Agent Alex Danvers took big steps into the DEO command center, in the hopes of at least appearing composed, as opposed to the panic she was feeling in her gut.
Hamilton sounded serious on the phone. Grave, even. Twelve hours ago she couldn't have possibly imagined ending up in this situation, but then again – the job wasn't exactly 9 to 5 and built on security and stability.
In the command center, she saw Winn sitting at his desk talking to Kara. She took a step in her sister's direction, but decided against it. Knowing her, Kara felt as bad as Alex did for not noticing something was wrong.
Instead, she walked to the medical wing, hoping to find Hamilton there.
She met her in the hallway, folders and charts underneath her arm. "Alex!"
"I came as fast as I could." Alex took a shaky breath. "I can't be away from her for too long."
Hamilton sighed. "Alex, there..." She trailed off.
"What? Come on, Hamilton…" She wasn't in the mood for dramatic pausing.
"…There was a chip embedded into the sampler. Something… Fishy."
The agent waited impatiently for the doctor to continue.
"The readings she got on the display were incorrect. It showed her rates as too high, so that she'd inject insulin. But her rates were normal, so she ended up lowering her blood sugar to the point she could have slipped into a coma."
Alex rubbed her fingers together, trying not to react visibly to the fear that was settling inside. "So… What? How? I mean…" She was trying to make sense of it all.
"There shouldn't be any permanent damage, Alex. Her rates are back to normal. But it worries me… I think somebody messed with the device."
Alex' mind started racing. Who would hurt Maggie? Did she have enemies? But even if she did…
"Who would go to such a length to sabotage her? I mean, if people wanted to hurt her, why play the long game?"
"Maybe it's somebody close to her? A colleague? Somebody that can't exactly go around shooting other cops?" Hamilton theorized. "In any case, Alex, this is serious. Somebody wants to hurt her."
The agent's hands clenched into fists, as she realized that she'd done exactly what they wanted her to do. Leave Maggie by herself.
"Shit… I need to go back to her. They could have… Somebody could have done something to her." Alex said, before taking off in a sprint toward the exit of the building.
As she raced through the command center, she saw J'onn, Kara and Winn turning around and frowning, but she didn't have the time or patience to respond to their calls. She needed to be with her girlfriend.
Her girlfriend, who could have died.
Her girlfriend, who could have been seriously hurt.
Who didn't know any better, and was terrified out of her mind, because she didn't even realize something was wrong with her rates.
She got back into her car and raced to her apartment, all but sprinting up the stairs and shoving the door open, and half expecting Maggie to lie on the ground, a bullet in her back or a knife through her chest.
Instead, she found the detective sitting upright at her counter, using her laptop. Though she did jump at the noise Alex made upon bursting through the door.
"Jesus…" Maggie put a hand on her chest. "That's two years off my life, Danvers."
"Are you okay?" Alex said, putting her keys down and looking at her girlfriend with a worried frown. Maggie nodded, and closed the laptop. "I borrowed your laptop, I hope that's alright. I had to check my emails."
"That's fine…" Alex commented off-handedly. "Did you check?"
"Every 10 minutes, like you asked." Maggie said, handing her the clipboard. "All normal. Dipped a little low about 10 minutes ago, so I grabbed a drink. How was the alien?"
It took Alex a second to realize that she was asking about the trip to the DEO. "Oh, uh… Yeah. Everything alright. Nothing out of the ordinary."
Maggie stared at her intensely, as if she knew that Alex was lying, but then sighed. "I'm sorry, Alex. I've been such an idiot throughout all of this… I…. I should have told you."
"I get it, Mags." Alex took a seat next to her. "I think I'd have done the same thing in your shoes."
Maggie smiled weakly. "I don't want any more secrets between the two of us."
Alex shook her head, but then felt the familiar feeling creep back into her chest. The conversation with Hamilton. The tampering with her sampler…
She decided quickly that Maggie was already too scared to be confronted with a possible murder plot. Instead she wanted to keep an eye on the detective at all times, until she had a reasonable lead on the case.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Maggie asked, looking her in the eyes. "You alright?"
"Yeah, everything's fine. I was kind of hoping we could do a movie night."
"Hmm…" Maggie frowned. "I mean, I'd rather just go home, Alex."
"You can't." Alex stated, as if the mere thought of her leaving was ridiculous. "I promised Hamilton I'd take care of you."
"Well, I mean, my rates are back to normal. So it's fine."
"Be that as it may, Maggie, I still want to keep an eye on you." She hesitated, but decided to play her ace card anyway. "I could have lost you, Maggie… Can we please just… Be together tonight?"
Maggie's gaze softened, and she wrapped an arm around Alex. "Of course, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-…" She sighed. "This is about you too."
"You can pick the movie. We can eat vegan ice cream… I-if you can, I mean. If…" Alex trailed off nervously when she saw the annoyed glare Maggie was giving her. "Right, sorry. Treating you like normal. My bad."
"Vegan ice cream sounds delicious." Maggie smirked. "I'll take you up on that. But before that, let's grab a beer. I need one. And I also…" She wrapped her arms around Alex' neck. "… Need you."
She smiled, and leaned in for a kiss. Alex reciprocated, but pulled away after a while. "Can we stay here? I have beer."
She felt Maggie nod, and wrapped her arms around the detective, pulling her into a hug. "I love you, so much, Maggie."
"I love you too, you dork." Maggie laughed.
As she pulled back to head to the fridge to grab two beers, Alex took a deep breath. At least for tonight, nothing could happen to her. Tonight, she was hers.
She felt sorry for whoever it was that was threatening Maggie Sawyer. Because they obviously hadn't seen Alex Danvers angry. Though, she hoped, they were going to soon.