Kara spent her morning working out with Alex at the DEO. Ever since she had recovered from her injuries, she had been training with Alex to learn how to fight without her powers. It had been going well so far and she was grateful that Alex was taking the time out of her day to help her out. The two exited the training room and were sitting in the locker room after taking showers and changing into new clothes.
"Hey so how have things been going with Lena since you two had that fight" Alex said as a smile appeared on Kara's face.
"Really good actually. We have been sharing our feelings a lot more with each other and it has brought us closer. We both realized that we needed to open up more about our pasts so that is something we have been trying to work on," Kara said as she checked her phone seeing a message from James about a story at Catco.
"That's good. I'm glad the two of you are figuring out things. It makes me happy to see the two of you so happy together," Alex said as she finished tying up her shoes.
"Yeah I am pretty happy right now," Kara said smiling. "Alright well I have to get to Catco but are we still on for tonight," Kara said turning back towards Alex.
"Yeah, Maggie should be home by 6 so why don't you and Lena come over for dinner around 7," Alex said as she hugged Kara goodbye, and both went to work. Alex walked into her lab and began to work until she heard her computer ding letting her know she had a new email. She opened it up and immediately got excited. She had emailed a friend of Clark's a few months ago when they were trying to figure out what was wrong with Kara's cells and had just gotten some information back. The email she had sent had been pretty discreet since they couldn't reveal Kara's identity but there was some new information that had been sent over.
"Hey Alex, what are you reading?" J'onn asked as he entered her lab.
"I finally heard back from the friend of Clarke's about Kara's condition. According to this Kara should be able to get her powers back if she gets a high enough amount of adrenaline," Alex said as she continued reading through the data that was sent to her.
"Is there any way we can simulate that and get her powers back?" J'onn asked as he walked over to the computer and started looking over the data.
"I don't think so. According to this research it would have to be triggered naturally. There is no telling what type of event could cause them to come back but now we know that there is a chance. I am having dinner with Kara and Lena tonight, so I will probably talk to her about it then," Alex said as she got up to head with J'onn out to the main room.
"Just make sure she understands that we don't know when or if it will happen. I don't want her to get excited only to be disappointed down the road in case it doesn't happen," J'onn said walking next to Alex.
"I know, I will talk to Maggie before they come over and figure out the best way to go about it. I might also call Clark later and see if he has any advice," Alex said as J'onn nodded his head and the two went over to the other agents in the room to continue working.
Alex got home a few minutes later than she was planning on and Maggie was already in the kitchen getting ready to start dinner. "Hey babe, how was work?" Maggie asked as she greeted Alex with a kiss.
"Pretty good, how was your day?" Alex replied as she set a couple groceries down on the table.
"Good, I had a ton of paperwork that I had to catch up on, so I spent most of the day in the office but besides that it was good," Maggie said as she grabbed the groceries off the table and set them on the counter to use for dinner. Alex went into the other room to change her clothes and then came back out to see if there was anything she could do to help with dinner. Maggie assigned her to start working on the salad.
"Hey so I found out something at work today and I need your opinion on how to tell Kara about it," Alex said as she stopped cutting lettuce for a minute to look at Maggie.
"Alright, what's going on?" Maggie said looking up at Alex.
"So, I had emailed that friend of Clark's a while ago and just heard back today. Based off his research Kara should be able to get her powers back if she has a high enough level of adrenaline in her body," Alex said as a smile appeared on Maggie's face.
"Wait that is amazing. Isn't it?," Maggie asked seeing the look on Alex's face.
"No, it is, but I am just worried about getting Kara's hopes up if something goes wrong and it never happens. I mean you saw her after the first time she found out they were gone. She was devastated, and I don't know if I can see her like that again," Alex said as Maggie came over and put a hand on her back.
"Babe, I get why you are worried, but Kara is in a much better place than she was a few months ago. She has made peace with the fact that she might never get her powers back but there is no harm in letting her know there might be a chance even if we don't know when that will be. Just let her know there is a chance it might not work," Maggie said as she rubbed her hand in circles on Alex's back.
"Yeah, your right. I just worry about her, but she needs to know," Alex said as the two stood in each other's arms for a minute before they got back to finishing up dinner.
Lena and Kara showed up 30 minutes later and the group sat down at the table and started to eat. Alex waited till after everyone was finished before she brought up the topic with Kara.
"So, Kara, after you left the DEO this morning, I learned some information about your powers," Alex said as Lena and Kara both looked at her with confusion on their faces. "Clark's friend got back to me and based off his research there is a chance you could get them back if you experienced a high enough level of adrenaline. Kara, I want you to keep in mind though that we don't know what could trigger that and there is still a chance that it might not work," Alex said as she tried to read her sister's expression. Kara was still silent after a few moments, so Lena spoke up.
"Well that's good to know there is a chance," Lena said as she squeezed Kara's hand.
"Yeah, thank you for not giving up Alex," Kara said as she finally spoke.
"Of course, Kara I promised you I wouldn't give up and I always keep my promises," Alex said as she reached across the table to grab Kara's other hand.
"Alex maybe you could show me the research and data you got and the two of us could go over it together," Lena suggested as Alex nodded her head.
"Yeah that would actually be really helpful. I actually have the data on my laptop, so we could look over it in a little bit and see if you can find anything else that might help us," Alex said as Lena nodded her head and looked back over to Kara who still wasn't saying much. Lena squeezed her hand a little tighter and Kara looked up to her. Lena couldn't tell what Kara was thinking and by the looks on Maggie and Alex's faces she knew they couldn't as well. No one wanted to push Kara to talk so they finished cleaning up and then Alex and Lena got to work on reading the data. Maggie went over to the couch with Kara as the two found something to watch on tv. They sat in silence for a few minutes until Kara started speaking.
"I don't even know if I want them anymore," Kara said as all three women in the room paused what they were doing and looked over to her.
"What do you mean?" Alex said as Maggie turned the volume off on the tv. Alex and Lena made their way over to the couch and sat down.
"I don't know that I want my powers back. When I first found out I didn't have them anymore I didn't know who I was. However, these past couple months I have come to terms with it and have started to figure out who I am without them. I have come to realize that I don't need them to be happy. I have the most amazing girlfriend and the most amazing family and friends and that is enough for me," Kara said as she grabbed Lena's hand and looked at her.
"Kara, honey I get it. I know that you came to terms with it but really nothing has changed except for the fact that they might come back. We don't know if they will but even if they do there is nothing you can do to change that," Lena said as she looked into Kara's eyes.
"I know. It's just that it was nice not having everyone depend on me for a little bit of time. I got to just live my life without constantly being called everywhere and I know that sound selfish because all I ever wanted was to be a hero, but it has been nice just living my life for me," Kara said as she looked over to Alex and Maggie.
"Kara you are the least selfish person I know and if anyone deserves a break it is you," Maggie said as she looked at the younger girl.
"She's right Kara, you have spent the past several years taking care of everyone in this city and it is only natural that you would want a chance to take some time for yourself. Look like Lena said we don't even know if anything will happen so for now just keep living your life and if your powers come back, we can go from there," Alex said as she put a hand on Kara's back.
"Kara whatever happens and whatever you decided just know that all of us are going to be here for you," Lena said as she kissed Kara's head.
"Thank you, it means a lot that you are all here for me," Kara said as she cuddled into Lena's side and the four of them all settled in to watch a movie for the rest of the night.