Kryptonian Nights 17

Deanlu

Supergirl is the property of DC comics and the CW. I am borrowing the characters for a little fun and storytelling. These are about the many facets of love.

"Supergirl there are two more approaching from the north. You need to shift four more blocks toward the harbor. There is more open space with the park there." Winn's voice came through the Comms. The Kryptonian knelt for a second gathering her second wind. The fight had been brutal so far and going on for forty minutes already. Supergirl had taken out five of the mechanical robots. They were equipped with a low grade Kryptonite. Jonn and the DEO had at first engaged them, but whoever was commanding the robots made sure they were busy with helping the civilian population as they began taking out buildings to cause major damage. Kara had been forced to join the fight. Lena Luthor was at the DEO command center helping Winn. LCorp's close relationship with the DEO was paying off in the form of new weapons to fight and better tactical assistance.

"Moving now Winn. Advise Director Jonzz and Agent Danvers of my whereabouts." Supergirl shot off the ground heading toward the area. She was tired and weakened. She could feel a slight nausea every time she encountered one the robots with the kryptonite. She arrived at the location, but late. She was suddenly being struck by two powerful beams of energy from the robots. She hit the ground cratering deep. She heard the screams of nearby civilians even as she rolled over onto her feet.

"Supergirl, you need to get up." Winn's voice came through the comms. Kara saw several objects heading toward her. She waited till the last second, shooting into the air and circling the robots faster and faster. She created a mini tornado, but in reverse. She projected them up into the sky away from the city toward the desert. They hit the ground shattering into a million pieces. Kara's super hearing alerted her to an aircraft in trouble. She looked west seeing a military aircraft in trouble.

"Shit! Can't a girl get a break? Winn, there's a fighter jet in trouble. Can you patch me into the pilot?' Kara's trembling voice echoed back to her friend. She looked toward the sky. She saw the sun now was in its setting phase. She needed to finish this fast.

"Working on it. Nerd1 is coming on line." Winn spoke as he attempted to patch Kara into the fighter pilots jet. Winn worked quickly alerting Jonn and Alex. He then focused satellites on the aircraft while another agent contacted Air4 command.

"Supergirl, doing alright?" Nerd1's voice came through the line. Kara shook her head. She hadn't agreed with Jonn and Alex about allowing Lena on the comms when they were unavailable, but she had been overruled. Mostly by Alex who said Lena could help.

"I"m fine Nerd1. Nothing to concern yourself with. Winn, do you have approval to help the fighter pilot." Kara was coming up on the plane. It was definitely in trouble.

"Ahh, so the respiratory distress that your suit is transmitting back is nothing. Your god like powers are fine then." Lena's sarcastic reply came through the line. Ever since she had found out that Kara and Supergirl were one in the same there had been a simmering animosity. Susan Vasquez glanced up from where she was monitoring Jonn and Alex's location and issues. The tiff between the Luthor and Super had most of the DEO unsettled and a little angry.

"Nope, your monitors are working just fine. Kryptonite does that to me. Winn? What's going on with the aircraft?" Something wasn't right . Kara could already tell. On top of it she hadn't heard from Alex and Jonn for a while.

"Supergirl you need to break off your pursuit of the aircraft and return to base. Your no good if your down." Lena came back trying to get the Girl of Steel to listen even as she examined the aircraft with the DEO computers and satellites. "Winn, look." Lena called as she pointed to the satellite analysis of the plane. These weren't normal planes. They had been modified.

"Supergirl, I'm getting no response from the pilot. Air4 command says you have permission to intercept and …." Kara was suddenly blasted with two strong electrical beams. Kara came to a complete stop in the air as the electricity continued to hit her. She could hear her heart beating hard, voices screaming in her ears, and then nothing. She began to drop like a stone. Kara saw the fighter craft turn suddenly heading toward her. She thought that it was trying to help until to beams of green shot out from the underside. They missed, but the weakening feeling it gave her as they passed her told her all she needed to know. The military had mounted a weaponized form of Kryptonite to the craft. All this had been an elaborate ruse to kill her. Cadmus was going to get their way. Kara was able to halt her fall and rose toward the atmosphere.

"Nerd1?" Supergirl called as she rose dodging two more shots of electricity and a kryptonite beam.

"Go ahead Supergirl." Lena's trembling voice responded. Lena was beside herself trying to figure out a way to help Supergirl.

"I love you. Probably should have told you sooner. Just remember, even so called gods fall." Kara was hit by another blast of electricity losing altitude. "I'll always be your friend." Kara twirled using the cloud cover to lose the robots.

"Supergirl, what are you doing? Your energy readings are rising." Lena's desperate voice came through the comms.

"Supergirl, Agent Jonzz and Agent Danvers are in route. ETA ten minutes. Hang on." Winn's desperate voice came through. Kara smiled briefly even as she concentrated harder to build her energy.

"Have a good life Nerd1. Winn I'm sorry for what I'm about to do. Tell Alex I did my best. Maybe this is just how it's supposed to be." Kara kept herself concealed in the cloud bank even as her energy levels rose higher within her body. She had learned if she could concentrate hard enough she could build up her energy, then explode it outward with her eyes. At the same time she could use a hard concussion clap. The resulting power wave would destroy everything within a five mile radius. It was amazing what three weeks on Themiscry with the Amazons could teach you.

"Kara, what are you doing? Your energy readings are going off the charts." Winn asked as alarms from Kara's suit started going off. Kara was over the desert area with no civilians for miles. She now looked up toward the sun.

"I'm sorry Alex. Rao's will be done!" Kara's energy exploded outward. A massive sonic concussion clap echoed outward as her hands came together. White light blanketed everything ripping stone, earth and machine apart. "No gods, just Kryptonian Lena." Kara's last words echoed across the comms.

5 weeks later

"I swear to Roa if you are out of that bed I will beat your ass." Lena Luthor's voice echoed across the apartment. Kara could hear her feet as they padded across the wood floors. The young Kryptonian shifted against the pillows and blankets again trying to find a comfortable spot even as the springs gave away her movement. "I'm gone five minutes and I catch you trying to walk without help." Kara smiled up as the youngest Luthor came through the bedroom doorway.

"I'm not moving. I'm just uncomfortable." Kara responded softly. Lena came into the bedroom to find the young reporter trying to position the pillows. She leaned over helping Kara up and repositioned the pillows. The late afternoon sun fell directly across the bed from the the huge nearby windows.

"Let me get you something to eat and some more water." Lena murmured as she lowered Kara onto the pillows. Five weeks since Kara blew out ten miles of land and air. Since Cadmus found out the hard way how powerful she could be. What Kara didn't know yet was that Cadmus was herding her into being captured until her energy explosion. Nobody, not even Lena, had ever seen anything like it. Not even Superman who had been called in when the attack had required Supergirl. He had just made it in time to catch Kara before she could impact the earth. Kal-el had never seen anything like it. The ripple effect of fear and concern over such a strong alien almost had Kara jailed within the DEO permanently. Unbeknownst to Kara a special meeting had been called in Washington to decide what to do about this new problem. It was quickly shut down by powerful people that were beholding to Supergirl. Kal-El had just shook his head.

"I always knew she was stronger than me, but this? I've never seen anything like it." Superman had told Lena and Alex as Jonn stood by watching Kara float in a healing tank of bacta. Kara's epidermis had burned off in certain areas on her body a result of the huge power build up and release. She was prone to infection currently even as her body was healing from all the internal damage. One of the alien prisoners had suggested the tank to Alex when they had problems getting the Kryptonians body to heal. Not all the prisoners hated Supergirl. Not all were contained due to criminal issues. Some were there for their protection and humans protection. Alex had taken the suggestion to Jonn. They had used it once before on the League's ship, but the DEO had retained the plans for future building. They hadn't expected to need it so soon. A quick emergency call to the future had Brainiac five returned to their time. He worked with Winn and Lena to get it build and ready in record time. Once operational he had returned to his time. "She keeps coming up with new powers. I mean new ways to use her powers."

"You mean new ways of scaring us all to death and nearly dying." Lena had responded as Kara floated in the tank. Supergirls wounds were slowly closing and skin growing hour. "Doesn't she understand she's not indestructible?"

"Weren't you the one who claimed she had a god persona? Maybe she was trying to prove she didn't." Winn responded as he walked into the room and up to the tank securing the next set of meds to the entry point and injecting it. Alex went to intercede only to have Kal cover her mouth and hold her back. This had been coming for a while. It needed to be said.

"How dare yo…" Lena began only to be cut off by Winn. Jonn turned watching the interaction in case he needed to stop Winn. Several agents had surreptitiously found their way near the door of the med bay.

"How dare me?" Winn turned on Lena even as the Man of Steel and Alex backed up some. "How dare you? You hold against Kara telling James to check out if you have Kryptonite. You say it's the greatest breach of trust. You're wrong. This organization is secret. It keeps secrets. It goes behind peoples backs to insure the safety of the American population from aliens and humans. Are you telling me that if we suspected one of Kara's other friends of having Kryptonite we wouldn't ask someone to check it out?" Winn argued as he stepped into Lena's personal space. "If you say yes, you're a fool! It's our job Lena. It's her job." Winn said pointing at the chamber where Kara now floated between life and death. "Every day she goes out there battling god's knows what type of aliens, monsters created by science, and human kind who think she should be an experiment. Supergirl is threatened every day with extinction because of us. Humanity. What a laugh! And she does it without needing a thank you. She does it cause it is who she is! Not even Superman does half of what she does!" Winn pointed at the Man of Steel making them all look at Kal. "All she did was want to know if you had more kryptonite and insure you didn't." Winn shook his head. "Alex has done so much worse to people than she ever did to you for the exact same call yourself her friend. I wonder if you really are?" The sound of Winn being slapped echoed in the medical bay. No one moved for a moment. "Yeah, that's what I thought. More worried about yourself than Kara." Winn stormed passed.

"Lena…" Jonn asked just before the thrashing in the tank started. Alarms started sounding as Alex moved around Lena to inject a few more medications. The older Danvers watched the readouts. Lena came up next to her watching the same readouts. Kara's blood pressure had risen indicating she could feel the pain of her injuries. Alex had injected more pain medication. Lena pointed to another warning. A special antibiotic was sent into the healing bacta.

"He was right you know. I think I've made a mistake with Kara. I have a lot to apologize for to her." Lena softly said to Alex. Superman came up beside her and nodded.

"You're in luck." Superman said looking at Lena who now glanced up at him. "Kara will recover from this. She will forgive you too. She already told you she loves you. Even I heard that." Lena blushed while Alex smirked. Superman reached over and placed a hand on Lena's shoulder. "We all make mistakes. Even Kara and I. What we do after makes all the loves you and is trying to make things right. Have faith in her. She does in you even if you don't believe it."

That had been two days after the Supergirl incident. Now five weeks later things were finally improving.

"Come lay with me for a minute. Please. I'm tired, but can't relax." Supergirl reached up gently pulling the youngest Luthor into the bed. Lena sighed nodding. She crawled into the bed cuddling up with Supergirl.

"How are you really feeling? Don't lie. I'm still scared and worried." Lena responded as Kara ran her hand up and down Lena's arm. Five weeks and Supergirl's powers still had not shown up. Kara had been in a coma for the first two weeks. Her life spent in the bacta tank for the first week. After the DEO placed her under the sun lamps for six hours, then out for six hours. Then in for six hours, and out for six hours. Medical had continued to alternate the time. The power had been set on low until her body began to respond and absorb the energy it needed. She finally regained consciousness after two weeks. However, her body chose not to power up. She also had serious kryptonite poisoning she was still dealing with and overwhelmed musculature and cell problems from her overload. Lena, Alex, Eliza, Dr. Hamilton, Superman, and several scientists had thrown themselves into helping Kara regain her strength and powers. It was not easy as they were dealing with an alien life form and a power they had never seen before. Kara's explanation of what she did though helped. Jonn, Lucy Lane, Lois Lane, Cat Grant, Jimmy Olsen and several formidable men and women had worked to protect her.

"I'm tired, sore and I still get dizzy." Kara said looking in Lena's eyes seeing the fear and worry. That was something that had changed after that day. Lena had been more attentive. They had talked, really talked. Lena had apologized for assuming Kara had a god complex, for abandoning their friendship, and for lying about so many things. Kara agreed she hadn't given Lena the benefit of the doubt when she helped with Reign. She apologized for being a terrible friend and just not understanding. She apologized for not telling her about being Supergirl. She also apologized for dying because Kara had four times before she was stabilized. "But everyday it gets better. The Aqua therapy and physical therapy are exhausting." Lena leaned forward softly kissing Kara and pulling her closer. This was also new. They were girlfriends now. No more hiding. When you almost lose that which you love it changes you forever.

"What about your meetings with Emily?" Lena asked wanting to know if the psychiatrist was actually helping kill some of Kara's demons. Kara sighed deeply while closing her eyes. She'd truly given up when she had expended the energy. It had taken everything Lena had in whispered conversations and dreamlike arguments to make Kara stay. Kara still didn't understand why she had. Maybe this life was just something she wanted to see toward an different ending.

"It's hard, but it is getting better. What about you? I know you're seeing Eric. Are things getting better?" The young reporter asked as she kissed Lena's forehead. Lena looked over at Kara no longer feeling the anger she had held against her. Now just feeling guilty for causing such a rift.

"Yeah, it gets better each day like you said." Lena said wistfully. Kara leaned over and kissed her. "I'm sorr…" Kara cut her off kissing her again.

"What did Eric tell you?" Kara asked looking Lena in the glanced down only to have her chin raised by Kara's hand. Lena sighed and nodded.

"That I need to forgive myself since you've forgiven me. That we need to move forward strengthening ourselves and each other." Lena spoke the words while seeing the understanding in the blue eyes across from her.

"One day at a time. One day at a time Lena." Kara said snuggling into her side. Lena smiled as she kissed the top of Kara's head. Maybe with time things would get better. Maybe.

"Out of the fires of desperation burn hope and solidarity." -Sharan Burrow