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It’s going pretty well, all things considered.
Besides that fact that there’s an 8 foot tall alien standing in front of them, seemingly impervious to the bullets that the DEO and NCPD are firing, swinging wildly around itself with no regard for peoples property-
Okay, maybe it’s not going so well.
Supergirl is on her way though, and that thought keeps Alex calm, keeps her focused, stops her panic.
There’s a flash of red and blue by her and Alex’s whole body floods with relief.
She catches Maggie’s eye, sees the relief mirrored there, and allows herself to smile.
She shouldn’t have got distracted.
The alien swings out to avoid Kara, ends up swinging an arm (can you even call those arms?) into Maggie’s stomach. Maggie’s thrown back ten feet, and Alex can feel bile rising with her panic. Kara has the alien covered, she thinks, as she sprints across the parking lot.
Maggie, Maggie Maggie.
She’s not the first to her side, there’s an NCPD cop already kneeling with a finger on her pulse when she reaches her, and all she can think is I can’t lose you.
She crouches at the other side of Maggie, tears already welling in her eyes as she reaches for Maggie’s hand, clutching it tightly.
“Please, Maggie.”
The sound of the alien is drowned out, or maybe Alex just has a one track mind right now, because when Maggie groans it’s all she can hear.
She tries to sit up, tightening her grip on Alex’s hand when the pain overtakes her.
“Shh no, don’t move, you’re okay.” Alex is crying now, because Maggie’s still here.
She’s here and she’s alive and she’s pretty banged up but she’s still breathing and still holding on to Alex and thats enough.
“You getting soft on me Danvers?”