Day 5, 6 left. Since Eliza's arrival, Alex had given her her bed in Kara's room and was now sleeping in the seat next to her sister's bed. Eliza had argued for her daughter to keep the comfortable bed but she had stopped as soon as Alex had sat in the seat, crossed her arms, and glared at her with a very determined glare.

The young agent woke up after the alarm on her watch, slowly stiring and moving carefully her numb limbs and back. Like she had done those past few days, her first action was to check on Kara's vitals. This day, she frowned when she saw that her temperature had risen again and her breath and heartrate had become faster.

"Oh no..." she whispered to herself.

Alex turned her head to wake up her mother but she frowned in confusion when she noticed the bed was empty. The young woman stood up, gave a last sad and worried look to her sister before heading in her lab. If her mother was anywhere in this base, it would be there. Alex was already ready to yell at her mother for not waking her. Fists closed and deadly stare were settled. The agents that the woman saw on her way didn't even dare to talk to her, even to be polite. They all knew the many faces that Alex allowed herself to show at work and this one was the furious one. She was scary and no one could deny that.

When Alex bursted her lab door open, she found Eliza in a big discussion with Doctor Hamilton. She was explaining and showing all of their work.

"Mom, why didn't you wake me up?" Alex asked not even looking at the doctor

"Doctor Hamilton asked me to share our last discovery and I wanted you to rest." Eliza calmly said

"Did you notice Kara's temperature is rising again?" the young agent questioned this time adressing both of the other women

"What? No, I didn't." Hamilton said rushing over the medbay

Eliza's face dropped and gave a sudden worried look at her daughter before the two went after Hamilton.

When they entered the medbay, the doctor was auscultating Kara. A few seconds later, Hank showed up.

"What's happening? I saw you running." he wondered detailing every of the doctor's moves

"Her vitals changed." Alex said simply

"Does it mean her powers are coming back?" the director asked with a light of hope

"No..." Hamilton began. "The drugs aren't enough anymore and the virus is taking over."

"She's doing worse." Alex concluded staring at Hank

On this, the young agent walked out of the room, obviously upset.

"Sorry." Hamilton said writing her observations in Kara's file.

Eliza walked closer to the bed and took her daughter's hand in hers. She was burning and was starting to sweat again. The older woman leaned over and kissed Kara's forehead gently.

"I should go talk to Alex." Hank stated wanting to leave in order to give privacy to the woman

"No." Eliza contered still staring at Kara. Then a second later, she lifted her head and looked at the martian. "I'm going."

And without any more words, Eliza left Kara and exited the room.

"We are too short in time! I need more time to save Kara!" Alex shouted at her mother

"Alex, calm down." Eliza suggested very low

"Calm down!? You want me to calm down when this virus is killing Kara!? How can you be so calm anyway? Don't you care about her?" the young woman yelled pacing her lab

"Alex! Enough!" Eliza shouted louder to stop her daughter. "I love Kara as much as I love you." she started placing her hands on Alex's arms. "You let your anger speak for you and that's why we need to stay calm. You aren't doing any good if you act like this. We have to stay focussed, for Kara." she finished her eyes locked with Alex's

"For Kara." the young agent repeated with a low voice, getting back to a normal breathing

"Good." Eliza said with a comforting smile. "Now, I might have something that will cheer you up." she added bringing her daughter closer to the computer. "Look at this."

Alex smiled when she saw the results of the last test.

"That's what I call a lead. What do you think?" Eliza asked smiling widely

"Yes, that's a lead." Alex smiled back with hope building in her mind.

Cat hadn't heard about her assistant in days. She was truly worried and not only for Kara. In five days, of course, Supergirl hadn't made any public appearance and it didn't go unnoticed by people with bad intentions. The crime rate in National City had risen of 30%. The woman knew her little computer elf had details on Kara's condition but he hadn't broken to her psychological torture yet, claiming it was top secret.

So it was with surprise and hope that Cat welcomed an FBI agent in her office. The agent, a woman, closed the door as soon as she was in and sat on one couch while Cat sat in the oposite one.

"I am agent Vasquez. I'm from the F-" she started, her confidence quickly broken by Cat sudden annoyed sigh

"Please don't say FBI." Cat started with her usual glare. "I'm sure you know that I know my assistant's secret identity so don't bother using this stupid trick on me. I know you are from the DEO and that your director is Agent Monroe, although I'm sure this isn't is real name. But please. Go ahead." she finished waving her hand to encourage the other woman.

A little taken aback, Vasquez took a few seconds before starting again.

"Uh... The director sent me to update you on Supergirl's condition and allows you to publish certain element of it. Supergirl isn't doing better. She was stable until this morning. Her temperature started to rise again." the agent explained

"Do you know what is wrong with her?" Cat asked hiding her worry

"She has been infected by a kryptonian virus known as the Argo fever. We are working on a anti-virus as we speak."

"It's not contagious, right?" the older woman asked suddenly feeling intensly germophobic

"Not for humans, no." Vasquez said causing Cat to sigh in relief

"So what am I allowed to publish?"

"That Supergirl has been incapacitated for an undetermined period of time and that the government is working hard to bring her back." the agent stated

"That's not very much." Cat started. "But I understand why this is confidential. People could fear an epidemic of some sort." she explained. "Thank you for telling me."

Vasquez nodded with a formal smile before standing up. Cat was about to walk her out when the other woman stopped her.

"Miss Grant..." she started facing the older woman. "Keep what I'm about to say to yourself... Supergirl has less than six days." Vasquez finished with a sad look.

The agent exited the office, letting Cat taken aback, standing unmoving in the middle of her office.

On her way out, Vasquez was interrupted by Winn.

"Hey, uh... I'm not sure if you remember me but...uh...You talked to Miss Grant about Kara?" he whispered

"Yes, but I don't think I have more than you already know."

"Alex is keeping me posted but... Thank you because she was making me crazy." he chuckled

"Thank Henshaw. That was his idea." Vasquez said before leaving.

SSSSSSSSSSSSS

Kara woke up feeling dizzy. Someone was calling her name, a familiar voice. But she couldn't open her eyes, not yet. The young woman stired, and finally, her eyes opened and flickered under the bright light on the ceiling. The voice was still calling her. But now she knew who it was. It was her sister.

"Alex..." she said weakly

"Hey, I'm here." the agent called making Kara turn her head.

That's when everything in the room revealed itself to her. The sisters were chained by the hands to the wall, next to each other, only two meters separating them. They were just high enough so they would stand with their arms above their head. Kara had kryptonite cuffs and felt pain in her right arm. That's when she remembered the shooting and Cat's lifeless body on the ground. To prevent a tear from rolling down her face, the young woman detailed her sister. She had blood on the right side of her head and was wincing in pain at each inspiration.

"Alex, where are we? What happened to you?" Kara asked a bit desoriented

"Maxwell Lord. That's what happened to me." she started visibly angry at the man. "He and three of his gorillas attacked me when I left my apartment this morning. You?"

"Slightly different. First Lane attacked me in his plane with kryptonite bullets. Then..." Kara struggled to continue. She decided to tell all about it and let a few tears fall. "Alex, there was a lot of weird stuff. I lost my powers fore a minute while I was falling, I hit the ground so hard but I didn't die. Somehow my powers were back. An-and, what happened next was horrible, I'd never seen something like that. When I fell I... I made a crater in a park and killed dozens of people." Kara stopped and started to sob

"Kara, that wasn't your fault." Alex comforted trying to push back the rage

"What happened next was... the young woman started looking at the ground. "Cat came to see me in the park. See if I was ok. And then Max showed up and he...he...he killed her!" Kara finished louder

"Cat is dead!?" Alex couldn't retain her surprise. Cat was probably the only person that could put pressure on Max and now she was gone.

"He shot her right in the heart and I couldn't save her. I failed her." Kara said between guilt and anger.

Alex was about to comfort her little sister once more but decided that now wasn't the time. She needed to know if she had any injuries so they could prepare an escape plan.

"Are you hurt?" she asked carefully

"Max shot me in the shoulder with kryptonite. Other than that...I'm fine. You?"

"I took a pretty good hit on the head as you can see. But my vision is clear so I don't think there anything wrong up there. I probably have a couple of bruised ribs." Alex said before looking all around the room. "We have to get out of there."

"Agreed."

But their escape was put to a hold when the only door of the room opened in front of them. General Lane and Lord entered, smiling.

"I told you they would look good on this wall. The light makes their eyes glow." Max grined

"Finally! The alien ends up right were she is supposed to be." Lane cheered with an evil grin

"They... are right there." Alex spat upset

"Oh don't worry, agent Danvers, we are aware of your presence." Max said

"Curious. I thought you didn't trust the government." Kara teased determined to appear strong

"I still don't. But let's say that General Lane and I share interests and we have a pretty good deal." the scientist said making his collegue nod

"What do you want?" Alex asked

"Well that's simple. We want to anihilate the alien threat and I want to study you" Max said claping his hands

"And I want informations. I know from a good source that there is an alien in the DEO and I want to take him down." Lane added looking straight at Alex

"We won't tell you anything." the agent assured supported by her sister

"We'll see in a few hours." Max grined.

Lane opened the door and let two soldiers and a doctor with a trolley enter the room.

"Let's start simple." the general said motioning to his soldiers to take place.

Each of them stopped in front of each sister. Kara and Alex looked at each other worried and then faced the soldiers with cold and deadly glare.

"The rules are simple. We are going to ask a question to one of you. If the answer doesn't satisfy us, the other gets punched." Max explained earning a glare from both of the sisters

"Who is the alien in the DEO?" Lane asked to Alex

"Go to hell!" she spat already guilty for what Kara was about to get.

Without waiting longer, the soldier punched the kryptonian in the stomach. Kara gasped but handled the pain. She was glad the kryptonite in the bullet and in the cuffs wasn't taking her powers completely away. That was a big surprise for her. Maybe Max had made a mistake he didn't know making the cuffs. But she couldn't say or do anything yet. She had to be patient.

"You." Lane started turning towards Kara. "Same question."

Kara looked at Alex to confirm what she had to do. But she knew already.

"I am the only one."

"Wrong answer." Lane stated

Instantly, the soldier in front of Alex took a step forward and hit her hard in her side. Alex jerked forward in a muffled cry. She kept her head hung for a few seconds, catching her breath, then looked up with a grin, showing she wasn't afraid.

That wasn't quite Kara's case. Sure her face said she was strong but she was doing everything she could to hide the pain she was feeling when she saw Alex took the punch.

"Let's try an other question. Tell me where I can find kryptonian technologies." Max said from the other end of the room

"You could start by looking deep in your a-" Alex started only to be cut of by her interrogator

"Language! You were more pleasant when you were eating slugs." Max said waving at the soldier.

He got interrupted by his superiror.

"Aim a little higher this time."

Understanting what he meant, the soldier lifted his hand and pressed on Kara's open wound. The young woman couldn't retain a loud and raw scream. The man played with the bullet for a few seconds that seemed like hours for the two sisters. When he stopped, Kara looked at Alex, panting, asking for support. For the first time, the older sister let down her walls. For a second and Kara could see the tears threatening her integrity.

"Your turn Supergirl."

Kara stayed silent still catching her breath. Losing patience, Lane eyed at his soldier and the man slamed his fist in Alex's face. The woman had barely the time to let out a gasp of pain that the soldier delivered two other blows in her head.

"Alex!" Kara shouted making the man stop.

The agent let her head fall forward in a way that her short hair were hiding some of her face.

"Would that make you more cooperative?" Max asked Kara who was still panting

"I-I..." she was thinking hard. She couldn't answer but she couldn't bare watch her sister suffer

"Kara... No..." Alex mumbled still looking down.

The young agent looked up to her sister with a determined look. She then stared at the soldier in front of her and spat blood at his feet.

"Very well." Lane started. "Where are the other kryptonians" he asked Kara

"I don't know."

Alex received an other punch in the stomach.

"I don't know, I swear!" Kara shouted

The soldier hit her again in the side and then in the head.

"Stop, please! I don't know!" Kara begged

"Stand down!" Lane ordered

"That's the first time you tell the truth." Max grined. "Looks like your sister is having a hard time." he smirked glancing at Alex.

Kara's eyes widened when she saw her sister hanging by her arms, her head on the side, eyes closed.

"Before we go I want to show you something for round two." Lane stated before lifting the towel that was hiding what was on the trolley.

Kara didn't hide her terror when she saw the syringe full of the glowing green liquid.

"Just think about it next time."

A few minutes later, Alex was awake again.

"Are you ok?" Kara asked as her sister rested her head on the wall, sighing

"Yes, just a headache." she half lied. Of course it was more than a simple headache.

"Listen, I might have something to get out of there. My powers aren't completely gone. My pain tolerance is high and I have a bit of strength. I cracked the cuffs a little."

"That's...good. Can you get us out now? We have to be fast." Alex asked putting herself up, wincing in pain

"Alex, don't you want one more minute? You just woke up." Kara tried.

But seeing the glare Alex was giving her, she looked up to her cuffs and pulled with all her strength. Kara was doing her best not to scream to the pain the bulet in her arm was giving her. Her teeth were clenched, she was frowning, using all the little super-strength she had left. Eventually, the cuffs broke open and fell on the ground. Kara cought her breath for a few seconds and then walked up to Alex.

"Looks like Max isn't the genius he claims to be." the agent chuckled making her sister smile.

Unfortunatly, Kara had just the time to break one of Alex's cuffs when their jailors came in for round two. They were all very surprised and the two soldiers didn't wait long to jump on Kara.

Her strength wasn't back yet so she had to rely on her technique. She managed to dodge one punch and block an other. Kara used one of the soldier's strength against him threw him on his back. Quickly, she punched him in the face and knocked him out cold. But the other man blocked Kara by cercleling the young woman from behind.

"Kara!" Alex shouted struggling against her cuff.

The young hero backed up in one scream of rage and managed to bring the soldier by Alex's reach. The agent threw her legs up and blocked the man by his throat. She squeezed her thighs as tight as she could until he released Kara and passed out. The young woman was about to free her sister when Alex's face filled with terror and screamed "Look out!". But it was too late. Lane took Kara by the throat and pushed a needle inside her neck.

"One more move and I press the syringe." he threatened

Panting, Kara put her hands in the air in submission. The general pulled her a few steps away from her sister and, when satisfied with the distance, pushed on the piston until the end. Kara screamed in agony as she felt the green poison enter her skin and deploy in her veins.

"No!" Alex yelled pulling on the cuff in vain

When General Lane droped Kara, the young woman, fell on her knees, her veins glowing green. Her eyes couldn't grow bigger as her scream grew louder. She was staring at her sister and Alex was staring back, feeling so helpless.

"Hold on, please! Hold on!" she shouted.

But Kara only screamed for a few seconds before she stopped and fell on her side, uncounscious.

AN: Here's chapter 5, yey!

So Cat still worries about Kara and keep the city informed, Alex loses a little patient and the nightmare is everything Kara could fear most. Tell me your thoughts on this one, or suggestions, advice...

Next, Alex and Eliza's efforts are rewarded and Kara's nightmare reaches a new level of tragedy.