A/N: Thank you for the comments.
Guest - I kind of assume the Ruby plot will go the same way as the omegahedrom and Max plot and just be forgotten about.
"I'm a horrible person." Kara said as she rested her head on Adam's chest.
"No you're not." Adam said.
"Yes I am. I said such mean things."
"You weren't in control." Adam pointed out.
"That's no excuse."
"Yes it is. You were exposed unknowingly. I mean as humans we lose control easier and it is normally self inflicted. I mean take mean drunk Alex."
"She's never that mean." Kara said. "What if I had said something to Elle? She's seven, there's no way she would understand."
"You didn't. We were protecting Elle." Adam reminded her. "No matter what happens I always have your back."
"Thank you." Kara said as her mother walked into the lounge.
"Sorry am I interrupting?" Alura asked.
"No. Kara was just wallowing and feeling guilty." Adam said.
"What happened was not your fault." Alura reminded her as Kara suddenly stiffened.
"Elle." Kara said before disappearing in a blur.
-00-
As Supergirl reached the science museum she saw a dust cloud around the entrance. Burying her fears she homed in on Elle's beacon and flew as fast as she could to the basement where the signal was coming from.
"Supergirl!" The kids called when they saw the caped hero.
Scanning the people in the basement for Elle she became more concerned when she realised Elle wasn't in the main group.
"Supergirl." One of the bystanders called.
"Yes." Supergirl said returning her focus to the scene.
"We need help. They're trapped." The bystander said pointing to a side room that was blocked by a fallen pillar. A room from where Elle's beacon seemed to originate.
"Get everyone back onto the street." Supergirl ordered. "I'll free those in the room."
As the teachers started to take charge Supergirl forced her way into the side room and almost sagged in relief when she saw Elle, a teacher and another child.
"Take the kids." The teacher said.
"No." Elle said. "You're hurt."
As Supergirl approached she saw the teacher had been impaled while the other kid was unconscious. Fighting her maternal instincts she looked at Elle and instructed.
"Hide under that table. I'll be back in a minute." With that she flew the child to safety before repeating for the teacher.
By the time she returned to Elle the rest of the basement was empty and she hurried to the desk and asked.
"Are you hurt?"
"No." Elle said.
"Then let's get out of here." Kara said as the building started to shake and the ceiling came down. Supergirl immediately wrapped herself and her cape round Elle and used her body as a shield. When the collapse stopped she flew up through the debris, ensuring she protected Elle.
"Are you okay?" Kara asked when they were out in the open.
"Yes." Elle said as she clung to her mother.
"I need to help the other people." Supergirl said sounding guilty.
"I know." Elle said as Supergirl saw Alura in the crowd. Landing in front of her mother she handed Elle to Alura and flew off to help the others.
"Are you okay?" Alura asked while hugging her granddaughter.
"I guess." Elle said. "How did you get here so quickly?"
"I followed your mother. Don't tell her but I used my powers." Alura explained. "Let's get you home to your father." Alura said. When Elle looked back at Supergirl, Alura added. "Your mother will be okay."
-00-
"How is she?" Cat asked as she entered the house.
"Calmer than she was." Alura said looking over to the lounge where Elle was hugging her father.
"And Kara?"
"Is not back yet." Alura said. "But she did not want to leave Elle."
"Grandma Cat!" Elle greeted as she rushed over and hugged her grandmother.
"Hello my little angel. Are you hurt?"
"I can't get hurt." Elle reminded her. "And mom saved me."
"Yes she did." Cat agreed.
"Elle was very brave." Alura said.
"So should I get a present?" Elle asked.
"Why?" Cat asked.
"I went through a tramatic experience."
"I think you mean traumatic experience." Adam said before looking at Alura and asking. "Have you been letting her watch daytime TV?"
"Is that wrong?" Alura asked.
"It's a way to kill brain cells." Adam said before looking at Elle and saying. "No more daytime TV."
"Fine." Elle reluctantly agreed. "But what about my present?"
"Did you think that Supergirl would save you?" Cat asked Elle.
"Of course. Mom will always come, she said so." Elle replied.
"Then it was not that traumatic for you. You knew you'd be safe." Cat argued.
"You are a long way off winning an argument against your grandmother." Adam pointed out. "And part of me hopes you never do."
"That wasn't why I was scared." Elle confessed quietly.
"What was it?" Adam asked picking her up.
"I thought my powers would come out again and I'd hurt people everyone would know. I could feel my eyes go funny again. Everything was so loud."
"Why didn't you say something earlier?" Adam asked. In response Elle just shrugged. "Are you okay now?" He questioned. When she nodded he hugged her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Alura apologised.
"None of us did." Adam replied before looking down at Elle and saying. "Next time tell us okay."
As she nodded her agreement Kara entered the house so fast Adam barely had time to acknowledge her before she was standing next to him taking Elle off him.
"Elle? Are you okay?" Kara asked hugging her.
"I'm fine." She said.
"I'm sorry I couldn't stay with you. I wanted to stay with you."
"It's okay Grandma Alura brought me home." Elle said hugging her mother.
"You were so brave." Kara said. "As a reward what do you want to do tomorrow?"
For a moment Elle scrunched her face in concentration before asking.
"Can I see Lena?"
"Why?" Adam asked surprised by the choice.
"So she can train me."
"Train you?" Kara asked confused. "In what?"
"Arguing."
"Why do you want to learn how to argue?"
"So I can win against Grandma Cat." Elle explained.
"Why Lena?"
"She wins arguments against Grandma Cat." Elle reasoned.
"Rarely." Cat said defiantly.
"I feel like I've missed something." Kara said.
"Best not to ask." Adam said.
"So can I?" Elle asked.
"Can you what?" Kara asked.
"See Lena tomorrow."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Adam said.
"But you can spend the day with me." Cat said.
-00-
"You sure you're okay?" Kara asked as she tucked Elle into bed.
"I knew you'd come." Elle said.
"Always." Kara said kissing her daughter's head. "I'm so proud of you."
"I didn't do anything." Elle said.
"You kept calm, used your necklace and controlled your powers. I still struggled to control my powers when I was sixteen."
"You got them later than I did." Elle pointed out. "And Alex said you were slow."
"Did she?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, she said it's good I inherited grandma Cat's brains." Elle said before pausing. "Maybe I'm not meant to know that."
"I think you need to stop using your super hearing." Kara said.
"You've always used yours." Elle said as tiredness took over. "Alex said so...but I definitely wasn't meant to hear that." With that she fell to sleep.
-00-
"How's Elle?" Alex asked the next day as Kara entered her lab at the DEO.
"Okay I guess. She's spending the day with Cat. Do you know what caused it?"
"Not yet. We are still running tests." Alex said.
"Still?" Kara asked before apologising. "Sorry. I know you are giving up your weekend and this isn't technically a DEO case, but I'm worried. We need to figure out who was behind it." Kara said.
"It could still be fatigue." Alex reminded her.
"Museums don't just collapse and after the Red-K, it's too much of a coincidence." Kara said. "And whoever it is is targeting Elle. I am not going to sit back and do nothing."
"While I agree with you, right now we have no proof." Alex said. "What we do have though is this." She said handing Kara a small metal object.
"What is it?"
"A detector. Put it on your Supergirl uniform and it will detect Red-K. If you get exposed again we'll know as soon as it happens. I also have one for Elle and your mother, just in case."
"Thank you." Kara said gratefully.
"We will figure this out." Alex assured her.
-TBC...
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