Kara screamed louder than she ever had before. Her throat was raw. Her insides felt like they were being ripped apart and burned down with each new wound inflicted upon her by Hank.

Lillian looked on satisfied, as she stated,"Mhm, yes. Pain tolerance is definitely lower when it comes to stabbing. Subject seems highly affected by the wounds to the stomach." She paused to turn to Henshaw. "Remember that, Hank." After he nodded, she turned to the camera and recited,"Test One was a success. Synthetic kryptonite version 3.0 seems to be working full effect."

She then turned everything off, and called off Hank. A couple of scientists ran into the room, carrying what appeared to be portable light panels.

"As you may know, Kara, you get your powers and extraordinarily quick healing rate due to the Earth's yellow sun." She waited until Kara nodded her affirmation. "With that being said, I will turn these on. They emit solar waves almost identical to those given off by the sun. Theoretically, they will help you heal and you should be fine after a good night's sleep."

Kara's heart lifted and she felt some semblance of hope form in her chest. Maybe this woman is not so horrible after all. She then inquired,"Why are you letting me heal after doing so much to hurt me? Why are you helping me?"

Lillian scoffed at this. "Helping you? No, girl. You need to understand that not everyone in this world is going to be nice and kind to you. I am only allowing you the privilege to heal so that you can undergo more extensive and painful testing tomorrow. We cannot have results from past tests contaminating results of the new ones."

With that, all hope Kara had just felt was completely and utterly crushed. Lillian turned on the solar lights, and then left with Hank and the scientists. "See you tomorrow, little girl." She laughed the whole way out.

Kara wanted to scream in frustration. Or cry. Or punch someone.

But right then, a wave of exhaustion and pain hit her all at once.

And she passed out.

Midvale, Danvers Household

It was around 4 in the morning. Four hours since Kara had been taken. Four hours of sitting at the window, staring blankly at where her baby sister should have been.

Alex's first four hours without her. And she felt so empty.

The older sister hadn't stopped crying since Kara had been driven away, and she hadn't let go of the picture either. When she was finally able to calm down enough to think somewhat rationally, she would catch a glimpse of the photo, and begin sobbing once more.

She never thought someone could impact her so much. Grow so close to her that her heart would break whenever they weren't together. She only realized how much Kara's absence would affect her after Hank's car had disappeared around the corner.

Her heart had shattered.

Alex had tried to stay strong for Kara, telling her not to worry. That Alex would find her and that she shouldn't lose hope. The older Danvers sister hadn't exactly realized how hard that would be. Until right now. Because all that strength she had felt, those promises she had made. Felt so unrealistic. So impossible.

Alex finally realized that crying would do no good, and decided she would be better use to Kara if she could get at least one hour of rest. So, she moved from the window to the bed, and prepared for a fitful sleep.

She knew it was going to be restless as soon as she laid down. It would be her first time sleeping without her little alien sister in the adjacent bed. And her heart ached with the thought. She closed her eyes, and that's when she heard crying from the next room over. Going against all her morals, Alex decided to listen in.

Jeremiah sat in silence, absorbed in his own thoughts, while Eliza sobbed. She hadn't stopped since Kara had left.

Jeremiah finally spoke up, in an attempt to comfort his wife. "Eliza, please. I know you feel horrible and heartbroken right now, because I do too. But we can't sit here feeling sorry for ourselves when she sacrificed her future for ours. We need to be on our feet planning how to get her back."

Eliza nodded, but the tears didn't even slow. She hiccuped through her sobs,"I- I understand that we made her a p-promise to find her. B- but I was her mother. For half a year. She wasn't like a daughter to me, she was my daughter. And I n- need some time to adjust and to cry, if I'm ever going to be useful."

Jeremiah nodded his understanding, but refused to cry. Kara had just given everything up to be with Hank, so that the rest of the family wouldn't get hurt. She went so that he could stay behind. And he was determined to fix it. To get her back.

Eliza interrupted his thoughts. "How do you think Alex is holding up? They grew so close just today, and finally when they accepted each other, Kara was ripped away. To have something so new and yet so strong, stripped away so suddenly... So painfully... I don't know if Alex is going to be okay. I don't know if she'll ever be the same, Jeremiah."

"You're right. We need to rescue Kara. Not only for her sake, but for ours and Alex's as well. We didn't realize how much she would change our family when we took her in, but while she was here, she showed us what a complete family looked like. What a complete family felt like. She changed all of us. Made us so much better... Eliza, we need to get her back."

Eliza nodded, wiped her tears, and stood. "I'm going to check on Alex. See if she's asleep, how she's doing. I'll be back soon."

After hearing that, Alex closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Pretended that she hadn't heard the heartbreak from the room next door. She loved her Mom, but did not feel like talking to anyone about anything at the moment. Especially if it was about Kara.

Eliza opened the door to the girls' roo- Alex's room. When she walked in, she saw her daughter sleeping. Body turned toward the empty bed nearby. But what she also saw were dried tear streaks. The sight broke her heart.

Not wanting to wake Alex, she quietly snuck out of their- her room. Thinking of her daughter's tear-stained cheeks, she headed back to Jeremiah and told him how Alex had evidently been crying. A lot.

After hearing this, a determined look came across his eyes.

He set his jaw and resolved to think of a plan as soon as possible, so they could get their girl back. So Alex and Kara could be happy again. Together again.

Little did he know, "soon" would be a long ways away.