Couple of notes before this chapter starts: As always, thanks for all of the comments/reviews/messages etc. I really appreciate them.
For what is quickly becoming a constant disclaimer: No love triangles in this. It may also seem like I take the focus away from Kara and toward Lena this chapter but as mentioned, I just feel like Lena deserves more focus at the minute. The OC storylines do also tie directly into Lena's, of course.
Anyway, hope you enjoy! :)

Nia tapped her foot nervously against the floor as the seconds ticked endlessly by. She'd gotten to Obsidian North far too early and much to her surprise she'd found Lena already in the waiting area. They'd yet to say a word to each other and Lena had only briefly glanced up when Nia had made her way over to sit next to her.

Finally, Nia cleared her throat. "Lena, about what I said…"

"No." Lena interrupted firmly. "We're not doing that."

"Right." Nia swallowed nervously. She fell silent for a moment, glancing toward the door in hopes that she'd see Kara coming through it. "It's just that I don't want you to get the wrong idea about what I was asking. I wasn't accusing you of anything."

"It didn't seem like that from where I was standing." Lena replied coldly. "I believe you mentioned a kryptonite ring?"

"I didn't say a kryptonite ring, I said it was a green ring...which looked like kryptonite." Nia turned in her seat to face Lena. "I don't know what it was I saw. That's what I'm trying to find out. I was only asking you if you knew anything about i-"

"You asked me if I was making a weapon to kill Supergirl!" Lena whisper yelled, trying not to draw attention to them. "That sounds a lot like an accusation t-"

"I'm here! I'm so sorry I'm late. I got here as fast as I could!"

Lena looked up to see Kara standing there, looking windswept and out of breath. "I take it you flew here...on a bus?"

Kara grimaced. "Not one of my finest moments. Here, I brought your coffee, just the way you like it."

Lena looked down at the coffee that was held out to her and stared at it for a moment before she gave a slight shake of her head. "I just had a cup. Let's get this over with, shall we? Kelly said we could go up when we're ready."

"Okay, I…" Kara trailed off as Lena turned on her heel and walked away. She sighed, her shoulders slumping. After Lena had stayed over at her apartment a couple of nights ago, Kara was hoping that Lena's anger toward her was starting to ease. "I thought things were getting better between us."

Nia plucked the coffee from Kara's hand as they started walking and took a long sip, "She's angry with me. I may have...said some things to her and there were some misunderstandings and...well we can talk about it later. She waited for you, you know."

"What?"

"I've been here half an hour. She's been here longer." Nia explained quietly as they walked. "She could have gone to the room with Kelly whenever she wanted but she didn't. She waited until you got here. Maybe things are getting better between the two of you. It just takes some time."

"Thanks, Nia."

"Not that I'm saying that justifies the fact that you told Lena instead of telling Alex." Nia said, earning herself a pointed look from Kara. "I know I'm not supposed to talk about it but you really really need to tell her, Kara."

"I think we may have found something we agree on." Lena knocked on Kelly's door and turned to face Kara. "You'll need support."

"I have you and Nia." Kara said meekly. "I-I'm building myself up to it, okay? I'm going to tell her just not right now. We should know for sure first, right? Lena still thinks there's a chance we could find a way around it. Don't you?"

Lena didn't have time to answer before Kelly opened the door and gestured for them to enter.

"We don't have much time before Andrea gets back." Kelly said as she closed the door behind them. "An hour at most but you can have the room until then. I'll show you what to do with everything."

Nia nodded and followed Kelly across the room, leaving Kara and Lena behind.

"So...how have you been?" Kara asked awkwardly. "I haven't seen you for the past few days. I was worried when you cancelled our meeting the other day."

"I didn't see any need for us to meet before today. I can't do anything with the information I have at the moment." Lena replied. There was a beat of silence before she spoke again. "How have you been?"

"Good. Fine." Kara answered with a small smile. "You know how it is."

Lena nodded though she was sure that wasn't true. "Has Nia spoken to you about the dream she had?"

"What dream?"

"We're all set here." Kelly interrupted them before Lena had a chance to respond. "If you both take a seat I'll get things started and then I'll wait outside in case you need me for anything."

"Thanks, Kelly." Kara said grateful as she crossed the room to the seat Kelly had indicated to her. "I know this isn't exactly a normal thing for me to ask of you but I really appreciate it."

"Anything for Alex's little sister." Kelly said with a small smile as she moved towards the door leading out the room. She glanced back around for a moment before leaving. She had no doubt that Nia could navigate Kar and Lena through the memories but she couldn't help wonder what was so important that Kara couldn't just tell Lena verbally.

Nia waited for the door to close before turning her attention to the two other people in the room. "Ready when you are."

Kara nodded slowly, taking a deep breath as she readied herself for what she was about to see. If she was right, she should see everything the monitor showed her and Nia last time. "I'm ready. Lena?"

"Let's do it.'" Lena took a deep breath, unsure what she was about to see. From what Kara had said it sounded like hell.

"Okay." Nia turned to the computer at her side, pressing the button Kelly had told her to press once they were ready. "Three, Two, One. Activate the lenses now."

Lena leaned back against the chair before activating the Obsidian lenses, not surprised to see the world around her fade away into whiteness with only Kara staying. The world around her looked like nothing more than a void with emptiness in every direction she looked. "This is creepy."

"Can you hear me?"

"We can hear you, Nia!" Kara yelled. She experimentally jumped, landing on the nothingness at her feet again. She glanced around, frowning slightly as nothing appeared. She thought the memories would have started to appear right away. "So how do I start the memory?"

"You need to think about it as hard as you can. Once it appears you won't need to concentrate as much but you'll lose connection with me." Nia's voice exclaimed, echoing around them like she was in all directions. "I'll keep monitoring your bodies in the real world to make sure you're both okay."

"Okay! Thanks Nia." Kara replied. She turned to Lena and offered her hand, lowering her voice slightly as if that would keep Nia from hearing her. "Just to make sure we don't get separated."

"I don't think that's possible when we're in your memories." Lena pointed out. She relented at the disappointed look on Kara's face, placing her hand into the blonde's. Warm fingers closed around her own. "Just to be safe."

Kara smiled softly at the response and closed her eyes, thinking back to everything she saw thanks to the monitor. All of the timelines where everyone she knew were vaporised by the anti-matter, flames burning the world she called her home. Again.

Lena flinched as she suddenly started to see Kara's memories around her. She watched in horror as different timelines played out in front of her, hiding her fear behind a stoic facade so Kara wouldn't realise. She had hoped Kara might have been mistaken about what she saw but that wasn't the case. She watched more than ten timelines where the entire universe was swallowed by a thick crimson wave. She had even seen herself vanish into nothingness before her eyes, a sight she thought would have troubled her much more than it actually did.

Kara opened her eyes, not surprised to see the timelines she had already seen before playing out once more but something felt different this time. She wasn't sure if it was because Lena was with her or if they were using a different method to see the coming crisis but something left strange. She turned to the only other person there, surprised to see a stoic expression on Lena's face. She had thought that Lena might have been troubled by what she was seeing. "Lena?"

"One moment." Lena squeezed Kara's hand. As far as she could tell the wave always came from the same direction in the universe, destroying planets like Mars and Jupiter before it reached Earth.

She saw her own death again, saw Kara desperately flying toward her, tears tracking their way down her cheeks as she tried to get to Lena before the crimson wave engulfed both of them. Lena in turn reached back, her hope of trying to find a way to stop the wave given up on. Their fingers barely brushed before the wave engulfed them again.

Kara turned around sharply, a cold shiver creeping up her spine as she sensed something. She wasn't sure what it was and she was sure she didn't feel it the last time they viewed the timelines but something scared her. Feeling Lena's hand leave her own she turned around, hoping for the reassurance of seeing Lena still standing with her in the memory. She flinched, barely having time to process that Lena wasn't there anymore before a pale towering man in strange armour similar to the Monitor's lunged at her, his hand covering her face before everything went black.

"You saw all this all last time, right?" Lena inquired as she turned around. Her heart plummeted when she found no trace of the Kryptonian. She'd realized that Kara had let go of her hands a few seconds ago but she hadn't thought anything of it. "Kara? KARA?!"

Nia jumped, bouncing up off her seat as Kara's body suddenly started to thrash around in the chair. There'd been no movement from her for at least 10 minutes. She'd seemed perfectly calm a second ago. Nia surged forward, noticing blood trailing from Kara's nose. "KELLY, HELP! I need help here!"

Kelly rushed back into the room she was guarding, gasping in shock as she spotted Nia barely able to hold Kara down. "What happened?!"

"I don't know! She was fine just a moment ago then she just started seizing!" Nia exclaimed in panic, trying as best she could to hold Kara down. She shuddered as she glanced up, unnerved by the sight of blood on her face. Kryptonians weren't meant to bleed. Kara was invincible. "What do we do?!"

"We need to wake the-" Kelly froze, trailing off as Nia suddenly pulled her back, a beam of heat flying out of Kara's eyes as she continued to thrash. She gasped, ducking low to avoid the heat vision. "Kara is Supergirl?!"

"SHH!" Nia turned quickly towards Kelly in panic, trying her best to hold Kara in place. It felt like she was trying to hold down a group of ten men all by herself. "You need to wake them up, we'll talk about this later."

Kelly nodded quickly and moved to the computer. She pushed aside the many questions she had, shoving the chair out of the way of the computer before she quickly shut down the system. She jumped as Lena suddenly sat up, gasping for air before deactivating the lenses. The moment the system was powered down Kara stopped thrashing, her arm slumping down by her side.

"What are you doing? It wasn't finished!" Lena exclaimed in annoyance. Seeing Kelly's wide eyed stare, she looked toward Kara and gasped at the sight of blood on her face. "What happened to her?!"

"I-I don't know." Nia slowly lifted herself up off of Kara. "She started seizing in the middle of the session."

"Move." Lena lightly pushed Nia back as she got up from her seat. "She shouldn't be bleeding. This isn't right. Kara?" she gently placed her hand on Kara's cheek. "Kara, can you hear me?"

There was a beat of silence as the three conscious women held their breath before Kara groaned, her brow furrowing. "What happened…?" She mumbled, lifting her hand to her head.

Lena let out a sigh of relief and moved a couple of steps away to let Nia take her place at Kara's side. Her knees trembled beneath her. "She's okay."

"How do you feel?" Nia gently helped Kara into a sitting position.

"I'm okay. I think." Kara replied, her eyes shifting briefly toward Lena. "What happened?"

"We were hoping you could tell us." Nia answered, taking the box of tissues Kelly offered her. "You started seizing and then you were bleeding."

"I was?" Kara's brow furrowed as Nia gently dabbed at her face with the tissue. When it came away red with blood, she blinked in surprise. "Weird. I don't remember. Lena?"

Lena stiffened as three pairs of eyes turned to her. "You were there one second and then you disappeared. After that I was pulled out. I think I saw most of what I needed to see though."

"Good." Kara wiped at her nose with the tissue Nia gave her.

"Um, Kara…" Nia nodded toward the hole in the wall opposite. "You used your powers when you were under."

Kara stared at Nia for a moment before her eyes widened in realization. "Oh. Oh. Kelly, I'm so sorry about your office. I'll fix it, I swear. I'm sorry we didn't tell you, it's just...it's a dangerous secret. Please don't be mad at Alex."

"It's okay. I do think we need to tell Alex about what happened though."

"Agreed." Nia piped up, shooting Kara a meaningful look.

"Kelly." Lena spoke before the three could start bickering. "Um...bathroom?"

"Down the hall on the left." Kelly pointed toward the door and Lena nodded, heading in that direction.

Kara watched Lena grasp the doorframe briefly on her way out of the room. "I'll be right back." She said, getting up.

"Kara." Nia warned.

"I'll be right back." Kara repeated herself before she hurried after Lena. She was relieved that she wasn't feeling any aftereffects at least. She found Lena standing a few feet down the hall near the wall, stooped over with her hands on her knees. "Lena?"

Lena looked up, surprised to see Kara walking toward her. "I'm fine."

"Alright." Kara stopped next to Lena and reached out to gently rest a hand against her back. She listened as Lena let out a hitched breath. "Did you see it?"

Lena nodded. "I saw you die in every scenario. The only difference was the timeline where you died first."

"Everybody else lived."

"I'm not giving up." Lena's voice was firm when she spoke this time, her voice a far cry from the stuttery mumble it had been a moment ago. She straightened up, locking eyes with Kara. "I won't give up until I'm forced to."

Kara offered a small smile. "I know. Thank you, Lena. For everything you're doing for me. Everything you've done. I wish there was some way I could…"

"Come on, Kara." Nia interrupted as she walked down the hallway. "We're going to the DEO to have Alex check you over. You're outvoted, two to one."

"I suppose that's your cue." Lena murmured as Kara sighed in defeat. "I'll see you later."

"Yeah? I mean yeah! Of course you'll see me later. I'll be there. As soon as you want me to be." Kara offered a wave as Nia nudged her toward the stairs.

Lena rubbed her neck, grimacing in pain as she made her way down the hallway to her apartment. She'd been working since early that afternoon, having spent most of the morning with Kara. Her experience that morning, coupled with the overwhelming workload of that afternoon had her more tense than she thought possible. She assumed that was the reason she let out a startled scream when she turned the corner to find someone sitting outside of her apartment door.

"It's just me!" Hisa quickly scrambled to her feet, her eyes wide in alarm. She held up her hands to show Lena she meant no harm. "I kind of broke into the building but I figured it would be rude to just go into your apartment uninvited."

Lena let out a breath, slowly relaxing. "So you figured you would sit out here in the dark hallway and give me a heart attack when I arrived?"

"Well...no. Okay, maybe it wasn't the best idea." Hisa paused as Lena walked to the door, unlocking it. "I wanted to apologise for what I did."

"Okay." Lena entered her apartment, expecting Hisa to follow her. "Which part? The part where you threw me over the balcony or the part where you left me alone in the middle of the street in my pyjamas?"

"All of the above?" Hisa gripped the doorframe of Lena's apartment. "Can I come in?"

Seeing Lena beckon her inside, Hisa quickly entered, closing the door behind her. "In my defense, I threw myself over the balcony too. And I wouldn't have left you if you hadn't been safe. I knew that Supergirl was there to deal with those aliens."

"So you know what they are." Lena moved away from the door, having slipped off her shoes and coat. "Why did you run away?"

"Supergirl isn't my favourite person." Hisa answered honestly as she followed Lena. "And honestly, I don't think I would be hers."

Lena stopped and turned back to Hisa, her brow furrowing when she noticed her bruised eye. "What happened to your eye?"

"Oh, just from that night." Hisa answered, unconsciously touching her eye.

"No, it's not." Lena frowned, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "You didn't have that when we got away from those aliens. What happened?"

"I didn't say it was the aliens. My boss...the woman you thought was my girlfriend, wasn't happy with me when I got back home. She's staying with me at the minute. Kind of. I was meant to be doing something for her and I guess I just got sidetracked. It was my own fault."

"It was your own fault that she hit you? Of course it isn't. Are you okay?"

Hisa shrugged her shoulders. "I can take a beating."

Lena stared at Hisa for a moment, noticing her slumped shoulders and downcast eyes. "Do you want a drink?"

Hisa managed a small smile as she looked back up. "I would love one."

Lena nodded and headed for the kitchen to pour them both a glass of wine. "In exchange I want you to tell me what you know about those aliens who attacked me. You obviously know what they are."

Hisa lifted herself up onto a stool with a slight wince. "I don't know what they are. Only that they're aliens and I only know that because they look all alien-like, you know? So I guess really what I'm doing is assuming they're aliens."

"What did Supergirl do to you to make you dislike her?"

"Nothing." Hisa took the wine Lena offered her with a mumbled thanks. "I don't really want to talk about it. The two of you seemed pretty cozy though."

"I'm sorry?"

"I stuck around for a few minutes to make sure you were okay." Hisa smiled apologetically. "You seem to know Supergirl pretty well. You know with the...hugging?"

"I don't know her that well." Lena said softly, her gaze flicking away from Hisa's. She took a sip of her wine. "Where are you from? You didn't tell me."

"I'm from Earth. I was born here." Hisa smirked at the confused look on Lena's face. "My mother lived on a planet near Krypton before war broke out there and she had to flee. My dad was a human, who she met on earth. Technically I'm only half alien."

"Was?" Lena echoed. She noticed a flicker of pain cross Hisa's face and instantly wished she hadn't asked. "Sorry, that's far too personal. I suppose I'm just naturally inquisitive."

"It's okay." Hisa answered softly, forcing a small smile to her lips. "He's dead. He died when I was young. An accident." She cleared her throat.

"And your mother?" Lena asked softly.

"In a care facility. After my dad, my mom met someone else. He wasn't a good guy and now she's...well…" Hisa paused for a moment, struggling to speak. "She got sick and he didn't want to deal with her."

"We don't have to talk about it." Lena reached out, placing her hand lightly atop Hisa's. "Listen, why don't you stay here tonight?"

Hisa blinked at Lena. "Seriously? Even after I ditched you?"

Lena scoffed. "I'm not a monster. I made you talk about something you obviously don't like reliving and now you're upset so I don't want to send you back to your actual monster of a boss. Assuming that's where you'd be going."

"Guilty." Hisa replied with a small smile. "Are you sure you don't mind?"

"I'm sure." Lena drained her glass and set it down on the counter. "Come on, I'll show you to the guest room."

-

"I got shots!"

Alex looked up, raising an eyebrow as Kara walked over to the table with a tray in her hands. "What happened to a 'couple' of drinks?"

"Come on, Alex. Lighten up. You need to have fun. Right, Kelly?"

"Right." Kelly smiled and lightly nudged Alex's side. "You deserve to let loose a little."

"You know I'm right." Kara sat down next to Nia, opposite Alex and Kelly. "We can't spend all our time working. Who knows how much more time we have to spend like this...before we're too busy."

Nia cleared her throat and when Kara looked at her she raised her eyebrows.

"What's going on with the two of you?" Alex asked curiously as Kara shook her head. "You're acting secretive. Is there something we should know?"

"You worry too much." Kara handed Alex her drink. "Drink up."

"You're not drinking?" Kelly asked as she took the shot Kara offered her.

"Oh, uh...I don't drink much." Kara answered with a sheepish smile. "I'm a bit of a lightweight. Just ask Alex."

"It'd be less than an hour before she was dancing on the tables." Alex said in agreement with Kara. "And this place is nice. We don't want to be barred on our first visit."

Kara picked up her orange juice and held it up. "To friends. May we always keep each other going, no matter what."

"To friends." Alex, Nia and Kelly echoed, clinking their shot glasses against Kara's pint glass.

Nia quickly took her shot, grimacing slightly at the taste before she leaned into Kara. "Kara, you're gonna have to say something."

"Not yet I don't."

"She already suspects something is wrong." Nia whispered. "How long can you keep this up?"

"As long as I have to."

"But I…"

"Seriously, what is going on with you two?" Alex's question drew the attention of Kara and Lena. There was a hard edge of irritation to her voice and Kelly placed a soothing hand on her girlfriend's arm. "You've been acting weird for weeks. Is there something you need to share?"

Kara straightened up suddenly, looking around the bar. "I hear Lena."

Alex let out a heavy sigh. "You always hear Lena. Can we focus?"

"No seriously, I hear her." Kara said with a frown, holding her hand up. She would recognize that laugh anywhere. She leaned out of the booth they were sitting in, her eyes darting around the room in search of Lena. "Oh…"

"Oh?" Alex turned around too, her brow furrowed in confusion until she saw where Kara was looking. "What the hell?"

"Maybe it's just a misunderstanding." Kara said hastily as she watched Lena laugh at something the redhead with her was saying. "We don't have the full story."

"Well let's go and get it." Alex stood up only for Kara to grab her wrist and tug her back. "Kara, you can't be serious. Open your eyes, we can't just ignore that she's sitting there with someone who tried to kill you!"

"She's not trying to kill me." Kara insisted quietly. "I know she's not."

"Then it's not going to be a problem if I ask her how she knows our friend over there. At the very least we need to deal with her." Alex tugged her wrist free from Kara's grip and headed toward the table Lena was sitting at.

"Crap, crap, crap…" Kara muttered under her breath as she scrambled to follow her sister. This was just going to make things between herself and Lena so much more strained but she knew that Alex was right. They couldn't ignore the woman who'd tried to kill her.

"So what did your other Aunt do? She must have been just as pissed about you inviting your new girlfriend to live with you."

"Aunt Amelia was pissed. My other aunt just went out to buy more milk."

Lena almost choked on her sip of the cocktail she was drinking. "You're kidding! MORE?"

"It's kind of her thing in un…" Hisa trailed off as Alex stopped at the table. "Uncomfortable situations. Shit."

As Hisa made to stand up, Alex grabbed her wrist to keep her where she was. "I wouldn't if I were you."

Lena looked up in surprise. "Alex? What are you doing?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Alex replied, her gaze still fixed on Hisa. "Do you know who this is?"

"Of course I do." Lena replied, bristling at the accusation. Her gaze flicked toward Kara before settling back on Alex. "Would you mind unhanding her?"

"It's fine, Lena."

"It's not fine." Lena glared daggers at the side of Alex's head but it went unnoticed. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm arresting a criminal." Alex answered calmly. "She tried to kill Supergirl last week."

"What?" Lena looked taken aback by that and she looked to Hisa for an explanation. "Did you?"

"Kind of." Hisa grimaced slightly at the tightness of the grip of Alex's fingers around her wrist.

"Why?"

"My boss is holding a grudge against Supergirl. Lena, if I don't do what she says she's gonna kill Itsuki."

Kara cleared her throat. "Who's Itsuki?"

"Her sister." Lena answered softly. "That's why you're still working for her after she did this?" She gestured to Hisa's black eye. "Because she has your sister somewhere. You could have told me, I could have helped you."

"I didn't want you in danger because of me. Looks like that backfired." Hisa closed her fingers into a fist, staring at Alex's hand. "I can't be arrested."

"You can and you are." Alex disagreed irritably. "You tried to kill someone, what did you think would happen?"

"You should know that I could snap your wrist before you even think about getting your cuffs out." Hisa growled, rising slightly from her chair.

"Hisa, stop it." Lena stood up too, her gaze fixed on Hisa. "That's not the way."

Hisa briefly looked toward Lena, her expression troubled before she nodded her head in agreement.

"If you're being blackmailed we can help you." Kara said, trying to calm the situation before it got out of hand. "You just need to tell us who you're working for. We'll do everything we can to get your sister back for you."

Hisa stared at Kara for a moment before she looked at Lena. "Do you trust them, Lena?"

Lena felt her heart sink at the question. She used to trust them. She had trusted Kara more than anyone else. She struggled with herself for a moment, weighing up Kara's lies with how much Kara and Supergirl had done for her. Supergirl - Kara - had defended her and protected her on so many occasions and yet she still hadn't been able to give Lena the truth.

"I trust her." Lena said softly. She cleared her throat and looked toward Kara, repeating herself. Firmer this time. "I trust her."

"Thank you." Kara whispered, her chest tight.

"I'll come with you willingly." Hisa sat back down to show that she wasn't going to attack. "And I'll tell you whatever it is you need to know. But I need a guarantee that you'll help my sister. She's innocent in all of this."

"You have my word." Alex hesitated for a moment before she slowly released Hisa's wrist. She glanced to her right, making eye contact with Nia. She nodded toward the doorway, silently asking Nia to follow her. "I'll let you deal with this while I take...Hisa, was it? Back to the DEO."

"Got it." Kara answered with a nod. She moved out of the way to let the redhead and Alex pass.

"Lena." Hisa lightly touched Lena's arm on the way past. When Lena's eyes met her own, she continued sincerely. "Nothing I've told you is a lie, I swear."

Lena was silent as Hisa was led away. With a sigh, she finally sank back down into her seat. "She's not a bad person. She saved my life when I was attacked. She doesn't deserve to be arrested."

"Lena, she had kryptonite. She almost killed me."

"So did I!" Lena exclaimed. She gritted her teeth at Kara's confused expression. It was like Kara was ignoring the obvious. "The kryptonite canons? If I hadn't stopped them they would have killed you."

"But you did stop them. And you weren't the one who aimed them at me in the first place." Kara sat down next to Lena, taking her hand. "You're not evil. I know you're not."

"What's going to happen to Hisa? Will she be released tonight? I don't want her to have to go back to her boss."

"She'll be questioned by Alex and she'll probably spend at least the night in a cell at the DEO." Kara replied, gently squeezing the hand in her own, "After that I guess Alex will turn her over to the police."

"What?!" Lena recoiled as though Kara had slapped her. "You said you'd help her."

"We said we would help her save her sister." Kara said slowly, confused by Lena's sudden anger. "She still committed a crime. She damaged property, she hurt people. It's not up to us to decide whether she's guilty or not."

"Like hell." Lena growled, getting to her feet. "That's exactly what you're doing by handing her over to the police. She's not a criminal, Kara."

Kara quickly glanced around to make sure that nobody was listening in. "How do you know that? We have no idea who she is. How do you know she even has a sister?"

"Because I know." Lena insisted firmly. "She's my friend and I…" She hesitated, briefly clenching her jaw. "I trust her. She's been nothing but honest with me since I met her. She's no more evil than I am."

"That isn't for either of us to decide. Let's talk about this outside, okay?" Kara stood up and brushed her fingers against Lena's arm only to be irritably shrugged off. Sighing, she followed Lena quickly from the bar into the cool night air. "Listen, Lena. She needs to be held accountable for her actions."

"Why is that your decision?!" Lena stepped forward, irritation etched across her face. "Why do you get to choose who's guilty and who's not? Who can be trusted and who can't?"

"That's not what this is about. This is my job. I don't have a choice."

"There's always a choice. You can choose not to see things in black and white for a change. You can choose to listen to what she has to say." Lena pressed the heel of her hand to her forehead, struggling with herself before she made up her mind. She moved closer to Kara, her hand moving to lightly grip Kara's at her side. "You can choose to trust me, if nothing else. Even if you don't want to trust her, trust me."

"Lena, I…" Kara paused, her voice giving out on her. Her palm tingled with the light pressure of Lena's hand. "I do trust you. But I can't just let her go. You know I can't do that."

"Then I suppose that makes both of us liars." Lena wrenched her hand from Kara's.

"Wait, Lena. You have to understand, I…" Kara trailed off as Lena turned and walked away from her without another word. With an annoyed growl, she lashed out, the side of her fist colliding with the wall next to her. She cursed as the stone crumbled. "Crap, crap, crap…"

Making a mental note to pay for the repair, she quickly turned and hurried away. Caught up in her worried thoughts she didn't notice the woman watching her in concern from the corner of the street.

-

"I brought you breakfast...Hisa, right?"

Hisa glanced up at the entrance to her cell and raised an eyebrow when she saw Dreamer standing in front of her. "Am I getting specialist treatment for being an informant? I thought I'd be referred to as Prisoner and have to eat mystery meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner."

"We only serve the mystery meat on Thursdays," Nia joked. She was met with a blank stare. "You saved my life, didn't you?"

Hisa shrugged her shoulders. "I plead the fifth. Why are you here anyway? Where's the guy who was walking up and down the hallway earlier?"

"Oh, I dismissed him. I wanted to speak to you. And give you breakfast, obviously."

"I'll pass on both. I'm not in a very talkative mood. Unless you want to tell me that the director's planning to let me go soon. In that case, I'll listen to you all you want."

"I can't promise that." Nia glanced anxiously up and down the hallway. Technically she wasn't meant to be speaking to the prisoner but she wanted to be sure before she approached Kara with her suspicions. The last thing Kara needed was more stress. "You used kryptonite on Supergirl when you fought her."

"My asshole boss used kryptonite on Supergirl when she fought her." Hisa corrected with a sigh. "I can't even touch the stuff. Bad reactions."

"What kind of reactions?" Nia asked curiously. She was aware that Alex had managed to find out that the woman in front of her was an alien and that she was being blackmailed.

"Bad rashes. Really itchy."

Nia frowned at the dry response. "Why did you save me?"

"You're real insistent, huh?" Hisa asked with a roll of her eyes. "I'm not in the business of letting innocent people die."

"Dreamer! Uh...Miss Dreamer?"

"Dreamer is fine." Nia looked up to see the dark haired DEO agent she'd spoken to earlier walking down the hallway toward her. "Is everything okay?"

"Is this yours?"

"Wha…?!" Nia trailed off as something was shoved under her nose. She instinctively inhaled as she went to take a step back only for her head to spin. Black seeped into her vision and she reached out, trying to grab onto anything nearby. "What did you...do to…?"

The agent quickly caught Nia before she could fall and he lifted her easily into her arms. "I'm gonna be in so much trouble for this." He swiped the card for Hisa's cell and waited for her to leave the cell before carefully putting Nia down. "I'm sorry. So, so sorry."

"Raven!" Hisa hissed, glancing up and down the hallway. "Stop apologising and get out here. We need to go."

Raven reluctantly left the cell, locking it again. "She should be okay. I just knocked her out. Come on, let's go."

"How did you disable the security?" Hisa whispered as she followed close behind him. She stopped as he held up his hand.

"I 'accidentally' spilled coffee on the console. Nobody suspected it was intentional." Raven answered. "Hold your hair up."

He waited until Hisa did as she was asked before he took off his DEO issue cap and put it on her head. He shrugged off his jacket too and handed it to her. "Let's move fast."

Hisa nodded and took a deep breath. She kept her head down as she quickly followed him through the main room of the DEO. She didn't dare look up, too worried that she would find Alex staring right at her. Finally they emerged outside through the fire escape and Hisa took a relieved breath.

"You have to go. It won't be long until they notice."

"What? You're coming with me."

"I'm not, I have to stay here."

"Why?! You've been made, there's no point in you not coming with me. I can't help Itsuki by myself. Don't be an idiot!"

"You can and you will." Raven insisted, lightly pushing her away. "Hurry. I can at least keep them off your track if I stay here."

Hisa gritted her teeth. "I'm coming back for you."

"I know that." Raven grinned as she turned and began to walk down the steps. "Hisa? Give the bastards who kidnapped our sister hell, alright?"

Hisa didn't have time to answer before Raven ducked back into the building. "Looks like I have a Green Lantern to find…"

TBC