Alex slams her phone down, frustration radiating off her in waves.
That's the tenth call that's gone straight to voicemail.
"You okay over there?" Winn asks, chair squeaking as her moves to meet her eyes
"Maggie's not picking up, she was supposed to call after her shift four hours ago." Alex replies, pit settling further into her stomach
The room goes silent, concern for the woman washing over her friends. Maggie was consistent to a fault, missing a check in is not like her.
"Well, if something happened we would know about it, right? We have all this fancy stuff; We'd have to."
"No," J'onn's voice comes from the catwalk, "NCPD jurisdiction is over smaller scale alien issues, as well as human factors. They wouldn't ping our radars."
"So we know nothing." Kara frets, watching as her sister's walls building nearly instantly, eyes blank as she stares silently at the wall.
Vulnerability and fear; two of her most hated emotions bubble throughout her, sinking her heart and stomach in tandem.
"We can track her phone? At least for a second, nothing too invasive just to make sure." Winn corrects, "For all we know she's movie hopping, right?" Winn suggests, bringing his hand up to subconsciously rub at the back of his neck
Alex's steel nod is all the answer he needs.
The group watches nervously as the computer begins to zero in. First the United States. Then National City. Then…
Wait.
No.
That can't be right.
National City's Memorial Hospital is displayed on the screen. Red dot glaring into their hearts as they take mere seconds to react.
Alex shoots from the room, bolting down the stairs, swiftly making it to the parking garage in record time.
"Alex! Alex!" Kara's voice calls from behind her, as she mounts her bike
"Kara, I don't have time. She's- Maggie's-" Alex tries to speak moisture in her eyes
"I-" Kara begins, cut off by the revving of Alex's engine as it tears from the parking lot, "I can fly you!"
Alex doesn't break her panicked –disguised as confident- stride as she nears the Emergency room's nurses station.
"I need to see my partner, Detective Maggie Sawyer." Alex explains flashing her badge in an effort to speed up the process.
Glancing at the badge far too slowly for Alex's liking, the nurse directs her to room 14b. The nicety placed at the end of her sentence left to be heard by the air left in Alex's wake.
The beeping of heart monitors assault her ears. Her strides never stalling even as her heart and breath stutter at every terrifying thought.
She had to be okay.
As she passes 14a, she pauses. Readying herself for whatever her new reality might be. The doorway was a change. A change in one of two ways. Darkness or light, loss or love, the doorway stood ominous, unforgiving and immovable.
Oh god, she has to be okay.
Stepping into the room, breath caught in her throat, she's greeted with the glazed over eyes of her love and a dopey smile to match.
"Alex!" Maggie announces her presence, words slurred, "I'm glad you finally made it! I told you she'd come. She said you didn't answer the phone, are you okay?" She asks, pointing a finger nearly in the right direction of the woman sitting at her side.
"Yes…yes, you did." The voice from a few weeks ago flits through the cold, sanitized air.
Rose.
Alex crosses the room to Maggie's other side, clasping their hands tightly. Her heart restarting as Maggie's eyes gaze into her own. Brown eyes begin to droop as Maggie fights to stay awake, finally relaxed with Alex by her side.
Alex whispers, "It's okay, baby, I'll be here when you wake up. Get some sleep."
"I'm glad you made it." Maggie's reply comes out soft as her breaths begin to even in sleep
Alex gazes down at her girlfriend's injured body taking note of her bandaged shoulder and what seems to be the beginning of bandages wrapped around her stomach. She pulls a chair closer to the edge of the bed, twisting to keep their hands securely clasped.
Brushing her hand comfortingly over Maggie's clammy forehead and into her soft hair, Alex does her best to blink back her worried tears. Placing a soft kiss to her forehead, Alex settles down in the chair working to calm her panic.
"What happened?" She breaths out, eyes not moving from her girlfriend's face
"A raid went south. They rushed her here, two stab wounds and a gunshot graze. Two guys from the unit say they owe her their lives." Rose says, eyes skirting around the room
"I know you don't like me." Alex starts, steel in her tone, "I get it, I really do; She's amazing."
"I don-"
"Don't lie to me." Alex demands. "You don't like me, that's fine. But don't do this to her. Don't make Maggie go through any more pain when she's already suffering."
Rose opens her mouth to speak but instantly the words become caught and silenced in her throat. Alex levels a glare at her, promising death and pain. Anger and protectiveness shining through.
"If you ever pull this again, I promise you, you'll regret it."