Once Upon National City
A/N: While waiting for Supergirl to return, I figured a little Sanvers wouldn't hurt. And if exo-suit wearing Alex just so happened to be a bit badass while at it, well, that was a bonus. Lol.
Just a heads up, there's some mild language in this chapter. Nothing terribly awful though. ;)
POST DRABBLE REPLIES:
Badassfox – Thanks for the review. :) Of course Alex is an angel. ;) As for Maggie, she'll have her badass moments very shortly. So stay tuned! I think you'll enjoy the next part very much. :)
Supergirl Fan – Thanks for the review! :) Right now I'm trying to update this piece every two weeks, but don't know yet if I'll be able to maintain that schedule. We'll see. I'm glad you enjoyed the drabble. Shortly you'll get to see what happened after the fall. Stay tuned!
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Summary: It was supposed to be a normal day in National City. The type of day where people went about their business, nothing happened, and everyone lived happily ever after. Yeah right. Like that would ever happen. Sanvers. Romance/Friendship.
*** ~ Just Another Day – Part I ~ ***
It was supposed to be a normal day in National City.
"Jesus Christ, Danvers! What the hell do you eat?"
The type of day where people went about their business, nothing happened, and everyone lived happily ever after.
"You're only taller than me by like what? Three inches?" Maggie grumbled to the dead weight on her back. "How are you this heavy?"
A grunt.
Yeah right. Like that would ever happen. In a city as diverse as this one, there was no such thing as a normal day. If there was, Maggie wanted in on it.
~ Three hours ago ~
Madness.
Absolute madness.
When Maggie first responded to a call about a bar brawl gone bad, she hadn't thought anything of it. As it had already been a long day of paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork, from an incident just last week regarding an alien whose species she couldn't even pronounce, the moment the call came in, Maggie instantly jumped at the opportunity to escape her paper prison.
Driving to the bar in question, a few more details came in over the radio, but nothing which really stood out. So, like before, Maggie thought nothing of it. Even as she pulled up in front of the bar, scared bystanders, some of them alien, rushing past her cruiser, the shouting from the bar increasing in volume. That should have been her first clue something was not right. But, after having to deal with three stacks of waist high papers for the better part of nine hours straight, Maggie's mind wasn't quite as sharp as it should have been. And thus her current predicament.
Maggie cursed as another NCPD cruiser exploded, her cruiser, the boom from the blast setting off every single car alarm in a one block radius. Gritting her teeth with her back against a red minivan, she dared a peek over the hood of her hiding spot, glaring at the source of all this mayhem.
"You've got to be kidding me!" she exclaimed, Maggie dashing out of cover just seconds before a hurled car collided with it.
Racing across the sidewalk for another vantage point, this time a blue sedan, Maggie barely had enough time to duck behind it before a shockwave swept through the area, knocking her off her feet. Every window as far as the eye could see exploded the second she hit the ground, cars and buildings alike, Maggie forced to cover up her head with her arms as broken glass rained down upon her like confetti.
A muttered curse.
So much for just another boring day on the job. At least she still had her gun.
"C'mon Supergirl," she growled, wobbly rising to her feet. "We could really use your help right about now!"
As if summoned by Maggie's very words, a blur of blue and red came streaking down from the late afternoon sky, Supergirl smashing the alien at the centre of this ruckus into the nearest building with a thundering boom. Straightening up for a better look, Maggie could just barely make out Supergirl duking it out with their guest across the street inside of a now ruined barbershop.
"Maggie!"
In spite of her ringing ears, Maggie's head whipped to the side, her lips curving upwards. Racing towards her was no less than two dozen DEO operatives, at the forefront of the incoming task force none other than Special Agent Alex Danvers. Unlike usual, Alex was not adorned in her typical black DEO taskforce gear. Instead, the brunette was augmented with what appeared to be a black exo-skeleton suit of some kind, embedded white lights giving the elder Danvers an angelic-like glow.
"Danvers, hey!" Maggie exclaimed, her smile brilliant. "Aren't you a sight for-"
"Watch out!"
Maggie had all of a split second to notice three jagged pieces of concrete the size of fire hydrants hurled in her direction. The pounding of boots barely registered to her as a bolt of hot, white plasma the size of a bowling ball streaked just inches passed her shoulder, colliding dead on with the hood of the sedan she once used for cover. Just as she was flinching away from that concussive blast, one which flipped the small car into the air vertically, Alex rushed past her faster than humanly possible in a blur of black and glowing white lights. Maggie watched in almost slow motion as the DEO agent took to the air and then proceeded to kick the still airborne car into the path of the concrete projectiles. The debris exploded into dust the moment they connected with the underside of the car, the sedan crashing to the ground with an audible crunch a split second later, ten feet away from them.
Maggie's jaw dropped as her gaze landed on Alex.
Holy fuck, that was hot.
Or rather, Alex was hot, in all her badassery right now. At least, that's what Maggie thought as she stared wide eyed and slack jawed at her savior.
"Are you alright?" Alex asked, Maggie detecting a hint of panic in the brunette's voice once she was beside her again.
Maggie had to remind herself to swallow just as the rest of the DEO agents finally caught up to them, the black clad operatives rushing past to engage the alien still running rampant. It was then and only then the tension previously holding her shoulders hostage dissipated, Maggie breathing in relief now that reinforcements were here. Now that Alex was here.
"Fancy firepower for a fed," Maggie smirked after getting her wits about her, this most recent turn of events startlingly familiar in its entirety.
"Yeah, well, pfft," Alex replied, her posture quickly easing into something more relaxed, if only slightly, now that the life or death situation was averted. "You know how it is. James Bond bad guy hideout sick. Remember?"
Maggie couldn't have stopped the smile stretching across her face even if she wanted to. Alex was always so cute when she was bashful like this.
Maggie laughed, shaking her head.
"You saved my life."
A full on dimpled smile.
"Again."
Shouts and gunfire erupted behind her, Maggie quickly turning towards the ruckus again, her gun drawn and raised. She didn't do anything else however, seeing as how Alex herself had yet to react. Taking that as a good sign, a sign that this whole mess would be over soon, her aim relaxed just a bit, the familiar sirens of NCPD reinforcements in the distance reaching her ears.
"Happy to," Alex said, drawing Maggie's attention back to her once she was satisfied Supergirl and the others handling things well enough.
"You're my friend, Maggie," the brunette continued. Alex's expression was so open and honest.
And vulnerable.
Maggie's heart dropped a bit.
"And like you, I'd rather not imagine my life without you in it."
Maggie's eyes widened at the flash of pain seen in the Alex's eyes, her throat suddenly tight.
"Alex…"
Friend.
The right side of Alex's mouth quirked upwards, Maggie immediately charmed by the shy yet roguish grin she was on the receiving end of.
What an awful word that was.
At the sound of more shouting, this time louder, both of them snapped back to the fight merely two dozen feet away from them, Maggie cringing when a few DEO agents were flung into the air by their irate alien friend. Supergirl swooped in for the save before any of them could get seriously hurt, but it was clear things were not going as well as everyone hoped it would.
Not that being friends with such an amazing person like Alexandra Danvers was an awful thing. No, the awful part resided solely with Maggie, and the fact that she was too damn cowardly to admit her own feelings for the DEO agent, Maggie convincing them both that friendship was the best option when it was clear the elder Danvers felt the same way Maggie did about her.
"It never ends, does it?" Alex commented, both in annoyance and exasperation.
"No," came Maggie's tired sigh. "No it doesn't."
Turning back to her friend, Maggie noted how the brunette's index and middle fingers were pressed to her ear, Alex no doubt getting updated instructions from DEO HQ. With a nod of her head, Alex's gaze was on her again in seconds, her expression grim.
"Understood," Alex said to whoever was on the other end of the radio.
"What is it?"
Agent Danvers' lips pursed together in a fine line.
"There's still people trapped in those buildings," Alex said, both of them grimacing when Supergirl was thrown into one of those said buildings, one of which was already sporting multiple craters already.
"Shit," Maggie muttered, doing a quick scan of the area. There was a low rumble in the air, but no one, including Maggie paid it much attention at the moment.
"Supergirl is trying to move this fight to a less populated area but-"
A crash on the other side of the street was followed by a mini explosion, one which sent Maggie stumbling away to keep upright. A black clad arm caught her before she could teeter far, Alex's steadying hand warm on her back as Maggie was pulled flush against the DEO agent's front.
"Damn it," Alex cursed under her breath. "They hit a gas line."
It took a couple of seconds for Maggie to process those words, what with her being squished up against a very attractive and amazing woman. And was that lavender she smelled? Did Alex always wear that flowery scent or was it just for today? Maggie wracked her brain for the last time she got this close to the DEO agent, all the while Alex shouting out orders on how to contain the situation to the rest of the operatives nearby. The arm wrapped around Maggie's back remained firm.
"Hank, talk to me."
It was useless. At such close proximity to a one Alex Danvers, Maggie was having a tough time thinking about much else aside from how comfortably they fit together, like matching puzzle pieces. Or how wonderful Alex smelled. Or how safe and warm and protected she felt in Alex's arms, in the middle of a battle zone with a crazy alien tearing up the place and-
The rumbling from before was much louder now, clearly heard even with the thundering exchange between Supergirl and their alien menace not too far away. Not only that, there was something else in the mix now, a cracking, or a... What was that sound? Like something crumbling, or something - stone maybe - snapping or pulverizing, or-
Maggie looked down at her feet when she feet a subtle vibration pass under them. Her eyes widened at the sight of concrete and asphalt fissuring underfoot, cracks spider webbing outwards in all directions, all across the area, originating from where Supergirl and the alien stood.
"Alex!"
Hazel coloured eyes snapped to Maggie in an instant, Alex in the middle of calling out more orders. Following her gaze downwards, Alex's jaw clenched before her free hand raised to her ear again.
"Supergirl!" the DEO agent exclaimed. "You have to get this guy out of here now! This place can't-"
The alien screeched something unintelligible, a sonic boom quickly following suit, Supergirl tossed into the air. Before either of them, or anyone around them for that matter, could make heads or tails of what just happened, the road beneath their feet caved under their weight, and they fell into nothingness.
END OF PART I
A/N: This drabble can be seen as the alternate to Drabble # 3, "Just Friends", of this series. Except this time, Maggie was caught up in the fray too. It takes place sometime after Alex agrees to remain friends with Maggie but before their makeup kiss at the end of Season 2, Episode 8.
This was originally supposed to be a much shorter drabble, but as I wrote it, it just got longer and longer and longer. In the end, I decided to split it up, to avoid sending you all in a reading coma. I know how intimidating and overwhelming longer chapters/drabbles can be. Lol.
For those of you who were unclear, the bolt of hot, white plasma came from Alex's wrist mounted blaster. The DEO may or may not have upgraded it a bit since the last time it was used. Lol. As well, Alex's superhuman speed is also an effect of such upgrades.
Fun facts: In real life, according to their IMDb pages, Chyler Leigh (actress playing Alex Danvers in Supergirl) is 5'6'' tall. Floriana Lima (actress playing Maggie Sawyer in Supergirl) is 5'3.5'' tall. And now you know where Maggie's complaint about Alex being 3 inches taller (it's really 2.5 inches but who's counting? :P ) than her comes from. XD