A/N: Thank you for the comments.
Guest -Yes, ending this is going to be hard/impossible in a way that lets everyone truly believe it is over. Lena and Sam will move onto Kara in this chapter.
"Can I get you anything?" Lena asked the teenage Alex who was sitting on a couch in Lena's penthouse stroking Chewie later that evening.
"I'm fine."
"So you don't want anything?" Lena asked.
"No."
"So I should tell your mom to go away?"
"She's here?" Alex asked looking up.
"According to our DEO bouncer she is about to walk through the front door." Lena said causing Alex to jump up and rush past her. Just as the teenager reached the front door Kara entered Lena's penthouse.
"Mom!" the teenage Alex said before launching herself at her mother.
"I'm fine." Kara promised her as she hugged her. "And I am so proud of you for what you did."
"How's Eliza?"
"She's going to be okay." Kara said before pulling back and carefully looking at her daughter. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay, I slept most of the afternoon and I feel fine now. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Kara promised her, hugging her once more before walking towards the main area where Lena, Ruby and Sam were sitting.
"How's Eliza?" Lena immediately asked.
"She's doing okay. Well enough to send me away. J'onn is staying with her." Kara explained before asking. "Where are Kara and MJ?"
"Asleep. Wildcat put them through it this afternoon." Ruby said.
"We were about to order pizza." Sam said. "You want some?"
"Sure." Kara said as she sat down, her daughter sticking to her side.
"Any preference on toppings" Sam asked.
"Cheese, cheese and cheese." Kara said before glancing at her daughter and adding somewhat reluctantly. "And green peppers." The extra topping earning a raised eyebrow from Lena.
"Okay." Sam said as she added the pizza to the order.
"How are you feeling?" Lena asked.
"I'm okay. My powers are back." Kara said wrapping an arm round her daughter.
"Any news from Alex?" Sam asked.
"There haven't been any more attacks, but everyone is on high alert. She said she was going to be at the DEO until late and then go to the hospital."
"Are you going back to see Eliza tonight?" The teenage Alex.
"No, she ordered me to stay away and get some rest." Kara said. "I'll go back tomorrow morning."
"Can I come too?"
"Sure." Kara replied.
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"You know eating salad completely defeats the point of having takeaway?" Kara asked looking at Lena who was eating a salad.
"And eating pizza topped with more cheese than Wisconsin produces in a year, defeats the point of wanting to stay healthy." Lena countered as Kara used her superspeed to strip her slice of peppers and put them on her daughter's slice.
Just as the teenage Alex was about to bite into her slice she saw the excess peppers. She then glanced at her mother's slice and saw the lack of peppers.
"Did you just put your peppers on my slice?" Alex asked looking at her mother.
"Me?" Kara asked trying and failing to look innocent.
"You did. You are unbelievable." The teenager said.
"You are shameless." Lena said looking at her friend as the teenage Alex swapped slices with her mother and watched as her mother ate the double pepper topped slice. "Why order peppers in the first place?"
"To keep Alex happy." Kara said.
"I think that involves eating them not ordering them." Lena said.
"I'm learning that lesson." Kara said pulling a face as she chewed through the pepper coated slice.
"What happened to your whole not abusing powers rule?" The teenager asked.
"I've never had that rule. Well for me anyway." Kara shrugged.
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"You should go to bed." Kara said to her daughter once the pizza had been eaten.
"Not tired." The teenage Alex said, although she was barely able to keep her eyes open. As she hugged her mother she added. "Can't I stay out here a bit longer?"
"Okay." Kara said kissing her head.
Seeing the teen losing the battle with consciousness Sam went to one of the bedrooms and returned with a blanket that she placed over the teen who had already fallen to sleep.
"Thanks." Kara smiled at her friend as Chewie jumped up and made himself comfortable on Alex's legs.
"Are you sure you are doing okay?" Lena asked Kara.
"I'm okay." Kara confirmed. "Don't worry, I'm taking it easy. I've not even been Supergirl since I got my powers back."
"So we went to get the kids earlier we met Steve. He was just leaving the DEO with Martin." Sam said. "We told him you wanted coffee. Lena's tone when she said coffee may have confused him."
"You just aren't going to let this go are you?" Kara asked.
"No." Lena and Sam said.
"How about we discuss your love life?" Kara asked Sam.
"On that note, I'm going to check all doors and windows are secure and go anywhere I don't need to hear this conversation." Ruby said leaving the room.
"So Steve." Sam said sipping her wine.
"I thought we agreed to talking about your love life." Kara said.
"No, we never agreed to that." Lena said. "Steve is much more interesting. At least admit you are interested."
"Even if I was, which I'm not. I don't want to date at the moment. I have put Alex through a lot and for now I want to focus on her."
"I get that." Sam said recalling how little she dated when Ruby was growing up. Her face then turned serious and she asked. "How are you really doing?"
"You were right." Kara said. "I need to focus on Alex and get on with life. Which would be a lot easier with Sloane Syndicate and Kai, but one problem at a time."
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As Kara poured herself a cup of coffee the next morning her niece entered the kitchen and immediately hugged her.
"What's that for?" Kara said as she returned the hug.
"I figured it out." The teenager said.
"Figure what out?" Kara asked still confused.
"The bullet holes, the blood, how you saved mom. Thank you."
"I'll always protect your mom." Kara reminded her before asking. "Did Alex figure out what happened as well?"
"Yes." Her niece confirmed. "She was a little freaked out, then mad. But she had calmed down before MJ and I crashed last night." She explained as the topic of their discussion entered the kitchen, her hair still wet from her shower.
"Is it time to go yet?" Alex asked as she hugged her mother.
"You're going somewhere?" The teenage Kara asked.
"We're going to visit Eliza." Her aunt said. "You are welcome to come with us."
"I'll go get dressed." The teenager said leaving the kitchen just as Lena walked in.
"I'll get my coat." Alex said following her cousin out.
"Something I did?" Lena asked.
"We're going to see Eliza." Kara explained
"Before you do, can I talk to you for a minute?" Lena asked.
"Sure, what's up?"
"When Alex was sick you asked me to search for clues about where her father was from. I set the search up and to be honest when we found the cure I kind of forgot about it. But yesterday morning I received a notification that the search found something. I don't know if you still want the information. But if you do, I have it."
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"Hi." Kara greeted as she entered Eliza's hospital room.
"You didn't have to come so early." Eliza said looking over to her.
"Yes I did." Kara said. "Besides these guys really wanted to see you." She added as her daughter and niece stepped out from behind her.
"Hi." Eliza smiled as the two teens approached the bed.
"MJ is with Lena, Sam and Ruby." Kara explained to her sister who had immediately noticed that they were a teen down.
"Is he okay?" Alex asked frowning.
"Coming to this hospital was a step too far." Kara explained. "Did you get any sleep?"
"A little." Alex said standing. "I have to go to work."
"Can't you stay for awhile?" Her daughter asked.
"Seeing neither of you have eaten yet, why don't you get some breakfast?" The older Kara suggested. "When you're done, bring Kara back here."
"Please?" Her daughter asked.
"Okay." Alex agreed, kissing her mother's head before leaving the room with her daughter.
"Does that mean you also didn't have breakfast?" Eliza asked her youngest.
"I'll get something when we get back." Kara promised her. "Right now all you need to do is worry about yourself."
"Unfortunately she is just as stubborn as you and your sister." J'onn said as he stood. "I'm going to get some coffee, I'll be back soon."