Alex moved towards the van like a zombie, completely emotionless. Stunned. By everything that had happened. She was overwhelmed and just trying to comprehend everything she had just experienced. Everything she had just seen.

The agents had everything ready and were just waiting for Alex, so they could head back to the DEO.

As Alex was about to step inside of the vehicle, J'onn flew in out of nowhere and landed right in front of her.

She automatically opened her mouth to ask if Kara was alive, but was immediately cut off.

"I don't know, Alex. As soon as I dropped her off, I flew back, knowing you'd want to get back as quick as possible."

Alex nodded and thanked him, allowing him to scoop her up and fly away.

It reminded her of the sisters' last night together, when Kara had taken her flying. Tears leaked out and froze on her face, as the wind was rushing by full force due to the speed of their flight.

As soon as J'onn landed, Alex took off sprinting towards the medical wing. She found the room where they were holding Kara and barged in.

One of the nurses immediately stepped in her way.

Alex furiously commanded. "MOVE! I need to get to her. I need to know if she's alright."

The nurse calmly replied,"She's alive, but barely. The doctors are moving her into an operating room as we speak. If you want her to survive, you'll stay out here and out of the way."

Alex remained tense for a long minute before reluctantly backing down. Even though she was an experienced doctor, she had barely any surgical training. "All right, can you at least tell me about her injuries?'

The nurse grew somber as she nodded. "Starting with her head. She suffered a severe concussion, seven different head lacerations, a broken nose, and immense blood loss. She also had severe bruising on her abdomen, lower back, and shoulder blades. Scans showed massive internal bleeding in all three areas." The nurse paused briefly as she saw Alex began to cry. She gently asked,"Do you wish for me to continue?"

Alex silently nodded, closing her eyes in an attempt to prevent tears from leaking through.

It didn't work.

The nurse continued on. "She also was sporting six broken ribs and four cracked ribs. One of the broken fragments punctured one of her lungs. It appears that some were already broken before, and never healed correctly. Her left knee was severely dislocated and her right femur was broken in multiple places. Her left tibia was also completely shattered. If I'm being completely honest, there's not much we can do." She sighed and placed a hand on Alex's shoulder sympathetically. "I'm sorry, Agent Danvers. But it's not looking good."

Alex nodded quietly, tears escaping rapidly and turned away to walk towards the waiting room. Halfway down the hall, something in her snapped and she collapsed to the floor in anguish.

All of her emotions came on at once, and overwhelmed her.

Broke her.

She curled up into a ball, knees up to her chest and sobbed on the ground. Burying her head in her knees so she wouldn't have to look at anybody.

About a minute and a half later, she felt a gentle but warm hand squeeze her shoulder in a show of support.

She briefly looked up just enough to see who it was, and found J'onn somberly staring back at her. Alex was sure he had heard the news, and was grateful he was there with her.

She cried for ten minutes more, and calmed down a little. Or at least enough to hiccup out a question to J'onn. "W-What if she doesn't m-make it, J'onn? I f-failed her. I should have gotten there sooner. God, she shouldn't even be alive right now with the severity of her injuries, and I don't know how she's going to make it through the surgery with all of that blood loss."

J'onn pulled her into a reassuring embrace and spoke quietly but firmly. "You can't think like that, Alex. Your sister is in there fighting for her life, so don't give up on her. She needs you in order for her to fight and she will need you when she wakes up. As for the blood situation, I already called in Superman and informed him of the situation and he's on his way right now to donate blood for a transfusion. Alex, there's nothing to worry about. Kara is going to make it. You just need to have faith in her, and be there for her when she wakes up."

Alex nodded slowly, and sank into his comforting embrace. "Thank you, J'onn. For everything. If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't be alive right now." Alex began crying more at the thought. She gasped through her tears. "Th-Thank you."

J'onn simply squeezed his arms tight around his daughter figure in a show of his support and just held her there.

Alex continued to cry for thirty more minutes before passing out in exhaustion.

Eight Hours Later

The head surgeon walked out to the waiting room, to find Alex furiously pacing back and forth. He took a deep breath and got ready to share the news.

He cleared his throat and Alex's head shot up immediately. "Is she going to be okay?"

The doctor nodded hesitantly. "For now, she will be. She flatlined on the table three different times during the eight hour surgery, and she barely made it. We have her on a ventilator, which is helping her breathe. It appears there were already latent kryptonite particles in her lungs from a supposed earlier inhalation, and in addition to her punctured lung, she was experiencing respiratory failure when she was brought in."

Alex's eyes welled up at the news. Kara had died three times on the table, and was forced to inhale kryptonite gas. God knows what else she had to endure while she was at Cadmus. "I... Is she going to be okay? Can I see her?"

The doctor sighed. "I'm not sure when she's going to wake up, if she even does. But if she does, she will be in a world of pain. We can't give her pain killers because her remaining charged cells would burn through them, but we aren't able to put her under any type of solar radiation yet because the shattered bones in her left leg haven't had the chance to set properly. She is going to be in a lot of pain. If you are prepared to witness this, then you may see her."

Alex gratefully nodded and immediately burst into the room where she was being held. The older sister gasped as she saw Kara. Her face was unbelievably pale and blended in with the white hospital gown and sheets. Her face had stitches covering almost half of her entire left side and long scars were evident on the right side.

Her left leg was propped up in a sling hanging from a machine, and her entire upper right leg was in a huge cast.

But she was alive.

And that's all Alex cared about.

She quickly pulled up a chair to Kara's bedside and sat down. She found one of Kara's hands and grasped it tightly in her own.

And she squeezed it as a show of her support.

She's okay, Alex. Look at her, she's alive. Nothing like you remember, but her heart is still beating. And that's all you could have ever asked for.

She will wake up soon, and everything will be fine. Everything will turn out alright.

Just like you promised. You found her, you saved her, and now you're here for her.

Everything will turn out alright.

Later that night, J'onn came to visit, only to find Alex fast asleep, using Kara's stomach as a pillow. He laughed a little at the sight, but knew Alex found comfort in feeling Kara breathe. Knowing Kara was alive.

He also noticed how Alex had clasped her and her little sister's hands tightly together.

Like they were holding on to each other for dear life.

And his heart warmed at the sight.