I thought a lot about Zack's origin story and it was a difficult decision. I prepared a few options but I decided to go with this one. With that being said I would like to put a WARNING in for this chapter because there is reference to a horrible thing that occured in the past. I did not go into much detail because I didn't think it was necessary.

How could she have not seen it before, the hair and eyes were so similar. How could this have happened? Last time she saw him she was giving him to the social worker that found the perfect home for him. Her hands started to shake and her heart started to race. She needed to leave, she needed some time to think.

Quickly and quietly Alex ducked out of her office and sped towards the exit as fast as she could. Kara saw her and called for her but Alex ignored it and kept walking. She got to her bike and race out the garage. Tears fell down her cheeks as she glided down the highway. She had no idea where she was going but she didn't care. After hours of riding, she finally stopped at a hotel.
She lied on the hotel bed starring at the ceiling. When she took out her phone she had 5 calls from Kara, 8 from Maggie, 1 from J'onn, and about 2 dozen texts messages. She turned off her phone and went to bed. She tossed and turned but couldn't sleep. She couldn't get that horrible day out of her head. The way she was chained down, the way he used her like a rag doll. The look of his face as if he enjoyed what he was doing, as if it wasn't wrong at all. She had never felt so violated before. She remember the day she found out she was pregnant she cried into J'onn's arms for hours. She felt so helpless and vulnerable, the complete opposite of who she is. The pregnancy was not a difficult one, thankfully but she knew she couldn't care for a child. She was 24 still trying to get her life together after failing out of school and then she was becoming a DEO agent, which meant she had no time to look after a child. It was one of the hardest decisions she had ever had to make but she knew it was for the best. Unable to sleep, checked out the room and drove back towards National City.

She arrived at the DEO around noon the next day. She walked in to see Kara, Maggie and J'onn gathered around each other talking, none of the noticed her. She crept around them and headed toward the med bay. Zack was sleeping peacefully. Alex wished she could look like that, she knew she looked like a wreck but she didn't care. Flashback of that day kept coming no matter how much she wished they didn't.

"Alex?" Alex heard but she didn't move. She felt a hand on her shoulder and flinched away.

"I'm sorry. What's wrong?" She turned her head to face Maggie as more tears escaped.

"Baby, I'm here for you what ever it is." Maggie said with pleading eyes.

"Zack he's… he's" Alex tried but couldn't get it out.

"He's what baby?"
"He's mine," Alex choked out.

Maggie was shocked, "yours? You have a son?" Her thoughts were racing a mile a minute. How could Alex not have told her about this.

"I gave him up for adoption 3 years ago. I made sure he had a good family. They promised me they would take care of him so how did this happen. This wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to have a good life, better than the shit one I would have given him."

Maggie slowly rubbed her hand on Alex's arm, "Alex you wouldn't have given him a horrible life that's not true.
"Maggie you didn't know me back then. At the time I failed out of school, drank more than I would like to admit and did every kind of drug I could get my hands on. If Hank didn't find me I would probably be dead by now. My first mission with the DEO went sideways and was kidnaped by a Daxamite. He was so strong, so powerful I was useless. I was so inexperience and new to training I had no idea how to escape."

Alex pause and grabbed Maggie's hand. "He… He took advantage of me and that's how Zack happened. J'onn rescued my a day later and killed him but I guess because he's an alien that our medicines didn't work. Kara doesn't know any of it."

Maggie hugged Alex, "I'm so sorry that happened to you. What happened to Zack is not your fault. You did what you thought was best for him."
"I need to know what happened to the family I gave him to. I have the documents in my office but I don't know if I can do it." Alex whispered.

Maggie pulled back, "Do what?"
"Find out what happened to them. What happens if their alive and found out that Zack is part alien and threw him away? Or what if they were killed then what do we do with Zack. I don't know if I can let him go again, that was the hardest decision I have ever made and there hasn't been a day that's gone by that I haven't thought about him."

"Why don't we take this one step at a time and go from there but what ever happens know that I will be with out no matter what. Ride or Die."
Alex smiled, "I love you Maggie Sawyer."
"I love you too Alex, now lets go find out what." Maggie said as she kiss Alex and walked toward her office hand in hand.