"She seems to be back to normal." Alex commented as she came and stood next to her sister who was watching the three teenagers joke around on the other side of the glass.
"She does." Kara agreed not taking her eyes off her daughter.
"How are you doing?" Alex asked.
"Do you know who did this?" Kara questioned instead of answering the question.
"We are chasing down leads." Alex said.
"What aren't you telling me?" Kara asked turning to face Alex.
"Do you want to be spending time with Alex or chasing leads with me?" Alex asked. "It's your choice and whatever you choose I'll support. But right now you don't have the energy or time to do both." She then paused, letting her words sink in before going on. "The last few weeks you have been a rock for me." Alex said. "But I am your big sister, it's my job to look after you. So whatever you need I'll make sure you have it. But you have been through hell these last few days and you need to take time for yourself. Right now Alex is fine and Kara and MJ are with her, so why don't you get some rest? If I find anything conclusive I will let you know and you can decide if you want to join in the raid. In the mean time you need to get some rest."
"I'm not leaving Alex."
"I know. There are plenty of beds here." Alex reminded her leading her to a small room. "Try to get some rest. If Alex needs you I'll get you."
"Okay." Kara said.
"I'll leave you to it." Alex said.
"Alex wait." Kara called.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked.
"Thank you." Kara said crushing her in a hug.
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"Sam? Are you okay?" Alex asked seeing her friend sitting in a corner staring at the wall. "Sam?" Alex repeated.
"Alex?" Sam asked whipping her head round.
"You okay?" Alex asked.
"Yes. No. Sorry. I was just thinking how close I came to losing her."
"Ruby is going to be fine." Alex assured her.
"I never wanted Ruby to join the DEO." Sam said.
"I know." Alex said recalling the heated debates of the past.
"Not because I didn't trust you to look after her, but because I wanted her to be safe. If she hadn't have joined the DEO she could have died."
"Regardless of if she joined, I would have always looked after her." Alex assured her.
"I know. But being close to you meant she got treatment faster. That saved her life. I don't know how to thank you."
"Mom saved her not me." Alex pointed out.
"Well I owe all of you a lot." Sam said before asking. "How are you doing?"
"Me? I'm fine."
"Really? Ruby and Lena have both mentioned what you've been going through."
"They talk too much and I'm okay." Alex said.
"If you want to talk, I'm here."
"I appreciate that. But you should go smother Ruby."
"I'm not sure she was appreciating my smothering." Sam said.
"I'm sure deep down she loves it." Alex smiled.
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"Have you found anything?" Alex asked entering the control room.
"We may have." Vasquez said. "We have been running more tests on those cannisters to figure out what was in there before. While we can't identify it yet, we have found a unique low level radioactive signature. We are hoping it might lead us to either the stockpile or where the modified version of the virus was made."
"Good work." Alex said.
"I also spoke to Peter among others." Vasquez said.
"And?" Alex asked already knowing she wouldn't like the answer.
"According to the rumours going round Peter said there are probably at least fifty stockpiles round the globe. He has no idea where or what exactly would be in them, but he did provide a list and drawings of weapons Mongul has used before. One of those drawings looked like the cannisters Aptil found."
"Did he say what would have been in it?"
"Could have been anything from sedatives to toxins capable of decimating the population." Vasquez said.
"I do not like the look of you expression." Alex said.
"If these weapons having fallen into the wrong hands they could cause a lot of issues. The one bright side to this is they were designed for Mongul's army not humans. So most weapons Peter thought humans couldn't use without modification. However, the contents of the cannisters should be easy to use."
"Except they chose not to. Let's hope they keep that approach." Alex said. "Let me know when you get a location. And have the teams prepared for everything that might be there." She ordered before leaving.
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"I thought you were resting." Eliza said as Kara joined her outside the room where the teenagers were.
"I couldn't sleep." Kara said before Eliza pulled her in for a hug.
"How are you feeling?" Eliza asked.
"I was so scared. And I can't stop seeing her hooked up to the ventilator and-"
"Kara, she is going to be okay." Eliza reminded her.
"I know. Thank you." Kara said squeezing her tightly. "I don't know what I would do if I lost her."
"You aren't losing her." Eliza said.
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"Have you got any sleep?" Alex asked approaching her sister a few hour later.
"A little." Kara said looking into the room where the teenagers were.
"Why are you out here and not in there?" Alex asked.
"Alex sent me away. Apparently I was being over protective and she thought I should sleep."
"So why aren't you resting?"
"I'm worried if I'm not watching something bad will happen."
"She's going to be fine." Alex said. "But you need to rest."
"I tried, but I can't. My mind keeps racing." Kara said. "Have you found anything?"
"We have lead. Do you want in?"
"Yes."
"Okay, but no matter what happens you need to keep your cool. Remember no one knows Supergirl has a daughter, don't do anything to risk giving away that information."
"I know." Kara said.
"Okay. And remember that this whole thing could have been to set up a trap, so stick with the DEO team."
"I will." Kara said.
"You sure you are ready for this?" Alex asked, clearly doubting it.
"I have to do this." Kara said.
"Okay, get ready. We should have a location soon."
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"What have we got?" Supergirl asked as she landed in front of the DEO squad.
"According to the scans it looks like this abandoned Metro station has been used for storing cannisters. We don't know if anyone is in there, but we have blocked all exits and secured a cordon. Can you see anything?" Agent Burlow said.
"There's no lead in there." Supergirl said after a moment. "There is an object that looks like a cannister, but I can't tell for sure out here."
"Proceed with caution." Alex said over the radio. "Make sure you look for traps."
"Yes Ma'am." Burlow said before barking out orders. When he was done Supergirl followed him down the old stairs to the station below.
As they reached the main area Burlow saw the cannister and was reporting it over the radio when it started venting gas.
Sensing the danger Supergirl inhaled deeply, sucking up all the gas before flying through the roof and high into the atmosphere and exhaling.
"You okay?" Alex asked over the radio.
"Yeah, I think so." Supergirl said coughing. "Still better at the breathing out rather than breathing in thing. You were right it's a trap."
"But for who and why?" Alex asked as Supergirl landed in front of Burlow's team who had all evacuated.
"Is everyone okay?" Supergirl asked still coughing.
"We're fine." He said.
"You've got this?" Supergirl asked the DEO agents.
"Yes Ma'am."
"I'll see you later then." Supergirl said before flying off. But as she spoke one of the Agents noticed her eyes flash red.
"Um, Ma'am, was that really Supergirl?" The Agent asked Alex over the radio.
"Yes, why?"
"Her eyes glowed red."
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"Supergirl, come in." Alex said over the radio. Not getting a response Alex said. "Supergirl I need you to hear me. You may have been exposed to Red K." Once again getting no response she looked to Harris and said. "Get me a location on Supergirl now." She then hurried to her office and called Lena.
As soon as Lena picked up the call Alex immediately asked.
"Lena, does Supergirl's suit protect her from gas?"
"Never been tested, but I doubt it. Why?" Lena asked, concerned by the question.
"Crap." Alex muttered before saying. "Lockdown the lab, do not let Kara in."
"Okay." Lena said, sounding confused but not questioning what Alex was saying.
"I'll be in contact." Alex said ending the call before heading back to the command room.
"Vasquez I need to use the link Supergirl used to try and talk to the aliens." Alex ordered.
"The outside human hearing one?" Vasquez guessed.
"Yes."
"It'll only be one way."
"I know. But I have to talk to her."
"Give me a minute." Vasquez said.
In response Alex paced round the control room as Vasquez worked. After what felt like an eternity Vasquez gave her a radio.
"Press to speak, you can use it in your office. No one else will hear."
"Thank you." Alex said taking the device and returning to her office. Having shut the door she activated the radio and said.
"Kara. Kara it's Alex. I know you can hear me. I need you to listen. You have been exposed to Red K. You need to come to the DEO. I know you are angry about what happened to Alex, but she needs you not revenge. Please just come to the DEO so we can fix this."