Kara woke up the next morning, and she smiled, 'This was a first' she thought, a little less than a week, and she'd slept through the night, actually slept. She looked and there was Sam, her protector, sleeping next to her, well actually holding her, that explained the sleep, she peeked over Sam's shoulder, and there was Ruby, sweet, not so little Ruby who was handling this like an adult. Two tears slowly made their way down her cheek, one for each of the two people here with her at that moment. Ruby's eyes started to flutter open, and she stretched, then opened her eyes completely and smiled at Kara. Kara placed a finger on her lips, then pointed towards the bathroom and slowly sat up and lowered herself to the floor, she slowly moved across the floor, and made it all on her own. She closed the door all the way and sat down. Immediately the walls felt like they were closing in, and she rushed to finish and get the door opened. She came out breathing hard with her eyes wide. Sam and Ruby were by her side in an instant. She looked at each one. "Thank you." She whispered with her head down in shame.
Sam lifted Kara's chin and looked into her eyes, she smiled softly, sleepily and whispered. "Kara, you did good, okay, there's nothing to be ashamed of."
Kara stood a little bit straighter and pointed to her new enemy, the bike that was parked a few feet from her bed. "Are you sure?" Sam asked.
"Got to do it while I'm still up, and then two more times later." Kara grimaced.
They moved slowly towards the bike and Sam helped her up and onto the bike. Ruby helped her get her balance and then they started the time. Kara started slowly, promising herself that she would build up some more speed as she progressed. She didn't push for the first five minutes, then she started to build up more speed and changed the gears to something a little harder. She was pushing it, driving herself harder. Sam noticed the change of gears and looked up from her tablet, seeing Kara getting red in the face as she pushed towards her limits. She was sweating also. "Kara slow down, you're pushing too hard," Sam said.
"Aunt Kara?" Ruby was worried.
"Kara stop it, now!" Eliza yelled as she walked in with Lena.
Kara looked up and saw her mother and Lena walk in, she slowed the bike down just like her workouts yesterday, but her foot slipped, and she fell off the bike, landing roughly on her side. Eliza was there quicker than Sam or Ruby helping her up. "What were you thinking?" She asked. "You are not ready for that much speed or resistance Kara; you have to take it slowly."
"Yes ma'am," Kara answered, hanging her head. "I'm sorry."
"Kara I'm not mad, but honey you have to go easy until you get your strength back. Lena is trying to help you get your appetite back, but you are not going to get your powers back any faster if you push too hard." Eliza smiled. "Now, I brought some more clothes, shorts, and sweats, since Lena said you needed some time in the sun. So, let's get you a shower and then upstairs to Lena's office." Then she noticed fresh blood coming through Kara's pajamas. "Sam, chair, now. Lena, I need silk sutures and something to clean this with."
Lena blinked twice, not used to being ordered around in her building, then grabbed what Eliza asked for. Sam got her settled, and Eliza raised her shirt. The injury was covered badly, but no infection and the stitch job was horrible. "Your sister knows better than this." She said to herself. "Kara, I need you to sit straight up in the chair." Kara did as she was told, and Eliza inspected the stitches to see where they were pulling. 'Aha,' she thought. "Ruby, be a dear and bring me a wet towel from the bathroom please."
"Yes, ma'am," Ruby answered as she blurred into the bathroom, moistened a towel and zapped it with her heat vision really quick. Then she blurred back to Eliza's side. As she stopped, she looked at her mom and apologized. "Sorry, momma."
"It's okay, you're supervised." Sam smiled, knowing it was because of Kara that Ruby had forgotten.
"Ruby, this isn't going to be pretty honey, you may not want to watch me," Eliza said, looking Ruby in the eyes.
Ruby gulped, no matter much she wanted to be a grown-up, right now she didn't want to see Kara in pain, and it was way too early for blood. She looked to her mother for confirmation, Sam nodded, and Ruby jumped up on Kara's bed and put on her headphones and some music videos.
Lena came over and took a look at the wound, it was messy, and on anyone else, it would scar, but she knew that once she healed, you would never know.
"Sam, I'm going to need you to keep her in the chair, because this is going to hurt." Eliza cringed, hurting her child was not something she wanted to do.
Sam stood and put her hands gently on Kara's shoulders, Kara looked up and saw the beginning of tears in Sam's eyes. Her eyes questioned, and Sam smiled. "I'm sorry, I don't like the idea of holding you in place." Kara patted Sam's hand with her good one, letting her know that she was trusted completely.
"Lena, you are going to have to help me keep the blood flow to a minimum please," Eliza asked. "Are you okay with this, both of you?"
"Yes, ma'am." Lena was grinding her teeth, she didn't want to be involved with causing Kara more pain, but Eliza wasn't exactly taking no for an answer.
Kara took a deep breath. "I'm okay mom."
"Gloves, Lena," Eliza ordered as she pulled her pair on.
Once everyone was ready, Eliza quickly popped the existing sutures and cleaned the wound. Lena made sure that she maintained pressure and watched as Eliza's sure hands stitched the wound as if it wasn't her daughter sitting there in the chair. Kara gritted her teeth and squeezed Sam's hand with all her might, which Sam could barely feel at all. Eliza concentrated on the last stitch and as she placed, she looked Kara in the eye and asked. "Kara, can you lift your arm above your head, please?"
Kara lifted her bad arm slowly, making sure she didn't punch Sam in the face. And Lena watched as the stitches gave just a bit, without bunching as she moved her arm. "Do you see what I am doing Lena, by having the stitches a little loose, when she uses her arm, they won't pull, causing pain and a chance at ripping."
"How did you ever figure that out?" Lena asked, fascinated.
"2-year ER rotation before I decided on a more researched based career." Eliza smiled. She still wasn't overly happy with Lena, but she was taking proper care of Kara. "Now we need to cover it so she can shower and change." Eliza proceeded to cover the wound with a bandage and then waterproof it with a bit of plastic and tape. "Okay Kara, shower."
Kara lowered her arm, feeling just a little pull, and worked herself into a standing position. Sam and Eliza helped her to the bathroom, and Eliza got her into the shower. Kara washed and noticed for the first time just how thin she had gotten, she frowned at the thought that she was letting everyone down, people that counted on her. She stood up straight, washed her hair and rinsed, got out and brushed her teeth and looked at herself in the mirror. "You can do this Kara; you have to do this for your family." She dried off the best she could and toweled her hair, brushing it with her fingers, then slid on shorts and a t-shirt and opened the door.
"Can we eat before we head upstairs?" Kara asked as she came out of the bathroom.
"You're hungry honey?" Eliza asked.
"I need to eat mom; I didn't realize how bad I am," Kara said sadly.
Sam noticed something, there was a spark behind those blue eyes that hadn't been there before. She smiled to herself, their Kara was coming back, a little quicker than they thought, she still had a way to go, but like always, Kara was facing this problem head-on.
"I had breakfast sent up to the office, so you could eat on the balcony this morning, I wanted to see if the sunlight would make a difference to your appetite," Lena said, sounding a little too clinical, even to herself.
"Well, that didn't sound creepy at all Aunt Lena." Ruby giggled as she rolled up her headphones and set them beside Kara's tablet.
Sam looked at Ruby and sighed, Kara giggled, Eliza snorted, and Lena cringed. Kara looked to Eliza and as her eyes met her adopted mom's they started laughing. This was contagious because next thing you know all five of them were laughing. Kara stopped first, it was pulling at her stitches, but the smile was still there. The rest had tears in their eyes, it was Kara's first real laugh since coming home a week ago. Lena excused herself and stepped into the hallway, she wiped the tears from her eyes and grabbed a wheelchair for Kara, knowing this was going to be a battle. She rolled the chair back into the room, and everyone looked at her. Kara saw the chair and frowned, she knew she wasn't ready for the walk down the hallway, especially after this morning. She looked at the faces of everyone in the room with her, including Ruby. Ruby looked back and mouthed the word please to Kara. Kara's frown softened and she nodded, then she looked to Lena and said, "Thank you." Then she seated herself and accepted her fate for right now. After getting Kara situated, they headed upstairs, Lena had breakfast set up on the balcony and Kara made it a point to get a little of everything, even the fruit. Without realizing it, she was back for seconds and after that plate, she came back one more time for just pancakes.
"Sunlight seems to make a difference." Eliza looked at Lena and stated.
"Almost 4000 calories, Sunlight and the work out definitely worked." Lena smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Lena, for helping." Eliza tried to smile, but it didn't go to her eyes.
"You're welcome, Mrs. Danvers," Lena answered. "Now if you will excuse me, I've got a small project that I have to work on for my doctor."
"Anything I can help with?" Sam asked.
"No, not really, Andrea is coming and she's going to help me. Harley challenged me to reconnect with my mother, my birth mother, so we are going to do some research, following the money trail, if it's possible."
Kara overheard the conversation, and her brain kicked into high gear. Of course, Lena, with all that money would think that way, why not try the simpler approach. She waited for them to go inside and called Eliza over. She let Ruby in on the plan as well. "Mom, I need Alex, Lucy, and Lois to watch me tonight, if that is okay. We are going to do something about Lena's mom. She and Andrea are thinking about it the wrong way, it wouldn't be about money, it's going to be about hiding information, something the Luthor's are good at, but something that good hackers and reporters love to search for." Kara said, sounding determined, sounding like Supergirl.
"Your sister won't like helping Lena," Eliza said.
"I know, but she will do it for me, and she needs to work on her computer skills anyway. She makes me practice fighting all the time, but she counts on everyone else for the tech stuff, she is smart enough, I just need to teach her a little more." Kara sounded really sure of herself.
"Can I help?" Ruby asked.
"Only with the legal stuff, if we have to hack something we probably shouldn't, you can't okay. I made a promise to your mom, nothing illegal." Kara stated.
"Yes ma'am, maybe I can work with Lois too?" Ruby just wanted to be involved, guilt over the day before was still fresh on her mind.
In the meantime, Eliza was on the phone talking to Alex. Her conversation ended with her red-faced and a bit aggravated, but like her adoptive daughter, Eliza Danvers didn't take no for an answer. "Okay Kara, it's all set. Alex, Lucy, and Lois are coming in about an hour to help. Alex isn't happy, but it's for you so play nice with your sister."
"Yes, ma'am and thank you." Kara smiled and pushed herself out of the wheelchair and walked slowly over to Eliza and hugged her. Both women needed this, and Eliza couldn't help the tears that flowed down her cheeks onto Kara's pajamas. Sam stepped back out onto the balcony and saw what was going on, she smiled and looked at Ruby.
"Hey momma, can I stay with Aunt Kara tonight?" Ruby asked.
"Why?" Sam asked, warily.
"Because we are going to be working on a project with Alex, Lucy and Lois and I promised I would teach her some more of my techniques." Kara decided to be honest.
"Fine, but nothing illegal Kara." Sam smiled.
"I already made that promise, and we are just helping Lena." She blurted out, not meaning too.
"Helping Lena with what Kara?" Sam asked.
"Finding her mom." Kara smiled.
"Kara, she is doing this with Andrea, and she hasn't asked for help," Sam said.
"When has that ever stopped me? You're going to be helping her, aren't you?" Kara challenged.
"Maybe." Sam was unsure now.
"I'll bet you a trip back to Midvale in a convertible that we find something before the two of you." Kara challenged.
"And what do I get?" Sam asked.
"Your choice, you can choose if you win," Kara answered with a whole lot of swagger in her voice.
"Oooohhhh, it is so on Danvers." Sam challenged.
"You have no idea, Arias." Kara smiled. "This is going to be fun."
The gauntlet had been dropped and the challenge accepted, Team Arias versus the Hack Sisters. Kara did not have a doubt in her mind who the winners would be.
Lena stepped out on the balcony and noticed a very intense showdown between Kara and Sam. "What's going on?" She asked.
"We've been challenged." Sam answers.
"Challenged? How?" Lena is totally confused.
"My team versus yours, we are going to find your mom." Kara piped in, no fear in her voice, only the chance to be doing something.
"Kara, you don't have to do this. The three of us will find something." Lena stated, on the verge of tears.
"Lena, I'm going to be honest, I'm not doing this just for you, I'm doing this for me too. You are angry with me, you want to take that betrayal and hold on to it, but I don't want to see you so caught up in betrayal that you miss the next person that enters your life. Sometimes walls are good Lena, and sometimes they just block your view." Kara stated.
"Kara?" Lena asked.
"You let me in Lena, you trusted me, I trusted you and I fell in love with you, but then you let Lex manipulate you with my secret. And that's just it Lena, it was mine to share, not yours to just have. I told you because I wanted to because I felt like you deserved to know, but it had to be me that chose the time, it wasn't trust or your last name, it was all me. And yet you still wanted to hold on to the betrayal, the hurt. If you had talked to me, had let me in, we could have fixed whatever we had. Now, Lena I have a chance to help you, no strings attached." Kara was in tears at this point. "I don't know if we can salvage anything from our friendship, but you are helping me, so let me help you."
Lena heard the last words of what Kara said, and hung her head, she didn't know either and it bothered her more than she thought. She was also slightly impressed that Kara was so sure of herself. "Fine but I'm changing the password and we are starting as soon as we finish breakfast so that means I get at least a 2-3-hour head start," Lena said as she looked up at Kara, challenge being met in her eyes. Then she noticed the tablet in Kara's hands.
"Only if you can unlock your system before my help gets here," Kara said, chomping down on a pancake and smirking at Lena.
Sam stood with her mouth gaping open, staring at Kara.
Lena was shocked.
Ruby and Eliza were laughing.
"Checkmate." Kara laughed.
They left Sam and Lena in Lena's office trying to get into her system. While they rode down the elevator, Kara showed her program for locking Lena's system to Ruby. It was a simple algorithm that would change the password in Lena's computer to the last password she typed. Sam's was set the same way, just to make sure.
They entered Kara's room, and she took a deep breath after the sunshine upstairs it seemed so dreary down here. She frowned slightly, oh well only a few more days and she would be clear of the kryptonite, then she could head home. Her phone beeped and she opened it up to see a text message from Sam.
Sam: 'You locked mine too?'
Kara: 'Fraternizing with the enemy.'
Sam: 'If you give us a head start, Lena says if you win, she will give each team member something.'
Kara: 'Lucy=Dress'
Sam: 'She agrees'
Kara: 'Lois=Quarterly Exclusives'
Kara sat staring at her phone for a moment, waiting.
Sam: '…'
Sam: 'She agrees.'
Kara: 'Alex=?'
Sam: 'Me either sweetheart.'
Kara: 'Me=More sun '
Sam: 'You okay?'
Kara: 'Dreary down here after the real thing.'
Sam: 'She agrees, win or lose'
Kara: 'Also me=still ride home'
Sam: 'I agree'
Sam: 'Well, password'
Kara: 'Tell her to enter a new password'
Sam: '…'
Sam: 'okay, done'
Kara: 'Key the same password'
Sam: 'okay?'
Kara: 'Trust me'
Sam: 'Keying it now'
Sam: 'She's in and swearing in four or five languages.'
Kara: 'Sorry Sam, thanks for the opportunity to do something.'
Sam: 'You did this Kara, I'm happy for you'
Kara: 'Thanks Sam, Luv ya, going to take a quick nap'
Sam: 'Good luck, she's on a mission'
Kara: 'We'll win.'
Sam: 'Of that, I have no doubt'
Sam: 'Night sweetheart.'
Kara set her phone down. As it touched the table, it buzzed again.
James: 'Hey Kar, sorry I haven't visited, will be there Sunday if okay. Paper is incredibly busy; you should buy one. Sorry again, love you, Kara.'
Kara: 'Thank you, miss you, see you Sunday. Love you, James.'
She set her phone down and looked at Eliza. "Need a nap mom?"
Eliza smiled. "That sounds good." And she settled herself beside Kara on the bed. Ruby settled contently in the chair and leaned back with Kara's tablet and her headphones. Eliza and Kara settled against one another and Kara breathed a sigh of relief to have her mom so close and all to herself for just a little while. Both were asleep within a few minutes while Ruby sat and watched them both, while her tablet kept track of the other team's total lack of progress.
An hour and forty-five minutes later, Ruby woke them up. "Auntie A is here, and she brought pizza."
Alex, Lucy, and Lois all entered the room. Alex looked at Kara like she would really rather be doing anything else, Lucy looked excited and Lois, as usual, looked totally in her element. Everyone was in sweats or comfy clothes and tennis shoes.
"So, what are we doing here, you mom just asked if we could help you with something?" Lucy asked, knowing if she was one of the group, they were about to spend a long night looking for something.
"Mom, can you and Ruby go next door to Lena's office and bring her small conference table in?" Kara asked.
"How do you know she has a table?" Eliza asked.
"Because Lena will have meetings wherever possible and she always an extra table or desk in her offices for them," Kara answered as if there was any doubt.
As Ruby and Eliza left, Alex asked Kara. "Why Kara, this has got to be something for Lena? So why?"
"This is for me to Alex, I have to heal, and until I know she's healing, I can't focus on just me. So, no matter how much you want to make this about just her, it's not. I have already had this discussion with Lena, she knows how I feel about this and she knows why." Kara answered. "And I already gave her a bit of a lecture as well."
"So, what are we doing Kar?" Alex asked, still not convinced.
"Finding Lena's birth mother, it's a project for her therapy. A way to reconnect." Kara answered.
Lucy smiled. "We are hacking L Corp's servers again, aren't we?"
"Probably more than just L Corp." Kara smiled back.
"Okay, I'm in, but I don't have anywhere near the computer skills you two have," Lois spoke up.
"Sorry, Lois you are here as the most experienced among us as an investigator." Kara smiled at Lois. "You have years of experience and sources all over the world if we find something you can probably dig the information up faster than we can."
"So why am I here?" Alex whined.
"Because you are my big sister who supports me in everything I do, even if she doesn't always like it. And because you need to work on your computer skills." Kara smirked at her sister.
"I still don't like it, Kara. It's like you can't stay away from her." Alex frowned.
"Alex, I told you, this is for me too. I am not in love with Lena! I have my family, and this morning I was in the bathroom and saw myself, how bad I look. I'm trying to eat, I am trying to get well, and I need you to support me. I don't care if you hate Lena, Alex, I don't." Kara was trying not to cry. "I told you, Alex, she doesn't come first, you do, you are here because I want you here, so we get some time together because I have pushed you to the side and made you feel like you were replaced. No matter what Alexandra Danvers, you are my sister and my best friend, and we need time to heal."
Alex was stunned, Kara was putting herself and Alex first in this project. This wasn't about Lena; this was about Kara. "So, what do you need me to do?" Alex smiled.
Kara flipped her tablet around. "Well, I kind of challenged Lena and Sam to see who would get the information first."
"So, what's wrong with that?" Lucy asked.
"They have had about a two-hour head start." Kara grinned as she answered Lucy.
"What?" All three women asked.
"That's not the worst part, I made Lena promise some stuff. Lucy gets a dress for her wedding. Lois gets first shot at Lena's quarterlies interviews. I get a ride home in a convertible and a room with a better view for the next few days." Kara answered.
"What about me?" Alex asked.
"Yours is open. But you can't kill her Alex." Kara smiled.
"She agreed to give me an open offer?" Alex was surprised.
"Yep." Kara popped the P and smiled at her sister.
Ruby and Eliza came back in, Ruby was carrying the table like it was a paperweight. Lucy and Alex cleared a spot for the table and Ruby blurred back to get chairs. Eliza was carrying 6 tablets and a laptop.
"These were on the table with a note from Sam and Lena that we might need them," Eliza stated.
Lucy grabbed the tablets and opened each one. "There's tracking software on this one Kara. This one too."
"Use your looping software on them, Luc. Stick them a loop so they can't tell what we are doing." Kara laughed.
As Lucy looped the tracking software, Kara took each tablet and linked it to her tablet. They were linked. Then she picked up Ruby's tablet and set up her own tracking algorithm to follow Lena's progress. "Mom you want to stay tonight also, to make sure we all rest. Especially me." Kara pretty much begged.
"I'll stay, you get tired, you stop. Understood." Eliza said, the mom coming out in her voice.
"Yes, ma'am." All five ladies answered.
Eliza made herself comfortable on Kara's bed and watched the team prepare. Lois whipped out paper and pencil. Alex asked the most obvious question. "Where do we start?"
"Well, needless to say, the ladies upstairs are chasing money." Kara laughed.
"Rich girls, what do you expect." Lois laughed.
"So, where do we start?" Alex asked.
"Lena was four when her mom drowned. How do we find a drowning victim from 2001 in Ireland?"
"Medical records? Locate deaths in the system and research." Alex thought aloud.
"No, emergency services. Ambulances, or rescue squads." Eliza piped up.
"Mom, you are brilliant." Kara smiled. "Okay Alex, let's search the internet, hit up emergency reports, 2001, Ireland."
"Aunt Kara, as soon as you called up your search engine, Aunt Lena's primary computer called it up too. I think she is mirroring the tablets." Ruby said as she spun her tablet towards Kara.
"Great job Ruby looks like Lena is cheating. Lucy, pull up your invisibility cloak software. Prep it to run every time we use a search engine. Ruby, write up a quick search block okay."
While Ruby was writing her code, Kara led Alex through a few search engines plus two of her own. One of hers she had written specifically for Lena's system. "Remember Alex we are looking for secrets, no messing with anything else, please."
"Hmph" was all Alex said.
"Kara, I have a hit, Ireland's Emergency services, reports 136 drownings in 2001." Lois smiled, this was fun, Lucy and Kara worked so flawlessly together, and Kara had a knack for organization. An idea was forming in Lois's head, something she would talk to Kara about later.
"Filter by sex, Lois," Kara asked.
"Done, 15 cases in a rough 18-30 range Kara," Lois stated.
"Okay short stuff, you need to jump on the bed with Eliza for about an hour, time to eat while we cross-reference," Kara said, the software she had written for this search was going to bend a few rules and she wanted to make sure that Ruby was not involved in anything specifically illegal. "Lucy, you have the cloak ready?"
"All set Kar," Lucy said.
"Alright, we will combine the reported cases and run a search comparing those names to birth mothers from 4 years prior. This is where it gets boring." Kara said.
"Aunt Kara, they still haven't made any progress," Ruby said.
"Kara, I have a strange hit in a journal entry from Lionel dated 2000. It seems like he purchased a small house in the village of Westport using a company that doesn't exist. Kearan Ltd." Alex stated. She was in awe of her sister right now, she had seen Supergirl take command over and over through the last 5 years, but never Kara. She was seeing a whole new side to her baby sister, and she was impressed.
"Great job Alex!" Kara smiled, then limited the search parameters to the general area of Westport. It was still going to be a wait, but at least they had a geographic profile to work with. "Okay everyone, I'm starting the search, looks like we have about 2 hours. Let's eat."
Everyone gathered around the table and started eating. Just talking about everything, the Lois decided to drop her idea bomb on Kara. "Kara, I think you should write a book?"
"What? About?" Kara was surprised by the idea.
"How about Krypton? A history, I was reading through your memory book at your mom's and it was fascinating." Lois smiled.
Kara blushed, with everything that happened she had forgotten. "Do you think anyone would read it? How would I publish? What about my identity?"
"Whoa Kara, slow down. You could publish under a pen name, and the Planet has a small publishing arm. Basically, you would be the author, you just need to make sure you don't write in first person and use a proofreader that you trust, like Kelly, Alex or Lucy." Lois stated.
"Or you?" Kara asked.
"Or me." Lois smiled.
"How?" Kara was intrigued, so was Alex. Lucy was just smiling; her sister was pretty awesome.
"With your permission, I going to email the head of the publishing arm and see if there is any interest. If there is, you will have to sign a contract, and they will give you an idea of writing time. You have the right to say no, and you will be allowed to make adjustments to the contract. Sit down with Lucy, so you have a lawyer with you. She will make sure you are protected." Lois smiled at Lucy.
"This would be great Kara; you could reconnect with Krypton's history." Alex smiled at her sister, seeing the wheels turn behind those blue eyes.
"Aunt Kara, I would read it, it would be so cool to have a chance to read about where you and mom come from." Ruby was bouncing with energy.
"Yeah Kara, think about it, you could encourage some of the aliens here on Earth to share their knowledge a little more, maybe build a bridge to help the people understand aliens a little better," Alex said.
Kara's phone buzzed while they were talking.
Sam: 'Made any progress?'
Kara: 'Maybe, ready to change sides.'
Sam: 'You're serious, you found something?'
Kara: 'We think so.'
Sam: 'You are amazing.'
Kara: 'I know, it's why everyone loves me.'
Sam: 'Lena said no more therapy today, and she thinks one time a day until you get the weight back on.' Sam texted back, trying to avoid where this conversation might lead.
Kara: 'Tell her, thank you, hope you already picked out the car.'
Sam: 'Cocky aren't you.'
Kara: 'I have a good team.'
Kara: 'Ask Lena how our search engines are working for her.'
Sam: 'She just swore at me again, in French, maybe.'
Kara: 'LOL'
Kara: 'Tell her I ate, half a pizza.'
Sam: 'Ruby told me, good job.'
Kara: 'Have you found anything?'
Sam: 'A house in some village called Westport'
Kara: 'We found that too, she can't figure out, how can she?'
Sam: 'Nope, she is frustrated.'
Kara: 'Tell her, tell her to consider other moves, stop attacking with one piece.'
Sam: 'Okay, thanks, sweetheart.'
Kara: 'Good luck'
"Sam checking on our progress?" Alex asked, smiling.
"Yeah, they found the house in Westport, but can't figure out the purchasing company, it's probably not listed." Kara laughed. Everyone at the table noticed she was more relaxed than she had been in quite some time, maybe she did need a break from being Supergirl, not just to get better, but to let go of the pressure.
The continued to talk and carry on, waiting for the search to complete.
2 hours later the computer finally dinged. Search completed.
"We have two possible matches for the area, never mind, we have a match," Kara said. "I know where the company name came from."
She turned her screen to face everyone, the name of the death certificate, the name staring them all in the face, Briana Eleanor Kearan. She had a daughter born in 1997, Kaitlin Alena Kearan. "Kara, I've got a picture, a driver's license. Oh my god." Lois' jaw dropped open. She turned the picture towards the other three women and staring back from the picture were Lena's eyes.
Kara took a deep breath, "Think we have enough?"
"Call her Kar," Alex said.
Kara took a deep breath and dialed Lena's cell.
"Yes?" Lena asked she had Andrea in the room with her so she couldn't use Kara's name.
"We found her Lena." Kara responded, "Just sent you a picture."
She heard Lena gasp. "Oh my god."
"Lena?" Kara asked.
"Thank you."