A/N - A slight plot twist at the end, but you can probably tell what will happen. Thanks for all of your reviews!
"I should have said yes to going with her, this never would have happened. Cadmus and Lillian took her and they're going to do the same thing that they did to Dad and what am I going to do Kara?" Alex was rambling, and Kara knew she wasn't okay.
"Alex, it's going to be okay. Just breathe for a second, okay?"
"I can't, Kara! If they're after me why didn't they just take me when they had the chance? Why are they torturing me? Why do they keep taking the people I love away? What are they going to do, take you or Mom away next?"
It had been an hour since Maggie was supposed to be home with Alex's food from the bar. Maggie was never late and Alex was worried, losing her appetite in the process instead replaced by anxiety. After twenty minutes, when she should have been back, there was no text or call to let Alex know otherwise, and she knew Maggie was in trouble. She knew she could be anywhere by the time she realized, by the time she called Kara. They had tracked her phone, leading it to the bar, and found it laying outside. When they picked it up, there was a note on the screen: Come find me. Darla told the pair that she had never come in, sending Alex into even more worry.
Winn had checked the surveillance footage, surprisingly undamaged. There, Alex saw Lillian confronting her girlfriend, Maggie being tased and thrown into a van. She saw Lillian put the note inside of Maggie's phone, and the pair drove off. They were soon unable to track where the van had gone, using some sort of cloaking technology.
"Alex, you have to calm down. J'onn, Winn and James are doing their best to find where they took her. They're going through every inch section in National City, hell, they're looking all over the state. I know it's been an hour, but they couldn't have gone that far."
Suddenly, Alex shot her head up. "The ship."
"Where Jeremiah was?"
She nodded. "Fly me there."
Kara took Alex into her arms and flew her sister to the spot she found her near-death a month ago. They landed through the hole Kara left, and there was nothing. Kara listened for any signs of Maggie, a heartbeat, a yell, anything, and there was nothing.
"She's not here."
"Dammit!" Alex looked up at the seemingly broken cameras, seething with hatred and vengeance. "Luthor! I know you have her! I will find you, and I'll kill you!"
Maggie woke up to bright lights. She had remembered being knocked out, remembered being hauled into a van. She had remembered Cadmus and a very harsh pain in her chest.
"Wh- where am I?" She found herself in the same clothes she left with, minus her phone and her gun. She was surprisingly unrestrained, and sat up in what seemed like a hospital bed. She looked at her surroundings, an eerie hospital setting. There were cameras and guards at every corner, at the door. One caught her eye. It was Jeremiah with the same cold eyes he had when he was attacking Alex. Still under your spell.
"Cadmus. I gave you your welcomes, don't you remember? Are you ready to work for us? Actually, ready or not, you have to." Lillian stepped out from another doorway.
"I won't do anything for you, you bitch." Maggie could taste the hatred coming out of her mouth.
"Maybe not for us, but you would for Alex." Lillian smirked. "I know they're looking for you right now. And they'll find us soon enough."
"The hell are we anyway?"
"Under the bar. They won't even suspect it, until they get my daughter's help. Or if they're smart enough. But you'll be long gone anyway."
"So your plan is to kill me?"
"Oh quite the contrary. Do you really want to know?"
Maggie said nothing.
"I'll tell you anyway, not that you'll care once the setup is complete. My plan is to break Alexandra Danvers. I won't kill her, but she's smart. She's a good fighter, she's a doctor, her and I are more alike than she realizes. I'll take everyone until she agrees to join our cause, doing it by force two months ago would have been much harder. She'll join our cause, we won't even have to brainwash her, and she'll convince her sister to leave this planet for good. After that, there's no reason why I should kill you, her father or her. My work will be done."
"So it's all because of Supergirl."
"Yes. Isn't it a great plan?"
Again, Maggie said nothing.
Lillian walked closer to Maggie, holding up a gun. "You see, when we shot you with this gun, it had already injected a neurotransmitter into your brain. Once I click this switch, everything you do or say will be under my control. You won't be able to fight it and you won't be able to cut it out of your head, it's already embedded into your cerebrum. The only way to stop it is if you die." She chuckled and stood up. "If you want to save Alex, save Jeremiah, yourself from all of this in the end, you'll agree. Or don't. I don't really care. I'll give you a few minutes to think before I turn this on." She left the room after that.
Maggie stared as Lillian walked away. She was the one threatening her life, her girlfriend's life, her whole family. All for Kara. She knew she couldn't say anything, do anything. She had to think before it was turned on. She knew she couldn't shout for help, couldn't scream, couldn't fight, that would just make Lillian turn it on faster.
She just sat on the bed, thinking to herself, Alex.
"Winn, did you find anything?"
"There's heat signatures that match Maggie's in the bar. Go back there! Be careful, it could be a trap."
It had been twenty minutes, and Alex wouldn't rest until they found Maggie.
Alex was on the move before Kara could even tell her. Kara ran after her. "Alex. Alex! You can't go in there alone! You're not even armed."
"Fine. Stay behind me, Kara." Alex flicked her wrist and Winn's hologram technology showed up. She adjusted the screen until she saw James. "James, you ready?"
"I'll be there in a few. I'm circling back from the other side of the city. Go though, you don't know how much time you have."
Alex held her gun and slowly opened the bar door. Everything seemed normal. Drinks were being served, and no signs of Maggie.
"She's not here, Winn! J'onn?"
"I'm looking at the exact thing Winn is. She's there. Kara, check the roof."
Kara was in and out in a matter of seconds. "Nothing."
Alex took matters into her own hands and stood on top of the bar. "Everyone! Maggie Sawyer is missing. Please. Tell me if you know anything at all. You all know me, I'm sure, and yeah I might be awful compared to her but help me out."
The bar was silent and Kara heard something.
People slowly resumed talking, only for Kara to silence them again. "Hey! Quiet for a second!"
She looked up at Alex. "They're underneath the bar." Kara bent down and tore open a floorboard, quickly yelling towards M'gann that she'd pay her back later.
"Maggie!" Alex jumped through the floor.
Lillian turned around.
"Alex Danvers. You're just in time to see the magic." Lillian smiled as she pressed a button. There was pain in Maggie's eyes when she looked at Alex.
"Alex, it's too late. I-"
Within seconds, Maggie's eyes became dark red, expressionless. Kara had jumped in just in time to see the change and pulled Alex back.
Lillian spoke again, this time with Maggie in unison. "It's time to join Cadmus, Alex. Ride or die."
A/N - I do realize the whole trapped and the villain tells the whole master plan is rather cheesy, but trust me on this one! New chapter will hopefully be out tomorrow.
