Alex had been pumped full of fluids and whatever else Hamilton had shot her up with. She'd checked out at one point and she knew that Kara was worried. She'd already had a talk with her sister about trying not to tell her about things (since Alex had overheard what Doctor Hamilton had told Kara and Lucy). She'd also insisted that finding whatever drugs they were shooting her up with at Cadmus was a secondary priority (of course, he sister didn't agree with that...and then eventually the entire transport vehicle had bursted out into a discussion over how to do things).

"It should be black down there," came Benanti's voice over comms.

The plan was that Alex had to stick right with either Adler or Harewood (apparently they were the ones that Benanti had said 'could handle Alex when she got super feisty'). Everyone was in full black, no markings, and with ski masks on. Kara was even told to limit herself with her powers, so that that wasn't something picked up (well at least until they'd gotten the cameras down). Right now, she was walking with Harewood and Torres. Kara hadn't wanted to leave her, but they'd split up in order to cover more ground and to achieve both of their objectives.

Alex was having a hard time keeping up, but as much as she told people to go on without her, they ignored her. Torres helped her along while Harewood took the lead and took out and secured any guards that got between them and where they were going. The cameras were down, but they were still doing their best to conceal their identities.

Pulling away from Torres, Alex perked for a moment as she stilled. It was getting harder to hold her own weight up herself, but she was determined to see this mission through. She'd wanted to go and even with what she knew now (and how she would have demanded they leave her behind with the new knowledge, because she hadn't wanted to be a liability), she was trying to push herself to find J'onn...even if it were the last thing she did.

"What is it?" Torres questioned.

"I think we're going in the right direction," Alex whispered weakly.

Harewood looked confused and went to say something.

"Turn left and then right and then it's two cells down on the right side," Alex pushed out. She watched as Harewood moved quickly ahead of them as Torres grabbed her, supporting part of her weight and helping her move down the corridor.

She was right.

It was the right cell.

It had been the right cell.

But J'onn wasn't there.

It was empty.

The floor was smeared with blood that led right to the door and into the hallway. Panic and fear filled her. She watched as Torres put her finger up to her comms piece.

"Benanti, do you have eyes on the cells?" Torres questioned.

"If I had found the specific lab we needed and where the boss was being held, don't you think I would have made this a lot easier on all of us by now?" Benanti came back over comms.

Her mind raced and she tried to think clearly, logically. The truth was, when she was dragged around in between labs and cells, she didn't look around a whole lot and when she did...it was normally a ceiling, wall, or floor tile that she saw. "Look at the color people are wearing," Alex said as she reached up to her comms.

"There have to be people wearing all-well, that was unexpected," Benanti muttered over comms. "What are they? Color coding this place?"

"Look for yellow," Alex instructed as she closed her eyes as they stood there in the hallway.

"What is yellow?"

"Alien," Alex told her. "Black is guards. White is medical. Red is humans-"

"Seriously, humans are red shirts?" Torres piped up grumpily. She was quiet for a moment. "You weren't in red…"

"Yeah, not sure what the other color is for just yet," Alex mumbled.

There was a long span of silence.

"You're in the yellow section," Benanti told them. "Though, there's a splattering of black and white in there too...a couple of red. Also, I've disabled the emitters throughout the base with the backup on. There were quite a few types."

"That'll help," Alex whispered.

"We keep looking then," Harewood said and took the lead once more.

"She can't go much farther," she heard Torres say. Alex's eyes were closed and she didn't even know how she'd walked as far as she had, even with Torres' help.

"We're here," Harewood announced.

In that moment, she felt like she'd regained strength suddenly. Her eyes popped open and she took the steps and supported herself more than she had in the last ten minutes of searching. Torres seemed to catch on quickly and they moved towards the cell. They entered and Torres leaned her against a wall before Torres went to help Harewood to help J'onn.

They'd strung up J'onn in the middle of the cell, suspended by his arms. From what she could see, he was unconscious. It was dim, though, and she was exhausted. She sucked in a heavy and painful breath as her eyes didn't leave him.

"Boss? Can you hear us?" Torres said.

They didn't need to worry about the cameras or any recordings because Benanti was taking care of the system, but up to this point they'd kept their ski masks on. Harewood pulled his off now and shoved it into a pocket. They released J'onn and Harewood took most of his weight as he sort of tumbled.

J'onn's eyes opened and she could hear the disorientation hit him as a groan escaped his lips that jumbled with a question. "Why?"

"Boss, do you know who I am?" Harewood questioned.

"Davis…" J'onn whispered. He shook his head a moment later. "No, it's not-"

"We're taking you home, Boss," Torres said now, she'd removed her mask as well.

Alex just watched him. He transformed into his true green form, she knew that holding the form of Hank Henshaw took energy from him. She was surprised that they hadn't found him like that, but Alex assumed that he'd just been used to holding it while the emitters had suppressed his abilities.

"Alex…"

"She's-"

"I'm here," Alex whispered.

Their eyes immediately met and she saw J'onn pull away from the others. It was like he was taking it all in, that they were really real. She reached up and pulled the mask off, it took far more strength than it should have. God, she felt so horrible. Alex shouldn't have allowed Jeremiah to take her, but not him.

J'onn turned to Harewood first, his arm extending and his hand touching the other man's shoulder. There was an unspoken exchange between the two men before he turned to Torres and gave her a nod, which was returned.

"We found the lab," Adler's voice came over the comms.

"We've got the boss," Torres informed them.

"Aww… Happy ending for us, Guys," Benanti said cheerily over the comms. "We're having drinks after this, right? Maybe marathoning 'Outlander'? I haven't watched any of this season."

"We need to get Danvers-" J'onn started.

"Some weird drug?" Harewood questioned. "We know. Adler's already got it."

"Team Sprinkle Donuts is heading your way Team Grumpy Pants," Benanti announced.

"Benanti," Harewood snapped into his comms. "The only thing I'm going to be grumpy about is getting arrested and not making it home tonight to tuck my kids in."

"Like I'd ever let that happen to you, Sweetheart."

Alex just smiled, it was all she could do to keep from crying. The guilt she was feeling inside. J'onn moved towards her and Alex nearly crumpled to the floor before he got there, but he held her up. "I'm sorry," she whispered. Right now, she didn't care who saw or heard anything between them. Though, it was still very weird to have people other than her and Kara to see J'onn in his true form (especially so close up).

Before anything else could happen, the others were there. J'onn turned his attention to them, Kara was immediately hugging him. Alex just glanced down, J'onn still had a hand on her to keep her upright. Adler set down a rather large duffel bag at Alex's feet, started to go through it, and then pulled out a syringe. She rezipped the bag and then straightened. "Preference for where this goes?"

"Not in my spine?" Alex mumbled as she looked up again.

Adler shrugged, yanked fabric downward, and injected Alex in her upper thigh. "Now...you're dosed...and we have the boss...let's get out of here."

All of the sudden, J'onn was hugging Adler, which she obviously hadn't expected and was a little tense about...of course, that was just how Alice was. The only one she was really physically emotionally with was Lara and Charlie.

"That is so my hug," Alex heard Benanti complain over comms.

"I'll give you one when I see you," J'onn said. He turned to Lucy and gave her a nod. "How much trouble are you all going to be in?"

"If we did this right," Lucy said. "None."

Everyone started to file out, but then J'onn turned to Alex. He reached out and cupped her cheek for a moment. Emotions bubbled like crazy inside of her. "It wasn't your fault," he whispered with a small smile. She still felt guilty just the same. He leaned in and pressed a kiss to her forehead before he grabbed her mask and pulled it back over her face. "They want you back… If they see you, they're going to come after you with all they have," he warned. "Can you walk?"

"No," Adler said with a huff.

Adler was still at the door waiting for them. She pulled down the mask, she'd obviously heard J'onn's warning, plus none of them needed to Without another word, the other woman came over and Alex found herself being the subject of a fireman lift and was being carried out of the room.

"Boss! It's this way!" Alex wondered if J'onn waited for that exact moment where she couldn't do anything to stop him. She tried to dislodge herself from Adler's hold, but the other agent wasn't letting her go. "Stop it, Danvers!" Adler snapped.

"I have to go back," J'onn said. "I have to see-"

Just then, there was a click and every single cell on the block popped open. "Reinforcements are on their way, people… Distraction time. Your extraction team is standing by," Benanti said over comms.

"There's no time," Kara told him.

"Lara, you get to that extraction point," Adler said firmly.

"I'll race you there, Love," Benanti replied cheerily.

Though Alex was not in the best position, she knew one thing for sure. None of them were leaving without him. It was now or never. "J'onn, we don't have time," Lucy reiterated.

Alex suddenly felt dizzy, her vision blurred, and her body started to tingle before she finally blacked out.

TBC…