Here's the next chapter, it was requested by two different people, so thank you to both of you and I hope you both like it. If you have a prompt let me know and I will write it as soon as I can, hope everyone enjoys this one.
Prompt: Alex takes a kryptonite bullet for Kara
The night was darker than she was used to seeing, maybe since the lights of National City were far enough away that the stars were able to shine through the trees above her.
She was a good 4 hours' drive from National City.
Alex sat hidden in the woods, waiting for Supergirl to bring a rogue alien into the clearing in front of her, Supergirl was supposed to lead the alien right into a well-placed trap.
It was just Alex and Supergirl on the mission since everything had progressed so quickly.
They needed to stop the threat as soon as possible, so Kara had flown out to get him, and Alex wouldn't let her go alone.
The rest of the DEO agents were on their way, making the long drive.
The sisters had come up with a solid plan, but communication with Supergirl had been lost five minutes into the fight, and Alex wasn't close enough to see what was going on, so she was quite literally in the dark, hoping her sister was sticking to the plan.
Waiting patiently, she tried to remind herself that Kara was fully capable of taking care of herself and was most likely on her way there with the alien following behind.
Still Alex heard nor saw anything.
10 minutes passed, and she was beyond anxious.
Kara should have already been there; something must've gone wrong.
Just as she was about to leave her post and find out what happened, a noise filled the otherwise silent night.
Out of the darkness, two figures appeared in the sky, silhouettes standing out against the star-filled night, clearly fighting each other.
One was obviously Kara and the other must've been the alien.
True to her word, Kara had tricked him right into their trap.
Now Alex just needed to act.
Slipping back into her position, Alex prepared her specialized weapon designed to take down the alien.
She took the shot, successfully hitting him and he dropped to the ground unconscious.
Coming out of her hiding place, Alex tentatively approached him and made sure he was out before moving over to where her sister stood.
"What took so long?" she asked as she checked over Kara to make sure she wasn't hurt.
"His clothes had traces of kryptonite, it made the fighting kind of difficult, but Alex, there was someone else there at the beginning of the fight. Some woman who was helping him, she disappeared though." Kara said, sitting down on the ground.
She had moved a far enough distance away from the man that the little bit of kryptonite had no effect on her, but she was clearly still feeling the effects of having been around it.
Her skin had a green tinge to it and she was breathing harshly.
"Wait what? Where is she now?" Alex asked, looking around franticly, "Where did she go?"
"I don't know, I lost sight of her in all the fighting. Last I saw her was 15 minutes ago, she could be anywhere." Kara responded, leaning back on her hands as she tried to catch her breath.
"Well we need to get you out of here, come on let's go and-"
A noise stopped Alex from completing her sentence as both girls looked up to see a woman holding a strange gun in hand.
Before either could react, she pulled the trigger, and a green bullet erupted from the barrel and headed straight towards Kara.
Kara didn't have time to react since she was still weak, she could only feebly hold her hands up in a lame attempt to block the bullet, but Alex saw the green blur headed towards Kara, and she knew would never let it hit her sister.
In one quick motion she jumped in front of Kara and took the bullet meant for her.
Alex collapsed over, bleeding harshly from her stomach.
Kara surveyed the scene, she desperately wanted to run to Alex but she knew she needed to get rid of the woman first.
Fear and anger empowered her and in a heartbeat she was by the woman's side, grabbing the gun and punching her so hard the woman was knocked out cold.
She threw the dangerous weapon aside and raced back to her sister.
Alex lay on the ground, hand clutched tightly around her stomach where blood was gushing out.
"Alex!" Kara cried, pulling off her cape and pressing it against the wound, "Stay with me Al, help will be…" she stopped when she realized help was still several hours away and she had no way to communicate with anyone.
"Alex, I have to get you out of here, I need you to hold on for me." She said.
Kara knew her only option was to fly her sister back to the DEO. Alex was losing too much blood and there was no chance she would survive until help arrived.
Kara went to pick Alex up, but stopped when her sister screamed out in pain.
"Please… Kar don't… just leave it…" she said. She wasn't making sense, but Alex was in was too much pain to understand what Kara was trying to do.
"Lex I need you to trust, me, I'm sorry but we have to go." Kara picked her up again, this time she kept going even when Alex begged her to stop.
"I'm sorry" she said, launching into the night and flying off.
She arrived at the DEO a few minutes later and frantically explained the situation as Alex was placed on a bed.
She had lost consciousness during their flight.
"We have to operate." the doctors said, taking Alex away.
Kara watched helplessly as she was left to process the night's events and stood there wishing she could go back in time and change them.
When Alex woke up, the first thing she noticed was the pain, not that it was unbearable, but simply that it was there. A dull throb in her side that made her legs feel numb and quickly brought her mind up to speed on what had happened.
She remembered everything up to when she got shot, but judging by the room around her, she guessed she was back at the DEO.
"How did I get here?" she said out loud into the darkness, trying to sit up. She didn't see her sister sitting next to her until Kara saw Alex move to get up and gently held her back.
"Take it easy Alex, you're ok, your safe." Kara said as she stood up and leaned over her sister.
"Kara." Alex said, relief flooding her as she saw Kara was ok. "Are you alright?"
Kara let out a noise that was something between a cry and a laugh, smiling even as tears filled her eyes.
She leaned down to press a gentle kiss to her sister's forehead, "You were shot and you're asking me if I'm ok, you're unbelievable." She said, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"What happened?" Alex asked.
"After you were shot, I flew you back here, they had to operate to remove the bullet. It was really close to causing some serious damage 'Lex, you almost… they almost couldn't get it out." She said as she nervously fingered her hands through her sister's hair and looked down.
It had been several hours since Kara had flown into the DEO with an unconscious Alex in her arms, and all the minutes since then had been anxious ones.
"I'm sorry if I scared you." Alex said, gingerly moving her hand up to hold Kara's. "I'm ok though, we're ok." She said.
"I know, I just… there was so much blood, and there was no help coming. You shouldn't have done that, you shouldn't have jumped in front of me."
"Kar, look at me." Alex said, drawing those deep blue eyes to meet hers. "You're my sister, I will always protect you. You have to know that. I'm sorry I scared you, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant keeping you safe."
"I'm bullet-proof 'Lex." Kara said, even though she knew the bullet tonight could've hurt her even more than it hurt Alex.
"Not always," Alex said, and they both knew she was referring to much more than just kryptonite, "and when you aren't, I'll be there."
Kara let out another laugh mixed with tears. "I know, and I love you for it."
"That's the only reason you love me? I'm hurt, Kara really I am." Alex cracked, smiling when she saw her sister grin.
"Well I guess I love you for other reasons too, like you bring me food sometimes." Kara joked back, pretending to be hurt when Alex hit her lightly in the arm.
"Jerk." Alex said as Kara dramatically rubbed her arm.
"So when can I get out of here?" Alex asked after a couple minutes of silence.
Kara smirked at her sister from where she sat on the bed.
"I'm surprised you didn't ask sooner." She responded, "The doctors told me they want to keep you overnight to make sure there aren't any complications, but after that you should be able to go home and rest, as long as that's what you actually do."
"Ugh, I have to stay here all night?" Alex complained, laying her head dramatically on Kara's shoulder.
Kara patted her head, "You'll be fine."
The next day Kara and Alex walked through Alex's apartment door.
Kara had insisted on staying with her for the day to make sure Alex didn't do anything she wasn't supposed to.
"Why don't you go sit on the couch and pick out something to watch, I'll get you your pain meds." Kara said.
Alex let go of where she had been holding on to Kara and slowly made her way over to the couch, grabbing the remote and picking out a show.
Kara came and sat down as she handed her sister the pills and a glass of water.
Alex kept waiting for her to make some snarky remark about the show she picked, but instead Kara didn't say anything, just sat next to her sister and threw a blanket over both of them.
Alex reached for Kara's hand underneath it, smiling as her sister grabbed it without even looking away from the tv.
Kara leaned over and rested her head against Alex.
"I love you, Kara, more than you'll ever know." Alex whispered as she dropped a kiss on her sister's head.
"I love you too, much more than that." Kara responded.
All was calm for a moment before Kara said, "Alex, are we really going to watch this?"
Hope everyone enjoyed it and thanks to everyone for taking the time to read the story. If you have a prompt leave a comment and let me know, have a great day/night!