"So, basically you want me to inject the Gray Mercy INTO HER BLOODSTREAM?" Alex asked incredulously, "And then put her under the Gray Mercy Again anyway? That's not happening."

Lena sighed. "No! There is a plant called blue Mercy… it's basically just an alien type of marijuana. It would make Kara easier to get through to. The Blue Mercy would be injected into her blood stream, it'd pause the effects of the gray mercy on her body for three hours, that way I would have plenty of time to show her that what she is seeing in there isn't reality, and then wallah We get Kara back."

Alex sighed. "You really want her back, I'll give you that. But until I test this plant out and make sure there are absolutely zero risks to Kara's health, I'm not letting it happen."

Lena sighed. She knew that Alex was right… they couldn't just take Lillian's word for it… That woul gamble with Kara's life, and neither of them wanted to do that. "You're right." She admitted. "We should make sure that this won't make things worse for her."

Alex smiled. "Now, where can we get our hands on a Blue Mercy plant?"

Lena smirked. "My mother's hideout."

XXX

Finding the Blue Mercy and bringing it to Alex was easy. What was not easy was waiting for the tests to come through… Which could take weeks.

Something that was even less easy than waiting, was being around a Kara that didn't want to be with her. She'd noticed the subtle differences in the way they reacted as friends now.

Before their relationship, Kara had still been a touchy feely person; now, however, she wouldn't even hug Lena. Which was becoming more and more painful by the second.

They were sitting on the same couch, two cushions between them, as they watched 50 first dates… IT was making things ten times harder, but Lena persevered, it was what Kara wanted to watch.

"Geeze," Kara muttered. "That would be a devastating blow… The love of your life not remembering you? That would be more painful than anything else I can imagine."

Lena swallowed. "What about if they have a type of amnesia where they think you did something horrible to them, but you're an innocent victim? So they hate you for something that you didn't do?"

Kara furrowed her brow. "That's… a demented thought, Lee." She laughed tentatively.

Lena frowned, It's a demented reality too. She thought.

"You do know that I love you more than anything on this planet… Right?" She asked earnestly.

Kara's tentative smile turned into a frown. "I wish you had acted like that then, Lena… Now let's just watch the movie, okay?"

Lena deflated, and couldn't hold back her tears any longer. "I'm sorry" She murmured tearfully. "I should… I should go."

She stood up abruptly, expecting Kara to try to stop her, but all that she was met with was a tearful response. "Could you please… not come back for a while? I can't handle this anymore." Kara croaked.

And oh… if Lena thought she'd been tortured the past month and a half… She was met with a brand new, sharp pain in her chest as she nodded her head, her back facing Kara. "T-take as long as you need, Kara. I'll be waiting. I'll always be waiting." She uttered before she left the loft.

XXX

"She doesn't want to see me anymore." Lena cried out as soon as she walked into Sam's apartment.

Sam's face instantly morphed into one of empathy and confusion. "What!? Why!?"

Lena swallowed back her tears. "I was stupid." She said self depreciatingly. " Everything was going fine until I had the urge to tell her I love her like I always do, and I… I told her, and it fucked everything up."

Sam growled. "Stay here. Don't move until Alex calls you."

Lena furrowed her brow as confusion took over her mind. "Sam what the he-," she didn't even get to finish her sentence before the door slammed behind Sam.

XXX

Twenty minutes later she got a call from a frantic Alex. "Lena! Lena, I need you to get to the D.E.O. Immediately! It's Kara… she's in trouble.'

Lena's heart dropped to the floor. She instantly grabbed her keys and ran out the door. "I'll be there in five." She replied, despite the fact that she lived fifteen minutes away.

She sped through the town as if she owned it, and before she knew it, she was at the D.E.O.

She ran through the building until she reached the Medical bay and caught Alex yelling at Sam.

"I DON'T CARE!' She yelled. "I'm done. I can't even believe you did this, Sam." She lowered her voice to a grave tone. "I want your stuff out of my apartment, and I want my key back. I'm. DONE."

Sam was crying. "I-I was just trying to help Lena."

"AT THE EXPENSE OF MY SISTER'S LIFE!" Alex screamed. "If she dies, Sam… If she dies, I'm locking your ass up. This is unbelievable."

Sam reached for Alex. "Please, Baby… I was j-,"

Alex yanked away. "Don't." She said sternly as she shook her head. "I will never forgive you for this. You need to leave, and don't ever contact me again."

Confusion swam through Lena, but first and foremost, anger rose through her… What had Sam done that risked Kara's life? "Sam?" Lena asked calmly; giving her best friend the benefit of the doubt.

"W-what happened to Kara?"

Alex turned around and scoffed. "Yeah, Sam? What happened?"

Sam swallowed, her face covered in guilt. "I… Lena you have to know I did this all for you. I didn't do it to hurt her."

Lena's skin ran cold. "What. Did. You. Do to her?" She asked coldly.

"I… I couldn't handle seeing you in pain anymore. I remembered everything Alex had said about trying to reverse the Gray Mercy so I figured, 'if they're not willing to do it, I will.'… I Went to Alex's Lab, grabbed the Gray Mercy, and I went to Kara's house. As soon as she opened the door, I threw it on her and then used a red Lamp to inject the Blue Mercy into her… She's in there."

Alex nodded. "I tried burning it off of her again, but it wouldn't budge. I think the Blue Mercy injection made it stronger."

Lena's lip curled into a grimace as she faced Sam. "YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HER!" She screamed. "She's being tortured at this very moment for no reason!" She yelled once more before realization hit her. She faced Alex, having no time to deal with Sam at the moment. "Alex, we have to get me into her dream."

Alex nodded, "Follow me."

XXX

"Now, remember. The Blue Mercy only gives you three hours, so you have plenty of time. Don't rush this and screw everything up. You have to wait until her mind plays the vision of you cheating before you can rush in."

Lena nodded. "I know, I know. I'm going to get her out safely. I promise."

And with that, Lena was sent to Kara's nightmare.

Will Lena be able to save Kara in time?