Alex was clumsily balancing on her Ducati, her fingers gripped tightly around the handlebars. No matter how hard she tried to keep everything under control, alcohol was still taking over her senses. Alex knew that she shouldn't drive like this, she had countless conversations about this with Maggie however this was a special situation. Alex had nightmares often, she was used to them but what was happening in her mind now was even worse. Everytime she closed her eyes she saw Maggie and every time she managed to fall asleep she dreamt about Maggie. The difference was that her dreams weren't bad or scary; Her mind was replaying all the good moments but when Alex's woke up the pain sitting on her chest got much worse knowing that she couldn't get those moments back.
So the agent decided to do the one thing she always did before she met the detective. She got on her bike and made her way over to Kara's place. Alex could feel the tears slowly flooding her eyes. Streets were almost empty thanks to the heavy rain. The bike swayed dangerously, forcing Alex to slow down. Suddenly she felt very aware of her actions, of what she told Kara. Feeling of guilt only doubled, but she knew that Kara will help. Even after that. Alex rarely bothered anyone with her problems, so it was safe to say that her sister would kill for the opportunity to help.
She parked the bike and took a few deep breaths, taking her helmet off. The drops of rain were racing down on her leather jacket, Alex watched them for a few seconds before walking over to the door. She didn't get to the door before a loud noise of shattering glass filled the otherwise silent night. Her hand automatically reached for the gun. Unfortunately, her fingers found only an empty holster. As she scolded herself for being unarmed, a loud thud behind her caught her attention.
"K-Kara?" She gasped quietly, watching her sister getting back on her feet.
"Alex!" The Kryptonian squealed in surprise, her blue eyes wide open in shock. "You...you have to stay down here okay? Promise me, that you'll stay down here!"
"Little Danvers…" Maggie smiled back at Kara. Her voice was different.
"I...I don't understand…" She carefully stepped over the food on the floor, taking a few steps towards her visitor, "I saw...I saw your body there...you were...well...definitely not alive."
"That wasn't me…" The cop scoffed sadly, "Roulette had a shapeshifter under her control...so I guess...that was her body."
"How did you escape?" The blonde walked into the kitchen, taking a glass of water; her eyes not leaving Maggie, "What did they do to you? Did you see who was behind this?"
"Uh...they took some blood samples from me...and from you..."
"Why didn't you go to see Ale-What?!" Kara clenched her jaw, worried about what Cadmus will do with it.
"When you were passed out..." The cop explained, watching Supergirl's eye getting wider and wider.
"That's not good Maggie, we have to...call the DEO and let J'onn know." She reached for her phone, but the detective stopped her.
"Kara...there is something else we have to talk about."
"I'm pretty sure it can wait...I have to call J'onn...and Alex." Kara paced towards the window, looking down on the street, "Oh Rao, Maggie if you would see Alex those past few days...I tried to help. She was just so broke-"
Before Kara could realize what was happening, her body smashed through the window and she was falling down. The Kryptonian could swear that she saw her sister right before she hit the ground, but that wasn't possible, Alex couldn't be here. The voice that rang through the street few seconds after that brought her out of error.
"K-Kara?" It was relatively quiet, if she wouldn't have super hearing, she would probably miss it. Her eyes followed the voice and soon she saw older Danvers leaning back on the wall near the door. Supergirl tentatively glanced up to the broken window, she saw Maggie standing right there and her eyes, her eyes filled with the orange glow. 'Just like when I use the...fuck' It wasn't hard to put it together. Kara realized that her sister was still staring at her, but so was Maggie.
"Alex!" She called out loud enough, making sure that the detective knew that she wasn't alone. Split second after that she knew that was a mistake. Apparently, Alex had no gun and she still wasn't exactly sober. The Kryptonian quickly jumped to her side, grabbing her shoulders and forcing the eye contact, "You...you have to stay down here, okay? Promise me, that you'll stay down here!"
"B-but Kara..." Her heart clenched when she noticed that Alex was crying, "I-I need help..."
"Oh Alex..." She whispered, the tears already stinging in her eyes. Kara considered her options, she didn't feel good with leaving Alex down here, but she couldn't stay, "Look...Alex, look at me..." She waited till her sister did what she asked her to, "I'll take care of this quickly, okay? I need to take care of this." Alex was just nodding and sobbing frantically, but Kara knew that she understood.
The Kryptonian gave her sister last apologetic smile and flew back up. She landed in the middle of her living room. Maggie took of her leather jacket and threw it on the couch, scoffing mockingly at the hesitation that was written all over Supergirl's face. Kara didn't know what to do. It was obvious, that she could defeat Maggie, she wasn't worried about that. What was making her unspeakably nervous, was hurting the detective in the fight. Before she could prepare, her back hit the wall on the other side of the apartment. Strong fingers tightened around her neck, cutting the oxygen.
"Maggie...this isn't you..." Kara growled, still holding back.
"Do you remember? When you held me like this? Not really comfortable, huh?"
"Please..."
The grip weakened a little, just enough to allow one deep breath. Supergirl didn't wait for the next opportunity. She landed a punch to Maggie's stomach and the cop stumbled back; releasing her. It took only a second before Kara flew through the whole flat, crashing through the wall again. This time she managed to gather herself quickly after the unexpectedly strong hit, leaving her floating next to the broken wall. Clearly Maggie wasn't playing and no matter how much Kara didn't like the idea, she'll have to use her powers to win. She dodged the orange glow at the last moment; throwing away her glasses. Her heat vision hit Maggie's next attempt. Since this power was new to Maggie, Supergirl quickly overcome the weak beam of light coming from the detective and the intensity of Kryptonian power hit her opponent directly into the chest.
The cop ended in the wreckage of the apartment door in the hallway. Kara quickly closed the distance between them; her only intention to check if she'd caused major injuries. It was one thing that Maggie died when she was kidnapped by Cadmus, killing her was something that Alex would never forgive her; even though it didn't appear Maggie was trying to kill her.
Alex was sitting behind the big car few metres away from the place where Kara landed. Her breathing was ragged, but she still managed to hold all the sobs inside. The noises of intense fight was echoing through the street accompanied by the yelling of roughly woken civilians. She should probably help them get to safety, she should probably help Kara, but Alex couldn't move. Whoever her sister was fighting, it will have to work out without the agent's help. Another loud crash and shattering glass startled Alex. She tried to peek out and get at least some informations about the situation. All she saw was her sister hovering around the windows to her apartment. Alex noticed few people running towards her from the building where Kara lived. The alcohol was still circulating in her body, she closed her eyes and took a couple of deep breaths. Those people needed help and there was no one else who could do that.
"Hey!" Her voice was shaking, "This way..." Alex pointed to the street leading further away from the fight. People followed her lead without hesitation. Before Alex could go with them, she saw three more silhouettes in the dust that was now settling down in the street. It was an old woman with two kids. Crying reached Alex's ears instantly, she sprinted to its source; her body ferociously fighting off the effects of the alcohol. Since she was the best DEO agent, at least according to J'onn, she didn't need to think about what to do next. Her arm locked around one of the kids, picking him up and reaching for the other one. Alex quickly glanced up and to her surprise there was a blue and red blur moving fast towards them. Only it wasn't on purpose. Kara was falling down directly at their location. Alex gulped and clutched the kids closer to her; knowing that there is no time to move. She tilted her head down, expecting the impact. The woman next to them exhaled intensely, causing Alex to look up. Supergirl was right above them, smiling down at her sister, but the smile didn't quite reach her eyes. They were lucky that the Kryptonian wasn't knocked out, but if Alex could read her sister's face correctly, and she always could, Kara wasn't as lucky as they were. Without another word, she flew back up and Alex urged the woman to move; both kids in her arms now.
Kara kneeled down next to Maggie, to check for injuries. To her surprise, the only things she could see was a small cut on the cop's forehead, bleeding heavily. She reached out to clean the blood, but as soon as she touched the soft skin, the huge brown eyes opened and Kara received a vigorous punch to her chest. The detective seemed oblivious to the fact that blood was now covering half of her face. She jumped towards Supergirl and grabbed her shirt. At the same time Kara dodged backwards and the purple fabric was left in Maggie's hand; revealing the Supergirl suit under the shirt. The Kryptonian didn't wait, she got rid of the rest of her normal clothes and flew directly into the woman in front of her, pinning her to the wall. One of her arms settled under Maggie's chin, the other holding her hands up above her head. She smirked as the cop tried to escape her grip. Kara was holding her firmly, not enough to choke her, but enough to reduce the amount of oxygen.
"Kara..." Maggie whined, her voice suddenly small and scared, "Kara...help me."
"What?"
"I can't...control it..." Tears started falling down from the cop's eyes and Kara started to think that she understands what was happening.
"Maggie, you...you have to focus. Focus on my voice." She waited for a couple of seconds before continuing, "Take a deep breath...that's good...just keep focusing on my voice and breathe." With that she removed the arm from Maggie's neck and smiled softly when the detective didn't attack her again. Supergirl reluctantly let go completely. Maggie stretched her neck and grinned in her direction. Only it wasn't the nice dimpled grin as Kara was used to, it was the evil, smug smirk. The one she didn't really want to see. 'Oh Rao...'
Kara ducked down when Maggie made her move. Detective's leg swung through the air, right where Supergirl's head was only a moment ago. Kara kicked Maggie's leg, causing her to fall back down. The Kryptonian straddled her, but when she was about to hit her opponent, she hesitated. It was only a fraction of second, but it was enough for Maggie to push her further away. Supergirl didn't have a chance to react, thanks to the gap between their bodies, the cop managed to bend her legs in one swift motion and kick Kara into the stomach. The blonde gasped for air as she flew through the apartment, Maggie was right behind her, giving her one more punch, sending Kara down to the street again.
The cold air played with Kara's hair as she was once again falling down, but this time it was different. She could feel that Maggie's hit wasn't as strong as before. This was her chance to end it, she tumbled in the air several times, before catching her balance back. Kara looked down, her eyes wide in horror when she realized that she almost smashed her sister and couple of kids into the ground. The weak smile appeared at her face as Alex kept the eye contact between them. Neither of them felt like saying anything. Supergirl just turned around and proceeded back to her apartment.
Alex ran as fast as she could, the children were slowing her down, but it would be worse if she would let them go on their own. She carried them to the other civilians who were standing at the safe distance from the fight; hoping to see the outcome. Alex put the kids on the ground next to the old woman and ruffled their hair.
"Thank you, thank you so much." The woman put her hand on Alex's arm, obviously grateful that she helped them. The agent just nodded; not trusting her voice. Alex turned back just in time to see another heat vision beam going through Kara's windows. She ran towards the building. The woman yelled after her, that she should stay with them, that she will get hurt, but Alex didn't care. Now was the time to help her sister and then hopefully her sister will help her. She entered the building and rushed to the stairs. Her head was finally clean, she was focused and ready to fight. Alex didn't feel that way since Maggie died. When she reached the right floor, she towards Kara's apartment, to what looked like an open door, only to find out that there are no door anymore. She took a few steps into what used to be her sister's flat, her jaw dropped to the floor when she heard the familiar voice.
"Hey Danvers."
"Don't you think that it's enough Maggie?" Kara landed inside, her eyes piercing through the detective.
"Just getting started..." Smug smile decorated her face.
"Alex wouldn't..." Supergirl didn't even get to finish the sentence.
"I'll get to her." Maggie interrupted her with cold voice. The glow in her eyes appeared again and Kara dodged at the last second.
"I don't...I don't want to hurt you..."
"Hurt me? Don't be silly, little Danvers." The cop scoffed.
"Well..." Kara shrugged, "You are the one bleeding."
That seemed to do the trick, Maggie stormed towards her, fingers digging harshly into the suit. Supergirl stumbled few steps back, yelping loudly when her feet reached the edge; she didn't really feel like falling again. Unfortunately, Maggie overestimated her speed and when she landed the next punch into Kara's stomach, they both tripped over the edge. It felt like a slow motion, Supergirl freed herself from detective's zealous grip, but as she glanced down on the other woman, all she could see in her eyes was fear. Maggie vainly tried to grab Kara's hand as she felt the gravity working; pulling her down to the ground. 'She can't fly…' The Kryptonian clenched her jaw and even though everything in her was screaming to let her fall, she managed to catch the cop before she got out of her reach.
"You'll never learn." Maggie smirked as she used Supergirl's body as staging point and jumped back into the apartment. The power that she used threw Supergirl into the ground, leaving a huge hole where she landed. Kara groaned loudly; trying to get back on her feet. Before she climbed out from the hole, her super hearing picked up Alex's heartbeat. It also picked Maggie's wry voice, 'Hey Danvers'. Kara was starting to feel exhausted, but she knew that right now was not the best time. She stood up and without further waiting flew up to save her sister.
"What…" Alex stared at the woman in debris of furniture and walls of Kara's apartment.
"You okay?" Maggie cocked her head to the side and smiled. Alex's mouth went instantly dry at the sight of those dimples. She never thought that she will see them again. The agent took few steps forward, her fingers softly grazing Maggie's jaw. Alex knew that something wasn't right, but she couldn't pay attention to anything else than her girlfriend standing in front of her. After all she suffered in last few weeks, it would be surprising if her reaction would be any different. Maggie chuckled, the sound was far from what Alex was used to, but when she felt a strong hand squeezing her shoulder, she leaned in and rested her forehead against Maggie's and closed her eyes. The squeeze changed from soft to painful and she let out a long miserable growl; opening her eyes only to stare into the very familiar orange glow.
Kara saw it all. She hoped that maybe, just maybe Maggie could come to her senses with Alex here. When she saw the horrified expression on her sister's face, she knew she was wrong. At that moment, Kara didn't think. She just acted. Gathering all of her strength, she flew towards them and crashed into the detective, dragging the body with her through the whole apartment. Thankfully the impact force threw Alex to the side, helping her dodge the heat vision beam that Maggie was about to use directly at her. Kara would do anything to protect Alex. Anything. She would even let Alex hate her forever.
When she finally stopped moving, Supergirl opened her eyes only to see that she smashed the smaller woman into the wall. It took her a second to realize, that the body in front of her is for some reason absolutely lifeless. Her jaw started to tremble as she looked down slowly. There was a big metal joist coming out of Maggie's body, right where her heart was. Kara heard the shuffling behind her. She turned around to face her sister. This was the first time Supergirl killed someone and of course that it had to be Maggie. And it had to happen in front of Alex.
Alex was staring at Kara, afraid to look behind her. The room was completely quiet and that was terrifying. She saw the tears slowly making their way down from Kara's eyes. As much as she tried, her gaze moved above Supergirl's shoulder. She could say the exact moment when Kara's heart broke, because it was right after hers did. Alex dropped down to her knees, her mouth open, but nothing was coming out. She didn't even cry. She couldn't anymore.