A/N: Thank you for the comments.

Guest (1) - It is a short wait...this chapter.

Guest (2) - You're welcome. The reunion is up next.

Chloe - Alex won't have too much time to process everything...but at some stage she will have to come back to it.


When Alex next woke up she felt nauseas. As she recalled the block being removed she couldn't help but focus on the memories of her hurting Kara and was overcome with guilt. But then she remembered hearing the news report and Supergirl dying and despite being told Kara was okay, she felt the panic rise. Ignored the sharp pain in her ribs she stoood and headed downstairs. As she approached the kitchen she heard the end of a news report on increasing crime rates since the death of Supergirl. The report only increasing her concern. As she entered the kitchen she saw J'onn, Raffa and her mother all sitting round the table talking.

"Where's Kara?" Alex asked fearing the worse.

"Alex. How are you feeling?" Eliza asked jumping up and hugging her.

"Where's Kara?" Alex repeated.

"Back in National City." J'onn replied. "I assume you remember everything?"

"Yes." Alex said before asking. "She survived the attack?"

"Yes." J'onn assured her.

"Then why does the world still think Supergirl is dead?" Alex asked knowing she wasn't being told something.

"She's lost her powers." J'onn explained.

"But I have been gone for weeks. They should have returned by now." Alex said.

"I know."

"Well why aren't they back?" Alex pressed.

"The short answer is we don't know. Maybe she doesn't want them." J'onn said. "She's been lost without you. She blames herself."

"Why isn't she here? She shouldn't be alone if she doesn't have powers." Alex said.

"We thought it was for the best." J'onn said. "We were afraid if we crowded her she would cut herself off completely."

"But she wasn't alone." Eliza said. "Her friends were helping her." When she saw J'onn wince she said. "Kara said she was meeting with Sam and Lena, was that a lie?"

"Yes. They tried, but she stopped responding to them."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"We didn't want to do anything that would cause her to cut herself from you. You were the only person she contacted."

"So she's been sitting by herself in her apartment for weeks?" Alex asked.

"She was working." Eliza said before looking at J'onn and guessing. "She wasn't working?"

"No."

"If she's not working how is she paying rent and affording food?" Alex asked.

"Lena." J'onn said. "She paid the rent on both Kara's and your apartment for the next year and has food sent over each week." He explained, not mentioning that a lot of the time the food remained outside the door.

"Kara doesn't do well alone. She shouldn't be alone. We need to get to her."

"That may be a little hard." J'onn said.

"I'm fine to travel." Alex said.

"That's not what I meant. We don't know where she is."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Eliza asked eyes wide. "How long has she been missing?"

"A couple of days." J'onn said.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Eliza pressed.

"We had only just realised she was missing when you called me here. But the team is searching for her."

"She can barely walk. How can she disappear?" Eliza went on her anger and guilt flaring.

"We don't know."

"What about my place?" Alex asked. "Could she have gone there?"

"At one stage she did move in to your apartment but just over a week ago she left and went back to her place. Up until she disappeared she didn't leave."

"And no one went to check on her?" Alex asked angrily.

"She wouldn't let anyone in. But I did go round every day to check she was still in there. Only when I went round a couple of days ago she wasn't there."

"Where did she go?" Alex asked.

"We don't know. Her phone is off and she didn't leave a note. She isn't at your apartment and she's not with Lena, James or Sam."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Eliza asked.

"I didn't want to worry you. I was hoping we would have found her by now." J'onn said as Eliza searched for her phone.

"Damn it." She muttered noticing the battery had died. Finding her charger she plugged it in and waited for it to power up. When it finally connected to a network she went to her contacts' list and was about to call Kara when a text message came in.

"It's a text from Kara." Eliza said.

"Is she okay?" Alex asked. Seeing her mother frown she asked. "What's wrong?"

"The message, it's from Kara's number, but the sender says she is Cat Grant."

"What does she want?" J'onn asked.

"She has Kara. She says we need to get down there."

-00-

"You are looking remarkably healthy for a dead woman." Cat commented when she opened her front door and saw Alex. "I assume your reported death was not part of some sick joke."

"Where's Kara?" Alex asked ignoring Cat's question.

"Shower." Cat replied.

"How is she?" Eliza asked.

"Broken. Physically she doesn't eat and can barely walk."

"Her leg should have healed by now." Alex said.

"Her leg isn't the only thing that is broken." Cat said as J'onn looked at Raffa and noticed her holding her head.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"There is an overwhelming sense of darkness and despair."

"Assuming that it is not my reputation preceding me, that would be Kara." Cat said.

-00-

As Kara limped into Cat's lounge she found herself looking at Alex. Assuming it was another dream she took a step back.

"Kara." Alex said walking towards her

"I'm sorry." Kara said backing away. Her response confusing most of the occupants of the room.

"Kara, it's okay. I'm right here." Alex said.

"No. You're dead. I killed you." Kara said backing herself into the wall.

"Kara, you didn't kill me." Alex said stepping towards her.

"Yes I did. I'm so sorry. I never should have come into your life. I never meant to hurt you. I never wanted you to feel that I was replacing you." Kara said waiting for the accusations to fly.

"Kara." Alex said unsure what her sister was talking about.

"Kara, listen to me." Cat sad stepping in front of her. "This isn't a dream or an hallucination. Alex is here, alive."

"No. She's dead." Kara said. "I killed her."

"Kara, she's here." Cat reiterated.

"No, this is all a dream." Kara argued as Raffa wobbled before leaving the room.

"Kara, this is real." Cat continued. "Your sister is alive and here. I know you think good things can't happen and you don't deserve this, but it is real. You need to face it." Seeing the doubt on Kara's face she asked. "Do you trust me?" When Kara nodded. "Then trust me when I say this is real, this isn't one of dreams. Alex is here, alive."

"Kara." Alex said stepping up to her.

"You're alive?" Kara asked doubtfully as Cat moved out of the way.

"I'm alive." Alex confirmed as she hugged her.

"How?" Kara asked clinging to Alex like she feared she would disappear.

"Long story, but I'm here now." Alex said wincing in pain at the ferocity of the hug.

"I gave up on you. I should have kept looking." Kara said as another wave of guilt rushed over her.

"How? You can barely stand." Alex said as she clung to Kara. "But I promise you I am going to figure out why."

-00-

"Thank you. For looking after her, for calling me." Eliza said to Cat as she watched her daughters.

"Regardless of everything else I am famous for, I'm still a mother. I can't imagine what you have been going through."

"How did I let this happen?" Eliza asked.

"She was trying to out on a brave face." Cat said. "She didn't want you to worry."

"That may be my fault." J'onn said. "I told her you'd need her help and support. I thought if she had a focus it would help."

"She blames herself for what happened. She feels she owes you a debt and it was her way of repaying it." Cat said.

-TBC...


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