Bit shorter chapter. I think this story may have one or two more chapters left. I loved writing this story and want to do more. I'm looking for some prompts so if you have any please just let me know. I'm going to stay in the stream of either Alex or Kara being hurt and the other comforting. If you have any suggestions send them on over :)

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Chapter 4

"You ready?" Dr. Hamilton asked as she popped her head into the waiting room.

Kara jumped up from the couch and ran to the door. "Yes."

The 2 women made their way down the corridor to the ICU ward. Most levels of the DEO were dark and gloomy but the medical ward was intentionally bright and well lite considering there were no windows to allow natural light in. The ICU ward was made up of four private rooms but with see through glass doors so the nurses had a clear line of site to all the patients from the nursing station that was directly across from the rooms.

As they approached the nurses station Kara recognized nurse Sara. Kara knew Sara quite well as she was one of the nurses that was specially trained to deal with Supergirl when she was in need of medical care. The DEO had to design special medical equipment many of which had low doses of Kryptonite such as IV kits.

"Agent Danvers is all settled in." Sara said as she handed Dr. Hamilton Alex's chart for review. "Hey Kara how are you doing?" Sara asked.

"I'm OK, just want to see Alex." Kara replied.

"Come on I will take you in." Sara said as she came around the station and lead Kara over to Bay 3 sliding open the glass door. Kara's breath caught in her throat as she took in the view of Alex laying in the bed.

"It's OK Kara, she is doing well, all her vitals are stable." Sara tried to comfort her as she rubbed Kara's back.

Alex looked so small and fragile lying in the hospital bed. Tubes and wires everywhere, beeps of the heart monitors and the hiss of the ventilator. Alex has been cleaned up and the gash on her head had been nicely stitched and left uncovered. The angry bruise surrounding it standing out in contrast to her paleness. IV poles were on both sides of her bed with two bags of various contents hanging on each. Her chest fell and rose in rhythm of the ventilator. Kara turned her head slightly to focus her hearing on Alex's heart beat. She was always able to take comfort in thud thud of Alex's heart even as a scared young girl when she first arrived on earth.

Kara moved over to Alex's bedside and grabbed her hand. "Alex." She breathed out.

Sara grabbed the chair from the corner and placed it behind Kara, "Here have a seat, Kara."

Kara took a seat "Thank you, Sara."

"No worries, Kara." Sara smiled and gave her a reassuring shoulder squeeze. "If you need anything you just give me a shout, I will be on all night." Sara headed back to the nursing station leaving the two sisters.

Kara picked up Alex's hand noticing for the first time the cuts and bruises that covered her hand and arm. "Oh Alex." Kara began rubbing small circles with her thumb on the back of Alex's hand. Kara laid her head on the bed next to their entangled hands listening to the Alex's heartbeat before long she had fallen asleep.

"Kara, sweety."

Kara bolted up right from where she had fallen asleep. "Eliza!" She jumped up and embraced her adoptive mother in a huge hug. "I'm so sorry I could not protect her Eliza." The tears again starting to flow.

Eliza pulled back from the hug and looked Kara directly in the eyes, "Listen Kara this was not your fault. Alex was doing what Alex does, protecting others. She knew what she was doing. Alex doesn't blame you either." Kara just nodded not yet willing to accept that there was nothing that she could have done to protect Alex.

Eliza moved to Alex's bedside picking up her hand and placing a kiss on her forehead. "My sweet girl, Mom's here now." She then turned to back to Kara and grabbed the young woman's shoulders, "How are you? You weren't hurt were you?"

"No I was not hurt, I'm just worried about Alex." Kara said regaining her composure. "They said she is stable but the next little bit is critical."

"Yes Hank had Dr. Hamilton speak to me before I came in." Eliza looked back to Alex, "Your sister is one of the strongest and most stubborn people I know."

"I know and everyone keeps saying." Kara who was towards the foot of the bed started stroking Alex's leg. "I need my sister, I can't do this without her."

Eliza moved to Kara again and wrapped her in a hug. "Have faith, Kara."

The medical staff knew that they would not be able to get the Danvers to both get some sleep at the same time so they had a cot moved into Alex's room. Kara had insisted that Eliza try and get some sleep and she would sit with Alex. Eliza had reluctantly agreed about 2 am in the morning, she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open. The mental and physical exhaustion taking its told from the flight and the worry for her daughters. Kara was sitting at Alex's bedside holding her hand absently tracing the line on Alex's palm.

Suddenly Kara thought she saw and felt a small twitch. "Alex" Kara questioned looking up at her sister, but nothing. She looked over to Eliza who was sound asleep on the cot and then looked back Alex, she felt it again, a small twitch. Then suddenly the alarms started to go off and Alex's body start to convulse and she started to make a gagging noise. "Alex!"

Sara came running in with Dr. Hamilton a few paces behind her. Eliza jumped out of the cot when the alarms started to sound. "What's happening?" Eliza questioned.

"I don't know I was just holding her hand and then she started to twitch and then the alarms went off." Kara explained trying to keep her emotions in check as she had stepped back from the bed to make room for them to check on Alex.

"She is fighting the vent." stated. "Nurse 10mg of diazepam" she directed.

Sara had pulled out a syringe and vial from a cart beside the bed and then injected into on of the IV tubes. "Diazepam in" Sara stated. Within seconds Alex's body relaxed and the convulsions stopped and the alarms stopped and the beeping returned to normal.

"As usual Agent Danvers is proving to be a difficult patient." Dr. Hamilton said with a small grin as she turned to Eliza and Kara. "I'm going to have to up her sedation slightly so that she will stop fighting the vent. I want to give her a bit more time on the vent to help give her lungs a chance to heal."

Eliza was standing beside Kara with our arm around her shoulders. "She I told you Alex was a fighter." Eliza grinned.