Alex woke up hours later, and immediately jolted upright to check her surroundings. She was at some sort of campsite in a forest, with a fire going near her. She looked furiously for Kara, and thankfully found her on the floor to her left.

She grew worried when she saw that Kara was still unconscious, her breathing was labored and uneven.

Movement to her right caught her eye and she immediately whirled around to face the potential danger.

That's when she saw her father.

"Dad? You- You made it out alive?" She rushed over and jumped into his arms. Jeremiah hugged his daughter back with the same fierce intensity that Alex was giving off. "I did, perhaps a story for another time... Let's just enjoy the moment we have right now."

It had been years since they had shared a hug, and it felt so refreshing for both of them. Jeremiah pulled away slightly, and Alex got a full view of Kara again. "Dad, what are we going to do? She's barely alive and we're in the middle of nowhere."

He grew serious immediately. "I contacted the DEO while you girls and Hunter were making your escape. I barely got the beacon off before Lillian found me. The DEO is on their way, I'm sure of it." Alex relaxed slightly. "Any idea how long it'll take for them to get here?"

Her father shrugged. "Probably ten to eleven hours. We're pretty far out from civilization. Cadmus did their best to find an area that was as isolated as possible."

Alex blanched. "Damn it! Kara won't be able to make it that long. I don't even know if she can make it four hours, let alone ten." Her voice hitched. "What am I- What am I going to do if I lose her?"

Jeremiah squeezed his daughter's shoulder comfortingly. "Hey, don't think like that. From what I remember, Kara is a fighter. She has never let us down before, and she won't now. You have to believe."

Alex looked into her father's eyes. "So all that stuff you said about aliens and Kara... It was all a lie? You didn't mean any of it?"

Jeremiah met Alex's pleading brown eyes. "Of course, I would never say anything like that unless there was a good reason. I was just trying to gain Lillian's trust so I could sabotage the doomsday weapon."

His daughter stared back at him. "And did you? Successfully sabotage the weapon?"'

He shook his head sadly. "I was able to do a little bit of damage, but none that was irreparable. As I was about to finish the job, I felt the explosions going off. I knew I had to contact the DEO first, so I left before I could completely destroy it."

Alex felt helpless. "But the weapon... It was in the building right? The whole building just came down, so I doubt it'll be a problem..."

Jeremiah looked at his daughter with sadness in his eyes. "That's not entirely the truth. The weapon is... bigger... than the building you guys were in. It was concealed with cloaking technology. The building coming down had absolutely no effect on it, because it wasn't... it wasn't even in the building at all."

His daughter just stared back in confusion. "So... What are you trying to say? That their weapon is bigger than the size of the building we were just in? And that it also is still fully functional, in addition to it being completely undamaged by our explosions?"

Her father nodded his head. "Kara's energy is still ready to power it. If anyone gets to it, the weapon could rid the entire planet of all aliens."

Alex looked up at him with fear in her eyes. "What is it? What can it do?"

Disgust came over her father's eyes. "Lillian was launching a campaign called Project Exodus. She was going to capture every alien in National City, and beyond, and put them all onto this 'weapon.' It's essentially a huge ship with the capacity to carry millions of bodies and launch into outer space. The energy required for that kind of launch could only be found in Kara's heat vision.

She knew she'd need a distraction, and realized that the code for Captivus 0-11 would be perfect for what she wanted. She wanted to release all of the alien prisoners of the DEO and cause as much destruction as possible. Then she'd 'collect' them last of all as they tried to exit, and they'd be placed onto the ship as well. She wanted to create a mass exodus of every single alien living on this earth right now." He watched the development of Alex's shocked stare. "Including Kara."

Shock turned to rage when she realized exactly what Lillian had just tried to accomplish. "We need to go back and destroy that ship. There's no way we are letting them go through with this. We are not going to allow her to deport millions of aliens, leaving them on their own in the middle of space. Leaving Kara alone with all those aliens who hate her. In the middle of space."

Jeremiah shook his head. "We can't go back. There's too much rubble, and no way to go around. She located it in a spot where if anything like this happened, no one would be able to access the doomsday device except for her."

Alex deflated at the news. "She's dead though, isn't she? The building just collapsed on her..."

"I don't know, Alex. I had blindly grabbed her gun and shot it at her. I think it hit her in the leg. But as soon as my shot went off, I booked it and ran. I needed to get to the exit before the building caved on me. If my shot wasn't a kill shot, that almost guarantees she is alive right now. And preparing to activate the weapon."

Alex cursed under her breath. "Why can't she just die? Holy shit."

Jeremiah smiled slightly at his daughter. He was proud of the woman that she had become. "Alex, I'm so proud of you. Because you didn't give her the prison code, an instrumental part of her plan is going to fail. We can warn the DEO when they get here, and we can fight this off before it gets to the point of no return. You not giving her that code has just saved millions of alien lives, including your sister's. I hope you realize that."

Alex smiled back at him. "Yeah, well it wasn't all me. Kara made me promise that I wouldn't give it up. If she hadn't done that, I for sure would have given it to Lillian. She was-" Alex looked to the broken body of her sister laying on the floor. "She was torturing her so bad... I couldn't... I almost gave it up."

Jeremiah watched as the memories flooded back to his daughter. "But you didn't, Alex. You did a good job."

Alex was about to respond when they saw Kara begin to stir. She was by her sister's side in an instant. "Kar, it's me, Lex. Kara, open your eyes for me. Please."

She slowly opened her eyes, and upon seeing Jeremiah, immediately jolted up. That caused immense pain to tear through her abdomen as she aggravated every broken rib in her body. The sudden movement caused her to collapse and she writhed in pain on the floor. "Lex... Hurts..."

Alex grabbed Kara's hand and squeezed it. "I know it hurts. I know. But you gotta hold on until the DEO gets here. It'll just be a little while longer, okay?"

Kara nodded, tears of pain threatening to leave her eyes. "Are you... okay?"

Her big sister glared at her. "You don't get to worry about me until you worry about yourself first. You can ask me that question again when you're not dying in my arms, got it?"

Kara gave her a slow smirk. "So much... attitude..." Alex smiled down at her. Kara looked around for one more moment, and her eyes did not land on what she wanted them to. She had expected to find Hunter, until...

All the memories came flashing back to her. Hunter taking a bullet for her, dying in her arms...

She looked up at Alex, tears freely flowing down her face now. "Hunter... he's dead, and it's all my- my fault. I got him killed... It was my fault."

Alex immediately interjected. "No, Kara. It was not-"

She was abruptly cut off by Kara's hand going limp. She must have passed out from exhaustion and pain.

From trauma.

Alex turned to her father, helpless. "If she makes it out of this alive, Hunter's death will for sure destroy her. What are we going to do?"

Jeremiah shook his head sadly.

"I don't know."

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