"Well, you are in quite the predicament." Lilian smirked as she kept her gun held to Lena. They'd both been stood for about ten minutes. Lena was increasingly worried about both Kara and Lori.
As Lena was about to begin begging, the one thing she would never do. But she was desperate. As she was about to, out of nowhere someone hit Lilian over the head making her fall to the floor unconscious.
"No-one threatens my God daughter and my friend!" The man sneered, with fear in his voice.
Lena's eyes widened, "Winn?!"
"Kara has been missing overnight and I thought to come here, but when you weren't answering your phone I came to investigate." Winn was so nervous. Age had been very kind to him. He had a spiked fringe that was slightly grey and brown stubble on his face with hints of grey. How he dressed hadn't changed. He was wearing a striped shirt, blue tie and a dark blue cardigan with black pants.
Lena kicked the gun out of her mother's reach before digging into her jacket to find the remote control to turn off the deadly Kryptonite emitters. She sighed in relief as she stood back up, "Thank you Winn."
She then walked over to where the gun was kicked moments before and picked it up. She then shoved it into the back of her trousers, "I take it you have a location?" She asked Winn as she sorted her shirt.
"Not yet." He said nervously, "But I have a clue as to where they might be. There was a huge radioactive signal on the outskirts of National City a few moments ago. I have it fixed, but there is a chance it could not be them."
"And there is a chance that it is." Lena breathed. She walked over to her desk and pulled out a rope from the bottom draw before walking back over to Lilian and tying her hands behind her back, "What has happened to the DEO? They've been quiet in recent years."
"They're still active, but yes they are very quiet." Winn agreed, "I haven't worked there in years so I wouldn't know what is happening there."
"Why did you leave the DEO?" Lena asked him as she put on her jacket.
"I travelled to the future, and then the past...To save them." Winn said nervously, "I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to tell you."
"As long as Kara and I end up happily married, I don't care." She smiled, as she put a jacket on.
Winn swallowed hard as he laughed nervously, "Yeah, sure."
"Come on, let's go." She said to him before leaving with him.
Ten minutes ago…
Green lights illuminated the whole room and Kara instantly felt weak, "No..." She gasped, "Lori, listen. We aren't going to die here. Someone's going to save us. They have to."
Lori noticed her laboured breathing. She then noticed how weak she felt herself, "Mom, I'm really sorry about all of this. I love you and mom so much. I don't want to die here. I want you and mom to get married and maybe have other babies."
Kara laughed as she collapsed to the floor next to her, "Babies? Marriage?"
Lori leaned against the cage, "Mom is head over heels for you. I think she's always loved you."
The hero looked at her daughter, "She always has...and I'm sorry for saying those things earlier."
"No, you were right." Lori sighed, "I hurt you...I got us here. Whatever punishment I have to face for it, I will."
"No Lori...Think of this as...All actions have consequences, good or bad. There's a lesson I struggled with when I started out as Supergirl." Kara chuckled, "They were some of the best days...And the worst." She frowned, "I tell you what..."
Kara could feel the Kryptonite getting stronger, "When we get out of here..."
"If we get out of here." Lori sighed.
"No Lori, when we get out of here, I won't tell your mom about this...I won't ever, if you never do anything like this again. You gotta promise me." Kara said, while reaching for Lori's hand.
Lori felt Kara's hand and gently took it, "I promise..." Her voice grew weaker, "Hey mom, I love you."
Kara smiled sadly, holding back tears, "I love you too...And I'm proud that you have become an amazing young woman...Although, you have to finish being grounded."
"Okay." Lori laughed, "I can do that."
"Good." Kara smiled. As she did, she saw Lori beginning to slip into unconsciousness, "Lori, baby. Stay awake for me please."
Lori was struggling, as was Kara. Pretty soon enough Kara lost consciousness as did Lori, but her daughter kept a hold of her hand.
"This the place?" Lena asked Winn as they pulled up. Winn looked down at his phone and looked up at the building in front of them, "Headley's Commercial Fitters. Yeah, this is the place. It was abandoned in 2008 and has been empty since."
Lena removed her sunglasses as she looked up, "This is a hideout mother would choose." She then walked towards the door. When she got there, she struggled to open it. She yanked on a metal bar and pulled the door open with a loud creak.
She then grabbed her phone out of her back pocket and turned on the torch. Winn walked carefully behind her using his own phone as a torch, "This place is creepy." He said as he looked around.
Lena looked over her shoulder and frowned, "Why the backpack?"
"Yellow sun emitters." Winn responded without looking at her, too busy looking at his own surroundings, "Spare heat when Kara needs it. And also Lori."
"You hardly hung around while Lori was growing up." Lena said pointedly.
"Well.." Winn drawled out, "I was in the background. I travelled in time remember. Hey, you've done a great job with Lori. She's perfect, a brilliant young lady."
"A stroppy teenager." Lena laughed.
"Weren't we all at some point?" Winn laughed, to which Lena only glared, "I never got the chance to. I had expectations to live up to."
"Right. Of, of course. Sorry." Winn said nervously.
"So where would they be?" Lena asked before walking through a door into a more or less hollowed out room. As she shone her torch down to the floor, there she saw both Kara and Lori. Lori was still unconscious, holding Kara's hand.
Lena was heartbroken, "Oh my god. Winn!"
Winn ran over to where he could see both women and grabbed two emitters from his bag. He placed one beside Kara and turned it on to full power, "That will get hot, so be careful." He then walked to where Lori was and placed one beside her as Lena checked for pulses.
"Kara's is still strong. It must have been exhaustion."
"The same over here." Winn said as he checked Lori's, "They'll be okay." He laughed, making Lena smile.
"Winn, you are amazing." Lena smiled.
"It's all in a day's work." He smiled as Kara began to stir.
"Hey, hey." Lena smiled as she put her hand on Kara's cheek, "You're going to be okay and so is Lori."
Lena looked up as Winn pulled a flashing box from his bag, "This cuts through any metal." He said pointedly. As he went around the metal door of Lori's cage, cutting it open, Kara squeezed Lena's hand and smiled, "I knew you'd come."
"Winn did that." Lena smiled.
"Winn?" Kara frowned before looking up and smiling at Winn, "Winn! Where have you been?"
Winn smiled as he cut along the metal, "There and back...Literally." One moment later, Winn pulled off the door and gently picked Lori up, "Okay kiddo, you're safe now." He whispered to her as Lena was taking off her jacket. She placed it down as a pillow for Lori's head.
"We're both alive and we're going to be okay?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, you will be." Lena smiled.
"Lori needs a bit more sun and then we can go home. She can have more recovery time. We just need to wait for her to wake up before we move her." Winn said to them.
"I'm just glad you're both alive...Lilian told me that Lori set this up though...She didn't did she?" Lena asked Kara.
Kara shook her head, "No...She didn't. Lilian just wants us to hate her and we will never go down to her level. Also Lena...I have something to ask you."
Lena stroked Kara's cheek gently, "Yes honey?"
"Will you marry me?" Kara smiled, laughing.
Lena felt a tear unexpectedly fall, but she smiled, "Yes Kara, yes I'll marry you. Always." She then bent down and kissed Kara slowly. Kara kissed back with as much passion.
Winn smiled too, and knelt by Lori's side as she began coughing, "Hey you. Sleepy head, you gave us quite the scare."
"Winn?" Lori gasped, her eyes instantly lit up when she realized who it was, "Winn!" She then wrapped him in a hug.
Both Lena and Kara frowned, they wondered how and why Lori instantly recognized Winn when he was hardly there when Lori was growing up.
"Time travel." Lena said beneath her breath.
Kara looked back up at her with confusion, "You think-?"
"I think he knows something that we don't. I have a feeling it's not good news either." Lena sighed, grasping Kara's hand.