Kara woke to find Eliza by her bedside. She smiled up at her adoptive mother, and Eliza squeezed her hand gently in return. Kara looked up as she heard the door open.

Emma was looking down at her tablet, fully focused on what was on it, as she walked in. "Hey Kara! I was just-" She stopped when she looked up and saw Eliza sitting there. "Oh! Hello. You must be Dr. Danvers. It really is a pleasure to meet you." Kara had told her about her family and the basics of her childhood here on earth when they had talked last.

Eliza stood and shook the young girl's hand. "It is nice to meet you too. You must be the Doctor Rose Kara was talking about. Thank you for looking after my daughter." Emma beamed. "Anytime. And just Emma is okay, I'm not really a fan of the whole 'Doctor' thing." She curiously looked towards Eliza and asked. "If you don't mind me asking, Kara told me you were also a doctor, so why are you not working on her case?"

She smiled. "Unfortunately, I'm not that kind of doctor. I have experience with Kryptonian physiology, and in regards to her cells and other biochemical aspects, I can help, but the medicinal stuff goes right over my head."

Emma nodded and then turned her attention to Kara. "I hope you got some rest since we last saw each other." Kara caught the underlying message in there. The last time they had seen each other, Kara was a mess. She looked up to her newfound friend and gave a small smile. "Yeah, I'm feeling a little better."

Her doctor nodded and examined the heart monitors. "Okay, so everything looks good, and your vitals are perfect. I'd like to keep you in here for five to seven more days for monitoring, and to make sure everything remains stable, then we can discharge you."

Kara smiled a big toothy grin and turned to Eliza. "I can finally get out of here in five days, thank Rao." Eliza just laughed at her.

Both of their heads turned as J'onn came into the room. His eyes immediately landed on Emma. "Doctor Rose. How is everything going in here?"

She smiled back in response. "I just told everybody's favorite patient that she can be discharged in a week, at the latest." J'onn nodded in approval. When he didn't say anything else, Emma took that as her cue to leave.

J'onn then walked up to Kara and Eliza, and immediately, concern spread over his face. "We have reason to believe Cadmus is on the move. There was a gigantic energy spike coming from the woods where we found you, and it's unlike anything we've ever seen. The only possible source we could come up with was the Exodus ship that Alex and Jeremiah described. That means she's going to make her move sooner rather than later."

Kara sighed. "This is it then, huh? Everything is about to change. She's in the end game now, isn't she?"

J'onn grimly nodded. "If she succeeds, life as we know it will come to an end. And you, Kara, will not be safe."

Kara shook her head. "This isn't about my safety, J'onn. It's about the millions of other aliens that will die if this goes through. I have to help."

J'onn's eyes hardened. "Absolutely not. You are in no condition to be out there, fighting all of Lillian's forces, especially when she has Kryptonite. Plus, if her plan is to release every alien we have imprisoned here at the DEO, and somehow she succeeds, you will not make it out alive, Kara. I cannot let you fight in this war full well knowing that you could be killed."

Eliza turned to her daughter and agreed with J'onn. "Listen, Kara. It won't be an army of humans out there that you'll be fighting. There are going to be hundreds of aliens, in addition to all of Cadmus and their kryptonite technology. If you go out there, you'll be killed before you can even do anything."

Kara was about to protest, before she was immediately shushed by J'onn. "Look. If your powers are fully back and you feel 100% by the time you're discharged, then maybe we will discuss it then. No guarantees you go out there, but we'll talk about it, okay? I know how much you want to help, it's just dangerous."

Eliza glared at him.

Kara nodded at the compromise. She could argue her case later if that's what it came to. J'onn looked at her one last time before leaving to get back on the hunt for Cadmus. Eliza stood up and asked Kara if she'd be okay alone. When Kara nodded, Eliza left to go look for her other daughter.

Winn managed to slip in the door while Eliza left. He walked up to Kara's bed. "Hey, Kara. You okay?"

His best friend nodded back at him. She looked up at him. "How's Alex? I bet she's blaming herself. I shouldn't have made her feel guilty about it... It's just that Hunter was..." She trailed off.

Winn answered. "Alex is blaming herself, but she should be. She had no right to throw Hunter's sacrifice in your face. You had every right to respond the way you did." He had a lot of... opinions... about what Alex had done, but didn't continue when he saw his friend's pained eyes. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Kara shook her head. "Not right now. Maybe tomorrow or something."

Winn just stared at her. "Kara, listen. You can't keep bottling up your feelings like this. It's so unhealthy, and though you're not showing it to everyone else, I can see that the guilt is eating away at you. Please, just talk to someone. It doesn't have to be me, but you do need to talk to someone."

He could see his friend nod, before turning around and walking towards the door. "J'onn has me working double time to track the Exodus ship's energy signature and fortifying the prison, so I need to go."

Kara smiled at him and thanked him for visiting. Right as he was about to leave, he turned one last time and told her. "Remember what I said."

He then opened the door, and then he was gone.

And Kara felt so alone.