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“NOOOO!” The scream startled James, and he turned to see Lena sink to the ground and cry at seeing Supergirl being injured and hurt. James frowned, reached down, and helped pick Lena back up and hugged her close to him. “It's okay. I know her, she's a fighter.”
Lena sobbed. “It's not that. Oh, god, I chickened out at the party, and now, I'm worried I'll never be able to tell her...”
James knew in that instant, the reasons behind everything, her kissing him earlier, the reasons she's done so much, and has tried to help so many people, and everything that had inspired him to see her in a different light.
“You're in love with Kara.” He spoke simply.
“And now, I'll never get to tell her!” Lena sobbed.
James continued to hold Lena to him, trying to comfort her.
&^&
A day later.
“Where is she?” Lena spoke, as calm as she could be. Alex nearly jumped a foot in the air and turned around. “Lena?!” She was confused to see Lena at the DEO, but then she saw James walk up to her and put his arm around her shoulder in comforting manner.
Lena frowned. “I want to see Kara.”
Alex winced, she had a feeling Lena knew Kara was Supergirl. This confirmed it.
“She...uh, she's in a coma.” Alex frowned.
Lena sniffed. “She'll get better though, right? She can't die like this.”
“We're placing her in a room specifically designed to help her get better, but I don't know. I've never seen this kind of injury to her before.” Alex frowned.
James sighed. “I remember this happening before. When Superman battled Doomsday for the first time.”
Alex groaned. “Oh, dear. This is really not good. That took him six months to recover.”
Lena frowned. “Six months with Reign on the loose? I'd rather summon Doomsday to have him fight her.”
“You and me both, Lena.” James sighed.
“I just, I can't let this happen. I need to do something. I'm going to go back to L-Corp, the lab, I've got to go and do a lot of work.” Lena frowned and rushed off.
James sighed and said. “Alex, Lena, Lena is in love with Kara.”
Alex smiled. “I'm not surprised.”
&^&
Despite her intellect, and despite all her brothers plans, it took her a week to create the item she needed. Kara may be in a coma, but the green fluid in the glass tube in front of her was going to help a lot of people while Kara couldn't. She knew this could be dangerous, but she didn't care. She was not going to let Kara stay hurt for long.
Lena took a deep breath, and then drank the liquid in the tube. “Ahhhhh.”
A moment later, all over he body, her skin cracked and peeled like it was on fire. She felt no pain from this. Then as quickly as the damage was done, it healed, and she stood up. She shakily walked towards a steel box on a heavy reinforced steel platform with strange machines attached to it, that she had brought into the lab a few days ago. In preparation of her success.
She opened the lid of the box, and looked inside, and with a shaky hand, she reached out to touch the object inside. It seemed cool to the touch, and it seemed harmless. But she knew exactly what it was.
She picked up the object, grunted under it's weight, and stood in the middle of the room. “Okay, Kara. Everything I do from now, I do for you.”
The object in her hand looked to be nothing more than a smooth blue-white ball. Inside it was really what mattered. That was where it's extreme weight came from. She took a deep breath. If this did not work how she had calculated, the results could be catastrophically bad, but she was still willing to risk it.
At worst, she mused, Rand and McNally would have to change their maps. She pressed a button on the object, a nearly invisible button, and the shell gave away around what was inside. It was blue and white, and it was bright. It shown brighter than the sun, and Lena winced. She knew what it was, she knew exactly how dangerous this was going to be, but she knew she had no choice.
She snapped a piece of the framework wrapped around it, remains of the shell that had removed itself.
The object exploded in her hands, and she was given the full force of the blast.
She grunted as she was blasted into the ceiling and then through the floor above, and that ceiling, and the next ceiling.
What must go up must come down, she mused as she found herself slamming back down again.
She grunted in pain and stood up. Her eyes glowed with a blue fire and she spoke. Her voice seemed to carry energy overwhelming behind it.
“Time to suffer, Reign.” Lena grinned and rushed out of the room with super-speed beyond the likes of which Supergirl had ever done.
&^&
Alex was drinking scotch at her apartment, having been forced to go home by J'onn.
Lena rushed into her apartment and smiled. “Boy do I have a surprise for you.”
Alex blinked. “When did you gain Kara's powers?”
“Recently, I managed to also supercharge them by allowing neutron star material to detonate in my hands.” Lena spoke and her face was glowing, almost literally.
Alex looked down at the scotch. “I'm going to need more scotch.”
Lena grinned. “Oh, Alex. We're going to obliterate Reign for what she did.”
Alex sighed. “I like the idea, but where the hell did you get Neutron star material? Kind of does not like existing on Earth.”
“Let's just say, Lex's research was really complete.” She smirked and her eyes focused on Alex's forehead. A beam of energy, invisible to Alex shot from her eyes and struck Alex's forehead.
Alex blinked in surprise at the sensation of warmth flooding her body. A sensation greater than what the scotch ever did. She blinked her eyes several times, and looked down at the floor, yelping as she suddenly saw through the floor.
“What the hell did you do to me?” Alex yelped.
“I turned you into a Kryptonian for a bit.” Lena smiled.
“Holy shit!” Alex gasped.
“So, wish to go beat up on Reign now?” Lean smirked.