Sorry, real life catching up and the Mon-El show was really getting me down. At least Exodus had a LITTLE bit of Alex and Kara interaction with it. Also, Lena Luthor is the best!

Do me a favour all of you, and drop a tweet to the official twitter accounts of the producers and the show or better yet, WRITE AN ACTUAL LETTER to The CW to tell them that we don't wanna see more of Mon-El and hope Supergirl gets back to it's family-based roots, with a large heaping of strong females and a diverse cast.

So please. I love your kudos and comments, love them cuz they motivate me. But do me a favour and write and try to make watching Supergirl not so excruciating for all of us who love who Supergirl was. I don't even recognize her in Season 2, honestly, and I feel like I haven't seen any of the cast for a while since they've been buried in the CW's bullshit.

And my rant is done, ENJOY THE FIC!

It was funny seeing how Rebecca acted in school. It was like she was a completely different person from the one Alex had biked to school with. The other teenager still scoffed at Alex when Kara ran towards them upon seeing them at school, still rolled her eyes. Brendan was just trudging up too, greeting them cheerfully, getting a dry response from the queen bee of the school. It all seemed so normal, if it weren't for the fact that Alex could see it now. Rebecca leaning away from Brendan as he slung an arm around her shoulders in a friendly manner. How she tensed, then relaxed. But her eyes darted around, as if checking for an escape.

"Is everything okay?" Kara had found them in the mill of students and was looking up at Alex with trusting eyes, attached to Alex's side. "Is she going to be okay?"

"Um." Alex didn't know what to say. It wasn't fine, it definitely wasn't. Not by a long run. "We're working on it."

"Okay." Kara nodded, completely trusting. The first bell had just rung and all the kids were starting to head towards class.

"I'll meet you after school here?" Alex gave Kara a quick hug, couldn't help her imagination wandering a bit and shuddering. She needed to bleach her brain or something, to wash away these situations that would never… could NEVER happen to Kara if Alex had any say in it. And Kara was stronger than a locomotive; she would be able to protect herself just fine, too. But Alex still worried.

"Um, no. I have to meet with Dr. Turing today."

"Is mom coming in?"

"Eliza doesn't have to come today, it's just me."

"Alright. I'll wait for you and we can ride home together." Alex smiled, motioning for Kara to follow.

"Take my bike." Rebecca offered casually.

Alex raised an eyebrow at Rebecca's offer. "What?"

"Yeah. My mom's probably going to pick me up after school. I can always come by and pick it up later. I'll just take my lock and you can lock both our bikes together with your lock."

Kara grinned at Rebecca. "Really?"

"Yeah. Don't make this weird, god. Come on, Alex." Rebecca rolled her eyes at them. "Let's go."

"Coming," Alex pushed Kara gently in the direction of the blonde's classes, before splitting up in the hallways towards the stairs to run up to her classes. Rebecca and her had homeroom together and they sat in the back. Everyone was pulling out their books in preparation for the class. Alex, however, couldn't seem to concentrate. Not only did she not get very little sleep, but she was spinning in circles about Rebecca's revelation. And she was… she was so angry and frustrated.

"Alex. Alex!"

"What?!" Alex snapped. The entire class gasped, watching the brunette glare at their teacher. It took a few seconds for Alex to remember exactly where she was.

"Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just-"

"Alex," The homeroom teacher frowned, a bit troubled that one of his best students had just yelled at him. "Are you alright? Do you need to go take a walk?"

"Um. Yeah. Yeah, I'll be right back." Alex looked over at Rebecca, giving her friend a weak smile before leaving the class. Once out the door, her shoulders slumped and she hugged herself tight, feeling stressed out and tired, but angry and feeling like she needed to DO SOMETHING. She had to say something, tell someone. But Rebecca had told her not to.

Alex paced around the building, hoping to work off the energy she had. How could she be so tired but have so much energy? How can she help Rebecca? Alex's mind spun to the sex ed portion of their physical education class, remembering talks about pregnancy and STIs and STDs. She didn't know exactly the details of what had happened to Rebecca, but maybe they should go to the clinic some time this week, then Rebecca can get checked out-

"Alex!"

Alex ground to a halt, turning to see Kara jogging towards her eagerly. "Hey!"

"What are you doing out of class, Kara?" Alex asked impatiently. "Did you get lost again? Come on, I'll walk you back-"

"No," Kara reached out and held Alex's hand, frowning at the feel of Alex's heartbeat, thumping fast and shallow through the skin of her hands. Kara had heard Alex's heart and couldn't stay away, like Alex was calling for her. "I wanted to see you."

"Are you okay?" Alex pulled Kara close, hands reaching up immediately to try and cover Kara's ears and block the sounds of the world for her. Kara caught Alex's hands in her own firmly, cradling them close to her chest.

"I wanted to ask you that." Kara had a cute little frown marring her usually sunny expression. "You ask me if I'm okay, but I want to ask you that."

"I'm…" Alex wanted to lie. But in front of Kara, she couldn't. Even though she knew Kara was burdened with her own, huge tragedy, there she was. Holding her hands, Kara's eyes, world-weary already even though she was younger than Alex, watched her kindly. But those world-weary blue eyes were bright and hopeful and open to Alex. The older girl wondered when Kara looked at her, what did she see?

"I'm not okay." Alex's voice came out tinny and forced. "I'm… I'm so, SO angry."

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate." Kara said solemnly. And just like that, Alex burst out laughing, the heavy feeling inside of her gone at the sunny smile Kara rewarded her with.

"See?" Kara took Alex's hands and brought them up to her face. Alex could feel the warmth from Kara's cheeks. "It'll be okay, Alex. You can help Rebecca. You're her only hope."

"Dad needs to stop letting you watch Star Wars." Alex brushed Kara's hair behind her ears so it wasn't all in front of her face anymore. Kara let go of Alex's hands, reaching up to cup her hands over Alex's ears, mimicking what Alex would do all the times the world was too much for her to handle.

"It's okay. I got you." Kara pulled Alex's head down so their foreheads were pressed together. Alex closed her eyes, breathing deep through her nose, trying to centre herself. She could do this. She could calm down.

"Girls," The two girls jumped away from each other, a bit scared that a teacher was going to think they were skipping class. Fortunately, it wasn't quite a teacher, as Dr. Turing approached with a soft smile on her face. "Shouldn't the two of you be in class?"

"Just… went for a walk." Alex shrugged.

"With your sister?" The doctor smiled at them indulgently.

"She was sad!" Kara chirped up, used to saying whatever she wanted with Dr. Turing. "I wanted to see her!"

"Oh?" Dr. Turing looked at Alex, eyes sharp. "And why are you sad?"

"It's nothing." Alex chin jutted out stubbornly. Dr. Turing watched her for a couple of seconds, then sighed, knowing that Alex wasn't going to just blurt out whatever was bothering her.

"Okay, why don't we all go back to class and I'll pretend I didn't see either of you." Dr. Turing crossed her arms, a smile still on her face. "I'll see you later today, Kara. You have an appointment."

"Yes! I didn't forget!" Kara bobbed her head enthusiastically, then turned to Alex with her arms open. A bit embarrassed, Alex rolled her eyes but gave the blonde a quick hug. Her parents were trying to get Kara to show appropriate levels of public displays of affection. This was appropriate, but Alex didn't do hugging. Or that's what she told everyone.

"Go back to class." Alex muttered, knocking her head gently against Kara's.

"Okay. You're okay?"

Alex smiled and nodded. She did feel a little bit better and she didn't want Kara to worry. With another apology to the teacher, the two split up and headed back to their classes.

The day passed by without many more incidents, and Alex was just so relieved that the day would be done and Rebecca's mom would be there to get her friend and they could go home. Rebecca would be safe for a day, had told Alex that Connor didn't live with them, and he had rented one of those apartments in town that was for vacationers looking for semi-long to long-term rentals. Midvale was a coastal town and got a healthy amount of tourists.

But still, Alex worried. She sat close to Rebecca during lunch and was attached to her side whenever she could be. Rebecca neither said anything to discourage it or encourage it, but leaned against Alex whenever she could.

When the school day was over, Alex watched Rebecca go, safely tucked under her mother's arm, Connor nowhere in sight. It was going to be a girl's night, Rebecca had explained to Alex as they left the school. Just her and her mom for tonight, and possibly the next few days because Connor had to actually travel for work. Alex was grateful for that news, for her friend.

Since she had to wait for Kara, she went back into the school to the guidance counsellor's room. She can hear Kara talking a mile a minute inside one of the small offices, and through the glass, could see Dr. Turing smiling indulgently and asking soft questions. Alex watched, knowing exactly when Kara noticed she was nearby when she perked up and turned to look for Alex. Seeing her through the window of the door, she waved gleefully. Dr. Turing said something which pulled Kara back into their conversation and Alex found a seat in the office to wait for Kara to be finished.

Alex read a couple of magazines on the table, waiting about a half hour before the door opened and there was an exuberant Kryptonian almost quivering with excitement in front of her.

"Alex! You're here!" Kara held out a hand and Alex took it with a wry smile. Kara squeezed her hand softly, eyes bright and calming at the feel of Alex's hand in hers.

"That's it for this week, Kara." Dr. Turing was standing there politely, watching them. "Remember to give that letter to your mother and remind her that she and the other Dr. Danvers has to come to the next session."

"Yes, Dr. Turing." Kara replied obediently.

Alex squeezed Kara's hand to get her attention, the blonde's eyes alighting on Alex attentively.

Kara, could I talk to Dr. Turing alone for a sec?"

"Sure!" Kara agreed readily. Dr. Turing tilted her head to the side, quiet, but curious as to why the elder Danvers wanted to talk to her.

"Wait outside at the front of the school for me?" Alex squeezed Kara's hand one more time before letting go. "Make sure our bikes are still there?"

Kara nodded and was off like a shot.

"Do you want to come into my office and take a seat, Alex?" Dr. Turing asked.

"Yeah." Alex shuffled into the room. When Alex was sure Kara had gone far enough, she looked down at her hands, heart thrumming in her ears.

"Alex, is there something you want to tell me?"

"I don't know what to do." Alex blurts out. "But, it's my friend."

"Alright. I'm listening." Dr. Turing sat back in her chair and smiled encouragingly at Alex to show that she was concentrated solely on her.

"She's in trouble." Alex frowned. "But I'm afraid for her. She told me to keep it a secret. That it'll get worse for her if people know. What if telling won't protect her and it hurts her more?"

"And if you don't, she's still exactly where she is." Dr. Turing rolled her shoulders, eyes trained on Alex's face. "Is she in physical danger?"

Alex shrugged jerkily, nodding her head.

"What are you going to do?"

"I think," Alex pursed her lips, a nervous frown on her face. "I think I want to tell you. I want to help her and I think this is the best way."

Dr. Turing nodded wordlessly and Alex tried, as best as she could, to say what she knew was happening. Dr. Turing listened attentively, letting Alex speak and didn't interrupt even when Alex was struggling to get out what she knew.

"Alright, Alex. You did very good, okay?" Dr. Turing said kindly. "I'm going to have to report this. Will you be at home later?"

"Yes. But-but what if… what if Rebecca denies it?" Alex thought back to the pictures, videos, maybe… thought of what Rebecca would say.

"Well," Dr. Turing frowned. "We'll see when we get to that point, okay? But don't worry, Alex. You did the right thing."

Alex felt a bit of dread in the pit of her stomach. A couple more minutes of talking to Dr. Turing and she was out the door, promising that she would be home and if needed, they could call and find her there.

Alex trudged outside to see Kara sitting on the steps of the school, looking up at the birds flitting around with the same kind of awe she had when she saw any kind of animal.

"Kara," Alex's soft call made the blonde startle, but she turned, smiling widely at Alex.

"Alex!" Kara was up and stood in front of Alex, stopping short. Alex pulled Kara in, hugging her close.

"You took a long time. Did you fix it?"

Alex hugged Kara tight, her mind racing as she formed a half-baked plan in her head.

"I will. But I'll need your help, Kara." Alex pushed back to look at Kara. Bright, pure Kara, who nodded.

"I want to help. How can I help?"

"Alright. Come with me."

Alex unlocked the bikes and lead the way, pumping her legs furiously as she biked towards town, knowing exactly which she needed to go, to the idyllic row of rentals that Rebecca had mentioned off-hand, where her abuser stayed. She biked into the copse of trees, Kara following closely behind her. They let the bikes fall where they will and Alex hid behind a tree facing the properties. She needed to get proof. She knew that she was breaking Rebecca's trust in the worst way, but what was happening to Rebecca, it wouldn't end if they kept it a secret.

"Kara, I need you to use your powers."

Kara was alarmed. "Jeremiah said never to use my powers-"

"I need you, for me to be able to help Rebecca. Will you help me?" Alex asked, hoping that Kara would agree. The younger girl furrowed her brow and thought a bit, but nodded. She was still frowning, but willing to trust Alex.

"I need you to look across the street and figure out which room is Connor's. That man that was at the beach. The one that-"

"Scared Rebecca." Kara nodded, suddenly looking one hundred percent focused.

"Can you do it?" Alex's heart was hammering in her chest. Kara took off her glasses and handed them to Alex, and Alex felt like someone had punched her in the gut, suddenly remembering how blue Kara's eyes were. How otherworldly. Suddenly remembered that she stood in front of Superman's cousin.

"I can."

"There." Alex pointed at the row of picturesque townhouses. They were two-storied good looking buildings, split into two apartments, first floor apartments and second floor apartments. "Look in those buildings, Kara."

Kara didn't want to disappoint her sister, but had never had to use her powers in this way before, trying to get her x-ray vision to INTENTIONALLY work. Usually she did it unintentionally and then it would continue on and on. It was like… just focusing on something and looking THROUGH it. And through it all. She just hadn't mastered the ability to stop her vision at certain points-Alex must have sensed Kara's nervousness because her hand was on Kara's arm, grounding her. And it all came into focus as the Kryptonian blinked a couple of times, eyes darting from one house to the other, finally settling on one.

"That one." Kara pointed to the last house on the row, the second floor apartment. "He's watching a video of Rebecca. He's in the video, too."

"Alright. That was good, Kara. Now put your glasses back on." Alex hurriedly helped Kara put the glasses back on. "Okay. Was it, um, on the TV? The thing he was watching?"

"It was on the TV." Kara nodded. "But he controlled it with a little box connected to the TV with wires. He could press buttons on it, and there was a little screen attached to the side that also showed the same picture that was on the TV."

Alex had to think about that for a second before she realized what it was. "A camcorder?"

"Is that what it's called?"

"Were there tapes near it? Like… little plastic rectangles?"

Kara took off her glasses again and stared at the house at the end of the row. "Yes. And… there are… a bunch of them in a box. Hidden inside his air-conditioning unit."

"How did you even know to look there?"

Kara shrugged, blue eyes turning to Alex. "It's weird. It's… I see it like, it's just hanging there, inside the unit. So that's why it stood out."

Alex nodded. "We need to get it."

Kara was watching the house again. "He just turned off the TV. He… he just took out a tape he had in the camcorder and he… he's putting it with the rest of them in the box in the air conditioner unit."

"Alright, is he leaving-"

Kara made a face. "He's taking a magazine with him to the washroom. I think he-yes. He is going to the toilet."

"Okay, maybe he'll take as long as dad. Come on!" Alex looked both ways before running across the street, Kara close behind her. Thankfully, Connor had a window open in his bedroom.

"Fly me up." Alex wrapped her arms around Kara. The younger girl took her glasses off, placing them in her pocket and looked around, before encircling Alex's waist and floating them up. Carefully, she made sure Alex was inside first before slipping in with her.

"Tell me when he's coming out." Alex was looking around the room, looking for the air conditioner unit Kara had been talking about.

"In the living room." Kara whispered. Alex darted off into the living room, quickly spotting the air conditioner unit. She examined it and as quietly as she could, she used her fingernails to get in the spaces at the edges of the air conditioner, prying off the plastic face of the unit.

Alex glanced over at Kara who gave her a thumbs up, her eyes still in the direction of the washroom, a grimace on her face. Seeing that she was still in the clear, Alex quickly grabbed the little cardboard box hidden inside, placing it down on the ground, then picking up the face of the unit to put it back. Alex lined the plastic face back in place then pressed down firmly on it, wincing as a loud snap signified that she had put it back in place.

"Alex!" Kara's frantic whisper had Alex grabbing the box, holding it tightly, as Kara hugged Alex close and zoomed out of the room, out the window, and upwards and over so they were laying flat on the roof. They stayed silent, hearing the washroom door opening beneath them and both held their breaths.

"Kara…" Alex whispered, after waiting what seemed like hours.

"It's… he's back in the washroom." Kara pulled a face again. "I think he thinks it's the wind. From our escape. One of his picture frames fell down."

"Alright. Can we go down now?" Kara grabbed a hold of her sister and they slowly floated back down to the ground. From there, they rushed back across the street to their bikes, where they were hidden in the copse of trees.

Kara crowded closer to Alex, blinking at the box curiously. "What's in the box, Alex?"

Alex opened the box carefully, retracting her hand into her sweatshirt so she could use the cuff of her sweatshirt to take a cassette tape out. She was nauseated when she saw 'Rebecca' written in messily on the label. Alex put the tape back in, then out of curiosity, removed another tape. This one was labeled 'Janice'.

Kara read the name aloud over her shoulder. "Janice."

Alex felt sick. She put that tape back and removed another one.

"Salomé."

"Chantelle."

Alex had seen enough. She closed the box.

"We're gonna go back to school and give this to Dr. Turing. She'll know what to do with this."

Alex got on her bike and was leading the way again as they pedalled back to the school. Alex was thirsty. She wanted to get a drink but the cargo in her backpack spurred her on. She needed Dr. Turing to have this. Alex screeched to a stop, however, upon seeing two police cars parked at the front of the school.

"The… the peace officers are talking to Dr. Turing… and… the principal and the vice-principal, I think." Kara said in a rush, squinting over her glasses to look into the school. Alex unzipped her backpack, taking out the box, and a notebook and sharpie. She didn't know what would happen if the police found out she had basically stolen this box from Connor's place, so she would rather not be caught with it. Hastily, she scribbled out simply in big bold letters, "CHILD ABUSE EVIDENCE".

"Alex!" Kara hisses, her eyes on the school. One of the officers was on the move!

"I got it." Alex used the cuff of her sweatshirt to try to open the door, which was unlocked and opened easily for her. Giving the box a quick rub down with the sleeve of her sweater, she put the box on the driver's seat and pinned the note underneath it, then closed the door and ran for it. Not a moment too soon as Kara grabbed her, their bikes, and zipped around the building. The flying almost gave Alex whiplash. Almost. Almost, but Kara was always careful, always knew the score with her flying. She might not be able to feel the g-force, the sudden stops, the drops, the speeds, and the winds… but Alex did, and Kara will never let herself forget.

Kara still needed to check, though, hand flitting to Alex's face, trailing them gently through the older girl's hair. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Kara." Alex sounded impatient, but she took Kara's hand in hers and laced their fingers together while peering around the corner of the building. Alex wanted to jump in the air for joy when the police officer went to the car she had put the box in, stopped, and picked up the box and the piece of paper in the car. She could see the police officer opening it, taking a tape out to look at it then quickly replacing it in the box, holding the note and box in hand and sprinting back into the building.

"You did it, Alex!" Kara whispered, her eyes tracking the officer running inside. She could see everyone's reaction to the evidence, could hear the calls starting to be made. "You did it! This will help, won't it? You helped Rebecca!"

Alex shook her head, feeling giddy with joy as she hugged the Kryptonian. "No, WE did it, Kara! We both helped. And you're able to control your powers! You did it!"

Kara froze, thinking back to how she had totally been able to control her powers. She had deliberately used them and was able to hold herself back!

"I did. I did it!"

Alex smoothed down Kara's hair, grinning at her sister happily, not even protesting that much when Kara lifted her up in a tight bear hug, trusting Kara to know her strength and squeezing right back with all of her own strength.