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Kara remembered the last time she felt like this. It was terrible. She did terrible things. But it felt so good. It still feels good. She is trying to fight it, but to no avail. She could feel the Red Kryptonite start to take over. Kara started to sing.
I got a feeling that I’m going under
But I know that I’ll make it out alive
If I quit calling you my lover
Move on
...
I’ll be needing stitches
She felt a tear roll down her cheek as her soul was consumed by the darkness.
Alex watched the monitor displaying Kara’s cell. She was singing. Kara was singing in her last moments as herself. Alex watches as the all too familiar evil glint appears in her eyes. She is gone. Normally, the DEO would administer the antidote they created the last when she was exposed to Maxwell Lord’s Red Kryptonite. But not this time. This version of Red Kryptonite was much more powerful and stable. They don’t know if they can bring Kara back from this one. National City may have just lost its Supergirl.
Alex walked down the hallway towards her lab. She couldn’t stand to watch her sister be trapped in that cell. The only reason she could be in that cell is because Clark agreed to bring the emergency Kryptonite he kept for instances like these. She entered her lab. It was a mess, par usual. Alex wanted to get started on engineering a cure, but she couldn’t bring herself to her senses. She was too focused on remembering what Kara had told her last time. “I can catch bullets with my bare hands. And that makes you feel worthless.” While Alex knew that she wasn’t herself, there was some truth to her words. Even though they had worked that out, a small part of her can’t forget. Won’t forget. She shook her head and looked up at the monitor in front of her. It had all the information they had gathered on this particular Kryptonite, along with the specifics on the old cure. Something in Alex wanted her to sit down and give up, even though she hadn’t even started. Something telling her that it was over before it had even started. She looked at the notes on the screen. ‘Much more stable molecular structure, allowing it to be more potent’ Time to get to work.
Some time later…
Alex walked into the control room, trying to ignore the memories of Kara standing there with them, wearing her red and blue suit. She reluctantly looked over at the cell camera feed. Alex almost stepped back in surprise. Kara was just sitting there. Normally she would be trying to sweet talk her way past the guards. But she just sat there. Patiently. This worried Alex beyond what she had felt when CADMUS had her. Kara was usually this antsy ball of sunshine, but Alex had known her long enough to know that there was a dark side. And since she was so bright all the time, it was pitch black. She decided on heading down to see her.
“Ah, look. There she is! Just the person I have been waiting for!” Kara said as Alex walked towards her.
Alex shivered. The look in Kara’s eyes could be described as nothing but cold.
“So. What will it be this time. I tell you how small you really are, and you let me out of here or is it going to be different this time?” Kara smirked at her.
“You aren’t getting out of here until we find a cure. We’re coming, Kara.” She got a look of disgust in reply.
“Why would I want this ‘cure’? I have no restrictions on me any longer. I was weak before. I should have stopped you.” Kara spat at her.
Alex knew that somewhere inside her, the real Kara was hurting, screaming to get free.
“Mmmm.” She heard Kara hum. “There is a certain someone I am going to visit when I get out of here. I think I remember a little something they can give me.” Kara grinned wickedly.
“I told you once, and I will tell you again. You. Are. Not. Getting. Out.” Alex stated firmly.
Kara fake pouted. “Aww. Well, if you aren’t here to let me out, why did you come down here? Dear old sis.” She snarled out the last three words.
“You’re right, I should just go.” Alex said, regretting coming down there. She got up and started to walk away.
“Well, ok. Go ahead. I will be here when you come back.” Kara said, starting to lie down.
Alex pivoted on her heels. “You know, maybe I won’t come back.” She shouted. She covered her mouth.
Kara sat up once more, grinning with an evil glint in her eye. “Now, that is the spirit I like. More bark and bite.” Kara looked satisfied as she returned to her resting position.
Alex got out of there as fast as she could.
Kara bathed in the Kryptonite’s affect. It felt so warm and right, being able to speak her mind. She finally felt free of all her petty tethers, binding her to the earth. Now she could truly fly. It felt so good as she watched her so-called sister walk away. She would be back. And she could wait. Kara had plans for the outside world.
Alex felt tears threatening to leave her eyes as she rushed back to her lab. She sat in her chair. Why did I do that? I knew that something would happen when I went down there. What else should I have expected? She criticized herself. Kara was far different from last time. Instead of being in a blaze of fury and evil, she was patient and cold. Only the best of villains could pull off what she had just felt from Kara. She shook her head. What mattered was fixing Kara. She needed to get her little sister back.
Alex woke up with a piece of paper stuck to her face. She looked up at her clock. 4:00 in the morning. She looked at Kara’s cell camera again. Sure enough, she was lying there, waiting. She looked at all the work she accomplished before she fell asleep, which was next to nothing. She was completely lost. She didn’t know where to go. The person who was so often there to help her was gone. She paused her thoughts for a minute. No. She thought. There has got to be a better solution than this. Alex knew, unfortunately, that she had no other choice. She grabbed her gun and left.
Lena yawned. It was four in the morning, and she hadn’t gotten any sleep for over 24 hours. She rubbed her temples. This is what she gets for putting off some of the quarterly reports. She felt sleep tugging at her eyelids, but she resisted. Lena walked over to the coffee maker and made a shot of espresso. It was strong, which was good for working harder. She thought for a minute what would her family think. No, what would Kara think. She chuckled softly. She would probably chastise her for staying at work so late and force her to sleep right away, and then she would come with donuts in the morning. Her heart fluttered whenever she thought of things like that. She was about to get back to work when she heard a noise coming from the hallway outside of her office door. She grabbed the gun that she kept under her desk, preparing for the worst. A familiar auburn-haired agent burst into her office. Lena was dumbstruck.
“Agent Danvers! What are you doing here? And how did you know I was here?” She asked.
“Look, Lena. I need your help.”
Lena raised an eyebrow at that. “Whatever could a special agent need from a CEO?” She saw that the agent just didn’t have the energy to look upset.
The agent looked back up at her. “You know, right?”
Lena stared at her in confusion. What do I know? “What do you mean, Agent Danvers?”
The girl in front of her rolled her eyes. “For God’s sake Lena, just call me Alex.”
She nodded in response. “You know about… Ya know…” She made a Supergirl pose with her fist up in the air, looking as if she were about to fly.
“Oh, you mean that I know Kara is Supergirl.”
Alex nodded, clearly glad they were on the same page. Her face then fell into deep concern.
Lena knitted her eyebrows in worry. “What happened? Is Kara alright?”
Alex looked back up at her. “Not really.” The eldest Danvers pulled out a tablet and showed it to her. It was a live feed from a cell containing… Kara?
“What is Kara doing in a cell?” She asked with a hint of anger.
“I have no energy right now, but I will tell you bad things have happened. I can tell you the rest on the way to the DEO.”
Lena nodded again. “Wait, where?”
Lena stepped out of the car in front of a massive building. She looked up, spotting a large balcony. She knew without a doubt that Kara landed there every day. She walked through the front doors with Alex. She followed her throughout the building until they reached what looked like a lab. There were several monitors, one with information all over it, and another with the feed of Kara. She winced at the sight. She understood that Red Kryptonite, or whatever Alex had said, was very bad. Even though she knew it would cause Kara to say terrible things, she still wanted to see her.
“Alex, I want to go down.”
The agent whipped around to face her. “Lena, you know I can’t let you do that. Imagine the thin-”
Lena cut her off. “I want to see my friend.” She saw the moment when Alex gave up any thought of trying to argue with her.
The agent sighed. “Follow me.”
They walked down the hallway that led to Kara’s cell. “Be careful to not take anything she says to heart, she is not the real Kara.” Alex said. She opened the door to see Kara standing there, waiting.
“Not the real Kara? I am more real than I have ever been.” Kara chuckled darkly. “And you.” She pointed at Lena. “I honestly didn’t expect you to come to me.” She laughed again.
Me to come to her? What was she talking about. Lena couldn’t think of what to say to Kara.
“Oh, Cat’s got your tongue. Oh, wait. She is off touring the world or something stupid like that.” Kara said with a fake sympathy in her voice.
“Kara…” Lena breathed out.
Kara looked at her with cold eyes. “Yes, darling?”
She was slightly taken aback when Kara imitated her. More to the point, darling?
“Now, I know this is a very one-sided conversation. I am truly sorry for talking so much.” She turned back towards her. “So, I will let you talk.” Kara said, plopping back down on her cell bed.
Lena could feel Alex’s presence, which gave her a little bit of comfort. “Kara, I know the real you is still in there.” The response she got was rolled eyes. “Please come back. I really don’t want to hurt you.”
That was when Kara burst out into hysterical laughter. “You? You hurt me? You have quite the sense of humor, Lena.”
She couldn’t help but shiver at the way Kara was saying her name.
Kara pouted. “What? Too cold for you, love?”
Another shiver. She felt Alex’s hand on her shoulder.
“We should probably go.” Alex whispered to her.
She just nodded silently. She couldn’t watch Kara like this any longer. She vowed to fix her.
They got back to Alex’s lab.
“You were right, Alex. That was… something else.” Lena said to the equally as shaken agent.
Alex shook her head. “It’s time to get to work.”
Lena nodded in agreement.
They were deep in their work when they heard a faint noise. Lena and Alex both looked over at the monitor with Kara. They both jumped at the sight. Kara was looking straight at them. Well, the camera.
So baby, times get a little crazy
I've been getting a little lazy waiting on you to come save me
I can see that your angry by the way that you treat me
Hopefully you don't leave me, wanna take you with me
If I could escape and recreate a place that's my own world
And I could be your favorite girl forever, perfectly together
And tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet'
(The sweet escape)
Lena and Alex just stared as Kara sang. Sang about escaping.