Alex slowly opened her eyes but the harsh flood of the fluorescent light caused her to snap them shut tight. She tried again to slowly open them again, her vision a blurry haze, blinking trying to bring her surroundings into focus. She could hear faint voices, Kara and Mom, she tried to focus on the direction they were coming from. Off to her left she could make out 3 figures standing in a small circle. "Hey" Alex's voice cracked weakly barely a whisper.

"Alex!" Kara's super hearing picked up the voice immediately and she rushed to Alex's bedside. "Hey you." Kara said smiling as she grasped Alex's hand. Eliza had gone to the opposite side of the bed and Dr. Hamilton took up position at the foot of the bed.

"Hey" Alex replied to Kara. "Mom!" she smiled as Eliza picked up her other hand.

"Hey there honey, it is so good to see you wake. You really need to stop causing me so much grey hair young lady!" Eliza said as she placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Sorry, Mom" Alex replied but then turned her attention to Dr. Hamilton at the foot of the bed. "You!" she said shooting Dr. Hamilton a glare remembering that she had sent her off to la la land with her syringe of pain meds.

"Now now Agent you know I only did it for your own good." Dr. Hamilton replied with a smirk.

While glaring at Dr. Hamilton Alex noticed the cast surrounding her right leg. "My leg!" Alex exclaimed as she tried to sit up further in the bed which only caused her to gasp in pain as lighting bolts of pain shot through her chest. "Ahhhh." She cried out gasping for breath which only the pain worst.

"Alex!" Kara and Eliza both cried out in unison.

Dr. Hamilton quickly moved to the side of the bed and pressed the pain med button. "Alex listen to me you have to calm down and try not to move around much."

"Wha...ts...wron." Alex asked panicked.

"Alex please just focus on me follow my breathing." Eliza cupped Alex's face in her hands making Alex focus on her. "Sweetie follow my breathing." Eliza began a slow in and out breathing pattern. Kara stood frozen not sure how to help her sister but Alex began to find the pattern Eliza was setting and Alex began to slowly relax. "That's it, good girl."

Alex could feel the pain meds starting to take the edge off the pain, "Please tell …. me what happened." Alex pleaded.

Dr. Hamilton looked to Eliza for permission to give her the details. "Go ahead Dr. Hamilton you know as well as I do that she will not let it go." Eliza nodded.

Dr. Hamilton nodded and began. "Alex your leg has a tib fib fracture that we have set with rods and pins. Both were clean breaks and will heal nicely but you will need quite a bit of physio. Your chest hurts due to the fractured ribs that caused a flail chest which resulted in a collapsed lung." Dr. Hamilton paused accessing if Alex was grasping what she was being told. Given Alex's biology background she knew Alex would understand the terms but it was a lot to take in. "You also had some damage to your liver from an impalement that resulted in us having to remove the lower lobe but as you know the liver will regenerate itself in time. I know that this is a lot to take in but I fully expect you to recover from all the injuries." Dr. Hamilton finished.

Kara noticed a tear slipping past Alex's eye and reached over to brush it away and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Alex drew in a shakey breath trying to maintain her composure as the gravity of her injuries settled in. "I will get back in the field?" She questioned.

"Knowing you Alex I have no doubt!" Dr. Hamilton replied. "But you need to let your body heal and not rush it as it will only delay you getting back out there." She emphasized.

Alex just nodded turning her attention to Kara. "Kara what happened? Last thing I remember was grabbing a little girl." Alex pauses and she starts to try and pull all the memories together. "The girl what happen to the girl." Alex questioned her anxiety going up.

"She is OK Alex, just relax, she is OK thanks to you." Kara said trying to reassure her while rubbing her shoulder. "You got her to Smith and he was able to get her clear before the building came down. You managed to get out of the building but it collapsed right behind you and you were caught in the rubble." Kara's voice was now the one that was on the verge of panic. "Alex I am so sorry I couldn't get to you." Kara's voice was cracking and tears were starting to flow. "I should have been faster I should have been there."

"Woo Kara this is not your fault." Alex grasped Kara's hand tighter and pulled her down so that she was sitting in the chair and was then eye level with her. "Kara seriously you need to not blame yourself!" Alex demanded of her sister reaching over to wipe away some of the tears.

"Alex what good are super powers if I can't protect those that I love?" Kara weeped.

"Kara enough! You do not get to blame yourself. You may have super powers but you can't be everywhere at once. Had you and Hank not lured that creature away a lot more people would have been hurt."

"That's what I have been telling her." Eliza interjected.

Alex turned to her Mom smiling and then back to Kara "And besides you know it's my job to keep you safe not the other way around." Alex laughed trying to lighten the mood. Kara cracked a smile and slight laugh. "Please Kara don't blame yourself, it was just part of the job." Alex said as she pulled Kara in for a hug. "I love you sis." Alex said into Kara's ear.

"I love you too." Kara replied.

"Oh my girls." Eliza said as she got in on the hug. " I love you guys so much."

"We love you too." They said in unison.

For now this is the end for this one. I had thoughts of continuing this with Alex's recovery and I still might under a second part. I had some awesome prompts come in that have my wheels spinning so I want to move forward with one of those.

Thank you for taking this journey with me through my first Supergirl Fan Fiction! You have all been so kind with your comments and words of encouragement. Can't wait for the new season to start!