When Lena awoke from her slumber the first thing she noticed was the absence of a body beside her. She could still smell her, the sheets still perfumed with Kara's strawberry shampoo but she knew without even opening her eyes that she was no longer cuddled up beside her. And if the cold texture to the cotton was anything to go by, she hadn't been there for a while.

Groaning quietly she opened her lids, feeling unusually groggy and dazed and looking around the room she immediately spotted Alex, her face tight and pensive as she stood on the other side of the glass with a couple of doctors.

Just by looking at Alex's face she could see something was wrong, could feel it within.

"Alex…" Lena got out, her voice even hoarser than it had been the first time she'd woken up. Her hands felt hot, body so warm it was as if she was running a fever.

"Lena hey…" Alex said back, tapping at the keypad and stepping into the room. Closing it behind her she moved across the room, coming to a stop beside the bed and pulling out a pen light she shone it into Lena's eyes, startling her somewhat but she went along with it regardless. "How are you feeling?" Alex asked kindly, schooling her features but Lena wasn't a fool and had a knack for reading what lay beneath a presented mask.

"Fine… A little tired" Lena replied and she could hear the obvious slur to her voice the more she spoke. She felt almost detached, her mouth moving before the words reached her ears and she strained to focus on Alex's face which seemed to blur a little above her.

It was strange and unnerving and her gut coiled as she tried to piece everything together, her thought process a lot slower than it had been the day before.

"Where's Kara?" She asked curiously, unconsciously searching for the head of blonde hair but she was nowhere in view.

"She's outside talking to some people" Alex clarified gently, sitting herself on the edge of the bed and looking down on her patient, her friend. "Can you tell me what the last thing you remember is?" Alex added on, maintaining some sense of neutrality and Lena had to give her credit for that.

"Umm…" Lena trailed off, wracking her brain for the answer. "Kara was telling me about what I missed when Lillian had me, then I fell asleep" She confirmed, her curiosity begin to peak. "Alex… What's going on?"

Alex shifted a little on the bed, her hand landing on Lena's and resting there lightly. "That was three days ago".

Lena narrowed her eyes, surprised by the words Alex had spoken. She was certain it had only been a few hours previous, not three days, it couldn't have been three days.

Alex could see the surprise and worry on Lena's face and immediately tightened her grasp, offering her what little comfort she could. "Hey it's alright…" She soothed gently, hoping to placate the obvious tension building within the woman and using the voice she used on Kara when she needed a pep talk or sisterly support, it hadn't let her down before and she hoped it wouldn't this time either. "I'll explain everything okay, I just need you to listen to me… Can you do that?" Alex asked.

Lena just nodded in response, swallowing the tension coiling in her belly, an all too familiar feeling now washing through her limbs.

"There was an incident…" Alex began, instantly noticing the way Lena's mouth opened to speak but she waved her off, signalling her to be quiet. "Don't worry, nobody got hurt. Sure you chucked Kara across the room but she got up and walked it off" She reassured, knowing exactly what words Lena was going to say before she did. "Your… powers went a little haywire, your readings were off the chart but thankfully this cell did it's job" She pressed on, Lena nodding along with her and even she could feel the trepidation which was radiating from the woman's body ease at her words.

"The only way for us to stop it was to sedate you again, you were given a much higher dose which is why you've been out for a couple of days and it's eased the outbursts by a lot" Alex continued, ensuring she maintained complete eye contact, if only to reassure the CEO some more.

"Do you… do you know why?" Lena asked quietly, almost afraid of the answer now.

Alex just shook her head sadly, a grim smile on her lips. "I'm sorry Lena we don't… We can't work out what's causing them, we don't even know what it is" Alex said, unwilling to lie to the woman. She had a right to know, a right for transparency.

Some of the other doctors had suggested to try some experimentation on her, to get a deeper analysis of what they were dealing with but Alex had shot them down and pulled rank immediately. She'd seen first hand the torture Lena had been exposed too, had seen the tape countless times and there was no way in hell she was going to put her through that, not again. Lena wasn't some lab rat to be tested on, she was their friend and a completely innocent victim in all of this and there was no way she would allow such practice to happen on anyone. It was inhumane.

"Is Kara okay… I didn't hurt her did I?" Lena asked worriedly, unable to focus on anything else other than the fact the blonde had gotten caught up in the crossfire, again. It stung her chest, riddled her lungs with worry which clawed up at her throat. She never wanted to hurt Kara, never wanted to hurt anyone ever.

"She's fine Lena honestly. She wanted to stay in there with you throughout the whole thing so she was ready for it… if anything her being there actually helped you to calm" Alex admitted slowly, being sure not to overwhelm the woman too much.

When the first outburst had struck Kara had been absolutely smashed into the perspex, body rattling the cell but she'd gotten to her feet immediately, shaking it off and jumping forward fearlessly even though she'd been screaming at her to get out right now.

Instead of running away she'd run to her, throwing her whole body over the top of Lena's convulsing one and when another tremor hit she'd absorbed most of the blast, her body seemingly suppressing it with enough force to ease off the intensity.

Sure she'd been a little dazed after, not walking away from it completely unscathed but it had helped and it had brought the woman back under control much to everyones surprise. Lena's eyes had been open throughout the whole thing but it was obvious to everyone that she wasn't fully conscious, wasn't aware of what was happening.

What they had registered from the outburst however was how dangerously high Lena's blood pressure had risen, so high they were certain she was going to burst numerous blood vessels and perhaps maybe have some sort of heart attack or a stroke. The sheer force coming from her should have ripped her apart, yet she remained untouched and unharmed.

It was as fascinating as it was frightening but Alex was not going to put any more fear into the woman who was already disturbed by what she was, what she could do.

"So you still don't know how to stop it then…? I'm going to be in here for a while aren't I?" Lena replied sadly, a bitter tint to her voice as she buried herself deeper into the sheets as if to shy away from the whole thing.

If this was her reality now she wasn't sure how to feel about it. But clearly she was a danger now, a danger to everyone and as she'd said to Kara it was for the best.

"We don't no… You're a very unique case. But there is good news as well" Alex smiled gently, her whole demeanour softening a little more. It wasn't much, and though Alex was a little worried at having the situation taken out of their hands and put into that of another's she knew that they were ill equipped for this, unprepared to tackle something of this magnitude.

Lena looked up at her, brow furrowing with an almost identical crinkle to the one Kara seemed to display whenever she was stressed or anxious about something. She could see the small flash of hope flare in her green eyes, the tiniest hint of desperation igniting within them and she didn't miss the way Lena's hand tightened in hers.

"Bruce has found some information from the coin you gave him" Alex confirmed, Lena's eyes widening immediately as soon as she spoke.

"What?"

"He has an idea, and he knows someone who can help you far more than we can if you're willing" The agent said delicately and Lena didn't hesitate to nod her approval, eyes wide even through the grogginess.

"Anything… Alex I'll do anything to get this under control" Lena replied as strongly as she could. Though she didn't know what it entailed she would do it, anything to get her life back, anything to fix and find out whatever the hell this was, whatever it was she could do.

"Okay, that's good" Alex nodded, squeezing Lena's hand again. "She's offered to help and her and Bruce are who Kara's talking too right now. They're explaining it to her and then they're going to come in and explain it to you".

"Is she… Is Kara okay with this?"

Alex laughed lightly, shaking her head at the woman. "It doesn't matter what Kara thinks or wants, it's your choice and your decision and she'll stick by you no matter what you decide I promise" Alex reassured, knowing that her sister would do absolutely anything for the woman below her. Though she knew nothing of what they were discussing, not yet privy to their clandestine conversation she had enough faith in her sister to know she'd stand by her regardless.

She'd move the heavens itself, of that she was certain.

A pensive silence overcame them, Lena knowing that Alex had nothing more to tell her now that the situation had been taken out of her hands and so focused on something else, something she hadn't got the chance to say since she'd been in out and out of consciousness.

"I'm sorry for what I did at the base Alex… I never meant to hurt you" Lena apologised, feeling as if the list of people she had to apologise to was longer than her arm when in reality it wasn't.

"You didn't hurt me and it wasn't your fault… If it was I'd have kicked your ass by now Luthor" Alex laughed gently, trying to inject some humour to ease the brunettes troubled mind.

Lena laughed dryly, weak but sincere. "I don't doubt that for a second".

"You shouldn't… I don't suppose Kara told you how much of a success our weapons were did she?" Alex noted, hoping to distract her a little before the big guns came in and bombarded her with information. "They were seriously impressive!".

"She did…" Lena replied with a nod, the blanks having been dutifully filled in by the kryptonian before she'd fallen back to sleep. "My offer still stands you know".

Alex laughed and shook her head. "I'll hold you to that. If I ever get sick of this place you'll be my first point of call don't worry" She reassured with a grin to which Lena responded with a genuine one of her own.

"Come on we both know that's never going to happen Agent, you'd have to be dragged out of here kicking and screaming" Lena said lethargically but already she felt better and more relaxed. It was curious how things had panned out, strange how she'd struck up some kind of unexpected kinship with the woman who'd so frostily interacted with her on their first meeting.

Then again, she hadn't exactly been too welcoming either, a fault on both their parts.

But a friend she had somehow become. Though their interactions were infrequent and normally held in a formal manner they were more than acquaintances now, had been through too much with each other to suggest anything otherwise.

And it felt nice, it felt good and warming having her around, having another friend.

"True, but stranger things have happened" Alex shrugged with a smirk eyeing the woman slowly. "Stranger things like you and my sister… want to tell me what's going on there?" She asked, the teasing in her voice abundantly clear and she couldn't help but snigger at the bashful expression which filtered across Lena's face.

"I… uhh…" Lena trailed off, completely thrown by the remark and unsure of how to answer the question. She was wading into this blind, unsure of what Kara had disclosed or whether Alex had deduced it on her own merits. It could have been so easy to deflect, so easy to match the agent with her own wit and cunning but she wasn't at full strength, unable to pull at the cool, calm and collected facade that was her norm thanks to the sedatives running through her veins

And Lena knew that was why Alex had sprung it on her now, knowing full well that she had the upper hand and the sounder mind, knew that Lena would be unable to deflect or avoid or distract.

Damn, she was good… She was very good.

Alex just laughed again, patting her hand in reassurance as she took in the bemused, if not slightly startled look on the woman's face. She had to give her credit, even in her current state she'd managed to maintain some level of discretion, features schooled enough to fool anyone other than herself.

"Relax Lena…" Alex chuckled quietly, tone firm yet reassuring. "I'm not going to give you the shovel talk alright. Pretty sure we got that out of the way when we first met" She continued, impressed with Lena's ability to maintain full eye contact with her. It was as unnerving as it was admirable. Lena's poker face was exquisite and if she wasn't a multi billion dollar CEO of one of the largest companies on the planet she couldn't help but think she'd make a damn good agent.

"Comforting" Lena quipped, allowing Alex to take the lead and see where she was heading with this. It gave her some more time to strategise her words, bought her precious seconds to find the right ones to say.

"I admit I was skeptical of you at first alright, and I know you knew that too" Alex admitted, a fondness filling her voice. "But I'm not someone whose afraid to admit when they're wrong and I was wrong about you" She continued on, smiling lightly at her. "No one has ever been good enough for Kara, and as her older sister I'm biologically inclined to hate her partners… but it's too hard to hate you, you're my friend too".

Lena just relaxed a little more, a light smile slipping onto her lips the more Alex spoke. Well, at least she knew she wasn't going to kill her, that was something. The woman could probably end her with nothing but her little finger if she desired and Lena wouldn't even see it coming.

"That's not to say I won't hand you your ass if you hurt her" Alex winked playfully and Lena just snorted in response, throwing an eye roll back at her at the words. "But I've got a pretty good feeling that you won't".

Lena nodded back up at her. "Listen, Alex even I don't think I'm good enough for her alright…" She admitted truthfully, knowing it was pointless to lie to the woman. "And I don't know what it is, what's going on between us… really I don't know. But what I do know…" Lena continued, catching her breath and shaking away some more of the grogginess which was plaguing her mind and her limbs. "…I know that she means more to me than anything, that I never want to hurt her, not intentionally… I don't know how it happened, I don't know why it happened and I don't even know why she likes me" She laughed lightly in the self deprecating manner she harnessed so strongly.

Still, after all she'd done, her self doubt was as strong as ever.

"I do…" Alex answered with ease. "It's why I like you too, why everyone here likes you, it's why my mother already likes you and she's only met you once and why I don't need to give you a shovel talk alright. Whatever is going on I'm happy for her, for you, for the both of you. You guys deserve it, and after everything that's been happening recently I couldn't ask for someone better to be with my sister" She finished kindly, nodding her head as if to punctuate the words she spoke.

And she meant it, she meant every word. Lena had proven her wrong, time and time again she had proven too her how good she was, how brave she was even when she didn't have too, even when she had nothing to prove she still did so. She was as much as a hero as any of them there.

Lena just breathed out a quiet sigh of relief, nodding back at the red headed agent. "Thank you… It means a lot coming from you" She noted softly, allowing what little of her trained facade she wore to drop now that she was out of imminent danger.

"Well, it's not a conversation I thought I'd be having with you either but here we are" Alex smiled sincerely, about to continue once more but her attention was stolen by the door to the room opening in a flurry and the sudden appearance of her sister. "And that's my cue, don't worry alright… Everything's going to be fine" Alex said, looking back to the CEO.

Lena gave a grateful smile, squeezing her hand one more time before releasing it, allowing the woman to walk away and out of the room. She watched her leave, watched her whisper something into Kara's ear and give her shoulder a squeeze before disappearing completely.

The moment she left Kara was at her side, worry clouding her features as she gave her the once over, already fussing without so much as opening her mouth.

"Are you okay? How are you feeling? Do you need anything?" She asked, the questions falling off her tongue uncontrollably as she took Lena in, not missing the pale shade of white she was currently adorning or the large black circles around her eyes.

"Slow down" Lena instructed, still smiling lightly as she looked up to the blonde whose forehead was crinkled tightly. "I'm okay… Are you okay? Alex told me what I did to you… Kara I'm so sorry" She said quickly, the apology already burning the tip of her tongue and she was certain come the end of all this she'd be sick of apologising entirely.

Kara just shook her head, face resolute and determined. "Don't worry about me, it's fine and it wasn't your fault okay, you didn't even know you were doing it…" Kara reassured kindly, brushing a stray piece of hair back off of Lena's face and tucking it behind her ear.

"Still…" Lena shrugged uncomfortably, her skin suddenly itching in shame.

Kara must have picked up on the action, the hand that tucked the hair back coming to rest on her jaw and stilling her fidgeting. "No still Lena… this is why you're here okay" She cooed softly, giving the brightest smile she held in her armoury. "We knew it could happen and I wasn't going to leave you in here alone".

Lena just nodded back at her, willing away the nausea rising in her throat.

"Anyway…" Kara began, still grinning at her. "We might just be able to help you now. Bruce… Bruce really came through for us" She smiled, her excitement palpable as she spoke. It was moments like this Lena found it so hard to see Supergirl, the blonde so excitedly human and just so Kara, the Kara Danvers she'd first met, the Kara she'd fallen in love with. The clumsy, awkward and sun shining reporter who'd walked into her office such a long time ago.

Kara just sighed, maintaining the smile on her face as she spoke. Though she knew what the help entailed, though she knew what would happen should Lena accept it, though it hurt her heart and her mind at the next step they would have to take it was nothing compared to the relief it filled her with.

This is what Lena had wanted since she'd walked from the wreckage, what they all wanted.

And if it helped Lena, helped her conquer this thing, helped her beat it she wasn't going to stand in her way for her own selfish reasons. She loved her too much to stop her, loved her enough to let her go for the time being.

"What has he found?" Lena asked, the hope in her voice so genuine, so pleading it stung Kara just a little more. She'd never seen Lena so vulnerable, so desperate. It didn't suit her, didn't sit right on her face.

"He's found out who your mother is… he's found out who you are" Kara smiled, still reeling herself from the information he'd passed off to her as well as their esteemed guest in the DEO at this very moment.

She'd always known Lena was someone special, something special. Ever since the moment they met she'd seen it, she'd felt it. There was something so uniquely wonderful about the woman, something so ethereal and just, something that had drawn her to the CEO so magnetically.

She was just so good, so righteous and virtuous, far more than any human she'd come across in her lifetime, far more than even her kin on Krypton. And now that she knew of her origins, now that she knew what she was, who she was…

… Everything about Lena seemed to make sense, everything fell into place and fit perfectly.

Her sheer will to be good, to project good. Her need to protect those less fortunate, her need to save the world and right the wrongs of those who'd come before her. A quest far more valiant than many had undertaken.

It just made perfect sense now, as mad and bizarre as it was, it was right, fitting.

Lena Luthor had never been ordinary, she'd been anything but since the moment she'd laid eyes on her and now she knew why, now she knew why the woman was extraordinary.

Lena just seemed to still at the words, tired eyes widening and Kara picked up immediately on the rapid beating of her heart. It was thumping so hard she was certain it was going to burst out of her ribcage and so she took a hold of the now trembling hand, closing her larger one around it in an attempt to calm the woman.

And it worked too, her heart rate steadily slowing back to it's normal rhythm and she visibly relaxed under the touch, the vice like grip on her hand loosening.

"How?… I need to know?" Lena said quietly, the relief she felt at finally getting the chance know paling in comparison to the sudden burst of fear now that her wish was to become reality. Fear she hadn't even known she'd held on learning the truth.

But she had to know, she needed to know, craved it more than anything.

"The coin. It wasn't Bruce who worked it out, it was his friend… And I'm pretty sure that they're the ones who should explain it okay… I don't want to mess it up" Kara confessed almost nervously. Coming from her, it just wouldn't feel right as her knowledge on it was limited. But it didn't mean she wasn't going to test the waters, if only to ease Lena in gently.

"What do you know of Greek mythology?" She asked, hesitating for the slightest of seconds before regaining herself.

Lena wracked her sluggish brain, barely able to pull at the information she knew so clearly. Unsurprisingly she knew quite a bit, having read volumes and volumes over the years, from Homer to Hesiod she'd acquired a vast amount of knowledge on the subject. She'd always been fascinated with ancient times, her thirst for knowledge knowing no bounds and she'd soaked up endless textbooks on Greek literature and all it contained.

But why was Kara asking her such a profound question? Now of all times.

"Enough… why?" Lena replied curiously, brows knitting together in confusion and frustration at the vague statement.

"Okay… uhh… well it's a start" Kara said, a light nervous chuckle slipping past her lips. She could see the angst, it was written all over Lena's face. "I'm going to send them in okay? You up for some visitors?" She asked gently, smoothing a hand over Lena's head once more.

The woman just nodded her consent, still clinging to Kara's hand tightly. "Will you… will you stay? I want you to stay?" Lena said quietly, almost ashamed at the neediness of the request but she couldn't help but feel as if she was about to fall into something deep, something unknown and having Kara there to anchor her would make the transition just a little easier.

"You didn't have to ask Lena. I wasn't going to leave you… not now, not ever you understand" She replied softly, so much kindness in her voice that Lena half melted on the spot.

"You promise?" Lena said, a hesitant smile on her lips but there was no need for it if Kara's warming grin in response was anything to go by.

"I promise" She answered easily, leaning down and pressing a chaste kiss to Lena's forehead, lending some well needed support. Pulling back she nodded towards Alex who was now hovering outside the outer doorway and finally the two people she'd been chatting with not a few minutes before entered.

Lena turned to look at the visitors, instinctively smiling as she spotted Bruce moving towards her, strolling through the perspex cell with purpose. God she'd missed his smarmy face.

"You've always had a flare for the dramatics haven't you" He said gruffly, but the fondness in his voice was unmissable. "It's good to see you on your feet".

Lena laughed lightly, sending him another smile. "I wouldn't say I'm on my feet Bruce and you're bedside manner is still terrible but thank you" She replied courteously, eyes shifting over his shoulder to the other figure now making their way through the door.

"I want you to meet someone".

She seemed familiar, as if she'd seen her somewhere before but she couldn't place it. She was dressed casually in a pair of tight jeans, paired with a white shirt and finished with a light brown leather jacket. And she was tall, intimidatingly tall and beautiful to boot. Long dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail, highlighting the strong jaw and brow, brown soulful eyes, eyes which were wise and… ancient even.

But there was something bizarrely comforting about her and Lena'd felt it the moment she'd stepped into the cell with an earnest smile on her lips. Involuntarily she relaxed, practically sensing the empathy radiating off of her in waves and it only increased when she stepped up to the side of the bed, standing shoulder to shoulder with Bruce.

Lena switched her gaze between her old friend and Kara - who looked entirely starstruck - before settling back on the newcomer who still wore the reassuring smile, eyes warm and impossibly soft.

"Hello Lena…" She drawled out with a thick accent, one Lena placed to be Greek or middle eastern. It was lovely on the ears, she had to admit. "I am Diana, Diana Prince" She introduced with a smile and Lena stiffened a little, trying to reconcile the name with where the hell she knew this woman from.

Kara was practically beaming, her hand still tight around Lena's in a show of support whilst Bruce had an almost smug look on his face.

"Lena… Lena Luthor" She mimicked in response, wondering what it was she was missing, why the other's around her seemed to be so much in awe of this woman.

"I know who you are… I've heard a great deal about you. I know you must be wondering why Bruce has brought me here but I believe I can help you" She said sincerely, something so mesmerisingly calming about her presence alone.

"You don't recognise her do you?" Bruce laughed lightly, amused that the know it all CEO actually seemed to not know something for the first time since he'd known her.

"This… this is Wonder Woman" Kara injected, looking towards the woman in the bed who suddenly seemed to still as she processed the information. Eventually it clicked, an impressed if not still confused expression slipping onto her face.

"Okay…" Was all she managed to get out, finally knowing why the woman's face seemed to familiar. Wonder Woman, the Wonder Woman was here, standing next to her bed offering her help.

What the hell was going on?

Quickly she pulled herself together, stopping her spiralling thoughts in their tracks. If she was here, then something serious was going down, something she was sure she wouldn't be able to understand and she most certainly didn't want to fall apart in the presence of the Justice League, practically the trinity considering Kara was just as super, if not more so than Superman himself.

"May I?" Diana asked courteously, issuing towards the bed and Lena just nodded mutely, still in some form of shock.

She watched as the woman stepped gracefully around Bruce, sitting herself down on the bed and turning her full attention to Lena. Slowly she put a hand into her pocket, pulling out the coin she'd handed over to Bruce and she placed it into Lena's hand.

"Please do not be frightened" She consoled, eyes warm and reassuring and Lena found she was unable to disobey the command. "All I ask is that you listen to what I have to say. I know you have questions and I will answer them as best as possible but I need you to listen first, are you alright with that?" She asked delicately, her voice beyond captivating.

Lena swallowed, nodding in response and still unable to find her voice. She tried to syphon through her knowledge on Wonder Woman, tried to run-through the numerous folders she'd inherited following Lex's incarceration but she was drawing a blank all of a sudden.

And yet still she agreed, inexplicably reassured by the woman sat before her. The fear within her seemed to disappear, enveloped in the warmth being exuded from the almost legendary superhero. And Kara's hand in hers, the strength being pushed through her palm just added to ease the dormant tension in her shoulders and her chest.

And so bracing herself she nodded once more. She could take it, could take whatever was about to be slung at her. With Kara at her side, her presence so strong and so loving, she could do it. If it gave her closure, saved her from herself then she'd do it.

She had to know who she was.

"Lena's a what?" Alex uttered almost breathlessly, pinching the bridge of her nose as she paced along the hallway which lead to Lena's makeshift medical bay.

Kara stood before her, hands planted firmly on her hips as she watched in almost amusement at her sister's reaction to the news that hadn't long been broken to the CEO herself. Lena had taken it well surprisingly, maintaining an impressive level of composure as she silently listened to all Diana had to tell her. Though she was perplexed, she hadn't argued against the woman's words, hadn't denied all the things Diana had told her, of the possibilities.

Then again, she doubted there was many who'd even dare argue against the illustrious superhero.

"A demi-goddess…" Kara trailed off, sharing an almost amused look with Bruce who was leaning back against the wall, arms crossed tightly on his chest. "So Diana thinks anyway, she could also just be a very powerful human with magical abilities… But she's leaning more towards the first option" Kara clarified, Alex finally coming to somewhat of a standstill.

"How? Why?" Alex queried, having so many questions of her own. Even knowing that Wonder Woman was a God herself she too hadn't made the link, hadn't even thought of something so big, something so unusual.

"The relic Lena gave me, the markings on it were completely unique. It's not something she would have just come across randomly" Bruce answered for the blonde, pushing himself off of the wall. He was a little uncomfortable here, being so open and exposed without his suit however bar the few surrounding him now they hadn't deduced his identity and Agent Danvers had been kind enough not to spill it.

"When Diana and Clark got back I'd already deduced it was of Greek origin, and she is the leading expert in that field, deciphered it all straight away. Lena's powers aren't that of a standard Metahumans, you've seen the readings for yourself" He continued, looking between the two women thoughtfully.

"It's magic" Kara finished, overwhelmed herself by the news but the excitement was there, just beneath her skin.

"Right…" Alex nodded, skeptical as ever but she knew the world they were living in, knew that there was those amongst them more powerful and greater than anything they could possibly imagine. Her sister was one of them and there was a literal God standing just on the other side of that door.

"Diana thinks her mother might be Hecate, Goddess of Magic just like she is a daughter of Zeus. But she won't know more until she does some more research with Lena" Kara cleared up, familiar with the almost cynical expression on Alex's face.

"So now that she thinks she knows who she is, what happens next?" Alex asked with a noise exhale, dropping her hands onto her hip and facing the two heroes head on. "How exactly can Wonder Woman help her?"

Kara and Bruce shared a momentary look, Kara's face falling somewhat and Alex registered it immediately. She could see the flash of hurt, could practically feel the short burst of sadness rippling off of her strong frame and broad shoulders which slumped just a hint.

"She has to take her away… She wants to take Lena to her homeland, Themyscira" Kara uttered, the words leaving an ashy taste in her mouth as she spoke them. She'd only just got Lena back and now… now she might just be losing her all over again even if it would only be temporary. "She can help train her to control it, get all the information she needs from her people and maybe give Lena her life back".

Alex sent a sad, if not sympathetic smile towards her sister, feeling for her immensely. It seemed neither of them, not Lena and not Kara could catch a break these days and it just wasn't right, wasn't fair. They didn't deserve this, not one bit.

"She won't be able to hurt anyone there, the Amazons have a strong resistance to magic and the knowledge to teach her. Lena's too unstable, too much of a liability to keep her here" Bruce noted, seemingly appeased with Diana's words. He trusted her completely, not foolish enough to disregard her input. Those days were long gone now.

"If she stays here she'll die Agent Danvers… You've seen her data. There's only so much her body can take and if she doesn't learn to control it then it will kill her eventually".

The words seemed to hang ominously in the air, Kara dropping her head onto her chest in resignation as they pulled at her chest.

Yet another reason why she had to let her go. If it was between losing her temporarily or losing her forever she knew what option she would take, knew she'd take it in an instant.

"I know" Alex sighed sadly, all too aware of how precarious a situation Lena was actually in. It was why she'd decided to dose her so heavily, to try and stem the stream of energy that was in all honesty tearing the woman apart. "How did she take it?".

"Good" Kara replied quietly, so proud of the woman. She had taken it all in her stride, determined to listen in to every word the woman had spoken to her with poise and and grace. "She's still talking to Diana now, trying to make sense of everything" She continued, having never been more relieved for the lead lined walls around which prevented her from listening in to the conversation.

"How long will she be gone for?" Alex pressed once more, wanting as much information as possible.

"However long it takes" Kara sighed sadly looking up towards her sister who immediately moved forward, coming to stop before her. She felt Alex take a hold of her hand, felt the light pressure around her digits and boy was she grateful for it.

"I'm sorry…" Alex apologised, feeling immensely for her sister now.

Kara just nodded, a watery smile on her face as she squeezed back. "Me too… But it's for the best. If it saves her life… I won't lose her, not again".

Alex smiled softly once more, pulling the blonde into a tight hug and offering her some comfort.

"It won't be forever Supergirl" Bruce chipped in gruffly, his voice giving away nothing as usual.

"I know that" Kara replied, stepping out of her sister's hold and looking to the man who had helped them all so much throughout this. Lena really had some solid people around her and she was so grateful for all the assistance he'd given in bringing Lena home to her.

Whatever it takes, she'd do it, she'd do it for Lena.

"It makes sense now…" Alex uttered, looking between her companions. "Why Lillian Luthor wanted her so badly, why she wanted that power and spread it out to an army" She noted, Bruce nodding in agreement and already knowing what she meant.

"Kara and Clark are basically Gods among us, Diana is one… How better to counter the threat than with Gods of their own" Bruce said strongly, his words accurate and direct. It was last resort, a last method but had CADMUS succeeded it would have been damn effective.

Thank God they didn't.

A minor swell of guilt sparked in Kara's stomach, the sensation jolting her. However indirectly it was, Lena'd suffered because of her sheer existence, her and Clark's. It made her feel nauseas almost, the guilt a bitter pill so swallow.

Yet another innocent, twisted and hurt because she existed on a world that wasn't her own.

"I'm going to get some air okay… I won't be long" Kara said towards Alex, giving her shoulder a squeeze before breezing out of the hallway which almost seemed to be closing in around her somewhat. She just needed a moment so solitude, a moment to breathe alone.

Alex watched her go, sadness tinged in her eyes and her whole posture slumped.

"Is she…" Bruce trailed off, arms still crossed over his chest almost rigidly.

"She'll be okay. She just needs some time but Kara's strong… She'll be okay, she always is".

Lena was sat upright in the bed, Diana still beside her as she relayed whatever information she could. Though she was frightened, hell she was terrified of all she'd learnt there was something so liberating about it all. For the first time she felt some kind of connection to herself, to her past. And Diana's presence was nothing if not comforting, something so incredibly good about the woman beside her that she couldn't help but absorb it.

She was a… she might be a God.

It was ridiculous, beyond even and though she struggled to comprehend it all, struggled to piece it all together she couldn't help but find the suggestion resonating something within her, pulling at her heartstrings with some familiarity.

It was completely mad but it felt… It felt completely right. But it was so much to take in, so much to register and the drugs pumping through her system wasn't helping a thing.

"I know this is a lot to take in Lena" Diana remarked, the words pulling the young CEO out of her reverie a tad. "But I truly believe I can help you, if it's what you wish?" She continued, Lena finding herself almost hypnotised by the magnetic pull of the woman's dark, almost black coloured eyes.

"Why?… Why are you so willing to help me?" Lena asked quietly, a hint of trepidation still lingering in the recesses of her raspy voice.

Diana just smiled in reassurance, the simple action seemingly quelling the anxiety in her gut and then some. "It is my duty to help those when other's cannot, and there are no mortal means to help you, nothing man has to offer" She admitted, ancient and wise eyes practically shining under the harsh lighting of the makeshift prison. "The one who would have been best placed to help is no longer with us, and so I decided to take up the mantle of helping those with powers like yours".

"And you are a remarkable young woman, even before your magic manifested if Kara and Bruce's words are anything to go by" Diana praised, and Lena couldn't help but shift uncomfortably under the praise she was so ridiculously incapable of accepting. Especially coming from this woman who was the absolute pinnacle of righteousness and truth and justice. "You've earned the help and so much more".

"I…" Lena trailed off, feeling as if she was simply lost for words.

"I have been where you are now Lena" Diana consolidated kindly, patting the woman's hand lightly. "There was a time where I too did not fit in, did not understand what I was… I was very different from my kind, one of them but not. It is a very lonely place" She admitted, hoping to offer just a little more reassurance to the obviously perturbed young woman before her. "But it will not last, it won't be forever".

Lena took the words on board, clutching to them tightly and gripping a hold the new found kinship.

"… Thank you" Lena replied gratefully, swallowing the remnants of fear and the tingle in her fingers eased off as she did so.

Diana just waved it away humbly, the soft smiling remaining on her lips.

"There is no need to thank me… Not yet at least" Diana replied gently. "Now, if we are to help you we must go soon before you build up again. I have a plane waiting to take us to my home… If you are accepting my help I'm afraid we must go today" Diana explained, a hint of sympathy coming into her voice.

She knew that springing it on her so suddenly wasn't fair, knew that it would make the process difficult but she'd seen the energy output for herself, could practically feel it buzzing in the air around her. If she was going to help this woman then they had to get to it immediately and had no time to waste.

Lena absorbed the words, a sadness swelling within her chest and she sighed quietly to herself. To leave now, to leave Kara… She wasn't sure she was ready, ready to leave her go and leave her behind, not now that she'd tasted what it could be like, what their maybe was. The maybe she'd been begging for, they maybe she'd been pining after for almost a year was now a reality… And now she'd have to leave it, leave it all behind.

But she had no choice and deep down beneath the pain she knew it too. Sure she could stay, Diana had given her a choice after all but she knew in her gut that it wouldn't end well if she did. Either she'd die in this cell or she'd level National City and take it with her.

And she wouldn't do it, not to them, not to Kara.

If giving Kara up, even temporarily, meant ensuring the safety of the people around her then she'd do it. She'd do whatever it takes to fix this, to fix herself so that there would be a National City to come back too, there would be a Kara to come home too.

With a heavy heart she nodded her consent and she felt Diana pat her hand once more, showing she'd registered the action.

"I know it's hard… But I'll do all I can" Diana reassured once more, seeing the pain etched into every crevice of Lena's face. It was the look of lost love, a look she'd adorned over a century ago and a look she'd carried with her ever since. A look she hated to see on the faces of those around her and a look, she decided, would never cross Lena Luthor's face ever again.

It spurred her to succeed in helping her, motivated the desire to help this woman find herself once more so that she could return home.

"I'm going to go and speak with the others now, tell them that you've agreed and what the plan is… Would you like me to send Kara back in so you can say your goodbyes" She offered softly, practically feeling the battered brunette's pain as if it were her own, a curse brought on by her natural empathy.

Lena just nodded in reply, blinking back the faint sting of tears and she watched as Diana left the cell as elegantly as she'd entered, leaving her alone once more. And though she wanted time to gather her thoughts, wanted time so steady and steel herself it was time she didn't have as Kara appeared at the door almost immediately, face solemn and forlorn.

They didn't have much time left with one another… She'd be damned to waste anymore.

Without any prompting Kara moved back to her perch on the bed, settling herself down in the now vacant space which was still warm from Diana's time spent sitting there and immediately she took a hold of Lena's hands, swallowing it with her own.

"So…" Kara trailed off, trying her hardest to school her pain but it was an art she had yet to master and so she found she could not deceive Lena into believing that she was fine. "You've agreed to go…".

Lena swallowed the lump in her throat, hoping her voice wouldn't come out as thick as she expected.

"Yeah…" Lena replied, biting down on the inside of her cheek to stop from screaming. "I don't have a choice Kara… If I stay here… I don't want to hurt anyone else… It's the only way now" She managed to add on, voice splitting and breaking but she ploughed on regardless.

And she knew Kara understood, knew the blonde agreed with her that it was the right call. The trait that had bonded them, brought them together was now the trait pulling them apart from one another.

It wasn't fair, none of this was fair.

But Kara nodded back at her, tightening her hold on the woman's hand. They didn't have much time left together, she wasn't going to fill it with pain. This was Lena's choice, the right choice and she'd support her in it, no matter the personal loss that would come with the woman's departure.

"I know…" Kara sighed, shifting forward a little and Lena mimicked her movements easily. Closing the space between them she rested her forehead upon Lena's, breathing in the smell of her and storing it away in her mind. "But it's not forever right" She added on, a watery smile coming onto her lips as she tried to shift it into a positive light.

Lena laughed lightly and airily, nodding her head against Kara's and she flashed a tearful smile of her own.

"It's not forever… You can't get rid of me that easily, I think you've learned that by now" She replied, trying to brighten the blonde's mood. God, she really hated that look on Kara's face, the pain in her eyes and she'd do anything to get rid, truly anything.

But the one thing that would get rid of it was the one thing she couldn't do, the one thing on this earth that prevented her from easing the woman's pain was what was making it worse. It was vicious circle, a circle she wished she could break free from but there was too much at stake, something bigger than her, bigger than them.

"The hard way, yeah…" Kara agreed, sniggering hoarsely as she willed the cry in her chest away. "I'm not going anywhere okay, I'll be right here waiting, waiting for you to get back okay" Kara spilled, unable to hide the confession.

Because she would wait, she'd wait forever if she had too. Because Lena Luthor was worth waiting for, worth the pain. She was that one in a million person and Kara wasn't going to let that go. She'd let her go for a while but she'd be waiting for the day she came back, ready and waiting with open arms.

Lena smiled back at her, the tears she'd held at bay spilling down her cheeks and the dam holding them back smashed to pieces on Kara's confession. The sincerity of it, the love and affection and the sheer strength of the words took it all out of her, half ripped her soul from her body.

And right there, right there in that moment Lena knew, she knew it from the depths of her soul that this woman, this amazingly beautiful and kind and compassionate woman was the love of her life. She was that one great love everyone had, that one person who made everything right. Not that she'd ever doubted it before but now she couldn't hide it, couldn't not admit to it.

Kara Danvers had stormed into her life and had changed it so implicitly, had changed it for the better. She'd brightened it, warmed it. She'd dulled the harshness of her reality, had given her strength she hadn't known she'd harboured. She'd given her everything without ever asking for anything return.

"And I'll be back…I promise you Kara…" Lena admitted, steadying her breaths and her thoughts and focusing on nothing else other than the blue of her eyes. "…Then we can have our maybe…".

Kara nodded in response, her own tears finally emerging and she allowed them to fall freely without shame.

"I'm holding you to that" The blonde said firmly, tone choked and strained but filled with honesty.

"I know you will, that's why I promised. Whoever thought I was going to be the one worried about breaking you, girl of steel" Lena laughed, a genuine chuckle pushing past the lump still lodged firmly in her throat. Slowly she lifted her free hand, cupping Kara's cheek and rubbing away the tears on her face with the pads of her thumb. "We'll be okay… I'll be okay".

Kara just sighed, closing her eyes momentarily to straighten her thoughts, sinking into the feel of Lena's palm on her cheek. She moved her's in response, copying the action and took a hold of Lena's chin lightly.

"I know that too…" Kara sighed, the space between them closing substantially as they tried to get as close to one another as was possible on the small bed. "Lena… Lena I want to say… I l-" Kara continued, the words spilling onto her tongue before she could stop them, just as they had the last time they'd been in this situation.

However, as she had last time, Lena just hushed her quietly.

"You don't have to say it… Not now, not because of this okay" Lena reassured, knowing the words which were about to come tumbling out. Words she knew that could never be taken back once they were spoken. And though she craved to hear them with every fibre of her being, though she longed to spill the exact same ones herself she knew this was not the time to do so, not their time. "Because I know, I already know… And I feel the same… I have for a long time and I'll still feel the same when I'm gone" She consoled lovingly, heart and voice breaking in tandem as she spoke them.

She loved Kara and Kara loved her and it was everything she ever wanted but right now, right now they would have to wait. Wait for her to come back, wait for her to sort this mess her life had become. Because she wasn't taking Kara down with her.

Lena was a patient woman, Kara was too.

They'd wait, wait for one another and wait for those words, wait for the right moment, their moment. There was no need to rush this, rush them.

"But I am coming back okay…"

"I believe you" Kara laughed quietly through her tears, her grasp on Lena's chin tightening just enough to guide the woman's face closer to her own, so close she could feel her breath ghosting over her tear streaked cheek.

"You always have" Lena noted and it was the gods honest truth. When everyone else had turned their backs, when the world had turned away from her Kara had been her constant, had been the one person in her corner, the one person who believed in her wholeheartedly.

Now, now she had to believe in herself. Believe she could beat this, because for the first time in her life she really did have someone to do it for. She'd repay that belief a thousand times over, she'd do whatever it takes to justify such a staunch belief in her.

She'd do it for Kara, she'd do anything for Kara.

She bore her green eyes into Kara's blue once more, savouring every last bit of them because she didn't know how long it would be until she saw them again. Didn't know how long it would be until she got to hold her again, kiss her again.

Unconsciously she wet her lips which were already damp with tears before closing the space between them. As easy as breathing she pressed her mouth to Kara's gently, the taste of their salty tears almost bittersweet. Giving it her all she curled her hand around Kara's jaw, pulling her even closer and she poured every last ounce of feeling in her body into that of the blonde's.

And Kara responded in kind, holding Lena's face in her own so tenderly as her thumb skimmed over her wet but warm cheek. This, this was home. Lena was her home. Right now, even under the sorry situation they'd found themselves in this was where she was meant to be, where she'd always meant to be. Coming to Earth, coming to this City, it was all worth it for this. All the pain, all the loss, it all seemed to melt away under Lena's lips and she never wanted to lose it, lose this feeling. Her people always spoke of being cast under Rao's light, always spoke of it's marvel but that was nothing, nothing compared to this. It was more, so much more.

Lena moved expertly against the woman's mouth, the action so seamless she was certain that they were meant for no one else other than Kara. They fit together so well, like two pieces of a puzzle which had long been missing were reunited, back to where they'd always meant to be. She had no doubt in her mind that the only person she'd ever been meant to kiss, the person she'd been made for was this woman before her.

And they stayed there for a while, savouring one another for the final time and pooling every emotion into the contact, basking in the warmth and comfort it brought them both. They never wanted to leave this clinch, neither of them, but all things had to end eventually and Lena could feel what remained of her breath leave her.

Slowly she pulled back, breathlessly looking up into Kara's eyes as they opened, completely dazed. Softly she smiled, stroking her cheek once more and Kara pressed a chaste kiss to her forehead in response. Lena sank into it, moving to bury her head into Kara's strong shoulder and she felt the arms, arms which bore the weight of the world slip around her.

Kara pulled Lena flush to her chest, engulfing the smaller woman in her embrace and she didn't hesitate to bury herself in Lena's hair. Tightly she clutched to her frame, still being weary not to break the already broken brunette.

This wasn't it for them, this wasn't the end, this was only the beginning of their journey.

She'd hold onto that as tightly as she was holding onto Lena now.

Lena just clung to the Kryptonian, wrapping her arms around Kara's waist and gripped a hold of her sturdy shoulder blades to support herself. She couldn't help but nuzzle into the woman's neck, inhaling the soft yet impenetrable flesh as she worked on committing every piece of Kara to memory. Her smell, her eyes, her hair, the crinkle between her eyes, the almost dopey quirk of her lips. Everything, she was remembering everything.

It was all she'd need to get through this next step, this next hurdle. It was all she'd ever need, of that she was certain.

"Lena…." A familiar voice resonated through the room, neither of them even noticing Alex's presence as she lingered in the doorway, apprehensive in breaking up the moment but knowing that she had to intervene. If she hadn't she was sure they'd have never parted.

The two pulled apart slowly, Kara keeping her arms wound lightly around Lena's frame as they both turned to face the woman who was shifting from foot to foot, Diana on her shoulder and watching on tenderly.

"It's time…" Diana finished up, sensing Alex's unease. Though she took no pleasure in parting the obvious lovers, it was time for them to move now. And the quicker they left, the quicker they could come back.

The two nodded, watching as Alex stepped up alongside them with a syringe in her hand. Lena eyed it wearily at first but looking back up at Alex all fear went, her trust in the woman strong.

"We're going to have to sedate you for the journey… It's the only way to make sure you get there safely… I'm sorry" Alex apologised sadly, so despondent at this whole thing. They didn't deserve this, Lena didn't deserve this, neither of them deserved this.

Lena just spared Kara a glance who nodded at her in reassurance, and she in turn nodded back at Alex.

"I understand, it's for the best… I trust you Alex" Lena uttered, forcing the strength she'd seeped from Kara during their kiss into her voice. But she meant the words, truly.

Alex stilled at the words, stiffening a little and she looked almost uncomfortable all of a sudden. Hearing the words, hearing the sincerity in them, well it threw her. And the pent up emotions she'd buried well throughout this whole mess, from the beginning to the end, it all was surfacing, bubbling under the surface.

In a fluid motion before her limbs could protest she moved forward, engulfing Lena in a hug and pulling Kara into it too. Stretching out she held the two close, surprised at even herself but something in her was yelling at her to just do it. She'd faced aliens with nothing but her fist, yet this frightened her more so than anything.

If you'd asked her last year if she'd be voluntarily hugging Lena Luthor by the next she was certain she'd have laughed and dubbed whoever'd insinuated such a thing insane. Yet here she was, holding her sister and her newest friend tightly, offering the two comfort and affection both desperately needed.

Pulling back she looked to the blonde and handed her the syringe.

"I figured you'd wanna do it? Give you a little more time" Alex nodded thoughtfully, closing Kara's limp fist around the sedative.

Kara just looked to her sister, love and gratitude shining in her eyes. "Thank you".

It was short and simple and sweet, but Rao it meant so much.

"Thank you Alex… For everything, I owe you big time" Lena said up to the agent who just squeezed her shoulder gently, careful not to hurt her.

"Anytime… You can buy me a drink when you get back to make up for it alright" Alex said strongly, smiling down at the woman. Lena just laughed in response but nodded nonetheless.

"Deal".

Alex just nodded and took a step back, rejoining Diana on the outside of the cell. Still they remained in eyesight but it at least granted the two a little more privacy.

Kara just turned to Lena, still wrapped up in her arms and uncapped the syringe.

"You trust me right?" Kara asked quietly, holding the woman impossibly close and memorising every last inch of her beautiful face. The face she knew she wanted to wake up to every day, every day for the rest of her very long life.

Lena nodded back at her, eyes wide and bright and filled with nothing but love.

"I always have, always will" Lena confirmed, hands gently grabbing a hold of the lapels of Kara's cape and tugging her closer. "So this is it… I'll see you when I get back okay" She added on, never once taking her gaze away from the woman.

Kara gulped, fresh tears building in her eyes but she smiled through it.

"You promise?" Kara asked lightly and Lena just rubbed her nose affectionately against Kara's.

"I promise" She confirmed in response, a sudden bout of strength in her voice. If this was to be it for now she'd take it, she'd take it all.

So they had to wait for their maybe, but they'd waited a year already, they could do this.

"You ready?" Kara finalised, ensuring Lena was ready for the inevitable sting the prick would bring when she pushed it into her neck.

"I'm ready" Lena reassured with a small smile, barely wincing as she felt the syringe push into her neck, felt the rush of liquid from the item get thrust into her veins. Immediately she could feel it take a hold, the now familiar abyss of unconsciousness rushing up on her and pricking at her peripheral vision.

"I'll see you soon" Lena half whispered, the slur unmissable as the sedative took hold and she could feel her body begin to go limp. Kara could see it too and reacted quickly, tossing the syringe to one side and bundling Lena up into her arms, holding the woman to her chest as it began to overcome her.

Their eyes remained stuck on one another, slow tears slipping from the both of theirs respectively. She tightened her hold on the woman instinctively, feeling her get heavier under her grasp and could only watch in pain as those enchantingly green orbs which were glistening with wetness began to flutter shut, even though Lena valiantly tried to fight it.

Kara plastered a smile onto her face, so soft and reassuring. She didn't want the last thing Lena to see was her in a mess, no way. So she smiled through the heartbreak, smiled through the pain and giving every last inch of herself to the woman.

Lena could feel the world around her fading, tendrils of black slipping deeper into vision until all she could see Kara's smiling face which hovered above her own, the blonde's tears dripping onto her cheeks. With one parting lopsided smile of her own she finally allowed herself to slip into it's throes, closing her eyes and succumbing to it's thrall.

Kara just watched and waited for the sedative to take full hold, watching as her eyes finally shut and she sagged fully against her. Knowing she was out she pressed another gentle kiss to the woman's forehead and shifted her around so that one arm rested beneath Lena's knees and the other beneath her back. Even in her slumber Lena seemed to burrow against her one last time, burying herself into Kara's chest and she held her tightly before rising to her feet.

She looked towards Diana for guidance, the woman nodding at her solemnly before turning to walk away. Alex fell into step beside her as they moved through the lower levels, Kara barely looking at the agents watching them leave and instead focusing on the relaxed and peaceful expression on Lena's face.

The walk which was normally so long seemed to go to quick, time now her enemy as it stole even more from her than it already had, offering her no lenience, and before she knew it they were up on the roof, standing before a large silver jet. Bruce was standing alongside it, his face unreadable as ever as Diana stepped on, Kara following dutifully.

She spotted the bed before Diana even pointed to it, moving across the jet and it took all of her willpower to relinquish her grip on Lena. She only did so when she felt Diana's strong hand on her shoulder, gently but firmly pushing her downwards.

Gingerly she dropped Lena onto the bed, smoothing out her hair which had fallen across her face before lifting the covers over her body to keep her warm. Sighing she tucked her in, grabbing a hold of the belts around the cot and securing Lena in for what looked to be a very long flight.

Diana's hand didn't move from her shoulder, remaining there for a while in a show of support and comfort.

"You promise to help her right? To get her home?" Kara said quietly, turning her gaze from Lena's sleeping body and up at the mighty hero behind her. It only now occurred to her that she'd always wanted to meet Wonder Woman, yet never did she believe it would be under such circumstances.

Diana smiled, softly and sincerely and nodded her head in confirmation.

"I cannot promise to fix her, only she can do that," Diana noted, wording it cautiously. She would not give the girl false hope, knowing that things could still go wrong. She wasn't as naive as she'd once been, knowing now that she couldn't save everyone, a lesson she'd learnt so long ago, decades even, "But I do promise to do everything in my power to help her do that Kara, to bring her home to you, you have my word" She finished strongly, her determination evident and Kara couldn't find it within herself to even question it.

She believed every last word.

Kara just nodded and turned back towards Lena, dropping one last tender kiss on her cheek this time and letting her lips linger for a fraction longer than was appropriate. And forcing herself to do so she rose back up to her feet, stepping away from the bed.

Slowly she moved back towards the jet's ramp, walking backwards and keeping her gaze fixed on Lena alone. She didn't know when she'd see her next, when she'd see her again. Diana followed her out, stopping at the edge of the ramp and waiting for Kara to completely disembark.

As soon as she did Alex came up alongside the super, immediately wrapping a strong and comforting arm around her waist.

"Keep us updated alright" Bruce asked his friend strongly, the two sharing a knowing and familiar look.

"I'll get in touch as often as I can, don't let the league fall apart without me Bruce" Diana replied, a hint of a smirk on her lips as she looked at her comrade who just scoffed silently but it was all in good humour.

"Wouldn't dream of it, I might even find someone to temporally fill in for you who knows" Bruce answered, looking conspicuously over to the super on his right. "Safe journey" He nodded back, stepping away from the door as Diana moved to close it. However before she did she sent one last look towards Kara, smiling as softly as ever.

"Please do not worry, I'll take care of her… that I can promise" She reassured and Kara just nodded numbly in response, sinking into Alex's arm which was anchoring her in place.

Without it she was certain she'd have hit the deck.

With a final parting nod Diana closed the door, the ramp lifting fully and Lena was now gone from her view, lost to her once more.

So she watched with a heavy heart, the tears still falling. She watched as the engines whirred to life, watched as it moved off of the ground and up into the air and the wind whipped around her. She watched as it's large silhouette suddenly disappeared, the only sign of it existing being the slight ripple of the invisible barrier which had enshrouded the machine, enshrouded Lena.

And as she watched her leave, Alex's arm still wound tightly around her, even through the pain in her heart, the heavy sinking feeling in her bones she felt it. She felt that spark of hope, felt that flare of pride, of belief.

Lena would come back to her eventually. She knew it without a shadow of a doubt. She'd come back, she'd come back and then they could have their maybe, they could have their own forever.

It felt like an end, yet it felt like a beginning.

So ended one story, another would begin it's place and Kara clung onto it, clung onto Lena's words.

She'd come back to her, she knew she'd come back to her because Lena always came back to her, even when the odds were stacked against them time and time again she came back. Their forever may have to wait, but they'd get it eventually. They'd get it.

And so she smiled through the pain, her hope swelling in larger and larger. Yes, it was the ending of this story but Kara knew that it was only the beginning of a new one, a better one.

This wasn't their ending, no, this was only the beginning.

And there you have it my darlings, this is finally finished. But fear not, there is a sequel in the works and any unanswered questions etc will all be covered in that and we'll be back for more angst, more pain and more tears. I took a lot from the comics, using them as my source material, though I've messed about with the timelines and shuffled around between timelines it'll all make sense in the sequel I swear.

A massive thank you to you guys, honestly, you're a fantastic bunch and you're support has been beyond buoying and beautiful. I love you all, hugely.

Until the sequel my loves,

Cariad Mawr,

C.