"Kara? Should you be up?" J'onn asked as she stumbled into his office the next morning.
"I'm fine and I'm tired of lying down." She said closing the door behind her.
"Kara, there is something you should know." J'onn said hesitantly. "Sit down."
"You didn't find her, did you." She guessed looking at him sadly. "I knew it was too good to be true."
"I'm sorry. I know how hard it must be, but I'm here for you if you want to talk." J'onn said before walking up to her and hugging her tightly.
"I know. But I need to sort it all out by myself first."
"Hey, sorry am I interrupting?" Alex asked as she walked to the room.
"No, no it's okay." Kara assured her after pulling out of the hug.
"Why did you leave the infirmary? You should've waited for me."
"I'm fine. And I wanted to talk to my mother before I go home." Kara explained but when she realized what they were thinking she clarified. "I meant the hologram."
"Oh, yeah of course. I'll take you home after you're done." Alex offered.
"No. That's okay. I can make my own way there." Kara said not wanting to be a burden.
"Kara, you don't have your powers and you're hurt. Either you come back with me or you stay here. Your choice." The agent said sternly.
"Fine. Where is Krypto?"
"He's in a red sun room." J'onn said and before Kara could argue he added."I know you don't want him to be contained but we both know he is dangerous. It doesn't hurt him and he seems to like it there."
When he saw Kara wasn't keen on the idea he promised. "We will find a different way, but for now we keep him here."
"Come on, I'll see you to the hologram room." Alex offered guiding them out of the room.
"What do you want for dinner? My treat." Alex offered smiling as they were walking to her car.
"I'm not-"
"Or I guess we can go back to the DEO and hook you up to an IV drip." The agent said knowing what Kara's choice will be.
After Kara gave her an I-see-what-you-did-there look she said. "I guess we can have some Chinese."
As Kara was about to get in the car she heard someone calling her name. At first she thought it was Alex but when she looked at her sister it was obvious it wasn't her.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked as she saw her sister looking around.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Kara said but when she heard it again she was sure it was her mother's voice. "Mom?"
"Kara, what's going on?" Alex asked walking closer to her sister.
"Nothing, I just thought I heard-" Kara started to say before she saw a figure on the other side of the street. She was wearing a long blue dress,just like her mother's and she was standing still, looking in Kara's direction. When her mother called her once again she didn't hesitate to run to her.
"Kara, wait!" Alex shouted as she chased after her."Where are you going?!"
Kara trying desperately to reach her mother run onto the street not paying attention to honking cars. As she was getting closer, Alura started to walk away.
"Mom!" Kara shouted still following her. She was stopped by a passerby who accidentaly knocked her down.
"Watch were you're going!" The man shouted while Kara was hugging her broken arm in pain after she fell on it.
"Oh my God, Kara." Alex rushed to her side. "It's okay. I'm here."
"I'm sorry, I thought it was her."
"Your mom?" Alex asked gently.
"Yeah." Kara said as tears spilled down her cheeks.
"It's going to be okay." Alex promised as she wiped Kara's tears and hugged her.
On their way back Kara sat looking out of the window, lost in her thoughts while Alex was observing her from the corner of her eye with worry.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Alex finally asked.
"No, I just want to go home." Kara said without looking at her.
"Okay." The agent said feeling helpless.
"Why don't you take a shower while I order the food." Alex offered a moment after they entered the apartment. "Kara?"
"Yeah?"
"I asked if you wanted to take a shower. Your cast is waterproof so you don't have to worry about that."
"Oh, right, yeah I'll do that."
"Okay, just sit here." Alex said guiding her to the couch. "And I'm gonna bring your pyjamas."
"Alex, you don't have to stay. We had a deal, you bring me to my apartment and that's it." Kara reminder her.
"No, we agreed that you can leave the DEO only if you come home with me. I thought that me staying here would be obvious part of the deal." Alex countered afraid that Kara was shutting her out.
"You have your own life to lead. I'm not gonna let you sabotage it on my account."
"Yes, you're right. I have my own life." Alex started to say before kneeling in front of Kara and taking her uninjured hand before she continued. "But Kara, you are a huge part of it. You're my sister. I don't take care of you because I have to. I do it because I want to. So, let me be there for you, please."
When Kara didn't answer and was still avoiding her gaze she decided to admit something.
"Do you know why I couldn't make it to our last sisters' night?"
"Why?"
"I've been planning a surpise for you." The agent confessed and smiled after Kara looked up. "I really missed you so I decided that it's time we took a vacation. Just you and me."
"Really?"
"Yes. We just have to wait until you're recovered. And don't ask me where we're going, so you can at least be surpised by that."
"Thank you. For everything."
"You're welcome." She said squeezing her sister's hand once again before going to her bedroom.
"I come bearing gifts." Maggie announced letting herself into Kara's apartment a few hours later.
"Shhh, Kara is sleeping." Alex whispered before helping her with the bags.
"Sorry, you said a moment ago that you're watching TV. I assumed she'd be awake for that." The detective teased smiling.
"We were. She just fell asleep."
"Something wrong?" Maggie asked when Alex fell silent.
"She almost got herself killed when we were on our way back cos she thought she saw her mom." Alex said looking back at her sister fast asleep on the couch.
"Again? Is she okay?"
"As okay as she can be, considering. A little better after I told her about our vacation."
"You told her? I thought you wanted it to be a suprise."
"I know, but I had to convince her that I will always be there for her. Maybe if I'd been a better sister I wouldn't have to try so hard."
"Alex, you are a great sister. You shou-" Maggie started to say before something strange caught her eye. "Why is there a levitating dog outside the window?"
"Krypto!" Alex rushed to let him in so he wouldn't draw attention. "How did you leave the DEO."
"Who is this?" The detective asked perplexed as she started to pet him after he flew next to her.
"Kara's new pet apparently. He's from Krypton."
"That's ..different. She must be thrilled."
"Right now she's exhausted and the last thing she needs is having to take care of a superpowered dog. I have to call Hank so he can take him back to the DEO." Alex said looking for her phone. As she was about to pick it up from the counter, Krypto flew over it and grabbed it in his mouth.
"I guess he's not too keen on the idea." Maggie said laughing while the agent tried to coax the dog to come down. "If he's like Kara he probably likes to eat, a lot."
"Oh, right. Give me the bag." Alex ordered. After Krypto saw the food he dropped the phone which fell on the floor and got shuttered. He flew towards the potstickers and started munching.
"Well, that wasn't the best idea." The detective confessed looking at the broken phone.
"What's going on?" Kara asked groggily as she was woken up by the noise. On hearing Kara's voice, Krypto used his super speed to get to her before licking her face. "Hey, buddy. What are you doing here?"
"He escaped from the DEO only to come here and break my phone." Alex explained annoyed as he tried to look innocent. "Oh, don't give me that look, you're going back."
"To be fair, you kinda started it by threatening him with the DEO." Maggie pointed out unhelpfully.
"He can stay here. I don't want to stress him out." Kara said sitting up.
"He didn't look stressed when he was stealing my phone." Alex muttered.
"Lor bem Alex." Kara commanded making Krypto run to her sister and hop on her lap.
"Cute. But that's not gonna convince me."
"Just let him be, Danvers." Maggie said before asking. "Are you two hungry?"
"Not really. And you should both go home. I'm fine now." Kara assured them.
"No, you're not. I'm not leaving you alone." Alex said mad at her sister for constantly pushing her away.
"I'm not alone. Krypto's here." Kara countered.
"So, you'd rather have a dog here instead of your sister? Alex asked.
"It's not like that. I just don't want to interrupt you two." Kara hesitantly admitted.
"You're not. How about we all go out and grab something to eat, huh?" The detective suggeted trying to ease the tension.
"What about Krypto?"
"Right. Change of plans. I'll get something for us to eat here." Maggie offered picking up her jacket and making her way out.
"Winn's been working on a collar emitting red sun. I'll call him and ask if there is any progress. You should try to get some more rest." Alex advised before she remembered she has no phone. "Can I borrow your phone for a moment?"
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