A/N: Thank you for the comments.
Emma16 - I am always happy to consider prompts, although I can't always write them. I did have an idea last night for a short sister centric fic, but I'm not sure how quickly I'll be able to type it up.
"Good afternoon." Landon greeted with a tone of weariness in his voice.
"Afternoon." Alex greeted as she went and sat on the couch, followed a few seconds later by Kara.
"How are you both today?"
"Fine." Alex replied.
"Good. If you are ready, let's dive straight in. How about we continue where we left off last time?" Landon suggested.
"Why?" Alex asked, immediately on alert over the fact he was trying to guide the session.
"Because Kara seemed very uneasy during the last session and her uneasiness was still there at the end of the session. So I don't think everything was resolved."
"Okay." Alex said hoping Landon would reveal something, only for Kara to say.
"No." When Landon turned to look at her, he had a knowing smile on his face.
"There is no need to be afraid and to run away. Facing what happened may unearth uncomfortable memories and feelings, but it will help you move forward."
"He's right Kara." Alex said nodding enthusiastically.
"No." Kara said glaring at Alex for going off plan. "It would be a waste of time as we discussed it already."
"I think we barely scraped the surface last week." Landon said.
"Yeah, but then Alex and I talked about it." Kara said.
"You two discussed what we discussed last time?" Landon asked.
"We discussed the last session in a lot of detail." Kara confirmed, almost giving a smug smile at her newfound ability to misdirect without lying.
"Good. Because these sessions aren't about spending an hour together each week talking, they are here to make you face up to your past and present and reflect. Not just in the sessions but outside of them as well. This is good progress." He said although he sounded confused and uncertain.
"Then why do you sound uncertain?" Alex asked.
"As good as it it, you are clearly still uncomfortable." Landon said to Kara.
"I don't see why we always have to discuss the bad. You said we could talk about good stuff as well." Kara said.
"I want you to feel comfortable. If talking about a happy memory helps with that, then of course you can discuss one of those. Does one come to mind?"
"Yes. We went to a butterfly farm." Kara blurted out, trying not to look relieved at being back on script.
"And you like them?" He guessed.
"Yes. We didn't have them on Krypton. I mean butterflies."
"What did you like about butterflies?"
"They're pretty."
"Uh huh. But despite how they looked, did they make you sad?" He asked.
"Sad? Why?" Kara asked confused.
"Did they make you miss Krypton?"
"I already told you we didn't have them on Krypton." Kara said not expecting the probing of Krypton.
"True, but that could have highlighted a difference between Earth and Krypton and made you miss your home more."
"Are you trying to corrupt her good memories?" Alex asked seeing Kara beginning to worry about going off topic.
"No. Of course not, I am just exploring the memory." Landon said before turning back to Kara and asking. "If it didn't make you sad, what did you feel?"
"Inspired." Kara said, the answer not being what Alex was expecting and she asked.
"What?"
"Inspired. They were like a metaphor." Kara said on a roll.
"You mean you saw butterflies as what you could be. You saw yourself as a caterpillar with the potential to become a butterfly?" Landon asked as he scribbled away.
"Exactly." Kara said.
"So you view Supergirl as the butterfly?" He asked.
"Yes."
"You don't approve?" Landon asked Alex noticing her eye roll. "Or do you not believe in the metaphysical?"
"They're butterflies." Alex said.
"Perhaps for you they were a reminder that Kara would not stay the caterpillar. That she would become a butterfly, whilst you would always be stuck as, well you?" He asked.
"Alex is amazing." Kara jumped in, feeling the need to defend Alex.
"She is, but she can never achieve what you can." He pointed out. "She'll always be inferior."
"She's not inferior." Kara argued.
"But she feels it." Landon said.
"Which you are getting from a half baked discussion on what a butterfly represents without actually asking me about what I remember from the day?" Alex asked, trying to get the discussion back to what she and Kara had planned.
"I was making an observation based on what I have seen of you in general. But by all means lets discuss your memories." Landon said.
"Well I felt happy when we were at the farm. Not sad or resentful. Happy."
"Why?"
"Because Kara was happy and her happiness is infectious."
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"The butterflies were a metaphor?" Alex asked incredulously as she and Kara walked back to Alex's apartment.
"He lapped it up." Kara pointed out.
"We had a plan and a script. A script you asked for." Alex said.
"I can't help it. I watched The Seventh Seal last night and was feeling philosophical. Besides you were the one who tried going off script by returning to the trauma I suffered when you locked me a lighthouse."
"Because he wanted to discuss it. He had a week to decide what to talk about and he wanted to return to it. He sees a way of exploiting it." Alex said. "Next week we'll give him what he wants so we need to make sure we are happy with the story. We'll work out the tomorrow. In the meantime did his heart rate show anything?"
"No."
"Did you listen?" Alex asked.
"Yes." Kara said, before confessing. "But only at the end." As she saw the look Alex was giving her she added. "I was stressed at the start and having to concentrate on what I was saying. Especially when he asked about Krypton, which we did not prepare for."
"You did well with that one." Alex said encouragingly.
"But next week, I will listen more."
"Good." Alex said.
"Alex?" Kara asked a moment later.
"Yeah." Alex said looking over to her sister.
"You know you are not inferior right? I mean I may have powers, but you have achieved so much more than me."
"All I know is my appetite will always be inferior to yours." Alex said side stepping the question.
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"Do you have a bad neck?" J'onn asked when he saw Winn continually move his neck to the right.
"No."
"Then why do you keep moving your neck like that?"
"To indicate we should talk through that door on the right." Winn said.
"Why not just say that?" J'onn asked.
"Because I was trying to be subtle."
"You failed. Why were you trying?"
"I wasn't sure if you wanted the results of my search discussed in public." Winn said.
"Fine." J'onn said as he and Winn went to the small room. "What did you find?"
"No body or consciousness swapping. We do obviously have you assuming people's identities. But no one else and no new telepathic creatures."
"And you felt the need to tell me in here?" J'onn asked.
"As I said I wasn't sure how sensitive it was. Also I can confirm there has been no new psychic energy round the place." Winn said.
"Why were you looking at that?"
"Kara asked me to."
"She did?" J'onn asked.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Don't know." Winn said. "But when she asks I kind of deliver."
"Try to find out why she was asking." J'onn said walking off.
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"It used to be Kara and Alex who looked troubled after the sessions, not you." J'onn pointed out as he saw Landon on the balcony.
"I used to feel in control."
"But you don't anymore?" J'onn guessed.
"No."
"Why?"
"They are becoming model patients and making progress." Landon said. "They are cooperating and sharing."
"Isn't that a good thing?" J'onn asked.
"It would be if it were real, but I have been doing this a long time and no one makes this much progress over such a short amount of time. It makes me think they are treating this as some type of game. One which could hinder any progress we have made. But then their reactions seem so real. I mean Alex is still being snarky and condescending towards me. And we both know Kara struggles with lies so maybe she isn't on it. But then Alex was clearly displeased by the butterfly metaphor."
"Butterfly metaphor?" J'onn asked confused.
"Never mind. I just wish I knew how to figure it out. But don't worry I will." Landon said before walking off.
-00-
"Alex." J'onn greeted.
"Hey." Alex said looking up from her computer. "Problem?"
"You tell me." J'onn said.
"None that I know of. Why?" Alex said.
"I just spoke to Landon." J'onn said.
"And?" Alex asked.
"You are being uncharacteristically cooperative in your therapy sessions."
"You'd prefer me not to be?" Alex asked.
"No. But Landon is convinced you are playing him."
"How come when I accused him of playing us you told me I was being paranoid, but when he accuses me you side with him?" Alex asked.
"I'm not siding with any body." J'onn said. "I am just trying to figure out what is going on."
"You were the one who hired him and made us see him." Alex reminded him. "If you prefer I don't turn up to the sessions I am fine with that."
"That's not what I'm saying. But I know you Alex and I think you are up to something."
"Are you going to scan me?" She asked.
"Of course not." J'onn said. "Just don't do anything that will bring harm to you, your sister or this organisation."
"Of course." Alex replied before going back to work.
-TBC...
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing.