Kara's low and dangerous tone from earlier was back with a passion. "What? You have him?! I told you, Lillian. I asked. In exchange for leaving my family out of it, you could hurt me. Do whatever you wanted. And you did... This whole time... You mean to tell me you took my sister's father away from her?! This whole time you had him?!" She was infuriated but trying to keep herself calm, so as not to elicit a panic attack.
Kara then suddenly remembered the abrupt subject changes whenever Jeremiah was brought up. The constant convenient distractions. Alex and Eliza never looking her in the eyes when talking about anything relating to Jeremiah. Did they know he went to Cadmus? Why didn't they tell me?!
Kara was fuming. She turned back to Lillian. "You let him go right now. Let him walk a free man."
Lillian smirked. "You pesky Danvers sisters never listen to me! It's starting to get slightly frustrating, I'm sure you can understand. I said Jeremiah was my third in command. I don't have him locked up somewhere, the man is working for me."
Alex shook her head, dumbfounded and shocked that her father was still alive. "That's not possible. He died. Six years ago, he died. He disappeared after he was stabbed, I don't understand. And even if he did somehow survive, he would never work for someone like you. Especially if he knew what you were doing to Kara."
Now, Kara was more confused than ever. Jeremiah is dead? Is that why Alex wouldn't talk about it? But why wouldn't she tell me, she tells me everything. But he's allegedly working for Lillian now?
Kara's eyes betrayed her confusion and Lillian laughed. "I suppose angelic big sister Danvers never mentioned anything about Jeremiah when you finally woke up! That's cold... Keeping from your sister that her adoptive father 'died'. Tell me, Alexandra. Why didn't you tell her? Hm?"
Alex glared at her. "That's a conversation Kara and I will be having later. In private. For now, I'm not done with you. What do you have planned? Why is Dad working for you? How are you controlling him?"
"Wow, well at least slow down, Alex. One at a time. What do I have planned? Well, let's see... Let's just say it's something big. Something no one will be able to stop. And Jeremiah's heading the charge... Why is he working for me? Well, of course, because he sees the merit of my work. We see eye to eye on many things. How am I controlling him? Oh, that's a simple one. I'm not! He's working for me. Willingly... A loyal soldier." She smiled maniacally.
Kara finally spoke again, having somewhat of a grasp on the situation. "He... He would never, not ever, work for the likes of you. Especially willingly. He would never agree with Cadmus' mission, let alone obey you, of all people. So however you're controlling him, you can stop now. Let him go. I'll give you whatever you want. Just let him go."
Lillian perked up, curiosity piqued. "Whatever I want, you say? An intriguing offer... I'll only accept if-"
J'onn quickly interrupted. "Agent Danvers, Miss Danvers. Out. NOW."
Alex and Kara reluctantly moved towards the door and left J'onn to finish his interrogation.
Kara quickly whirled on Alex about to speak when Alex got there first.
"Kar, before you say anything, I'm sorry. I just want you to know that I was going to tell you. I really wanted to. But with everything that happened, I just didn't think it was the right time-"
Kara interrupted and instead of responding with anger, as Alex expected, she pulled Alex into a deep embrace instead.
"You can explain the whole situation later... I... I'm sorry you lived six years without him, thinking he was dead. I did my best to protect him from the inside, but it looks like I failed. I'm sorry I couldn't keep your family safe, Alex."
Alex pulled away just enough to look Kara in the eyes. "Kara, it's not my family. It's ours. We've been over this already. And you didn't fail, Kar. You never could. It's not your fault, and don't you ever forget." Alex pulled her back in tight and leaned her head on Kara's shoulder. She whispered quietly. "Thank you for doing everything you could, and giving up your own safety to protect Dad. You probably made your suffering two times worse than if you would have if you just stayed quiet. Thank you."
She regained her composure a little before continuing, with newfound resolve. "At least now we know he's not really dead. And we can find him."
Kara nodded, determined. "We will find him."