Alex had trouble breathing while recounting the events to herself. Her steps had guided her absentmindedly to Kara's apartment. Once she got there the cozy place helped. She went straight to the fridge to get a bottle of beer and then tried to relax on the couch. She held a cushion tightly to her chest while the images played in her memory. Finding Maggie, or actually having Maggie find Alex, had been a shocking surprise. The more the woman talked to her though, the more she felt at ease, just like in a lightheaded mood. And the more she saw her smile, the more she got lost in the moment. Maggie had brought up some interesting but casual topics which led to a comfortable conversation. Alex was truly enjoying her company until Maggie got a call and she left in a hurry. Alex wondered why. In fact now that she thought about it, she knew nothing about the woman, except that her name is Maggie and she is... so beautiful. Alex felt a smile conquer her face as she shook her head. How magical life is sometimes, it always finds a way to surprise me when I least expect it.
"Hey Alex" Kara walked through the door and found her sister on the couch in deep thought.
Alex greeted her with a soft "Hey" and waited for Kara to sit by her side. Both studied each other's expression in silence. Alex looked conflicted, scared, slightly amused... it was clear her whole world had flipped around. Kara's face showed compassion, concern, kindness... she was ready to listen to whatever her sister wanted to share with her, to confide her, and she was absolutely ready to support her.
"Do you want to talk?" the younger sister broke the silence with a smile.
The older sister started talking at once, she wasn't able to hold it in anymore. Her speech was accelerated and mixed up, confusing Kara for a few seconds until she could go back to track with some new information. Alex told her about Maggie, how they met, how she recognized her from her dreams. She told Kara how beautiful Maggie's smile is, how unbelievably surprising life is and how stupid she feels being almost thirty and talking like that about someone she just met.
Kara laughed sweetly. Her sister looked confused, yes, but she also looked happy. "I'm happy for you" She said. "You know I am always here for you." Both sisters shared a warm embrace in silence. Then Kara looked Alex in the eyes and grabbed her shoulders saying, "Wait, did you get her number?" Alex laughed and shook her head.
What did I get myself into?
Maggie was driving her car to another crime scene. Things got weirder and weirder ever since she accepted that special mission. At first she thought it would be easy, well not easy but at least fast. Now, the more she looked into it, the deeper she saw things. And then there was Alex Danvers. She was just... No, don't think about Alex Danvers.
Luckily she was a turn away from her crime scene and that would be a good distraction. Stepping out of the car she approached the scene, where forensic doctors were already working, searching for evidence to bring some light into the case.
"What do we have here?" Maggie asked.
One doctor stood up, "Hello, detective. Well we don't really know what we have here yet, there is this... weird... chemical... all over the body."
"A chemical?" Maggie asked.
The doctor's answer was interrupted by a woman walking towards them and showing her identification, "Alex Danvers, special agent. I'll take it from here." She introduced herself while some people arrived behind her, all dressed in black, and started to guide the forensic doctors away from the crime scene they had previously been investigating.
"Maggie Sawyer, detective." Maggie said showing her identification to Alex. Her face not even slightly friendly. "This is my jurisdiction, this case is mine."
"Your jurisdiction ends where I say it does." Alex replied. Her face and Maggie's were really close, but she didn't let it get to her head. This was work, and Alex Danvers took her job very seriously. She was too personally involved in it to do otherwise.
Maggie held Alex's gaze and smirked. "See you around, agent Danvers." She said simply, and walked away.
Alex couldn't help an involuntary smirk in response, but luckily nobody saw it. She shook her head and immediately focused on her job again. "What do we have here?" she asked.
"Looks like Meigordian saliva, agent Danvers." One of the agents said.
"Take everything to the lab." Alex commanded.
Supergirl, Jon and Winn were all impatiently waiting at the D.E.O. for the results of the lab examinations. Supergirl, pacing around with her arms folded, rolled her eyes at the nonsense her friend Winn was speaking. He usually does that when he's nervous. Jon was clearly blocking him from his mind, in deep thought focusing on something that seemed so much more important.
Alex walked towards them, still wearing her gloves and holding a plastic bag in her right hand, "Hey" She said out of breath. "It is in fact Meigordian saliva." She addressed directly to Jon.
"Dammit." The captain said. "We need to find that thing and bring it here."
"I'm sorry... what's a Meigordian?" Winn asked lifting his index finger shyly but enthusiastically. Supergirl also looked like she wanted to know more.
Alex sighed, "It's an alien creature that has been tracked and documented before every catastrophe... before every end of a world."
"It is harmless though" Jon added. "It just panics and comes to the surface when there's certainty of an upcoming apocalypse. It feeds from corpses."
Winn winced.
"So the man was already dead." Kara said, it was more a statement than a question.
"Yes. But it wasn't any man. I found this." Alex pointed at the plastic bag she put on the desk. There was a piece of paper that had apparently been neatly handwritten but now some numbers on it were barely visible. "The saliva made everything blurry but it seems to be some kind of code, maybe a secret message... I identify kryptonian letters I think. Can you look into it, Winn?" Alex explained and asked.
"I got it." Winn answered, and grabbed the bag to take it to his desk.
"Good job, Alex." Jon said before walking away to give some new commands to the other agents.
Alex saw her younger sister's expression, "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I saw... I remember the saliva thing in Krypton before... before..." Supergirl couldn't finish but her older sister understood. She put her palm on the other's shoulder and squeezed softly.