Thank you all for the kind reviews and the kudos! They are all greatly appreciated.
This is the final chapter. I have to admit I struggled with the ending. Hopefully it does not disappoint to much. I'm going to turn my attention trying some missing season stories next so stay tuned for those.
Thank you again for coming on this journey with me!
"Alex!" Kara bolted upright on the cot a nightmare had pulled her from her slumber.
"Kara." Dr. Hamilton looked over to see Kara swinging her legs of the cot.
"Alex, is she OK?"
"I'm just checking her now, Eliza just went to the lab to check on the latest bloodwork." Dr. Hamilton turned back to Alex and continued her exam of Alex. Kara stood on the opposite side of the bed and reached over and tucked a piece of hair behind Alex's ear. Kara's hand brushed Alex's cheek as she did and a smile crept across her face.
"It maybe wishful thinking but she actually feels cooler"
"It's not just wishful thinking but her temperature has in fact dropped a couple degrees." Hamilton smiled pulling her stethoscope out of her ears and made a few notes in the chart and then looked up to Kara and continued. "And her breathing is a lot better." She then removed the oxygen mask and replaced it with the nasal cannula.
"So it worked!" Kara beamed.
"She is improving for the moment but we saw this before."
"It will work this time!"
Dr. Hamilton smiled "I hope so to, Kara." She placed the chart back on the cart and headed out of the room.
Kara pulled the chair back over to the side of the bed and took a seat picking up Alex's hand. "I knew you could fight this Alex. You have always been a fighter." Kara started to chuckle as she had a flashback to their childhood. "You remember when Tommy Dugan took my backpack from me when I was walking home in 8th grade. I didn't know that you had actually been following me home all the time apparently neither did he. You came running up and despite the fact he had at least 50 pounds on you but you clocked him right in the nose. Pretty sure you broke it but he was to embarrassed to tell anyone that a girl did it to him."
"I figured she had something to do with that." Eliza interjected from the door.
"Oh Rao, sorry Alex we're busted." Kara whispered to Alex.
"Alex would do anything to protect you, Kara." Eliza smiled as she walked over to the bed. "And don't worry Tommy deserved it."
"So how does the blood work look?" Kara questioned.
Eliza's smile broadened "It looks really positive."
"Oh Eliza that is amazing!" Kara squealed with excitement jumping up and embracing Eliza in a hug.
"Too tight." Eliza wheezed out.
"Oh shoot sorry." Kara released the embrace.
"It's OK, Kara." Eliza grabbed Kara's shoulders. "Sweety listen to me, this is very good news but Alex is not out of the woods just yet. She needs to keep moving in this direction. Until her blood comes back with no sign of the infection there is a chance that it can rebound."
Kara was trying hard to reign in her excitement but she was literally bouncing with it. She turned to Alex and leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. "I knew you could do it Alex"
"Kara why don't you go get some breakfast? I will sit with Alex till you get back."
"I'm good right now."
"No Kara you're not I can hear your stomach growling."
Kara reached for her stomach feeling her stomach rumble at the mention of breakfast. "OK maybe I am a little hungry."
"Go eat." Eliza demanded in only a way a Mother could.
"OK." Kara squeezed Alex's hand and place a kiss on the back of it. "I will be back soon." With that Kara left the room and headed for the DEO mess.
Eliza took a seat in the chair beside the bed and took Alex's hand. "Hey sweetheart you are doing amazing. You keep up fighting and we will get through this." Eliza leaned back in the chair, Alex's hand in hers. She could feel it in her gut, call it mother's intuition, but she just knew that Alex had turned the corner. Her daughter would not let some infection be the end of Alex Danvers.
Kara returned from breakfast about 20 minutes later and found Eliza sitting next to the bed just looking at Alex with a smile. "Did she wake up yet?" Kara asked as she sat on the bed next to Alex's legs.
"Not yet."
"OK Alex that's enough slacking off you need to wake up." Kara prodded as she rubbed one of Alex's legs.
"Kara I am so proud of you two." Eliza looked up to Kara sitting on the bed. "You two have always been there for each other. I don't think there could be any closer sisters then you two. You have become such amazing, strong, talented, caring women." Eliza's voice cracked the slightest as she tried to maintain her composer.
"Eliza…." Kara's eyes started to cloud with tears.
Eliza placed her free hand on Kara's knee. "Kara you Mother would be so proud of the woman and hero you have become."
"Thank you, Eliza" Kara took Eliza's hand in hers. "Thank you for giving me a great family" Tears slide down both women's cheeks.
Suddenly Eliza turned to Alex. "Alex?" Eliza was sure that she felt a slight pressure on her hand. Then Kara felt Alex's leg move against her.
"I think she is waking up?" Kara exclaimed. "Alex wake up" She rubbed her leg. "Alex wake up." Kara demanded.
"Come on Alexandra it's time to get up." Eliza pulled out her trump card.
"Mo...m" Alex croaked out. Her eyes starting to flutter as she tried to let her eyes adjust to the light that was invading the darkness.
"Hey Alex." Kara beamed.
"Ka..ra." Alex's eyes started to focus on the those around her. "Heeey." Alex smiled.
"Hey yourself kiddo." Eliza stood up and kissed Alex's cheek.
"Oh Alex I'm so happy." Kara wrapped herself around Alex's mid her head on her chest.
Alex slowly and clumsily lifted her arm around Kara. The cloudiness in her mind started to lift, "What happened?" Alex asked.
"What do you remember?" Eliza asked.
"I'm not sure." Alex replied as she tried to search her memory. "Kara and I were in the locker room cleaning up from the last mission." Alex tried pulling more for her memory. She could feel there was more but it was just out of reach. "After that I'm not sure."
"You were cut and then developed an infection." Eliza explained. "The infection was was due to mutated bacteria and it caused a lot of havoc on your system." Eliza paused. "We almost lost you." Eliza's voice caught.
"Like some mutated bacteria could take me down." Alex joked trying to lighten the room as she saw the tears pooling in her Mom's eyes. It worked both Kara and Eliza burst out laughing. "You guys are too serious, you need to relax." Alex smirked as both women enveloped her in a hug which is how Dr. Hamilton found them when she walked into the room having heard the laughter.
"Well Agent Danvers it's good to see that you decided to join us." Dr. Hamilton smiled and approached the women.
"Hey Doc." Alex smiled.
"How are you feeling?"
"A little tired." Alex replied as both Kara and Eliza stepped back from the bed to make room for Dr. Hamilton examine her.
"Well you are looking much better." Dr. Hamilton checked the monitors making note that all vitals were within the normal range with the exception of temperature but that was lower than her last check so it was still heading down. "I will get the nurse to come in shortly to draw some more blood to see where the infection is at but everything is looking great."
"Thank you, Doc."
"Don't thank me it was Kara and Eliza. Without them you would not be alive right now."
"What do you mean?" Alex question.
Kara stepped up closer to the bed. "Eliza was able to use my white blood cells to help boost your system to fight the infection." Kara smiled "I guess technically we are now blood sisters well."
"So do I get added bonuses like flying perhaps?" Alex smirked.
"I hope not I can only handle one daughter that can fly!"
"Thank you both!" Alex smiled. Her eyes getting heavy but in typical Alex form she tried to fight it.
"We should let you get some sleep." Dr. Hamilton interjected noticing that her patient needed some rest.
"Yes of course." Eliza replied and then gave Alex a kiss on the forehead. "I love you, Alexandra."
"I love you too, Mom"
"Kara would you stay just till I fall asleep?" Alex asked reaching for her hand.
"Yeah of course." Kara said taking Alex's hand and sitting down in the chair as both Dr. Hamilton and Eliza left the room. "You, OK?"
"Yeah I just needed my sister." Alex smiled.
"Alex, you scared me. I don't know what I would have done had you died."
"You would have continued on being the hero that you are."
"I'm just better when we are together." a single tear escaped Kara's control.
"Me too." Alex replied as her eyelids drifted close.
The END