Maggie was back at the DEO for an update on Alex which wasn't amounting to much of anything. When she first got there, Eliza approached her to ask how her wound was and how she had been. Her shoulder still hurt but it wasn't bad like it had been when it first happened. She was a little surprised when Eliza hugged her and thanked her for being there.

"I don't know that anything I'm doing is helpful," Maggie shrugged. "I feel like if I hadn't have shown up at her apartment like that then maybe she wouldn't have taken off."

"That wasn't your fault," Eliza said. "Alex is hurting right now and it's clouding her judgment. But we're going to find her and bring her back so she can get the help she needs."

Maggie had wanted to ask Eliza if she knew what had happened to Alex while she and Kara were held by Cadmus but somehow it didn't seem right to ask her. After all, Eliza was probably still grieving over Jeremiah and now with Alex missing Maggie didn't feel comfortable asking her.

But she had decided that she wasn't leaving today without some sort of information about what happened. She was a detective which meant she needed all the information available to help her do her job. She understood that what happened was traumatic to Kara, but Maggie needed to know so she could figure out what was going through Alex's head beyond simple revenge against Cadmus.

There had been no sign of Alex and they had no leads. Right now, it was her, J'onn, Kara, Eliza, Winn, and Lucy sitting in a conference room trying to brainstorm.

There were suspected Cadmus labs in places other than National City, which Lucy gave them the breakdown on, but no one seemed to think that Alex would go for those.

Maggie was less concerned about what she might be targeting as to where she might be hiding.

There was a knock at the door and J'onn told whoever it was to come in. The man, who Maggie didn't know, came up to J'onn and said something to him quietly and J'onn immediately looked at Eliza. Then he turned to Winn, "call down to lab 1, put them on the vid screen."

A few seconds of typing and the screen came live and they could see one of the lead researchers, Kenyon, there.

"What's going on?" J'onn asked.

"We had an incident a little while ago with the sample of Agent Danvers' blood – the one taken immediately after the rescue. I'm not even sure how to explain it except that it exploded in the vial. We don't know how. It was sitting in the fridge with other samples and one of the techs heard a cracking noise and when he went to investigate the vial was in pieces and the blood was splattered around."

Eliza got to her feet. "Is there enough left to test?"

"Yes, the sample itself is in tact just spread out from the force of whatever happened. But we tested another sample when she returned and outside of a sedative in her system everything came back normal."

"This is anything but normal," J'onn said. "Get that sample tested."

"Yes sir."

The screen went blank and J'onn turned back to them. "Any ideas?"

"None," Eliza said. "But something had to have caused that. I should probably get down there."

J'onn nodded and she quickly left.

"Did they do something to her when they had her?" Maggie asked. She was met with silence and that only served to make her even madder. "Damn it, you got to give me something here. You two keeping secrets isn't going to help us find her. Now, was there any indication that they did something to her?"

"Winn, Lucy, can you give us the room?" J'onn asked. They both got up and left so that it was just J'onn, Kara and Maggie left.

"They didn't hurt her, I did," Kara said softly.

"What do you mean?" Maggie asked, not even sure she heard Kara right.

"Her broken leg," Kara replied. "I did that to her, not them. I kicked her leg, I felt the break, I heard her scream. The only person who hurt her was me."

Maggie didn't say anything at first as she absorbed this information. Maggie felt bad as Kara looked completely defeated. And while Maggie didn't want to press the issue, she had to.

"You wouldn't do something like that on purpose," Maggie said. "You wouldn't so why don't you tell me how that ended up happening."

"They were keeping me in a room with Kryptonite dampeners – just enough to make me about the strength of a human. Jeremiah had come in the room first and unlocked me as they had me on this table of sorts," she said. "Then they brought Alex in under armed guard and she shook her head slightly to signal that I shouldn't try anything yet. Lillian didn't come into the room, but we heard her voice over an intercom system.

"Perhaps it isn't the family reunion you were envisioning but as promised Alex, here is your father and the alien you are so fond of," Lillian said. "Now let's continue our conversation, shall we?"

"What is the point of this?" Alex asked her eyes on her father, not Kara.

"As I said before, your father would like you to work at his side but to do that you need to get past the belief that this alien is your sister. You need to see her and the rest of the aliens who have invaded our planet for what they really are – a danger to humans. So, we're about to have a demonstration."

The guards around Alex pulled out their guns and pointed them at her head, while another one moved to stand beside Jeremiah.

"Now I can guess by now you are thinking – are these guys close enough to me that I could disarm them before they got a shot off. I will just caution you that you have already seen what is waiting for anyone that steps outside the door," Lillian said.

Alex again indicated to Kara to keep still.

The green Kryptonite dampeners faded suddenly.

"Don't get too excited Supergirl, we are just lowering the level for you to get enough of your strength back for this next part," Lillian said. "You see Alex and I have been having a lively debate over the course of the last few days. Alex has been resistant to seeing the world for what it is and I don't fault her for that as she has been fed a controlled narrative since the day you came into her life. Today though, I hope that this little demonstration helps her break through."

"If you think any demonstration will make her see your warped sense of things then you are mistaken," Kara said. "The world is changing and yes that includes aliens like me who just want to be able to live our lives."

"The problem with that is that your lives affect the people who belong here in negative ways. Take Alex for example. From the moment you came into the Danvers' lives, you changed the life she was meant to have. She lost her father because he joined the DEO to protect you. Instead of becoming a medical doctor or a researcher, she joined the DEO where she was recruited because of you. She had to see her mother split her love between her and you. Can you honestly look her in the eyes and not feel guilty that she has been unable to live her life because you wanted to live yours here on a planet you don't belong on?"

Kara looked at Alex who remained stone-faced, refusing to show anything about what she might be thinking or feeling. Of course, Kara understood that her being here had affected Alex's life – how could she not see that. But she loved Alex and Alex loved her – they were sisters in all the ways that mattered.

"Nothing you can say or do will drive a wedge between me and my sister," Kara declared.

"I guess we shall see about that one," Lillian said. "Now Supergirl you have a choice to make. You can either break the leg of your dear sister or you can break Jeremiah's leg. You have five minutes to make a decision. If you don't make a decision in that time, your sister will watch as that guard there shoots her father in the head."

The guard pulled his gun up and pointed it at Jeremiah's head.

"The clock starts now."

"Wait," Kara said. "I haven't even recovered enough from the Kryptonite to do that."

"According to Jeremiah's calculations, which are never wrong, you do," Lillian said. "Even a human can break another human's leg, so it shouldn't be a problem for the Girl of Steel."

Kara looked at Alex who just stood there but her eyes were on her dad. She had no intention of hurting anyone or letting Alex or Jeremiah get hurt by the guards, but she needed to think through how to get them all out of here. There were too many guards scattered around for her to use heat vision or freeze breath. And she didn't think she had the speed right now either.

"You've already let a minute pass," Lillian said. "Trust me, there is no way out of this except by you making a choice. Alex why don't you tell her what is waiting outside the room."

"More Kryptonite and guards," Alex said.

Kara was becoming unsettled not just by the ultimatum but by Alex who didn't look as if she was going to do anything. She took in the sight of her sister who looked tired but determined. Lillian had said they had been talking for days and Kara wondered how long Alex had been there. The only person outside of Lillian that Kara had seen since she was taken was Jeremiah and despite her trying to talk to him, he hadn't said much to her. Although he had asked her if the Kryptonite was up too high.

Another minute passed by and then another.

"Should I have him shoot Jeremiah in the head now?" Lillian asked.

"No!" Alex yelled. This time she looked at Kara and Kara knew what Alex wanted her to do – she wanted Kara to hurt her and not her father.

"Why do this?" Kara asked. "How does this prove anything? If you force me to do this then I'm not the one hurting anyone, you are."

"Tick tock."

Kara approached Alex, "I'm sorry." She didn't wait, wanting it to be over so she kicked hard at Alex's leg. The scream that came out of Alex's mouth as she fell to the ground was deafening to Kara and she made a move to help her, but the guards pointed their guns down at Alex and waved her off. The Kryptonite dampeners came on again but at a higher setting causing Kara to fall to her knees.

"I'm sorry," she said to Alex again.

Kara fell silent after telling Maggie about the broken leg.

"Kara, that wasn't your fault," Maggie said. "You were put in an impossible situation. Even Alex recognized that. The only one at fault is Lillian Luther. She did that to Alex, not you."

"I should have done something, tried something," Kara said softly.

Maggie knew there was probably nothing she could say to make Kara feel less guilty. "I take it after that, Lillian still had Jeremiah shot in front of the two of you?"

Kara shook her head no and tears started to come down her face.

"Lillian gave Alex the next ultimatum – Kara or her father," J'onn said. "She chose Kara."

"Oh God," Maggie said, as the enormity of it hit her. As responsible as Kara felt for hurting Alex, Alex must feel a hundred more times worse for what happened to her dad. Poor Alex, she thought, to have to make a choice like that.

"Even if we find her, I think we've lost her forever," Kara said.

"No," Maggie said. "I refuse to believe that."