Was it her who groaned loudly with pain or was it Kate?

"Sophie?"

"Yeah?" Should she open her eyes? Or was it better to keep them closed?

"Are you okay?"

"I'm not sure, I tell you when the pain is gone." Sophie took a deep breath and groaned again. That was painful. She opened her eyes and saw the world upside down. Thanks to the seat belt she was still on her seat.

Kate hang in her seat belt too. There was blood, but she was not sure if it was hers or Kate's. She put her right arm up to stop herself from falling the moment she unbuckled the seat belt. Landing half on her shoulder, half on her arm she groaned again. Shit, that hurt.

Kate needed a moment longer to get out of the seat belt, with the steering wheel in her way it was harder for her to sit down. Together they kicked the windscreen in. Crawling out Kate suddenly broke down.

"Damn, I'm hit."

Before Sophie could say something a bullet hit the ground in front of her. She pulled Kate behind the car and gasped. There was a lot of blood on Kate.

"Shit, shit, shit."

"That's how it feels, yes."

Another bullet flew and hit their car.

"We need our backup." Sophie took her gun and fired back. She had no idea how many people were around. Kevin had help, somebody had pushed them off the road, there could be two, three or more people shooting at them. The moment they decided to circle them they were lost, there was nowhere to hide.

"You have to go, you can't stay here," Kate said, her voice filled with pain.

"I'm not leaving you."

"Sophie, they will shoot you too."

"They haven't shot you. They have only hit you."

"Twice."

Twice? No wonder there was so much blood. "I'm not going to leave you. Again." She had left her once, she was not going to repeat this mistake.

"Sophie, please. Go. It's suicide to stay."

"I left you once…"

"No, I left you, you stayed."

"You know what I mean. I'm going to stay, Kate. We are in this together. Until the end." Sophie pulled Kate into her arms, stroke her hair out of her face.

"'Til death do us apart was something I had on my mind for another occasion," Kate chuckled half-hearted. She couldn't smile anymore, Sophie saw how she fought against the pain.

"With you I had meant the words, unlike at my wedding." She had felt like the biggest liar at her wedding. Marrying a man she didn't love, was stupid, it was a mean and it was unfair. How could she have believed it was the right thing to do? The best thing to do?

"I told you, if I had known about the wedding, I had come to stop you."

"Yes, you told me." Sophie shoot again when a bullet hit the roof. Were they already circling them? Any second a bullet could hit them.

"And I lied to you."

"What do you mean? I lied to you at Point Rock when I said I don't love you."

"No, I mean, I know that. When you…when you asked me if I am…" Kate paused for second.

"Be quiet, you need your energy."

"No reason, we're doomed."

"Batwoman might come and save us." It was what she did, wasn't it? Come and save people in the last second.

"No, she won't."

"You never know, she has done a pretty good job so far."

"Sophie…I'm…I'm Batwoman."

"No, I saw you and her…"

"I am Batwoman. It was…planned to make you believe it's not me." Kate closed her eyes, swallowed.

Kate was Batwoman? Could this be true? This meant, she had kissed…Kate. No wonder these lips had felt so familiar, no wonder she had felt like something pulled her towards Batwoman. When Kate was Batwoman everything made sense.

"This is exactly what I wanted," a voice said.

Sophie looked up and saw Kevin stand over them.

"Two dykes with one bullet. You thought you can mess with me, you are going to pay for it."

"Everybody knows you killed Lucius Fox."

"And I'll kill you too and then I'm off to a tropical island and enjoy the rest of my life. Knowing, I have killed another ni…" A black shadow jumped Kevin, pushed him down and covered his face with something.

Batwoman.

But Kate had said…

Kevin's legs stopped moving. "Asshole!"

Batwoman was here and Kate…"We need an ambulance, Kate is hurt."

"So are you."

"I'm fine, we need to take care of Kate." A bullet hit Batwoman at her shoulder.

"Give me a moment."

"See, I told you she will come and save us." Sophie let her finger softly run over Kate's face. "You'll be fine. Don't worry. Batwoman will get you to a hospital."

"Julia. She was in the suit when you thought it's me. When you wanted to warn me because of the Rifle. She wore the suit to make you believe it's not me."

They had planned it? To make her believe Kate was not Batwoman? Because Kate knew she'd tell her father and then…oh, she had been such an idiot. Kate had been willing to trust her and what did she do? Tell her father about Kate's secret. How could she have been this stupid?

"I'm sorry I was such an idiot."

"You are not an idiot, you are out."

Yes, she was out because Batwoman…Kate, had told her, she couldn't be in a relationship as long as she wore a mask. She had kissed Kate. Kate.

"Thanks to you."

"You deserve to…to be free."

"I am and you have to shut up because you need your energy."

"Too late. Just…one more…kiss. Please."

"You get as many as you want when you're fit again." Sophie bent down and kissed Kate's lips softly. Yes, she knew these lips. How could she not have recognized them earlier? Kate was Batwoman, there was no doubt about it.