Day 115

After six days from the first surgery,with her powers being more steady,she was already feeling better. Much better than when she had been through this in the "past". Kara could finally hear through the aid they had built for her,though it still seemed to interfere with her power. She would take what she got however. Which was much more than expected. The injections had somehow lowered the pain to a slightly felt dull and she could actually sit up without shooting up in the air from it. With a new future being in store for her,she fell easily into the new reality,which they had all somehow managed to improve. Since they were halfway through,there was no stopping,and the doctors had chosen to have her undergo another surgery for the heart. The last one would be broken into different and littler ones,considering it took a much longer job than the one she had already faced,and the one she was about to. Kara had also gotten used to the low light of the DEO and lots of rest. With her knowledge she had also managed to make the people around her calmer. Knowing how things had gone,they were well on the way of fixing them,and with such being fixable,they could've soon tried to solve the Dealer problem. She was aware that taking care of him would've implied something she wouldn't usually do,which was killing,but Hank had soon made her realize that it was either this,or going through other painful cures they would've had to try come up with and pheraps risk her life again,considering they were still trying to understand how her body worked completely. It was her and the life she had built with her newly formed family and death. And frankly she wasn't eager to try out the death path again any time soon. Dying,truly being at it and seeing an anguish she knew all too well in Cat's and her friends' face had had a powerful effect on her. Death had come when she hadn't wanted it anymore. In the "past"she had left behind there had been three suicide attempts,either awarely or not so much,but the last one,the OD which had created the situation that had killed her,had caught her in a moment at which she was actually trying to put her life back together,after the reaction she had had to the pain she had felt over her family's death. She had wished for death,and she had been punished with it. Kara would've fought before getting there. It was what she wanted to see,once she had fully been able to see again(not even her glasses could help with that at the moment)and the curiosity of what was in store for her and Cat as a married couple could've been like.

Dr. Hamilton came to retrieve them soon after interrupting her train of thoughts,as Cat kissed her goodbye.

In the events of surgery #1 such a thing she hadn't been able to feel,so it was pretty welcome to her,before being wheeled quite away from her wife.

"We'll put you to sleep now. You count for me,like the last time"

"10…9…8ish"

She was out of it pretty soon. It was like sleeping.

"And we went in and straight for your heart. The good news is that it's not on it's way to infection anymore. Every trace of kryptonite has been removed. The bad news regards something we talked about after you were given the aids…you know,after your first surgery"

"There's a problem with the spine?"

"Yes"

"The first time I remember that around these days I was completely blocked in bed. I couldn't move."

"It's probably what's happening"

"It's happening before. Not long before,it's only some five days early,but it's."

"So it's early,it means it spread even faster,but frankly Supergirl,I wouldn't advice going in for such a surgery. It's pretty dangerous,and it's far more probable that there will be nothing that can be done"

"Does it mean I have no choice?"

She basically had no choice. Kara was supposed to let go of something. It made her a bit frightened knowing she was to face the Dealer someday,one way or another,but if there was no choice what else could be done?From what Doctor Hamilton had said the only thing they could do was going in and trying to retrieve as much kryptonite as they could,but then again something could've always gone wrong.

Either way she was doomed to have some sort of long lasting effect from the disease Max Lord had kind of put into her with his Dealer entering her house that day.

Dr. Hamilton shut up and that was the confirmation.

"We'll go in for the bones. Meanwhile your brain seems to be doing it's job perfectly,so we won't go in as we deem it unneeded. We're very sorry,for this"

"It's not your fault"added up Cat,who had carefully listened to everything that was being said up till then.

The doctor left the room,as Cat looked up at Kara.

She could see her wife was shaken. She was paying greatly for the mistake she had made in this time too. But at last she's alive. Her brain added,and to that she couldn't say no.

Cat would rather have a paralyzed wife who needed oxygen because her lungs weren't working out properly over a dead one,every single day. She would've taken care of her,given her the best of cares,between all the existent ones.

She stood up and sat by her side,an hand on Kara's shoulder still mindful of the IV and every tube coming out of her. But the reaction didn't stupefy her.

The queen of media held the younger woman as softly as she could without hurting her,as she cried tears and loud sobs.

"I knew something could've happened,so why am I even crying?"

"Because this is what makes you who you are. You've lost so much Kara. But now you know you're not doing this alone. It's taking it's toll,above all since we know what happened the first time. But I'm so glad it won't here,and this matters to me far more than you walking,or breathing without an aid."

Kara looked up at her as she was helped back down slowly and their hands entertwined.

"The day I married you I swore I would've taken care of you,everyday for the rest of my life. It doesn't matter to me if you'll still be able to be a superhero when you get out of here,or if you'll have to let go of it. I love Kara Danvers. Supergirl is part of her,but what matters to me is for you to be yourself. And Kara Danvers is a great person,who'll do great things,regardless of eventual conditions"

"Did I ever tell you you're the biggest speech motivator in the world?"

"A time or two"

"The first time we faced this,you're the last one to give up on me,everytime. I love you,because you never gave up on me."

"I have no intention to"

Cat brought Kara's hand to her check then kissed it.

"You're the only wife I'll ever have"