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Sorry for the late update. I don't really have a good excuse. Just dealing with the loss of a friend. But I'm slowly getting back in the swing of things. I'm not going to promise to update next weekend because I don't know if I'll be able to keep it. Instead, I'll just say I'll post as soon as I can. Thank you all for understanding.
Kara looked between Alex and Clark…she didn't say a word.
Alex walked over to Kara. "Hey, talk to us, are you ok?"
Kara slowly sat up. "I…I feel…I feel…" Kara smiled widely. It was the kind of smile Alex hadn't seen in months. "I feel better, more than I have months. It's like…it's like I'm finally free."
"You did it, Clark," Alex said. "Thank you.
"Thanks, Kal." Kara smiled. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you."
Clark chuckled. "It's ok. I've been through it too. It's not fun. I personally think silver kryptonite is worse compared to red or green."
Kara shrugged. "Red Kryptonite still gives me nightmares." She shook her head clearing the memories. "Now, we need to focus on finding Cadmus and shutting them down once and for all!"
She hopped off the bed and walked outside the room. Alex and Clark followed behind her. As she walked into the main room, she saw J'onn standing there. Suddenly she gasped and flinched back bumping into Alex.
"Whoa, hey, it's ok. It's just J'onn." Alex said.
Kara sighed and turned to face her sister. "I'm sorry. I knew that. I guess the heat vision thing didn't work."
"Kara, I don't think this has anything to do with the silver Kryptonite," Clark said. "This has more to do with the fact that J'onn looks exactly like the man who tortured you for months."
"But I trust J'onn I know he won't hurt me," Kara said. "I shouldn't be scared of him."
"It's not me that you're scared of," J'onn said as he walked over to them. "It's my face, it's what the body of Hank Henshaw represents to you."
Kara turned to face J'onn who was in Green martian form. "I'm sorry, J'onn I can't control it."
"I understand. I never liked Hank Henshaw either."
"If we want to take down Cadmus for good you're going to have to face him," Clark said. "The real Hank Henshaw."
"I know that. I just…I don't know how." Kara sighed.
"Hey, let's not worry about that right now. Come on, I know someone who is just dying to see you." Alex smiled.
Kara smiled instantly. "Jeremiah! Let's go!"
She rushed back to his room and went inside and right over to him giving him the biggest hug she could without hurting him.
"There's my Supergirl." He smiled as he hugged her back.
Kara pulled back. "I'm sorry about before."
"Don't be. I'm just glad we found a way to help you." Jeremiah smiled.
"And save you, thankfully." Kara smiled. Then she frowned. "I saw you die, that wasn't the silver kryptonite. I saw it. What really happened?"
Jeremiah sighed softly and took Kara's hand. "It was all a trap, Kara. They shot me with a blank. It must have been covered in some kind of drug because I felt so tired after it hit me. But it wasn't a bullet. I didn't die, I passed out. They wanted you to think I had died and that you hadn't saved me because they knew it would torture you more than anything else they could have done to you."
"I was so scared." She whispered.
"I know. It's ok. I'm ok." Jeremiah smiled gently. "I'm back now, and together we're going to take down Cadmus once and for all."
Kara smiled and nodded. "Sounds like a plan."
"But, Kara, Honey, listen to me, If that had been a bullet and if I had died…"
Kara quickly cut him off as she shook her head. "Stop, don't…don't talk like that."
"No, Honey, you need to listen. If I had died, it would not have been your fault. I would not have blamed you, and I would not have wanted you to blame yourself. Do you understand?"
"Jeremiah I…"
"I could walk out of this building tomorrow and be hit by a bus and die."
"Not if I stopped the bus first."
"Kara, you have to understand, no matter what the circumstances are, my death would never be your fault."
"What kind of Superhero am I if I can't protect those I love the most?"
"What kind of family would we be if we didn't protect you?" Alex asked. "We're a family, and we protect each other. That doesn't mean it's our fault someone gets hurt."
Kara sighed and looked down. "It's my fault you joined DEO in the first place. We thought you were dead. I blamed myself for months, years even. I couldn't be the reason Cadmus killed you."
"Kara, if I didn't want to join the DEO. I would have given you over to Hank Henshaw that very night. It was my choice and if I had it to do over I would."
Kara just sighed. "I had to save you and I couldn't."
"Stop," Jeremiah said sternly. "Stop blaming yourself. I don't blame you, you can't blame yourself. I'm fine. You're fine; we're both home safe where we belong."
"I can't," Kara whispered. "I'm supposed to protect you. I should have taken you with me. I left you there to be…"
"Kara stop!" Alex said. "Dad's right. Nobody here blames you. Nobody here is angry at you. So stop blaming yourself."
Kara looked up at Alex and sighed. "I don't know if I can, Alex."
"You will. It's just going to take time. I promise I'll be here to remind you every single day if you need me."
Kara just nodded and smiled softly.
"We all will," Jeremiah said. "Because that's what family does for each other."
Kara smiled softly. The Danvers Family was together again. This time nothing was going to change that.
"Alex, if Kara continues to blame herself over what happened you have my full permission to do whatever it takes to make her stop. That's an order." Jeremiah said.
"You got it," Alex smirked at Kara. "I'll do whatever it takes."
"Hey, wait a minute, don't I get a say in this?" Kara asked.
"Nope." Jeremiah smiled.
"Kara, are you really surprised, we've been asking Alex to look out for you since you landed here on Earth." Eliza laughed.
"Yeah, and it always annoyed her." Kara defended.
Alex laughed. "Only for a few years. We got used to each other eventually."
"You know, I think you secretly hated me because you knew deep down I was the favorite." Kara teased.
"What?" Alex laughed. "You were definitely not the favorite."
"Of course I was. I mean, after all, I was super adorable. What's cuter than a young girl from another planet." Kara laughed.
"Sorry, Honey, I thought you knew," Eliza said in a teasing voice.
"Yeah, we made it clear when we adopted Kara she'd be our new favorite." Jeremiah laughed.
Kara giggled. "See? I'm the favorite."
"Were the favorite," Eliza said.
"Yeah, when you were young and cute, now you've grown up…what happened?" Jeremiah asked.
"What?" Kara gasped.
Everyone laughed together.
"In all seriousness, you are all my favorites." Jeremiah smiled. "I love you all."
They shared a family hug.
Hours passed, and nobody even realized how much time had actually gone by.
They were all laughing when there was a knock at the door. They looked to see J'onn.
"I hate to break this up, but it's getting late, and you all need your rest." He said.
"He's right." Kara nodded. She looked at Jeremiah. "You should get some rest. It's been a long day for you."
"And you two should go home," Eliza said. "It's been a long day for all of us."
Kara laughed. "Yeah, that's not going to happen."
"Kara is right," Alex said. "We aren't leaving you."
"Girls, I'll be fine. It's ok. Just go home and get some rest. I'll rest better knowing you're safe." Jeremiah said.
"We are safer here," Kara said.
"You know what I mean. Go home, rest. You need it just as bad as I do."
"Actually Kryptonians don't need a lot of sleep. Humans need more than I do."
"Then go home with Alex who is a human and needs her rest," Eliza said.
"Not even Supergirl is going to be strong enough to get me out of here," Alex said. "I'm not leaving."
"Neither am I," Kara said. "We just got you back. We aren't losing you."
"You're not losing me. You're going home to rest."
"No." Alex and Kara said at the same time.
"Oh boy." Jeremiah laughed. "I haven't seen them do that since they were teenagers."
Eliza laughed. "Ok you two, I'm serious now. Go home and get some rest. I'll stay with your dad and keep you posted throughout the night."
"Why do you get to stay?" Kara asked.
"Honey, I promise he will be fine. I'll keep him safe."
"No!" Alex said once more. "We're not going home. We are staying here with you."
"I can't allow that," J'onn said. "It's best for you two to return home."
Both girls crossed their arms over their chest. "We are not leaving," Kara said
"You can't make us." Alex nodded.
They still weren't sure exactly how it happened or what was said, but Kara and Alex finally ended up back at Kara's place. They both changed and climbed into bed. They were a lot more tired than they realized and were out by the time their head hit the pillow.
Kara found herself back in the DEO. In was empty.
"Hello? Is anything here? J'onn? Alex? Winn? Anybody?" Kara looked around confused. "Where is everyone."
"Kara help!"
Kara raced toward the sound. For some reason, her super speed wasn't working. But she finally reached Jeremiah's room. Eliza's body was on the floor in a pool of blood. Lillian was standing over Jeremiah with a gun pointed at him.
"No!" Kara screamed.
"No blanks this time, Kara." Lillian taunted. "And last I checked your powers weren't working so you're not faster than a speeding bullet anymore, right?"
"NO!" Kara screamed again.
"Kara! Help me!"
Lillian pulled the trigger, and Kara tried to run to catch it. Not only did her Superspeed fail but for some reason, she was even slower than average.
"NO!"
"NO!" Kara shot up in bed with a gasp. She reached over to the nightstand and grabbed her phone. Her hands were shaking, but she managed to dial the right number.
"J'onn go check on Jeremiah and Eliza," Kara said as soon as he answered.
"Kara, I was just in there not too long ago. They're fine, sleeping soundly." J'onn said.
"I don't care, go check on them again," Kara said quickly.
"I'm sure they are fine."
"No, I need you to go check one more time, please," Kara begged.
J'onn sighed. "All right, fine. I'll go check."
Kara waited anxiously as J'onn went to check on them. It felt like forever before J'onn got back on the phone. "Sleeping peacefully. They're fine. I promise."
Kara sighed in relief and nodded. "Thanks for checking." She hung up and let out another breath she didn't know she was holding in.
"You ok?"
Kara jumped and looked over to see Alex walked over.
"Yeah, just checking on Jeremiah and Eliza. What are you doing awake? I didn't wake you did I?"
"No, I uh…I had to use the restroom." Alex said.
Kara gave her a strange look. "Bad dream?"
Alex nodded.
"Me too."
Alex came and sat down on the bed next to her. "Want to share?"
"No. Not really. You?"
"No."
"Do you think J'onn will let us go back to the DEO?" Kara asked.
Alex laughed. "Between you and I, we've called him so much he just might."
Kara chuckled. "I'm just checking in."
"That's exactly what I said." Alex laughed.
"Let's go see for ourselves," Kara said.
"Are you calling J'onn a liar?" Alex asked.
"Not at all. I would just feel better if I saw it for myself." Kara stood, and in a flash, she was dressed.
"Yeah, I would too. But just wait for me all right, I'll be ready in a minute." Alex turned and went back into the bathroom.
Kara sighed. She knew it was just a nightmare, but she had to go see for herself that Jeremiah was ok. She had failed to protect him once before. She was not going to do it again.
Alex was ready in record time, and they both headed back to the DEO.
It was weird being at the DEO at night. It was pretty empty. But Kara and Alex didn't stay long, they quickly headed to Jeremiah's room.
When they arrived Kara gasped when she saw Hank Henshaw standing over Jeremiah and Eliza's body. He was about to inject something into Jeremiah's IV.
"Stay away from him!" Kara shouted. She used her heat vision and shot the needle out of his hand, burning the tip of his fingers.
"Ah, Kara what are you doing!" He yelled.
"Kara, stop it! What's wrong with you! That's J'onn!" Alex cried out.
Kara blinked a few times clearing her head of any flashbacks and then noticed J'onn standing there. Panic, filled Kara when she realized what she had just done. "I…I'm sorry. I…I'm sorry. I didn't…I thought you were…" Guilt came next. The last time she had hurt J'onn or anyone that she cared about was when she had been cut with red kryptonite. This time, there was no excuse. She had hurt J'onn.
"It's ok. It was an accident. I'm fine." J'onn said. "What are you two even doing here?"
"I'm so sorry, J'onn. I'm so sorry. I didn't know it was you…I just…my nightmares…you had a needle…"
"Kara, take a deep breath. I'm fine. I was giving your dad some pain medicine, so he wasn't woken up by the pain." J'onn said.
"No, I…I hurt you. I…I almost hurt Jeremiah, again. I…have to go."
"What? Kara, no. Stay here. Everything is fine." Alex said. "It was an accident."
Kara didn't listen, and in a flash, she was gone. Alex sighed softly. "We both couldn't sleep, so we came back to check on Jeremiah."
"It's ok. Why don't you sit with your dad for a while? I'll go check on Kara. Please don't worry that neither of them has woken up. Jeremiah is on powerful pain medicine, and it makes him very sleepy. Your mother was just exhausted but didn't want to sleep in fear of waking up and finding him gone. She allowed me to give her something to help her sleep too."
Alex nodded and went to her father's bedside. Jeremiah followed after Kara.
"Agent Blackwell, did Supergirl come through here?" He asked.
"Yes, Sir…"
J'onn could tell there was more going on that was being said. "What's going on?"
"You need to look at containment cell 45."
"That should be empty," J'onn said. He went over to the computer and pushed a few buttons. Containment cell 45 showed up on the screen. To his surprise, it wasn't empty. Kara had locked herself inside it. J'onn sighed. "Agent Blackwell, if Supergirl and I haven't returned in one hour please alert Agent Danvers to come to release us."
"Yes, Sir."
J'onn made his way to containment cell 45.
"Supergirl, what are you doing in there?" He asked.
"Protecting everyone," Kara answered.
J'onn went over to the keypad and unlocked the door making it swing open. "You're not a danger to anyone. You don't need to be locked up in there. Come out."
"No," Kara said. "You're wrong. I just burned you, what if I had missed and hit Jeremiah or Eliza? What if it had hurt Alex? It's much safer for everyone if I stay in here."
J'onn sighed and moved inside the cell with her. The door closed and locked behind him.
"What are you doing?" Kara "Now you're locked in here too."
J'onn sat down on the bed and patted the seat next to him. Sighing softly Kara went over and sat down next to him. "Kara, do you know why you attacked me, why you thought I was hurting Jeremiah?"
"I saw you standing there with a needle and my nightmares…"
J'onn shook his head. "There is more to it than that. You know deep down what it is. You're just too scared to admit it."
"What are you talking about?" Kara asked.
Sighing softly J'onn transformed into Hank Henshaw again. Kara gasped and jumped off the bed. "Stay away from me!" She cried out. J'onn switched back, and Kara sighed. She looked at the floor.
"We blew it off earlier because you were so excited to see your father. But we both know it's true. It's not me you're scared of, Kara. Your nightmares aren't the reason you attacked me. You're scared of Hank Henshaw. The body and face of Hank Henshaw represent danger and fear to you. So when you saw me standing over your father with a needle, you didn't see me as J'onn Jones, your friend, you saw me as Hank Henshaw, your enemy."
"I'm Supergirl. I'm not supposed to be scared of anyone." Kara sighed and sat back down on the bed.
"Can I tell you a secret?" J'onn asked.
Kara nodded.
"I used to be terrified of Hank Henshaw as well. Using his body as my cover was my way of helping me get over my fear of him."
Kara didn't speak. She didn't know how to respond.
"You are like a daughter to me, Kara. If I had to be the Green Martian for the rest of my life around you, I would be. But, I also know it's important for you to overcome your fears. There is only one way to do that."
"How?"
"You have to face Hank Henshaw, you have to fight him."
"I can't."
"So we can practice. I know Alex has made it known that she is the only person who is allowed to train with you, but I think it's time that you and I trained. Fighting me will help you practice fighting the real Hank Henshaw."
"Do you really think that will work?"
"It's worth a try, right? Don't you want to get over your fear?"
"Of course, but what if I hurt you?"
"We will use the kryptonite lights, so it's a fair fight, just like you do with Alex."
"Can she come?" Kara asked softly.
J'onn smiled softly. "Of course. She is welcome to stay as long as she wants."
Kara inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. She looked to J'onn and nodded. "Let's do it!"
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