Kara was eating a box of pizza that she had recently acquired from Emma, and was counting down the days until she could leave the infirmary. It was so boring and dry, and the only times she enjoyed being in here was when Emma would come to check up on her.

She was so excited to get out, and when she finally did, she'd be able to talk to J'onn about getting back into the field. Kara was also worried about her big sister, and wanted so badly to go talk to her. She knew Alex was probably sitting somewhere stewing in her own guilt, and Kara knew how that felt. Only with the recent help of Emma was she able to release some of the blame from her own conscience.

Kara was jolted out of her thoughts by the sound of J'onn opening the door. He immediately laughed at the sight of her just munching on pizza in her hospital bed. "Is that really the best idea? Eating pizza while you're supposed to be recovering?"

She smiled. "When was there ever a bad time to eat pizza?" J'onn smiled and shrugged. "Got me there."

He quickly turned serious and got down to business. "I'm here because we have reason to believe Lillian is very close. The exodus ship has been steadily progressing to this location. I'm not entirely sure how she knows where the DEO is, but she's approaching. I give it hours tops until she arrives. We need to transport you to a bunker, or a safe room. We can't allow her access to you."

Kara shook her head. "J'onn please. I feel perfectly fine. I want to join the fight, I have to. I can't let the agents here risk their lives to help me when I'm not out there doing the same for them. Please, you have to understand. How would you feel if you were being locked away? Forced to let other people fight your battles when you know you can help?"

J'onn took a moment to consider this. As he was about to respond, Emma burst into the door. "There you are, Director! The agents in the control room need you. It looks like Cadmus is trying to hack in. This might be how they're planning to release the prisoners." J'onn swiftly turned towards Kara. "You stay put until I come for you." With that, he promptly left the room and hurried over to the control room.

Kara turned to Emma. "Is everyone okay out there?" Her friend nodded. "Cadmus has us all on edge. Rumor has it they're attacking today, and we're all preparing to stop them."

Kara looked confused. "You're going to be in the field?" Emma nodded solemnly. "J'onn needed as many skilled agents as he could get. I was top of my division at my old location and leader of my unit, he wants me out there fighting."

Emma turned from her tablet to Kara. "You have to promise me that you stay put, okay? I can't have you getting hurt again. Please, Kara. I know we haven't known each other for long, but you mean so much to me. I can't watch you get hurt."

Kara shook her head. "There's no way in hell I'm going to stay in here. Especially if you're out there too. If you go, I go. You can't seriously expect me to sit back and let you go out there with nobody watching your back. It's too dangerous for that. I may mean a lot to you, but that goes both ways. I'm not losing you, or any other agents here, not without a fight."

Emma sighed, knowing she could not dissuade Kara. She always knew it would be like this. "Kara, please. Just promise me that when they come, you'll be careful. Don't do anything stupid, okay? I know I can't convince you to stay, but please. Just be as safe as you can."

Kara smiled. "How will anything happen to me when I have 'elite, top of her division, unit leader' Agent Rose looking after me?"

Emma playfully smacked her in the arm. "Oh shut up."

Emma got back to business and turned her attention back to Kara's charts, when alarms began blaring intensely throughout the facility.

They both looked up to each other and simultaneously warned, "Cadmus."

-00-

Alex knew the invasion was coming later tonight. She had insisted to J'onn that Winn and Eliza be set up in a safe room. She was still in there with them, stationing guards and assigning agents to protect them, when the alarms began screaming through the entire building.

She looked up, and her eyes hardened. Her instincts immediately kicked into Agent Danvers mode. She began barking out orders to every agent that was nearby. Assigning them to Eliza and Winn, telling some to keep guard, telling others to go with her.

Alex knew who Cadmus was after. And refused to let them win.

She had screwed up with Kara momentously, but she was still going to protect her at all costs. Alex hugged her mother goodbye, before briskly heading out to go find her sister. She turned around, locking and barricading the door to the safe room, and finally set out with her entourage of other field agents.

She was well on her way to finding Kara when she ran into J'onn. He was running quickly towards the prisoner units. "Danvers! Luthor hacked into the system. Prisoners are loose! Bring your agents and come with me. Now."

Alex turned and sent one last longing glance towards the infirmary, before turning on her heel and following J'onn. If she stopped the prisoners, Kara would be safe. It was the only thing she could do now.

She, J'onn, and the rest of the agents ran into a hallway swarming with prisoners. Every agent cocked their guns and prepared to fire. J'onn shifted into his Martian form, and looked to Alex.

She firmly locked eyes with him and nodded.

This was it.