CHAPTER SEVEN: 'You Totally Have A Thing For Little Danvers!'

"MUM!" RUBY SHOUTED, as Sam and Lena arrived at her school to pick her up.

"Hey, Rubes!" Sam hugs her daughter tightly, not realising how much she's missed her daughter. "You remember Lena, right? She'll be staying with us for a few days until her apartment is ready."

"Of course, I remember Lena." Ruby beams up at Lena. It was then, that the vampire noticed that Ruby shared the same smile as her mother. "She helped me with that English speech."

"Helped? More like wrote it for you." Sam said with narrowed eyes.

It was true, Lena did write the speech for Ruby. The cheeky girl vaguely left out the part that it was in fact an assignment and not "because I want to be a public speaker when I'm older." In that moment, Lena may have understood Sam's frustration on how naive she could be.

"Will you be at the play, Lena?" Ruby asked, and Lena pretended to think hard about it. In truth, she had nothing else to do.

"I don't know Ruby, will I be there Sam?" Lena asked Sam, who played along.

"Ah, I don't know…"

Ruby huffed at her mum and Lena's antiques, knowing that they were just messing around.

"Hey guys!" A cheery voice was heard ahead from them. "Aww, why the long face Ruby?" The voice belonged to none other than Kara Danvers.

"Oh, hey Kara!" Sam smiled, as Ruby hugged her babysitter.

"Hey Sam! Ruby, you've gotten a lot taller since the last time I saw you." Kara said, before looking up to meet green eyes. "Hey, Lena."

"Kara." Lena smiled.

"Are you feeling any better?" Kara asked, pushing her glasses up her nose.

"Am I?" Lena looked over at Sam in confusion, before she remembered she was supposedly 'sick' last night. "Oh! Yes, I'm feeling quite better now. Thank you." Lena covered up. "What brings you here to the school?"

"Oh, Miss Grant asked me to pick up her son, Carter. She forgot about rehearsals and doesn't trust Eve. Eve's the new assistant I found for Miss Grant." Kara half explained, half rambled in a rush. "But to be fair, who holds rehearsals on a Saturday?"

"I assume you're still her favourite personal assistant, huh?" Lena smirked.

"I did say I was an awesome one." Kara said, her smile growing.

Sam watched the two interact, and quietly ushered Ruby to their car to leave the two alone.

"I don't doubt that." Lena said softly, unaware that she'd meddled their banter with flirting. "Well, any luck on finding a new job?" Lena asked, noticing Kara's red cheeks.

"Uh, yeah I suppose so." Kara cleared her throat. "I spoke to my cousin, and he's a journalist."

"So you think journalism is for you?"

"I— I don't know yet." Kara fidgeted with her glasses. "I mean, it's an option." The girl folded her arms across her chest.

"Well, I support whatever you choose. If it counts, I do see a journalist in you." Lena smiled warmly at Kara, who had a look of inspiration on her face. The blonde returned the smile, her eyes lingering just a moment to take in Lena's words.

"Do you, want to grab a coffee sometime?" Kara blurted out, just so she wouldn't end up looking like five year old staring at candy. "I mean, if you want. You don't have to."

"Coffee sounds great." Lena agreed, her smile growing as she felt her heart flutter a little at the invitation. It meant that it will be just Kara and herself spending time together.

"Great!" Kara exclaimed, "well, I don't know when you're free and I've got to go get Carter. Can I leave my number with you?"

Lena nodded a little too fast, as she fished her phone out of her bag. Thankful that she was able to adapt to changing technology over the years, she quickly opened up her phone app for Kara to type in her number.

"All done!" Kara beamed, "I'll text you later then?"

"Sure." Lena smiled, before Kara walked off with a small wave.

Lena got into the front seat of Sam's car and sighed. When she noticed that the ignition didn't start and the car was awfully silent, she looked over her shoulder to see a grinning Sam.

"Well, are you going to drive or continue to gawk at me?" Lena asked.

"I was watching you." Sam said, her grin plastered on her face.

"Okay…"

"And you totally have a thing for Little Danvers!"

Lena furrowed her brows, but couldn't stop the smile from forming on her face. "What? No, I— Kara and I are just friends."

"Say that to the smile on your face." Ruby said from the backseat.

Lena trained her face to seriousness in a manner of seconds, something she picked up on whenever she was around her mother.

"God, that's scary." Sam commented as she shivered at Lena's change in persona. "Alright, I'm driving." Sam said defeatedly as she started the ignition.

"Thank you." Lena said in a 'matter of fact' manner. It wasn't five minutes of driving back to Sam's house, when Lena's phone chimed.

Unknown [5:18]: Hey, it's the best personal assistant ever :)

And just like that, Lena's smile returned once again.

On the outskirts of National City, an institution dedicated to the research of supernatural beings and extraterrestrial life was home to Alex Danvers' profession. The DEO, formally known as the Department of Extraterrestrial Operations.

The woman sat at her desk, reading and flipping through files that had to do with the Luthor Clan.

"Found anything?" Hank's voice entered the room from the door frame as he walked in.

"Not on Lena." Alex muttered.

"It could be a coincidence that she shares the same last name, Alex." Hank said, not finding much evidence to actually keep an eye on Lena.

Alex sighed, "I know, but trust me Hank. Please. If she isn't who she says she is—"

"A vampire?"

"A vampire." Alex continued, "then she at least has to know something about the killings."

"And you think it has something to do with Kara's parents."

"I know it does." Alex confirmed. "All I know is Lillian Luthor and her two children Lex and Lutessa were the last of the Clan. No one knows where Lutessa and Lex ended up, but many say that they died at the hands of vampire hunters in the 1600s. Their mother, vengeful for her children's deaths ensured that all vampire hunters were killed."

Alex brought out the right files and articles to match as she explained her findings to the director. "Although as of late last year, there's been a series of unknown deaths in Metropolis City."

Alex pointed at the board behind her, with photos of crimes scenes and bite marks from victims' autopsies. "All victims suffered the same bite marks from a 'mountain lion' as the FBI calls it. These are the same bite marks shown on Kara's parents when their deaths, amongst others, occurred ten years ago in Midvale, where my mum took Kara in."

Hank nodded at Alex's theory, deep in thought. It was dangerous to mix your job with your personal life and he was afraid Alex might get too obsessed and consumed in such a theory.

"The Luthor Clan is the most respected and feared out of all." Alex explained, her hands flying everywhere. "What if they're still out there? What if Lex and Lutessa are back on another killing spree? I mean, it makes sense right?" The redhead settled her hands on her hips.

"It does Alex, and believe me I want to know who's responsible for these deaths." Hank sighed, "but I need conclusive evidence that Lena is a suspect."

"That's fine. Give me some time and if I can get you evidence then, we're taking her down."