Alex made her way towards Kara and Maggie, who was the first to notice Alex.
"Al," Maggie began but Alex put her finger to her lips and ssshhhhed her. The boy began to stir, "sshhh I got you sweetie. Go back to sleep you're safe." He nuzzled is head further into Alex chest and fell back asleep. Kara watched in awe.
They walked to the car, where Maggie drove and Alex sat in the back holding the boy. Kara flew back to the DEO.
The car ride was quiet until the boy yelled, "DON'T, PLEASE STOP!" Alex held the boy close and whispered, "you're safe. I've got you. Ssshhhh" until he calmed down and opened his eyes. He looked straight into hers and she could see how hurt and sad the boy was. It broke her heart and ignited a sense of protectiveness over him. Alex was so focused on the boy, she didn't see Maggie looking at her in the mirror with a smile on her face. Seeing Alex taking care of this poor boy warmed Maggie's heart in ways she didn't know was possible. All her life she didn't think she could ever care for a child and call her self a mother, but now, with Alex by her side she began to question it.
When they arrived at the DEO, Alex headed straight for the med bay, ignoring anyone who tried to come up and talk to her. There was a few agents there tending to minor wounds. Once the boy saw them he immediately latched on tight to Alex's shirt.
"Everyone out of the med-bay now." The agents looked up to see Alex and they took off like rockets. She smirked at how scared all the agents were of her. She carefully placed the boy onto one of the beds but he refused to let go of her shirt.
"Sweetie I need to give you a check up and check for any booboos," Alex said but the boy only held on tighter. Alex looked around trying to figure out how to get the boy to let go. Kara and Maggie had entered the room when Alex thought of an idea.
"Kara can you go into my office and grab scribbles please, quickly." Kara nodded and rushed out the room.
Maggie tilted her head, "Scribbles?"
Alex smiled, "you'll see."
Kara was back in seconds holding a teddy elephant. Kara walked over to Alex and gave her Scribbles.
"Sweetie could you look at me for a second please, you're safe I promise." The boy looked up to see the elephant and his eyes widened. Alex took Scribbles and held it in front of the boy, "this is Scribbles. He is my best friend and I always hold him when I have to have a check up with a doctor. He would protect me and help it not too hurt too much. Would Teddy like to meet Scribbles." The boy nodded and held Teddy out to face Scribbles.
In a character voice Alex said and waved Scribbles hand, "I my name is Scribbles, Can I be your friend?" The boy and Teddy nodded.
"Would you like to hold Scribbles so he can protect you while I give you a quick check-up." The boy held out his hand and hugged Scribbles and Teddy tight to his chest.
Alex checked the boy's body for any injuries and apply ointment and Band-Aids on the scrapes. Lastly she had to x-ray the boys left arm, which she thinks in broken.
"Sweetie I have to take a picture of your arm to check it is hurt okay." The boy looked up, then down to his arm and said, "okay." It took a few seconds and got the images instantly. Alex's heart broke and she felt tears run down her face. Maggie was next to her in seconds, rubbing circles on her back.
"Alex what does it show?"
Alex turned to Maggie and breathed in deep, "he has spiral fractures in both his radius and ulna."
"Okay so he needs a cast for a couple weeks."
"Yea but that's not it. This type of fracture only occurs when the arm is twisted with brutal force," Alex looked back towards the boy who was playing with his stuffed animals, "they are extremely painful and the fact that he isn't crying right now… I just… I just can't imagine what else this poor boy has been through."
Maggie hugged Alex, "he is safe now Alex, he won't be hurt anymore I promise."
Alex pulled back, "how can you promise that because the next step is to send him into foster care. You and I both know how awful the system is, we have to make sure we send him to a good home."
"We will Alex, we will."
Alex gave Maggie a chaste kiss before returning to the boy. The boy was watching them and smiled. He then held the stuffed animals so they would kiss and he giggled. Alex smiled, hearing him laugh warmed her heart.
"kiss," Alex said to the boy who looked back in confusion. Alex then took the bears and motioned for them to kiss, "a kiss." The boy thought for a second before crawling towards Alex, as best as he could, and gave her a kiss. He giggled again.
Alex smiled, "thank you."
"Zack."
Alex looked at the boy confused.
"name Zack," the boy said again.
"Zack is a nice name." Alex noticed he was holding his arm and needed to get it casted.
"Zack I know you arm is hurting and I need to put a cast on it. Is that okay?" He nodded. Alex knew this was the worst part, she needed to give Zack medicine for the pain. She went to a drawer and took out a needle and some morphine.
"Maggie can you come here for a sec? I need to give him this I know he won't like it so I need you help."
Maggie nodded and walked over to the boy first, who immediately put his guard up.
"My name is Maggie, Alex is my girlfriend. Do you know what that means."
"Kiss a lot?"
"Yea Zack. Because I'm her girlfriend, I know a lot of stories about Alex being a superhero. Would you like to hear one?" Zack smiled and nodded. Alex came to the other side of the bed, "Zack I need to give you this before we put the cast on. It's going to pinch a bit."
His eyes began to water so Maggie deflected his attention, "Once Alex flew a space ship into space to save Supergirl."
The boys jaw dropped, "Supergirl! You save Supergirl?" Alex inserted the needle, which caused Zack to whimper.
"Supergirl flew a big bad ship into space to protect the world but couldn't fly back down so Alex took Supergirl's old ship and flew it to get her. Alex can even speak in Supergirl's language."
"Wow Alex so cool." Zack said turning his attention to Alex who was putting a Supergirl band-aid on his arm. Within seconds Zack's eyes started to droop and soon after he fell asleep. Alex pulled Maggie in for a passionate kiss. Maggie slowly released, still in a daze, "what was that for."
Alex smiled, "because I'm so madly in love with you Maggie Sawyer."
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