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Lena heard gunshots coming from downstairs and hid until it was over and waited for Kara to come check on her like she always does.
10 minutes passed and still no sign of Kara. Lena got out of the where she was hiding and opened her office’s door slowly and saw a few cops already walking around so she walked out and started to look everywhere for her friend.
“Supergirl?” Lena called while walking down a long corridor. When no reply came, panic started to set in the pit of her stomach. “SUPERGIRL??” She tried once again but got no reply.
Lena made one turn and saw a body laying at the end that corridor. She ran as fast as she could and kept calling the superhero’s name, hoping she would just get up and walk towards her, saying that everything was ok.
“Supergirl?” The hero didn’t move a muscle. She was laying on her side, hair covering her face and there was blood everywhere. Lena now only prayed to whoever was listening that this wasn’t Kara’s blood. As she got closer, she could see how pale Kara was. The girl was barely breathing and at that sign, Lena completely lost it. She fell to her knees and started to look at all the cuts, all the bruises... “No no no no... NO!” She was desperately crying while looking at Kara’s body. “HELP! SOMEBODY GET A MEDIC IN HERE!” She wasn’t thinking properly anymore which was new to her. Lena had been taught how to act under any and every situation but one glance at Kara made her forget everything, all she could think about was the girl, her best friend, lying unconscious in front of her.
Maggie appeared a minute later, running towards them. “Hey, Lena, what happened?” She asked a little out of breath.
“I don’t know!” Lena sobbed. “I-I heard gunshots and th-then I saw her flying by s-so I thought she had it under control, but sh-she never came to che-check on me.” She paused to breathe for a second before continuing. “She always goes to my office when there’s an attack anywhere near L-Corp bu-but today she didn’t so I went to look for her and found her like this.” She then looked up at Maggie with pleading eyes. “You need to help her, Maggie, please!” She cried even harder and hid her face behind her hands.
“Hey, hey, it’s okay. I already called Alex and she’s on her way with some paramedics from the DEO. Kara will be fine honey, Alex will know what to do.” Maggie ran a comforting hand up and down Lena’s back until she started to calm down.
“I’m sorry.” Lena sniffled and cleaned up the tears still running down her cheeks.
“It’s alright.” Maggie gave her a soft smile.
“I don’t know what came over me. I saw her here, looking like this and just panicked. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t move, I just froze and then I...” Lena shook her head and closed her eyes.
“That’s your protective instinct, it automatically takes over when you really love someone.” Maggie replied and laid a gentle hand on the CEO’s shoulder.
“I’ve never felt like this with any of my other friends. I mean, I didn’t have many friends and none of them were superheroes, but still, I’ve been scared before but not like this.” Lena was still trying to process what her reaction meant. Maybe she was tired, she’s been working non stop for the past two weeks now.
“That’s not what I meant.” Maggie tried to hold back a little laugh.
“What?” Lena looked confusedly at her, eyes still red and glassy with tears.
“Well…” She didn’t manage to finish her sentence as Alex ran in, already screaming orders and checking over Kara.
“I’m pretty sure she has 2 broken ribs, I’ll have to get an X-ray to make sure…” Alex checked over Kara’s cuts. “Okay, she has a really deep cut on her forehead that will need stitches, a big wound on her shoulder and just one bullet wound under her ribcage, no exit wound which means the bullet is still inside of her. She definitely has a concussion too. I’ll have to double check everything once we get to the DEO. We’ll take her now.”
Alex did everything in less than 2 minutes and was already getting up to walk towards another agent when a hand touched her wrist. She looked down and saw Lena’s scared face looking at her.
“Can I go too?” Lena asked, trying not to sound as desperate as she actually was.
“I will have to see if there’s a car available to take you, there’s not enough space on our ambulance.” Alex replied while trying not to let her face show how worried and scared she was.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll take her.” Maggie said after she saw that Lena was about to start crying again.
“Thank you, Maggie. I’ll see you two there.” Alex replied while walking away.
“Thanks, I really need to be with her.” Lena had a sad smile on her face.
“I know. You should talk to her.” Maggie said while helping Lena get up so the agents could take Kara.
“About what?” Lena looks confusedly at her.
“Oh, come on little Luthor, you love Kara.” Maggie lowered her voice so just Lena could hear her.
“Of course I do, she’s my best friend!” Lena was still staring at Maggie, not fully processing her words yet.
“You know damn well that’s not what I meant.”
Maggie saw realization finally hitting Lena and the girl just looked down at her hands
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Lena rolled her eyes and kept her gaze on her hands, avoiding Maggie’s eyes at all costs. She had been in denial for almost 4 years, now wasn’t the time to think about it.
“You’re one of the smartest people I know, Lena, don’t try to play dumb here.” It was Maggie’s turn to roll her eyes and try to search for Lena’s face that was hiding behind her hair.
“Whatever, I still can’t tell her.” Lena sighed and closed her eyes for a moment. She really didn’t want to do this now, she couldn’t. Being in denial kept her safe from heartbreaks, acknowledge her feelings now, during such a delicate situation was the worst thing that could happen.
“Why not?” Maggie raised an questioning eyebrow at her.
“Well, first of all, if she doesn’t feel the same way, I’ll lose my best friend and second, a Luthor and a Super? You really can’t see a problem there?” Lena looked at Maggie again, she looked tired and upset her voice was getting a bit louder but she wasn’t screaming, only trying to sound tougher than she actually felt at that moment. “If mother finds out, and she will, both her and Lex will start to try even harder to kill Kara and I can’t do this to her, that would be really selfish of me.” She finished and looked away again.
“You know, I’m not trying to be mean or anything but, you’re being kind of selfish by taking Kara’s choice away from her. I understand all you just said, and your fears are valid, but Kara can handle herself and she’s not alone. She has you, the entire DEO team and me, we all can keep the both of you safe.” Maggie explained with a confidant voice, trying to calm the younger women down.
“That still doesn’t change the fact that, if she doesn’t love me back, I’ll lose my best friend.” there was a little pout starting to form. She closed her eyes once again and took a deep breath.
“Lena…” Maggie really wanted to point out that Kara obviously loved her back, that everyone could see that, so she just needed to sit and talk to Kara so they could figure things out together.
“No, Maggie, not now. I’m sorry, I know you’re trying to help, but I can’t do this right now.” Lena sighed and looked into Maggie’s eyes with sad but serious face. “I’m happy everything worked out between you and Alex, I really am, but that’s not something I can have. I’m a Luthor, I need to focus on my job and not becoming a sociopath.” She gave her a weak and clearly fake smile and tried to move on.
“Don’t say that, we…” Maggie still couldn’t really understand why Lena had such a hard time believing in them.
“Can we just go? Please? I want to see Kara.” Lena interrupted the other woman before she had the chance to start that stupid speech about how good Lena actually was that Kara was constantly giving her since they had become friends. Her voice sounded sad and exhausted. As she looked up, Maggie saw tears in her tired eyes and decided to drop the topic for now.
“Alright, OK, let’s go.”
They got up and started to make their way to the front of the building, Maggie leading the way and Lena walking with her eyes cast down.
Halfway through the corridor, when they’re almost at the door, a small shiny thing on the floor caught Lena’s eyes. She looked up to see if Maggie was still walking and went to picked the tiny object up to check it. It’s was a cartridge, but it looked different, this wasn’t made for a common gun. Lena quickly hid it in her bag to analyze it later in her lab and ran to catch up with Maggie.
They went to Maggie’s car and she drove to the DEO as fast as she could, arriving only a few minutes after the ambulance.