Chapter 29

"F.. Fuck.. My head.. " Kara groaned, feeling her head pounding, and her skin almost charred.

"Baby thank God! I'm here! Feed, it will help with your burns! "Lena pulled out a bag of blood.

"Wait! " Barry zipped across the room to stop Lena.

"Barry! She needs to feed. " Lena snapped.

"I.. Remember the thing I said was stupid ? My other idea to cure her? " Barry reminded.

"I remember a vague mention of alternative options. But you were very unspecific. " Lena shook her head as Kara groaned hungry and in pain.

"It is starving her. The less vampiric blood she has in her system the more likely we are to have this work. And unless you wanna starve her again after this! " Barry offered.

"I.. I.. Kara.. " Lena stammered unsure what to do.

"Get the blood away from me before I take it from you! " Kara's strained voice requested.

"Baby… " Lena sighed worried for Kara. "It's gonna be ok baby. "

"I.. Love you. " Kara moved to hold Lena's hand, pain clear on her face. "Thank you. You saved me. "

"I'm here baby. " Lena held Kara's hand gently, careful about hurting her.

"Kara.. How do you feel about needles? " Barry stepped closer hesitantly.

"Uugh. Not the biggest fan. " Kara answered unsure with extremely limited experience with them.

"Well… I'm sorry but if you wanna go back to just being Kryptonian… there's gonna be quite a lot of needles.. " Barry winced, not wanting to discourage Kara.

"J.. Just do it. " Kara steadied herself.

"Little pinch. " Barry prepped.

"Yeah. " Kara dismissed.

"Ok here we go. " Barry drew forty syringes, knowing it was more than the calculations required but feeling it was best to go on the safe side. Lena nodded worried deeply for Kara, stressed that she couldn't hold Kara's hand, that she couldn't do more as the red blur rushed over Kara injecting her with the cure.

"There we go. " Barry stepped back, tense but hopeful not to resort to the last idea.

"How do you feel baby? " Lena stepped closer.

"I.. Hungry.. " Kara questioned.

"What for? " Lena shook with need to know, need to no longer be in fear for Kara.

"Not.. Sure.. " Kara paused.

"Hold her head down. " Barry spoke up.

"Why? " Lena looked up.

"Just do it. " Barry waited for Lena to hold Kara down before bringing his neck to her nose, offering what had made both vampires leap at him hungrily.

"Fuck. " Kara felt her fangs protrude suddenly, almost grazing Barry's neck.

"God damnit! " Lena punched the observation table Kara laid on infuriated with herself, that even now they had nothing!

"Hey. " Kara sat up wincing.

"Fuck! " Lena screamed stepping away from the table.

"Lena! " Barry yelled. " We aren't done. I… I have another idea. "

"Another!? You called starving her stupid, so what the hell is your dangerous plan?! Steaking her with wood tipped In A blood cleanser capsule?! " Lena snapped terrified for her girlfriend.

"No.. But you still aren't gonna like it. " Barry hesitated to admit the idea.

"Lena. " Kara rebuffed. "Don't be so mean to him. He is trying to help! "

"I.. " Barry wanted to speak up, but didn't know what to say.

"Come on Barry what's the idea?" Kara cheered him on, trying to give him more courage .

"I do the same thing…. But at the end I pulp fiction and strike her with lightning. "

"Pull what now? " Kara looked to Barry confused.

"Strike her with lightning!? " Lena screamed. "I was actually joking when I said you were gonna steal her, but no! Hitting her with lightning! Yes much safer! Now we know that if you actually turn her back you'll at least kill her in the fucking process! "

"Lena! "

"No no Kara. She is right. I said it is dangerous and that hasn't changed. " Barry allowed.

"Fuck! " Lena screamed wanting to punch a wall but restraining herself as she cried.

"Lena? " Kara repeated worried.

"Do we have any other choice?! " Lena sobed, her back to Kara and Barry, the tears clear in her voice.

"Lena. "

"Really Kara! He is dead but what does that change!? You can't go into the light, you still can't be Supergirl, you will still hate your life… Hate your life with me! The life I have been dying to share with you since I met you! Kara, I know you wouldn't have moved in with me if it wasn't for the nightmares. You were starving yourself to death Kara! What other choice do we have! "

"Lena.. I.. I.. I do love you. " Kara assured.

"J.. Just do whatever you two want! I.. I have to go. " Lena dismissed.

"Lena! " Kara demanded.

"What! "

"Please stay. I need you. I.. Lena. I'm scared. I'm scared I won't be able to go back to being me. I'm scared that this will kill me. i.. I'm scared even now that Lex is gone.. I'm scared I will continue to be this broken empty woman. A broken shell of the woman who loved you with everything she had but wasn't ready to say it. " Kara felt the tears sting her burnt skin.

"Kara.. " Lena sighed turning back to her.

"I want to actually be the woman who you fell in love with… and I haven't felt that way in a long time. "

"Kara.. You will always be the woman I fell in love with. And i still love you. I always will Kara. " Lena assured.

"Lena.. Please. Please stay. "

"I'll stay. " Lena nodded, moving closer to Kara and taking her hand once more.

"Do it Barry. " Kara turned to him, holding to Lena for support.

"I.. I'm gonna need her to let go of your hand. 'Clear! ' and all. " Barry Joked with a laugh.

"Yes! Yes! " Lena nodded, letting go and stepping back. "So.. How is this gonna help? Ya know. How will this actually change anything? "

"Well.. The theory behind it.. If I pull a pulp fiction and then strike the heart with lightning it will cause the mustels to start, cause them to contact and release, hopefully giving the burst of extra cleanser dispersed amongst the body just enough to win out. " Barry explained.

"Ok.. But.. What exactly is pulling a pulp fiction? " Kara tilted her head.

"Oh god. " Lena sighed.

"I.. Uugh. Long story short, biiiig needle to the heart. " Barry smiled holding up the largest syringe Kara had ever seen in her life.

"Wait… I.. He's gonna steal me with that!? " Kara's eyes filled with fear.

"It's not wooden. You'll be ok. " Lena assured. "It's still huge! " Kara yelled in defense.

"He is gonna strike you with lightning and that is the thing you're afraid of!? " Lena argued.

"I've fought live wire, not the needle monster! " Kara countered.

"look the sooner you do it the easier it will be. " Barry pushed.

"Ok." Kara noffed Laying back down on the table. "Do it super friend. " Kara gave a encouraging smile.

"On it. " Barry grabbed the saringes and quickly went to work in another red flash as he repeated the same process, injecting Kara again and again before adding in another larger needle to the heart and using the energy he had built up in the process to shoot lightning at Kara.

"Fuck! " Kara shot up from the table as the lightning hit her, feeling her heart race and attempt to recover.

"How you doing baby!? " Lena rushed to her side.

"S.. Starving! " Kara painted.

"For!? "

"Potstickers! "

End of chapter 29