"How are you feeling?" Henshaw asked as he approached Alex who was sporting several bandages and a few stitches.

"I'm fine." She replied, seeing his sceptical glance she explained. "The cuts are mainly superficial."

"You sure you should be working?"

"Absolutely. Besides I wanted to log all the details while they were still fresh in my mind,"

"Any thoughts on who was behind the attack?" Henshaw asked.

"Preliminary analysis showed the material from the bomb is consistent with the previous Lord Industries bombings." Alex said.

"So the question is, is Lord the target or someone else? And if someone else, is Lord behind it?"

"He was on that boat with the rest of us when the first bomb went off, but he could have planned the whole thing." Alex said. "He knows Supergirl is suspicious of him so maybe he wanted to throw us of him. He is smart enough to have placed that first bomb in a position to damage not sink the ship. There was enough time to get people of the ship before the second explosion." Alex said. "But it's a risky move."

"And you only got off with Supergirl's help."

"I was in a part of the ship I shouldn't have been in." Alex said, on seeing Henshaw's questioning look she added. "I thought it was prudent to look around."

"What about Mr Schott? What was he doing down there?"

"Hiding from social interaction. Are you suggesting he is involved?"

"It's a possibility, especially seeing who his father is."

"He really doesn't seem the type." Alex said.

"I will trust your judgement for now, but keep an eye on him."

"So what now?" Alex asked.

"For now we watch Lord." As Alex nodded her agreement he added. "But Alex, that is twice you have been involved in a bombing, three times if you include the incident at the lab, watch your back." He then turned and started to walk away before saying. "And Danvers you have three hours to complete your report, after that if you are still here I will personally escort you home."

-00-

"Hey!" Kara smiled as Winn started to wake up.

"Kara?" He asked dazed. "Where am I?"

"You are in hospital. They have fixed your leg, but it is going to take time to recover."

"So no running marathons then? Not that I run marathons or run at all." Winn said. Noticing how Kara was staring at him he started to feel self-conscious and asked. "What is it?"

"Alex told me how you saved her."

"It was nothing." He said embarrassed, hoping Alex hadn't told Kara anything else.

"It wasn't nothing. Thank you." She said leaning down and kissing his forehead. "You're my hero." The gesture rendering Winn speechless. The moment was broken though by James entering the room.

"Hey, how are you feeling? I heard you were great out there."

"Definitely wouldn't go that far." Winn replied looking over to James.

"So you ready?" James asked.

"Ready? Ready for what?"

"I've not told him yet." Kara confessed.

"Told me what?" Winn asked worried.

"Ms Grant wants an exclusive interview with you. She will be in soon."

"She personally? Can't someone else come?" Winn asked panicking.

"Apparently she wanted to do the interview herself. I think it may just be an excuse to come and visit you. After all it should have been her on the ship not you." Kara explained.

"Can't you tell her I have had a relapse and I can't speak?"

"You'll be fine." Kara encouraged him.

"Easy for you to say." Winn said as Kara looked at James and motioned for him to say something encouraging.

"It'll be fine." James said picking up the baton. "Especially when you tell her why you were below decks." Seeing the look of panic on Winn's face James smiled and said. "Obviously don't tell her you were hiding down there. Tell her you were snooping round trying to find some dirt on Lord."

"You want me to lie to Cat Grant?"

"No." Kara said as James said.

"Yes."

"I'm not good a lying." Winn said.

"You want to keep your job? Tell her you were snooping." James shrugged. "She'll assume your nervous tic is due to the fact she is talking to you."

"He's probably right about that part." Kara said. Neither comment filling Winn with confidence.

-00-

As Alex made her way up to her apartment recent events began to catch up with her. With every step she climbed, now exhausted and free from adrenaline, she relived moments of the near drowning. By the time she reached her apartment she wanted nothing more than to curl up and forget the whole thing, but deep down she knew the nightmares would come.

As she reached her door she carefully unlocked it and entered her apartment. Turning she moved to shut the door before hesitating, suddenly not wanting to be sealed in a room. Shaking her head at her weakness she closed the door slowly but defiantly. She then moved to the couch and collapsed into it before hearing a sound that caused her jump a mile.

"Damn it Kara! You nearly gave me a heart attack." She exclaimed, taking her anger and fears out on her sister who was sitting on a nearby chair carefully watching. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to visit you."

"I'm fine."

"Good, so want to talk about the not date? It was an extreme rescue signal?" Kara asked deciding to distract Alex from her fears.

"Funny." Alex said scowling.

"So you want to talk about it?" Kara pressed being vague enough to allow Alex to discuss either the date or nearly dying.

"No." Alex said killing the conversation. In response Kara looked at Alex concerned. But she knew there was no point pressing. Experience had taught her Alex wouldn't talk unless she was ready.

Kara recalled their childhood when Alex had been bullied at high school. Alex knew Kara was nervous about starting high school so had hidden her torment from everyone. But Kara knew something had been wrong and not just because Alex had cried herself to sleep some nights after she thought Kara was already asleep. On those nights Kara would pretend to wake up from a nightmare and jump into Alex's bed for a hug. To this day she didn't know if Alex knew it had all been a ruse to offer comfort. She assumed her sister must know, but it had never been spoken of.

It was during those nights that Kara had vowed to pay back the kindness that Alex had showed her by offering silent comfort and support. She swore she would always be there for her sister, whether her sister wanted it or not.

"I'm fine." Alex said, her voice edged with annoyance. The statement bring Kara back to the present.

"I know." Kara smiled.

"So you can go."

"It's four in the morning." Kara said. "I thought I'd just stay here."

"Suit yourself." Alex said, starting to draw comfort from Kara's presence.

"Can I get you anything?" Kara offered, smiling at her first victory.

"No."

"You want to get some sleep?"

"No. I think I drunk to much coffee, my mind is racing too much to sleep." Alex said, content that half the statement was true.

"So Homeland?"

"Or something without terrorism."

"Comedy?" Kara suggested.

"Something with a plot." Alex countered wanting to watch something that would take her mind off the previous evening.

"West Wing?"

"Sure." Alex replied, unsure when she had last watched it. "Except we don't have it."

"Actually I do. Winn set me up with every online streaming service in existence."

"He did? Why?" Alex questioned softly smiling as she thought back to Winn's earlier confession.

"I was talking about all the TV I watched when I first came to Earth and the next day he gave me access to all these accounts."

"That was nice of him."

"He's a nice guy." Kara said, obviously oblivious to Winn's feelings. "So ready?"

"Sure."

A blink of the eye later Kara had already set it up and was sitting next to Alex on the couch. Sensing Kara watching her Alex said. "Still fine."

"I know." Kara replied resting her head on Alex's shoulder.

"Kara?"

"Yeah."

"Thank you."

-The End

A/N: Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.