Two weeks had passed since Kara had gotten sick. She was back to working full time at Catco and everything was going well. Her and Lena were closer than ever and were spending this particular morning wrapped up in each other's arms on the couch. They stayed like that for 30 minutes before both of them had to get ready to go to work. Lena had a busy day at L-Corp and wasn't going to be home till later that night so Kara planned to go over to Alex and Maggie's apartment after work for dinner. Kara made her way into Catco and headed to her first meeting of the day. There was a press conference downtown for a new mayoral candidate and Kara was sent by Snapper to go cover the event. After a quick lunch her and James headed downtown to the event. James was going to take pictures for Catco, so he tagged along with Kara. The two were standing waiting for the event to start when they both heard a loud crashing sound. They turned around and saw that a car accident had just occurred. Seeing one of the cars catch on fire, Kara ran over to the scene without even thinking. James followed behind and pulled the man out of the other car that wasn't on fire. Kara ran over to the car on fire and first pulled the women out of the front seat. She struggled getting the women out without her superpowers but managed to drag her out and handed her to James then went back to the car to get the child out of the backseat. She had an easier time getting the kid out and had just turned to take the kid to his mom when she heard the explosion. James was right near Kara at this point, so she handed to kid to him and turned towards the explosion. Seeing a piece of metal flying towards them she tried to shield the kid in James's arm but forgot she no longer was impervious to damage. She didn't have time to get away, so she held up her arms to shield her head and hoped for the best.
Lena had just gotten out of a meeting when she saw the breaking news come up on her tv. She had talked to Kara earlier that day and knew she would be at the press conference covering it for Catco. For a brief moment she knew Kara would be fine because she was Supergirl, then suddenly that feeling went away when she remembered Kara no longer had her powers. She was taken from her thoughts by vibrations coming from her pocket. She pulled out her cell phone and her stomach dropped as soon as she saw Alex's name come up.
"Lena, Kara's at the DEO," Alex said, and Lena hung up her phone before hearing the rest of what Alex was saying. She told Jess to cancel her next meeting and ran out of her office to head to the DEO. She ran in to the med bay area and found Maggie standing outside.
"Where is she," Lena said with panic in her voice.
"She's in the med room getting checked out, but she is okay Lena. She got lucky," Maggie said as Lena nodded her head and headed in. She saw Alex stitching up Kara's arm and James had a gash on his head but besides that they both looked okay.
"Kara, I was very worried," Lena said as Alex took a step back and went over to check on James.
"I'm fine Lena, you don't need to worry," Kara said as Lena's face suddenly changed from worry to anger.
"Can I have the room for a minute," Lena said as she turned towards Alex and James and they both nodded and got up to leave. Alex closed the door on the way-out figuring Lena would want her conversation to be private.
"What the hell were you thinking Kara," Lena said as Kara's face turned towards confusion.
"What do you mean Lena? I was saving a kid from a burning car. I just got the one cut on my arm and the kid is perfectly fine," Kara replied as Lena walked to the other side of the room.
"I can see that you are fine Kara and I am glad the kid was fine, but you could have killed yourself. You're not bulletproof anymore, and you can't just go rushing in anytime someone needs help," Lena said as she tried to take a deep breath.
"I know that Lena, but I wasn't just going to let the kid die. How do you think I would have felt if I had to tell his mom that I couldn't save him?" Kara replied looking over at Lena.
"Did you ever think about how I would have felt had you died. I appreciate you thinking of others, but did you ever consider what would happen to me if you hadn't been so lucky. What about Alex and Maggie or Eliza and Jeremiah? Kara you have people that care about you too and I'm not just going to sit by and watch you kill yourself trying to be a hero," Lena said as she took one last look at Kara and left the room. She walked out into the hallway and found James, Alex, and Maggie all standing out there. Alex came over towards her as Lena continued to walk towards the exit.
"I'm going back to work. I can't stay but just make sure that Kara is okay," Lena said as Alex nodded and turned back towards Kara's room. Lena made her way out of the DEO brushing away the tears that were threatening to spill out of her eyes.
Alex had cleared James medically and he made his way back to Catco to get some work done before the day was over. Maggie got called back into work and left kissing Alex and telling her she would see her at home in a few hours. Alex gave Kara a few minutes alone in the med room before she made her way back in there. Kara was putting her button up shirt back on that she had taken off while Alex was stitching her arm up. Alex could tell that Kara had been crying and well she couldn't blame Lena for getting mad at her sister she also wanted to make sure that Kara was okay.
"Thanks for stitching me back up. I am going to head back to Catco to get some work done," Kara said as Alex held out her arm to stop Kara before she left.
"Do you want to talk about it," Alex said as Kara took a deep breath and turned towards Alex.
"Was I wrong?" Kara asked as she looked at her older sister.
"Kara I'm glad that you saved that kid, but I can also see where Lena is coming from. I was mad when I first got word that you had been hurt but I also know that you are always going to try help people. Kara, Lena has lost people before in her life and I think she is just scared of losing you as well. I think the two of you need to have a conversation, but I would give her a little bit of time to cool off before you do," Alex said as Kara nodded her head.
"Yeah, I guess I have should have thought of that sooner. I know we were supposed to have dinner tonight, but I think I am just going to go over to Lena's house after work and see if she will talk to me tonight," Kara said as she hugged Alex and headed back to Catco. Kara spent the rest of the day at work thinking about what Lena had said to her at the DEO. She hadn't thought at all when she ran over to that car. She was so used to rushing into danger that she almost forgot that she had lost her powers. She never considered what would happen to her family if something had gone wrong and she had died. She knew how stressful it was for everyone after she had been attacked and felt bad for not considering the consequences of her actions. She knew Lena was supposed to be home later, so she stayed at work for a few extra hours getting some more work done and made her way to Lena's house. She opened the door and found that all the lights were off, and Lena still wasn't back. She settled on Lena's couch and fell asleep under a blanket waiting for Lena to come back.
Lena opened her door two hours later and walked into her house not noticing Kara sleeping on the couch. She went to her bedroom to put some sweats on and came back into the kitchen pouring herself a glass of wine. She went to sit on the couch and almost sat on Kara before she realized the girl was sleeping there.
"Kara, you almost gave me a heart attack," Lena said jumping up as Kara woke from sleep.
"Sorry, I was waiting for you and didn't mean to fall asleep," Kara said sitting up as Lena sat on the other side of the couch.
"I thought you were going to have dinner at Maggie and Alex's tonight," Lena said not expecting Kara to show up after their fight earlier today.
"I didn't really feel like going and I wanted to fix things between us. I owe you an apology Lena," Kara said as she turned towards Lena but left space between them on the couch.
"Look I appreciate that Kara, but it isn't going to magically fix everything between us," Lena said as she looked over to Kara who was still wrapped up in the blanket.
"I know Lena. Look, I know that I rush into things without thinking sometimes but I'm so used to having my powers as a backup that I forgot I can't just do that anymore. You were right, I didn't think about you earlier when I ran over to that car. I never considered what would happen to you if I had gotten myself killed and I should have," Kara said as she saw tears starting to come down her girlfriend's face.
"Kara, I thought I was going to lose you a few months ago and I can't go through that again," Lena said as the tears started coming down her face even more. "I saw the news and then Alex called and all I could think about was that I was losing you again. I couldn't breath and then when I saw you were fine it just made me angry that you rushed in without thinking again. It isn't just about today Kara, you did the same thing on the night when you got attacked. You rushed into things without being fully healed and nearly got yourself killed," Lena said as Kara began to scoot closer to her on the couch and grabbed her hands.
"Look, Lena I am always going to want to help people, but I promise you that next time I will take a step back and wait for help. I know that I can't just go head first into danger anymore and it's going to take some getting used to, but I will think next time. I love you Lena and you and my family mean more to me than anything. I never want to put any of you though what you have been through the past couple months again," Kara said as Lena leaned her forehead against Kara's.
"I love you too Kara and thank you because I don't know if I can live without you. You know more than anyone what it feels like to lose the people most important to you. After losing my mom at such a young age, I know that I never want to feel that hurt again. My biggest fear in life if that something is going to happen to you and then I will be all alone," Lena said as Kara nodded her head in understanding. This was the first time Lena had talked about her birth mom and Kara felt so horrible for what she had done earlier, knowing now how much it affected Lena.
"I'm sorry Lena. If you ever want to talk to me about your mom, I am always willing to listen and Lena I will never leave you all alone " Kara said kissing Lena softly on the lips before cuddling her body against Lena's side.
"Thank you Kara. That means a lot," Lena said wrapping her arms around her girlfriend. Feeling grateful that Kara was safe she closed her eyes and fell asleep wrapped up in Kara's arms.