A/N: Just a tiny ficlet today. I had a little bit of time while it was storming outside and I didn't want to get soaked running to my car! This one is set somewhere before Lillian Luthor finds out Supergirl's real identity.

"You love her. You really do love her, you poor fool. She'll be the end of you."

"Possibly. Not much to be gained by discussing it with you though, is there?"

"What better person with whom to discuss it?" Lillian Luthor paced slowly back and forth in front of the DEO agent who was gazing upon her with contempt. The agent was a dark-haired woman with fiery brown eyes and a will so great that she'd almost escaped already… twice. Lillian stopped then and crossed her arms. "Agent Danvers, I know how you feel. I know what it's like to love someone who lets you down."

"Lets me down? Are you kidding? Supergirl has NEVER let me down. I couldn't be more proud to love her." Alex squirmed harder but the binding around her wrists was too tight. She couldn't get any purchase.

Lillian laughed. "What about now?!" She pointed across the room to a cage in which the unconscious superhero lay. "Useless alien," she spat. "Couldn't withstand what I threw at her and now she's blissfully oblivious to your pain." She stepped closer to Alex and without warning, held a Taser to her shoulder, making her grit her teeth and almost scream with pain.

But Alex kept her cool and just breathed, letting tear-filled eyes lift to meet Lillian's squarely. "You may think that the things you're saying will make me hate her but… I could never hate her, Lillian. She's the kindest, sweetest and bravest person I've ever known." Just then, from across the room, a low moan sounded and Supergirl stirred, rolling onto her back and raising her hand to her head. "Supergirl!" Alex yelled. "Wake up!"

"Alex?" The hero's voice was weak but she slowly sat up. "Alex, where are you?"

"Over here, Supergirl. Your left."

Slowly, the blonde head turned. Kara felt really dizzy and her head was pounding but she lifted herself up onto her knees and grasped the bars of her cage, finding Alex with her eyes and letting a small smile briefly touch her lips.

Then she saw Lillian and her eyes began to glow but the older woman shook her head and pointed her gun at Alex's. "Ah Ah, Supergirl. I can most definitely pull this trigger and kill your girlfriend here before you can take me out with your heat vision. AND, there's no way you're getting out of that cage, as you know from your last little visit to Cadmus."

Kara's eyes filled with tears as she recognized the truth of the words. But suddenly, her blue eyes widened as another woman appeared, her expensive heels clicking as she crossed the floor. She stopped, red lips glistening, and raised her own weapon, pointing it at Lillian's head in turn. "There's only one problem, Mother," Lena stated in a low, dangerous voice. "Alex isn't Supergirl's girlfriend. I AM. And I'm not going to let you hurt her or Alex. Now put the gun down and let. Them. Go."

Lillian swallowed. "You're bluffing."

Lena cocked her weapon, her hand steady. "Do you want to take a chance on how much I love Supergirl versus how much I love you? After the number of times you picked Lex over me?"

For a long moment, Alex thought that Lillian might roll the dice but, finally, the older woman lowered her weapon and handed it to her daughter. "No, Lena, I will not take that chance. But what I will tell you is this: for as long as you live, you will regret picking that alien over your own mother."

But Lena just chuckled. "No, Mother. That's one thing I will NEVER regret. Now get out of here."

Alex shook her head. "Lena… don't…" But across the room, Kara shook her head.

"Not today, Alex. Let her go."

And with a smirk, Lillian Luthor walked quietly away and into the night.