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Alex was dreaming… She was fighting Cadmus… It was a firefight. She ducked behind a statue of Supergirl and checked her gun, she was almost empty, where was everyone?! Red and green bullets zipped overhead, Kryptonite! She had to protect Kara, she peeked out behind the stone cape and there was Lillian Luthor, she was laughing wickedly and directing her hoard of aliens and soldiers towards Alex's hiding place. Alex fired off a few more shots, trying to conserve her ammo. She turned as she shot her weapon, only taking a second to aim and pull the trigger at each being that appeared: Livewire, Red Tornado and Parasite all fell to her attack. But as she turned for the last time she saw her father… But it wasn't him? But it was…

His head was seamlessly blended onto the neck and body of a white Martian.

"Daddy..?" She whispered, lowering her gun as he advanced, the Martian legs taking such long strides but not seeming to get any closer.

"Alex, help me!" Her father shouted back, his voice faint as if from a distance. He paused in his sprint towards her as he reached a body curled up and broken on the floor and picked it up with his white Martian claws. Alex gasped as she realised it was Maggie, a tear rolled down her cheek but then Maggie's arm moved, she was alive!

"Maggie!"

"Alex?" He voice carried much further than it should have, almost as if she was whispering right in Alex's ear. Maggie was already badly wounded as her father's alien body picked her up and made as if to throw the broken detective violently against the wall.

"Noooo!" Alex screamed and fired her gun. The silver bullet hit her father square in the chest, he took a step back and then started to fall, a smile of relief on his lips as the life drained from his eyes. A cackling laughter suddenly sounded behind her, overwhelming her senses. She turned and found she was surrounded by towering forms of Lillian, Lena, Astra and M'gann, all laughing in a strange stilted way.

"Alex!" A voice cut through the noise… Maggie's voice. "Come on Danvers! Alex… You can't leave me… not now…"

Alex knew that somehow, she had to get to Maggie. That everything would be ok if she could just reach the detective, but as she kept turning there was no way out, the four women just closed in on her, slowly cutting out the light and towering ever higher…

In a whitewashed and clinical hospital room within a private wing in National City, Alex lay on a hospital bed. Flat on her stomach with her head turned to one side to allow easier breathing, her back was swathed in bandages and the whole room smelled strongly of antiseptic. She was hooked up to a number of machines whose steady beating was a comfort to the exhausted brunette slumped in a chair beside the bed. Maggie held Alex's left hand gently in her own as she rested her head on her own arm at Alex's side. She had insisted on going with Alex to the hospital when the ambulance arrived and hadn't left her side since. That had been 5 hours ago, Alex had been rushed into surgery where her vitals were stabilised and her horrific cold burns treated and bandaged. She had yet to awake from the anaesthetic, but Maggie had refused to leave until she knew Alex would be ok.

"Come on Danvers…" She whispered. "You can beat this…" Slowly the monotonous beeping and Alex's soft snoring lulled Maggie to sleep and she began to doze.

She awoke with a start, the beeping was louder and more erratic, lights were flashing… and Alex had stopped breathing!

"Help! Help me! She's stopped breathing!" Maggie started yelling, running to the door (ignoring the cramp in her calf from sitting still for too long) and shouted down the corridor. Nurses and Doctors rushed to the room, shooing Maggie to the side as they effectively assessed their patient and began resuscitation.

"Alex! Come on Danvers! You can't leave me… not now…" Tears began to fill Maggie's eyes. She looked up as a blonde woman rushed into the room.

"Alex! Alex!" She rushed to the bed only to be ushered into the same corner of the room as Maggie.

"What's wrong?! Please someone tell me!" She looked distraught. Maggie felt a pang of jealousy; the blonde was cute and obviously cared deeply for the agent. It looked like Alex had listened to her suggestion and started dating. Maggie's heart fell a little, but she still needed Alex to be ok, even if she had lost her chance to be with her as more than a friend.

Eventually the beeping machines evened out and the team surrounding the bed relaxed.

"She will be ok Miss Danvers" one nurse spoke to the blonde, putting a comforting hand on her arm.

"Oh thank you, thank you!" She hugged the nurse.

"Yes, thank you." Maggie spoke to the nurse. She was elated; Alex was going to be OK! "When will she wake up?"

A doctor had heard her question and walked over.

"It shouldn't be too much longer now, her heart stopped for a minute there but we were able to jolt start it again. We will keep a close eye on her but the anaesthetic should wear off soon. She needs to rest however and limit her movements. Her back was badly burned and her body needs time to recover."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure she stays still" the blonde confirmed, smiling and thankful that Alex would be OK.

The doctor nodded and left the room with the nurse shortly followed by the rest of the team after they had determined Alex's vitals were stable once more.

"Danvers?" Maggie posed the name as a question, only now realising that the cute blonde shared a name with Alex.

"Yep, I'm her sister, Kara" She said brightly, offering the detective a hand. "And you are?"

"Ah yes she's told me all about you! I'm Detective Maggie Sawyer, I'm a… friend of Alex's. She might have mentioned me?"

"Yea… she has…" Kara's grip suddenly grew more firm, almost to the point of painful before she abruptly dropped it and turned to where Alex lay.

Maggie felt both shame and relief. Alex wasn't dating the gorgeous blonde, but it looked like she had told her sister about what had happened between them and Kara felt (with good reason) anger at the detective for stomping on her sister's heart.

"I'm going to go and get a coffee, would you like some?" Maggie asked Kara. Now she knew Alex wouldn't be alone she really needed to stretch her legs and chug some caffeine.

"No I'm OK, you go, I'll stay here with her." Kara answered, her attention already fully devoted to her sister lying prone in front of her.

When Alex awoke, it was dark. She knew she was in a hospital because of the smell… cloying antiseptic mixed with cleaning fluids and alcoholic hand gel; a very distinctive aroma. Her head felt a little fuzzy, the dregs of a confusing dream lingered but as she tried to grasp at it, it disappeared completely. A faint red light was emanating from the machine next to her along with a faint beeping noise. She realised she was lying on her stomach and tried to raise her head. As her back twisted pain shot straight from her neck down her spine, spreading out like claws as it went. A moan escaped her lips and she collapsed back down, her breathing quickening as she tried to breathe through the agony.

"Alex?" A concerned voice whispered.

"Kara?" Alex's weak voice cut Kara's heart.

"Yea I'm here, I'm here Alex." Kara sat up from where she had been dozing in the chair next to the bed and grabbed Alex's hand.

"What happened? My back…"

"You were hit by an ice blast from the alien you were sent after, Winn has been calling him Mr. Freeze…" Alex grinned a little through the pain (now calming slightly) in her back.

"Why am I not dead? The other agents were down; did you get there in time..? Maggie! She was there, is she OK?!" Alex tried to move again and winced, Kara quickly encouraged her back down.

"You mustn't move, the doctors said your back has been badly burned, it needs time to heal." She said gently.

"Maggie was there… but she is OK!" Kara quickly reassured Alex as she saw the worry on her face.

"She carried you to safety after I showed up. Alex… She saved your life, she distracted the alien long enough for me to get there, she could have died… She didn't know I was on the way, and was stood over you with just a broken pipe and a trashcan lid. One crazy woman…" Kara was impressed with the detective, and it showed.

"She did…? Where is she now?"

"She came in with you, refused to leave your side until I got here and is currently snoring in that corner." Kara nodded her head into the corner of the room where Maggie lay wedged into an uncomfortable armchair, her feet folded under her and her jacket draped over the top.

Kara saw Alex's face scrunch up briefly and quickly asked "Are you in much pain? Do you need me to get the doctor?"

"No… I mean yea I'm in pain but I'll be OK, I think I just… I just… need to sleep." Alex said, starting to drift off even as she said it.

"Go on, sleep, I'll stay with you… we both will." Kara looked over at the sleeping detective thoughtfully, but Alex had already fallen asleep, dreams of the detective floating through her unconscious mind.