100 Days of Arrowverse 2017 Volume A: Supergirl & Arrow

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"REVERBERATE"
(Supergirl: Team, part 5 of 10)

Kara looked back at her sister. She didn't look so different physically, but then… there was something in her eyes, and it seemed so strong that it seemed to overpower her whole face. She was looking back at her right now like she was looking for something, and then Kara realized… of course she would, if she hadn't seen her in 12years…

"Alex, it's me… It's Kara… You recognize me, don't you?" She didn't want to sound like she was begging, but if even her sister didn't know her… "Alex, please…" she felt her eyes well up.

"What's the last thing we said to each other?" Alex asked firmly. Kara hesitated. She knew what she'd last told her, only that had been before this all started, and she knew… Alex wanted to know what they'd said, twelve years ago. She didn't know…

"Alex…" she shook her head, only to see her sister's hand had gone to rest at a weapon on her hip; she would see an incorrect answer as a proof of deception. But then it came to her, a flash of memory. "You… you asked where I was going, you said we were supposed to… to go watch a movie. I told you… Jeremiah wanted to show me something and I'd be right back… I wanted you to pick the movie because you knew all the best ones." This at least was close enough to what her young self had believed back when she'd first come to Earth.

The words must have been what Alex had wanted to hear. Her hand had moved away from the weapon, and now she was approaching with great relief and urgency. When she pulled her into her arms, Kara could only return the gesture, so much that she almost squeezed too hard. And rather than cry out, Alex had laughed, like all she'd wanted was a bone crushing hug from her.

"I never thought I'd see you again," Alex said as she pulled back, crying as much as Kara did. "I hoped, and hoped, but I…" she shook her head, then hugged her again. Her sister sobbed like she'd been waiting to cry these tears for so long. "Where were you, who had you, how… how are you here now?"

"Lena, she helped me break out. The DEO held her captive, too. Hank Henshaw, he's alive, he's all himself, I… I don't understand…" But she did, or she saw it now, just as before, only she could see it better now. Jeremiah hadn't wanted to show her anything, he was taking her away, to protect her. That was what he told her, in a hurry. He was taking her to her cousin, it was the only way. And then Henshaw had come. He'd figured out Jeremiah's plan. And so he'd shot him, right there in front of her. There was nothing she could do to stop it, and even if she'd wanted to try, Henshaw had incapacitated her with Kryptonite… and he'd carried her away, while Jeremiah Danvers lay dying on the ground. The memory was so strong in her mind now that she cried for it all over again.

"It's okay, I've got you now," Alex promised. "We need to go."

"No, wait, Alex, listen to me. It's not supposed to be like this. All of this. The world wasn't like this before, I… I was a hero, like him… You and me, we worked together, I didn't spend all those years in that place, but now I have these memories like I did. I know what it sounds like, but you have to believe me, I am telling you the truth. I wouldn't lie about something like this. Please… please…"

Alex looked at her, quietly deciding how to respond no doubt. When she did, it was with a tip of the head. She would hear her out.

"Let's go," she led her to the car, where Kara saw there was another passenger, who'd stayed in the car until now, waiting maybe for a signal to come if needed. When Kara saw, she couldn't help but smile.

"Maggie?" she called, to both Alex and Maggie's surprise. Alex now looked as though she wanted to hear what Kara had to say more than ever.


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