It had been 48 hours before they got any news on Alex's condition. They were the longest 48 hours of Maggie's life. The swelling had gone down significantly on her brain. It was bruised worse than they thought initially and they were going to keep her sedated for a few more days.

Maggie still hated that Alex had so many injuries from that battle, especially hated that several had been life threating. While she had many bruises, a few cuts that required stitches, a sprained ankle and a broken wrist.

Because of the amount of damage the building had sustained only a handful of agents were stationed at the National City offices. Everyone else had been shuffled temporarily to the base out in the desert. Because of the sprained ankle, Maggie had been put on desk duty. Which given the attack meant writing her report on what happened. Not that she would ever forget what happened everything was ingrained in her memory forever. But it was a distraction at least. She hadn't wanted to leave Alex's side but she knew Alex would want her to do whatever she could to try and find CADMUS.

Because CADMUS was still out there. All the attack had done was cut off another arm of the beast. She took a break from writing her report and stared into space. Thinking about how the first wave of the attack was sloppy and very unlike CADMUS. Maggie had gone back and read through some old mission files. Specifically, Hank Henshaw's and any that he had acted on without much information. A few of the missions stood out because of how similar they were to the attack 2 days ago. Hank often acted impulsively. Maggie guessed that he sent his 'army' to the DEO to soon because his capture of the undercover DEO operatives didn't go as he had hoped.

Maggie hadn't given her sister another thought since the attack. Now Steph was front and center again. She knew that J'onn would have told her if they had recovered or heard anything from CADMUS regarding her sister or her team. She assumed they were still being held captive. She was taken from her thoughts by Winn taking a seat in front of her desk.

"Winn when was the last time you slept? No offense but your starting to look like a zombie."

Winn gave Maggie a half smile. "I slept for a few hours this morning but that was it. I'm exhausted but sleep just won't come. So, I figured I would at least make myself useful."

Maggie understood that all too well. If Alex wasn't in a hospital bed she would probably force Winn to take a mild sedative so he could at least get a solid night's rest. "How's it going rebuilding the computers?"

"Not bad it's going faster than I expected. The servers on the other hand…it will be at least another week going through and salvaging pieces that will still function. Another week or 2 to rebuild."

"Is the team J'onn assembled for you at least helpful?"

Winn scratched his head. Contemplating his answer. "They are. It's just a few of them are making things more difficult than it needs to be. I know not everyone can be on my level but these guys make it look like they have never seen the inside of a computer before."

Maggie just nodded her head. She was about to ask him a question about how Max had been able to get CADMUS into the building when she saw a familiar face. A face she wasn't sure if she would see again. She got up from her chair and slowly made her way across the room.

"How did you escape? When did you escape?"

"It's a long story Maggie. One for another day. I got back to the DEO right after the attack. Don't hate me but I told J'onn not to say anything to you." A few silent tears started to stream down her face.

Their relationship had never been much of the touchy feely sort but if this situation with Alex had taught Maggie anything it was to hold on to the people you loved tightly. She wrapped her arms around her little sister and gave her whatever form of comfort she could through that embrace. She was surprised that Steph melted into the contact. They stayed that way, not saying anything, for a while.

Steph was the first one to speak, "Thanks I needed that. These last few days have been hell."

"I'm just glad you're ok and I don't hate you for keeping your escape from me."

Maggie understood why. Since she had come back hours after the attack Maggie probably wouldn't have been able to handle the myriad of emotions having her sister back and Alex almost dying would have brought. She was just glad Steph was back and ok. If something had happened to Steph…Maggie didn't want to think about it. Until now it was entirely possible that Maggie would lose both her little sister and her girlfriend. Now her sister was back and it was just a waiting game with Alex.

"Do you need a place to stay. I've been staying here since the attack so my place is yours if you want it."

"Yeah J'onn told me what had happened here and what happened to Alex. I'm sorry Maggie."

"Thanks, Steph. Hey, I've been sitting at my desk for a few hours and I haven't eaten. Do you want to go grab something?"

"That would be great. If you're sure you want to leave? What if something changes with Alex?"

"They have my number. She is stable and sedated for at least a few more days. Besides Alex would hate that I've not left the building in 3 days."

"Ok as long as we can go to that sandwich place on Concord."

"You got it sis."

Maggie hadn't realized how hungry she was. She had grabbed a bagel that morning and that was it. She had busied herself with paperwork that she worked through lunch. The early dinner with Steph was much needed. The conversation was also welcomed as well. They didn't talk about the DEO or aliens. Steph asked questions about Alex. Maggie regaled her with all the stories. How they met, the first-time Alex had kissed her, how Maggie decided to take a chance on Alex, their first official date, the trip to Hawaii and everything else.

Steph had to admit that she hadn't seen her sister look this happy in the handful of times she had seen her since she graduated high school. She knew Maggie had never sounded this happy about someone over their phone conversations over the years. For Maggie's sake, she hoped Alex pulled through this.

A week later Dr. Anderson was ready to take Alex off the sedatives. Maggie couldn't help but be hopeful. Dr. Anderson was more optimistic now about Alex's brain being minimally damaged. She had better than expected brain scans in the last 48 hours. It didn't mean anything. They wouldn't know anything for sure until Alex woke up but Warrens optimism was enough for Maggie to be hopeful for just memory loss and not permanent damage.

Maggie was starting to worry when Alex hadn't woken up after 12 hours. Warren had said that it could take up to 24 hours for her to wake up. It was reaching hour 18 and Maggie was about to grab some more coffee when Alex started to stir. Maggie was back at her side in an instant.

Maggie grabbed her hand gently surprised but also relived that Alex squeezed it tightly. "Alex, babe, it's Maggie. I'm here."

Alex's eyes were still closed but her hand was still squeezing Maggie's hand tightly. Maggie kept her eyes trained on Alex's face. Waiting for her to open those beautiful hazel eyes. After a few moments, they fluttered open. She was blinking rapidly letting her eyes adjust to the light. She turned her head in Maggie's direction. Maggie held her breath and waited.