A/N Hi, it's been a while. I'll save my excuses to myself. WOOP WOOH NB 10! Never had a number 10 before!
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The youngest Luthor was driving as fast as the Suzuki motorcycle would take her, the only reason she hadn't fell yet was thanks to all of the test experience of the company's products. Later, Lena would remember running as though through a daze to the first, fastest thing she could get her hands on. She barely dodged a few speeding cars as she neared the scene. Overhead she barely heard the unmistakable explosion of Superman breaking his top speed to reach his cousin.
The downtown was blocked with barricades but she didn't even see or remember almost running the poor cop over. All she remembered past getting on the bike was a feeling of dread and loss, which didn't even feel her own but felt them borrowing into her soul like burning coal.
Then she saw Kara. She basically jumped off her motorcycle, letting it tumble on the pavement, and ran the last few meters to her while throwing her helmet on the side. The scene that greeted her wasn't as horrid as any of the scenarios her brain put her through.
Kara was still hiding where she saw her on the feed, Alex was keeping a steady aim at the alien and a few other agents were clearing out the area as they let Superman pummel it. Lena only noticed all this vaguely as she knelt and took Kara's hands in her own, no care for her ruined Prada suit.
The blood on Kara's hands and a little on the side was as real as it was in her head, and the words coming from Kara's mouth were unfamiliar besides 'Rao' at the beginning with each repeating of them. By the tact she knew it was one of the Songs of Rao, Kara didn't sing them though, sounding like she was begging. She was shaking uncontrollably and her breath was coming out fast, and Lena's heart almost completely broke at seeing her like that.
"Kara, honey I'm here, hey"
Her head finally rose up and her eyes opened, no tears just emptiness in them, when they registered Lena there was a flash of fear and the shaking only increased.
She tried to say something to Lena but her voice was lost upon facing her, Kara looked away from the steady look.
Lena wouldn't have it, she took her chin and raised it to make Kara look her in the eye.
"Hey, I'm here. I really am. Talk to me my love..."she was on the verge of losing it herself but stayed as strong as she could for Kara.
A nod and a few deep breaths, she knew what she should do after all, has seen many people through panic attacks on scenes just like this one.
"I...I got hit in...in the stomach," her voice soft and barely audible as she spoke, "but not hard, she aimed for my head luckily when she started hitting hard... and one particular punch hit my chest and..." she stopped to take a few breaths, she was still shaking and speaking as much as she could.
Lena nodded and listened carefully and rubbed Kara's hands while her eyes slowly started to sting, she squared her jaw and bit back the dread.
"I spat blood then, and all I could think of was that she hit my stomach once and I don't know if I'm still-" her voice broke on the verge of crying as Lena took her in for a desperate hug, the blonde was trying to keep her stress levels low for their baby and doing an impressive job at it.
"It's okay Kara, just breathe for now."
They stayed like that for a few minutes, just Kara's head in the crook of Lena's neck, taking comfort in the smell there.
Alex and Superman stood next to them in the meantime, Lena looked up and saw the worry on both their faces. He had his jaw squared and looked away when he saw Kara, Lena mouthed a 'thank you' to both of them.
"Lena you shouldn't be here, you could-"
Kara's hands tightened in her suit, drawing her close like a lifeline "Leave us, both of you, thank you for coming Superman but... just leave us alone for a few minutes."
"We'll talk about this stunt at the DEO Lena."
The green eyed Luthor didn't even think of the consequences her actions would bring, and didn't care at the moment as she held the love of her life and her entire family in her arms.
"She called me..."said Kal as Alex took him by the arm, leading him away.
Supergirl always insisted on not receiving help from Superman, to separate their identities. To call him for help was saying a lot for the blonde.
"Hey," she kissed the blonde's cheek, "you think you can look for me?"
Her hand reached from her back to trace over to her stomach, where the bump should be in a few weeks. She knew that if that warm feeling still filled her when she put her palms there, they were okay. Her hand was stopped by Kara's covering it, the blonde took a few second more to just breathe and look at Lena before she let go of it.
The blonde didn't expect it, but she felt the now familiar surge of warmth in her heart when the hand finally covered her lower stomach and by the hesitant upturn on Lena's face she didn't expect it either. The CEO nodded to her encouragingly and Kara looked through.
The pink light was there along with the contours of the small shadow of a spot near her wall.
She let out a hysterical laugh and looked at her girlfriend in utter amazement, "We're okay! With that hit it should've been-" she bit back against the mental image her brain had come up with, "but it's okay!"
Lena was in a daze, with tunnel vision on Kara, it was late now and they were at the DEO.
There were consequences for Lena for her stunt, there were consequences for both of them. They were received by agent Vasquez who was to leed Lena to a room and Alex was there to take Kara to the med bay.
This made Lena take in her surroundings with a start, only to make a move for her the hidden shocker in her boot.
"You can not separate me from her, agent." she said in a calm voice before her hand moved down to take the weapon.
If Vasquez noticed it she didn't say anything about it, as Kara put a stilling palm on her shoulder.
"I'll be okay."
Lena wasn't swayed, she grit her teeth and grabbed the agent's arm with all her strength, who didn't seem fazed at all.
"Lee don't, just go with her." said her alien's ordering voice, and she could never refuse Kara anything with that voice.
They led her through corridors and corridors away and away in the opposite direction from the med bey, intentionally it must have been, Lena thought. She was in a room that looked like it had different levels of security even she would find difficult to get by, fingerprint door, face recognition, three different locks and more. The room was white, with padded walls, ceiling and floor.
She looked sideways at Vasquez, "What's next, a straight jacket?" Lena thought that Kara would chuckle at that, and say she needed a "bi-jacket".
"It's where I was told to put you ma'am, please excuse me, Martian Manhunter will be with you shortly.", with that she was left alone.
This is where Lena decided to keep her trap shut. She was in serious, serious trouble if J'onn was coming here as Martian Manhunter. To her credit, all she remembered was seeing Kara panicking on screen and next thing she knew she was there already, clutching her trembling, bleeding girl. She was going to be sick, remembering the image, a few tears fell down her face. Lena had to sit down with a suit ruined, put her face in her palms, finally the shock taking over, she cried until she heard the locks being undone, few hours later.
There stood Martian Manhunter, the fact that he didn't go through the wall to get here as a frighting factor, told her she wasn't going to be harmed, just interrogated and reprimanded. She hoped so. Lena jumped to her feet, wiping her eyes, "How is she?"
"Lena Luthor." his voice rumbled around the room, ignoring her question, "You exposed one of our best agents to danger, knowing your presence would make her physically more vulnerable, how do you explain yourself?"
She hadn't thought at all, she panicked simply. Fight winning the fight or flight response in her body back then.
"I...I panicked. I wanted to get to her..."
She felt a presence in her head, an intrusion, she couldn't fight him even if she was a state to do it. He nodded.
"I see. Even though your intentions were coming from a lover's place, you put all of them in danger, I will not prolong this since I have everything I need."
The CEO sighted, "Thank you J'onn, I-"
"You are forbidden from interrupting Supergirl's job from now on, and from interfering with DEO work unless summoned. Is that clear?"
Lena stared at him in shock and desperation, mouth hanging open in effort to come up with a remark,"Y-you can't, she's my, my girlfriend and what if something happens, what if she needs me, or-"
"Lena the decision has been made, you have to be aware even yourself that you put her in danger."
"I-... I never meant to! Just..."she groaned, more tears spilling from her eyes, "Please just tell me how she is! I have to see her, she needs me. They need me!" she was yelling at this alien that could not only tear her in half but also make her into a wallflower, but she couldn't care less.
He gave her a neutral look, unreadable, "She is stable, you will be permitted to see her before you are escorted out." with that she was left alone again, before she could say another word.
What did he mean by "you put them all in danger", did her vehicle hit someone? She must've got there with some vehicle...
Kara lay in the sun room, after an examination by Alex and a few other doctors. She had bled from different places on her body, arms, legs, a cut on her left cheek, bruises all over, and a big one on her stomach. She spat a lot of blood in the dispenser next to her, couldn't know how much. But for now, there was no blood between her legs. The state she was in wasn't as serious as some previous encounters have been, the extremes of her examination this time being due to her pregnant state. They did mention that she should be more careful, each of them in turn, the oldest of them giving her the sternest look she's got in a while, that one ordered for her not to do a single thing except rest for the next entire week.
Currently, she lay there, taking in sun rays, body healing and watching the x-ray of her stomach on the screen, the big dot looked as it had previously, healthy.
"Kara, I have to tell you something." said Alex, walking into the room, closing the door behind her, blocking out the windows with a few commands on her tablet.
"Uh oh." she said with an adorable pout.
Alex smiled despite herself, only for a moment, "Lena can't come to the field like that anymore, nor are you allowed to call her, she's not allowed at the DEO either, unless we ourself call her, and even then you will not be allowed near her. It's too much of a risk."
Kara looked like she had been slapped by her own sister, "Does that mean..."
Alex nodded, "Yeah, no office visits in costume, sorry sis..."
Those office visits led to them making a baby, led to them starting their relationship...and now she wasn't allowed there in costume.
"What if I need to save her! Someone could attack her! Especially these days when she's getting even more attention because of me."
"J'onn will handle that, Kara, or Superman, or me. Don't worry about that."
After a while of silence, Alex working on her tablet, probably filing some forms or such, Kara sighted and straightened in her seat.
The older agent looked at her in alarm, "Hey, you should lay down, what are you doing?"
"Is this because we're not married?"
A silence followed for a minute, "What?"
"Just answer the question, Alex."
"...No. It's because of both your safety, status has nothing to do with this, this isn't a hospital Kara, or Krypton."
The last part came as a punch to Kara's gut, even though Alx didn't intent it, seeing it on Kara's expression the older sister regretted her wording right away.
"I know it isn't...Just...forget I asked."
"This is really important to you isn't it?" Asked Alex softly, a palm on Kara's where she was clutching the cushion, the other on her own stomach.
"Yeah...I have a few things I need to do to be her equal, and for her to be mine...marriage isn't as simple with me." she pointed out the "me" part, she knew Lena felt different about it.
"Hey, no need to hurry" she held her hand between her own two, "You can do it just how you want to."
"But we need to figure it out before the baby comes...when we go to a Pediatrician they'll need a proof we're both parents."
Alex chuckled, "I mean, I don't think they'll need such proof, might be too graphic- ow!" a shocked and smiling Kara punched her on the shoulder,"Okay, deserved that one."
"I mean it!"
"I did too!" Alex retorted, receiving a groan back and sticked out tongue a few seconds later. "I have scissors right next to me." she pointed at the scissors next to her with the other tools.
Lena walked in, examining the sight before her, "I might need that, even though I'm tempted to let you cut it."
Kara sat with her mouth hanging open and looking between them, "Are you...I hate it when you two team up!" she complained, the hand on her stomach covered by Lena's, touching their foreheads together and closing her eyes. Alex quietly walked out, leaving them alone.
"Hey love."
Kara blushed, "H-hey."
Lena put a palm to one blushed cheeks, finding her face warm and making her smile, "I put a baby in you and you're still blushing at my words?"
A stronger blush took over, an arm pulled her hips between Kara's legs, non-sexually, "Yes you did, and yes I am, honey."
They stayed like that close together, Lena's head buried in Kara's neck, hands in the other's hair and waist, whispering soft thoughts to eachother, and basking in eachother's warmth.
"We're okay right?" asked Lena half an hour or more later.
"Yes, all of us." she whispered kissing her cheek.
And then, few seconds later, "Will we talk about your conversation with Alex?"
"You heard that, huh..." it wasn't a question.
Lena nodded, waiting for Kara patiently.
"When we get home, not here, okay?"
"Of course my love. You just mentioned some things you haven't told me, so we need to expand on that, it's no big deal though, don't stress over it."
That reassured Kara, she expected a stricketer demand "Did they tell you about the restriction?"
"Yes. I fucking hate it."
"Me too... but there is some sense in it."
Lena's head moved suddenly, as if to get off, but only for a bit, she buried herself back into her hiding spot in the warmth of Kara's body. "We'll talk later, recover for now here."
"Okay."
They stayed like that a bit more, before Lena turned around to look at the image on the screen, Kara's strong arms circled around her stomach,head resting on her shoulder as she sat.
"I love you."
Kara didn't know if that was addressed to her or their baby, or both, so she smiled and kissed her neck wetly.
Vasquez found them like that later, and waited patiently for Lena to come to her herself, to be led out.
"Thought you would've come a few minutes later, not an hour and a half later."
"Sorry, I get lost in this building sometimes Miss Luthor, Miss Zor El." she nodded to the later one dutifully. Lena use to tease her about all the adoration and bows she was getting, but got used to it in the past year.
Neither of them bought the agent's terrible excuse, appreciating her sentiment to leave them alone. Lena really needed to get her and her wife some big gift sometime.
Lena turned around, pulling Kara in for a kiss by the hair, roughly. A bruising, searing kiss full of desperation and terrible, sweet promise.
She was left there alone after that, a stupid grin on her face as she closed her eyes, healing under the false sun.
The CEO was led to her car, in handcuffs which she didn't expect, her driver being called probably by one of the agents, most likely Vasquez herself.
The older man started driving with no words exchanged, giving his boss privacy by raising the window between them. She sighted, feeling disgusting in her tattered pants, dusty and smelly suit, smelly everything. Did she fall or crash? She couldn't tell.
Her things from her office were there, her case with documents, her bag. She scurried to open it, frantically searching through its contents, "Where the fuck did I leave it!?" she yelled breathlessly, stress tears spilling again, the dam opening now that Kara wasn't there.
The window opened a bit, "Deepest apologies Miss Luthor for the intrusion, but I believe you usually put it at the bottom of your bag.
She reached underneath and sighed in relief as she took out the silver and led covered box, "Thank you for taking my bag for me, Mister Daren." she had documents in her case that could expose the biggest politicians in the world of their science endeavors, this box was much more important to her, she had worked on it for years before it and its contents were done.
"You're welcome."
After a little while she added, "You know you're getting a raise I believe."
He chuckled in his old, grandfatherly tone of his, "There's no need Miss."
She stared intently into the contents of her box, "This could've been stolen and gone forever in my hurry. You have no choice in this." she said mostly to herself, quietly.