A/N: Thank you for all your enthusiasm on the last chapter! I tried to respond to reviews, but I've been so busy that I haven't gotten to all of them so I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. :) I really appreciate it.
So, the poll still hasn't been updated but I will get to it eventually.
All right, so, here's the next chapter- I hope you enjoy!
"Fifteen minutes." Alex says, hangs up.
She flings open the door and steps in.
"Shit, what happened?" she asks, eyes flicking toward Maggie but the detective only throws a painful look over her shoulder, a desperate shrug.
"She wasn't answering so I came in and she was stumbling. I thought she was going to fall, so I had her sit," Maggie says. "She's shaking so badly, Al."
Kara moans, back pressed up against the tub. She's in only her bra and underwear, a shirt fallen from her fingers sits at her hip and drapes across her stomach, her pajama shorts are still folded on the counter. Her head is in her hands, heels of her palms digging against her eyes and sweat drenches her already soaked hairline.
She raises her head to look at Alex, skull tilting backward and she shifts with a wince so she's leaning against the wall, labored breathing filling the room with the strained sound.
"Kara," Alex says, dropping beside Maggie where they kneel in front of the blonde, where she tries to looks at them through hazy blue—eyes that blink and flit unfocused. "Hey, Kara, what's wrong?" Alex asks, keeps her hands gentle even though her heart pounds and she brushes Kara's hair back.
"Jesus Christ, Kar, you're burning up."
The blonde flinches, squeezing her eyes closed, pulling a leg up toward her stomach and groaning, dipping an arm over her abdomen.
Alex sends a worried glance over at Maggie, is met with the same confusion she feels, reflecting in her fiancée's eyes.
The agent inches closer, reaches out to move the shirt and examine Kara's stomach, where her pain seems to be spiraling from. Her fingers brush Kara's skin and the sound that bursts from her lips is something of a howl and shriek, striking in the silence between her heavy breaths. Her head slams back against the wall, sends the structure shaking as her scream falls to a watery whimper and she doubles over, curling into herself.
Alex pulls back in reflex, nearly knocking Maggie over in her haste. "I'm sorry. Shit, Kara, I'm so sorry."
Maggie sees tears in Alex's eyes, rubs her back as they look at Kara.
"Hurts," she murmurs, eyes closed, blonde hair shoved up behind her against the wall as she fights a losing battle to catch her breath.
Alex wipes her eyes. "Where, Kar? Can you tell me where it hurts?"
Kara shakes her head, colors burst behind her closed eyes, spiraling hues that bolt around her head. "Where it was," Kara murmurs, face contorting in pain.
"Where what was?" Alex asks and Kara turns her head away where it dips against the wall. "Hey, Kara, I need you to focus on me. We're going to get you some help."
"Bullet," Kara answers through a wheezing breath.
"We need to get the DEO," Alex says, leaning toward Maggie. "Lena has an idea about what's going on."
"L-Lena?" Kara murmurs and her eyes are half lidded, head falling to the side.
"Yeah, sweetheart. Lena," Alex answers.
" 's nice," Her eyelids close further.
"This might hurt, Kara, but we've got to get you up, okay?"
Alex's voice is soft and soothing but it reaches Kara like sound underwater as heat flushes her face, droplets of sweat budding at her hairline.
Alex is saying something again but Kara can't hear over the ringing in her ears, the nausea churning in her stomach.
"I don't feel good, Alex, I don't feel good," she murmurs, words rapid and slurring together through burning lips.
The ache radiate outwards, has its muscles in its grasps when her stomach cramps, seizing her control away. Everything lurches, emptying itself. Blood and bile bubbles forward and outward, makes a mess of her bare skin as her surroundings come back into focus with a dizzying suddenness.
"Sorry, I'm sorry, I—I—" Another wave of it washes over her, doubles her in half with the power of the heaves that take her body from her as she vomits.
"Shh, it's okay, sweet girl, don't worry." Alex doesn't even flinch as she places a hand on Kara's shoulder, leaves it there for a second to check Kara's reaction to touch before she eases the blonde out of her curled position, lays her head back against the rim of the tub and slides a towel beneath it.
She soaks another towel in warm water and wipes Kara down, the blonde shivers violently, teeth chattering. She shifts in and out of consciousness as Alex works quickly.
"Sorry. S-s-sor-sorry. I'm—"
"Kara, you're sick, don't apologize. Just let us take care of you."
The best Kara can muster is a soft cry in response and Alex leans forward, brushes Kara's cheek as she dries her off. "Just hang on a little longer, sis."
"There we go," Alex says, when she's finished pulling a t shirt over her little sister's head. Kara slumps back against the wall when Alex releases her, just as Maggie steps in.
"J'onn's on his way. Lena called again, she's already at the DEO and spoke to him."
Alex nods, glances at Kara then back to Maggie. "We need to go now. As soon as J'onn has Kara we'll drive."
"Alex, Al-Alex," Kara's tongue stumbles over her sister's name, heavy in her mouth as she flicks her eyes toward Alex and keeps them there. She heaves in another breath. "Alex, it's get—getting hard to control the-them."
She's pressing her hand against her face again while the other refuses to leave her abdomen.
"Your powers?" Alex asks.
Kara nods, quivering against the wall. She reaches out to grip the counter and turns it to dust. Another sharp cry presses forward from the back of her throat. "I don't w—want to hur—hurt you," Kara murmurs and she's sobbing now—hot tears burning down her cheeks, fighting with the spasms of her lungs. "G—go, you h—have to go, before I can't. I can't, Alex, I can't."
"I'm not going anywhere, Kara," Alex says, taking a step closer. Her voice is smooth and low and Kara latches on to it.
"We're staying, Little Danvers." Maggie presses forward at Alex's side.
Kara cries and doubles over, she wants to touch them, wants to hug them but she can't because her body is a prison and a traitor and she cannot trust the cells inside her.
The window breaks open from the frame and J'onn calls out to Alex and Maggie. Kara's entire body vibrates with the strength of her trembling, the edge of her hands are a blur in the harsh bathroom light.
The shower curtain bursts into flames and singes and Supergirl falls for the second time that day.
A/N: Plot twist! This prompt has turned into a four parter ;) but you might be happy to know that the other two chapters have already been written and just need some editing, so they'll probably be posted in a day or two.
