A/N: Thanks for the comments.
Jennifer Baratta - Fortunately for Lex Alex is busy and Lena can't walk. But they will all be vying for revenge.
"How's Kara?" Kate asked once she had finally set Lena up in an office at Wayne Towers.
"Holding on." J'onn replied. "But Alex said it won't be easy to extract the Kryptonite. Eliza is helping, so is Luke. How's Lena?"
"According to Mary it is clean break. She's put a cast on it and she should be fine in a few weeks. I've moved her back here where we can keep an eye on her. She's in there if you want to talk to her." She said pointing to an office.
"Has she said anything?" J'onn asked.
"No. But I've not really tried asking." Kate replied. "Mary sedated her pretty quickly."
"I've done my best to hide it, but there's a chance that Lex will come here if he figures out that is where we are." J'onn said.
"I know." Kate said. "We are monitoring everything. If he tries something we'll know. We've only just got Kara back, we aren't going to lose her."
"Thanks." J'onn said.
"Are you okay?" Kate asked seeing how drained J'onn was.
"I'm not used to flying long distance." J'onn said. "I'll be fine with rest. But first I'm going to talk to Lena."
"Do you want backup?" Kate offered.
"I'll be okay." J'onn smiled.
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"You haven't killed me, which is good I guess." Lena commented when J'onn walked into the room she was in. "But there are clear trust issues." She added looking at the cuff that was securing her arm to the makeshift bed. "Is Kara okay?"
"Not yet. Alex is trying to remove the Kryptonite. What happened?" J'onn asked. "Where have you and Kara been all this time? Whose body did we find?"
"I don't have all the answers." Lena said. "But the common factor is Lex. The night Kara disappeared I was drugged and kidnapped. I woke up in one of Lex's old labs in Alaska. He had converted it into a prison for me. After a few days I received a message from Lex. A copy of it is on the drive I gave you. He told me that he had framed me for Supergirl's murder and that I would live my last few days as the world's most hated person. A true Luthor. And that he would personally bring me to justice and become an even bigger hero. What he failed to appreciate is how motivated I can get when I am angry. I managed to escape my prison and spent the next few weeks trying to work out what had happened, which involved investigating every secret base of operations that Lex has. Eventually I got lucky and I went to where he had been holding Kara. She was in a padded, soundproof cell hooked up to machines to keep her alive and VR. She had been living in a VR world for weeks. I freed her and tried to get her back to you, but Lex rigged his transport device so the coordinates got mixed up and we ended up somewhere over the island. Landing is what broke my leg." She explained. "Look, you clearly don't believe me and you'll probably doubt the data I gave you, so why don't you just read my mind?"
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"How is she?" J'onn asked entering the Bat Cave.
"Stable." Alex said. "I think the Kryptonite is out. But I don't know how much damage it will have done. It looked like it was in there awhile. All I know is right now she has no powers."
"She solar flared so she could send a signal." J'onn explained. "She wanted to save Lena."
"You talked to Lena?" Alex asked.
"And I read her mind." J'onn said. "Lena appears to be as much of a victim in this as Kara. You were right Lex was behind all of it." He then looked at Luke and asked. "Can I get your help with something?"
"Of course." Luke said following J'onn out of the cave.
"You guys look exhausted." Kate said. "Why don't you go back to the office and get some rest. I'll stay with Kara."
"I don't want to leave her." Alex replied.
"Alex, you were operating for over ten hours. You need to rest." Eliza said. "You said yourself she won't wake anytime soon."
"I promise you I won't leave her alone." Kate added.
Too tired to argue Alex squeezed Kara's hand before whispering something in Kryptonian into her ear. She then stood up straight and followed her mother out of the cave.
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"I'm so sorry." Eliza said as she sat next to Alex on the couch.
"For what?" Alex asked confused.
"Not believing you."
"After what I said and how I acted I wouldn't have believed me either. It's not like my believing helped Kara." Alex pointed out suddenly standing. "The best opportunity we had to find her was the first few days and I wasted them being drunk. What happened after that is on me."
"Alex everyone, except you, believed she was dead. You didn't give up on her. Something tells me Kara will know that and she would have drawn strength from that knowledge."
"What if she doesn't make it?" Alex asked.
"She'll make it. She is a fighter." Eliza said.
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"Kelly?" Barry asked skidding to a stop in front of the therapist.
"Where's Alex?" Kelly immediately asked.
"Safe." Barry said.
"Not reassuring coming from the guy who kidnapped her. Even if you are a superhero."
"I'm sorry. But it is for the best. You are safer not knowing too much." Barry said. "But Alex said she'll call you as soon as she can."
"Is Alex in trouble?" Kelly asked.
"No. Not yet anyway."
"Please tell me she's not worn the Bat suit again."
"When did she wear the Bat suit?" Barry asked confused.
"Doesn't matter." Kelly said. "Do you know when she'll be back?"
"It could be awhile. In the mean time, if anyone asks, she and J'onn are on a stakeout here in National City." Barry said. "Oh and one more thing she wanted you to have this." He said handing her watch. "If something happens press that button and one of us will come and help."
"So I'm in danger?" Kelly asked.
"Honestly, I don't. But no one wants to take any chances right now."
"Wouldn't it be safer if you took me to Alex?" Kelly tried.
"Probably not." Barry said.
"You are really not very reassuring." Kelly said.
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"Is this hell?" Kara asked as she opened her eyes.
"Gotham isn't that bad." Kate said from her right.
Turning Kara saw her friend and asked confused. "Kate?"
"Yeah. How are you feeling? You've had a lot of people worried about you."
"How did I get here?" Kara asked.
"Your attempt to burn a whole in the atmosphere was picked up. J'onn brought you here, he thought it'd be safer." Kate explained.
"Is this real?" Kara asked sitting up.
"Um, yeah." Kate said confused by the question.
"It's real?" Kara asked sitting up. "You're real?"
"Yeah." Kate said, concerned by Kara's questions. "But I think we might need to get your head looked at."
"Kara?" Eliza called as she stepped into the cave and saw Kara was awake.
"Eliza? You're alive." Kara asked wrapping her arms round her foster mother, who clung to her more tightly than she had done before.
"I thought I'd lost you." Eliza said. "I've missed you so much." She added as Kate slipped out of the cave to get Alex.
"I've missed you too." Kara said, tears running down her face onto Eliza's shoulder.
"You are safe now." Eliza assured her.
"I'm sorry." Kara sobbed into her shoulder.
"What are you talking about?" Eliza asked pulling away.
"I put you in so much danger. You and Alex."
"Kara, the only person in danger is you." Eliza said cupping her face. "But you are going to be okay."
"I thought you were dead." Kara said.
"I'm not dead." Eliza assured her hugging her again as she wondered what had happened to her.
"I don't understand." Kara said as she clung to Eliza. "I saw it. It was my fault."
"Kara listen to me." Eliza said pulling away again so she could look Kara in the eyes. "It's over. You are safe and so are we. Whatever happened was not your fault."
For a moment Kara just stared at Eliza before asking. "You're really here?"
"I'm really here." Eliza assured her just as they heard Alex call from behind.
"Kara!"
"Alex?" Kara asked disbelieving that Alex was there.
Stepping to one side Eliza watched as Alex reached Kara and wrapped her arms round her.
"I've missed you." Alex said.
"You're alive?" Kara asked.
"I'm alive." Alex said sharing a concerned look with her mother.
"I don't understand. Why aren't you dead? I saw you die." Kara said struggling to figure out what was real.
"Kara. I'm okay." Alex said pulling away, wondering what Lex had done to her.
"I don't understand. None of this makes sense." Kara said looking lost and scared.
"Kara, listen to my heart." Alex said. As Kara focused on the beating she seemed to calm and Alex said. "That's proof that I'm alive, that I'm real."
"You're alive." Kara said hugging Alex once more.
"We all are." Eliza said joining the hug.
As Kara calmed down she took comfort from the embrace before pulling away and asking. "Lena? Her leg-"
"She's safe." Alex said. "You both are. But you need to rest. I don't know how much damage the Kryptonite did."
"What Kryptonite?" Kara asked.
"When J'onn found you you had Kryptonite in you." Alex explained. "You don't remember?"
"No. I don't know. Maybe."
"That doesn't matter now." Eliza said. "Right now you need to rest. Get some sleep, we can talk more when you are stronger."
TBC...
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