Maggie took off in her squad car as I raced overhead. Kara, I'm sorry. You were right. What I said was out of line. Maggie stated softly in the comms. "It's okay Maggie, you are just worried for Alex. I know how that feels." I brushed off, not entirely focused on what Maggie was saying. No, no. I shouldn't have gone after Lena like that. And I shouldn't have called her a monster. She isn't. I stayed silent, just focusing on getting to Ricky. And I also shouldn't have thought you would go against Alex like that. I just- I cut her off. "Maggie, I said it's fine. Besides, now isn't really the time to be talking about this. We don't need extra emotions between us while we get Malverne. And you shouldn't really be apologizing to me. Apologize to Lena." I stated. She knew I was right. Oh, okay.

I touched down just as Maggie pulled up. I waited patiently as she parked and jogged up to the door. Her eyes scanned me cautiously. "Ready?" I asked. She nodded and knocked on the door. "Rick Malverne, this is the NCPD. Open up." She called.

It was silent. I quickly scanned the house, and saw a no one inside. Actually, there was nothing at all. I kicked the door down. Maggie and I entered the empty house and began to search for clues. Maggie had her gun in her hands as she turned down a different hallway. I went through a door by the back of the house and saw a bunch of monitors. There were four camera angles, and I could see Alex trapped in a box. "Maggie!" I called.

I heard Maggie jog to me. "Oh god, Alex!" She cried in relief. I leaned over and tried to talk to Alex, but no avail. "It won't work without the passcode." A new voice said. Maggie and I turned around to see Ricky standing in the doorway. "Kara Danvers." He purred. An odd sensation rolled through my body as I saw Ricky there. Chills ran up my arms and my head throbbed slightly, but I stood strong. "Ricky." He smiled, but happiness wasn't behind it. "No, actually, It's just Rick now." His eyes looked over my body. "Geez, I haven't seen you since graduation. You look great." I rushed over to his side and picked him up by the collar. "Where is Alex?" He looked down at me, only slightly terrified as I held him in the air.

"You break my father out of prison yet?" He asked. "You know that she can't do that." Maggie added. Rick's eyes glanced over to Maggie. "Oh, yes. Detective Sawyer. You're the one who roped in Alex. It's funny, I never thought that Alex would play for the other team. You know that she used to have a crush on me?"

I felt my eyes burn. "Tell me where she is." I demanded. "That's so much cooler up close." He smiled again before it turned into a frown. "That's not how this works Kara. I have the upper-hand. You listen to me, or your sister dies." He stated coolly. I dropped him from my grip and I stopped my heat vision. "Let us talk to her." Maggie stated. "I mean, if it gets you to play ball-" He trailed off and typed in some code that I couldn't see. "Alex?" Maggie and I called.

Alex's head whipped around and looked at the camera. "Kara? Maggie? It's Ricky! Ricky Malverne! He kidnapped me!" She cried. "We know. We're with him right now. Are you okay?" Maggie asked.

"Where are you?" I added.

Alex looked around. "I-I don't know! I'm fine! Use my tracker!" She declared. "We can't, it's offline-" Rick reached over. "Okay, that's enough."

"No! No! Wait! Alex, we'll find you!"

The audio was cut off. I could see Alex banging on the glass walls and screaming to get out. Suddenly, the computers all died. "Okay, I've had enough of this." I twisted his arm behind his back. Maggie cuffed him and led Rick to her squad car. We headed back to the DEO.

Some agents took Rick away from us. Maggie looked over to me, seeming like she wanted to continue the conversation from earlier, but I walked over to Winn before she had the chance. "Any clues as to why Lex would recruit Rick to work with him?" I asked. Winn looked up from his screen. "Unfortunately, no. I've searched almost everything I can to see if there is any link between the two of them, but nothing." He huffed. "Keep looking." I turned to walk away, but he placed his hand on my shoulder. "It'll be okay, Kara. We'll get her back." His eyes watched me sympathetically.

"I know." I answered sharply. I marched past Winn and Maggie to the interrogation rooms. "How did you know I was Supergirl?" I asked as Maggie and I entered the room with Rick. "That day at the beach. Before you started wearing glasses. Back then, I had no idea that Alex would end up playing for the other team, so to speak. I was just happy she showed up on the date. Then there was a crash. And Alex's kid sister walked away without a scratch. People at school said it was adrenaline, but, uh-" Maggie cut him off.

"But you didn't believe that." She finished. Rick's eyes landed on me with wonder. "I saw Kara Danvers do something amazing. And it stayed with me." He leaned back in his chair. "I knew Kara was living in National City, and then Supergirl showed up in National City. I put two and two together. I knew it was you." He answered.

I stared at him with confusion. "What happened to you? I remember when Alex had the chicken pox, I was eating lunch by myself. You came and sat with me." I recalled. "I was 14. And I didn't have the nice house or the perfect family that you and your sister had."

Anger flared in my stomach. "You think we had it easy? You have no idea what Alex sacrificed for me. Or what I was going through!" I yelled. He scoffed. "Why, because you had to hide your superpowers? I was hiding bruises! Do you have any idea what it's like to have your mother tell you that you're garbage every single night? A belt whenever you had the wrong opinion? And then I found a lifeline. A dad that my mom kept from me. And he saved me from her and he moved me away from Midvale. And even though he was always struggling, he always made sure there was food on the table and he got me enough money to go to college. And then three years ago, the state took him away from me." He stated.

"Your father killed two people." I pointed out. "And he confessed." Maggie added on. He rolled his eyes. "They had it coming. And now I'm going to rescue him like he rescued me." He smirked before looking down at his watch. "I can't believe that we're still talking about me! You have 24 hours and 11 minutes." I glared at him. Rick leaned forward. "Come on, Kara, show us some of that rah-rah Midvale High spirit. Free my dad! Or your sister dies!" He shouted.

That was the last straw. I raced forward and flung the table out of my way. I pinned Rick to the wall by his neck. All he did was smirk at me and hold onto my shoulder for some relief on the pressure I was applying. "Oh man, you use half this much gusto in springing my dad, you'll have your sister back for game night." He teased playfully.

"Kara! We're done here." Maggie's voice stated from behind me. I waited an extra second before dropping him to the ground. I walked back to Maggie's side.

"Hey. You know what'll be fun? Finding out which one of you loves her more. Honestly, I wouldn't know where to place my bet." My nose flared as it brought back what Maggie said earlier about Alex and Lena. I clenched my jaw and left the room. Just before the door closed, I heard Rick murmur, "Go Stallions."

I started to walk away from the interrogation room. "Kara, hey!" Maggie called, and she jogged up to my side. "Don't let him get in your head." She stated. "He's not." I answered shortly. She placed a hand on my shoulder. "It'll be fine." She reassured. I pulled away from her hand and anger flared inside my body like acid.

"I wish that everyone will stop saying that! Alex is kidnapped! Lex Luthor has my sister! This is the same guy that has had a vendetta against me and my cousin for as long as I can remember! He's almost killed Kal twice before! Who knows what he is doing to Alex! Who knows if he'll actually give her back after we do this? Lex can kill her! And if anything happens, that's on me! I brought this to her life!" I ranted angrily. The anger settled a little as I finally registered the terror on Maggie's face.

I hadn't noticed that she had taken a step away from me. Regret replaced the anger. "I'm- going to go." I stated and turned away quickly. I passed by the agents without getting a second glance from anyone. Stay calm Kara. I jumped into the sky.

As I hovered over National City, I heard a cry for help. I landed down harshly, and the concrete buckled under me. There, two men were trying to abduct a girl in an alleyway. Chills went through my spine and my hands tingled. "Oh hell no." I growled. The two men turned their attention to me. The girl ran off and away from their twisted intentions. "Supergirl!" Their faces blanched as I walked over. Anger boiled in my body again and my eyes lit up.

Terror was radiating off their bodies. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I grumbled. They cowered down to the ground. "No, please! Please! We're sorry, please." One man pleaded. "Sorry doesn't cut it." I deadpanned. I got closer to the men and was ready to attack when someone spoke. "Supergirl! Wait!" I glanced to my left and saw Mon-El landing down from a leap. "What do you want?" I snapped. "They submitted, don't hurt them." He stated.

"They were going to kidnap that girl. Who knows what pain they were going to inflict on that girl or her family." I pointed out. "That doesn't mean you get to act like judge, jury, and executioner." Mon-El refuted. I exhaled quickly. "Fine, take them to NCPD headquarters." I stated before flying off.

The day wore on and it soon turned into night. Exhaustion set in and I flew back to my apartment. I glided down through the window and into my bedroom. I quickly changed out of my suit. I walked into my kitchen and I saw Lena closing the refrigerator door with a glass of water in her other hand.

She glanced over her shoulder. "Hey babe. How was patrol?" She asked. I exhaled. "Fine. Mon-El got in the way though." I stated heatedly. Lena turned to face me. Her eyes calculated me for a second before walking over. "What did he do?" She asked. "He stopped me from taking down some criminals." I answered. "That's not all, is it?" She pressed.

I clenched my jaw. "They were going to kidnap a helpless girl. I was going to teach them to never commit a crime again, otherwise there would be serious consequences. Instead, Mon-El took them to the NCPD headquarters." I answered. Lena immediately understood that I did not like the close association of the girl's almost kidnapping had with Alex being taken. She rubbed my arm. "Don't worry Kara, we'll get her back." She stated. "I know that, but I don't want to jeopardize anyone else."

"You won't. Everything will turn out fine."

I huffed. "How can you say that?" I asked. She raised her eyebrow. "What?" She seemed confused. "How can you say that everything will turn out fine?" I repeated. Her eyebrows scrunched together. "Because I believe in you, Kara." I laughed and confusion embedded itself further on her face. "What are you laughing at?" Her voice had an edge to it. "Oh please, belief? That's what you're basing it on? You say you believe in me, when you can barely believe in yourself. So how am I supposed to think that we'll get Alex back safely?" Anger bubbled in the pit of my stomach, but it cooled almost instantly.

Lena's eyes widened before narrowing slightly at me. "Okay, I don't really know what's going on, or what's making you say this, but I'm going to think that it's from all this extra stress about Alex being kidnapped." She brushed off my words and started to walk away.

I grabbed her arm. The anger in my stomach was cooled, but I could still taste it on my tongue. "No, I want you to hear me on this, Lena. I don't want you believing in anyone else. No one else, until you start believing in yourself. I'm tired of hearing you tear yourself down just because your last name happens to be Luthor. Stop it. You deserve so much more that what this life has offered you so far." Lena studied me. At first, she seemed hurt by my words. Her unreadable green eyes seemed to be searching my soul, trying to find out where these words were coming from. They tried to be authoritative and get me to crack, but I didn't falter under her gaze. The words must've sunk in more as she realized what I was trying to say. Tears glinted in her eyes, but never fell. "Kara." She breathed. "Please, Lena. Believe in yourself first." I whispered. She nodded. I gave her a small smile. She leaned in and kissed me lightly before heading off to sleep.

I stayed in the kitchen and made a cup of coffee as I knew that I couldn't go to sleep. I wouldn't, not until Alex was safe. I sat on the stool for a good couple of hours, even after I finished my coffee. I absentmindedly ran my index finger around the rim of the empty mug as my mind wandered.

It was around 3 am when I finally went to lay down next to Lena. As if she knew that I was going to lay next to her, she rolled over and grabbed onto my waist. I still couldn't fall asleep, but listening to her heartbeat calmed me down slightly.

I must've drifted off because I woke up a few hours later, wrapped in warmth. Lena's head was just under my chin. Her left arm was laying on my side, holding me ever so gently. My left arm was under her neck and sticking out behind her. I could feel her steady breath lightly moving my t shirt. Her dark hair shone with the light that was peaking through my curtains. Light "No!" I pulled away from Lena's embrace. It's morning! I reached over to my phone.

There was a text message from Winn that was sent a few hours ago. Kara, I have a lead on Alex.

"Something wrong?" Lena asked. "Yes, Winn got a lead on Alex hours ago. I got to go." I stated before taking off.

Maggie, J'onn, and Mon-El were in the control room with Winn and some other agents. Mon-El eyed me warily. "I've been decrypting a software update request from one of our trackers." Winn stated. "And the system's not recognizing the IP address." Vasquez reported. "Looks like a hack." Maggie offered as she stared at the screen. "Should I kill it?" Vasquez asked. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. That's- Alex! She, she- she couldn't get a signal out, so she wired herself into the camera!" Winn stated gleefully.

"Which means we only have to find the location of the camera's IP address, right?" Maggie asked. J'onn nodded. "Alex, you beautiful human! This is next level!" Winn chirped as he typed away. "Got it!" He shouted.

"How?" Mon-El asked. "It's a ping from her subdermal tracker." Winn answered. "She's not far." Maggie noticed on the map. "I'm going." I stated. "Wait, Kara, that might not be smart." J'onn pointed out. My mind was sent reeling, unable to comprehend what J'onn said, and what it seemed like everyone else in the room supported. I smiled almost nervously and shifted my weight. I waited an extra second to see if I heard him correctly. It couldn't have been right.

"I'm not going to wait until Lex harms Alex. Or changes his demands." I stated. J'onn gave a disapproving stare, which solidified my disbelief of what he said moments earlier. "I'm doing this, with, or without the DEO's help." I asserted. Mon-El's once wary gaze turned into a hard-suspicious glare. "Kara-" Maggie started. "No, I don't want to hear anything that comes out of your mouth right now, Maggie. I don't really give a fuck what you think. The last time you spoke to me, I do believe that you thought that I was 'siding' with the Luthors. I'm not. And I'm going to save my sister. Unlike what you are planning to do. Which is nothing." I verbalized. J'onn took a step closer to me.

"Kara." He spoke quietly. My eyes shot over to him. "Whaat?" I drew out. "Maybe you should sit this one out." He stated. I took in a breath. "I think that you're too close to this. Your emotions are controlling you. You need to calm down." J'onn elaborated. "No! Lex has my sister! I won't rest until I have her back! There is nothing you can do to stop me." I declared.

Suddenly, a strong force hit me, and I slid away from the group. I looked up to see Mon-El standing where I stood. I pulled myself up and got ready to fight. "You can't stop me, you stuck-up frat boy." I purred dangerously. "Kara, you don't want to do this. You're not acting rationally." Mon-El stated as he got closer. "Oh, I am. It's all of you that aren't. We have a chance to go and save Alex from Lex! And none of you are seizing the opportunity!" I argued.

Mon-El got close enough to me and I swung. My fist connected with his jaw and he was sent flying backwards. "Kara! Stand down!" J'onn commanded and everyone took cover. Mon-El raced back over and swung at me. I ducked and swiped at his feet. He fell to the ground. I placed my knee on his chest, holding him down. "Kara, please!" Mon-El begged. I landed one solid punch before another force hit me. I was tackled to the ground and pinned there. I looked up to see J'onn's Martian form. "Let go of me!" I shouted. I brought J'onn up into the air, before pushing back down and letting him hit the ground first.

He groaned and released me. Mon-El attacked me from behind and held me in a head lock. I flipped him over my shoulder. He slammed down on the ground. There was a blast and I fell to the ground. Before I blacked out, saw Winn holding a gun above me, and it glowed. Bright green.

Bum bum bummmmm! Whoa what? Kara vs Mon-El and J'onn (and Winn)? What is going on with you?

Haha hey guys! Sorry about the delay in updating this story. Right now, I'm on day number 4 of a 6 day straight basketball tournament. It's super tiring and it doesn't help that we have to play in gyms super far from our college Like 2 hours one way, and not including traffic. Gross. And let's not mention the holidays! Geez, this really is the busiest time of the year.

Slightly bad news, but I don't know if I'll be able to update a lot or any at all for the next two weeks. Seriously the day after Christmas I have another tournament until I think New Years Eve (ugh). I'll try to update before then, but I can't promise anything. Thank you all so much for your continuous support! If I don't update before next year, I just want to say is have a happy and safe Holiday and I love you all! ~Raya Kor-El