Alex watched on her tablet through Emma's body cam as Kara was wheeled back towards the transport vehicle on the gurney they had prepared. When Emma burst through the back doors, she immediately stood on wobbly legs to greet her little sister. Emma was yelling at different agents to get her various sedatives for Kara's pain, and set to work stitching her up as soon as the doors closed behind her.

Alex froze where she stood at the sight of Kara's bloodied and cut body. She had passed out from the pain before she was able to see the kind of damage the grenade had done to her, and the sight of her sister in this much pain shook her to her core. She decided that the reunion could wait, and didn't want to get in the way.

Emma was deftly stitching up Kara's wounds as she called out to the agents to rush the sedatives. "There was kryptonite in there, so her powers are still gone. But soon, they're going to come back and she'll burn right through the painkillers, and I won't be able to get this needle into her skin. We need to sew her up so she stops losing this much blood. Work fast, people."

They all nodded and did exactly what she told them to do. Alex watched all of this in awe, seeing how truly skilled she was with her needle. Once Kara was all stitched up, Emma immediately handed all of her supplies to one of the other agents and grabbed Kara's hand with both of hers. With the adrenaline fading away, Emma was finally able to process all of the blood that Kara had lost. Because she had sacrificed herself to save Emma from that grenade.

Her eyes began to tear up, and her emotions rose to the surface. All of the agents averted their eyes, and so did Alex. They felt like they were intruding upon a private moment. Emma's skillful and quick stitching job had stopped Kara from losing blood, and probably saved her life. The cuts began healing over on their own, signaling to her that Kara's powers were coming back.

She sighed a breath of relief. If she had even been one minute later with the sutures, Kara would have died. But now, she'd make a full recovery. Kara slowly blinked her eyes open to see Emma's worried face hovering over her. She smiled as she felt vitality and energy begin to gradually come back into her body.

The first thing Emma did was smack her in the arm. Kara looked at her friend and recoiled. "Ow! What was that for?"

Emma practically yelled at her. "Are you crazy?! Why would you do that?! You could have died! I literally made you promise me to not do anything stupid, so what do you do? Something stupid! If you don't die from this, I'll kill you myself."

Kara just smiled at her. "Awww, was wittle Emma worried about me?" Emma snorted in response and smacked her again. Behind the playful smile and gentle slaps, Kara could detect serious fear and concern in Emma's eyes. "Seriously, Em. I'm fine. All thanks to you."

Emma smiled tearily at her best friend. "Don't you ever do anything like that again. I don't know what I would have done if I lost you."

Kara snorted. "Probably would have cut off Lillian's hand and used it to kill her." Emma laughed. "I was kind of hoping you wouldn't hear that."

Kara smiled, sitting upright and pulled Emma into a tight hug. "We did it. Cadmus is gone. You saved me. Everything is going to be fine from now." Emma just squeezed her in return, not wanting to let go. Kara then looked around the car, scanning the faces of the agents. "Emma, where's Alex? Is she...? Did she...?"

Alex cleared her throat, and stood up with the help of her crutches. "Right here, Kar."

Kara whirled around to find her sister behind her, barely holding herself upright. She super sped over to steady her, and then engulfed her in a big hug. "I'm so glad you're okay. I thought you were..."

Alex gave her sister a gentle squeeze. "I'm not. I'm right here, Kar. I'm afraid you're stuck with me forever."

Kara smiled at her and sat in the seat next to her. Alex just gazed at her sister, amazed to see her grinning. It felt surreal that Cadmus was finally gone. Alex then remembered that she hadn't that award-winning smile in forever.

Remembered why she hadn't.

She locked eyes with her sister and squeezed her hand. "We have a lot to talk about when we get back, don't we?"

Kara nodded, then squeezed her sister's hand back. "Yeah, but until then, let's just enjoy the ride." She leaned her head gently down on Alex's shoulder, and Alex subsequently rested her head on her sister's.

Emma watched this... watched them... together. And for the first time in a while, she felt genuinely happy.