Sorry about the delay, I shall post a few chapters back to back. I have a lot of footage to go over with my recent movie.
Collaborated with: LVEZZ
Kara Danvers is finally sleeping, everything after the sound grenade went off was just blank. With the swelling died down significantly her mind is working itself out to recall the last events to know what happened.
Recalling waking up in a new cell with her arms being chained to the upper corners of the walls, kryptonite in the cuffs and the collar. Flexing her hands that have lost the majority of feeling, feeling a little dizzy and disoriented, she lifts her head to look around and find Roulette in front of her, glaring. Groaning Kara closes her eyes 'let this be a dream... please... not back in the hell hole...' only to open her eyes again and see she is back there. Her mind starts to clear and then her eyes snap open with clarity, looking around she looks at her wrists and sees a couple of guards. 'Kara isn't here... she's safe' she lets out a breath of relief.
Hamilton is updating her patient record. Brainy is sitting with Mon El waiting for Kara. Alex has walked in and is waiting with Hamilton in her office. Hamilton is bitching about Overgirl to her.
"Miss me?" Roulette asks and Kara glares daggers at her, "well that's understandable... mutual. I didn't realize how difficult you two would be honestly... but now I'm given the chance to sell you to a friend," she walks up to Kara and touches her cheek. Watching the young woman pull her face away she grins. "This buyer is a friend of yours... however I need you and your twin, and right now I'm willing to do whatever it takes to have the both of you in my grasp. Even if it makes the buyer angry."
Kara watches her step away and a new guard steps in with the shock gun. She feels her heart start beating faster 'Rao...' she tenses up as the prongs flash.
"Where is your twin?" Roulette asks behind him, waiting patiently.
Kara stares at her defiantly, "your not getting her," she seethes and watches as the gun is brought up. She feels the charge get pressed up to her torso and sends a powerful current through her body. She clenches her jaw, hands are balled up tightly, staring at the ceiling she counts the seconds down to hold out. Finally he pulls it away and she gasps in relief and continues hanging.
'Kara... please don't come here... Alex... Mon-El... I need you' she looks at Roulette, seeing an angry fire in her eyes, 'I can't get out of this one...'
"Where is your twin? My hunting party will find her and then..." Roulette gives a wicked laugh reminding Kara of Cruella. "Your both going to pay for the labour and man power to get this place back up and running!"
"When my friends get here-" Kara starts but the gun is pressed into her chest without warning, obviously. No time to prepare, her body jerks in the chains and her scream meets their ears. She is just grateful that her twin isn't seeing it or getting the same punishment. Finally he pulls it away and Kara is panting, she can hear her heart beating in her ears.
Walking up to Kara, arms folded across her chest, "well... Supergirl? I'll give you one last chance to come clean. As much as I love hearing your scream," her red lips turn up into a wicked grin. "I've got it saved on my phone, so please... before this gets worse on you. Tell me where your twin is because I can guarantee you... your friend's aren't coming," she takes Kara's chin in her hand and holds onto her firmly.
Making sure Kara can't pull away, she tries to kick but finds her ankles are bound together attached to the floor. "I sent them your first torture video as you were going into the arena... you're going to be alone... here... hurting... hearing the screams from the other slaves... unable to do anything. You can only wait... for the next thing to come for you," Roulette lets go of her chin and takes a step back to watch Kara.
'I know J'onn... he keeps closer tabs on me... they knew before the video... right? Alex is on her way... Mon-El would use the ship... they have to be on their way! Kara and I will get saved... soon... I have to hold out. This monster doesn't know my friend's... my family,' Kara thinks and narrows her eyes onto her in anger.
"You have no idea who your messing with," Kara states defiantly, "you are going to regret the day you picked up my twin and I and brought us here. I know my friend's are coming and they won't hold back like I do-"
Roulette back hands Kara in the mouth, busting her lip and seethes at her, "not what I want to hear," she snaps her fingers in annoyance. Kara feels the prongs get pushed into her again and she screams in agony, her body on fire, arms and legs pulling on the chains. Her heart feels like it's going to beat out of her chest when the shock stops.
Looking up at Roulette with shuddering breaths, Kara hangs there limply again, "I'm not telling you anything!" She says with as much strength as she can muster.
Sighing, obviously disappointed, "lets see how half an hour with this do-hickey will make you feel?" Roulette holds up the sound grenade and she visibly watches as Kara looks very nervous about it. Holding it up like a toy, "by the way, it was synthetic soldiers who apprehended you by that gate. Lying in wait," she says cooly before pressing the button and letting it drop to the floor.
Cringing, Kara closes her eyes and moves her head, feeling disoriented and the pain is spreading through her ears. Her head is pounding and she hears a crackling in her ear drums, then more pain erupts. She has no idea of how much time has gone by, her body rigid as the tortured scream bounces off the walls.
Veins bulging, face red, tears pouring down her cheeks. Soon she is unable to hear her scream, images go through her mind of Overgirl in the stream and her smile. 'Your safe...' she thinks as her eye sight clouds over. Images of Alex and Mon-El pop into her mind, smiling, laughing at the alien bar. 'Please... save me...' white stars dot her vision with black consuming. She falls unconsious.
Her ears are nearly fully healed and subconsciously she can feel she is in water. Kara's brain kicks in 'oh no... is she submerging my head!' Her eyes shoot open to see bubbles and clear water in front of her. Reaching out her hands hit the glass and she can faintly see someone. 'Where am I?'
Mon El sees she has awakened and immediately drains the tank. Opening it, he helps her out. "Welcome back dear."
Kara coughs, shocked to see Mon-El before her she holds onto him tightly, "please tell me this isn't a dream..." she spits out water.
He places her on an exam table for Hamilton to check her again. She sees both Hamilton and Alex quickly walk over to her.
Looking around she remembers her surroundings but is confused, "where am I? Where's Kara Queen?"
Alex immediately hugged her right there on the table. She didn't care about the fact that Kara was drenched in tank water.
She suddenly realizes she can hear again, feeling Alex's arms brought so much comfort and clutches onto her carefully. "Your here!" Tears well up in her eyes and she starts trembling.
"We rescued you. Well Overgirl did, then we cleaned up the battle for you two."
"J'onn is arresting the vile woman that took you two." Mon El told her while Hamilton checked her ears.
"How do you feel Kara?" Alex asked worried. They gave her a towel to dry her hair.
"She should be taken out of the wet suit." Hamilton told them all. She grabbed a set of scrubs. She pointed at the bathroom. "Do you need assistance changing?" She asked her.
Kara rubs at her eyes to wipe the tears away, "tired... mentally..." she sighs and looks up at them, "I think I just recalled my last conscious time with Roulette and thought I was waking up to my head being submerged," she swallows, "I'm just beyond relieved to be away from that place."
Taking a deep breath, she sits herself up and closes her eyes, "this time... yes," feeling embarrassed as her emotions are still swimming. The idea of no longer being in chains, collars, the sound grenade, seeing Overgirl in pain, the feel of her open gashes feels too good to be true, more tears spill down her cheeks.
"I'll help you baby." Alex walked her to the bathroom and helped get her out of the tight wet super suit. She handed her a nearby towel and the scrubs. "I'll wait right outside the door hon." She told her sliding the door closed.
"I am going to kill that woman!" She growled under her breath. "Brainy call J'onn and get him on the comm. For me! I need to talk to him now!"
Brainiac 5 immediately went to the ship's comm.
"Yes Alex?" Winn answered.
"Where is J'onn?"
For Kara she feels like it's a dream, watching her older sister and having her help. Being locked up for so long, she really didn't know of how much longer she'd be able to deal with that vile place. To finally be fully healed and no longer feeling the lingering pain, and hoping that she'd be saved, but never knowing of when it will happen and to finally be there causes her to pull on her scrubs and sit on the floor. Covering her face she lets the tears fall freely, just a moment for herself to break down. No longer having to stay strong or think of a solution.
Winn taps his head set, "J'onn I've got Alex on for you."
J'onn is presently shooting at targets and pulls his noise canceling head cover off. Tapping his ear bud, "how's everything Alex?" He knows she is going to be angry so he keeps his voice even, so she's aware.
Winn could see Alex was angry. "She has been traumatized J'onn!" She shouted on the earpiece. "I want that woman arrested and in our DEO cell! I will be giving her a heavy piece of my mind!" She seethed.
J'onn nearly pulls the ear bud out at her voice, "Alex... I... I know how you feel. When you informed me of where she was, I knew this would happen the longer it took us to save her." He sighs, "I have a team apprehending her, and," he wets his lips deep in thought.
He doesn't want to give her to Alex, but hearing it from her of how bad Supergirl is he knows there is no stopping her. His heart breaking at playing her voice in his head that Kara Danvers is traumatised by her ordeal and he looks at the target in front of him. "Permission granted."
"Thank you. Let me know when your team has her."
He closes his eyes, "Alex... what happened with our girl?" He asks softly.
"She and her twin went for pizza J'onn! It is getting to the point she isn't safe anywhere she goes!" She wailed at him thoroughly upset. "She's too sweet to have this crap happen to her! Chains, shocks, whips! Do you want me to go on!"
"Veronica will be lucky if I don't kill her!" She growled threatening. "And I suspect If I don't Kara's twin will!"
He takes a seat on the bench along the back wall, he watches Winn come up to the window of the door. Clearly he's listening in and his own eyes are glazed over at what Alex is saying. Pressing his lips together tightly, "I will have you escorted to her holding cell when you return. But Alex," he says calmly while looking down at his hands, "you need to calm yourself. Kara can probably hear you and you need to be her rock, you and Mon-El. She needs you both now more than ever just as Kara Queen has her husband."
"Kara Queen has been strangely calm. I think she is the one who you need to worry about J'onn. I need to check on Kara Danvers. She's been in there awhile changing."
Taking some deep breaths, Kara overheard Alex shouting at J'onn and choose to tune her out.
She opened the door to see her little sister in a puddle on the floor. "Hey," she pulled her up and tightly embraced her. "You're alright now." She soothed kissing the top of her head and rubbing her back. "You're safe sweetie. I got you." She hugged her little sister even tighter.
Kara hugs her back, tightly but careful, like a tick to always be careful with her. "Sorry... I wish I wasn't a mess... just... no longer having to be strong and everything..." She enjoys the strength of her big sister holding her. Taking in her strength as best she can.
"You don't have to be strong sweetie." She wiped the tears away from her eyes. "Come on, let's finish your exam then you can eat." She told her grinning.
Kara looks at Alex and smiles a little, "real food does sound good," standing up.
She walked her back to the doctor and she finished the exam. "Your ears are healing. You will have your super hearing back in no time." She told her after examining her, hooking her up to a monitor and checking all her vitals including her solar cells.
"Your solar level is down. So when we get back, I want you on the sun bed okay?" She asked her concerned.
Nodding her head, "so long as there's a pillow, I'll lie there for as long as you want," she says, knowing better than to fight with her. "That and I kinda miss it," she smiles a little.
Mon El and Alex take her to the cafeteria. "You get to wear scrubs till your suit dries off." Alex told her leading her to the cafeteria. Once in she sees both Oliver and her twin.
She can't help but smile at that little incentive, "music to my ears," she comments. Her eyes widen upon seeing her twin and she walks over to her quickly and hugs her immediately. "I'm so happy they never found you," she whispers.
"About that... you endured more torture keeping me safe didn't you?" She looked at her frowning.
She presses her lips together firmly, "a little..." She admits, "a few shocks... no whips."
"Kara your ears were damaged. What in Rao did she use on your ears? You were unconscious when I found you!" She hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head. She was taller than her twin by a few inches as she was in her boots and her twin was barefoot.
"I am so sorry I waited longer than I should have!" She teared up from the pain of what her twin had gone through.
Kara closes her eyes, "a sound grenade..." not wanting to go into any detail and gives her a tight hug. "I don't remember anything after that... what did happen? And I told you I would be back and I wasn't... not your fault," she adds.
"That grenade made you go unconscious. About the time I rescued you the Legion came." She purred in her ear quietly, "I am glad you are back in my arms."
The crew is looking at this unusual display of affection.
Kara feels a blush come to her cheeks, the memories flooding back in full force.
Oliver raises his eye brows, "that ordeal made you two closer," he comments as he takes a bite of his toast with strawberry jam. "Which I get," he adds and stands up to put a hand onto Kara's shoulder, "I'm happy to see your awake and bouncing back," he smiles.
"Ummm can I make you a tray?" Mon El asked awkward.
Kara bites her bottom lip and looks at him, "yeah your right... food," she gives her twins shoulder a gentle squeeze before walking with him.
Kara Queen felt an emptiness watching her lover go to her man. She had to get rid of these feelings and she didn't know how to do it.
Oliver places his hands onto her shoulders from behind and gently rubs them, "are you okay?" He asks softly into her ear.
"Uhh, I will be. Just have to work through some issues." She sat back down, trying to finish her food, but suddenly not having an appetite for it anymore.
He rubs her upper back, "is there anything I can do?" He leans down next to her, "I know your going through some things and I just want you to know." He sits down looking at her, care in his eyes, "I know it took me two weeks until I could perform again after I was tortured... you helped me... and all I'm saying is, I know it'll take time and that I'm here for you." He kisses her temple.
She headed back to their room. Stripped out of her uniform and took a hot shower. After showering she changed into a tank top and sweat pants, she was pretty sure they were Oliver's, and found the gym to work out.
He hadn't expected her to leave abruptly, and after a moment he finally gets up and follows after her.
In the gym he sees her lifting very heavy weights. Two thousand pound each weights. And she is swinging them around like the weight of a feather. He can see there is something definitely wrong with his wife.
Oliver holds his hands up and approaches his wife, "easy there... I'm a friendly... please talk to me," he says a little concerned.
She gets up from the weights, and started running on the treadmill. Soon she is super speeding on it. She has to seriously hold on or she will fly right off.
Oliver walks over and stands in front of the treadmill, "honey please talk to me," he is tempted to turn it down. "You can't go at that speed for long or you're going to hurt yourself! You haven't eaten enough to recover from your ordeal!"
She turns it down, going human speed, then slows it down to a stop. She gets off and looks for the towels, she finds them in a cupboard and wipes her face off.
Oliver follows after her, "hey! Talk to me!"
She sees a fridge and grabs a cold bottle of water. She throws another to him.
Rolling his eyes, "that's not talking... please don't shut me out!"
"I can't." She told him sitting down, she sipped her water, fresh tears threatening. She blinked them back though. "How long till we get back?" She finally asked composing herself.
He kneels down in front of her, placing his hands onto her knees and looking up at her. "You can talk to me about anything honey, I won't judge, I won't get angry or anything. Just talk to me."
"When we get back to the DEO, I will have our portal device in hand. I will kill Roulette, and then we will leave." She told him calmly sipping her drink. Sweat glistening on her skin from that super speed workout. "Back to our own world where I belong!" She drained the bottle and crushed the bottle turning it to plastic dust.
He reaches up and caresses her face, "honey, I love you with all of my heart," he moves up to kiss her.
She allows it, but doesn't kiss back. She seems set on her intent. Preoccupied with her thoughts.
Oliver wets his bottom lip and pulls it under his top teeth to bite on it in thought. "You want to kill Roulette for what she did to your twin," he watches her eyes. "I'm sorry you don't feel comfortable enough to talk to me..." He stands up slowly and walks to the large punching bag and hits it as hard as he can before walking out.
Having eaten half of the food in stock, Kara didn't realise how hungry she was, all she wants to do is forget. But she knows she won't, and she knows she has to talk with Kara Queen.
She sits on her bed that Mon-El brought her to and looks up at him, "can you stay with me? I don't want to be alone right now..."
"Of course. You lie down and rest. I will be right here beside you." He kissed her on her forehead.
She opens up the bed sheet, "no, come here, please," she says looking up imploring. "Put your arms around me, I just need to... feel the security. I sound pretty sappy, eh?" She frowns, but in honesty she really wants to hold someone and she knows it has to be him.
He comes into the sheets and holds her. "No you have been through a lot. I understand." He told her hugging her.
She looks up at him, staring into his dark brown eyes, looking over the small details of his face before reaching a hand up to trace his jaw with her finger tip. "I was thinking about you... when I was before Roulette last," she looks into his eyes again. "I told her that my friends were coming... and when I last thought of you I was wishing to be saved..." she looks at his chest. Toying with his shirt, "it hurt so much Mon-El..." her bottom lip quivers.
"You're safe now. I can tell this really got to you. Why don't you sleep sweet Kara. I think if you get rest you will feel tons better."
"Yeah... no kidding... I just don't want to be seen as weak," she says quietly while nestling herself into him closer.
"Just sleep. No one will think of Supergirl as weak."
She closes her eyes, hoping he is right and drifts off. It is a restless sleep, but she gets rest.
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