Kara woke with a jolt, sitting straight up on her couch until Alex broke through her mental haze and eased her back down. "Take it easy. You got the crap kicked out of you." The blonde grimaced.
"Where…what happened?" Her voice was scratchy and she gratefully took the glass of water Winn offered before he sat down on the chair arm.
"Reactron kicked your ass." Alex told her bluntly. Kara grimaced and glanced down to see she was still in her super suit.
"How did I get back here?"
"Clark dropped you off on his way back to Metropolis." Alex told her quietly.
Kara's eyes landed on James accusingly. He moved around from behind the couch and took a seat on her coffee table. "You called him?" James fiddled with his watch guiltily.
"Yes, I did." He met her eyes. "And I would do it again. You night have died."
"That wasn't your call." She told him angrily. "I can't be the kind of hero I want to be if I always call Kal for help."
"You can't be any kind of hero if your dead!" James practically shouted at her.
"Okay….okay…it's over now. Kara is okay so let's just….not get too-"
James cut Winn off. "Yeah she's fine now, some woman saved her, but what about the next time?"
Kara wanted to argue more with him but his comment about the woman stopped her. "What woman?"
Alex frowned furiously at James. "There was a woman there when we got to you. She was holding you."
Kara's eyes crinkled adorably in her confusion. "Who was it?" She tried to think of all the Supers she knew about, there wasn't a lot of women and none in the area. At least she didn't think there was.
"They were wearing a mask like the one Non had." Alex told her. "We thought maybe it was a kidnapping." Alex didn't want to tell her about the woman's parting words. She had a strange feeling she knew who that woman was but she wasn't sure she wanted Kara to connect the dots. She didn't know why Non had told her Astra was dead but Alex was having her doubts about his honesty.
"Why would they kidnap me?" They all had their own ideas on the matter but none of them volunteered them.
"Not for any good reason." Alex finally said. "Alright everyone out. I'm going to have some quality time with my sister and there may be a bit of shouting since she actually survived." Kara grimaced in apprehension. She knew Alex wasn't going to let it go. She had told her to wait for backup and Kara begrudgingly admitted Alex had been right.
James and Winn said there goodbyes but Kara grabed James at the door. "This conversation, about calling for Kal isn't over. It wasn't your call, James." He wanted to say something but with a stern look from her he nodded and she closed the door behind him. Alex sat expectantly on her couch and she gingerly moved back to sit beside her. "Are you really going to yell at me?" she asked, snuggling into Alex's side still in full Super getup.
Alex hugged her tightly for a second and breathed out a heavy sigh. "Maybe tomorrow. I'm staying the night with you again." Kara groaned but nodded.
"I get to pick the movie then."
"Then I get to order the food."
"Extra-"
"Potstickers I know."
~A~
"We are at war with them, what were you thinking saving the girl?" Astra looked up at her friend as she landed on the building next to her.
"I was thinking this may not be the way to achieve our goal."
Europa sat down on the ledge with her and leaned down to peer at the street bellow. Heights made her dizzy. Ironic as it was. She leaned backwards and clutched at the smirking woman's suit. "You were so sure myriad was the way to go before."
"Yes. I was."
"You found her didn't you? She's Supergirl isn't she?" Europa cursed and rubbed her eyes with the hand not currently holding onto Astra for dear life.
Astra nodded and didn't look at her. "How can you fly and still be afraid?" She chided.
"Don't change the subject, Astra. What are you going to do? Non isn't going to let this plan just die. He has it in his head he wants to rule."
"Yes…" She started slowly. "He has the blue bimbo spouting all that nonsense in his head.
"Careful, friend, you almost sound jealous."
Astra gave her a scathing look but her heart wasn't in it. She was too worried about Kara. "Perhaps I am jealous of his confidence. I was never sure Myriad was the right way to go."
The blonde snorted delicately. "You created it. It was your plan from the beginning." Astra had forgotten Europa had been by her side throughout everything.
"It was all hypothetical you know. What if stuff. Non encouraged it. He…gave me tunnel vision. All I could see was how Myriad would work and he made sure I devoted all my time into it. And only it. I didn't try and think of anything else. He is trying to do the same to me here. But…Kara is here. Within reach and she is trying something else. Her way is going to take longer but it may be the right way. I don't know anymore."
"You always seemed to believe in it." Europa said quietly.
Astra glanced at her. "But you didn't." She said quietly meeting brilliant grey eyes.
"I believed in you."
"Maybe you shouldn't. I could never figure out why you believed in me so much you turned yourself in. You weren't caught with the rest of them."
"You know why." Astra sighed and looked back out the city before climbing to her feet, pulling the woman up with her.
"Come on. I'll lead and you can keep your eyes closed on the way back to my house."
Europa beamed. "Best friend ever."
A/N: this was supposed to be added to the last chapter but somehow I messed it up when I- never mind anyways here is the second part. Enjoy. I'm trying to update this at least every other night at the very least once a week.