CHAPTER 25
DEO OFFICE
"Good morning, everyone!" Kara greeted cheerfully as she made her way to the DEO lobby.
"Good morning, to you only, Supergirl. You have cinnamon buns over here with a note." Brainy handed her the box from Noonan's.
It read: Have a great day at work, Supergirl. – Lena
"Talk about something short and sweet. It's not like she arriving here anytime soon." Alex teased her younger sister.
"Don't be bitter, Alex. I'm sorry you don't have cinnamon buns for breakfast." Kara said in a harsh tone.
"Oh I had breakfast. Ten times better than those buns, I tell you. I'm sorry you can't relate." Alex snapped back.
"Too much of that, let's talk about the case. Lena Luthor's expected to arrive soon, Alex please run the tests with her. Tell me if there's anything you need so I can get it done with Supergirl and Dreamer." J'onn told Alex.
"You heard him, I'll be working with Lena. You don't get to do funny business, Supergirl." Alex said seriously and headed to the lab.
Supergirl was leaving the DEO when Lena arrived.
"Miss Luthor, thank you for breakfast." She smiled brightly.
"Anytime, Supergirl." Lena knew she was there for a reason and it wasn't to keep flirting with her girlfriend. She stayed calm and went straight to the lab.
DEO LAB
"Alex, this is something else. We've tested all the samples for diseases, allergies, and even cancer. How do we do this?" Lena stood up staring at the profiles of the patients. They did 3 hours of testing without any breaks.
"Do you think it was an outbreak?" Alex asked.
"Outbreaks can be easily traced. They spread quickly and show the same patterns and symptoms. They symptoms gradually gets worse, in this it showed up all at the same time." Lena's eyes still glued to the screens.
"Alex, could you tell me the dates the victims got to the hospital? When were they confined? Exact time and date please." Lena said thinking beyond her usual thoughts, trying to question Science as usual.
"All of them were confined Monday, 9 to 10 am, only a few minutes apart. The condition doesn't get worse according to the doctors. I called them earlier and nothing's changed." Alex answered.
"What if it's given to them? What if it's a man-made disease. Do you think we can trace whatever it is in their systems that may have been injected to them or consumed by them." Just like that, the pair left the DEO to go to National City Hospital.
Alex texted Kara, "We're on our way to the Hospital. We might need you as a reporter." Kara got it, Supergirl shouldn't show up out of the blue.
NATIONAL CITY HOSPITAL
Alex and Lena entered the hospital and as soon as the doctors saw them, they rushed to their side.
"Miss Luthor, how may we help you?" Asked one of the doctors.
"Doctor, I'm with the US government and we might have figured out the problem." She answered. She didn't introduce Alex because it would freak out the doctors.
"The disease of the four victims may be man-made. If you look closely at the test results nothing unusual is happening. We've studied and tested all the possibilities but it seems this was given to them." Lena informed them.
"That makes sense. They've been in the same exact state since they got here on Monday. Maybe there's a cure we need to find that targets exactly what they have. Do you want to work with the victims?"
"Of course. As soon as possible. Please show us the way." Lena smiled looking at Alex who was nodding, knowing they're a few steps to finding a solution.
After talking to the victims herself, Lena found a breakthrough and confirmed it was man-made. She figured most of it with Alex and the doctors. As soon as they found an antidote, Alex contacted Kara.
"Kara, we found a cure. Get here ASAP."
After 30 seconds, Kara and Nia arrived at the hospital. There were press waiting outside but Lena made it clear that only CatCo can interview her.
"Kara Danvers with my co-reporter, Nia Nall. May I please interview who's in charge?" Kara asked the doctors.
"I'm in charge, but miss Luthor was responsible for figuring things out." Nia nudged Kara's side.
"Go interview Miss Luthor. I'll talk to the patients." Kara nodded and rushed to Lena's side.
"Miss Luthor, I got a few questions for you." Kara said leaning closer to her girlfriend.
"I got all day, Miss Danvers. How about a private interview at my office in 20 minutes?" Lena smirked.
"Lena, you have stuff at the office." Alex reminded her.
"Consider it a donation from L Corp. I've got to answer some questions." Lena said without breaking eye contact with Kara.
"Okay then. See you when I see you two." Alex teased the couple.
"This is far from over, Alex. I'll see you tomorrow. We need to find who's in charge of this." Lena then gave Alex the antidote files before leaving for L Corp.
"She's a hundred percent top." Alex whispered to Kara as Lena walked away from them.
"Can you not look at her that way?" Kara protested.
"Sis, get a grip. I'm just telling you for future reference." Alex laughed and left Kara alone questioning Alex's weird banter.