"Hey." J'onn said returning to the lab where Alex was staring at her computer.

"Hey, you find anything?" She asked, the weariness evident in her voice.

"Yes and no. FastFleet Holdings were carrying a shipment on behalf of company called Milton Enterprises. They shipped it from Paxton, Alaska to a warehouse in National City. The manifest stated it was cleaning fluid."

"Anyway to verify that?" Alex asked.

"No. The warehouse it was picked up from and delivered to are both rented to Milton Enterprises. Both are now empty. Milton Enterprises doesn't exist and the shipment has disappeared from the warehouse."

"CCTV footage from the access roads?"

"None. The one in National City had a camera which stopped working a day before the shipment arrived."

"Can you follow the money trail?"

"Cash payment for the haulage." J'onn said. "And they still haven't paid any rent for the warehouses. The deposits were cash payments."

"So another dead end." Alex said dejectedly.

"For now. But we will figure this out. The fact Milton Enterprises doesn't exist tells us a lot." J'onn pointed out.

"If there was something in that shipment, what do you think they were trying to make?" Alex asked.

"I don't know, but I doubt they just randomly stumbled on something that effected your sister." J'onn said.

"Dad mentioned at Cadmus they were trying to modify Kryptonite to give humans powers. That would involve the infected human cells working in a similar way to Kara's. Do you think that she stumbled on something that was meant to give humans powers?"

"Maybe, but then why were the others at the scene effected?"

"You sure they weren't?" Alex asked.

"Positive. Lucy has spent the last few hours locating everyone who was there. She explained there was a potential Foot and Mouth outbreak in the area and they needed to be screened. All the tests came back normal."

"Could it have been unfinished?" Alex asked.

"Maybe, and that would explain why Lord was so keen to help. If he is involved and if there is a problem with it, the data from your sister could be invaluable. Speaking of Lord, where is he?"

"Holding cell three."

"What happened?" J'onn asked immediately concerned.

"Nothing. He wanted to sleep so we put him in his cell. I figured he would be comfortable in it after all the time he spent there."

"How did he take it?"

"At the time he was too tired to care. When he wakes up and discovers he is locked in, who knows."

"You think we can trust him?"

"No. I still don't know if he was involved, but I just feel he is getting as much out of this arrangement as we are." Alex said.

"The most important thing right now is getting your sister back to normal. Hopefully your theory will be right and we won't need his help anymore." J'onn said.

"Hopefully." Alex agreed.

"I assume you haven't locked your parents away as well?" J'onn asked.

"No, but that's not a bad trick for next Thanksgiving." Alex mused before explaining. "We put them in the guest quarters."

"We don't have guest quarters." J'onn pointed out.

"We do now. What we, well you, don't have anymore, is an office." She added looking slightly sheepish.

"I'm sure they need it more that I do." J'onn smiled. "How is your work going?"

"I have developed a compound that looks like it will restart the enzyme generation. I am just running some tests on it now to make sure it keeps active. For whatever reason it looks like Kara's receptors just didn't activate. The compound looks like it fixes it, but there is always the risk it is only a short term solution."

"How long until the tests are done?" J'onn asked.

"Four hours, give or take."

"Then go get some sleep."

"I'm fine." Alex said dismissing him.

"No, you're not." J'onn pointed out. "Get some rest. If you prefer I can get Hamilton to sedate you, or just get your mother down here."

"Your threatening me with my mum?" Alex asked.

"I am." J'onn said smiling softly. "I'm serious Alex, get some rest."

-00-

A few hours later J'onn, Jeremiah, Eliza and Alex were crowding round a workbench in the lab to review results. Alex was the first to look through the microscope before straightening and nervously chewed her lip as the others reviewed the evidence.

"It worked." Eliza said staring through the microscope moments before Jeremiah did the same.

"Nice work." He said looking up smiling at Alex.

"We still don't know if it will work on Kara." Alex warned.

"No reason to think it won't." Jeremiah said. "And we won't know until we try."

"We'll be right there with you." Eliza said understanding the burden Alex was feeling.

"Actually, I think it would be best if it was just Alex and I in there." J'onn said. "If this doesn't work, Kara's hearing will still be overwhelming. The fewer of us in the room the better. You are of course welcome to wait in the viewing area and the second she is okay come in."

"That's fine." Jeremiah said before asking Alex. "You sure you want to test this on Kara now? You could get a little more rest first."

"I'm fine. Kara has been in there too long as it is." Alex said picking up a syringe with the compound. "I'm ready now." With that she walked past her parents to the Kryptonite room where Kara's pod was.

She waited for J'onn to shut the door then opened the pod. As it opened she immediately injected Kara with the compound she had generated and then stepped back and waited. For a long minute nothing happened and Alex felt the dread build in her stomach.

"Relax, it can take a few minutes to wake up from being sedated in the pod." J'onn said trying to sound calmer than he felt.

When Alex saw Kara's eyes finally began to flutter she stepped up to the pod once again, feeling hope and worry wash over her.

"Kara?" Alex said gently as her sister started to open her eyes.

"Alex? How long?"

"A few days." Alex smiled.

"What happened?" Kara asked noting Alex's bruised face.

"We figured out a cure." Alex said deliberately misinterpreting the question.

"I meant to you."

"We can discuss that later. First let's make sure you are okay." Alex said.

"Feel dizzy." Kara confessed.

"We have the Kryptonite levels set to high, just in case. You ready to turn them down?" Alex asked. Seeing Kara nod Alex looked to J'onn who adjusted the controls.

"How are you feeling?" Alex asked as the Kryptonite levels dropped.

"Okay I think." Kara said.

"Any sensitivity?" Alex questioned. For a moment Kara shut her eyes and then shook her head. Taking it as a good sign J'onn reduced the Kryptonite levels to zero and waited.

"You doing okay?" Alex asked.

"I think so." Kara replied as she tried to get up. But as she climbed out from the pod she suddenly felt dizzy and was only saved from falling to the ground by J'onn's arms.

"Easy." He warned. "You have been subjected to Kryptonite for a long time. Let's get you under the lamps and build up your strength again."

"I'm okay." Kara said giving herself a moment to steady herself. Opening her eyes again she looked at Alex, whose eyes were swirling with worry. In response Kara stepped away from J'onn and threw her arms round Alex as tightly hugged her.

"I missed you." Alex said hugging Kara back, ignoring the pain in her ribs. "I was so worried about you. But J'onn is right we need to get you under the lamps."

Reluctantly pulling away Kara looked at Alex's hand and started to remember what had happened.

"Did I do that?"

"It's nothing." Alex said.

"That's not what I asked." Kara pointed out.

"It will heal."

"We have this conversation too much. I'm sorry." Kara said sadly.

"It wasn't your fault." Alex said.

"Kara!" Eliza exclaimed as she entered the room.

"Eliza?" Kara asked confused.

"What are you doing out of bed? Alex she needs to rest."

"We were just going to move her to the solar emitter bed." J'onn said, but as Kara unsteadily moved over to Eliza and hugged her he added. "Assuming Kara ever does what she is told."

"What are you doing here?" Kara asked ignoring J'onn.

"Where else would we be?" Eliza asked as she held Kara.

"We?" Kara asked confused before she saw Jeremiah enter the lab.

-00-

"Lord." Jeremiah said as he approached Max who was still sat in his cell an hour later.

"There's no need to thank me." Max said.

"Thank you? For what?" Jeremiah asked confused.

"Saving Kara."

"That was down to Alex, not you." Jeremiah pointed out.

"Is there something in the water in Midvale that makes you all ungrateful?"

"I am very grateful." Jeremiah said. "I am grateful to have two wonderful daughters and I am grateful to get a second chance with them. What I can never be grateful for are people who try to manipulate the situation for personal gain. I don't know if you were involved in what happened to Kara, but if you were Alex and J'onn will find out and there will be no place on Earth where you will be safe."

"Personally, I think you are over compensating." Max smiled. "The only one of us with a proven link to Cadmus is you. And your daughter's powers were working just fine until you were 'freed'." Max said using air quotes. "I am not the enemy, but you, you I am not so sure about. And you should know Alex isn't sure either. I can see it in her eyes. Normally they're so cold and decisive, but round you there's doubt."

"I wouldn't expect anything less. Alex is a genius." Jeremiah said. "And I fully expect her to question where I have been, what happened to me and whose side I'm on. I know I will have to earn her trust. But that's okay because I know I have nothing to hide."

"I admire your confidence." Max smiled. "But out of interest is this where you tell me to stay away from your daughter."

"I have every confidence that Alex can take care of herself. Besides, right now you're locked up so no threat to anyone." Jeremiah said. "But just so we're clear incase someone remembers to let you out, stay away from my daughters."

-00-

"You should stay under the emitters for longer." Alex said as Kara pressed the release button and sat up.

"I'm fine and uncomfortable. I just want to go home."

"You can, soon. Just a few more tests to run." Alex said moving to stand in front of Kara and squeezing her hand. She then paused before asking. "So do you want to talk about it?"

"It?" Kara asked thinking of three different things Alex could be referring to, none of which she wanted to talk about.

"Your phobia of entering your pod."

"It just brought up some painful memories." Kara said sadly.

"You were terrified." Alex pointed out guiltily.

"I remembered being put in it on Krypton, knowing I was losing everything. That I would never see the people I loved again. When you said I had to go in there I thought I was going to lose everyone I cared about all over again."

"I'm sorry you had to go through that." Alex said hugging her.

"You saved me." Kara said pulling away from Alex and smiling at her. "Thank you."

"I always have your back." Alex reminded her as the door opened and Eliza walked in.

"How are you feeling sweetie?" She asked.

"Hungry and bored. But mainly hungry." Kara said drawing smiles from both Eliza and Alex.

-00-

"Major Lane." Max said as Lucy entered the room he was in and opened the cell. "It is about time someone remembered I was in here."

"I apologise, it was a minor oversight." Lucy said, not trying to sound sincere. "But we have been concentrating on Kara. I am guessing you remember you can not speak about anything you have seen, heard or done here?" She added avoiding small talk.

"I am here so much you may as well just give me full access so we don't waste time with these briefs."

"Or not."

"No need to sound quite so disdainful." Max replied. "I'm not the enemy."

"Really?" Lucy asked suspiciously.

"Do you all have to swear allegiance to the Maxwell Lord Hate club to work here?"

"The only requirements to work here are hard working, intelligence and common sense. If people with those qualities all reach the same conclusion that implies something doesn't it?" Lucy said as she passed him a form to sign. Smiling he signed the document and handed it back.

"And what does it imply when your pet alien keeps losing control?" Max asked as Lucy led him from the room. "As I have said all along, she is dangerous. Whatever happened to her is proof she is unstable."

"What happened is not her fault." Lucy said.

"I am not trying to assign blame." Max said. "I am merely pointing out that she lost control, again."

"I seem to remember you were responsible for the first time." Lucy reminded him.

"That was an accident. But it does prove my point. Supergirl can not be controlled. She is not an asset you can rely on or trust. She may have the purest intentions in the galaxy, but if she can't keep control those intentions stand for nothing. What happens next time? You really want to be responsible for someone dying?"

"If you are that concerned stop playing with Kryptonite." Lucy said.

-00-

"How are you feeling?" Lucy asked when she entered Kara's room having escorted Max off the base.

"Normal. Ready to go."

"You sure? You don't seem your normal self." Lucy said concerned with how upset Kara was looking.

"Just tired, I guess."

"Make sure you get some rest." Lucy replied before asking. "So are all your powers working normally now?"

"Seem to be."

"So, if you wanted to, you could, I don't know, heat my coffee?"

"Yeah."

"Or listen to private conversations on the other side of the wall? Like between Maxwell Lord and me?"

"I didn't know it was private. I was just bored."

"But you heard what he said?" Lucy guessed. When Kara nodded Lucy added. "Kara, don't listen to him. You are not a weapon you are a person. If anyone is to blame it is the person who created the compound and my money is on Maxwell Lord."

"Everything okay?" Alex asked entering the room and immediately picking up on Kara's less than cheerful persona.

"It will be." Lucy said. "But you need to take Kara home. She needs a real bed and knowing Kara ice cream and pizza."

-00-

"What's wrong?" Alex asked as she and Kara walked to her car at the DEO.

"What happens if I'm not fixed? What happens if it happens again?" Kara asked.

"Right now you are safe, everything is working fine." Alex said.

"What if I can't control my powers any more?"

"You are controlling your hearing and vision right now." Alex pointed out.

"I'm scared." Kara confessed.

"I know, but you need to trust me. You are okay." Alex said.

"I hurt you." Kara said sadly.

"That wasn't your fault." Alex said, but on seeing how doubtful Kara was looking she added. "But if you want to make up for what happened to me I have a way."

"Really? What?"

"Fly me home."

"What?"

"Fly me home. I have not really flown with you since you took me up when we were kids and I remember that being amazing. So please I really want to fly."

"What if I lose control?"

"You won't."

"What if I hold you too tightly?"

"You won't. Now quit stalling."

"What -"

"Kara I trust you and I want you to fly me home."

"I don't have my suit."

"Spare in my car. And I know it will take you like two seconds to change. Chop chop."

"You sound like you are channelling your inner Cat Grant."

"Yeah well, she seems to know how to make you follow orders. Go change."

A few seconds later Kara was standing in front of Alex, dressed as Supergirl, looking nervous.

"Kara, you'll be fine." Alex said causing Kara to reluctantly wrap her arms round her sister before taking to the skies.

As they flew towards the city Kara nervously asked.

"You okay?"

"No. I am great. This is so much better than I remember it." Alex said.

-TBC

A/N: Thanks to SpencerFan for the idea with the last scene. Thanks for reading and reviewing, final chapter up tomorrow.