A/N: Chapter 5, coming right up! I'm switching back to humor-ish + action content for this one, so enjoy! By the way, thanks for your support! (more info at the end of the chapter) :)


The next morning, Kara was woken up by some noise outside.

"What was that?" she asked.

Nia, James, Brainy, and J'onn walked in.

"There were a few attacks around here. But we got it under control," J'onn said.

"You sure? Because I can-"

"Kara, it's fine. You should stay here until you recover," James told her.

"Okay, but call me if something comes up," she said.


"You and Nia just left suddenly again, for the second time this week. And now you two are late. What's up with that?" Andrea asked. Back at CatCo, she was really starting to suspect something. "And don't tell me, 'it was a family emergency'. You left at the same time, twice, which tells me something's up..."

"Uhhhh… We went to visit Kara. Didn't want her to be alone while she was sick," I really need to start thinking of better excuses. James noted.

"Yeah," Nia tried to play along.

"In the middle of work?"

"Oh, yeah, she...ran out of medicine, so we went to drop some off for her," Nia tried to think of a believable story.

"The middle of work is a...weird time to do that, but why were you late this morning?" Andrea asked.

"We stayed later than we should have, and I sorta slept in today," Nia said.

"Yeah, me too," James added.

Seriously, what's going on? Why do they keep leaving? Andrea thought. What are they trying to hide?

"Okay then," she went back to her desk as Nia and James left the room.


"Have either of you seen Kara?" Someone came up to them. "She hasn't been at work all week,"

Nia explained the situation to him, or at least a version of it that wouldn't give away Kara's identity. "So she'll probably be back by next week,"

"I see. Well, tell her I'm looking forward to having her back," he went back to his desk.

Nia turned to James . "I don't know if we can keep this up for another two days. I mean, someone else is already starting to notice she's gone,"

"I know... About a year or two ago, I had to do the same thing," he recalled.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's a long story*," Just then, his phone rang. "Hello?" He listened for a moment.

"What is it?" Nia asked.

"It's Alex. She says something happened at the DEO. There's a...Oh, that's not good. It's that alien,"

"You mean the one that made Kara's powers go all weird?"
"Yeah, well, the same species. She said not to go there, just in case," he explained.

"Well, let's just hope they get it under control,"


Alex shot at the creature with her gun, the blue-white beams bouncing off it.

"It's not working!" she called. Other agents tried to help. It touched a light switch, turning off electricity from the entire building.

Meanwhile, Kara was still in the cell. "What's going on out there?" She stumbled forward, breaking the glass door, but didn't really care. She went outside to the main room. "What's happening here?" she asked Alex.

"What are you doing here? And how'd you get out?"

"I don't know, it just broke,"

"Wait, that means the other cells can-" The lights flickered back on. Brainy came up to them.

"Not to worry, I have it handled," he said. "The lights, not the alien. Speaking of which, I believe it has moved outside,"
"I'll deal with it," Kara offered.

"You're in no condition to do this. Your powers are still unstable," Alex reminded her.

"What do you mean, in no condition? I'm perfectly healthy!" Kara replied.

"You're-" She took off outside. You've got to be kidding me! Alex thought.


Kara crashed into an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city. She turned around to see a familiar figure. Man, that thing gets around fast.

Meanwhile, Alex had turned on the TV.

"What's going on there?" She watched as Kara flew in and out of the warehouse, with a small crowd gathered around her.


At the same time, James and Nia watched the scene from CatCo's TVs.

"I hope she's doing okay there," James commented.

"Yeah," Nia agreed.


Alex turned to Brainy.

"I think we'll need to go wherever she is now, just in case,"

"Agreed," he got ready to leave.

When they arrived, Kara was standing in front of the place.

"See, guys? I told you, everything's fine!" She leaned against the wall, which immediately caved in. She stumbled back for a moment. "Can't say the same for the wall, though," The entire warehouse fell apart behind her. "Or the rest of the place," she added.

Alex and Brainy just stood by. Kara came up to them.

"By the way, I captured the alien for you," she said. "It's somewhere in there,"

Brainy headed for the pile of debris. "I'll transport it to the DEO, while you can take care of...you know," he called to Alex.

"We'll discuss this when we get back," She turned to Kara.

"Discuss what?" she asked. "I don't..." Her voice trailed off as she collapsed from exhaustion. Alex could hear whispers through the crowd.

"Don't worry, guys, I think she'll be okay," she reassured the people. Well, I hope. she thought as she headed back.


"Where do you think you're going?" Andrea asked.

"Nowhere. Why?" James asked. He had just gotten a text from Alex. They had seen everything on the TV.

"Well, if you're going to visit Kara, do so after work," she replied. "Can't have you missing out on too much,"

"I understand," Nia answered. I guess we'll have to wait, then.


A few hours later, James and Nia walked into the med bay.

"What took you so long?" Alex asked.

"Oh, yeah, Andrea was getting all suspicious about us leaving in the middle of work, so..." James explained.

"We didn't want her to, you know, find out what's happening. Not to mention we tried to stop her from publishing an article about it," Nia added. "By the way, any updates on Supergirl?"

"Not much. She's been out for a while now, but at least she's not dying or anything," Alex replied.

"Yes, and her condition is stable for now," Brainy said. "I estimate that she will regain consciousness sometime in the next 24 hours,"

"Wow, she really pushed herself to the limit out there, didn't she?" James commented.

"Looks like it," Alex said.

"And between the sickness and exertion, honestly, I'm surprised she's left unharmed," Brainy added.

"Well, let's just hope she wakes up soon," Nia said.


A/N: 5 down, 2 to go! And I just wanted to take a moment to say , well, thank you to the fans of this story. So far, this has been my most favorited/followed story of all time. It's also recently passed 1k views. I hope I can publish more (and better!) stories in the future. Feel free to leave some reviews and constructive criticism if needed. :)