Mon-El was in a kind of coma.

He was healthy, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with him, he was just…in a coma.

Alex and Kara had brought over a few sunlamps which were now surrounding Mon-El's bed, along with the other machines that were monitoring his vitals.

Caitlin, Lena, and Alex were working hard to figure out a new cure but it was slow going. Looking at the Daxamite's vitals, they concluded that the first mixture had done something to his cells but they weren't sure if it was working for the positive or the negative. In a way, they were back to square one.

Kara had thrown herself into her Supergirl duties and at all other times, she had a pencil behind her ear and a notebook nearby. Winn had expected her to be visiting Mon-El at every free moment but instead, the blonde Kryptonian seemed to be keeping her distance.

On top of her work on the new cure and her CEO hours, Lena was working with Winn to study Lex's formerly-Kryptonite-now-lead releasing machine, both hoping to find something that could help.

Days passed with no success. Caitlin and Alex brainstormed dozens of ideas but none of them worked.

Weeks rolled by, their labors proved unfruitful. Barry was putting in his two cents on the matter but it didn't help much. Felicity and Ray chipped in as well but to no avail.

Months dragged by with no real differences. Everyone was starting to lose hope. Even the ever optimistic Kara seemed ready to call it off.

"On the bright side, we know what won't work," Winn tried for a smile.

"I'll record it for further reference," Lena said dryly. They were in one of L-Corp's many labs, Lex's box in front of them, papers and tools littered the work space.

"I don't think-"

Winn's comment was cut off as a blue portal opened in the corner of the room. A second later, Barry appeared. "Where's Kara?"

"Um, I think she's working on an article for the Turtle." Winn answered, using his own nickname for Snapper ("You know, like a snapping turtle?").

"Do they have anything?" Lena asked.

Barry sighed. "They were pretty hopeful."

Lena picked up her phone and shot Kara a simple text.

Lena: Barry's here.

"When did they figure it out?" Winn was fidgeting nervously.

"Two hours ago," Barry said. "They've been debating on whether to test it out and what Mon-El's reaction may be to it and I helped them whip a machine that mimicked the lead device."

"Barry?" Kara speed in, Lena's and Winn's papers from their observations on Lex's machine flew off in every direction. "What going on? Is everything okay?"

"Whoa!" Barry took a step back. It looked like Kara hadn't slept in days (which she might not have) and there was a smudge of ink across her forehead that he though wise not to ask about.

Kara frowned. "What?"

"Nothing, nothing," The speedster shook his head. "You just…uh, you have…I mean, are you…you know what never mind. I was just-"

"Barry!" Lena felt only slightly tempted to wring the man's neck. "You're almost as bad as Kara" ("Hey!" Kara pouted) "Get to the point already!"

"Yeah, right, sorry, I'll do that. Uh, they might have a cure."

"When are they going to test it out?" Kara asked.

"Um, well…" Barry looked down at his watch. "They injected him about forty minutes ago."

"WHAT?!" Kara looked about ready to explode.

"Yeah," Barry rubbed his neck nervously. "We didn't want to get your hopes up or anything so we were going to wait but I decided to come get you because I figured you should know and now Alex will probably murder me but-"

"Open the portal." Kara barked.

"Yes, ma'am." Barry thought it wise not to get even more on Kara's bad side (if Kara even had a bad side you could get on).

Kara grabbed Lena and Winn and pulled them and Barry through the portal.

"Couldn't keep your mouth closed, huh, Scarlet Speedster," Alex teased as the four of them stepped out into Earth-1.

"Has anything changed?" Kara asked immediately.

Alex grinned. "Come here," She waved Kara into another room. A few seconds later, the older Danvers returned, a satisfied smile on her face.

"It worked?" Winn asked eagerly.

"Yep." Alex nodded.

"You couldn't have waited for us?" Lena shook her head, only slightly miffed.

Alex smirked. "I was too impatient to get your deadweight over here."

Lena raised her eyebrows but before she could say anything, Caitlin entered. Her eyes scanned the new arrivals.

"Kara's with Mon-El, I presume?"

"Correct." Alex agreed.

Caitlin grinned. "Good."

"Well," Winn muttered. "This feels super anti-climatic now."

Lena, Alex, and Caitlin all took turns smacking him.

For a while, Kara just stared. Alex had left her right inside the doorway a few minutes before but she couldn't seem to find the energy to move toward the bed.

Mon-El was staring back at her. His eyes open and alert. Trained right on her.

"Promise me something?" Mon-El rasped.

"Yeah?"

"When we get back to Earth-1, I want pizza and potstickers."

There was silence for a split second.

Then Kara laughed and Mon-El loved how it was unreserved and completely happy.

She walked over to his bed and took his hand in hers. "A man after my own heart."

Mon-El smiled as he hoisted himself up and wrapped his arms around Kara. "I love you."

Kara breathed in. "I love you."

"So what was the winning formula?" Mon-El asked. He was happily back on Earth-38, hanging out at Kara's apartment with the gang and Barry's friends.

Alex and Caitlin immediately started talking about complex molecular structures or something of that nature and after a few minutes only Winn and Lena were really listening.

"Hey, Barry?" Kara nudged the Scarlet Speedster's arm.

"Yeah?" Barry turned toward the Girl of Steel.

"Why were you here in the first place? I mean, that day on the roof? Not that I'm not grateful but it's kind of an odd place to be, on the roof of this one building, and I'm sure you had better things to do than show up on my earth."

Barry's ears turned a little pink. "Uh, we were just, you know, in the neighborhood and decided to stop by?"

Kara raised an eyebrow.

"That's maybe worse than Kara's excuses," Mon-El put in.

Cisco stepped over. "We were actually here because someone, I don't who that could be," The tech nerd jerked his thumb pointedly at Barry. "Claimed that Earth-38 had some of the best doughnuts ever so we were going to stop by to grab a few boxes."

Kara stifled a laugh; Barry ducked his head.

"Sounds like something only a true foodie would do," Mon-El observed wisely.

Cisco scoffed. "Sure. But I'm pretty sure Earth-1 is the best place for food in the entire multi-verse."

Kara shook her head. "Dream on, breacher boy."

Cisco groaned. "Hey, what did I say about the naming thing?"

"Too late," Barry sympathized. "It's already stuck."

Author's Note:

And that's it!

Thanks for the comments and for pushing me to expand my original idea; I really enjoyed it.