Kara shows up to save the day for Lena at L Corp despite the fact Lena has things well in hand. Then Supergirl, Jesse Quick and the two Green Lanterns race to Cadmus' facility to try and rescue both Jeremiah and Alex Danvers.

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Being entrusted with a power ring by the Guardians of the Universe had most definitely had a major impact on the thought processes of Lena Luthor while she tumbled over the railing of her balcony forty stories above ground.

Before she had the ring, in this situation, while she fell, she'd probably have watched her short life flash in front of her very eyes before either a) Supergirl rescued her, or b) she died when she struck the unforgiving concrete below.

Now, all she wanted was to fall far enough so she could change into her Green Lantern uniform where the Cadmus men wouldn't see her transformation. Oh, she also had the passing thought that she was quite impressed by the comfortable yet secure fit of her Jimmy Choo Romy 85 black kid leather pumps. The fact they were still on her feet despite the acceleration her body was experiencing spoke well about the high quality of their construction, she noted smugly to herself.

Also, that they doubled as her CFM pumps for Kara only served to enhance their value in her book.

Just when she'd believed she'd dropped far enough so she couldn't be seen from above, her body was delicately swept up and cradled by a pair of powerful yet gentle arms.

"Baby, are you okay?" Kara asked breathlessly. "Those men didn't hurt you, did they?"

The Luthor gave her Supergirl her best thousand watt smile. "Oh, hello, darling! Even though I had things under control here, I'm always happy to find my way into your arms!"

Kara flashed a beautiful smile of her own at her girlfriend for a brief moment before the expression on the Kryptonian's face sobered. "Did they push you off your balcony?"

"No, darling. I used the struggle with them to tumble over the railing. It was really the only way I could get enough distance between them and me to become the Green Lantern and protect my secret identity from exposure."

"Even though that was the smart thing to do, I don't like it. I never want to see you in any danger."

"I feel the same way about you, dear, but in this business, I'm afraid it comes with the territory."

"Maybe so, but I want to go and have a word with those 'gentlemen.'"

Seconds later, Kara floated on the other side of the balcony railing while she carried Lena in her arms as if the woman was her bride. Then she glared at the two stunned men and asked, "Did you drop something?" before she bowled them over with a powerful gust of her super breath.

Although the men were down, they were semi-conscious. Thus, the lovers had to be careful not to give themselves away when they discussed how Supergirl had appeared in the nick of time. Unknown to the two men, though, was the fact that Lena had commanded her currently invisible power ring to link her mind with Kara's.

"So, how did you know I was in trouble, Supergirl?" Lena announced loudly.

"Um…I...was having coffee with Kara Danvers when I heard you warn off your attackers over her phone."

Verbally, Lena said nothing for a moment as she cocked a well-groomed eyebrow at her lover. Really? That's the story you're going with? Tell me, dear, who has coffee klatches in the middle of the freaking night?!

I don't know! It's the best I could come up with on the spur of the moment!

Now an overly bright and grateful expression dawned on Lena's face that was completely at odds with the telepathic message of derision she sent to Kara. You're not just bad at lying, you suck at it! However, what she actually said out loud was, "Wow! That was lucky!"

While Kara appeared heroically resolute to anyone who may have been watching, she huffed at her girlfriend in her mind. "Maybe I'm not a good liar like some corporate types because I stand for truth, justice and the Amer-""

Telepathically, Lena cut Supergirl's statement off at the knees. Kara, I swear to God, if you complete that thought, you'll be banished to the couch for the next few nights! What she said out loud, though, was, "Supergirl, what I have to tell Kara is something she won't like. It's about Cadmus. I think I know which LexCorp building they're using."

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Thirty minutes later, Arisia and Jesse joined Kara and Lena in the night sky above the outskirts of National City. The alien Green Lantern had transported Jesse in an energy construct bubble that also had a comfortable safety seat like those inside the cockpits of jet fighters for the speedster.

All four women had suited up. Both Lanterns wore heavily armored versions of their uniforms in case they had to engage Hank Henshaw in hand-to-hand combat. Jesse was garbed in a costume consisting of yellow boots, gloves and track shorts, a red top with black Mercury wings on her chest and a black partial cowl that covered her face but allowed her beautiful hair to fly freely. Of course, Kara was in the suit Wynn had fashioned for her, a suit Lena had planned on replacing with an upgraded model when she found the time.

Tomorrow, she was scheduled to interview Tamara Fox for the company's COO role. Based on the woman's portfolio and Bruce's glowing reviews, Lena was convinced it was her job to sell Tamara on the position rather than Tamara's job to sell Lena on the woman's qualifications. Which was fine with the CEO. Considering all she had to do as the Lantern of Sector 2814 even with Arisia sticking around to continue her training and acting as her partner, Tamara couldn't come on board soon enough to suit Lena. Besides, she needed Tamara's help when they interviewed Dinah Lance for the Chief of Corporate Security job. After the day she had with the men Alana, the traitor, had sent after her, she needed someone to focus on weeding out the Cadmus infiltrators and the people who were still loyal to Lex from the company.

Now they were only moments away from the supposedly abandoned LexCorp facility her investigation had shown was being used by Cadmus when Kara raised a hand to the DEO comm-link she wore in her right ear. "Say again, Winn," she instructed. Then her eyes shot wide open. "Are you telling me that my sister, who was told to stand down, is trapped aboard a Cadmus' alien starship that's set to jump into hyperspace once it clears Earth's atmosphere?!"

When Lena overheard that disturbing bit of information, she shot a look full of all the confidence she had in her lover's abilities at Kara. "Baby, we'll handle things here and bring your dad home. Go save your sister!"

Supergirl nodded to her before she raced off into twilight.

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It was only mere seconds after Kara had gone after her sister when Lena, Jesse and Arisia smashed aside one of the massive hangar doors of the facility. The alien Lantern released Jesse Quick from the energy bubble, allowing the speedster to run amok.

The long-haired blonde raced through the building disarming and punching Cadmus security goons. Then, while Jesse was busy causing disruption in the Cadmus ranks, the Lanterns found Hank Henshaw standing triumphant over the unconscious form of Jeremiah Danvers. That sight caused both women's blood to boil. "Get away from him, you monster!" Lena commanded right before both ring-slingers fired a pair of incredibly powerful energy bolts that would have been strong enough to knock either Kara Zor-El or Kal-El for a loop. The beams struck Henshaw full in the chest, sending him flying more than twenty meters straight through a concrete block wall and leaving a Cyborg Superman-sized hole in the façade.

Lena turned to her partner and said, "Arisia, stay with Mr. Danvers and shield him. I'm going after Lillian!"

Her friend simply nodded to her and erected a force field once Lena had moved clear. As Earth's Green Lantern penetrated deeper inside the facility, she lashed out with her power ring at anyone foolish enough to even look at her crossly. Soon, she reached a cadre of guards and created an energy construct human-sized flyswatter. Then she used her weapon to sweep aside the guards, leaving Lena to face the woman who'd taken her into her family but had often been the bane of the young Luthor's existence.

"Lillian Luthor, you are under arrest!"

The tall, regal-looking woman pursed her lips and aimed a handgun at the dauntless hero. Several heartbeats pulsed between the two women before a confused Lillian lowered the gun to her side and appeared to study her opponent's face. "Lena?" Lillian breathed. "My…God…it's really you!"

The Green Lantern willed her mask away and glared at her stepmother through unfiltered eyes. "Does it really matter to you, mom? I mean, didn't you leave me to die when your little science project, Metallo, turned one of Lex's bunkers into a radioactive hole in the ground? And what about the two men you sent after me an hour ago? They knocked me over the railing of my own balcony!"

At least her mother had the decency to cringe. "Lena, darling. I'd never leave you to die! I knew that Kryptonian and her Martian friend would save you. And you must believe me when I tell you I never told those men to harm you. They were only supposed to detain you for a little while, nothing more than that."

"You don't think that depriving me of my freedom wouldn't harm me? What is wrong with you?"

Lillian gave her the look every child has received from an angry and disappointed parent and Lena had to fight the automatic response of glancing down at the floor to avoid it. "Young lady, you have some nerve demanding to know what's wrong with me! What about you? You betrayed me! You called the police on your own mother! Apparently it slipped your mind that I took you in even after I suffered the humiliation of having my husband cheat on me with your biological mother. However, even though I had your existence as a constant reminder of his betrayal, I never held it against you. You were an innocent, beautiful girl, the little girl I'd always wanted. And even though I didn't birth you, I love you. I always have. It may not have been quite the same feeling as I have for your brother, but it's strong and it's true. Yet, despite everything your father, your brother and I have done for you, you've turned your back on us. So, my dear, perhaps there's something wrong with you!"

Lena shook her head. "Mother, you must find living in a state of denial quite comforting. Well, I'm now one of the protectors of the universe and I've vowed to stop people who terrorize and victimize innocents—people like you! Mom…please…even though I felt like my relationship with you wasn't as close as the one you had with Lex, before this Cadmus business, I was always proud to be your daughter. Everyone who knew our family always said you were such a gracious and kind person. I miss that woman, so, so very much. Can't you find your way back to her again?"

Lillian gave Lena a look both of longing and sorrow. "I wish I could, dear. But without me, Cadmus would fall apart and our world would be completely vulnerable to the alien invaders."

"Mother, they're not invaders…they're refugees. The people your men abducted are being forcibly removed from the new lives they were trying to build here. You're terrorizing people who've already escaped injustice once. Just so you know, Supergirl has gone after that ship. Knowing her, I'm certain she's stopped it from leaving by now."

Lillian smirked. "I wouldn't bet on that, if I were you, sweetheart. That ship has automatic defenses programmed to swat that pesky Kryptonian out of the sky. You really shouldn't go near it, dear. I don't want you to get hurt."

Lena blinked twice to fight back her tears. It was a hard thing to realize that her mother hated the woman who was the love of her life. Then she gave her mother a frosty glare. "Lillian, we're taking Jeremiah Danvers with us then I'm going after Supergirl. You'd better be gone in the next five minutes before the DEO comes in with guns blazing." Then she looked away from her mother, dismissing Lillian's presence entirely. "Jesse Quick!" she snapped.

One moment the space next to Lena was empty. The next, Jesse was standing right beside her.

"I'm here."

"Take Mr. Danvers to our safe house. Arisia and I are going after that starship. We'll meet up later."

"Got it," the speedster said before she zipped over to Alex's and Kara's dad, lifted him up and draped him over her shoulder in a fireman's carry. Then she raced out of the building.

After the Luthor willed her mask back in its place, Arisia and Lena took flight through the opening they'd created earlier.

Lena didn't look back.

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Kara had done it!

Alex was so proud of her little sister! Based on the sheer agony on Kara's face and the inhuman scream of pain Alex could hear even through the thick hull of the ship, she knew her sister had given her all to stop the ship dead in its tracks.

Alex's hand was pressed against the windscreen on the ship's bridge in an attempt to connect with Kara. She became alarmed, though, when Kara's hand began to slide down the glass away from hers. She shot a panicked look at her sister's face then heard the fatigue in Kara's voice even through the barrier that separated them. "Alex…please tell Lena…I'm sorry. Tell her…she made me so happy…tell her…I will always…love her. Alex…live for me…live…for you and Maggie. I…love…you."

Then Kara's eyes closed and her body fell away from the ship while a helpless Alex Danvers screamed.

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"Kara!" Lena cried out when she saw the limp caped figure in the distance tumbling toward the surface of the planet far below.

"Lena! Go get our girl while I board that ship and make sure it isn't going anywhere!"

Lena Luthor didn't even take the time to acknowledge she'd heard Arisia's command. She rocketed forward toward Supergirl like a locked-on target heat-seeking missile.

Seconds later, she'd closed the distance and consciously had to slow herself down when she approached her frightfully-still lover. She struggled to suppress every instinct that screamed at her to snatch Kara out of the sky. If Kara had blown out her powers, too sudden of a stop could snap the girl's neck.

Lena carefully matched Kara's velocity before she gently wrapped her arms around her lover's body and began to slowly reduce their speed while minutely changing their vector upwards.

Soon, she'd altered their course so they were rising toward the stalled starship. Hopefully, Lena thought, she could continue to hold it together long enough to get Kara safely aboard that ship before the mighty Green Lantern lost it all, broke down and wept like a baby.

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The second Arisia phased through the hull onto the bridge, she found Agent Danvers there screaming her head off.

"Danvers! What's wrong?" the Green Lantern yelled.

The frantic woman grabbed Arisia by both shoulders. "It's all my fault! If I hadn't gone looking for my father at Cadmus, he'd still be alive! And my sister wouldn't have drained her powers stopping this ship and had just given her life to save mine!"

"Agent Danvers," Arisia cooed, trying to calm the distraught woman. "We rescued your father from the Cadmus facility. He was injured but he's alive. And as for your sister, my partner saw her fall and went to save her." Then she spied the rapid approach of an emerald light and smiled. "Look!" she commanded and pointed to the windscreen. "Here they come now!"

Moments later, Lena phased through the hull onto the bridge with an unconscious Supergirl wrapped securely in both arms.

Almost immediately, the Luthor gently laid Kara down on the decking and both brunettes knelt on either side of the Kryptonian. While Arisia commanded her ring to simulate the radiation emitted by the Earth's sun to help Kara recharge, Alex checked her sister's vitals and wept quietly.

"Green Lantern," the DEO agent murmured, "Anything you want…it's yours. I owe you everything for saving my sister's life."

The Emerald Gladiator of Sector 2814 shook her head and willed her mask away. Then she caught Alex's eye. "You don't owe me anything, Alex. I'd gladly give my life for hers-without hesitation or reservation.

Kara's sister drew Lena to her in a grateful hug. "Thank you, Lena. Thank you," Alex breathed.

When Alex released a clearly touched Lena, the blonde cradled between them stirred and her eyes blinked open. "Lena? Alex?"

"Hey!" a sniffling Alex softly exclaimed. "You gave us quite the scare, sis."

"I did?"

Lena nodded fervently. "That you did, a rúnsearc."

Now the Kryptonian sighed deeply. "I guess I'm in trouble then. Are you going to make me sleep on the couch, baby?"

"No, my darling," the Luthor cooed. "As long as you'll have me, we'll always share the same bed together!"

"Ew! Dammit, Luthor! Her older sister is right here! So, I don't want to hear any more TMI about my baby sister, if you please!"

Lena narrowed her eyes at the agent and drawled, "Well, you'd better cover your eyes then because I'm going to kiss your sister right now…and I warn you; tongues will be involved!"

"Ew!" Alex yelped as she rushed to cover her eyes with both hands.

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