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Kara looked around the house and was a little stumped. Lena said that she was going to be around the rest of the day and could do something once she woke up from her nap. However, when Kara woke up, Lena was no where to be found. She scratched her head for a second then groaned. She went downstairs to the basement.
“I don’t get why she encased the lab in lead and made it sound proof,” muttered Kara.
Once she reached the lab door, she put in the access code. When it open, her heart nearly jumped out of her chest. The lab was a complete mess. Broken glass and equipment everywhere. She quickly looked around and spotted Lena curled up in a ball. She super sped over to her and quickly started to check her out for injury.
“Lena, are you okay? Did Lex break in and try to attack you?” asked Kara worriedly.
Lena looked up at her with her eyes and face devoid of all emotion. Kara tried to keep her face passive even though she was on the verge of crying herself seeing Lena so lifeless. She sat down next to Lena and embraced her in her arms.
“Honey, I need you to tell me what happened? Did someone destroyed the lab?”
“I did this.”
Her voice sounded so small that Kara almost didn’t hear it.
“Why did you do this?”
“Work was awful. One of the Board members got access to one of Lex’s plans. It shows the locations of over a ton of nth metal that grows naturally on it.”
“I thought that nth metal was alien in origin?”
“It is, but some are theorizing that an alien cultivated it on Earth hundreds of years ago. They want to dig it up. The only problem is that the biggest source of the nth metal here is under the Luthor’s Children Hospital.”
“Oh Lena…”
Lena continue to stare into the void in front of her. Kara started to rub soothing circles around her back and cuddle closer.
“I knew that some of the members of the Board would vote on it, but I didn’t think it would be nearly everyone.”
Kara frowned and struggled not to tighten her fist. She took a couple of breaths and tried to control her voice as much as possible.
“This is crazy. They can’t just tear down the hospital. So many sick children rely on it for medical care that they can’t receive anywhere else.”
“I know, but the didn’t care about that. The only reason they haven’t proceed forward is because of my mother.”
Kara looked back at Lena baffled and asked, “Your mother actually agreed with you on this?”
Lena shook her head and said, “Not exactly. She said that tearing down the children’s hospital would be a PR nightmare that would hurt L-Corp stock. Some of the Board members think that the amount of money gained would circumvent the risk. However, my mom asked if they could really take a risk after the stunt that Lex pulled just a week ago. That question caused a lot of the Board members to falter.
“At least making money forces them to do the right thing,” muttered Kara.
“But it won’t last long. The same Board member that brought this up is planning on waiting this out another year when Lex’s trial is over to bring this matter up again. He is hoping enough distance would make this plan palatable.”
“Well, there are things we can do to circumvent this. I could write an article showing how well the hospital benefits the community. We could hold benefit dinners to get more donor’s involve. We could…”
“That is not the worse thing that happened today,” said Lena with her voice so small that Kara had to strain to hear her even with her super hearing.
“What else happened?”
Tears started to stream down Lena’s face.
“I…I…I…” stuttered Lena before starting to cry harder.
Kara hugged Lena harder and kissed her forehead.
“Don’t worry honey. Just take your time.”
After a couple of minutes, Lena said softly, “I spoke to the adoption agency again today. They denied our application.”
Kara’s face twist in pain and shed a tear.
“I know this is disappointing, but there are other agencies out there…”
“We have been denied by 20 different agencies off world and on Earth” Lena snapped.
“The search has been hard, but…”
“No one wants to let their child around a Luthor. Even when I am not involved, the sins of my brother plague me. I don’t know how to escape his shadow.”
“You are not your brother. You do so many amazing things to benefit humanity…”
Even with tears streaming down her face, Lena began to chuckle. She started chuckling louder and louder. Kara began to eye her nervously.
“What’s so funny?”
“No matter how much I try, it isn’t good enough. I could create a cure for cancer right now, and I would still be damned for being Lex’s sister.”
“That isn’t true…”
“You should just leave.”
“What?” Kara balked.
“In vitro didn’t work, adoption agencies are a bust, and we can’t have a baby naturally. You shouldn’t let me hold you down from achieving that.”
Kara carefully placed her hands on Lena’s face to gently force it upward to look at her. Lena slightly leaned back when she saw Kara’s eyes. They were clouded in so much hurt and pain.
“Do you ever say that!” snapped Kara.
“Kara…”
Kara brought up her and Lena’s wrist that showed their wedding bracelets. Kara was struggling not to have tears stream down her face.
“You and I made vows. For richer or poorer, for sickness, and in health, until death do us part. We are not abandoning each other when things get tough.”
Lena looked down and twiddle her thumbs.
“But I make things so much harder for you. What about your dreams?”
Kara gently took her hands, and gently caressed her face.
“You are the best thing that has happened in my life. With or without kids, I can’t imagine my life without you in it.”
Lena looked up Kara and kissed her forehead. A small smile started to appear on her face.
“You are the best thing that happened to me too. I don’t know what I did to deserve you.”
Kara chuckled and kissed Lena on the forehead.
“Whatever we did, I am just glad that our paths led to each other.”
They embraced each other for a couple of minutes until Lena looked up and winced at the scene before her.
“I really made a mess of things,” muttered Lena.
Kara quickly took Lena into her arms and flew them upstairs to their bedroom.
“Why don’t you change and maybe hop into the jacuzzi to relax. I will clean up the lab and be back in a couple of minutes.”
Kara kissed her forehead and sped out the room.
Instead of going to change, she went under the bed and took out a medium sized chest. She stared at it a second before opening it. Inside were three fuzzy teddy bears. One was a tannish brown with a pink bow, the second one was black with a white snout and a green top hat, and the other last one was dark brown with purple small ribbons right underneath each ear. She took them out and hugged them really tight.
“It has been awhile Ms. Pinky, Ms. Evergreen, and Ms. Purple. I was hoping to be able to get you guys a new playmate, but it looks like it is going to take a little longer. But that is ok.”
Lena smiled lovingly while looking down at the bears.
“It is okay because Kara and I can do anything together.”
She gently placed the bears back into the chest and pushed it under the bed.