buffyfan1992 - J'onn will be present in this story, but will not have a main role. This is mainly exploring the relationship between Alex, Maggie, and Kara. However, he will be there in all of our Space Dad needs :)

Flash4818 - Kara will probably be found next chapter, or the following chapter. As I mentioned before, I did not want to rush anything.

Hope you guys enjoy :)

Kara screamed in pain as she felt the serrated knife dig into her thigh. Searing agony spread through her whole leg, and she felt sick to her stomach. It had been four days of needless torture, after Lillian revealed why she needed Kara.

Apparently, she was working on some kind of Kryptonian fighting exo-suit, and needed to perfect a form of synthetic kryptonite to integrate into the exoskeleton. Kara had unfortunately become victim to her testing.

She had managed to rip off a shirt sleeve and tie it around her abdomen to make a makeshift tourniquet to stop the blood flow from the gunshot wound. But that was only a temporary solution. Her cape would have done a better job, but since she was coming from Alex's apartment, she wasn't wearing Supergirl attire at the time she was taken. She had been wearing a jacket too, which would have been much nicer, but it had apparently fallen off when she was shot out of the sky.

Kara felt dizzy and nauseous from the combination of her wound and the kryptonite, and knew she needed to get out of there.

As soon as she thought this though, she felt a syringe enter her neck, and the next thing she knew, everything went black.

-00-

It had been four days and Alex still hadn't heard from Kara. She was beginning to feel increasingly worried. However, she decided to give Kara a couple more days before she would set out to find her sister.

She was analyzing some samples from a recent alien attack when she heard a gentle knock on her lab door. Alex smiled upon seeing her fiancee.

"Hey, Mags. I was just finishing up in here." Maggie raised an eyebrow. "You're still at it? You started analyzing that sample hours ago."

Alex shrugged. "I've been a little distracted thinking about Kara. I can't help but think something has happened to her." Maggie gave her a reassuring smile. "I know you're worried, but Little Danvers can take care of herself. Why don't you finish that up and then we can have a little date night to take your mind off things for a while?"

Alex wrapped her up in a hug and nodded. "That sounds great. This will only take me ten more minutes to finish."

Maggie sat in one of the chairs nearby to wait. She looked around and found some blood samples laying around. She examined them until Alex finished, then questioned her about them. "Alex, what species has this kind of blood? It's so... dark."

Alex smiled. "It's actually a sample of Kara's blood. I didn't realize Kryptonian blood was so dark either until we extracted that sample from her." Maggie just filed that knowledge away for another time and returned her fiancee's smile.

"I suppose it's time we get out of here then. If we wait any longer, all the good places are going to close for the night."

-00-

When they were finally seated and the food had come out, Alex barely ate anything. Maggie could see her just shuffling the food around her plate, without actually eating any of it. She gave her fiancee a small smile. "Just try not to think about it so much, Danvers. There's nothing you can do until she decides to talk to you. Like you said, she just needs time."

Alex nodded absentmindedly. "Yeah, I know..."

"But?"

Alex just shook her head. "I just can't help but think that this is all my fault. You even said you agreed. What if I pushed her over the edge? When Clark was here before we met, she spent every minute with him. She even said she wanted to move to Metropolis so they could be together, and I just... I felt so neglected. That was only for a few days, though. I can't believe I forced Kara to feel this way for months."

Maggie reached across the table and squeezed Alex's hand. "I know you feel horrible about everything, but there's no use dwelling on what you did. You can only focus on how you're going to make it better." She just watched as Alex nodded dejectedly in return.

"Look, why don't we just try to enjoy this amazing food, and we can talk about this later, okay? Everything is going to turn out alright, and we did come here to take your mind off things. Let's just enjoy this rare night where we're together and there are no aliens or criminals romping about the city. Does that sound good to you, Danvers?""

Alex gave her a small smile, and nodded. "Yeah... I guess I can do that."

-00-

Maggie and Alex left the restaurant holding hands and smiling, and Alex felt a million times better. She even elected to take the scenic route home, a way she'd never taken before. It would take them an extra half hour, but neither of them seemed to mind. She was enjoying Maggie's company, and her fiancee was helping take her mind off the nagging worry she was feeling about Kara.

They were walking through an empty pathway when Maggie stopped abruptly. Automatically alarmed, Alex looked around, whispering. "What's the matter, Mags? I don't see anything."

The detective simply held up a hand telling her to be quiet. She walked stealthily towards a bush, where she found some kind of white cloth. Upon lifting it up and examining it further, both of them simultaneously realized what it was.

Maggie looked over to Alex, hoping against hope she was wrong.

"Danvers, is this... is this Kara's favorite jacket?" She then pointed to a suspiciously dark red patch right in the center of the white cloth.

"... And is that her blood?"

And that's when Alex really felt the sickening panic flare up in her chest.

As always, have a blessed day :)