"Stay here." Kara kisses Lena's cheek before rolling out of the bed. Lena mumbles something incoherent and snuggles back into the comfort of the bed and blankets. Within a moment, Kara is in the nursery. Gently, she reaches into the blue crib to retrieve a fussy Lori. Livia is still sleeping soundly in the red crib across the room.
"Hey, little one." Kara smiles adoringly at the infant as she talks in Kryptonian. "I'm gonna get you changed, and I'm sure you'll feel much better."
After Lori is calm and in a clean diaper, Kara places a kiss on the top of her head before lifting the baby into her arms. Her gaze is full of love as she rocks her daughter gently in her arms. She still can't believe that she's a mother. It's only been a few months, but Kara is in awe of the new additions to her family.
She sings a song in Kryptonian. Lena was intent on only speaking Kryptonian with the twins for the first year. Winn, J'onn, and Clark were also coerced into only speaking Kara's native language when around the twins. Alex and Maggie know a few words, but they aren't able to grasp the language.
As Lori begins to drift back to sleep, Kara slips her back into her crib. "Sleep tight, little one," she whispers before placing a kiss on the baby's forehead. After checking on Livia, she goes back to bed.
Lena instantly seeks out Kara's warmth, pressing herself to Kara's side. "Mmm," she hums sleepily. "Everything okay?"
"Mmhmm, go back to sleep, love."
"Good morning," Kara says as she wraps her arms around Lena's waist. She places a kiss on Lena's cheek before resting her chin on Lena's shoulder.
"Good morning to you, too." Lena smiles as she heats up formula for the twins. "It's almost time to wake them up."
Kara groans playfully. "Do we really have to follow this schedule?"
"Kara." Lena laughs lightly. "It will be helpful in the long run. When we officially go back to work, we'll need them on some semblance of a schedule that aligns with ours."
Burying her face in Lena's neck, she mumbles, "Both our schedules are crazy."
Lena turns her head to kiss Kara forehead. "Exactly."
Lifting up her head, Kara catches Lena's lips in a slow kiss. Of course, that's the moment one of the girls decides to wake up. Kara's arms fall from around Lena's waist with an aggrieved sigh. "Looks like they know your schedule already."
"They get that hunger from you," Lena teases as she follows Kara with two bottles.
Kara turns to face Lena, walking backwards to the twins' room. "Okay." She holds up a hand to emphasis the point she's about to make. "The sun won't be speeding up their metabolism until… if… until they develop powers. Right now, they are just growing babies."
The other twin joins in on the crying.
Lena smirks. "Very hungry, growing babies."
Rolling her eyes, Kara turns back around to walk into the nursery. "You'd be hungry too if you lived off of liquids only."
Lena laughs as she walks up to Livia's red crib. "This liquid happens to have all of the calories and nutrients they need." She changes to Kryptonian once they are in the nursery. Like Clark and Winn, she does not speak the language with the natural accent with which Kara does, but she has a strong grasp of the language.
"You said that about that smoothie," Kara says in Kryptonian as she picks up Lori. "I was still starving. Thank you very much."
Laughing, Lena begins changing Livia's diaper. "That's because you drank the one I made for myself, darling. Not nearly enough calories for you."
"It tasted like green."
Lena snorts out a laugh. "I wasn't aware tasting colors was one of your powers."
"Ha, really? I thought I mentioned that. Funny. Must have slipped my mind."
"You dork." She says 'dork' in English. "Here." She passes one of the bottles to Kara at the changing table next to her. "Feed your child."
"Our child." Kara plucks the bottle out of Lena's hand as she leans over to steal a quick kiss.
They continue to talk in Kara's mother tongue as they feed the babies and get them dressed. Disney instrumental music plays softly in the background, and Kara sings along in Kryptonian for most of the lyrics.
When Lena leaves for a meeting at L-Corp, Kara takes the twins for a walk. They meet Lena for a late lunch in her office.
While they are talking in Lena's office, Alex calls Kara with a super emergency. "I shouldn't be long." Kara kisses Lena quickly. "Just a fire down by the docks." Supergirl flies off the balcony in less than a second.
"Looks like it's just us three for a little while." Lena smiles at the two babies in their double stroller. "How about a story?" She pulls out one of the book Kara wrote that tells stories of Krypton in its language. "I know I don't do the accent as well as your mama, but at least I do the fun voices." She loves the way the babies' eyes brighten when they hear her voice speaking Kara's language.
She settles on the couch with her favorite book. After a few pages, a screeching sound fills her ears. Slamming the book shut, she stands in front of her babies that begin to fuss. A blast of purple light is the last thing she sees before she falls unconscious.
"Lena!" Kara's voice is coming from right next to Lena. "Lena!"
Peeking her eyes open, Lena finds Kara's worried face a foot from her own. "Kara." Her voice is hoarse.
Kara breathes out a sigh of relief and hugs Lena close to her. Lena grips Supergirl's cape. "Shh, I've got you."
There rustling beside them. "Kara." Lena's voice breaks. "Where -"
"Do you know what happened?"
Lena finally leans back to get a good look at her wife. Supergirl looks absolutely distraught. Tears begin pooling in Lena's eyes. She sits up and looks around. The windows of her office are broken, and Alex is walking around with several other DEO agents. "Where are the girls?" She brings a hand to her mouth as tears track down her cheeks. "Where are my babies?" Her voice is barely above a broken whisper.
Kara swallows back the lump in her throat. "I had to make sure you were okay first." She looks over at Alex, exchanging a glance before looking back at her wife. "Stay here."
The cold look on Supergirl's face is something Lena has only seen three times: when she was infected with red kryptonite, when Alex nearly drowned, and when Lena was kidnapped and tortured. "Kara -"
"Don't."
Lena feels a kiss on her forehead and a breeze.
Supergirl is gone.
"Lena." Alex kneels down at Lena's side.
She remains staring at the broken window, where her wife disappeared.
"Lena." Alex's hand is on her shoulder.
The tears are flowing freely.
Alex's arm slides around your shoulder. "I've got you."
The trembling of Lena's lip is the only warning Alex has before her arms are full of her sister-in-law. "Alex."
Alex has only ever heard Lena sound so broken when she was trapped in Kara's body and when they thought Kara was dead last year. "Hey, shh. I'm here. We're going to get them back." Lena grips her tighter. "She's going to get them back."
Taking in a deep breath, Lena pulls back from her death grip on Alex. Her expression has turned icy. She clears her throat as she stands.
"Lena?" Alex's voice is soft and cautious as she stands with Lena.
Without a word, Lena steps over broken glass to get the the computer on her desk. She opens the laptop in stony silence.
Alex looks around at the other agents and signals for them to wait outside the office. When the door closes behind them, she walks over to Lena. "Talk to me, L."
The nickname does the trick. Lena's shoulders relax slightly as her eyes briefly track to Alex's face. She continues typing as she speaks. "We're going to need the DEO jet, A." Pressing one more button, she spins the laptop to face the screen toward Alex. "Kara is going to need help."
In that moment, Lena's Luthor upbringing is shining through. Her face shows only determination, and Alex knows there's no arguing with her. "How d-"
"A precaution I'm glad I took." She points to the map on the screen with two flashing dots. "We'll need to call Kara. Tell her we'll meet her there."
Lena is walking to the door before Alex can contact Kara.
When the jet lands in the seemingly unexciting desert, Wonder Woman greets Lena, Alex, and Guardian on the ground. "Diana?" Lena's eyes narrow in slight confusion.
"There was a notification in the Watchtower that a few of Stryker's inmates escaped. I tracked them here."
Lena tenses at the mention of "Stryker." Alex notices and speaks before Lena can worry too much about Lex on top of her missing children. "Which inmates?"
"Cheetah, Star Sapphire, and Volcana."
"Great. You can help." Alex nods and unholsters her gun. "They took the twins."
"Oh." Diana's eyebrows shoot up, and she genuinely looks shocked.
"Yes. Shall we?" Lena begins walking, looking at the map on the device in her hands.
"Woah, woah. Hold up there, little sister." Alex grabs Lena's shoulder, using a tone of voice she reserves for her "big sister mode."
Lena turns around, glaring at her. "Alex." Her eyes are wide, and she sounds affronted.
"We'll need you on the jet with Winn in order to give us intel."
Pursing her lips, Lena narrows her eyes. "Fine." She shoves the device into Alex's hands and looks directly in her eyes. "Bring my girls back… All of them."
Alex nods. "Of course, Lena."
"That includes you." Lena turns on her heel, returning to the jet.
"Okay." Alex turns to Wonder Woman and Guardian. "We've wasted enough time chatting." She leads the way. "Let's go find my nieces."
Thanks to the giant hole in the ground, they are able to find the underground bunker. Supergirl crashed through the ground, straight into the roof of the bunker.
Wonder Woman flies into the hole, leaving Alex and James to find another way into the bunker. "Lena," Alex says into the earpiece, "Wonder Woman went into a hole that Supergirl so kindly made. Can you find another way in for us? There has to be a door."
"Checking the satellite feed." Lena's voice is deceptively calm.
"Still no word from Kara?"
"No."
Alex knows not to press by the tone of Lena's voice.
"There's a door to the north." Kara's voice catches everyone's attention. It's obvious that she is fighting.
"Kara!" Alex shouts. "What's going on down there?"
James and Alex find a door, and James uses his shield to break the lock. They are rushing in before Kara begins talking again.
"Wonder Woman just got here." There's a pause as they hear a loud crush down the corridor. "Where's Lena?"
"I'm here. I'm right outside." Lena's voice sounds just slightly more like herself.
Kara is silent a moment. When she speaks again, there is a hint of relief in her voice. "They're here. I saw them in a room on the other side."
"Where?" Alex's voice cuts in.
"Keep walking straight. You'll find me. The twins are down the hallway." She is caught up fighting again. "Diana and I will keep these women busy."
"Kara -"
"There's too many of them, and it's too dangerous for me to use my heat vision in here. There are all kinds of canisters with stuff in here." Kara interrupts her wife.
Alex and James turn a corner to find Wonder Woman and Supergirl fighting against eight metahumans. "Go help them!" Alex instructs James. She sneaks along the perimeter of the room, seeking the hallway Kara mentioned.
A purple bolt of light flies straight at James. He barely gets his shield up in time. The power of the light sends his feet sliding on the ground several feet. "Are all of them metahumans?" James shouts.
"Welcome to my world," Diana says as she lands an uppercut to Cheetah's jaw.
"You can keep it," Supergirl growls out through gritted teeth.
Several of the metahumans run off as Supergirl seems to become angrier. Supergirl gets lost in her anger and the fighting. She freezes Volcana's hands to her side before flying at Star Sapphire. Punch after punch lands until Supergirl is standing over Star Sapphire with one fist in the front of the villain's suit.
"Kara!" Lena's shout in her earpiece instantly freezes her.
Supergirl is breathing hard, her free hand ready to throw another punch.
"Kara."
The fist holding Star Sapphire tightens as Supergirl narrows her eyes at her.
"She has them… Alex has the girls."
The response is instant. Supergirl releases her hold on the woman and flies across the room, allowing Star Sapphire to drop to the ground with a huff. Wonder Woman and Guardian immediately round up the few metahumans left.
Supergirl enters a room to find Alex hovering over a wooden box. Alex moves out of the way without a word, allowing Kara to get to her daughters. Sinking to her knees, Supergirl reaches her hands toward her crying daughters. "Shh, Mama's here. You're safe now." Only "Mama" is said in English. "I'm right here." The babies settle down as they hear their mother's voice. "Let's go see Mommy, okay?" She calls to her sister without looking away from her babies. "Alex?"
"I'm right here." Alex puts a hand on her sister's shoulder.
"Can you carry her please?" She carefully passes Livia to Alex, who takes the baby into her arms just as gently. "Go to Aunt Alex, Liv," she whispers in her native language.
Alex lets the infant cling to her finger. "I've got you, little one," she whispers in Kryptonian.
Supergirl's breath catches when she hears the unfamiliar language on Alex's lips. Alex doesn't comment on the tears in her sister's eyes as she stands with Lori in her arms. "Time to go find Mommy." "Mommy" and "Mama" are always said in English. Alex follows Supergirl out of the bunker, softly whispering to the half-Kryptonian baby in her arms. Supergirl completely ignores the metahumans being taken into custody, walking straight to the exit of the bunker.
They barely step out into the sun before Lena is running to Alex, taking Livia into her own arms. "Hey, baby girl." She kisses Livia's forehead. Alex rubs Lena's shoulders before going back into the bunker to help Diana and James and leave the mothers with their daughters. Lena smiles down at the baby in her arms, getting lost in the blue eyes. She swallows heavily before looking up at Kara, who finds her eyes at the same time.
"They're okay," Kara whispers.
"They're okay." Lena leans over to kiss Kara. She lets out a sigh as she rests her weight against her wife, ignoring Wonder Woman and Director Danvers coming out of the bunker with the metahumans. "Can we go home now?"
Supergirl watches the remaining metahumans being led out of the bunker. She takes a deep breath and looks back down at her family. "Yeah. Let's go home."
Alex brings the Luthors dinner that night. She tells them that she oversaw the rebuilding of Lena's office, and had them install the same material used in the windows of the Watchtower.
"Why did they take the twins?" Lena asks as she hugs Lori close to her chest, keeping her thigh pressed against Kara's.
"I talked to Diana about that. She wouldn't tell me too much, but the League is certain that your secret identity is safe." She takes a breath before continuing to speak. "Several other big names were targeted for ransoms. Clark called. They have it taken care of."
Kara and Lena share a look. "Did they catch the ones that got away?" Kara asks.
"They did. They were hitting up the Wayne Manor."
"Where are they now?"
"Back on Stryker's. J'onn helped them find the breach in security." She pauses to look between the two women in front of her. "He said they were pretty terrified of messing with National City again after going up against Supergirl."
Lena turns to her wife, but Kara looks out of the window.
Alex leaves once she knows they have calmed down, opting to allow them their family time. The Luthors spend the night cuddled in bed together. As far as the news outlets know, Lena wasn't anywhere near L-Corp when it was attacked. They've managed to keep the twins a secret from the media, giving them a chance to enjoy their private time for a while.
Both Lena and Kara are only on partial maternity leave to keep questions at bay. Lena goes to L-Corp at least once a week, and continues to go to important meetings. As Managing Editor, Kara has more leniency with and control of her schedule. The new Editor-in-Chief is far more friendly with Kara and is one of the few people that know about the twins, so she was more than willing to allow Kara time off to be with her family. After the kidnapping, Kara and Lena decide to move up their conversation on what to do with the twins when they go back to work full time. As much as they would both prefer to keep their own eyes on their daughters to remain sure of their safety, they are reasonable enough to know it's not an option.
"We could always buy a daycare."
"Lena… that's not funny."
"I'm serious."
"Believe me. I know you are."
