"What's wrong with her?" The teenage Alex asked when her aunt and Lena emerged from the room that her unconscious mother was lying in.
"We can't find anything wrong with her." Her aunt said.
"Has she woken up?" The teenager asked.
"No. Not yet." The adult Alex said. "But we are confident she will soon."
"It's my fault." The teenage Alex said staring at her hands.
"No it's not." Her aunt said.
"He took me to get her. I couldn't fight him off and then when I was at the warehouse and he released the forcefield I told him what he wanted. I told him how to activate the alarm, I did exactly what he wanted."
"It's also what your mom would have wanted you to do." Alex reminded her as she sat down next to her niece and pulled her in for a hug.
"She looked so sad and in pain, but I couldn't get to her. I tried to but my powers wouldn't work and I couldn't help her." The teenager said after a moment.
"The important thing is you are safe." Alex said. "That will have given your mom so much strength."
Not sure how to help comfort the teen J'onn said.
"Why don't I move a couch into your mother's room? Then you can sit with her and get some rest."
"While he does that I need to check you out." Alex said to her niece.
"I'm fine." The teen said.
"While you may think that, when your mom wakes up if I haven't confirmed that she's going to kill me." The adult Alex said.
"What if she doesn't wake up?" The teenager asked.
"Alex, listen to me." Lena said stepping forward. "Your mother is a fighter. She'll do whatever it takes to make sure you are okay. Which is why I know she'll wake up."
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As Alex sat on the couch with her niece waiting for Kara to wake up the door opened moments before Chewie jumped up and started licking the teenager's face.
Looking over to the door the adult Alex saw her daughter standing there. "I'll be back in a minute." She said to her niece.
"How's aunt Kara?" Her daughter asked as she stepped out of the room.
"Right now she isn't waking up." Alex said.
"But she will right?" Her daughter pressed.
"We hope so." Alex replied before asking. "How did you know we were here?"
"Alex messaged me." The teenager shrugged.
"Where's MJ?" Alex asked.
"At home. He was letting grandma know what happened. Do you want me to go back home?"
"Yes." Alex said before looking back into her sister's room and seeing her niece sadly stroking Chewie. "No. Why don't you sit with Alex for awhile?" Alex suggested. "I'm sure she'd prefer your company to mine."
Nodding her daughter entered the room as her mother looked on.
"Anything?" Lena asked approaching her.
"No." Alex said shaking her head. "She is still completely unresponsive."
"All the tests look fine. Brain activity looks completely normal. Everything suggests she is just sleeping." Lena said. "Have you got anything more from Alex?"
"No. She's understandably upset and isn't being fully coherent. Going over it makes her more upset and is likely to trigger her powers playing up and that is the last thing we need right now." Alex said. "But from what she said I am pretty sure it was a Vertullarian."
"A truthseeker?" Lena asked.
"Yes." Alex confirmed.
"Do you think Kara resisted?" Lena asked.
"You shouldn't be able to." Alex said. "But maybe something to do with Kryptonian physiology caused some sort of reaction. Or maybe it wasn't that at all."
"If it was a truthseeker did Alex tell you what it was after?" Lena asked.
"She couldn't hear anything." Alex said. "But he did show Kara an image of a man. But Alex had no idea who it was."
"Do you think this is related to Sloane Syndicate?"
"I hope not. From what Alex said whoever did this knew Alex was Supergirl's daughter. So we need to figure out who was behind this as quickly as possible so we can figure out how much danger they are in. But until Kara wakes up I don't even know where to start with that investigation."
"And how are you doing?" Lena asked.
"I just wish I knew how to help her." Alex replied looking back into the room at her unconscious sister.
"I don't want to add to your problems, but do you have any idea why Alex's powers didn't work?" Lena asked.
"Nothing concrete. They seem okay now. My guess is either she was too upset or the forcefield her captor used stopped them somehow. But until we figure out who it was I can't narrow it down."
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Waking from a nightmare Kara sat up gasping for breath before looking round for her daughter. "Alex?"
"Mom!" The teenager said rushing over to her as her cousin left the room to find her mother.
"Alex? Are you okay?" Kara asked jumping off the bed to hug her daughter. But still weak from her experience she stumbled into the hug.
"What's wrong?" Her daughter asked.
"Nothing. Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Kara asked holding her daughter tightly.
"No. I'm fine." The teen said hugging her mother before asking. "Who was that? What did they want? Who was in the hologram?"
"Slow down." Kara said before looking over her daughter's head at her sister who was waiting in the doorway with similar questions. But instead of asking those questions the adult Alex directed Kara back to the bed.
"Let's all take a breath." The older Alex said. "Kara, get back on the bed."
"I'm okay." Kara said but allowed herself to be directed back to the bed.
"What happened?" Her daughter asked. "Who did this?"
"The important thing is it's over." Kara said.
"Is it?" The teenager asked before her aunt could.
"Yes." Kara replied, although doubt lingered in her voice.
"Who was he? Why did he hurt you?" The teenager pressed.
"The man was an investigator. He was trying to find out what had happened to someone." Kara explained.
"The man in the projection?" The teenager asked.
"Yes." Kara confirmed.
"Why come after you?"
"I was one of the last people to see him." Kara said. "He thought I knew who had killed him. He wanted to know what I knew. When he didn't believe me he tried using a Vertullarian?"
"A what?" The teenager asked.
"It is something that forces you to tell the truth." Kara said. "Only it wasn't a normal Vertullarian. It was a kinda hybrid Vertullarian."
"What do you mean hybrid?" The adult Alex asked.
"He had merged with it somehow so it didn't just make me tell the truth, it was like it made me re-live the memories and he was there with me." Kara explained her voice trailing off slightly as she started to lose herself in the memory. Snapping herself out of it though she said. "But in the end he believed me." She then pulled her daughter in for another hug, leaving both Alexes believing there was more to the story.
"How are you feeling now?" The older Alex asked.
"I'm fine. A little tired maybe, but I'm okay." Kara replied before pulling back from her daughter and looking at her adding. "I'm just glad you are okay." Seeing her daughter's frown though Kara asked.
"What's wrong? Did he hurt you?"
"No." The teen said.
"What aren't you telling me?" Kara asked.
"He gave me this." The teenage Alex said taking something from her pocket and showing it to her mother. "He said it was all he could give me."
"Have you activated it?" Kara asked as the older Alex stood, her jaw muscles twitching in frustration that her niece had hidden a potentially dangerous object from her.
"No." The teen said, oblivious to her aunt's annoyance.
"Can I?" Kara said holding out her hand.
Nodding the teenager passed her mother the device. Moments later Kara activated the device and a projection of a man entered the room. Alex immediately recognised it as the man the investigator had shown earlier.
"He's the one the man wanted to know about?" The teen guessed.
"Yes." Kara confirmed.
"Who is it?" The teenager asked.
"It's your father." Kara said.