AN:
Okay, I have upped the ratings. This one is hard to read and features mentions of rape. Thank you all for reading.
Her senses were dulled, a white light filled her sights as she returned to the world of the living. She heard the beeping of not one monitor, but two. Hope filled her chest as she turned to where the other sound was coming from. She groaned slightly as she moved to get comfortable.
"Hey." A soft voice spoke to her. Lena knew that voice, she would know that voice from anywhere.
"Lori is safe…She's currently writing. She's a talented writer for a thirteen year old." Kara laughed slightly as Lena's green eyes finally set on her.
"She doesn't get that from me." Lena laughed herself before groaning in pain, "She certainly doesn't have our brains. What happened? Lilian shot me, I know that much." In that moment everything came back to her. She sat up quickly, "Robert."
"Hey, hey, hey." Kara said softly, helping her back down, "He's alive. We got him back…He's just in a very critical condition. You were shot in the chest, but you'll be okay. You just need to take it easy."
Lena stared at Kara, and then her eyes moved down to the crest on her chest. Her mouth went dry. Before Kara could pick up on the sound of her heart suddenly beating faster, the monitors did. Kara frowned, "What's wrong Lena?" Kara asked, concerned about her friend.
"Will…Will Robert be okay?" Lena asked her, fixing her eyes on Kara's.
"We are doing everything we can." Kara assured her.
Lena sighed, lifting a hand to her forehead. Her hand had an I.V tube attatched and despite the fact that it irritated Lena, she had bigger things to worry about. Unexpectedly, the Luthor broke down, crying. This was something that Kara had never seen before. It scared her to the core.
The Super sat on the side of Lena's bed, "Hey, hey. Lori is safe. No harm came to her. I found her. She was a little shaken but other than that she has been asking when you'll wake up."
Lena sucked in a deep breath as tears trailed down her cheeks, "I could have lost her Kara. In that one moment she could have-"
"She's safe now. Don't talk like that." Kara said to her, wiping her friend's cheeks with her thumbs, "Everything will be okay now. I promise."
"I can't ever lose her Kara, I'm her mom. It's my job to protect her."
"I know Lena, I know and you have done the most amazing job." Kara smiled softly, "Her head and heart are in the right place and that is down to you. I could never have done any better."
Lena sighed heavily. She stared at Kara for a moment. Everything felt better in that moment. This was the first time in forever that they had actually talked and it made Lena feel relieved. In that moment, the stars felt like they had aligned properly and that everything was on their side. They could take chances, and that's exactly what Lena did.
She leaned forward and kissed Kara. At first Kara was surprised, but she soon settled into it before jerking away and standing up.
The Luthor was confused, frowning heavily, "Kara?"
"We can't do that-we, we can't do that. I'm sorry, we just can't."
"You kissed me back!" Lena snapped.
Kara nervously walked around, "I know, I know and I shouldn't have. You're married and you're my daughter's mom."
Lena frowned, "There is more to this."
"You're married!" Kara snapped.
"But it's not just that is it?" Lena snapped, watching Kara as she paced nervously, "And you never did tell me. Who is Lori's father?"
"When I tell you that you don't need to know, you really don't," Kara snapped.
"Lori deserves to know!" Lena snapped.
"NOT ABOUT THIS!" Kara shouted at the top of her voice, stunning Lena.
Lena was confused, "Kara…"
"I was raped Lena!" Kara snapped, finally facing her friend. Tears filled the woman's eyes, and before Lena could ask how, Kara began explaining.
"It was late, and I had a few too many to drink." Kara said to her. The woman was shaking, fidgeting nervously, "And it was dark." She shrugged, "I was hardly aware of my surroundings…Before I knew it, I was being forced down and my powers were weak. I guessed someone was using Kryptonite. I tried to fight the person off but they wouldn't stop." Kara shivered, "Once-once it was over…It felt like I had been on the floor for forever…Once I was freed from any restraints, I looked at the guy's face…Lena I am so sorry."
"Don't." Lena sneered, her face ice cold. She hated where this was going, "Don't tell me."
Kara felt hot tears streaming down her face, "Lori's father is Lex, you're brother."
"That explains why her powers are developing slower and why she didn't walk until she was four…" Lena growled, "And that explains why you…What happened a few minutes ago…I think I'm going to be sick." Lena's stomach turned and so did her world.
"That brief time when Lex was out of jail, he sought after me and he knew exactly what he was doing." Kara gasped, trying to regulate her breathing and get it back to normal.
"And yet, you brought her to me? You asked me to be her mother!" Lena snapped, now angry, "And I'm her aunt!"
"Lena, I'm sorry." Kara gasped, trying to comfort her best friend.
"Out of all the people you could have given her to, you gave her to me! You could have asked Lucy and I know for a fact that she would have been more than happy to raise her. You- You knew the truth all along and the worst part about all of this is…" Lena took a deep breath, "I was angry when I learned that you lied about being Supergirl but I was able to move on from that. This was downright selfish!" Lena growled.
Kara looked down at the floor from where she was standing and she shrugged, "At the time, I didn't know what to do."
"Neither did I." Lena growled, "But I figured it out. Don't bother showing up to work for at least a week because I don't think I can stand to even look at you. I'm sorry for what Lex did to you, I really am, but how you did this, knowing who Lori really belonged to…That was wrong of you."
There was a silence between them. Kara saw the fire behind Lena's eyes and there was so much hurt and betrayal. Kara wished she had told her sooner. She couldn't turn back the clock now.
It was too late.
Kara took her cue to leave, and left in silence.
Lena lay there, her world felt like it was on fire. She didn't know how to handle any of this, and so she decided that she wouldn't.
She just wanted to hurt someone, but ever since Lori, she wasn't like that…Or was it just hidden away?
Could Lena really embrace her inner Luthor and destroy everything she had built?
Right now, she didn't care. She was hurting in a way that she had never hurt before.
However, both Lena and Kara were unaware that Robert had witnessed everything from the kiss to learning the truth.