Agent Emma Rose tentatively headed towards the room she had been assigned. She had been told to look after the patient inside. She wondered why she had even been chosen. She was a field agent after all, not a doctor.

And especially for such a high profile job. Looking after Supergirl.

Though she had been two years into medical school before she had been recruited to the DEO, she was not nearly proficient enough in the medicinal field to sufficiently take care of a patient without supervision. However, Dr. Hamilton had been sent away on an undercover mission, and apparently there were no other agents around who were experienced with medicine.

Well, as experienced as her anyways...

Director Henshaw had told her to be extremely delicate with the patient. And so, on her very first day of being a DEO doctor, she was taking care of Supergirl.

Just wonderful.

She had been originally recruited to become a doctor, but immediately showed proficiency in tactical battle strategies and was far more suited to be a field agent. So she left her medical knowledge behind and became an elite field agent. She was the best agent at her former DEO location, and now she was moving up.

Emma just transferred in to this DEO location as per the Director's request, and was ridiculously nervous.

She came to a halt as she arrived at the door, and tentatively pulled it open.

Kara sat on her bed, having just woken up, to find herself in a room with someone she had never seen before. Winn and Eliza had each respectively gone home for food and showers, and J'onn was working on a strategy to fight Cadmus.

Alex had yet to be seen since their argument.

Kara took the time to study the new doctor who had stepped in. She looked like she was young, estimating the new girl to be the same age or one year younger than herself.

The doctor was pretty, in a subtle way. She was not the first person you lay eyes on when you walk into a room, but she was stunning in her own right. With her wavy brown hair and radiant smile, Kara felt immediately drawn to her.

The young doctor opened her mouth to introduce herself. She had every intention to be confident, but she got so nervous that her planned greeting came out as more of a stutter. "H-Hi, Supergirl. It- It's an honor to meet you. I'm Agent Emma Rose, and in the absence of D- Dr. Hamilton, I'll be taking care of you..."

Even though everything else in the world seemed to be against Kara, something about the girl just made her smile. "Hey, Emma. You don't have to be nervous. And you can just call me Kara." She extended her hand, and Emma eagerly took it.

"Oh! I didn't realize... I didn't know that I was allowed to know... I uh-"

Kara laughed. "Don't worry about it. You're new here, so I suppose you don't know, but most of the DEO agents here know my name." She beamed at the flustered girl. "Just don't tell anyone outside and you should be fine."

Emma felt slightly more relaxed than when she had initially came in. "Well, Kara. I'm just going to take your vitals really quick. Shouldn't take more than a minute."

Kara smiled. While Emma got to work, Kara decided she would try to find out more about this new agent. "So, Doctor Rose... Why did you end up transferring to this DEO facility?"

"Please, just Emma is fine. If I can call you Kara, then there is definitely no need for the Doctor business. In fact, I'm not even a doctor at all."

Kara looked up at her, and teased. "Well that's reassuring."

Emma laughed. "Apparently there has been a serious shortage of agents. Resources have been spread thin because of the intensification of the search for Cadmus. There are no readily available doctors right now, and Dr. Hamilton is away on a mission. I guess I was chosen because I studied medicine before I was recruited. I never actually became a doctor, though. Tending to Supergirl as my first patient is really not helping the nerves."

Kara beamed at her. "Well, I'm sure you have nothing to worry about. I got my powers back, so I should be able to heal the rest on my own. It's probably just going to be routine check ups from here. Like I said before, absolutely no need to be nervous. I'll do my best to be a good first patient."

Emma smiled back. "Why thank you, Kara." She retracted her stethoscope, and wrote some numbers down in a chart. She then walked over to the monitoring station and examined the tablet with Kara's vitals. "Everything looks like it is in order. Is there anything else I can get you?"

"Some pizza would be nice, not going to lie. No one here has been willing to order me a pizza, and I've been dying to eat some actual food."

Emma laughed at her, and teased her in a mock doctor voice. "Now, now, Kara. I may not be a doctor, but I can safely assume that pizza is not exactly conducive to the diet of a recovering patient."

Kara smirked and exaggerated a wink. "No one needs to know. My powers are coming back, which means my metabolism is back to normal. I need to eat real food."

The agent stood and considered for a moment, before eventually nodding. "Just one box." Kara smiled, and with that, Emma left to go get her newfound patient a box of pizza. Something she never thought she'd be doing on her first day as a doctor.

With Emma gone for the time being, Kara was left to herself. She had almost forgotten about everything else that was happening while Emma had been in here. Something about her easygoing personality and warm brown eyes just made Kara want to be friends with her.

Her eyes... they reminded Kara a lot of her big sister's eyes. Alex.

Oh, Alex.

She vowed to herself that as soon as she was feeling better and was released from the infirmary, the first thing she would do was go see Alex. They really needed to talk. About a lot. She hoped that in the meantime, she wasn't being too hard on herself.

Kara began to replay their last argument in her head, and she began to feel as miserable as she had before Emma stepped into her room. Before she knew it, her thoughts had returned to Hunter, and what he had done for her. Her eyes welled up as she was sent reeling back into her memories.

Hearing the gunshot. Expecting it to hit her. Watching Hunter jump in front and take it instead. Seeing him fall to the floor in pain. Feeling his life leave him as his hand grew limp in hers. And she was forced to relive all of the heartache that came with Hunter's death.

She felt someone holding her hand and calling her name, and she was jolted out of her painstaking memory. Kara focused her cloudy blue eyes and found herself staring right into Emma's worried eyes. The pizza box had been ditched by the door.

"Kara, are you okay? I saw you crying, and I ran in here as fast as I could. I didn't know what was going on. Are you in any pain? Do you need any sort of medication?"

Kara just shook her head, squeezing her eyes shut tight to try and stop the tears from flowing. "It's nothing, just... Forget about it."

Emma would not let that go. "Kara, please. Is there anything I can do to help? Do you need me to get someone? I still have the pizza, in case you want to eat. I don't know if that'll help, but if you're hungry I think you should eat at least something."

She watched as Kara just shook her head in refusal. "I'm not hungry anymore."

Emma was completely out of her element here. She had no idea what she was doing, or what she should be doing. "I... If you want me to get someone, or if you need me to leave-"

She looked into the lost eyes of the pained girl on the bed. Kara immediately shook her head. She did not want to be alone right now. "No, please. Stay."

Emma just nodded and went to retrieve the pizza. "I know you said you weren't hungry, but I'll leave this near you in case you want to eat later." Kara nodded gratefully and laid back down in her bed.

Emma pulled up a chair, and looked on concerned. "Do... Do you need any medication? You never told me if you were in any pain. If you are, then I need to know so I can give you something for it. I am your doctor, first and foremost."

Kara stared blankly at her hands. "I'm not in any pain... Physically, at least." She mumbled that last part, but Emma managed to catch it.

She did not really know how to help. She didn't know Kara at all, didn't know what was troubling her. "Do you... want to talk about it?"

Kara just shook her head. "I uh... Not yet. Why don't we talk about something else? Do... Do you have any siblings? Favorite food?"

Emma was just glad they had moved to something she could help with; taking Kara's mind off of whatever was hurting her.

"Yeah, actually! I have a younger brother. His name is Gavin..."

They continued talking until Kara eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.