A/N: Last bit! This is kinda chapter 4b but lets call it five! I've enjoyed writing this. I hope you enjoy reading it. Again, sorry for any typos. I seem to be writing a lot at night these days and my eyes are wobbling.

Leaving Midvale behind had been surprisingly hard for Cat and so was saying goodbye to Eliza. Cat was grateful to her new friend for the encouragement and kindness she had offered during their brief Christmas stay. The CEO was sitting in the back of the black DEO Suburban with Kara's head laying in her lap and the hero snoozed as they sped along the highway.

"What's up with Sleeping Beauty?" Alex asked. "Is she alive? Cat, did you wear her out last night?"

"I'm fine," Kara muttered back with a smirk as the older blonde laughed. "Just relaxing before I have to patrol."

"I didn't think the Girl of Steel did anything but save people," Maggie teased. "Oh how wrong I was."

Kara just stuck out her tongue and smiled as Cat's fingers ran through her thick hair. The older blonde pulled gently and one blue eye opened to peer up at her. "What are you doing?"

"Sorry," Cat chuckled. "I was just wondering how you cut your hair."

"She doesn't really have to," Alex chuckled. "She doesn't get split ends or anything like that."

"Mmmhmmm…" Kara agreed.

"But, doesn't it just keep growing?"

"Mmmhmmm…" Kara agreed again. "Every three months, a friend of mine cuts it for me." She wasn't going to tell Cat that Winn was as good a hair stylist as he was a seamstress.

"But how?" Cat pressed.

"They have to weaken me for a few minutes while he does it," the hero explained. "It's the same way I train for combat. It's not harmful to me."

"You train for combat?" the CEO asked, her eyebrow lifting.

"How do you think she kicks ass?" Alex asked with a grin. "I trained her."

"What she said," the hero replied, her eyes closed again.

"I really don't know anything about you, do I?" Cat shook her head, tracing the shell of her girlfriend's ear with her fingertip.

Just then, Kara sat up. "Alex, pull over. Something's wrong. I can hear some…" Then Kara was gone in a split second and catching the car that was flying through the air towards them before placing it gently onto the ground. Alex slammed on breaks and skidded the car skillfully into the shoulder to a stop.

"It's a pileup," she breathed as the crashing noises continued around them. She saw Kara disappear into the back of a van and then emerge as Supergirl. The hero looked around and then shot into the sky to survey the damage. "Come on," Alex said, pulling off her seatbelt. "We have to try to help."

Maggie had just finished on the phone with emergency services and joined Alex and Cat as they ran from vehicle to vehicle, checking on their occupants. The people at the back of the wreck weren't badly hurt but the injuries got worse and worse as they moved forward. The helped anyone who wasn't trapped to get out and get to the shoulder as Kara pulled doors and rooves off vehicles in preparation for the firefighters who were already making their way through the wreckage.

Alex caught up with Kara, who was now standing and looking around for something else to help with. "You ok?" the agent asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Where's Cat?"

"She's with Maggie," Alex pointed. "They're on a school bus with a bunch of scared kids."

Supergirl looked in the direction of Alex's finger and smiled as she saw Cat sitting on the bus with a small child in her lap. Then, she saw the gas tanker on its side nearby, flames from another vehicle fire licking at it. "Oh no," she exclaimed. She shot in the direction of the tanker but, as she got close, she saw the leaking gas and the stream that was almost to the edge of the fire. With every ounce of speed she could muster, she grabbed the tanker and flew it straight up into the air, but it was too late and the flames shot up the gas stream causing the entire tanker to explode above Kara's head and knock her unconscious. The huge force of the explosion propelled the Girl of Steel downwards and she hit the pavement on her side creating a large crater underneath her. Her body rolled to a stop but Kara didn't move. Then the flaming tanker crashed down on top of her.

"SUPERGIRL!" Alex screamed in horror, her legs already carrying her to her sister and she threw herself onto the ground, pushing her body over the edge of the crater and peering through the smoke. She was already starting to cough when Cat and Maggie reached her and, through the dark smoke, they couldn't really see anything so they called Supergirl over and over until a voice called out.

"I think I'm ok, but I need to lift this tanker again. Get back."

The three women looked at each other in relief and then scrambled back. "Supergirl, go!" Cat yelled and slowly, the tanker rose into the air, carried on the shoulders of the Girl of Steel. She was disheveled, her hair was sooty and her face was dirty but she was determined.

Supergirl found an open space to her right and set the remains of the vehicle down so the fire department could douse it with foam. She sat down on the ground then, her legs stretched out in front of her as she took stock of her body. She leaned back on her hands as she turned her face to the sun. But then the sun was gone and Supergirl realized that she was surrounded by reporters who were pointing cameras and microphones at her from VERY close range and all asking questions of her at the same time.

Waving a hand, Kara shook her head and slowly climbed to her feet. "I'm ok, folks,' she said. "And I have no comment unless anyone here is from The Trib or CatCo Magazine." She scanned the crowd and spotted Cat. "Ah, Miss Grant. Do you have a question?"

Cat stepped forward. "I just want to thank you for saving myself, Detective Sawyer and all the children on that school bus. And to ask you if you're ok, Supergirl? That was quite a fall you took."

With a smile, the Girl of Steel nodded. "I'm ok," she replied. "However, being a flaming-tanker-sandwich-filling is not something I want to do again." She looked around then. "I need to get back to work now folks. There are other people who still need help." The crowd parted and Kara walked to the fire Chief. "Anything else I can do?" she asked as Maggie and Cat joined her.

"I think my men have got it," the Chief replied. "Thank you, Supergirl… and friends."

"Goodbye, Chief," the hero replied. The three women met up with Alex on the way back to the car. "Get in," Kara said, indicating the SUV. "I'll fly you back. There's no way you're getting through this mess, Alex."

The agent agreed and, as soon as they were all buckled in, Kara settled the vehicle onto her shoulders and flew it all the way back to just outside National City. Then Alex drove the rest of the way while Kara resumed her position with her head pillowed in Cat's lap and her cape tucked around her. It was only then that the hero felt her heart start to slow down. She wrapped her arm around Cat's knee and kissed it, letting the tears come.

"You're not ok, are you," Cat said softly. It wasn't a question. Kara sat up and wiped her face. "I could have lost you and Maggie today," she said. "Not to mention all those kids. I was so scared, Cat."

Alex and Maggie's eyes met and the agent also had tears in her eyes. She took Maggie's hand and kissed it.

"I was scared too when I saw you fall," the CEO murmured. "You did quite the impression of a pancake at one point."

The younger woman chuckled. "I woke up with the side mirror smashed against my face. No one wants to see themselves THAT closely."

The playful banter helped all of the women to feel better and soon, Alex was pulling over at the entrance to an alleyway to let Supergirl out. Cat kissed her cheek before she'd let her go. "Come to my place?" she asked.

"Of course, I'll be there shortly." Kara stuck her head back into the car. Alex, Maggie, see you later." But to Kara's surprise, Alex hopped out of the SUV and hugged her hard.

"Thank you for saving Maggie," she said. Their eyes met and they smiled at each other as Alex smoothed down her sister's cape at her shoulders. "And don't forget to use a condom."

Kara blushed but grinned widely at the familiar words. Alex always said that to her when she went on a second date. "Yes, Big Sister."

..

Arriving back on Cat's balcony, Kara landed gently and quickly changed into jeans and a t-shirt before strolling in through the open doors into Cat's bedroom. "Cat?" she called, looking around. No Cat. Kara moved through the room and out into the hallway heading for the living room. Again, no Cat so she narrowed her eyes and peered through the wall into the kitchen. Cat was at the island chopping something.

The hero pushed the door open and stuck her head in. "Hey."

Cat smiled happily. "Hi Darling." Kara crossed the room to her and they wrapped their arms around each other for a long hug, which turned into a long and passionate kiss. When they eased apart, foreheads still pressed together, Cat ran her fingers through Kara's hair. "I had such a wonderful time at Eliza's but to tell the truth, I'm glad to have you here and to myself."

"I feel the same," Kara replied. Then her sense of smell took over and she leaned over to look at what Cat was chopping. "What's that?" she asked, her eyes lighting up. "Whatever it is, it smells amazing." She looked back over her shoulder at the pan sizzling on the stove.

"I'm making you something special," Cat replied, turning the page of her recipe.

"You're cooking for me?" Kara asked. "Like dinner?"

Cat chuckled. "Not LIKE dinner, Kara. I'm making you dinner. I tripled the ingredients in the recipe. That should be enough I think."

"Enough of what?" the hero asked.

"I'm making you homemade pot stickers. I seem to remember multiple containers on your desk over the years."

Kara sucked in a breath excitedly. "Homemade?!" She swept Cat into her arms and dipped her before kissing her soundly. "You know," she went on. "The way to a Kryptonian's heart is through her stomach."

When Cat was upright again her eyes softened and she cupped Kara's cheek. "I hope there are lots of ways to your heart, Kara, because I intend on trying every one of them."

"No need," the young woman replied softly. "You're already there." She turned then and pulled the pan off the stove, turning off the burner carefully. "The pot stickers can wait," she said as she turned and took Cat's hand. "I want to have you instead."

Green eyes sparkled. "Yum."