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A/N: This is set after episode 3x09 'Reign' and just a small filler for what could happen.

"Mom?" Alex greeted before jumping up and hugging her.

"How is she?" Eliza asked tightly holding Alex whilst glancing at Kara who lay unmoving on the solar emitter bed with a tube coming out of her mouth.

"Stable. We just need her powers to kick in again, I hope." Alex said clinging to her mother. "I'm so glad you are here. But you shouldn't have come. It's not safe."

"All the more reason to be here." Eliza said pulling away and cupping Alex's face. "How are you?" Seeing the tears well up Eliza added. "She will be okay."

"I shouldn't have let her go." Alex said. "And then when I saw her lying there, broken...I thought she was dead. I hesitated...what if that-"

"Alex, you saved her and she will be okay." Eliza assured her. "But you need rest. When was the last time you slept or ate?"

"Awhile."

"Stay here, I'll be back." Eliza said releasing Alex and walking to Kara..

"Come back to us." Eliza whispered in her ear before leaving.

-00-

"Eliza?" Mon-El said surprised when he saw her in the corridor. "Is Kara-"

"No change." Eliza responded.

"Is there anything I can do?" He asked looking defeated.

"I know you want to help Kara, but when she wakes up she needs to focus on recovering. You being around won't help."

"I never wanted to hurt her." He said sadly.

"I know that. And Kara knows that. She wanted you to be happy and have a new life. But it has only been seven months for her and everything is so raw for her." Eliza reminded him. "She was just starting her road to recovery when you showed up, married. She needs space."

"I'll give it to her." He promised.

"Thank you." Eliza replied as she started to walk away only to turn back to him and say. "Actually there is something you can help with."

"Anything."

-00-

"He found one." Eliza commened as she returned to the infirmary with food and drink for Alex and saw the couch, which Alex was sitting on.

"Yeah Mon-El said you asked him to bring one. I didn't ask where he got."

"I thought you'd be more comfortable on it. I never understood why rooms where people wait always have uncomfortable chairs." Eliza said sitting next to Alex and handing her the food. "Try to eat."

As Alex started picking at the food Eliza said, trying to offer comfort.

"She'll wake up soon."

"That's what scares me. The second she is able to fly she'll be out the nearest window trying to fight her again. Next time she could die."

"We won't let her do anything stupid." Eliza said drawing Alex in for another hug.

-00-

As Eliza held a sleeping Alex in her arms, she kept watching her youngest. Not used to seeing Kara so vulnerable she feared the worse. When she eventually heard a groan she assumed she had imagined it. But when there was another she shook Alex who immediately jumped up and rushed to her sister's side.

"Kara, take it easy." Alex said. "You're safe now."

When Kara tried to speak and realised there was a tube in her throat she started to flail and panic.

"Kara it's okay." Eliza soothed, taking one of her hands. "You're safe."

Calmed by the voice, Kara looked round and saw both Eliza and Alex standing over her.

"I'll take the tube out." Alex said, but I'll need your help. "We need to sit you up. Are you in pain? One blink for yes. Two for no."

When Kara blinked twice Alex commented. "Well you still suck at lying." With that she and Eliza helped raise Kara slight as Alex said. "When I pull the tube out I need you to cough...but not too hard. Okay?"

When Kara nodded Alex said. "On three. One, two, three."

As the tube was removed and Kara spluttered, Eliza stroked her hand before giving her some water. Once Alex was content that Kara was breathing okay she fiercely hugged her little sister.

"I was so scared." She said into Kara's shoulder.

"I'm okay." Kara said hugging Alex with one arm as her other arm continued to seek contact from Eliza. "But we have to stop her. I have to go."

"Absolutely not." Eliza said in her most stern mother tone.

"You don't understand she will destroy the world. I have to go." Kara argued.

"That would be stupid and damaging." A familiar voice said from the doorway.

"Cat? What are you doing here?" Kara asked confused as Alex pulled away and looked round at the former CEO.

"In case it escaped your attention the City, probably the country and then the world is under threat and the President believes her place is here trying to talk reason to the alien."

"There is no reasoning with her. I tried." Kara argued.

"Quite. But at the very very least she hopes she can buy time." Cat argued.

"I'm almost ready to go." Kara said resolutely.

"No you're not." Alex said.

"Yes I am. The city needs me." Kara argued.

"They want, no, they need you, to rise from this like a phoenix. To return to the battle lines and defeat the bringer of darkness and reclaim your place as this city's hero." Cat agreed.

"That's why I need to go." Kara argued.

"Kara you are not listening to me." Cat said. Taking advantage of the stunned silence that fell in the room while everyone realised she knew Supergirl's identity she went on. "They need you to be victorious, not a punchbag. When you defeated you cousin the city, the world, saw you as the Earth's champion, the final defence, the last hope against alien invasion and any other Armageddon event. If you can't beat this new threat no one can. When you return you will generate a wave of hope, but if you are used as a punchbag and beaten again that hope will be gone forever."

"I won't lose." Kara said resolutely earning an eye roll from Cat who then asked.

"Tell me have you eaten any spinach since the last battle?"

"No."

"Developed new powers?"

"No."

"So how will you beat her? You can't. Not yet. You need a plan and you need help. As Supergirl you may have got away with jumping in head first and hitting your way out of a situation, but as Kara you always used your brain. You are an exceptional woman, powers or not. To beat this threat you need to draw on the strength and intelligence you have as Kara Danvers."

"Kara Danvers is just a human. How can a human win this fight?" Kara asked looking lost and almost defeated.

"Despite your near invincibility, for over two years I could make you tremble with fear just from calling your name, and I am a mere human." Cat reminded her as there was a knock on the window. Nodding at the secret service agent she turned back to Kara and said. "Duty calls. While I help buy time you need to fully recover and come up with a decent plan." With that she left the room.

"She knows." Kara eventually said.

"That's a problem for another day." Alex said. "Right now we need you to recover and we need a plan. Cat was right it has to be a good plan and we all need to work on defeating her."

"Reign." Kara said.

"Huh?"

"Her name was Reign. She is here to wipe out sin."

"Let's hope she looks in the mirror then." Eliza said.

"We are going to beat her. Together." Alex promised Kara before hugging her once more. "But first, get some sleep, you'll need it. The second I think you are okay, you and me are having a long session in the sparring room."

-TBC...

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