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After the third Kara had a large dinner, she asked to see Alex. She understood she would still be cuffed. J'onn had un-cuffed her to eat, then they were placed back on. J'onn and two other agents armed with Kryptonite bullets led her to the med bay. He walks with her to the doors and spots Eliza.
Eliza was angered that she was there. She tries to confront her.
"What is she doing here J'onn?" She asked angrily when he stopped her.
"She wants to help Alex," he says calmly and understanding her need to protect her already fragile daughter.
"How is she going to help!"
He places a hand onto her shoulder, "I don't know yet, but she needs to see how she is first. She has the cuffs on so she can't use any powers right now."
"I cannot believe you would bring the enemy in here!" She raged more. She tries to pull from J'onn to confront her again.
"I want Alex back just as much as you do, which is why she is here. Please Eliza," he urged.
"You think she can help? Alex is dying!"
"I am sorry. She attacked me, my powers transferred to her as they did to me when I was first attacked." The Sorceress tried to explain to Eliza. I probably would have struck her, but I hadn't yet. It happened when she tried to collar me."
Eliza stared at the evil Sorceress. Then looked at J'onn. She stepped to the side, allowing them to pass. Dr. Susan Hamilton watched concerned.
Immediately the Sorceress Kara saw Alex. She was on technical equipment. Something she had seen on Krypton. There was certainly none of that on her Earth. She looked at J'onn. "May I examine her?"
J'onn nods, "you may... but nothing compromising."
She walked up to her still cuffed; she tried to get a good look at her. She closed her eyes and concentrated. She stood very still, hands cuffed in front of her eyes closed.
The Sorceress started to shake still with her eyes closed.
Kara appears with her twin, now feeling the need for the sun bed to rejuvenate her she sees Sorceress Kara with Alex and he eyes widen. Looking around she panics, "what's going on Eliza?" She rushes to her side.
The entire room of doctors and nurses watched holding their breath.
"J'onn says she wants to help Alex." She replied clipped and anguished. She grabbed onto her younger daughter. They hugged for support.
Kara holds onto Eliza, rubbing her arm to try and offer comfort.
"Kara, Alex is dying..." She cried into her daughter's chest feeling the scorch mark on her suit.
The Sorceress opened her eyes, and motions J'onn to join her by Alex's bedside. "I know what is wrong. I suspected all along. I am sorry." She told him when he joined her. "I was attacked and infected with dark magic. It is a force. It is not physical. This happened a long time ago on my world." She started to explain.
"When Alex put the collar on me and I blasted it off, I transferred some of the darkness from me into her. That is why her brain is swelling and I am sorry to say she is dying." When she saw J'onn's displeased face she quickly continued. "I think I can bring her back.
J'onn listens closely and watches the still form of Alex on the bed. "What would be required?" He asks quietly.
Kara rubs circles into Eliza's back, "she's strong... if I can do anything to help. I will, I owe it to her," she says softly.
She nodded, looking up from the tears.
"The dark faerie power is still inside her. The human part of her cannot handle it. It will kill her if not removed." She paused for his reaction. Seeing a steely face, she continued. "I will re-absorb the energy. It won't be easy, but it has to be me. I gave it to her; I have to take it back." She explained.
"Her mind cannot handle the sheer force of the energy. That is the reason for its swelling unfortunately." She explained in quiet tones.
Kara Zor-El Queen stood by and watched. She saw her husband was asleep. Probably sedated she surmised.
J'onn looks at the Sorceress, "what needs to be done to save her? Would it go back to you or will it find a new host?" He asks trying to be prepared for any unknown outcomes in his mind.
Kara looks down at Eliza, feeling strongly for the foster mother in her arms. "What if I took it?" She asks the Sorceress, looking up at her.
"Absolutely not! You have no darkness at all! It will consume you whole. We don't need two evil Kara's. Please stay back. I will do this." She looks at J'onn. "I need my cuffs to be removed because I need my hands free."
J'onn watches her closely, "what will happen with you once it is back inside of you? Will you still have this control or no?"
"I will take it. Perhaps the darkness in me already will counter it." The general offered stepping up.
Oliver stirs on his bed and wakes up to a new scene playing out nearby. Curious he stands up and takes his IV pole to observe.
"I will have control, but it will consume me. It is a part of me after all. I will turn darker." She explained holding her hands for him to release.
An assistant grabs Oliver and keeps him on his bed.
J'onn contemplates what all is about to transpire, "you will then most likely lash out like you did before against the girls." He theorizes.
Oliver looks at her, "what's the big deal?" He asks flatly.
"Which is why I should take it." She looks at J'onn, "so she doesn't have it all back."
Overgirl looks at Oliver. "Are you okay? Do you still think you are dreaming?" She asked carefully.
Looking at his wife, "I'm feeling fine... this is new to me so I'm curious naturally." Looking at all three Kara's he takes a deep breath, "why are there three? The Sorceress died in the room when I got rescued."
"I am not dead...yet." She told him. "Please, I don't even know your name. Will you release me so I can help her or not?" She looks at J'onn.
J'onn presses his lips together firmly, "yes... for Alex," he grabs for the cuffs and removes them while never taking his eyes off of her. "I am deeply sorry this happened to you... no one deserves being locked away in their own mind to have darkness take over a beautiful soul." He takes a step back and lifts up his rifle.
She nods, then walks over to the side of the bed again. She put both hands on the sides of Alex's head. She closes her eyes again, and concentrates
Kara tightens her grip on Eliza but is careful not to hurt her.
The Sorceress started to shake, they noticed a gold glow come off her, and Alex's body started to shake. "Quickly! Disconnect her from all electricity!" The Sorceress cried out while still in the middle of the transference.
Kara charges over faster than the nurses and removes all she asked.
They saw the gold turn black on the edges, and Alex had started glowing white.
"I am healing her head right now. She is in a sleep state, not unconscious and no coma." She stated, gritting her teeth taking the darkness.
Oliver watches and tries again to get a closer look, watching his wife and then looking at the now glowing Alex. His eyes darting around and curious about the new face, Eliza who looks familiar.
The gold was completely black now, the general stepped up fast. "Let her attack me J'onn, it's the only way to save her! If she doesn't transfer the extra energy it will consume her and you will have to shoot her!" She told him grabbing onto an arm.
The blackness was all around the Sorceress now, she screamed and pulled away from Alex, who stopped convulsing and lay peacefully on the bed.
J'onn grits his teeth, "it's your call Overgirl!" He shouts over the noise.
"It has to be me and it has to be now!"
She stood in front of the Sorceress. "You want a piece of me Scarface?" She said, trying to bolster her failing confidence.
"Do it!" He hates doing this to the other Kara but he hates the idea of having to kill one more.
Oliver pushes past the assistant to see more, wondering what this spectacle is. It fascinates and terrifies him at the same time.
The Sorceress stopped screaming and looked at her, her once blue eyes now very black.
"Oh Rao!" The general muttered, knowing this could be the death of her.
"You! I remember you! You attacked me!" She lunged for her, knocking her into a wall.
Kara reacts, grabbing the back of the Sorceress, pulling her arms back.
"You need to be somewhere else! Not here!" The general said scrambling to her feet. She super sped to the Sorceress and ran her out of the med bay into the hall way just before the observation room.
She ripped the Sorceress out of Kara's grip. "Stay back Supergirl I don't want you in the crossfire!"
J'onn lifts his gun, but can't get a shot off without shooting Supergirl. The Sorceress reacted too quickly for him. He watches Overgirl take the Sorceress out of there and curses to himself.
"Okay, blast me, give it your all Wizard!" She shouted at her, trying to raise her anger.
Looking at Eliza, "check on Alex, she can't handle this by herself!" She takes off ignoring Overgirl's order.
"I am not a wizard!" She screamed angrily.
"Kara no!" Eliza looks at J'onn "Dart her or something! We will lose her too!" She shouted at him.
J'onn takes off after Supergirl, "if someone can tranquilize Supergirl, do it!" He orders into his head set. Cursing Kryptonians for being faster than him.
Kara reaches the room with the Sorceress and Overgirl. "Everyone out!" She yells, watching Winn take cover.
"Well what are you then? A witch with a nasty scar?" She continued to taunt. She charged her, causing the Sorceress to send powerful electrical arcs into her. "Is that the best you can do?" Kara Queen snarled. Falling into a crouch, ready to charge her again.
An agent watching fascinated takes aim and fires at Supergirl, he gets her right in the shoulder. Kryptonite immediately takes her down.
Kara uses her heat vision on the Sorceress in the hopes of distracting her.
The Sorceress blasts Supergirl with her heat vision before she falls.
"Scarface! Come at me!" Kara yelled at the enraged Kryptonian. The two Kryptonians heat visioned each other, then the General getting close enough kicked her hard sending her flying into a wall. This was enough to explode the Sorceress, and she sent all the darkness she could raise. Turned it into wizard's fire, and threw it at Kara Zor-El Queen.
She immediately went down in the massive inferno.
Kara hit the far wall with the heat vision hit, pulling the dart out of her as she falls to her hands and knees.
Winn rushes to her side, "stay down!" He urges her as he sees she is mentally losing the fight.
J'onn gets into the room and shoots the two Kryptonians still standing with a few darts each.
The Sorceress immediately went down with her darts. The darts burnt up in the wizard fire still engulfing the other Kryptonian.
Kara Zor-El Queen cried out in agony, as she tried to put the flames out with her freeze breath.
"Cape..." Kara whispered before passing out.
Winn removes her cape and uses it on Overgirls body. Between the freeze breath and the cape, the flames were doused.
Kara looked cooked, but mainly her clothes burn off, her skin blackened, she was still alive. Her hair was strong as steel too, therefore other then turning black from the fire, it was still intact.
J'onn looks at the three, "get them all into med bay! Cuffs on Overgirl and the Sorceress! Move it people!" He watches the medical teams go into action and hurries back to check on Eliza and Alex and sees Oliver sitting on his bed now.
"Alex is breathing without the respirator!" Eliza cried happily.
J'onn gives a sigh of relief, "finally good news... I'm sorry this happened to Alex..." He looks at her as he moves to the other side of Alex's bed.
Dr. Luthor took charge of the Sorceress, while Hamilton cared for the other bad Kryptonian. Dr. Livingston stayed by Supergirl's side.
"You didn't know the magic would affect her the way it did. It's not your fault." Eliza told him.
"She is a hell of an agent, head strong like her sister, she was tranquilized," he says as he takes Alex's hand gently. "From what I've been told Kara's taken the hit on Alex personally," he watches the ladies get brought into med bay and looks down at Alex.
"Yes, I am glad your agents were able to stop her from being attacked." She places a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you J'onn for taking care of the girls. I'm sure. We'll have to keep her away from that Sorceress." She agreed.
D. Luthor placed the Sorceress on a bed with cuffs and restraints. She started examining her, after having her changed out of the robes she was in.
J'onn closes his eyes, "they don't make it easy," he smiles and looks at her, "I'll get you a chair to be comfy." He walks out of the room and checks on Dr. Livingston, "how's she look? Took a heat vision blast?"
Dr. Hamilton did the same, only Kara Queen was placed on a sun bed with restraints and kryptonite cuffs.
"Yes she did. She will be okay. I have her on the other sun bed so she should recover relatively quickly." She told J'onn. "Don't feel bad about darting her- you saved her life."
He nods, "good... good..." J'onn shakes his head, "I don't but she's going to hate me for keeping her out of the fight. And right now it seems to be a running theme. But its part of the job... making the hard decisions," he pats the doctor on the back before picking up a spare chair and bringing it to Eliza.
Dr. Livingston checked Kara Danvers' vitals. She was rapidly recovering on the sun bed. He put a lotion on the burns she had gotten from the heat vision. It was special topical cream to assist with healing her on the sun bed. He had a nurse change her out of her suit. He applied under her gown on her chest and torso where her worst burns were.
Dr. Livingston, though a certified psychiatrist, was also a medical doctor. He was happy to help when they had a full infirmary.
Kara Zor-El Queen laid on her sun bed going into shock under Dr. Hamilton's care.
Oliver had seen his wife carried in with medical sheets over her to shield her extensive burns. He bites his bottom lip, watching his wife and watching the doctors work. He sits up as he watches Dr. Hamilton go to work on her.
Eliza sat by Alex's bed. Waiting for her to wake up.
The assistants around her helped prep her, inserting the respirator on her to assist her breathing, IVs for fluids, and she was immediately swathed in sterile dressings.
Agent Vasquez walked over to Hamilton, as she had assisted carrying her in. "What is the prognosis for the General Doctor?" She asked quietly.
A nurse walks up to Oliver. Do you still think this is a dream? Your wife is not dead. She is alive over there on that sun bed. She risked her life for the Sorceress to live." She checked his vitals. "You are recovering well. That is a good sign. Lie back. You are not to get out of bed Oliver."
She handed him a food tray, "Eat up, you need to re-build your strength." She walked off for him to eat in peace.
He watches Vasquez with a mild curiosity, "but why?" He folds his hands on his lap, "I'll admit this is all new... but I'm not entirely convinced. Oh!" He claps his hands together, "when's my first therapy session?"
"Not sure. You will be informed when they start." She quickly answered before she left.
Dr. Livingston watched as Kara started to stir.
Kara Danver's eyes shoot open and she sits up immediately and this time stops herself from hitting the roof of the sun bed. "Geez!"
"J'onn, she is waking up." Livingston told him quietly. "Lie back down." The doctor told her.
She shakes her head and watches J'onn approach, "what the heck happened?" Sitting on the rim of the sun bed.
J'onn with his hands on his hips, "I didn't want you getting hurt so I authorized the agents to tranquilize you."
Moving to stand up, "what!" She looks at him angrily, "after over a day of hearing how risky the mission was going to be... that it would take both of us Kara's and Alex in a suit to take on the Sorceress you take me out of the fight?" She demands.
"Kara, you weren't 100 percent earlier, there's no telling-"
"I was hurt before going into the fight against the Sorceress J'onn! Alex and my twin tried to stop me but knowing the odds I stuck it out and Alex was the one that nearly died! Would you make up your mind!" She holds her arms out exasperated. "My twin wouldn't have been so badly burnt if you didn't tranquilize me! I would have handled the heat vision if you didn't tranquilize me!" She curses under her breath in kryptonian.
"Kara, lie back down!" Dr. Livingston ordered sternly.
J'onn listens to her, "Kara, I understand your frustrated... please, let's get you healed the rest of the way and have you-"
"No!" She shouts, her body shaking in anger, "I'm not going to lie down..." she turns to start walking backwards away from the two. "I'm going out... no one trusts me apparently." She turns and walks off.
"You need to calm down. J'onn followed your adopted Mother's request!" Dr. Livingston says.
Kara pauses in her steps, but then continues to go and grab a spare suit. Changing into it in a couple of seconds.
"Kara! You are not authorized to leave!" Dr. Hamilton told her, pulling her up. "Eliza didn't want you to get hurt! We all care about you! If you really want to leave, okay, but it was Eliza that didn't want you fighting, because she was scared to death for your safety. So ease up on that temper of your please." She told her eyeing her with hands on hips.
She pauses in her steps, "I could have made a difference and now my twin is healing from third degree burns... right now I just feel like I'm not being trusted or being held back or like I've let everyone down because I couldn't protect someone I love!" She says and a stray tear falls from her eyes.
Closing her eyes, "let me go please," she says more calmly.
"That's not it at all! We trust you, but we worry. Those two Kryptonians were trying to kill each other. We didn't want you in the middle." She explained . She let Kara go.
Shaking her head, "I was there... my twin was trying to get the Sorceress to unleash enough of her darkness onto her so she wouldn't revert back to being what we'd first encountered. I was trying to stop her from getting hurt further... at least I contacted Eliza about Alex," she looks over her shoulder at J'onn to make sure he knew it was pointed at him.
She knows he cares about her, but just like with a hospital she feels Eliza should have been called sooner about the both of them. Winn texts Lena about what has recently happened when he watches Kara fly by.
Dr. Hamilton goes back to work on Overgirl, having already inserted an IV for fluid plus painkiller. Removing dead skin to relieve pressure and improve the blood flow. She then soaks bandages in cool water before placing it over the healing tissue in the hopes that the bandages stick to her less when they need to be replaced.
She gently cleans the burned areas, one spot at a time with mild soap and water, and pat dries. Looking for any swelling or redness around the burn. Making sure not break closed blisters, due to the risk for infection. Applying cream or ointment to the burn with a cotton swab. Placing another freshly soaked bandage after each affected area is treated.
When she steps out she walks over to Dr. Livingston, "I'll be having my assistants replace the bandages often. I have to ask," she looks at J'onn who has approached as well. "Kara visited Alex earlier, before this all happened. She blames herself for Alex getting hurt so badly."
J'onn sighs, "I should have bumped up her therapy session... I hadn't spoken with her yet and I didn't know she was harbouring such guilt." He places his hands onto his hips, clearly not comfortable with the scenario. "She's been alone with her own thoughts for too long, with no one but you Dr. Hamilton to tell her otherwise and her major rock is still out."
"She has an appointment tomorrow. I hope she comes. She is very angry right now." Livingston told him.
The Sorceress Kara started to stir. She saw she was in a bed, restrained with belts and kryptonite cuffs. She groaned. She saw she was in a thin hospital gown, and nothing else. She saw a tall woman treating her. She knew she was attached to the same strange technology she had seen Alex on. She at least didn't have a tube down her throat. She was thankful for that.
Catching the movement, J'onn walks over to the Sorceress, "how're you feeling?" He asks concerned and wanting to see how much darkness had been removed from her.
"Why am I tied to this bed?" She asked tired. She pulled against them, but knew with the kryptonite it was futile as she was not strong enough. She sank her head deeper in her pillow in defeat.
"Because after you absorbed all of the darkness from our girl Alex you attacked the one who came after you," he answers and sees she's back to herself the way he'd met her. "We kept ours out of the fight but her twin, the one who you fought got burnt badly," he places a hand onto her arm. "This we can treat, you need to rest."
Lots of stuff happened... lots of fun to write! I hope you like how things are developing and things are going to take a turn... in the next chapter!
-SLITH/LVEZ