A/N I'm glad you're enjoying the story :) Also, I will try to update again tomorrow.
"Is everything okay?" Jeremiah asked when Alex entered the room with his cell.
"What's wrong, honey?" He added when his daughter kept quiet, staring at the floor.
"Tell me where Kara is." The Agent demanded sternly, looking up at her father.
"I don't-"
"Stop lying."
"Alex, I know you're disappointed in me, but I didn't think you would accuse me of hiding something like that from you."
"Why would you insist on keeping the jacket with you, even though you don't need it in here."
"I thought I'd be allowed to go out with my family sometimes." Jeremiah confessed, making Alex question their accusations.
"Where did you disappeare to when Kara went missing?" Alex prodded.
"I felt guilty that I couldn't protect her." Jeremiah sadly admitted. "I needed to be alone."
Alex stood there looking into her father's loving eyes. Trying to keep her emotions in check she started pacing back and forth. Eliza watching the situation unfold from outside, decided to intervene when she noticed how lost Alex was getting.
"Mom, I told you to wait outside." Alex said when Eliza entered the room.
"I know. But I can't help but feel like he's hiding something." Eliza whispered, fully aware of how this situation has affected her daughter. "I want to be here with you."
"I know you have lost faith in me, but I'm telling the truth." Jeremiah insisted.
"No, you're not." Eliza argued shaking her head as she came closer to him. "Where is Kara?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know or you don't want to tell us?"
"Why do you care so much?" Jeremiah finally asked. "That alien's destroyed our family. I just want us to be together again, without that intruder."
"Where is my daughter?" Eliza asked once the initial shock has passed.
"We only have one daughter. And she is here with us. That pretender will never bother us again."
"It's Cadmus talking, not you." Alex said shook. "What have they done to you?"
"They've only made me realize what a mistake I had made letting that alien into our home. We could've been so happy, but it's not too late."
"The father I know had shown compassion and sympathy, and didn't hesitate to sacrifice himself in order to keep us safe, to keep Kara safe." Alex reminded him, trying to reason with her father.
"I will never be so naive again."
"What have they done to you to make you so hateful." Eliza asked, appalled.
"If she hadn't corrupted you, you would see for yourselves how much damage she had done." Jeremiah said.
"There was never a shapeshifter out there. You were the one who had attacked Kara." Alex concluded.
"I'd do anything to keep you and your mother safe. I love you so much." Jeremiah confessed.
"If you love me you will tell me where my sister is." Alex said.
"You know she's happy to pay back for everything we've done for her."
"She doesn't owe us anything!" Eliza shouted, her patience running out. "All she ever wanted was to help. She's a beacon of light and hope for many of us." Eliza continued before stating more gently. "She's our daughter."
"Dad, please. Tell us before it's too late." Alex pleaded hoping this approach would be more effective.
"They won't let me stay if I tell you."
"You're safe here. We won't let anything happen to you." Alex promised.
"Jeremiah?" Eliza called when he seemed to be considering if he should reveal the truth.
"Do you even still care about me?" Jeremiah asked in a soft voice.
"Of course we care about you, dad." Alex promised walking up to the cell before putting her hand against the glass. "And I know that deep down you still care about Kara. I know that no one, not even Cadmus, would be able to divide our family."
"Can't you see that alien is the one who has broken our family?"
"Agent Danvers, can I speak to you?" J'onn asked poking his head into the room.
"You should let me try. I can show your father his memories with Kara." J'onn suggested.
"You can do that?"
"Yes." J'onn confirmed, recalling the time when he showed his father his own memory of his daughters while on Mars.
"But you can't read his mind." Alex pointed out confused.
"No, but I can show him one of your memories, or your mother's."
"Okay, let's do this."
"Alex, wait." J'onn grabbed her arm to stop her, before assuring her gently. "You know your father loves Kara. Luthor must have done something to him to make him act this way."
Just try to focus on what you would like me to show." J'onn instructed looking at Eliza.
"Kara, where are you going?" Eliza asked when she caught Kara with her backpack, trying to run away from home in the middle of the night.
"Kara?" She repeated when her foster daughter kept guiet.
"I'm leaving." Kara finally admitted.
"Leaving where?" Eliza asked her voice full of worry.
"I don't know."
"You're not going anywhere." Eliza said sternly. "Your home is here."
"No it's not! My home is gone." Kara countered angrily. "You just took pity on me."
"Honey, why would you say that?" Eliza asked walking up to her.
"Because it's the truth." Kara said her eyes filling with tears. "You will be better off without me."
"Kara wait!" Jeremiah exclaimed as Kara was about to open the door.
"Kara, we know we can never replace your family and we would never try to do that." Jeremiah tried to convince her. "I know you feel overwhelmed and lost right now. But running away won't solve anything. It will only make you feel more lonely."
"We can't promise you that your pain will just disappear. It won't." Jeremiah confessed coming closer and kneeling down to look her in the eyes. "But we can promise you that you will never have to deal with everything on your own. You will never be alone."
"Do you, do you really mean that?" Kara asked her voice full of doubt.
"Of course we do." Eliza reassure as they both hugged her.
"But, but Alex hates me so much." Kara whispered looking down.
"She just needs time." Jeremiah reassured her. "You both do."
"Kara never told me about that." Alex confessed after watching the flashback.
"Dad?" The Agent called, hoping to get some reaction from her father.
"We should have let her go." He finally said, making everyone lose hope in getting any information out of him.
"This is pointless." Alex said frustrated.
"I swear to God, if you ever want to see any of us in here, you will tell us where Kara is." Eliza warned harshly.
"You will always take her side, won't you." Jeremiah said dejectly.
"Family is not about sides." Alex pointed out. "Either tell us what we want to know, or never leave this cell."
"Dad, please." She added more gently when Jeremiah was still hesitating.
TBC
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