Alex raised a brow. "What do you mean his control will be eliminated?"

"Carly had convinced Lena to make an antidote for the serum I injected her with. If we can get this vial into Carly's system, his control should dwindle and Carly's free will will be restored. If we restore her free will, then we can take her to Kara and Lex can't make her return. She'll be free." Brainy explained

"How do we know we can trust it?" Barry asked. "Lena stabbed Kara. For all we know that cure could be poison in a bottle. Why should we risk giving it to her?"

"She seemed genuine." Brainy sighed. "She may hate Kara, but Lena has come to realize that she doesn't hate Carly. Carly's been through a whole lot of bad and Lena believes Carly deserves some good news."

"Well, then what's the game plan?" Nia asked, avoiding eye contact with Brainy. "We have an antidote for Carly, but we still have to rescue her, get her to drink it, and bring her back here. How are we going to do that?"

Brainy motioned for the others to come toward one of the screens. Using his mind he brought up a map of the facility with a red dot. "This dot indicates where Carly is being held. Her hands are chained above her head and she is dangling off the ground in a room with a padlocked door on the second floor. The windows are barred and the glass is thick, but it could be easily phased through. Barry could phase through the wall, grab Carly, and phase right back out."

"Won't the cameras or guards spot me?" Barry asked

"That you will leave to us." Brainy explained. "Nia and J'onn will distract the guards outside as you sneak in. I will keep any guards on the inside from getting to you, Cisco can hack the cameras to loop, and Caitlyn should stay with Kara to make sure she doesn't get worse. The quieter we do this, the better. If Lex gets a whiff of this plan, he'll vanish before you even blink."

"What else is Lex planning to do?" J'onn asked. "He must have some sort of evil plan if he had to get Kara out of the way."

Brainy nodded. "He does, but I think that will have to wait until we get Carly back. Lena looped the cameras for an hour, I have to get back so nothing looks amiss. I will make sure Lex is busy with work so you guys can get her out. Just be careful."

The others began to discuss their plan. Brainy handed the antidote to Barry and made his way to the elevator. Halfway down the hallway, Nia caught up with him. His finger was millimeters from pushing the button when her voice rang out. "Brainy, wait…"

Brainy turned around as she approached. "What is it, Nia?"

"I have a question to ask and I want you to answer truthfully." She said, Brainy nodding in agreement. "When you broke up with me, were you protecting me or did you mean what you said, that you didn't love me anymore?"

"I wanted to protect you." Brainy cried. "Breaking up with you was the hardest thing I ever had to do. My future counterparts told me that Leviathan had to be stopped and that Lex was the only one who could help me do it. I had to help him to secure the future and I didn't want you getting in the crossfire, but my counterparts were wrong. Lex is teaming up with Leviathan and I hurt all of you for no reason. Nia, I'm sorry."

"Brainy, you had to have known Lex was unpredictable." Nia reasoned

Brainy squeezed his eyes shut. "I know...I just thought I could control the narrative. I was naive and now I've ruined everything. I was so focused on saving the future, I didn't think of the present. Carly's life has been hell because of me and now Kara could die because of my mistake. I'm such an idiot."

"Brainy, you are not an idiot." Nia squeezed his shoulder. Brainy looked toward Nia with tear-filled eyes. "Many of us would have done the same thing. I mean you wanted to save the future and that is an amazing feat. You may have lost your way, but that doesn't mean you are lost forever."

"Nia...I still love you." Brainy blinked away the tears. "I know you will never forgive me, but…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Nia's lips were on his. Instant electricity passed between the two. Brainy loosened under her touch as the two continued to fight for control until neither could breathe.

Nia pulled back and Brainy was shocked. "I thought you hated me."

"I could never hate you, Brainy." Nia smiled, pecking him on the lips again. "Now go..."

Brainy shakingly nodded and went into the open elevator doors. Nia waved him off as the doors closed behind him. Now they just had to rescue me and everything would be right in the world or so they thought.

The group stood outside the warehouse waiting for a signal from Cisco to tell them that the coast was clear. This whole rescue seemed too easy and Barry just had the feeling something was off. When Cisco gave the go, they split up. Brainy was already inside dealing with Lex so Nia and J'onn silently attacked the guards outside.

Barry got a running start and ran up to the side of the building. He phased through the brick and plopped into the room I was chained in. He released the chain from the ceiling, causing me to fall onto the floor. Barry kneeled beside me and tried to get me conscious.

He shook my shoulder. "Carly, can you hear me? Carly? Carly, I need you to wake up."

I could hear Barry's voice so I slowly opened my eyes to blurry vision. When it cleared I saw Barry above me. "Barry, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to get you out. I'm taking you to Kara." He said, swiping a hair from my face.

I nodded as he pulled me to my feet. He undid the chains so I could move my hands and feet freely again. He began to pull me forward, but I pulled my hand from his grasp. "Barry, you can't take me out of here. If Lex finds out he'll just find me and force me to come back. He has control of me, Barry. I can't go."

"Yes, you can because of this." Barry said, lifting the vial into my line of sight.

I was confused. "What is that?"

"The antidote." Barry said as my face lit up. "Lena had this created and she gave it to Brainy. He was the one who told us everything. Drink this and Lex will no longer have any control over you."

I snatched the vial from Barry and downed it in one go. He tried to warn me about taking it slow, but I just wanted this whole thing to be over. I downed the grey liquid in one go and it was awful. When I mean awful, I mean it tasted like I licked the bottom of a dumpster. I gagged it down and felt this weightlessness return to me. Like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

I smiled and Barry smiled back, quickly giving me a hug. When we separated he maneuvered me over to the wall and this is when I became confused. "The door is on the other side of the room."

"If we go out the door the guards will see us." Barry motioned to the wall. "I'm going to have to phase us through the wall."

I looked from Barry to the wall and back again. "Are you crazy? Have you ever phased another person before?!"

"No, but there's a first for everything." Barry said, turning his head to the movement we heard outside the door. "It's our only way out. Do you trust me?"

I bit my lip and slowly nodded. His smile returned, picking me up bridal style, and going to the other side of the room so he had space. Without warning he sped toward the brick siding. I squeezed my eyes shut in fear I would meld with the wall or worse, but when no pain surged through me I opened my eyes to find we were outside on the grass.

Lena looked at her watch. "It is 2 pm and test 34 on Non Nocere contacts commences now. I have modified the contacts with some of Lex's tech and will try this again."

Lex's goons brought out the prisoner from the other day and put him in the glass case. At this point he knew the routine so he sat silently in the chair they brought in the cage. Lena typed in the code and activated the contacts. The prisoner's eyes turned white just as his body went limp.

She typed in the command and hesitated. With a deep breath, she pushed enter. The command was sent and the prisoner shuttered. Then the contacts cleared so he could see without losing their effect on him.

Lena approached with a sigh. "Bradley, do you feel any different?"

"I feel the same as I did before." He muttered

"Well, they're supposed to feel like they aren't even there so that's a good sign. I want you to try and lie while answering the following question." Lena said, holding up an orange. "What color is this fruit?"

Bradley looked at the fruit and tried to form the word red, but his lips would not let him speak. He tried again, but struggled. "The fruit is r...r...r...eee...ddd...The fruit is orange."

Lena perked up with a smile. He couldn't lie, which means that part of the contact worked. Her next goal was to end violence. Lena unlocked the cage and he stepped out onto the floor. One of Lex's goons approached with crossed arms.

"Bradley, this man hurt your daughter. Hypothetically." Lena mentioned, motioning to the scary-looking guard. "I want you to try and punch him."

Bradley nodded as his fist flew forward. When it got inches from the guard's face he stopped as if a forcefield was holding him back. He tried again with the same effect. Bradley tried to even kick the guy, but his foot wouldn't make contact. He looked toward Lena. "I can't. My body won't let me."

Lena smiled from ear to ear to the point of almost crying. "It worked. Holy crap it worked. This is amazing. Thank you, Bradley. I will finish up and let you go to your family by tonight."

Bradley smiled as the goon took him back to his cell. Lena could jump sky high at how happy she was. Lex strolled in the room and Lena blurted out her excitement. "Lex, the contacts work. The testing is complete."

"We'll implement them into the contacts before release in two days." Lex said as his smile turned into a frown. "You were right about Brainy. He betrayed me."

Lena raised a brow. "I thought he believed your lie about the informant."

"He did until he hacked the footage and saw what happened." He turned to look at Lena. "Then you gave him that antidote you've been working on for Carly."

Lena began to deny her claim when he raised a finger to shush her. "Lena, I am not an idiot. I knew the day you called Deirdre. I bugged your phone in case you decided to betray me and it looks like I was in the right to do so. Carly was taken from the building by The Flash and her Super Friends. Brainy vanished soon after."

"Lex, just leave them be." Lena begged. "Non Nocere is complete. Once entered into those contacts the people will be out of your way. Unconscious or docile. Even if Carly saves Kara, it will be too late for them to stop us. Focus on our goal, instead hurting them."
"Our plan will be accomplished, but that doesn't mean I can't hurt them as well." Lex smugly smiled. "I always have backup plans in case of a double cross. I altered your antidote when you accidently left the sample out on the counter in your lab."

Lena's eyes went wide. "What did you do, Lex?"

I followed the others back to STAR Labs. When I came into the main room Deirdre and Cillian saw me. Deirdre ran forward and hugged me tight. "I'm so glad you're okay. I showed them the footage of the warehouse. I had to tell them. I'm so sorry."

"Don't be sorry." I said, digging my face into her shoulder. "You did the right thing. Thank you."

When we separated I got hugs from Cillian, Nia, J'onn, Cisco, and Caitlyn. Then they led me to the med wing and the sight of Kara made my stomach fall to the floor. She was pale, clammy, and her eyes sunken in. She looked like she was dying. I stopped in my tracks and started to cry. Kara sensed someone was staring, which made her open her own eyes.

When her eyes opened I ran to the bed. I grabbed her hands and put them in mine. I kissed them with tear soaked lips. She smiled. "You're here."

"Of course, I'm always here." I kissed her hands again. "I'll always be here."

Caitlyn caught my attention. "Carly, I need to speak with you for a second."

I nodded and squeezed her hand before following Caitlyn and the others into the other room. I wiped the tears from my face and crossed my arms. "What is our plan to heal her?"

"We think a blood transfusion will do the trick as kryptonite poisoning is like radiation poisoning. Doctors give blood transfusions to those affected with radiation to try and remove the toxins. We think giving a transfusion of blood while removing her poisoned blood at the same moment will cure her." Caitlyn explained

I smiled and then I looked around at everyone else. "What aren't you telling me?"

Caitlyn began to explain, but Cisco beat her to it. "The kryptonite still in her blood would be moving at a higher speed which could cause her so much pain she'll go into shock. It could kill her before we get all the kryptonite out, but if a vamtronian took the tainted blood from Kara it would be pleasurable enough that she wouldn't go into shock."

"I can't bite her." I refused. "I could make her worse. Besides, I don't think ingesting kryptonite is a good thing."

"I've done my research. If you ingest kryptonite it may make you ill, but it will not kill you. This is the only way I know Kara can be healed. If we try any other way her body could go into shock and she'll die. I know you're scared of losing control, but you are the only one she would allow to do this. She believes in you." Caitlyn explained

"We all believe in you." Barry said with an understanding smile.

I looked toward Deirdre who agreed with the others. "Just breathe and focus on saving her. I will be right next to you if you begin losing control. I will be there for you. You can do this."

I gritted my teeth and looked toward Kara. Her weak stature broke me down and I realized I had no other choice. I went back into the room and sat down beside Kara. Caitlyn set up the blood transfusion bag as I squeezed Kara's hand.

When it was all set up, I looked toward Kara. The others left the room to give me some privacy as Deirdre stayed on the other side of the glass in case I couldn't control myself. I was shaking and Kara noticed. "You can do this, Carly. I trust you."

"I could kill you, Kara. I would have killed that drunk man if Lena had not stopped me. What if I take too much and you die. I would never forgive myself." I cried

Kara's hand reached up so she could grasp my chin and turn my head toward her. She smiled, wiping a tear from my cheek. "You won't hurt me because I know you can control yourself. I trust you and I always will."

She painfully leaned forward and kissed me. Both our tears mixed into the kiss, but that didn't matter. Kara laid back on the bed and mouthed I trust you one last time. I looked from her face to her wrist. With a loud exhale I sunk my fangs into Kara's skin.

Kara gasped and began to silently moan. It was just as explosive of a feeling as the last time, but the small shards of kryptonite made it taste bitter. Metallic in a way.

I let myself get lost in the feeling as her heartbeat synced with mine. I clung to her wrist like I would die without it and I drank and drank. The bitter taste slowly subsided as her blood became clean. Deirdre noticed the change and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Her blood is clean, you can stop now."

I wanted to ignore her plea and continue to drink until nothing was left, but then it came back to me who I was feeding from and I quickly removed my mouth. I licked the blood from my lips as Kara fell asleep. Caitlyn ran into the room to check all Kara's vitals and when they came back healthy a sigh of relief passed over everyone.

Once she woke up, Kara would be placed under the sun lamps, which Alex had snatched when she left the DEO, and Kara would be back to her crime fighting self. We left Kara to rest and went into the lounge to catch up. I told them everything that had happened from Lex to my powers to the homeless guy and even Lena becoming not so terrible.

They all felt so guilty for not noticing something was wrong, but I assured them that there was nothing they could have done. I was feeling comfortable and truly happy for the first time in weeks, when someone suddenly appeared in the doorway. I looked up to find Brainy standing there and my smile turned into a frown. He motioned for me to follow him into the hallway and I obliged.

I followed him into the hall with crossed arms. "Brainy, what do you want?"

"I want to apologize." Brainy said, wringing his hands. "I did a lot of awful things to you and I am so sorry. I know getting the antidote and helping the others save you will not make up for what happened, but I want you to know I truly am sorry. I was so blinded by my mission that I didn't understand the harm I was causing."

I was about to burst into anger when I felt this sharp pain in my side. "Aw…."

Brainy noticed the expression on my face and instantly became worried. "What's wrong?"

"I...I don't know….mhm..." I gasped as the pain got worse. "My stomach hurts."

I collapsed onto my knees, clutching at my stomach. I began gasping for air as I fell onto my back. Brainy yelled for the others while I dug my nails into the floor, chipping the tiles. Everyone ran into the hall and noticed my pain. Barry crouched beside me. "Carly, what's happening?"

"I don't know." I looked at him with a face twisted in pain. "Something is wrong. Something is very wrong."
Cisco looked toward Caitlyn. "I thought you said the kryptonite would only make her weak. You never said she would be in debilitating pain."

Caitlyn was worried. "There shouldn't be any pain. She should just feel tired. This isn't the kryptonite."

I screamed as my eyes went pure white. The others looked toward one another with fear and worry. Suddenly I lost all consciousness and passed out. Falling into the dark abyss of nothingness.