The No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Day

Notes:

I received a prompt on Tumblr from metwosix about Lena accidentally walking in on Kara not fully clothed. Oops. Silly Lena. Tomfoolery and flirting to ensue.

Supergirl is not having a good day.

It started out easy enough. Kara had gotten up a little early to take a flight around the city. Not in any official capacity. She just wanted to feel the wind through her hair and hear the roaring against her ears as she flew higher and higher. It was one of those mornings where she could smell the brine from the ocean water in the air. Where she could let her senses dull in the monotony of the flight. To drown out everything except the thoughts of a certain CEO.

But Kara should've known by now that distracted flying (much like distracted driving for humans) is never a safe thing to do. She was in her head so much thinking about finally asking Lena out on a date, (and what would she wear when she asks, and how should she ask, and should she bring flowers?) that Kara didn't hear the missile behind her until it was too late.

She had just turned around when the large projectile hit her center chest, the resulting explosion and shockwave launching her downward towards the city. The edges of her vision darkened for a moment as the air left her lungs. Her body curling in on itself as her back came crashing into the concrete.

And if she thought getting hit in the chest with a missile hurt, she had no idea what it felt like to fall flat on her back in the middle of the freeway from 500 feet up and promptly be run over by two large SUVs full of commuters.

Bad. The answer is it felt really, really bad.

Kara's head was spinning and it took a moment to distinguish the sound of Alex in her ear over the chaos of car horns and tires screeching and people yelling in her immediate vicinity.

"Yeah… yeah, Alex. I'm here. Ugh… unfortunately I am very much alive." Kara propped herself up on her elbows despite her body's protests and looked around to survey the damage. The Supergirl size divot she left in the road would be a problem when rush hour started in about an hour.

She stumbled, tripping over her own feet, to one of the the cars that hit her, turned on its side, windows busted out. The passengers had managed to climb out on their own and were standing on the side of the road looking crumpled and dazed as they took in damage to their vehicle.

"Hi. Are you all okay? Do I need to request an ambulance for anyone?" The world pitched in front of Kara's eyes and she felt nauseated as she tried to focus and remain calm.

A large man in a business suit with greasy slicked back hair and a snarl on his face stepped right up to the girl of steel. "You're going to pay for this aren't you?"

"I'm sorry, what?" Kara shook her head slightly and worked to adjust her super hearing but the man sounded as though he was speaking under water.

"You wrecked my car! You better have good insurance. Look at it! It's totaled!"

The man was gesturing wildly and other morning commuters who had pulled over to see if anyone needed help were now instead getting their cell phones out to record the altercation between some random citizen and Supergirl.

Re-focused and beyond a little miffed, Kara replied, "Listen, buddy. I'm sure you didn't notice this while you were busy running me over but I kind of just got hit by a missile, so you'll forgive me if… what? What are you staring at?"

Business suit man was backing away slowly, staring and pointing vaguely at Supergirl's chest, his face stricken with terror. Kara looked down to see three small red dots on her suit. With a crinkle on her brow she looked up quickly (and boy was that motion to her head a mistake) to see if she could determine the source when three corresponding shots rang out. Small metallic devices no larger than a golf ball each landed on her chest and immediately let out an electric shock that brought Kara to her knees.

The current ran around and through her. It felt like it was splintering bones, boiling her blood. She couldn't think. She couldn't see. She opened her mouth to let out a scream but no noise escaped over the electricity arcing between her teeth. Every muscle in her body was contracting at once.

Suddenly all the pain she felt drifted to the back of her mind as she could feel her heat vision firing up against her will. She used the last bit of strength and wits she had to point her face to the sky and pray that there wasn't any aircrafts flying by at the moment her laser vision soared upward like a beacon from the ground.

It was only minutes before her powers burned out resulting in a solar flare. And it was only minutes before Alex and the rest of her DEO tactical team landed next to Kara. It was only minutes, but felt like a lifetime until she finally passed out, her body giving way to exhaustion.

When Kara awakes she is not at the DEO. She takes in her surroundings through heavy lids. It's a large bedroom, comfortably adorned with plush furniture and large windows facing out over the city. She can hear Alex's voice drifting in from down the hall and assumes she's in a safe house of some sort. She knows that the DEO has several of them all over the country.

She is still in her Supersuit and is laying on a large bed. Which, though soft, does nothing to change the fact that is feels as though she's been hit by… well... by a missile and two SUVs full of commuters and then an electro-charged weapon. So, it is with great effort that she forces herself out of bed and down the hall to see what answers Alex might be able to give her about just what the hell happened this morning.

As she draws nearer to Alex she hears arguing coming from the kitchen. It would appear Alex, J'onn, and Winn are all there. They're all standing around the kitchen island and she can tell that they are in full debrief mode trying to figure who the hell got the jump on Supergirl.

She tiptoes out because any steps harder than that reverberate up her spine, jarring her brain, making her teeth clench which does nothing to ease the tension and pain that she is feeling from head to toe.

"Guys?"

"I don't care what protocol is," Alex argues, "all the sunlamps at the DEO just happen to be damaged on the same day Supergirl is attacked? No freaking way are we taking Kara back there."

"Umm, guys?"

J'onn, obviously not happy to be having this discussion, rubs his hand over his forehead. "Alex, I know you want to protect your sister but bringing her here, when we don't know how close…"

"Guys!"

Alex, J'onn, and Winn whip around as Kara brings her hand to her head immediately regretting the yelling.

"Kara!" Alex and Winn say in unison too loudly for Kara.

Alex rushes over to her first. "You shouldn't be out of bed." Alex guides Kara to the couch and sits her down.

""Yeah… I'm feeling that right now. Can you just tell me… quietly… what happened?"

Winn chimes in, tablet clutched to his chest. "We don't know much yet," he starts apologetically. "We're analyzing the electrically charged devices and missile fragments that we were able to collect from the scene this morning, but I'm working with some tech I'm not familiar with and we aren't using DEO resources right now so it will take some time."

This only serves to worry Kara more. "Why aren't we using DEO?"

"At the same time you were attacked this morning, someone who we have yet to identify broke into the med bay and broke all the sunlamps we would use to heal you after an attack. For now, Alex, Winn, and myself are the only DEO agents that know your whereabouts." J'onn looks worried. Which means Alex is worried. Which means Winn is terrified.

And that means that Kara is… too tired to think about what she is. She drops her head into her hands. "Do we have any idea how long my powers will be out this time?" she mumbles, a bit exasperated.

"We're not sure," Alex starts soothingly. "The sunlamps of course would help you heal faster which would help you gain your powers back faster. You know the drill. Wait it out or go for the adrenaline rush and hope to jump start everything back."

"Okay," Kara nods to herself, "okay. We've got to be what, twenty stories up? I'll just…"

"No! Absolutely not, Kara. The last time you jumped you were at least in good shape for a human. You're way too beat up right now to hope that your body…"

Kara held her hands up in defeat. God, when will it not hurt to move? Kara thinks to herself.

"You know what, Alex? Today, I'm not even going to fight you. That is at least, until I've had a shower and about another thirty hours of sleep." Kara stands shakily and heads down the hall, one hand on the wall for support, back to the bedroom from which she came.

Alex, Winn, and J'onn all look after her worriedly.

"It's not like her to not put up a fight," Winn observes.

"No. It's not. There are times when I wish I could read her mind. Something's off," J'onn replies.

At that moment the three of them hear the keypad to the safe house's door activate and Alex pulls out her alien gun and trains it on the door only to lower it when she sees Lena enter.

"You know, I wasn't expecting to be welcomed at gunpoint every time I entered my own safe house," she says by way of greeting, only coming across as slightly annoyed. She is struggling with a large box and duffel bag over her shoulder. Winn hurries forward to help her with the load.

"Everything you should need, Winn," Lena says nodding at the box full of tech. "I think we can McGuyver together a suitable substitute of yellow sun from this here; and Alex I brought some things for Kara from her apartment." She holds up her hand before Alex can protest, "I scanned everything for bugs or other contaminants before bringing them here."

Alex and Winn nod, the first in thanks, the second in nerdy excitement to rig together something that will help get Kara back on her feet.

"Where is Kara?" The concern is heavily laden in Lena's voice. She has not seen her since she heard about the attack.

"In the bedroom," Alex gestures over her shoulder before allowing herself to get distracted by Winn and the gadgetry that Lena brought along.

Lena throws the duffel bag over her shoulder again and starts towards the bedroom. It is only when J'onn, Winn, and Alex hear an, "Oh my god! Lena!" and an "Oh my god, I'm so sorry, Kara! I didn't know you were changing!" that they remember that Kara had said she was going to shower only moments before Lena had walked in.

"Do we mention this to Kara?" Winn whispers out of the side of his mouth.

"And risk our lives when her powers come back?" Alex replies incredulously. "No way."

Notes: So this has turned into a bit longer than a one shot. I'm thinking maybe three chapters (four?) when it's all said and done. It's all outlined in my head, just need to get it all typed out. Sorry that Lena doesn't really show up until the end of this first chapter. She'll obviously be front and center in the next!

Next up: just what does one do when one's best friend who they may or may not have feelings for sees them naked? Oh, the conundrums of lesbianism!

Psst... I'm on tumblr! bungledramblingsofalesbianmind