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Lena turned in her swivel chair to look out the widow at National City's skyline.
Alex knew. Of course she knew! She probably saw herself in Lena, more so now than ever.
She did worry that Alex might slip up and say something to Kara about it all but then Lena felt she could trust Alex. She had been wrong about people in the past so she was a little wary but with Alex, it was different. Maybe it was because she was Kara's sister so her intentions could only be good where her sister was concerned and she knew that Kara cared about Lena, maybe not in the same way but Alex seemed to want to help protect the people that Kara had in her life.
Lena smiled a little.
It would be so freeing if she could just say what was on her mind to Kara. Maybe one day she'd be brave enough to open up-
Her phone rang, distracting her from her thoughts.
She gave a small frown and looked down at the caller ID.
Kara.
Yeah, maybe one day she'd be brave enough to tell her but today was not that day.
She took a breath and then answered, putting the phone on speaker as she didn't trust herself to hold the phone, she'd probably drop it anyway.
"H-hello?" Lena stammered as she answered and then rolled her eyes because she'd stammered.
"Lena...it's Kara. Can we talk?"
"Like...right now?"
"Well I'd prefer to meet in person...if that's ok with you."
"Uh, sure! Yeah, of course. That'd be great! I mean, not great, just good. It'd be..." Lena stopped babbling (she never did that) and took a breath, trying to compose herself.
"It'd be lovely to see you. What time would you like to meet?"
"Can we meet say...around eight?"
"Yes. That's fine. I shall see you then Kara."
"Ok, cool. See you then."
Lena hung up first and made herself relax.
Back at the DEO, Kara watched as Alex walked in.
"Hey, so I called her."
Alex stared at the blonde.
"You what?"
"I called her. Y'know I just feel like we have some things to talk about and I know you went over there to talk to her too but y'know when you just feel like you should do something, well I did it and we're meeting at eight to talk about everything."
Alex nodded, giving Kara a small smile.
"Just...don't push her, OK?"
Kara smiled but she had a confused frown on her face.
"So what did you guys talk about?"
"Well, she really values your friendship. She cares about her son, as a good mother should and all she was thinking about was his protection and she's sorry she hurt you by not telling you the truth."
Kara knew Alex was holding something back.
"And what else?"
Alex shrugged.
"That's it. That's all I can say. The rest is up to Lena."
Kara nodded, showing that she would accept what Alex had told her and leave it at that.
"Kara, we found something!" Winn called.
Both Kara and Alex went over to the computer screen that Winn was now sitting in front of.
"You found our demon?"
"Well...no but get this, it's not a demon. Well I mean, it is a demon but it's not..."
At their blank expressions, Winn typed something into the computer.
"Let me explain."
"Please do." Alex said, folding her arms as she waited. Patience was not her strong point.
Winn waited as an image came up. It was the image of the boy who had transferred into the demon.
"That's the boy!" Kara exclaimed, pointing at the screen.
"His name is Toby Hatchet and he is human but his father likes experiments. He was hired by some unknown person-we're working on tracing who or what that is- to carry out an experiment known as 'Immortality One'."
Kara frowned.
"What's Immortality One?"
"It's an experiment that's main goal is basically immortality but so far, it's only give the appearance of being immortal. It doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do but there is one chemical that they're missing that they need which could mean that they could get close to making this experiment work."
Both Alex and Kara exchanged glances as Winn continued.
"And there is only one family that has that chemical."
"The Luthors." Kara realized.
Winn nodded.
"So if this person wants the chemical, what would be the point in trying to kil Ma-all those children." Kara amended quickly, remembering that only herself and Alex knew about Lena's son.
Win shrugged.
"Clearly, this person thought that he could bribe one of the parents with something."
Alex's eyes lit up and Kara knew had a theory.
"What if one of the parents work at L Corp and this person thought that they could kill the child and promise to bring him back but only if they gave him the chemical he needs?"
Winn nodded and pointed at her with a smile.
"She's not just a pretty face, ladies and gentlemen!"
Alex only raised her eyebrows slightly as Kara stared at the screen.
"So what we do do?" Alex asked.
Kara knew straight away.
"Leave it to me." She said, turning on her heel.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to L Corp."
Lena turned as Supergirl landed on her balcony.
"Supergirl!"
"Lena, I need to ask you something and I need to do it now. I don't think we have much time."
Lena's eyes widened slightly.
"O-OK."
"Do you have a chemical in your possession that could increase the chance of immortality?"
Lena blinked, clearly taken back by this.
"Uh no...there's nothing like that here."
"And what about anywhere else?"
Lena couldn't think on her feet, the question had really thrown her.
"I really need you to think about this Lena. We could have a big problem otherwise."
"Uh...the only other place I can think of would be at Lex's old safe house."
"I thought he kept everything in the vault."
"Well he did but some things he kept at this safe house. I don't know why he would keep a chemical like that there but it's the only place I can think of."
Supergirl nodded.
"Can you show me?"
"Now?"
"If you don't mind."
"Uh yeah, yeah sure."
She then grabbed her coat and bag and followed Supergirl out onto the balcony.
"Are we going to-?"
"Fly? Yes. It's faster."
Lena swallowed and nodded as she allowed Supergirl to lift her and they took off into the air and with Lena giving directions, went straight to Lex Luthor's safe house.
A/N- A short and sweet one this time. More to come soon.