"What's going on?" Superman asked flying into the control room as he saw concerned faces around him.

"Her earpiece is offline. I can't track it." Winn said, waving his hands helplessly.

"Try again." Alex ordered, running her hand through her hair in frustration.

"I've already tried ten times." Winn countered. "It's not working."

"Alex, please. You're hurt. You need to calm down." Jeremiah said gently.

"Jeremiah." Superman called perplexed when he noticed him, standing there safe and sound.

"J'onn, tell me she's there." Alex pleaded, hoping Kara was still at the Cadmus base.

"I can't see her. Are you sure she came back here?" J'onn answered through his earpiece.

"She was going to, but now I'm not so sure."

"Are you talking about my cousin?" Superman asked before looking around and when he couldn't see Kara he asked, concerned. "Isn't she still in Midvale?"

"No, Cadmus've tricked us into thinking that they'd captured you." Alex explained. "She was trying to get back there to save you and now she's missing."

"I'm sorry. I should have known better than to leave you alone." Superman apologized.

"I'll show you to their base. We have to help look for her." Alex said limping to his side.

"Kara wouldn't want you there when you're hurt." Superman said gently. "I can see you're in pain."

"And I don't want her to end up as a guinea pig for Cadmus." Alex argued upset.

"I won't let that happen." He reassured shaking his head.

"You've already said that once." Alex pointed out.

"I know." Superman said feeling guilty.

"I'm sorry, it's not your fault. It's mine. I knew she was still weak, but I let her go anyway."

The debate was interrupted by J'onn flying into the DEO.

"I'm sorry. The building is empty."

"Are you certain?" Superman asked.

"Yes.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked when Superman walked over to one of the DEO's computers.

"I'm checking her location."

"I've already tried. Her earpiece must have been disabled." Winn informed him.

"I know." Superman said before he admitted. "I had planted a tracker into her cape before I left."

"I was worried about her." He added feeling guilty for invading her privacy.

"Anything?" Alex asked coming closer, not questioning his actions.

"The Arctic?" He said looking at the screen with confusion.

"Are you sure it's working properly?" Alex asked confused and concerned. "They couldn't have taken her that far in such a short time. She must have flown there herself."

"Yeah, that's weird. We have to check it out, now." Superman urged.

"I'm coming with you." Alex said.

"You can't go there. It's too dangerous." Jeremiah warned.

"He's right. You are in no condition to be travelling." J'onn added firmly.

"We won't give up until we find her." Superman promised, gently squeezing her shoulder.

"Let's go." J'onn ordered before flying toward the location, with Superman shadowing him.

"It doesn't make any sense." Winn said after they'd gone.

"And why wouldn't she tell us where she's going." Alex wondered out loud.

"What if Cadmus have contacted her again?"

"Dad, do you know if they -" Alex started to say only to realize Jeremiah was not in the conference room anymore. "Dad?"

"Hey, hey I think you should go and rest for a bit." Winn suggested holding her up when she started to sway.

"Not until Kara is back." Alex insisted stubbornly. "And I need to talk to my father. Maybe he has any idea if there is another Cadmus base nearby the Arctic."

"J'onn and Superman will let us know when they find anything." Winn reassured. "And I promise to ask your dad if he knows anything. Go get some rest."

"Fine." Alex reluctantly agreed. "I'll be in my lab."


"Doctor Danvers?" Winn called when he noticed him sitting in one of the DEO's labs.

"Are you feeling okay?" Winn asked when Jeremiah didn't respond.

"I'm fine." He answered distracted.

"In that case, I have a guestion." Winn said and after Jeremiah nodded his head, he continued. "Do you have any idea if Cadmus may be hiding somewhere near the Arctic?"

"I don't." Jeremiah responded without a second thought. When he fell silent Winn prodded. "Are you sure? If Kara had been taken, they could-"

"I'm sure." He said standing up before Winn could finish. "I have to go back to my daughter." Jeremiah added walking out of the room, leaving Winn wondering why he was acting so indifferent.


"There's nothing here." J'onn said looking around while light snow was falling.

"I'm sure the tracker is working properly." Superman said. "We have to keep looking."

"Over there." J'onn shouted when he noticed something buried under snow. "I've got something."

"What is it?" Superman asked coming closer as J'onn picked it up.

"It's Kara's cape." J'onn said, shook, when he noticed it was covered in blood.

"She's no where nearby." Superman informed after using his x-ray vision. "There's no one here but us."

"The area is huge. We have to keep looking."


"Honey, please sit down." Jeremiah pleaded while Alex was pacing the room.

"It's been five hours." Alex said upset. "What's taking so long."

"They'll be back soon."

"Dad, you know what Luthor is capable of." Alex said nervously. "How can you be so calm?"

"Because I know that you're here with me." Jeremiah admitted taking her hand. "And I'm here for you now."

"I know." Alex smiled squeezing his hand.

"They're on their way back." Winn announced, peeking into the room a second later.

"They?" Alex hopefully asked.

"Superman and J'onn." Winn clarified, disappointed.

Alex ignored her pain and rushed to them when they flew back into the DEO.

"Is that-? Alex asked feeling dread when she saw J'onn holding, what seemed to be, a red cape.

"I'm sorry." J'onn said handing her the cape.

"We're going to fly back there and look again." Superman assured when he saw panic in Alex's eyes.

"Did you find anything else?" Winn asked, his voice cracking.

"Not yet. But the area is huge. It's easy to miss something."

"We have to get a chopper out there." Alex said. "I'm coming with you."

"Alex, it's freezing cold for you out there." J'onn argued.

"How could we let that happen?" Alex asked after a minute of silence.

"It's my fault." Superman admitted before chastising himself. "I should have been here."

"We're going to find her." J'onn promised hugging Alex when he saw a stray tear falling down her cheek while she was clinging to her sister's cape.

"Maybe it's not her blood." Winn said trying to sound hopeful.

"Yeah. I, I have to run a few tests." Alex said wiping her tears.

TBC


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