A/N: This chapter was difficult to write. Kara has been captured by Cadmus and some trauma is going to happen to her while she's captive. If you have ANY history of this type of trauma, please read with caution! Self care is of primary importance!
Disclaimer: Nothing of Supergirl, the show, the characters belongs to me. I just like to write about it.
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Slowly Kara began to waken; she was lying on a metal table, strapped and restrained with kryptonite – she could feel its effects upon her body immediately. She was naked, except for the small, thin gown that was barely covering her. Her super-suit was lying in a heap in the corner. She began to tremble slightly as much from fear as from the cold of the table.
She heard a door open and several people entered the room and approached her as she lay captive and helpless.
"Supergirl," General Lane stood over her body, "it seems I now have full authority over what happens to you while you're here at Cadmus. You came between my daughter and I, rest assured that you'll never be able to do that again once we're finished with you."
Kara closed her eyes and turned her head away from the General; trying not to let the overwhelming fear that was creeping up her throat cause her to vomit.
Next the Colonel came and stood over Kara's shivering body, "Well, well, well, it appears that you won't be getting the opportunity to launch me into space after all. I just wanted to thank you for making the ride to capture you an interesting one. You all behaved exactly as we predicted you would, and now you're the property of Cadmus. No one knows where you are and no one will ever find you, or find what's left of you I should say."
Kara clenched her fists as she tried to maintain some sort of control over her body and her emotions. She had to do everything she could to not let them see her fear.
Max was next to come near to Kara, he leaned over her face and got very close to her, "So beautiful, so young, so naïve. I'll make sure that Alex is well taken care of after you're gone; she's going to need lots of comforting and I plan to be there to comfort her in every way possible. You thought that I'd betray you; and you all thought that you were being so clever in your little plan; I guess you're not as smart as you think. Good bye Supergirl, have fun!"
That was more than Kara could take; the thought of Alex being 'comforted' by Max made her wince and begin to cry. It was then that the Doctor came beside her.
Pure evil was in his eyes; and pure lust at the prospect of finally having Supergirl in his lab, fully under his control to do whatever experiments he wanted to her. Leaning over near her ear he whispered, "I told you we weren't done with you yet and that we'd meet again my dear."
Kara clenched her eyes shut as tightly as they would go and turned as far away from him as her restraints would allow. Tears were now flowing freely down her face as she began to comprehend what lay before her.
Standing erect after whispering to her, "So, we'll be collecting several types of samples from the alien today. We'll begin by drawing some spinal fluid; followed by getting some bone marrow and then finally we'll be taking several pints of blood. My dear, you can cooperate and help to keep the pain to a minimum or we can have these 2 large men help to force you to cooperate. What's it going to be?"
Kara opened her eyes and looked at the Doctor with defiance in her eyes; the Doctor had his answer. "So, the hard way then; good, I like a little fight in my subjects. Gentlemen, if you'd be so kind as to turn the alien onto her side and hold firmly in place. The spinal fluid is going to be the first procedure."
Two burly men undid the straps and turned Kara onto her side with great force and held her there with their strength and their weight. She was so weakened by the presence of the kryptonite that she couldn't offer any resistance and the weight of the men was making it difficult to breathe.
Kara closed her eyes as she waited, helplessly pinned, her bare back side exposed.
Without warning Kara let out a huge scream as the doctor pushed the large needle deep into her spine; he hadn't used any type of anaesthetic, why would he, she was only an alien. Kara cried out loudly as the intensity of the pain seemed to increase when he tapped into her spine to get the fluid.
"Try not to move my dear," the Doctor commanded her, "you wouldn't want me to paralyze you now would you?"
After what seemed like an eternity the Doctor had collected the amount of fluid he wanted and none-to-gently he pulled the needle out of Kara's back. She screamed in sheer agony and then her world went black as she passed out from the pain.
When Kara awoke several minutes later, she was still lying on her side, but the men had replaced the straps to hold her in place. Her back was burning in pain and she was fighting the urge to vomit.
The Doctor leaned over to look at her face, "You did better than I expected my dear. Now we're going to go after some of your bone marrow. We'll be taking if from your hip bone and I'm afraid it's going to be quite painful. If you lay still and cooperate it will all be over quickly; resist me and I promise you I'll drag the procedure out. Do you understand?"
All Kara could do was nod her head yes. She kept her eyes tightly closed as she waited for the pain of the next procedure to begin. She had never felt so lost and alone in her entire life; she was beginning to believe that shortly her life would be over. I'm sorry Alex she began to think to herself. I don't know how they caught me and I don't think you'll ever be able to find me, but I'm sorry I let you down. Suddenly it occurred to Kara, The locator is still implanted in me, it is isn't it? Did they find it? I think they would've rubbed my nose in it if they did find it; if it's still there then they can find me! Thank you Alex for putting in me!
Suddenly hope started to form in Kara's heart at the prospect, however minimal, that the DEO would find her and rescue her before they took her life. Determination to survive began to well up in her heart; determination not to let them mentally break her.
Without warning the Doctor began the procedure to extract her bone marrow. Kara screamed louder than before as the intense pain of the instrument digging into her hip with no pain anaesthesia began to overwhelm her body. Just when she thought the pain couldn't get worse it did as the Doctor began to scrape at her hip bone, trying to collect a hefty sample of her marrow.
Tears of agony were now flowing freely down her face; it felt like an eternity before the procedure was completed and the instrument was removed from her hip. The Doctor bandaged her up and the 2 men loosened the straps and repositioned her on her back; re-securing the straps firmly into place.
Kara was trembling from pain now. She closed her eyes and tried to block it out; to shift her focus away from the pain in her back and her side onto something, anything else. For a brief moment or two she found herself back in the safety of her room on Krypton. The sunlight beaming through as she lay on her bed reading one of her favourite novels, waiting for her mom and dad to return home after work. It was peaceful and serene and pain free.
Her solace wasn't to last long. Suddenly standing next to her was a man with a familiar voice. She opened her eyes and with shock and awe she say none other than her foster father Jeremiah Danvers.
"Hello Kara," Jeremiah said to her, "I'm here to begin the blood collection process; I need you to cooperate so it can be over quickly and as painlessly as possible. It is likely you're going to feel some pain and discomfort as I've been instructed to collect several pints."
Kara just stared at Jeremiah wide eyed, not sure what to say or do. "Jeremiah, I can't believe it's really you!" She finally spoke, "What are you doing helping these people?"
Jeremiah didn't answer her or even look at her face as he inserted the needle into her arm and began to slowly collect her blood. He then turned and abruptly left the room without saying another word to her.
Several minutes later the Doctor returned to check on the blood collection process. "What did you do to Jeremiah to make him work for you?" Kara spat at the Doctor, voice filled with fear and contempt.
The Doctor turned his face to look at Kara and slowly a twisted, evil grin formed on his mouth, "Psychological conditioning and torture are powerful weapons my dear. He's been working with us for years now; willingly helping and supporting our efforts to capture you; it seems he knew a great deal about your physiology."
"Do you mean to tell me that you brainwashed him?" Kara looked at the Doctor with shock in her face.
"Such a simple term for a complex and pointed procedure that over time causes the subject to mentally switch off, so to speak in order to survive. Eventually they even come to accept what we are doing and offer help, as is the case with Jeremiah." The Doctor said to Kara with a look of pride on his face. "Essentially we 'turned' him and now he's ours."
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Lucy, Hank and the rest of the DEO agents returned to the agency as quickly as possible. They knew that Cadmus had Kara and that it wouldn't take them long to begin to experiment upon her. They needed to locate her and come up with a rescue plan asap.
Meanwhile, one of the agents who had been assigned to Cat and Alex went out onto Cat's balcony. "I've just received orders from Director Henshaw that the three of you are to be transported to the DEO asap."
Cat jumped up and stood toe to toe with the agent, "What has happened? Is Supergirl okay?"
"Ma'am," the agent replied, "I only know that they told me to secure all three of you at the DEO asap, I'm sorry I don't know anything else. Please, let's get moving."
As if planned, Lucy, Hank and Cat, Winn and Alex all arrived at the DEO at the same time.
"Lucy!" Alex shouted, "What the hell is going on? Where's Kara? Is she safe?"
Lucy grabbed Alex and held her for a second, "Kara's been taken by Cadmus. We are going to get her back, I promise, she still has the locator in her and we're going to formulate an attack plan and get the help of the army to not only rescue her but to take Cadmus down. I've spoken with the President and she has authorized everything and everyone we need."
Cat grabbed Alex and held her while they both cried at the thought of Kara being held captive by Cadmus. "Alex, she's strong and they're going to bring her back. You have to have confidence in that."
Once inside the main control room of the DEO Hank began his pre-attack briefing, "We have the location of Supergirl thanks to the locator which was implanted in her. While there is no way of knowing for sure that it's still inside her and that they haven't removed it and taken her to another location, we are operating on the presumption that it is still there and that they don't know about it."
Cat and Alex gasped at the realization that Kara might not have the locator still inside her. If that was the case, they'd never be able to find her.
Hank continued, "This isn't going to be a surgical breach of Cadmus; it's going to be a full on attack with one purpose and goal – the recovery of Supergirl. Taking Cadmus down and capturing the principle players in it is incidental to the mission. The attack will be large and swift and aggressive; shoot to kill orders are in place. Any questions? Good, let's suit up and go get our girl!"
Alex started to follow Hank to the equipment room, "Just where do you think you're going agent Danvers? You're still recovering and haven't been cleared by medical for any mission."
"Sir," Alex stood face to face with her boss, hands planted firmly on her hips, "if you think I'm going to stay here and wait to find out if you guys rescue my baby sister, you're crazy. I'm going either as an agent of the DEO or as a rogue civilian but I'm going, it's up to you how."
"Fine," Hank relented knowing it was useless to keep Alex from this mission, "but you're no more than 2 steps behind me at all times; that is not negotiable and it's a direct order agent, it that clear?"
Alex smiled, "Yes sir! Let's go save her!" Alex turned to agent Vasquez who was watching them get ready to leave, "Director Henshaw, I think agent Vasquez would be an excellent asset on this particular mission. As her trainer and assessor I can vouch that she's fit and ready for active field duty."
Vasquez stood up quickly, ready to go and help rescue her hero. Hank took a moment to consider the request before he nodded and relented; they could use all the help they could get on this one. "Suit up agent Vasquez," Hank ordered.
Cat grabbed Alex in a huge hug, "Please be safe and bring Kara back safely too, Alex."
TBC… in Twisted pt. 2…hang onto your hats it's going to be a wild ride!