Calls to Kara, James, and Maggie all resulted in nothing. No one had seen Sam and it was causing Alex to panic. She couldn't even look at the situation as Agent Danvers in order to be calm and logical. Her little sister was gone and Alex didn't know what to do.

This wasn't the first time Sam had left. Not even the first time Sam had disappeared after an argument. But, this was the first time that they had been doing well before she disappeared. It hurt more. Alex's worry was more saturated and harder to brush away. She couldn't just tell herself that Sam would show back up.

When her caller ID lit up with her mother's contact, Alex ignored it. Her anger intensifying. She was the last person Alex wanted to talk to. It was her fault. Had she handled Sam more gently, known that Sam saying those things were a sign that she was uncomfortable, then all of this could have been avoided. If Alex had done either of those things. If Alex had made their mom act more like their mom and not just Alex's and Kara's.

The guilt was eating at the dread in her stomach and Alex didn't like the feeling. The emptiness was not an upgrade. She couldn't even eat when Maggie showed up with lunch.

"She'll show back up." Alex blurted out in the middle of their conversation. She hadn't really been listening to what Maggie was saying. She couldn't focus on anything except that Sam was gone. It was like an obsession. "She always comes back and this time is no different."

"Alex." Maggie said softly, pity clear in her voice. Alex didn't like it.

"No, she will. She has to because if she doesn't, I don't really know what I'm gonna do. I mean, I just got her back, Maggie. She can't just disappear now."

"We have to give her the space she clearly wants, Al. That's all we can do right now. Okay? It's gonna be okay."

"I feel so damn guilty."

"Don't. You didn't do anything."

"Exactly! I should've…I don't know. I should have made Mom interact with Sam more or not let Kara dominate the whole day like she always does."

"Alex, babe, that's not your job. You can't make people do things or act differently. Maybe your mom shouldn't have come at all but you didn't do anything wrong while she was here."

"I thought it'd be good for them."

"I did too but, Al, I'm not trying to be a dick, but your mom kind of sucks."

"I thought you liked her?"

"So did I, until I saw how she all but ignored Sam because she was uncomfortable being around her own daughter. I didn't expect that out of her and ya know, I feel a little guilty too. I told Sam it would all be fine and your mom wasn't a shit parent. I was wrong. Your mom is wonderful when things are going the way she wants but if not, like with Sam, she's selfish and hyper-critical."

"I know." Alex sighed. Maggie was right. That's how her mom had always been though. She was used to it now, didn't bat an eye at it. It was why Alex hadn't stepped in yesterday. Things felt normal. Not that that was a good thing, as Maggie just pointed out.

Her mother being that way was the reason Alex had a need to be perfect, Sam had a habitual self-destructor, and Kara pushed through with a smile and good intentions. They all coped with it in different ways. Kara having the easiest time and least detrimental outcome since she had been new and broken when she came into the Danvers family. Alex had resented it at first, a long time ago, but now she was grateful. At least one of them came out of it all a little less messed up.

Maggie pulled her out of her familial assessment, "Have you talked to your mom?"

"No, and I don't plan on it."

"Don't alienate her. That's your mom and family is hard to get back once you do that. You guys just need to work through this; even if it's hard."

"Speaking from experience?" Maggie gave a small shrug and checked her watch. Deflecting again. Alex knew she would. Maggie didn't really talk much about herself outside of her job or her time in National City.

"Just trust me." She answered as she started to stand, leaning to kiss Alex before she was fully upright. "I gotta get back to work."

Talking to Maggie helped Alex walk away from the edge of losing her composure. She was able to get at least a little work done the rest of the day. Winn and her working double time on that video of Lena. They weren't getting anywhere but thankfully Matello and Lillian had been laying low. They were giving the NCPD fits trying to locate them though. It was like they disappeared off the face of the earth. Alex had a bad feeling about it.

Kara had a bad feeling about Lena being in jail. Which meant she was just a touch too aggressive in everything she did. Alex felt for her sister but there was only so much they could do.

She braced herself for another rant as Kara came charging toward her. She both tensed and calmed at what Kara said. "James talked to Sam."

"What? When?" Alex grabbed Kara by the elbow and pulled her away from the center of the computer bay.

"I don't know. We aren't really talking but he did tell me that he's heard from her and she said she's fine. That's all he knows."

"She's okay then."

"I guess…" Kara slumped. "I just want her to come back! It was so nice having her around again."

"We'll get her, don't worry. We just, we just need to give her some space." Alex echoed Maggie. Not sure what else would be comforting. "Let's focus on this Matello mess and then work on getting Sam back. One thing at a time, okay?"

Kara nodded, looking less than convinced.

"Why don't you go visit Lena? I'm sure she would love to see a friendly face."

"Yea. I'm sure too since Maggie wrongly arrested her and now she has to stay in that horrible place, surrounded by horrible people." Wrong move, Alex thought.

"Kara, please. Don't start this again. Maggie was only doing her job. That video seems legit." Alex held a hand up, moving it to cover Kara's mouth when she didn't stop at the gesture. "We will keep looking but so far, we aren't finding anything. It's solid and Maggie had to act on it. You know she wouldn't do something like this to Lena unless she had to. Just please. Let up on Maggie or at least stop putting me in the middle of it."

Kara glared at her until Alex took her hand away. She bit out a hard 'fine' before walking away. It was exhausting. Alex was exhausted. Her mom in town, Sam, Kara being mad at Maggie, trying to help Lena. But there was too much to do for her to go home and rest.

She walked back to the bay and sat down, scanning the screen for any indication of change in the video. The multiple programs scanning it over and over. Still nothing. Alex pushed a breath out from her nose and got up. To the lab then. There were other ways to help. Kryptonite residue from Matello to analyze and reports to finish.

She took a left before she reached her lab. More important than any of that, there was a training room she could be utilizing. Things to hit and muscles to push. The oasis of a blank mind to chase after for at least a short while. Exhausted she may be but Alex needed a distraction. A physical one.