Chapter Twenty Five

MAGGIE

We spent most the night discussing how we would approach finding her dad. We had to find a way to tail the people capturing the aliens and find Cadmus. I love how driven Alex is once she sets her mind to something. I call a couple of my contacts at the bar. They all give me Brian's name.

I have arrested him a couple of times so I have his number on my work phone. I take it out and make the call. Alex is sat opposite me like an expectant child fidgeting and biting her nails.

"Hey Brian its Detective Sawyer!" I say when he finally answers.

"Erm Detective nice to hear from you but I haven't done anything..."

"I know Brian I would like you to do something for me." I say.

"And why would I do that?" he asks.

"Because if you help me with this I may well be able to save your life!" I say starting to get pissed off.

"Save my life? Where do I sign up?" He replies without hesitation.

"You know the registry you signed when you came to earth? Well that has been stolen. We need to start following you and track you to ensure that you are safe. We will not interfere in your life we will just be close by at all times. You could almost think of it as a bodyguard service. We just need to catch the people doing this. Do you consent?" I explain keeping as much detail out as possible. If it went wrong he could get hurt or worse still he could die.

There was silence on the other end of the phone and I shrugged my shoulders to Alex.

"Brian you still there?" I finally ask.

"Yeah... So am I in danger?" He asks the fear evident in his voice.

"We won't let anything happen to you but you have to trust me!" I reiterate to him.

"I do trust you Detective, you have been pretty good to me despite everything. OK I will do it. I will help you!" He finally agrees.

"Alright Brian that is fantastic. If you don't mind I will come and put a tracker on your car now and Alex is going to put a trace on your phone so keep it on you at all times. We got you in this OK!?" I say relieved that he said yes.

Alex is getting on the phone trace before I have even finished the call and she is also programming the tracker to our phones.

"I'm so glad that he said yes! I don't know who else we could have tried without alerting the DEO to what we are doing!" Alex says as she shuts her laptop.

"OK you ready to go plant this?" I say. "Brian would never say no to having a personal bodyguard that's why I asked him." I laugh.

Alex smiles for the first time tonight. It's still such a sad smile that breaks my heart but it's a smile nonetheless.

"Everything will be alright Alex. I promise." I say to her as I take her hand. I don't make promises as a rule but I know this one is one I will do all in my power to keep. Having Alex happy is what means the most to me.

Alex doesn't reply but she squeezes my hand tighter in acknowledgement. We leave and return within an hour. Alex is exhausted and she struggles to keep her eyes open so I get her settled into bed whilst I set up the speakers to alert us if Brian starts to move. The clock reads 01:29 when I finish everything and I find myself yawning. I get undressed and get in bed with Alex. I move close to her. She is mumbling in her sleep. She is dreaming about her dad again. I can tell because of the tears that streak her face. I pull her in close trying not to wake her. The mumbling stops but her breathing is still ragged. I softly kiss her forehead and whisper to her.

"I'm here for you sweetie whenever you need me!"

I wrap my arms softly around her and she responds by doing the same. Her breathing starts to calm and I find myself being pulled tto sleep.

"You wasn't there when I woke up. I figured out you were either out running or in the bathroom so thought I would make you coffee I know how you live the first cup of the day!" She smiled at me.

"You know me too well Mags!" I laugh in reply. Maggie shrugs.

I'm looking towards the table. I brought home the alien gun I found. I go and take it out and put it on the top.

"I want you to take this in case something happens!" I begin.

"Danvers nothing is going to happen we have this undercontrol." Maggie says.

"I know but we need back up and this is it!"

I then take her through how to switch it on and how to know when it is charged up fully.

We are brought out of the talk by our phones beeping. Brian was on the move. I looked at the time it was 8am. Maggie went and grabbed a quick shower and I got all the tech I would need to get the information about where Cadmus was.

Once Maggie was done we left and followed the GPS to where Brian had parked up. He was on the phone. Suddenly out of nowhere a police car came up behind him with its sirens going.

The cop gets out the car.

"I don't recognise him!" Maggie announces.

We sit and watch the interaction.

"Good day sir, I saw that you had a broken tail light lucky for you I have some special tape that can fix that right up!" He says into the window.

"It's my lucky day after all!" Brian says as he gets out his car.

"Yeah... It's right... "

The officer says as he pins Brian to the car. A van speeds towards them and screeches to a stop and 2 masked men get out.

"That's us!" Maggie says getting out of the car. I'm already sprinting over.

"Woah no!" Protests Brian as they start to bundle him into the van.

"Officer I think that man needs help!" I say as I reach the cop and punch him as he turns around.

Maggie fires the gun and knocks the masked men to the floor. "Hey I need to borrow this more often!" She smiles at me as we stroll towards the van.

"Huh yeah right!" I scoff as I make my way to the front of the van and the GPS and Maggie releases Brian. I put my digital transfer on and it gives me everything I need in seconds.

"Ok and Bingo!" I say as the transfer is completed.

"Did you find anything?" Maggie asks as I make my way towards her.

"Yeah GPS coordinates for everywhere this van has been. I know where Cadmus is!" I say with determination.

"You want me to go with you?" Maggie asks.

"No I gotta do it alone!" I say before I pull her in for a searing kiss that I don't want to end.

"I wish I had what you two have!" Brian smirks as we part.

"Go away Brian!" Maggie says.

"Get outta here!" I say at the same time.

"You're gonna need this!" Maggie says as she hands me the gun.

I turn away and make my way to find my dad.

FIVE HOURS LATER

I walk out of J'onns office with a small smile.

"Did you get your job back?" Maggie asks me as I approach her.

"Yeah I did!" I say letting a bigger smile settle in my face.

"Good because I'm not dating some unemployed slacker!" Maggie jokes.

"No!" I say stopping myself giggling.

No! But you do make good arm candy!" Maggie says as she smiles sexily at me.

"M don't I?" I reply as I put my arm around the woman I have come to love so much.

MAGGIE

We return home and get changed into our nightwear. Alex then spends the next couple of hours telling me about what happened. How she managed to infiltrate Cadmus and how her dad helped her release the aliens in captivity. Then she told me about how she was on the spaceship going to god knows where and she did everything she could to stop it. Then she stopped for a minute to compose herself because she started crying at the point when she spoke about Kara. How Kara had come to her rescue but didn't think she could do it. How she had given back the faith to her. How by saying that she could do it drove Kara to find something else to complete her mission.

I was so proud of Alex she never faultered once in her belief of her dad. She had proven everyone wrong. Even J'onn had apologised to her.

Once Alex had finished talking we just sat with the TV playing and we fell asleep on the sofa.