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Doors flew open as about half a dozen doctors rushed Kara into the surgery room. Alex attempted to follow her but one of the doctors stopped her before she could.

"I'm a doctor, I can help." Alex said desperately.

"If you are, then you know you can't." The doctor shook his head sadly. He placed a comforting hand on Alex's shoulders. "Go home, clean up, and get some rest. We'll do the best we can."

And with that, the doctor disappeared behind the surgery doors and Alex was left in the middle of the hospital halls by herself. Running a shaky hand through her hair, she sunk into a chair. She began to think of how badly she had failed her sister. It was her job to protect her. For more than a decade, she had dedicated her life to protecting others, yet she failed to protect the one who was closest to her.

She should've been the one to take the bullet, not Kara. She was the trained government agent. Kara was just a reporter. As Alex began to recount all the things she should have done, she remembered what Kara had said.

Sniper.

There was only one person in mind that would fit the description and motive. She clutched her fists in frustration. How did she not see it? Hell, she was just talking to Kara about this just last night.

Liam Hawkleigh had targeted them and they walked straight into his trap.

Without saying anything, Alex stormed out of the hospital doors only to run into a familiar figure.

"J'onn?" Alex questioned. She paused for a second. "What're you doing here?"

"I heard Kara was hurt." He pulled Alex in for a comforting hug. "How's our girl?"

"She…she was so pale." Alex sighed. "The doctors said that they'll do their best, but I know doctor talk. Just because they're going to do their best doesn't mean it'll save her."

"What exactly happened?" J'onn asked.

"Seems like Liam Hawkleigh made a target out of me."

"The sniper from Kara's article?"

Alex nodded her head. She clenched her fists as she began to recall the recent events. "He knows that I'm after him and tried to take me out, but then Kara stepped in front of me and took the shot instead."

J'onn looked at her confused. "She was shot? Are you sure?"

"What do you mean am I sure? J'onn, I had to watch my little sister almost bleed to death when it should have been me!" Alex pulled away and pointed to the room Kara was in. "She is in there because of me!"

J'onn understood Alex's frustration, but something wasn't adding up. Under normal circumstances, there was no way that Kara would get hurt by such a mere bullet. She was literally called the Girl of Steel.

Unless there was another factor.

Kryptonite.

That was panic began to set in for the Martian. The doctors wouldn't know what they were getting themselves into. There was no way they could properly treat a Kryptonian and there was no way he was going to let Kara's identity be revealed to the world.

But he couldn't do it by himself. He looked to Alex and it was at that moment he realized she was gone. He saw her walking towards the exit and rushed to grab her arm.

"Where are you going?"

"To catch the son of a bitch who thought they could get away with shooting my little sister."

"I need your help."

"Now isn't a good time if you've noticed." Alex continued to pull away. When she saw that he wasn't letting go, she turned around and looked him in the eye. "Kara won't be safe until Hawkleigh is behind bars."

"If you want to save Kara, then you'll agree to help me." J'onn reasoned.

"What?" Alex stopped pulling and looked at him in confusion. "She's already in surgery. I can't help with that so the next best thing to do is protect her."

"You don't understand." J'onn sighed. "But I need you to trust me. If you want to help protect Kara, then you need to do exactly what I say. I'll explain later."

Alex looked at Kara's door and then back to J'onn. With a deep sigh, she nodded her head. "What do you need me to do?"

Lena Luthor was working on her latest project when a gust of wind interrupted her from her thoughts. Thinking that it was Supergirl wanting to talk, she sighed and made her way towards the balcony, but what she saw wasn't what she expected.

Instead of the Girl of Steel, Lena found herself staring at Alex, a Martian, and her bloodied best friend.

"Oh my god."

"We don't have much time." J'onn brought Kara in.

"What happened?" Lena asked. She looked over her friend and saw that Kara's breath was shallow. Beads of sweat covered her face and she could feel the heat radiating from her.

"She was shot." Alex said wondering why they had brought Kara to Lena.

"Kryptonite?" Lena questioned as she began to examine the wound.

"Kryptonite?" Alex asked.

"You know?" J'onn looked at Lena questionably.

"She doesn't?" Lena gave a pointed look towards Alex.

"Not anymore." J'onn said sadly.

Lena nodded. "We can talk about this later, but right now, we need to bring her to the lab."

"The lab?" Alex questioned.

"Where is it?" J'onn asked.

"Two floors down." Lena said, already leading the way. However, she was stopped by a gun aimed right to her face.

"Alex, put the gun down." J'onn carefully said.

"Not until someone tells me what's going on!" Alex raised her voice. "First you ask me to help you kidnap Kara out of a hospital and now we're talking about putting my little sister into a lab? You told me that you would explain things to me later, it's later J'onn."

"Alex…"

"What is going on?" Alex yelled. Nothing they said made sense. Her trust in her friends was wavering and she was beginning to think that she made a mistake.

Seeing J'onns hesitance, Lena took it upon herself to speak to Alex.

"You sister is-"

"No," J'onn cut her off. He pulled Lena off to the side and whispered. "You can't tell her. What I did closed off several memories and created new ones. If you tell her the truth like this, it could drive her to insanity."

"So is someone going to tell me what's going on?" J'onn and Lena looked at Alex who continued to point her weapon at them.

Lena shook her head and stood defiantly. "We both know you're not going to pull that trigger, not minding the fact that there is already a bullet in your sister's torso. It's making her sick and the longer we argue, the less of a chance Kara will have to live. You either let us go or she dies."

Not knowing what to do, Alex put her gun down and let them pass. There was no way she was going to get answers like this. A wave of shame flooded over her, but things still didn't add up. Why would J'onn bring Kara to Lena? What could she do that a hospital couldn't? And for weeks, why did she feel so damn off?

As Alex began to think about it more, she could feel a headache rising as flashes of memories she didn't recognize began to appear. Shaking her head, Alex made her way to the door, but instead of going to Lena's lab, she exited L-Corp and went to seek answers of her own.

A/N: Thank you for all the reviews, follows, and favorites! Like I mentioned a bit before, I know my posting schedule is all sorts of everywhere, BUT I'm gonna try my best to post a chapter each week. Maybe if I get to 10 reviews this chapter, I'll write up and post another one in a couple of days, just because I feel like I owe it to you all. I just like to know if you guys are still interested and if we can somehow get to that number, I promise to post another chapter by Thursday.

See ya next chapter! :)