Kryptonian Nights 20
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.
Mistakes in Field Work
"Kara! Watch out!" Alex called through the comms. Supergirl spun at the last moment. The alien she was fighting with just missing her. The young Kryptonian grabbed hold as the arm that meant to punch her slid passed. Kara had, had enough. She threw the alien to the ground following up with a hammer punch. Supergirl pulled back into the air waiting to see if there was any movement. None. One alien down. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Alex, bring in the containment unit. He's ready for you." Kara spoke over the comms. She then took a guarded stance in the air waiting as DEO personnel drove up and took care of the alien of the moment. She kept careful watch on the alien as they loaded it into containment.
"Hey, Susan." Kara called to one of the DEO agents that broke off from the group and walked over to where Supergirl now landed. "I thought you were on communication today?"
"Nope! I needed some field time. Agent Danvers pulled me on to her team and Bixby took my time on communication. He is still sore from the Ragatan attack two weeks ago." Kara grimaced realizing the injuries to the agents from that event were partly her fault. She hadn't made sure the Ragatan was fully down. When agents came in to pick up the alien it had roared back to consciousness injuring five. Luckily no one had died. But Theta team was down right now due to her mistake. At least in her opinion. "Hey, stop that. You couldn't have known. It's not your fault Supergirl. These things happen." Susan said as she placed a hand on Supergirls shoulder in reassurement. Kara nodded in agreement with Susan even though she didn't agree. Alex signalled for their withdrawal. Supergirl went to leave, but Susan caught her hand holding her in place. Kara turned back to Susan. "Dinner, my place after this shift." Susan said as Kara went to protest. "I won't take no for an answer. It's my mom's enchilada's night. I'll pick you up at seven." Kara nodded and Susan let her hand go. Kara took to the air as Alex jogged up to Susan.
"Problems?" Alex asked as she watched Supergirls form recede in the distance. Susan nodded as she looked toward Alex.
"She's still blaming herself for Theta's teams injuries. It's wearing on her deeply." Susan declared as both agents turned and got into the jeep that drove up next to them. Agent Meyers pulled out following the containment truck.
"She's not to blame for that. She had the Ragatan down and out. How were we to know it would rise up so fast? We didn't have the information we now have on it's biological responses. She knows this is dangerous work. Even before she arrived agents were hurt quite frequently." Alex argued back to Susan as they passed out of the city toward the desert holding base. Meyer's listened and finally added in his two cents.
"Does she know that agents are injured less now since she came to work for the DEO?" Agent Meyer's asked Alex. Agent Danvers thought about that. Meyers had a point. The number of injured agents had fallen since Supergirls arrival and working with the DEO. "In fact, some of the agents and I have been talking Agent Danvers. Supergirl is injured a lot more than any of the agents. A lot of the time it's because she intercepts a strike or uses her body to protect us." Susan and Alex realized what Kara was doing more often now. Alex realized they needed to talk to her.
"I'll talk to her tonight. She's coming for dinner at my place." Susan stated as Meyer's burst out laughing. Alex looked at Susan with bewilderment.
"Has she ever been to your place? Does she know…" Alex stated as Susan cut her off. Meyer's glanced back in the rearview mirror as Susan spoke.
"No, she hasn't been to my place before. It will be fine Alex. What's the worst that could happen?" Susan queried the two agents. Both Meyers and Alex burst out laughing as they pulled up to the desert containment facility. "Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up." Susan scolded the two agents as she jumped out to help remove the captured alien into a containment cell.
"Supergirl doesn't know what she's getting into does she?" Meyers chortled as he looked at Agent Danvers. Alex shook her head. Hopefully this would help some.
Several hours later…
"Susan, you look beautiful." Kara said after opening her door to the DEO agent. Kara was blown away by how amazing Susan looked. Susan was dressed in a dark blue jeans, a beautiful blue blouse, a black leather jacket, and a faux suede pair of ankle boots. Susan's breath had caught in her throat at how gorgeous Kara looked. Kara wore black jeans, a white button down, a pair of side ankle zip boots. She wore her hair down with her glasses.
"Kara, you're gorgeous." Susan blurted out causing the Super to blush. "Um, are you ready? We are taking my motorcycle. I hope you don't mind." Kara grabbed her jacket and purse. Susan took her hand and led her to her motorcycle, a Harley Davidson CVO Street Glide. It was a burnt orange with gleaming chrome. Susan handed Kara a helmet. Once Kara was snug against her back Susan started the bike. They rode off toward the north side of town. Kara recognized it from an apartment fire she had helped battle several months ago. Susan exited the main thoroughfare moving deep into the maze of roads that made up the median income side of town. They pulled into an old neighborhood of well cared for older houses. Susan pulled into the driveway of a house with several cars and trucks parked next to it and on the street. Susan waited for Kara to dismount and then set her bike. She took the young reporters helmet and set inside the side box. "Come on." Susan said as she reached out her hand. Kara took it as she looked around the neighborhood and home area. She could see a large patio in the back and a garage with two men talking and drinking. She heard loud voices from the house. The neighborhood seemed well cared for even against the winds of time. Susan pulled open the door.
"Mama. I'm home." Susan called out even as two children came bolting into the front room. The house was decorated in bright, sunny colors. Southwestern artwork and photos of family decorated the walls along with warm wood furniture, beautiful rugs colored in earth tones, and knick knacks that leant a special personalization to the home.
"Tia." The two girls bolted in her arms. Susan hugged them while Kara looked on with wide eyes. The young girls wrapped themselves around Vasquez kissing her.
"How are you my loves?" Susan asked as she knelt before the two girls. Both girls started talking at once.
"We made a new friend Tia." One of the girls spoke excitedly.
"We think she may be alien." The other girl said quickly interjecting her information.
"We told her she could be our friend." The first said quickly. "She's really good at jumping and running. She also good at math and science."
"Whoa. Whoa. Slow down my sweet one. I want to introduce you to my friend, Kara." Susan chuckled as she took Kara's hand. The two young girls who weren't more than seven and nine looked up with widening eyes. "Kara I would like you to meet Isabella, my sweet young niece. This is Clara, my older niece." Both girls had beautiful brown hair and eyes. Isabella was thin, bubbly with sparkling eyes. Clara was more of a medium build. Her intelligent eyes took in everything reasoning things out. Kara could tell both girls were highly intelligent.
"It's great to meet you." Kara said sticking her hand out. Both girls took a moment to look at each other, grinned and grabbed Kara into a huge hug. Kara laughed a little. She released the two girls. Just at that moment a large woman came into the room.
"Isabella and Clara, to the kitchen now! You have chores. Off you go." The woman commanded the children whom hopped off to the kitchen.
"Yes, mama!" The girls responded as the woman turned her attention onto Kara and Susan. Susan walked forward and hugged the woman.
"You have not been around my sister. You know no matter what we love you." Susan's sister whispered in her ear. Susan squeezed her sister tightly for a moment. She stepped back with tears in her eyes.
"I"m aware. I would like you to meet my friend, Kara Danvers. I invited her to dinner tonight." Susan said turning to her friend. "Kara this is my sister, Ria."
"It's good to meet you. I hope I'm not inconveniencing you." Kara apologized as Susan shook her head. Ria grabbed hold of the Kryptonian and pulled her toward the kitchen through a large dining room. Inside the kitchen was Susan's mother and grandmother. The children were working in the corner creating a salad under the watchful eye of the grandmother.
"Mama, this is Kara Danvers. Susan's friend. She has brought her to dinner." Ria explained as Kara stopped just in the doorway. A middle age women with glowing skin, greenish brown eyes, and medium build approached from the stove area.
"Welcome, welcome Kara. We are glad to have you. Susan called me earlier today. Come in and have a seat." A seat was pulled out in the corner. Kara was given a cold drink and pushed into the seat. "She is so thin Susan! You were right to bring her here. We will need to add some meat to her bones." Susan's mother said as she crossed the room to hug her daughter. "How are you my mija? You have not come around for dinner in a long time."
"I love you mama." Susan hugged her mom. "Where is papa?" Susan inquired nervously. Her mother placed a hand on her cheek and shook her head.
"Out with your brother and sister's husband. They are trying to get the pickup working. He's having trouble with the electrical again. Come I need help with the beans." Susan's mother pulled her daughter to the stove. "So Kara, how do you know my daughter?
"Oh, my sister works with her at the FBI." Kara responded as Susan's mother checked the enchilada's in the oven. Mama Vasquez looked over at Kara with a questioning glance.
"So you don't work with my daughter? What do you do?" Mama Vasquez asked as she moved around the kitchen. Susan stirred the seasoned black beans on the stove while her Abuela came up next to her kissing her cheek giving her a side hug. She then went back to cutting up fruit while the girls now finished with the salad. Both girls went to set the table. Mama Vasquez began making fresh tortilla's even as Susan took over finishing the rice on the stove.
"I kind of work with her. I'm a reporter for CATCO magazine and the National City Tribune. Sometimes I have information that my sister and Susan can use so I pass the information on to them." Susan chuckled softly about Kara's explanation of her work with the DEO. Alex liked to say Kara couldn't lie, but she had just done that to Susan's mother. Her mother accepted the explanation without doubt, though Susan could tell her Abuela did not. She let it go for now though.
"You must be quite talented young woman for Susan to bring you home." Ria snarked giving Susan a sidelong glance. Susan glared at her sister who was chopping up cilantro, onion, and peppers.
"She is a very talented reporter Ria. "Slavers Moon, Alien Fight Club, interviews with Lena Luthor and Morgan Edge, Earth from a Rangonian Viewpoint. All these articles you've commented on Ria she has written." Susan scolded her sister.
"Really? You're that Kara Danvers?" Ria asked as she looked doubtfully at Kara. Kara nodded in affirmation. Mama Vasquez motioned Kara over to the table. Kara set her glass off to the side on the counter and walked over to where Mama Vasquez was making tortilla's. Mama showed Kara how to form the dough into balls and then press it in the press to make the tortilla. Before the young Danvers knew it she was making tortilla's. The back door opened admitting several men into the house.
"Emilio, take Juan and Michael to clean up for dinner. We are almost ready." Mama Vasquez ordered from where she was cooking the tortilla's Kara made over a flat steel pan.
"Yes Magda. We will be in the dining room in ten minutes." The men moved off to the bathrooms down the hall while Susan's brother stopped to stare at the young reporter.
"Michael, get a move on. Stop daydreaming." Magda called after her son. The young man was in his early twenties, lithe and wiry. Dark brown hair complimented a long face with deep mocha eyes. He smiled hesitantly at Kara before stumbling off toward the bathroom. Soon everything was ready. Susan took Kara to the table after washing their hands. When everyone was seated and the food was on the table Susan's father, Emilio said the blessing. Once blessing was done Magda and Ria served their spouses first. Susan served her brother. Kara was served next. Then the children were served. Once done, Susan, Magda, and Ria served themselves.
"So you have decided to join us again Susan and you brought a friend with you." Emilio Inquired of his daughter. Susan sighed and spoke up.
"Yes papa. I'm sorry I haven't been around. It's been busy at work. I will try to be here more often." Susan replied looking up at her father. Her father smiled at her and nodded. Susan's face blossomed into a gentle smile as she went back to eating.
"Have you given any thought to the job I mentioned before Susan?" Juan questioned firmly. Ria glared at her husband. Susan went to answer before Kara cut her off.
"Why would Susan want a different job? She is an intelligent woman, gifted in technology communications, and an excellent field agent. She's a leader among the agents at the F.B.I. and earns excellent money. Her ability to move up into higher critical roles and leadership is very good. So why would she want a different job?" Kara inquired looking toward Juan. Juan for his part seemed almost flustered, searching for words to respond. "Not to mention she gets to work with Supergirl and Superman off and on. It must be truly exciting and rewarding." Kara insisted as she continued to speak. There was almost a sarcastic smirk on her face as she stated the obvious. "Weren't you working just a few weeks ago with the President of the United States Susan?" Kara inquiried with a whimsical glint in her eyes.
"Yes, we were tracking down a person who had made threat in National City against her. We found them and took them down fast. She was very grateful. I received a commendation and a dinner invitation." Susan giggled staring off into space remembering the moment. Of course, it was all true, except it was an infurnian who had made the threats. Kara had helped take the infurnian down while Vasquez had pulled the president out of the way when a fireball had come toward her. Most of her secret service had been taken out at that point.
"That's my girl. We make them tough in this family." Emilio proudly proclaimed. Juan squirmed in his seat not happy about Kara's information.
"So what job did you have for her Juan?" Kara inquired wanting to know. Juan looked off to the side for a moment.
"Yes, what is this job offer you have for my daughter?" Emilio growled out. Juan turned and looked at everyone at the table. It had become silent as everyone looked at Juan.
"Secretary to me at my company." Juan stated staring everyone down.
"Can I ask what you do?" Kara asked staring at him intently. She didn't like what he was implying with the way he talked about Susan.
"I run a security firm called TSI. We provide security for small businesses. I figured she could keep the office and such under control." Susan's face turned flush with anger. Kara burst out laughing. "What, what's so funny?"
"You do realize that Susan provides security for LCORP and CATCO. She is over qualified as a secretary. She has been a personal bodyguard to the president and multiple high profile people. She is one of the premiere computer security agents for the nation and a field agent for the FBI. What could you possibly offer her?" Kara boasted glaring now at the man. "Heck, I bet she could break into everyone of your secure data bases with no problem. Why would you even think she would want to work with you? Especially with your obvious view point of her?" The entire table was now glaring at Juan. Most of them knew what he thought of Susan and her job. He also thought women should have certain positions in life.
"Well, she's a woman. And…" Kara cut him off.
"She's a more accomplished person than you. Yet, I bet she has never looked down on what you do or may other than subtle inquiry into it. Susan is not one to boast about her intelligence and accomplishments. It's one of the reasons she is my friend." Kara insinuated to Juan. "I'm sorry Mr. and Mrs. Vasquez, but I won't have my friend looked down upon. Especially when she has saved my life." Emilio raised his hand in a calming gesture.
"You have nothing to be sorry for Kara. I am well aware how intelligent and skilled my daughter is in her job. Juan, you owe Susan an apology. Not to mention this family." Emilio demanded as he looked at his son-in-law. "You bring shame to this family with these type of archaic views. I have taught my girls to always step out and to lead. As I have taught Michael here. Why would you think of them as anything less?"
" I have always done my best. You have never thought it was good enough." Juan shouted at Emilio. "I work hard, provided you with two granddaughters, and yet it wasn't enough." Emilio shook his head no.
"No son. I have always been proud of you. You are a hard worker. You are skilled and talented. You are a good husband to my Ria. You have given me two precious granddaughters. Why would you think you're not good enough?" Emilio questioned now giving his full attention to his son-in-law.
"Why? Why? Because you tease me all the time about not providing you a grandson. Because you always question how I'm going to improve my business. Because you always ask if the girls are going to the right school. Everything I do from buying a house to a car. That's why!" Juan yelled scaring his children who now clung to their great grandmother and grandmother fear.
"Son, do you not know that I ask all these things not to make you feel less, but to let you know I am concerned? That I want you to always improve and do better." Juan looked incredulously at Emilio. Emilio sighed and stood up. He walked around the table and gripped his son-in-law by the shoulders. "Son, I am proud of you. You have done so well. I do not measure your success by how well Susan does or Michael does. I measure your success by how happy my Ria makes you, the laughter your daughters provide in your life, and the joy you bring this family. I am sorry if you didn't know. Any mistakes you feel you've made are just that. One time mistakes, but not the whole of your life. I love you son." Emilio pulled Juan to him and hugged him tightly. Juan hugged him back fiercely. Emilio back up looking him in the eye. Juan nodded gripping tightly for a second. Emilio returned to his seat.
"I apologize Susan. I have been unfair to you. It is fully my fault and I hope you would let me make it up to you." Juan humbly asked her. Susan nodded shocked at what had been revealed at her parents table. "Kara, I apologize to you also. You came for a family dinner not our family drama. I wish I had a friend like you. I can only hope that one day I can be half the person that Susan is to you." Kara nodded and smiled.
"Your a good man Juan. We all make mistakes like Emilio said. It's what we do after the mistake that makes all the difference." Kara said as Susan stared at her. Kara understood what that glare meant.
"Thank you Kara. I appreciate your gracious words. I'll try to be worthy of them." Juan said softly. He then looked to the family. He had scared them and disappointed them. He would need to work hard to make up for it.
"I am sorry my family. I did not mean to disappoint or dishonor any of you. I was wrong to make the accusations I did. I will work hard to make up for my mistakes." The family smiled and nodded. Juans two girls came running around the table.
"We love you papa. No more anger or sadness." Juan hugged his girls as tears ran down his face. He nodded. The girls returned to their side and dinner continued. Small conversations broke out around the table.
"Welcome to the family." Susan whispered to Kara. "It's always like this at family dinners. Someone always has a melt down or argument."
"There's nothing wrong with that. At least your family works to keep it together. I like it." Kara said softly. "I also heard what you said through your glare. I get it, but it doesn't make me feel less responsible." The table quieted without Susan and Kara realizing it.
"Kara, you cannot blame yourself for those injured agents. I saw you that day. You did everything you possibly could to protect them. There is no shame. You can't do everything. It's why we are all a team. We are trained agents for a reason. Long before you ever showed up we were doing this work. You have to understand we all made mistakes that day." Susan gently implored the Kryptonian. Kara stared into space for a long while finally nodding.
"Alright, I'll try and let it go. Thank you Susan." Kara leaned forward kissing her gently on the cheek as she forgot where she was located.
"Whooo!" "WOW!" exclamations came from around the table. Kara blushed as well as Susan. Everyone continued to razz the two women.
"She's a friend." Susan replied still blushing. Finally Emilio raised his hands to calm everyone down.
"Alright, alright. Enough. Let's finish dinner and then have dessert outside. It's cool out today." Everyone nodded as they settled into to finish. "Kara, if the friends thing should change I will be the second to know." Emilio smirked toward the young reporter who now flushed from head to toe.
"Yes sir." Kara affirmed as she looked down at her plate. The rest of the family chuckled. Soon the meal was finished and the adults moved out to the porch. Ria helped her children wash and put away dishes. While the adults sat out under the stars with drinks. Kara sipped a white wine with the rest of women while the men enjoyed beers. The backyard was a beautiful botanical paradise that had Kara amazed. Abuela came over and took Kara's hand.
"Come with me." Abuela asked Kara. The family looked up questioningly, but Kara followed the direction. She set her glass down and offered her arm to the matriarch. "My name is Consuela. You need to get use to it since you are family now." Consuela led Kara out to the garden in the backyard. The backyard was an Oasis for the family. It was large with flowering bulbs and trees. Vegetables were grown in raised beds in different areas along with herbs. Benches were set in different areas along with a small pond. "All of this is from Magda and my hand. I told Emilio when I came to live with them that I needed a garden so I could feel useful. Emilio built the raised beds, installed the pond where I wanted it, provided all the plants, soil and labor. Magda and I now keep it up and in shape. It's a place to sit and contemplate. A place to rest." Consuela and Kara came to a bench. Both sat down. "The fight you had at the table tonight with Juan...it struck you deep inside...Supergirl." Consuela looked directly into the young Kryptonians eyes.
"Consuela, I don't know why you would think I'm Supergirl. I'm not. I'm just an ordinary reporte…" Consuela eyed the young girl till she stumbled to a stop in her conversation.
"I am an old woman. However, I am not stupid. Nor am I stupid about what my granddaughter does Kara Danvers. I know she works for the DEO. I know how dangerous her job is and I know how proud I am that she keeps us all safe. I am proud of you for how safe you keep her. So do not lie to me." The older woman's eyes telling Kara everything she needed to know. "Tell me what troubles you?" Kara stared at the white Christmas lights that were strung through the backyard wondering when her life got so complicated.
"There was a field operation recently that I made a major mistake on. It got several agents injured. I didn't make sure that the alien was down for the count. I thought they were, but they came back to consciousness quickly. It hurt multiple agents. If I had done my job better those agents would not be injured." Supergirl lamented as she told her story. Abuela could see that this was doubt, but also hubris thinking that the young Kryptonian could fix everything since she had these amazing powers.
"Do you trust the agents that work with you? Do you trust Susan?" Abuela asked as she saw Susan hanging in the shadows nearby out of sight." Kara turned to Consuela and nodded. "Do you believe they are well trained? Well aware of what they are going into?"
"Yes, Consuela. I do believe that." Kara responded confused as to why the older woman was asking these questions.
"Do you use your powers to help? Do you act with the best intentions?" Abuela asked her again as she looked around the garden listening to her family and making sure they were not near.
"Yes, I do.I take serving the people of Earth very seriously. I'm very careful." Kara responded defensively. Abuela nodded to the young woman.
"That day, did you do all you could? Did you do the best you could?" Abuela asked Supergirl. Supergirl looked inward remembering the day. She went over everything.
"Yes, I might have changed one or two things. But I did do all I can." Kara ran her hands over her face. "I just think I should have been able to do more." She rose from next to Consuela walking forward and then turning around to speak. "What good are all these powers if I can't protect them? If I can't keep them from dying?" Tears fell from Kara's face as she cried out softly. "What if one day I make a mistake and it's Susan whom is injured? What if she died? How would you see me then Consuela? How could I live if my friend was killed because I couldn't save her?" Kara wept deeply the pain she had been hiding coming out full force. Abuela reached out to her. The Kryptonian fell to her knees in front of the older woman shaking her head as she cried.
"Shhh, Supergirl. Shhh." Consuela comforted the young Kryptonian as Susan watched from the shadows. Susan went to approach when her abuela shook her head no. "Listen to me very carefully." Consuela picked up Kara's face to look at her. "You cannot save everyone. No one can. My sweet loving husband, Gilbert, served in the military during the second world war here on earth. He fought hard and with courage. He did everything he could to save those around him and those who were ensnared by evil, but even he could not save them all. You can only do the best you can do. I believe in you completely. You are trained and fight for good. It will never be easy. I would bet that if you checked with those agents that were injured they would all say they could have been dead had you not been there." Abuela explained softly to the young woman.
"But…" Kara began.
"No! Do not doubt. Do not think you can do everything. We are all only capable of so much. To think you could reverse all this is futile and serves no good, but to weaken yourself and your fight for good. Do you understand my girl?" Kara nodded as Consuela pulled a hanky from her pocket and wiped her eyes. "If my granddaughter died in the line of duty protecting us I would know that she died doing what she loved. I would know to that you did the best you could to protect her. It would hurt both of us, but we would survive and be stronger in the end for knowing her. It is the same for all those agents that work alongside you. Never doubt the good you do." Kara nodded as abuela reached out her hand to Susan in the shadows. Susan came forward kneeling next to Kara.
"You see. I've told you. You have to trust us Kara. You have to understand we all know the risk and have been trained to deal with that risk. You make our job a lot safer. Please believe that." Susan proclaimed pulling Kara into a hug. Kara nodded into Susan's shoulder. Susan and Consuela gave Kara some time to get herself together. "Come on, let's have some dessert." The two young women walked Consuela back to the family. Long into the night the family talked and laughed. Susan and Kara excused themselves shortly after midnight. Kara with reminders she was family now.
Six weeks later…
"Beta team move South down El Dorado street. Supergirl are you on scene?" Susan's voice came through the comms. There was no response. Most likely due to the fact that the Aloi was holding her by the neck squeezing the life from her. The blue skinned alien with ridges on his head looked somewhat human, but it wasn't. "Supergirl, they are sensitive along their ridges and to high pitched noises." Kara brought her hands down hard on the ridges causing the Aloi to lose its grip. Supergirl stumbled backwards into a nearby wall. She slid down the wall as she tried to recover her breath. Several agents came running forward. Agent Meyers moved in front of the Kryptonian and raised a plasma shield. Several other agents surrounded the Alien with their plasma shields cutting off an escape. The Aloi was boxed into the center. Alex came up behind Meyers and knelt next to Kara.
"Good job Kara. How's your throat?" Alex asked as she checked her. "Bring the containment truck." The Aloi recovered inside the shielding. Kara saw it pull something from it's pocket and reach to turn it on. Kara jumped up next to Meyers and let loose a high C from her throat using her powers to amplify it. The item dropped to the ground in front of the alien as he fell unconscious. Kara hit the button on Meyers plasma shield causing it to fall. She then grabbed the device and flew upward at supersonic speed. Once in the upper atmosphere she threw it as hard as she could into outer space. Seconds later there was a horrendous explosion that knocked her out of the mesosphere and into the troposphere of the planet. She was able to halt her fall and not hit anything. She floated for a few minutes just trying to catch her breath.
"Supergirl, are you okay?" Susan's calm voice came over the line. Kara smiled at the reassurance the the young woman's voice gave her.
"Yesss. Su..san...thr...oat...mess...ed...up." Kara harshly stuttered out. Kara could hear Susan make notifications to Agent Danvers and medical of the issue.
"Supergirl, Aloi is contained. You are to report to medical immediately. Reply 'Si' if you understand." Agent Vasquez came over the line.
"Si." Supergirl replied as she continued to just float. Exhaustion from the fight washed over her quickly. She let the afternoon sunlight envelope her as she hung in the lower atmosphere trying to recharge her cells some. She wasn't sure how long she had just floated until Susan came over the line. "Supergirl, you need to come down now. Dr. Hamilton and Dr. Danvers are concerned." Susan and Winn monitored the location beacon on Supergirl in the atmosphere. It wasn't moving at all. Normally they would just send Jonn to check it out, but Jonn was away in Europe on business."Supergirl, acknowledge please." Susan called over the comms again. Winn and Susan waited getting no response. "Supergirl, do I need to tell Abuela your not caring for yourself?" Suddenly, there came a response over the comms.
"No." Supergirls response came through. Susan snickered knowing her grandmother had made a major impression on the girl of steel.
"Are you on your way?" Vasquez questioned Supergirl.
"Si." Kara responded as the blip on the monitor began moving. Soon she came in through the glass shielding stumbling a little as she landed. Agent Meyers and Lopez caught her. They helped her down the hallway to medical.
"Thank you Supergirl for protecting us. We didn't know he carried a thermite bomb. It would have killed all of us and multiple civilians had you not grabbed it and thrown it into space. Thank you." Agent Meyers insisted to the young Kryptonian.
"Yeah, if it wasn't for you Supergirl I wouldn't be going home to my kids tonight. Thank you." Lopez affirmed as they laid her on the medical exam table. Kara nodded closing her eyes. Alex and Hamilton came over as Meyers and Lopez left.
"Kara, how are you?" Dr. Hamilton asked the young kryptonian. Hamilton examined the contusions around her throat. The deep, dark bruising imparted that there was damage to the internal tissues. Kara waved Hamilton near whispering as best she could how she felt. "Alright Supergirl, just rest we will take of you. Alex, there is damage to her throat. She can't talk right now." Both doctors worked on Kara even as she slipped into a healing sleep. Several hours later Kara woke to being carried by an agent.
"Wha…" Kara asked with a deep wince from the attempt to talk. Agent Thompson smiled down at her.
"I've got you Supergirl. We're moving you to the sun room. Don't worry." Kara nodded to the agent. Agent Thompson placed Kara gently on the sunbed. Alex set up the timer for three hours. "Supergirl, your set for three hours. Rest Supergirl. We got your back." Agent Thompson said grabbing Kara's hand firmly. Kara nodded again. Her throat still too sore to talk. Agent Thompson walked out. Once the door was secure Alex pulled a chair up.
"Hey, I know you're tired. All will be fine. Give it time to heal under the sun lamps. You scared me out there today." Alex said as she held her sister's hand. "It was close this time wasn't it?" Alex asked her sister. Kara nodded. Alex leaned forward resting her head on Kara's hand. Alex took a deep breath looking up to find Kara sound asleep.
Seven hours later…
Kara lay on her couch resting when she had a knock on the door. She used her vision to check who it was surprised when she saw the last people she thought she would see. Kara got up and opened the door. There stood Magda, Consuela, Emilio, Ria, the girls and Susan. Agent Meyers, Thompson, and Lopez were also in the hall.
"What's this all about?" Kara asked looking at everyone. Consuela stepped forward and hugged Kara.
"Your family came to take care of you. Now let's go we have a lot to do." Consuela pushed Kara into the apartment as Magda and Emilio brought in the groceries. The agents brought out several movies and games. There was another knock on the door. Susan opened it to find Juan, Michael, Alex and Lena there. Kara was pushed to the sofa as the family around her cooked, laughed, and played games. The warmth of love healing and caring for those present permeated the apartment reminding Kara this was what she fought for and she could only do her best.
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else." - Charles Dickens