"Alex? Hi." Jeremiah smiled as she entered the room that had become his home at the DEO.

"Hi." Alex said.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine."

"And Kara?"

"Getting there."

"Your mother?" He guessed wondering why Alex had come to visit.

"We're all fine."

"That's good." Jeremiah said still none the wiser about why Alex had come to visit. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but you've gone out of your way to avoid me recently, so why are you here?"

"Keeping you locked away like this. That's letting Cadmus win. What you did was wrong, but I want to believe that you thought you were doing the right thing. Punishing you for a mistake whilst letting my fear and insecurity that you still work for them control me, that's giving Cadmus what they want." She said handing him an ID badge. "For obvious reasons you can't work here, at least with unrestricted access, but with that you are free to leave and return."

"Are you sure?" Jeremiah said.

"It doesn't mean that I am just going to blindly trust you like last time. But as Kara says we need to have a little faith. So I'm putting faith in the man who saved J'onn J'onzz fourteen years ago, the man who welcomed Kara into his home and my father."

"I know you have no reason to believe me when I say this, but I promise that I won't let you down." He said putting his hands on Alex's shoulders. "Everything I have done was to protect you and your sister. You will always be my priority."

-00-

"Hey Kara." Maggie said opening the door.

"Maggie? Hi. Sorry I'm interrupting again. I'll go." Kara said surprised to see Maggie on the other side of the door.

"You're not interrupting anything apart from boredom. Alex got stuck at work, so it's just me. I could use the company."

"You sure?" Kara asked.

"I'm sure." Maggie said walking back over to the lounge.

"Um, have you moved in?" Kara asked wondering why Maggie was at Alex's apartment without Alex.

"No. But Alex is being over protective and won't let me live by myself until I am fully fit so I am staying here." Maggie explained.

"How are your ribs?"

"They're fine. Unless you have a worthless piece of paper justifying being preachy, in which case they need another two weeks."

"Not a fan of doctors?" Kara asked.

"Huge fan of doctors, apart from when they are banning me from work." Maggie replied.

"Couldn't Alex give you a second opinion?" Kara asked.

"She did, it was worse than the first." Maggie complained.

"She's just worried about you. You mean too much to her for her to risk you getting hurt again." Kara said.

"So I haven't seen much of you since we escaped." Maggie commented. "You're not avoiding me are you?"

"Not exactly. Alex said you'd shoot me if I apologised again and I kinda thought that would stress Alex out." Kara smiled. "But I really am sorry you got dragged into this because of me."

"Kara, it's not your fault. I got dragged into it because of my connection with Alex, not you. And for the record I don't blame Alex either. But now you are here I wanted to say thank you for coming for me. I know it wasn't easy."

"Actually it wasn't so bad. I knew it was the right thing."

"Well I guess that's what makes you Supergirl." Maggie shrugged before asking. "So any thoughts on Supergirl coming back? With me off work for another two weeks I know the guys could use the help keeping the streets safe." she added smiling.

"I don't know."

"What's holding you back?"

"I'm scared." Kara said.

"Of what?"

"For starters that I won't be strong enough to beat Cadmus when they return."

"It's okay to lose to an enemy it is not okay to lose to fear." Maggie said.

"Did you just quote The Karate Kid?" Kara asked.

"No." Maggie said.

"Sounded like the Karate Kid." Kara argued.

"Technically it was the Karate Kid Part Three." Maggie said.

"Is this a Bonsai thing?" Kara asked.

"Overcoming fear?"

"No, liking the Karate Kid 3." Kara clarified.

"What's wrong with the Karate Kid Part three?" Maggie asked.

"Nothing. I mean your film preferences are way better then your food preferences."

"Hey, sorry I'm late." Alex said walking into the apartment. "Kara, hey. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Apart from your closed minded taste in films." Maggie commented.

"I didn't criticise." Kara said. "In fact I complemented you by saying your taste in movies was better than food."

"You hate my food choices."

"Technically vegan ice cream isn't a food choice, its a food crime." Kara countered.

"That's funny Little Danvers." Maggie replied standing. "On that note I'm going to get some take out."

"I'll go, you should be resting." Alex said.

"I'm fine." Maggie said, her tone slightly snappy. "And don't go into doctor mode."

"Okay." Alex said glancing at Kara who said.

"Now you know what's it like for the rest of us when you get sick."

"Can you get enough for eight?" Alex asked.

"You having a party?" Maggie asked.

"Family dinner." Alex said.

"Sure. I'll be back soon." Maggie said kissing Alex goodbye.

"Family dinner?" Kara asked as the door shut.

"Yeah. You're okay with that?"

"Of course."

"Good, because mom was going to try and bake a chocolate pecan pie."

"She was? Where?" Kara asked eye's wide.

"The DEO kitchen or failing that J'onn's." Alex said moving over to sit next to Kara on the couch. "You okay?"

"I wanted to talk to you, but it's not important."

"It is to you, so it is to me." Alex said. "What's up?"

"I've been trying to figure out what I'm going to do."

"Do?" Alex asked.

"In life."

"Okay." Alex said immediately worrying where Kara was going.

"Since losing my job I've felt a little lost. I thought I could give up the Kara parts and replace them with Supergirl. But I'm not Supergirl at the moment either. Lillian was right the world doesn't need either version of me."

"That's not true. I will always need Kara Danvers." Alex said, convinced Kara was about to announce she was leaving.

"CatCo, at least under Cat, kept me human. Cat's advice helped me make the right decisions. But Cat is gone, Winn has left CatCo and James I barely speak to any more. Plus I don't actually have a job there. And all of that has caused me to make the wrong decisions. I shouldn't have published the article. I did the wrong thing for the right reasons. But was still wrong and it cost me my job. If I did the wrong thing for the right reasons as Supergirl I could do so much harm and that scares me."

"So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know. That's why I'm here, I need advice."

"You know I'd prefer you to be safe and that I never wanted you to come out as Supergirl." Alex said. "But being Supergirl makes you happy. Helping people is what completes you. You're right that if you screw up as Supergirl it is far more dangerous than if you screw up as Kara, but that's why you are part of a team. You have to trust us when we say not to do something. J'onn, Winn, me, we are all going to help keep you on the right path okay?"

"Okay." Kara said hugging Alex just as there was a knock on the door.

"It's Eliza." Kara said looking through the door before smiling and adding. "And she has pie."

-00-

"Maggie, you shouldn't be carrying all of that." Eliza said when Maggie returned an hour later. As she took the bags off her she turned to Alex and said. "She is meant to be resting, you shouldn't have sent her to get the food."

"I had no choice." Alex said before asking. "How much food did you get?"

"Well you said for eight, but I wasn't sure if that was eight taking into account Kara so I went for ten."

"The eight was already taking into account Kara." Alex said. "There are only six of us."

"But I'm starving." Kara said.

"So the extra potstickers are a good thing?" Maggie guessed.

"They'll almost make up for the ice cream." Kara said opening a bag. As she took out a potsticker she asked. "Are these real?"

"Yes, they're real." Maggie said.

"You not waiting for the others?" Eliza asked.

"It's a starter." Kara said trying to look innocent as there was another knock on the door. As Kara mumbled something whilst trying to eat Alex looked through the peephole before opening the door where J'onn and Jeremiah were standing.

"Come in." She said moving away from the door.

"Jeremiah?" Kara said surprised not having expected him.

"Hey." He smiled moments before Kara stepped up to him and hugged him.

-00-

"How are you doing?" J'onn asked as he came and joined Kara by the window an hour later.

"I'm okay." She said smiling at him.

"It's okay not to be." He reminded her.

"I know." Kara replied as flashing lights drove past on the street below. Noticing how Kara's eyes were drawn to them J'onn asked.

"You still miss being Supergirl?"

"I do."

"Enough to bring her back?"

"I don't know." Kara replied.

"Well if you do decide to bring your suit out of storage and you want some company just ask."

"I will. Thank you."

"Everything okay over here?" Eliza asked joining them.

"It's fine." Kara said. "Just enjoying the view."

"Well if you can tear yourself away I was about to serve the pie."

"Really?" Kara asked her eyes wide and excited.

"I take it you would like a slice then?" Eliza smiled.

"You really have to ask?" Kara asked.

"You're right I should know better." Eliza smiled as she turned with J'onn by her side.

As Kara followed them she heard distant sirens and gave one more look out of the window.

-00-

"Um Alex, you may want to see this." Maggie called later that evening as she watched tv.

"What is it?" Alex asked coming over to the lounge where Maggie had the news on.

"Your sister is making headlines." Maggie said looking at the screen, which had footage of Supergirl stopping a bus plunge over the side of the bridge. Seeing Alex's surprised look Maggie guessed. "Kara didn't tell you?"

"No." Alex said as she sat down next to Maggie and watched the news.

"You okay with this?" Maggie asked, worried with how quiet Alex was being.

"I guess. I mean it's what she wants and it makes her happy." Alex replied allowing herself to relax when the live footage showed Supergirl disappearing into the night sky.

"Why don't you go round to see her?" Maggie suggested.

"Because it is nearly midnight."

"So? She's clearly awake. And you always says she has a post save high. You should go celebrate with her. You know you want to. Well you either want to strangle her or celebrate with her. Go."

"What about you?"

"I can take care of myself. And I'll get more rest here if you aren't sighing all night. I mean it. Go."

"Thank you." Alex said kissing her.

-00-

"Supergirl has returned then." Henshaw commented as he entered Lillian's office in a remote building.

"Apparently so."

"Do you want me to deal with her?"

"No. Right now their guard is still up. In a few weeks they'll think they have beaten us into submission and it will be easier for us to attack. Until the delivery mechanism is perfected there is no point revealing ourselves. We'll wait until the time is right and then we'll strike." Lillian smiled. "For now, lets concentrate on our work, besides we have our new recruits to place."

-00-

"Hey Alex." Kara said opening her apartment door twenty minutes later.

"Don't hey Alex me. Were you going to tell me?"

"Tell you? About Supergirl?" Kara asked.

"Unless you have done anything else you need to confess to."

"I thought you said you'd be happy with me coming back as Supergirl."

"I did and I am. But you could have told me before you did it."

"It was kind of a spur of the moment thing." Kara confessed.

"Spur of the moment?" Alex asked.

"Are you mad? You seem mad."

"I'm not mad. I'm just concerned. Are you sure you are okay?"

"I am. Being out there as Supergirl felt right. For the first time in weeks I had a sense of purpose again."

"So coming back as Supergirl isn't just your way of over compensating for the lack of control you feel after everything Cadmus did?" Alex asked.

"No, of course not. Okay, fine, maybe a little. Why can you always see through me?"

"Because I am your big and much wiser sister?" Alex suggested. "But seriously Kara don't pretend that what happened didn't happen, that won't help."

"I know. But sometimes's it feels easier to pretend it didn't." Kara confessed. "But don't worry, I have another session with Matthews tomorrow."

"Good. And you know you can talk to me whenever you need?" Alex asked. "No matter what is happening in my life I am always there for you."

"I know." Kara said walking away from Alex and getting two tubs of ice cream from the freezer.

"Seriously? After you ate four dinners and half of mom's pie?" Alex asked.

"What? I just carried a bus. That makes me hungry." Kara said grabbing two spoons and taking the ice cream to the lounge. "You're just jealous you don't real ice cream at home anymore. If you don't want any I can put one back."

"I didn't say I didn't want any." Alex said sitting next to Kara and taking one of the tubs. "You sure you're okay?"

"Apart from the nightmares and occasional flashbacks and a phobia of needles. But at least that sounds better than a fear of popcorn makers." Kara said trying to make a joke of it.

"Come here." Alex said putting her ice cream down and hugging Kara. "There is nothing wrong with having nightmares or phobias. I can't even start to understand what you went through, but I know you'll be okay because you are the strongest, toughest person I know. But you have to take it slow okay?"

"Okay."

"And if have to start letting people in about what happened. It doesn't have to be today or tomorrow, but eventually you have to open up."

"I know."

"And I will always be by your side. Any time you want help I'll be there."

"I know. Thank you." Kara said before asking. "Don't you have to get back home?"

"I was going to crash here. I don't want to wake Maggie. Unless you don't want me here?"

"I want you here. I don't want to be alone." Kara confessed.

"Kara you'll never be alone." Alex said hugging her tighter.

The End

A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. I hope you enjoyed it. I know I have had some requests to prolong this, however this felt like a good time to end it and real life is going to prevent me doing much writing for the next couple of months.

Thanks again to Bobpandas for the prompt. Anna, Alex and Same Guest Dude, thank you for the comments. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Fandomlove17 I would have loved to write longer chapters, but I barely had time to write short ones. It ended up as a choice of shorter chapters with daily updates or longer less frequent chapters. Next time I will probably try to finish writing the story before I post.