Chapter 18
"Kara," Eliza said, keeping her tone low as she turned around in her chair. The blonde pulled her close into a hug. Mrs. Danvers was sitting in between Alex and Maggie's medical lab beds.
"I'm so sorry. I should have been there to protect her," Kara whispered.
"You know as well as I do that you can't be with Alex all the time. She's alive because you found her," Eliza told her. They pulled apart and Kara asked,
"How is she?"
"Doctor Milo thought it best to get her into a medically induced coma. She suffered a lot of trauma and he wants her body to focus on healing. She'll be fine, it just might take a while," her foster mother explained.
"What about Maggie?" She asked.
"Sedated for now. Doctor Milo wanted to move her to a regular hospital but she refused," Eliza smiled.
"Sounds like Maggie," Kara chuckled a little. She then moved around the bed to the other side to see how M'yrnn was doing. Alex had promised to help work on a cure for him and they had grown close. He hugged the blonde and by the look on his face, she could tell that he was battling his own demons. The disease was getting worse and there wasn't much that could be done, they all knew it, and it made it all the more painful. J'onn then walked into the room and put a hand on her shoulder. She hugged the Martian as he whispered into her ear that he hoped Alex and Maggie would wake up soon. Then the younger Martian turned to his father and they left the room. Kara took the seat that M'yrnn left and looked at her sister. It was weird to see her like that. Sometimes the Kryptonian felt like her sister was tougher than she was.
"She'll be fine Kara, I just know it," Alura spoke up and her daughter turned her chair toward her biological mother. Lifting herself up, she hugged her mother.
"I hope so. I'm not sure I can do this without her," Kara admitted. It spoke volumes to the elder Zor-El. Physically, her daughter needed no one on this planet but emotionally she had built herself a family and to see any of them in this kind of condition made her very upset.
"Be strong for her as I know you can," Alura pulled away and kissed her daughter's cheek. Kara sat back down in her chair, worrying about Alex and Maggie. A hand on her shoulder interrupted her thoughts and she looked to see that Mon-El had grabbed another chair, and pulled up next to her. He'd also got a chair for Winn who sat next to Eliza. Kara kissed her boyfriend's hand and then leaned her head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head and whispered to her words of comfort.
Alura had questions but knew it wasn't the time to ask. She and Eliza didn't really talk as much as she would have liked. It was understandable given her daughter and her daughter's fiancée's condition so her questions would wait until later.
Meanwhile, across town, Coville met up with some of his followers. They quickly explained the situation and he cursed at the set back. The book he sought was missing, those that had taken it from the bank, in custody and the places they had been were crawling with law enforcement.
"What should we do?" A follower by the name of Patrick asked.
"We need to get that book. Does anyone know where Ford would have hidden the book?" Coville asked.
"I have an idea. If he put it where I think he would put it then the cops will never find it," another follower, Joe, told them.
"I want surveillance on the residence. Pray that we do not need to get the book back from NCPD's evidence locker," Coville instructed.
To Be Continued…