Maggie had seen Alex stressed over Kara before. She had watched Alex worry over her sister as she saved the city as Supergirl. She hadn't however ever seen her girlfriend look this distraught before. This was different, and Maggie didn't know what to do. Maggie understood why Alex felt so helpless. Maggie had just come out of Kara's room after sitting with the younger girl for close to an hour. It had been two days since Kara had fallen apart and Maggie had never seen Kara like this before. She had been with Kara on some particularly rough days and nights and seen the girl break down, but this wasn't just a hard day. Maggie had sat alone in the room with Kara and watched as the girl she saw as a sister stared at seemingly nothing. Maggie had tried anything she could think of to get Kara to talk but nothing had worked. She felt an ache in her chest as she watched the lifelessness in Kara's eyes. At the hour mark she had to leave the room. It was too hard to sit there, and watch Kara slip away before her eyes. Now standing there in the doorway to Alex's lab she couldn't help but wonder what would happen to Alex if they couldn't get Kara out of this state.
Maggie entered Alex's lab and watched as her girlfriend looked over the same file for the 100th time. Alex had been working non-stop trying to find a solution and was growing more and more frustrated every time she failed. Alex looked up when she noticed Maggie walking towards her and set the file down.
"Any change?" Alex asked even though she knew what the answer would be.
"No, sorry babe" Maggie said as she sat down next to Alex. "I tried talking to her, but she just stared off into the distance. I have never seen her look that broken before and it scared me," Maggie continued as she rested her head on Alex's shoulder.
"I know," Alex said as she sighed. "I usually always know what to do when it comes to Kara, but I'm not sure what to do anymore. I can't figure out a solution and no one can seem to get through to her," Alex said as she fought back the tears forming in her eyes. "Maggie, what are we going to do," Alex said as the tears started to fall.
Maggie didn't know what to say. For as long as she knew the Danvers sisters they had always been on the same page. They both knew how to comfort the other without saying a word. If Alex didn't know how to help Kara now, how would anyone else. Maggie didn't know how to help Kara but right now her girlfriend was breaking down in front of her and she knew how to handle that. Maggie wrapped her arms around Alex and let her cry for as long as she needed to. Alex eventually drifted off to sleep on the couch that Maggie had moved them over too. Maggie made sure that Alex was still sleeping before she got up and headed into the hallway. She had made Kara a promise awhile back that she would take care of Alex, but she had also made a promise to herself that she would help Alex take care of Kara. Maggie knew that she had to follow through on that and headed back to Kara's room.
000
Kara wasn't sure how much time had passed since she had talked to Alex and Clark about her powers. She remembered asking them if she could have some time alone. She remembered Lena telling her she would be out in the hallway if she needed anything. Everything after that was a blur. She knew people had been coming in and out and knew that they were talking but all their words just jumbled together. She hadn't allowed herself to feel or think about anything for some time. She heard someone come into the room and for the first time in two days allowed herself to listen to what was being said.
Maggie came back into the room and sometime in the few hours since she had been with Alex, Lena had come back. Lena was sleeping on the couch in Kara's room and Maggie quietly sat down in front of Kara. She didn't know if Kara could actually hear what she was saying but started talking anyway.
"Kara, I don't know if you can hear me, but I wanted to tell you something. I haven't told you a lot about my life growing up and I think that should change now. I grew up with a mom and dad who were very loving. The three of us had this perfect family dynamic and I always felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Then one day my parents found out I was gay and our whole perfect family dynamic crumbled. I was sent to live with my Aunt and in an instant, I lost the two most important people in my life. I lost a part of myself that day. I know that you understand what that is like. I also know that our experiences were very different, but we both lost a part of ourselves in a split second. That is a pain that you can never take away. I became a different person after that day. My Aunt was great, but I started to lose who I used to be. I didn't smile like I used to, and I started to put up a wall around everyone. I couldn't understand how the people that were supposed to love me the most in this world could just throw me away like I was nothing. I made decisions that I wasn't proud of but that was the only way I knew how to cope. I understand that after losing your parents and world it must be terrifying to possibly lose another part of who you are but that's part of life Kara. It's not always perfect and it is usually pretty messy but at the same time it is beautiful. You have so many people who love you Kara. There has been a constant stream of them coming in and out of your room for the past two days and Lena pretty much won't leave your side. Kara all of us know how much being Supergirl means to you but we would all take Kara Danvers over Supergirl any day. There is still a chance that your powers could come back but the thing is you don't need your powers to be a hero. You have the heart of a hero regardless of if you are Supergirl or not. The thing is Kara if you spend your life worrying about what might happen you miss out on all the amazing things happening around you every day. Look we are all going to be here for you no matter what, but the thing is you need to come back to us, so we can help you." Maggie finished, so caught up in her speech that she hadn't noticed Kara had grabbed her hand at some point while she was talking.
Tear were streaming down Kara's face as she spoke for the first time in two day. "Thank you Maggie," Kara said as Maggie wiped away the tears from Kara's eyes.
Maggie wasn't sure why she was finally able to get through to Kara but at this point she really didn't care. Both girls were so focused on the other that neither of them noticed Alex and Lena standing on the other side of Kara's bed both equally as relieved that their girl had finally come back to them.
000
That night had been one of the best that Kara could remember in recent memory. After she talked with Alex and Lena it was decided that everyone was in need of a movie night. Alex and Maggie went out and got as much takeout food as they could carry. J'onn helped Eliza and Jeremiah move furniture into Kara's room at the DEO and Lena set up a projection screen so they could play a movie. James and Winn came after they were done with work and Clark flew back bringing Kara's favorite pizza from Metropolis. Everyone was exhausted from the past few days and it wasn't too much of a surprise that most of them didn't make it to the end of the movie. Alex was the first to fall asleep followed soon after by James, Winn, Eliza, Jeremiah, Clark and J'onn. Lena followed soon after curled up in Kara's side and Kara knew she would be the next to fall asleep. She looked over at the couch and saw the only other person who was still awake. Maggie had been cuddled up to Alex's side and made eye contact with Kara. Kara mouthed thank you and Maggie whispered back "El Mayarah, stronger together".
Kara began to drift off to sleep knowing Maggie was right. As she looked around the room at all the sleeping figures one last time she knew, powers or no powers she had all she would ever need right here in this room.
Author's Note: Hey everyone, I have a couple different ideas of routes I might want to take this story in but let me know if you want to see anything specific or if there is anything you want to see more or less of.