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Kara sat quietly between the beds of Alex and Cat; patiently waiting while they slept; she was holding one hand of each of them in hers. Alex's face was bruised from the fists of the general and she still had an oxygen mask on her face to aid in breathing thanks to the broken ribs. Cat's face had a few small bruises at her cheek bones, but she looked peaceful as she slept.

Dr. Hamilton came in the room and began to study the charts of her patients. "How're you doing, Kara?"

"Fine," Kara answered without looking up, "I'm back to my old self, thanks for asking."

"That's good to hear," the doc smiled as she checked Alex's IV tube, "what I meant was how are you doing emotionally as you sit here watching these two ladies?"

Kara hung her head a tiny bit so that her long hair would cover the tears she could feel forming in her eyes. "I'm ok, really, I just am so glad they're going to be okay. They're both so important to me; they're really my whole world. Without either of them I can't imagine how horrible life would be. It's just…" her voice trailed off, not finishing the thought.

"It's just…what?" Dr. Hamilton encouraged Kara to keep going.

"It's just that they'd be so much safer if I wasn't in their lives or if I hadn't come out as Supergirl in the first place. I mean, Cat's been abducted twice in as many weeks, how much can she handle? I know that as long as Cadmus is after me, they're going to go after her and after Alex." Kara went silent.

"Kara?" the doc leaned into her closer, "What's going on inside your head right now? What are you thinking of doing?"

Without an answer, Kara got up, kissed Alex and Cat on the foreheads, and turned to try to leave. But the doctor was blocking her exit. "Kara, where are you going and what are you thinking of doing?"

"Please doctor," the pain on Kara's face nearly shattered the doctor's heart, "I just need to get some air."

Dr. Hamilton didn't fall for the feeble attempt to get her to move out of Kara's way. "No; not buying it; what's going on in that head of yours? I can see the wheels turning and I'm pretty sure it's not good. Don't make me pull rank on you and have you restrained."

Kara lifted her head and raised an eyebrow at the doctors' threat of restraints; "Pretty sure I can leave if I want to; not much you or anyone here can do to stop me."

Dr. Hamilton didn't want to go down the "threaten with the use of kryptonite" road to show Kara that she could keep her from leaving. "You and I both know that's not entirely true. They will need to see you here when they wake up; especially Alex."

"They wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for me!" Kara shouted at the doctor. "I can't continue to put their lives at risk; we've seen just how far the people from Cadmus are willing to go to get a hold of me! I would die if anything happened to them because of that!"

Kara turned away from the doctor; fighting to keep the tears at bay. Dr. Hamilton put the chart she had in her hand down and put her hand on Kara's arm. "If you leave them now they won't be any safer; in fact they could be in more danger as the people at Cadmus wouldn't know that you'd left to protect them. They'd still see them as bait to trap you; if you leave you won't know if they're in danger and that might get them killed."

Kara turned around quickly; eyes wide with apprehension as she considered what Dr. Hamilton had just said. "If I stay, they're in danger; if I leave they're in danger."

Dr. Hamilton saw a strange change come over Kara's face; she could see that Kara had decided to do something and her heart told her it couldn't be good as Kara was bound and determined to keep Alex and Cat safe. "Kara, what did you just decide to do? I can see it in your face; you've made some sort of a decision regarding their safety and I'm concerned now about your safety."

Kara didn't say a word in response; she knew what she needed to do to keep Alex and Cat, heck everyone she knew and loved, safe from the people at Cadmus. She just needed to convince the doctor that she was going to be okay, wasn't going to do anything stupid so she could leave the DEO and do what was necessary to ensure everyone's safety.

Kara smiled at the doctor, "Don't worry doc, I won't hurt myself or do anything stupid like that. I'm really okay and you're right, I can't protect them if I'm not here."

Dr. Hamilton wasn't convinced by Kara's statement; she was glad that the stories she'd heard about Kara being a terrible liar were true. She also knew that Kara wasn't going to tell her whatever it was she was planning on doing to keep everyone safe. "Ok," the doc smiled at Kara, "I'm glad you see that I'm right. I need to go and get something, I'll be right back."

Kara figured she had only a few brief moments with Alex and Cat before she would lose her window of opportunity to get out of the DEO without anyone knowing where she was going.

"Alex," Kara was brushing her sisters' hair off of her face, "please try to understand why I did what I'm about to do. I can't continue to risk your safety any longer and it seems Cadmus is hell-bent on getting me. Always know that I love you deeply; please make sure you take good care of yourself; and please try to have the life that being my sister denied you." With that she gave Alex a kiss on the cheek and turned to Cat.

"Cat," Kara smiled as she took the hand of her boss, her mentor, her friend, "I know you won't agree with what I'm going to do but please understand that I can't risk your life any longer. Twice in such a short time is too often; Carter needs you and so do the people of National City. I've been honoured to work for you; but most importantly I've been so thankful for your love and care over the past while. Please take care of Alex, and take care of yourself." Kara leaned over Cat and gave her a small kiss on her cheek.

As soon as Kara kissed Cat, even while her breath was still on her cheek, without opening an eye Cat spoke, "So, I have no idea what lame brained thing you're about to do, I shudder to guess, but trust me when I tell you Kara Zor-El Danvers, if you try to leave this room to go and do it, the pigs at Cadmus will seem tame compared to my wrath at you!"

Kara inhaled suddenly, "Ms. Grant…I…"

"Don't you 'Ms. Grant' me young lady!" Cat's eyes were wide open and she was slowly rising up in her bed. "How dare you think that our lives would be better off without you! If I didn't want you in my life, trust me you wouldn't be in it, regardless of how dangerous it may or may not be! Just where were you going, and what were you going to do?"

Kara hung her head, but didn't say a word in response to Cat's demand.

"I asked you a question, Kara, and I expect you to answer me; I think I deserve it given all that I've been through in the past few weeks." Cat was glaring at Kara but there was love in the glare not anger.

Kara still didn't say anything to Cat. Taking Kara's chin in her fingers she lifted her face up so that she could look squarely into the young woman's eyes; then the realization of what she was going to do hit Cat. "You were going to surrender yourself to Cadmus! Weren't you?"

Kara moved her chin from Cat's grasp and looked away, still not saying a word to her.

"Oh. My. God. Kara!" Cat was shaking visibly at the thought of what they'd do to her at Cadmus. "Do you have any idea how tormented the rest of our lives would be if you sacrificed yourself to that organization just to keep us safe? I'd go insane imagining how they were torturing you and dissecting you and experimenting on you! My God Kara! That would be way worse than anything they could ever do to me physically!"

Cat reached out her arms and hauled Kara in close; she held Kara with all of her might as she began to weep at the thought of losing her in this horrible way. Kara wrapped her arms around Cat and started to cry.

"Cat," she finally spoke through her tears, "I'm sorry. I just figured I needed to do something, anything to keep you and Alex safe from them and that was the only thing I could think of. I didn't stop to think about how you'd feel about it. I'm sorry; I promise I won't do it."

Cat just held onto Kara tightly and the two of them cried. They'd both endured so much in the past couple of weeks and they just needed to let it out.

While Cat had been chastising Kara for thinking of going to Cadmus, Dr. Hamilton and Hank had appeared in the doorway to the treatment room. Dr. Hamilton had also suspected that Kara was going to endanger herself and she went seeking Hank's help to use kryptonite to keep her safe and secure at the DEO.

Cat opened her eyes and through the tears she saw the two standing quietly in the doorway. She nodded for them to enter; Kara needed everyone's help and support, she needed Kara and so did Alex.

"I'm sorry, sir." Kara said as she looked at the concern on Hanks' face, "It's just that Cadmus is so dangerous; we need to figure out a way to stop them once and for all."

Cat leaned away from the hug, "Now that's more like it; solve the problem and deal with the scum; much better than your idea."

Hank put his hand on Kara's shoulder, "We've been gathering information on this 'government' organization and I think it's time we began to put into motion a plan to bring it and those responsible for it, down and held accountable. You with me?"

Kara smiled at Hank, "Count me in sir!"

"Count me in too, sir," Alex's weak voice made everyone jump.

"Alex!" Kara turned to her sister; leaning over her and smiling, "it's so good to hear your voice."

"I heard most of that," Alex slowly said, "if you think Cat would be pissed at you, you have no idea just how badly I'd kick your ass if you tried it! I need my sister, Kara, I can't lose you!"

Kara smiled at Alex, "I'm sorry if I scared you; you're not going to lose me; we're going to defeat Cadmus and that way everyone will be safe."

Alex smiled as she shut her eyes and drifted back under. "That's the spirit, stubborn alien." She managed to mutter as blackness took her again.

"Bossy earthling." Kara replied as she watched Alex drift off.