Days were slow and hard for the youngest Super. She often worried about how Kara was, knowing how Lena acted before.
As she sat filling out paperwork, she just sat in silence, constantly swallowing the lump in her throat. She had only just moved into her new apartment in New York a week ago.
She was so far away from home and it broke her heart. Many nights, she had just lay awake listening for her mom's heart beat but nothing became of it.
She yearned to hear her mother's voice. Everytime she got to calling her, the other end of the line just bleeped.
She guessed that Lena was still controlling her. Yeah, Alura could fly to National City to make sure her mom was okay, or call Alex...But she wanted to leave that life behind and forget about it.
She turned over and saw a sillhouette of someone standing outside her window. Reaching for her glasses, Alura put them on and as she sat up, the moonlight gave her a little light for her to tell who it was.
The woman she thought the world of. The one woman who was her everything.
Kara stood there, all suited up, smiling tight lipped with her fists on hips. Something looked wrong.
Supergirl was sad.
Alura's heart broke a little more. She smiled back, but sadness took over her features.
As she got out of bed, her mom flew away.
Alura's heart fell in her chest, and something told her that Lena was still in control of her mother.
She looked up at the moon and saw Supergirl hovering in the light.
A God. No more.
Supergirl left the sky only minutes later, heading into the abyss.
A month soon passed, Alura was creating new medicine's and since that night, she had not seen or heard from Kara at all.
None of that seemed to matter during the day when she was working away, but at night, when left alone with her thoughts, she often wondered what her life would be like if they were just an ordinary human family.
One of those nights, she just sat in peace and put down her ipad and heard a knock at the door. Slowly, she stood up and went to answer it.
As it unlocked, and opened Maggie stood there. She wasn't alone, which made her nervous, "Sawyer." She greeted casually.
"Little Danvers." Maggie greeted with an almost empathetic smile.
"Cut to the chase." Alura said quickly.
"Your mom..." Maggie began, "Kara."
Alura ran a hand down her face, "No, you are not here to tell me..." She was panicking and terrified, "No Maggie, you can't..."
"Alura." Hank said softly, "You need to come with us."
"Why?!"
Maggie bit her lip, "Alex went to her apartment, noticing that she hadn't picked up calls...Your mom is still alive Alura..."
Alura didn't know if she should be relieved, "So?" She frowned.
"Your mom's were found-" Hank began.
"You said a second ago that it was just Kara!" Alura snapped.
"They were found on the lounge floor, hand in hand...They had a creature...The uh...Black Mercy...They had two attatched to their chests. I looked like it was planned..." Maggie stuttered.
"So they could die?" Alura frowned.
Maggie nodded.
"We need you to wake them up." Hank said sternly.
"I have been gone a month.'
"Alura, we dont have the time to argue. We need them back." Maggie pleaded.
"It it was planned, let them die together." Alura said bluntly.
"You don't mean that." Maggie said bluntly.
"Lena was abusing mom way before this."
Maggie was stunned and followed Alura into her apartment, "What did you just say?" Her gasp was almost a whisper.
"She laced her food and drink with Kryptonite, leaving her as weak and vulnerable as human's...She never talked because she was terrified." Alura said, her voice trembling as she pulled a beer from the fridge, popping the top with ease.
Maggie couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Why didn't you both tell somebody?"
"Hmm." Alura said, beer bottle still on her lips, before pulling it away, "Why?" She slammed her bottle on the counter.
Maggie was horrified, while Hank stood with a neutural expression.
"How do you tell someome that you are being abused, if you love the other person too much and you don't want to lose them?" Alura took a moment, "And how do I tell you when Kara told me to leave it alone and get out? Oh, and did I mention that she is a Luthor and my mom? I wouldn't wish bad things on her."
"But she was beating your mom and abusing her, how could you leave her alone with someone like that?!" Maggie gasped.
"BECAUSE I WAS SCARED AND SO WAS SHE! I LOVE MY MOM'S!" Alura shouted, before wiping hwr mouth with her sleeve, "You want to know why they have pulled this stunt? They want to be happy together instead of being hurt."
"You can wake them, they can have therapy and get help." Maggie said desperately.
"Alex would kill Lena, you know she would." Alura said, pointedly.
Hank stepped forward, "These are your mother's, they need you."
"No...No, I need them. My heart aches for them." Alura almost snapped, "You want me to help them? Fine, I will, but you gurantee their safety after and that includes keeping Lena safe from Alex."
Both Hank and Maggie nodded, and that's when Alura opened her shirt, "I'll meet you there."
Once the young woman had left, Maggie gasped in disbelief, almost falling, "How didn't we know?"
"She had a point...It doesn't only happen to human's...Let's go."