Beep….Beep….Beep
Alex tries to open her eyes but the light was blinding so she closed them.
"Br..Bri…Bright," Alex managed to say.
After the sounds of movement someone said, "lights are off can you open your eyes?"
"Maggie," Alex said knowing whose voice it was as she opened her eyes to see her beautiful fiancé's face. Maggie's eyes were puffy and there were dark circles under her eyes.
"Hey beautiful," Maggie responded. Alex tried to sit up but groaned in pain. Maggie put her hands on Alex's chest stopping her, "woah tiger slow down. You have been out for four days."
Alex looks at Maggie like she has two head, "four days?"
"yeah babe, you had a lot of injuries. Your body needed to heal."
Alex looks around the room, "where is Zack?"
"He is with Kara at her apartment. I didn't want him seeing you like this. Well the first few days the bruising and inflammation on your face was scary. You also had tubes down your throat and I don't think a four year old can comprehend it."
"He is safe though right?"
Maggie holds Alex's hand a little tighter, "yes he is safe."
I sigh in relief. The images of what happened begin to play through my head. If Kara and J'onn were any later… Alex couldn't imagine what would have happened.
Maggie ended the silence, "our boy seems to have gained some powers." Maggie says with a proud smile.
"He saved my life. If it weren't for him…" Alex began to stare off again replaying the recent events and what happened a few years ago.
A tug on her shoulder pull her out, "Alex where did you just go?" Maggie asked.
Tears escaped Alex's eyes, "they had a seer who found out who I was. They were going to sell me off like a rag doll. If you guys were any later…I just… I couldn't go through that again."
Maggie understood and crawled into Alex's bed holding Alex tight to her chest.
"Alex you're safe now and the gang has been taken down. Both you and Zack are safe."
Dr. Hamilton walks in, "good to see you awake Agent Danvers."
"Good to be awake Jessica." Alex composed herself.
Dr. Hamilton walks over to the bed, "I'd like to discuss your injuries. To start to have a grade to concussion, a broken nose, your left eye was swollen shut but fortunately the swelling has gone down. The bullet entered your shoulder fracturing your clavicle but luckily hit not major arteries. That is why your left arm is in a sling. I am mostly concerned with your knee. Can you tell me what happened that caused your knee to shatter like that."
"A…. uh… a bat."
"Well that would certainly do it. I'm also going to guess that you were sitting and hit happened several hours prior to your rescue. I'm saying this because the blood circulation was cut off to the lower leg. In a few hours we will run a stimulation exam to determine the extent of nerve damage. Depending on the progress, we may have to amputate from the above the knee."
Alex and Maggie sat there in shock. Alex asked, "so you're saying you me need to cut my leg off."
"I'm so sorry Agent Danvers, yes it is a possible and likely option." Dr. Hamilton said good-bye and left the room.
There was an eerie silence in the room as J'onn, Kara, and a sleeping Zack walked into the room. Alex just stared at her leg in shock. Maggie didn't know what to say, she couldn't imagine not having a leg.
"Maggie," Alex whispers not noticing the people walk in.
"Yea?" Maggie answers rubbing Alex's back.
"What… what are we going to do? I can't loose it. I can't."
Maggie kisses Alex's shoulder, "I know babe but if I has to be done then we will manage. Ride or die always."
Kara speaks scaring Alex out of her trance, "Alex you're back what has you so glum?"
Alex's breathes quickened, she had so many emotions racing throughout her body. So many thoughts jumbled in her she couldn't make sense of them.
"Alex," Maggie said but Alex couldn't hear her.
Alex put her good hand to her chest, scrunching the fabric as her chest tightened. Maggie shifted in the bed and put her hand over Alex's.
"Alex I need you to breath. Breath in and out." It wasn't working. J'onn and Kara watch in agony as they saw the strongest person they knew crumble to bits.
"Baby I need you to breath in deep. Feel my hand on your chest. Listen to my voice. Come back to me." Maggie whispers in Alex's ear. The tightness in Alex's chest began to fade.
"Mag..Maggie," Alex choked out.
"I'm right here Al, I'm right here." Alex fell, as gracefully as she could, into Maggie.
"It's too much. I can't handle it anymore." Alex whined.
"We can handle it together. Al you have me and Zack and J'onn and Kara and if you want your mom. You're not alone." Alex nodded in her chest.
"What's wrong?" Kara asked softly.
"Mags tell her please… I can't." Maggie kissed Alex head, "Dr. Hamilton came in just before you arrived to inform us about Alex's injuries. She will recover from them however there is one complication. The damage to her knee is bad and if it doesn't show signs of recovery then they may have to amputate above her knee." Maggie said as strong as she could.
Kara and J'onn look between the couple as their hearts brake for them. They didn't have to worry about an injury like this because they were alien.
Zack sits up, "mommy?" He rubs his eyes. Alex sits up and puts her mask on, "Zack baby come here." Zack jumps off the couch crying and jumps on the bed.
"Mommy your back." Maggie lifts him up, "careful buddy mommie's hurt so you need to be extra gentle okay." Zack snuggles in between them.
"I love you mommy. I love you so much."
"I love you too sweetie." Alex feels her eyes begin to droop.
"Al why don't we take a nap. You need your rest." The little family lies back in the bed. Kara sits next to Alex, rests her head on Alex's thigh.
Alex woke to a nudge on her shoulder, "I hope you enjoyed your rest Agent Danvers but we need to run the tests again starting with an MRI." Alex dreaded the MRI machine. It was so loud and you had to lay as still as possible. After an hour in the machine, she was wheeled back to her room. Her leg was wrapped in bandages so you couldn't see the damage.
All Alex wanted to do was hug Maggie and Zack but she couldn't even do that. How was she supposed to shower or brush her hair with only one working arm.
"Alex I can hear you thinking over there." Maggie said as she read her case files.
Alex sighs, "it's just, we had this whole plan. We'll go on vacation in a couple months, have our wedding in a few more after that. This changes everything."
Maggie put her case file down and sat on the bed holding Alex's hand, "Alex you just went through something traumatic, you need to focus on healing. But, your wrong. You getting hurt doesn't change anything. Yes it may postpone things a few months but there is nothing wrong with that."
"Maggie I may not have two legs to walk on. How does that not change things?"
"Because you are Alex Danvers the strongest most suborn person I know. It may not be the same but you can always be fitted for a prosthetic. And if it does come to that you know that Lena and Winn will be working non-stop to make you the best prosthetic leg known to man."
Alex hung her head. Maggie lifted her chin, "Alex your body, your leg doesn't define who you are. I love everything about you and your hot sexy ass body is just a perk. I would love you if you had no legs so if that is something you're worried about then don't."
Alex laughs as tears hit her blanket, "you always know the right things to say to cheer me up."
Dr. Hamilton and a couple other doctors walk in the room, "Agent Danvers the doctors and I would like to test your leg to see if it responds to any stimulation. We also need to redress your bandages and check the blood circulation. After that we can determine if we will need to amputate."
Alex took a deep breath and nodded.
Thank you for reading... Do you think Alex will loose her leg or will she make full recovery?