Chapter 3

"OK let's get her moved over." Ashley said as they moved the stretcher over beside the med bed. "Supergirl can you give us a hand please?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah of course." Kara scooped up Alex from the stretcher.

"That will work." Ashley smiled as she slide the stretcher out of the way allowing Kara to put Alex down on the Med Bay.

"Kaara." Alex moaned as her head lulled back and forth.

"I'm here Alex." Kara replied tucking a piece of hair behind Alex's ear.

"Maags?" Alex slurred.

"She will be here soon, she wanted me to stay with you."

From the other side of the bed Ashley pulled out Alex's arm from the beneath the blanket and started to prep her hand so she could get an IV started. "Alex, you are going to feel a small prick." With that there was a slight moan as Ashley slide the IV in. "There we go." Ashley said as she taped the IV and tubing to the back of Alex's hand. "Kev let's get a full set of vitals before Doc gets here." Ashley instructed and then looked across to Kara. "We are going to get her settled, she's in good hands."

"Thanks Ash." Kara smiled and then placed a kiss on Alex's forehead and leaned into her ear and whispered. "I love you, Alex." and then with that she stepped back to make room for Ashley and Kevin to work.

As Kara was stepping back the sliding doors to the med bay opened and Maggie came running in. "Kara how is she?" Maggie asked breathless stopping beside Kara.

"The same. They are just getting her ready for the doctor." They stood there watching as Ashley and Kev worked in tandem hooking Alex up to a heart monitor, blood pressure, 02 monitor, and moved the oxygen over to the main supply.

"Aaasshley." Alex slurred as Ashley was placing the heart monitor leads.

"Well hello there Danvers." Ashley smiled.

"D...E...O?" Alex questioned as she tried to pull the oxygen mask off.

"Yup and in typical Danvers fashion you decided that you needed to wait till this hour to come in." Ashley smirked. "Now leave the mask alone your stats are low."

"Maaagie?"

"Yup she just got here." Ashley waved Maggie over and Maggie quickly ran over picking up Alex's hand.

"Hey you." Maggie smiled kissing Alex's hand.

"Hey." Alex replied back just as Dr. Hamilton walked in.

"What do we have Whitz?" Dr. Hamilton asked moving over to the foot of the bed.

"Agent Danvers presented with a temperature of 103, resps 25with wheezing and muffled sounds in both left and right lower quadrants, pulse 85 and BP 130\90. We just started Ringers Lactate." Ashley reported.

"OK let's get her a chest x-ray and hang ampicillin and lets get some ice packs going as well." Hamilton ordered as she moved up opposite Maggie. "When did the fever start?" she questioned.

"I thought she was a little warm around supper but it didn't spike till just a little while ago. She has barely eaten all day and she has pretty much slept all day." Maggie explained as she stroked Alex's cheek with the back of her fingers.

Dr. Hamilton took her stethoscope out and listened to Alex's chest for for a few breaths and then sighed pulling the buds from her ears. "Well I think Alex has developed pneumonia."

Kara moved up beside the bed next to Maggie as Dr. Hamilton explained further. "It's not uncommon after near drowning for bacterial pneumonia to develop from the water that can get into the lungs. The key will be to make sure that we get her on the right antibiotics and we will keep her here and monitor her closely and keep her on the oxygen to help keep her stats up."

"She will be OK though, right?" Kara questioned putting one hand on Maggie's shoulder and the other on Alex's leg.

"I'm confident that we have caught it in the early stages so once we get her on the right antibiotic I fully expect her to make a full recovery." She pauses and turns to look down at Alex. "But you need to follow my orders. You are staying here till we have this cleared up."

"Don't work Doc she is not going anywhere." Maggie replied squeezing Alex's shoulder. Alex was far too tired to argue with either woman so she just nodded as her eyes continued to droop as she fought to stay awake.

"OK good." Dr. Hamilton smiled at Maggie. She was happy to finally have a person on her side that could make Alex listen. "Why don't you and Supergirl go get some coffee while we take her for x-rays and get her setup in a private room?"

Maggie nodded and leaned down to give Alex a soft kiss on the cheek. "Listen to the Doc and be a good patient. We will see you in a bit. I love you." Alex pressed her cheek into the kiss.

"Love you." Alex murmured.

Kara switched positions with Maggie and placed a kiss on Alex's forehead. "I love you Al."

"Love you sis."

With that the 2 women headed out of the room to let the medical team do what they needed.

Kara had changed out of her Supergirl outfit and changed into more comfortable jeans and sweater. Both women had been waiting in the medical waiting area for about an hour both pacing the entire time. Just as Maggie's frustration in waiting was about to boil over Ashley walked into the waiting area.

"Ashley how is she?" Kara asked immediately.

"We have her setup in a private room and she is sleeping right now. Doc is going over her x-rays now with Dr. Sheppard. We have her on IV antibiotics and a fever reducer as well as something to help control her cough. She will be on the O2 mask until she is able to maintain her stats on her own. Once the antibiotics kick in and she can clear some of the congestion from her lungs we will be able to take that off. Also we do have some ice packs around her neck, armpits and groin just till we get her fever down a bit." Ashley explained. "Come on I will take you guys to her room but remember she needs to rest. The more she rests the quicker she will recover."

"Don't worry she is not leaving that bed till the doc says she can!" Maggie stated.

Kara laughed out loud. "If anyone can keep her there it will be you Maggie." Kara loved seeing her sister turn to mush when she was around Maggie and how a simple look from Maggie could cause badass Danvers to quake in her boots.

The three women made their way down the hallway of the medical ward. As they approached the nursing station Ashley pointed towards the room directly in front of it. "We have her setup in here. I put an extra chair in there as well since I figured that you both would want to stay with her." Ashley smiled at the two women.

"Thank you, Ashley." Maggie replied.

"Don't mention it. I'm on nights all this week so unless there is a mission that comes up they need me to deploy on I will be here. The day staff will be in in a few hours. If you guys need anything just give shout. I will pop into check on her before I leave."

"Thanks Ash." Kara hugged Ashley.

"You're welcome."

Maggie pulled open the sliding glass door to Alex's room and pulled back the curtain just beyond the door to reveal a sleeping Alex. Maggie could not help the slight gasp as she took in Alex who had been changed out of her PJ's into a hospital gown with ice packs tucked under her neck and armpits. She look so small and pale under the O2 mask but at least she looked to be sleeping peacefully. Maggie advanced to the bed placing a kiss on Alex's forehead. "I'm here Babe." She whispered and then took a seat in one of the two chairs Ashley had left from them and then took Alex's hand in hers gently kissing the back of it. Kara moved to the bed as well taking a seat to the left of Maggie and placing her hand on Alex's thigh. "We're here for you Alex."

"Maaggiee." Alex moaned as she felt a coolness on her chest.

"Hey shh it's just me, Ashley." Ashley replied as she pulled her stethoscope from her ears and returned it to her neck. "Maggie is right there."' Ashley said softly not wanting to wake the detective that was curled up on the chair sound asleep. "Kara was here too but the Director need to discuss something with her. How are you feeling?"

Alex blinked a few few times trying to clear the sleep from her eyes and shifted slightly to sit a bit higher on the bed. "Better than last night but tired." Alex conceded to the complete weariness that settled over her body.

"Well your temperature has come down a bit so hopefully we have the right antibiotic and can get you out of here soon."

"Ash."

"Yeah Danvers."

"Thanks."

"For what?" Ashley questioned as she made a couple adjustments to the IV pump.

"For being there when they found me and then last night." Alex explained as she pulled the O2 mask to the side just so that she could speak better.

"Alex you don't have to thank me. I'm your friend and I'm happy that I was able to be there for you." Ashley countered putting the mask back in place. "And listen I know you and I know that you are going to try to handle the emotional part on your own." Alex tried respond and move the mask but Ashley grabbed her hand and continued. "I said listen, Danvers." Ashley said sternly " I know exactly what you are going through and if you remember I didn't handle it so well. So take it from me that you need to talk to someone and work this through. I get it if you feel you can't talk to Maggie or Kara but you need to talk to someone. I'm here for you just like you were there for me." Ashley gave Alex a reassuring shoulder squeeze as she could see the tears begin to form in Alex's eyes. "You're not alone, Alex." Ashley smiled.

Alex grabbed Ashley's hand and pulled it over her heart resting the back of her hand against her chest. "Thank you my friend." Ashley nodded and smiled squeezing Alex's hand.

"Alex you're awake." Maggie said waking up and uncurling with a groan. "You OK?" She asked looking at Alex and then back up to Ashley.

"I'm OK." Alex smiled trying to blink the tears that had form away.

Maggie could tell that something had gotten Alex teary eyed but did not press.

"OK I will leave you two ladies alone. I'm heading off shift but I will be back in tonight at 1900hrs." Ashley patted Alex's shoulder and then turned to Maggie. "Make sure our patient does not try and escape."

"Count on it." Maggie replied.

Ashley smiled and then left pulling the curtain across the opening of the doorway to give the ladies some privacy.

"You sure you're OK?" Maggie asked again as she saw Alex wipe away one of the tears that had managed to escape her control.

Alex nodded then tried to take a deep breath to settle her emotions however the attempt brought on a coughing fit.

Maggie's jumped to her feet helping Alex sit up higher and then grabbed a glass of water that had been left on the tray to the side. Alex pulled the O2 mask down so that she could take a sip from the straw. "Easy Babe." Maggie encouraged as she rubbed Alex's back as she was leaning forward. The coughing fit slowly subsided and Alex leaned back into the bed. "Can you raise this up a bit?" Alex asked pointing to the mattress.

"Yeah sure of course." Maggie hit the button on the side of the top rail that began to raise Alex up to a more upright position.

"There that's good. Thanks Mags."

"More water?" Maggie offered.

"No I'm good for now." Alex replied as she leaned her head into Maggie's hand as she had cupped Alex's face with it. Maggie leaned down and kissed her forehead and then took a seat back in the chair taking Alex's hand in hers. Alex could tell that Maggie was stiff and sore from sleeping in the chair. "Maggie you have to sleep at home tonight. You can't be sleeping in that chair till I'm out of here."

"Forget it Danvers I'm here till you go home."

"Maggie please I will rest better knowing that you are not all crippled up from sleeping in a chair." Alex pleaded.

"You just want to get rid of me so that you can tell the medical staff off, don't you?" Maggie smirked.

"Babe please." Alex pulled her mask down to reveal the patented Danvers pout.

"Oh Lord Danvers. You really think that is going to work on me?" Maggie smiled.

Alex just exaggerated the pout more.

"OK how about this, Jonn offered up a bed in the crash room why don't I take him up on that?" Maggie countered.

"Those beds are not that comfortable, I should know I have spent many a night there."

"It's that or the chair here." Maggie stated.

"Fine deal."

"I love you, Danvers."

"I love you too, Sawyer."

Maggie kissed the back of Alex's hand and then squeezed it between both of hers. Maggie noticed that Alex's eyes were beginning to droop again. "Just close your eyes, Al" Maggie brushed a few strands of hair from Alex's forehead and tucked them behind her ear.

Within a couple minutes Alex was asleep again and Maggie leaned back in the chair still with Alex's hand in hers. She had never been this in love with anyone before. She had never thought she would find someone that could break down her walls as much as Alex had. As she sat staring at her beautiful girlfriend the rhythmic beeping of equipment sent her of to sleep as well.

TBC…

So what do you think? I'm thinking that next Chapter I may start to reveal Ashley's mysterious past and how it relates to Alex's kidnapping and near drowning. Do you think Alex is physically on the road to recovery or will there be a road bump or two?What would you like to read?