held Alex the door opened and Kelly walked in.
"You're back." Kelly said before asking. "Is Kara okay?"
"She is. But she is staying on Argo." Alex explained as she pulled away from her mother.
"I'm sorry." Kelly replied.
"It's for the best." Eliza said repeating Alex's words from earlier. "Anyway it's been a long day. I should go."
"Where are staying?" Alex asked.
"I'll use Kara's apartment." Eliza explained.
"You sure you'll be okay there?" Alex questioned.
"I'll be fine." Eliza said. "Get some rest. I'll see you tomorrow." She added hugging Alex once more before leaving.
"You okay?" Kelly asked as she walked over to Alex.
"I may have condemned us to an alien invasion. But other than that great."
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"Colonel Haley." Lena said looking up from the desk.
"I apologise for the intrusion, but time is short."
"Isn't it always." Lena commented. "So why are you here?"
"We need your help."
"We?"
"The country, the world."
"I've heard this one before, from most charities as it turns out." Lena said.
"I assumed you would be hesitant, which is why I waited before coming to you. But you are now our best hope."
"A Luthor being the best hope, things must be dire." Lena said dryly. "So what is it this time?"
"An alien armada is heading to Earth. We are assuming they mean us harm. Right now we don't know how to defend ourselves."
"If only Supergirl was still around." Lena mused.
"As I am sure you know I sent Supergirl to Argo for her own safety. Then took measures to ensure your brother could not go after her. However, Director Danvers did fix the portal and did go to Argo. But she came back without Supergirl."
"Why? Didn't she find Supergirl?" Lena asked sitting forward, suddenly interested in what Haley had to say.
"Supergirl isn't ready to come back." Haley said. "So we are on our own. But I know you believe in humans protecting themselves and I am hoping you have some technology we can use."
"I told you before I don't trust the government." Lena said.
"After President Baker I don't blame you." Haley replied. "However, if we don't win this fight there may be no government to distrust."
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"I hope you don't mind me calling your mom." Kelly said. "I just figured she'd want to know either way." She paused and then explained. "James isn't exactly open with our mom and it really hurts her."
"I just wish I had better news."
"I thought you didn't want Kara to come back and fight the aliens?" Kelly asked.
"I didn't. I don't."
"Then why are you so miserable?"
"Part of me wanted Kara to come back. But she said she wasn't ready. What if she is never ready?"
"I'm pretty sure you mean too much to her for that to be the case." Kelly said. "Maybe she was trying to protect you."
"How?"
"You said you gave up a lot for Kara, maybe she doesn't want you to make any more sacrifices." Kelly suggested.
"Maybe." Alex said unconvinced as her phone buzzed.
"Problem?" Kelly asked.
"It's mom. She wants me to fix Kara's oven before Thanksgiving. Without Kara's heat vision we are all at risk of food poisoning thanks to that oven." Alex commented before asking. "You'll join us this year right?"
"Sure."
"Yet you seem hesitant."
"I just wasn't sure if you'd want to celebrate this year." Kelly said.
"I may have lost Kara and the world may be about to end, but I have you." Alex said as there was a loud urgent knocking on the door. Moving to the entrance Alex picked up her sidearm and looked through the peep hole. Confused she put the gun down and opened the door.
"Lena? What are you doing here?"
"Colonel Haley just came to see me."
"Why?"
"To recruit me to the cause. What I want to know is why Kara didn't come back with you. Kara may not have been who I thought she was, but there is no way she would turn her back on you."
"She didn't. I didn't tell her that we were in trouble." Alex explained.
"Good to see that lying runs so strongly in the family." Lena shot back.
"What I did was to protect Kara. Will she mad when she finds out? Yes. But she will safe." Alex argued.
"Is she safe?" Lena asked.
"Yes." Alex replied.
"I should go." Lena said abruptly turning.
"Wait. Are you going to help Haley?" Alex asked.
"I don't know." Lena confessed before leaving.
TBC...
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing.