The next few hours were painful in a way that Lena had never experienced before. She kept hoping that Kara was going to wake up. She didn't. This was a lot to understand and to take in. Her friend was now her lover. Her lover was Supergirl. Her lover was hurt and unconscious. Her own heart was no longer her own. Maybe this was real reason for her reaction a few weeks ago. Her heart was no longer hers. Once that happens, there is a certain vulnerability that happens. It's no longer safe inside herself. It's now out in the open. Right now, her heart was lying motionless on a chair in a facility that monitors aliens.

There was commotion outside of the room in which she sat. People walking around talking. People sitting around computers typing away. Everything seemed to be happening outside of herself. She realized how little she really knew about Supergirl. She was always intrigued by the relationship that she had with her. She had saved her life a few times. They had conversations about a lot of topics. They had a working relationship. She never really thought to get too personal with the woman.

Kara was different. The friendship was so easy. The way it started was easy. It became something that she leaned on and counted on. Over time, she had started to care for the woman. Attraction was there from the start. She never really knew what it would have looked like to cross that line, but now that they had she knew that she had really been in love with Kara since the first time they met. There was something in her eyes that caused Lena to feel something down to her soul.

Now, it felt like her soul was on fire. As if a dagger had pierced her chest. She was quite used to being able to fix her problems with money and power. None of that will help here. Her mind kept wandering back to the night they had shared and how it felt to hold Kara in her arms. What is was like to wake up and see her face. She reached out and grabbed her hand. She leaned forward and kissed it. She laid her cheek on her arm and closed her eyes. Suddenly, she felt something move. She sat up and looked at Kara's arm. Her hand twitched. "Kara?" Her hand moved again. Lena heard a moan. "Kara? Hey, It's me, I'm here. Open your eyes."

Kara's eyes flickered for a moment before they opened. Lena watched intently as she tried to focus. "Lena?"

"Yes, I'm here. Oh Thank God. You're back." She leaned down and kissed her. "I was so worried about you."

"Lena? Why is it so dark in here?" The room was bright, Lena waved her hand in front of her eyes.

"Kara, do you remember what happened to you? Let me get Winn."

"Wait," She reached out for her. "The explosion? I'm at the D.E.O.?"

"Yes, Alex came to get me and brought me here to be with you." Kara struggled to sit up. She leaned on chair as Lena held her up. "They think that you ingested some kryptonite, very trace amounts right before the bomb went off. Please. Let me get Winn and Alex. Can you stay here? I'll be right back." Kara nodded and she left the room yelling for help. J'on heard her cries and went to get Winn. Lena went back into the room.

"So, the blast was able to injure my eyes? The only thing that I had this morning was a cup of coffee from the cafe across the street."

"Shh, honey, please. They're coming." Winn, J'on, and Alex came into the room.

"Kara," Alex started, "You ok? What happened?" Winn started monitoring her.

"I feel ok, but I can't see anything." Everyone in the room looked around at one another. "I had a coffee from the cafe before I went into the Jewelry store. There was a couple of people in there, I was browsing until a couple came in and asked for the stones. I got a good look at them and started walking out when two men came in with guns, I hid behind the counter and came out as supergirl. I told them they needed to leave. And they turned around and ran out. One of them yelled, 'it's her.' I started to go after them and the next thing I knew I saw a bright light and heard a loud noise."

"The explosion." J'on said.

"This sounds like the couple was not who we were looking for. Someone has been planning this for some time. I think you were the target, Kara." Alex started. "Winn, how long do you think it will be until her eyes finish getting back to normal?"

"Based on the timing between when she pushed out the IV and woke up, I'd say another six to eight hours."

"Kara, I want Lena to take you home until this clears up. We need to look for what is really going on. This was an elaborate way to distract us from something. Let's look for whatever we can find that happened in National City both times those bombs went off."

Everyone seemed to understand their job. Kara started to protest, until Lena put her hand on her shoulder. Lena took her back to Kara's apartment. They walked inside. "Do you want to rest in your bed?"

"No, let's just sit on the couch." They walked over and sat down. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm actually...I'm actually just happy that you are going to be ok. I was so scared. I saw you in the street, just lying there and my heart dropped and I have been on an emotional roller coaster. I don't even know what I've been feeling. There's so much. Part of me felt like this was why we shouldn't be together. And then the thought of losing you was too much to bear."

"Wow."

"Wow?"

"Yeah, you just tried to describe your feelings. You didn't just default to 'I'm fine'. That's amazing progress in two days." Lena laughed.

"I don't know about progress. You just make me want to be better. You deserve to know how I feel."

"I wish I could see your face right now." Lena grabbed Kara's hands and placed them over her face. Kara giggled. "Really?" She felt silly she knew what Lena looked like. But she started to lightly drag her fingers along the surface of her skin. She traced the outline of her face and then started running the tips along the ridge of her eyebrow. "I know that I scared you today. This is not normal for me to get hurt. But you need to know that I am always going to be a target for something. Or there will always be a disaster that I have to run into. I chose this life. It's who I am. I can't keep you from being afraid of what will happen to me. But I will promise that I will always do whatever it takes to come home to you."

"I would never ask you to step out of your integrity. I also try to do the right thing. I try to use CatCo and Luthor Corp to fight a lot of the same things that you fight. I've put myself in danger. I understand you. We can agree that when we aren't out there fighting the wrongs in the world, that we are with each other and making memories."

Kara's fingers made their way to her lips. Lena grabbed her hands and lowered them. She placed her hands on the other woman's face and leaned in and kissed her.

The kiss was sweet and soft, at first, but quickly began to grow in passion and intensity. Lena leaned down a little bit as her hands slid down the outside of Kara's hips the across the back of her upper thighs until she grabbed a hold of Kara's ass. This caused Kara to gasp and pull away from the kiss. Lena smirked at the stunned look on her face. Kara nodded her head slightly as a smile took over. Suddenly, she pulled the back of Lena's neck as lips crashed together hard. Kara felt a wetness gush between her legs. She pulled back again and imagined the hungry look in the brunette's eyes that she had seen in the shower. She moved her hands to Lena's shoulders and pushed hard.

Now, it was Lena's turn to look shocked as she stumbled backwards, falling into the cushions on the couch. Before she could even say anything, she saw Kara's face change as she leaned towards her. Kara bent forward and felt around and unbuttoned her pants and started to yank them off. She pulled them off long, lean legs and threw the discarded clothing over her shoulder. She realized she was still in her Supergirl suit. "Hold on." She stood up and was suddenly naked. She straddled Lena who was just watching on the couch.

Once she was in Lena's lap, she softened. She lifted her hands to a strong jaw and cupped her gently. She leaned forward for a soft kiss. "Lena," she said, Lena wasted no time in wrapping her right arm around Kara's waist to anchor her while her stronger, left hand dove between her legs. She pulled a finger between her wet, glistening folds. Both women moaned loudly.

She slid in two fingers and felt Kara's walls tightened against her. Her palm rubbed up against her clit and her hips bucked upwards to increase the pressure. Kara responded with her own hips and rode Lena's fingers. Lena looked up at Kara, her eyes were closed, head back slightly, and her bottom lip was between her teeth. She was so beautiful. She pulled against her waist harder. Lena looked at the chest in her face and opened her mouth and took a nipple into her mouth and sucked hard.

This made Kara gasp and make a high squeak. Lena ran her tongue across the now hard nub. Kara started grinding faster and Lena matched her movements with her own hips. She released Kara's breast with a pop.

Lena leaned her head over and latched her mouth onto the side of Kara's breast and began to suck with intensity. Kara cried out. She wrapped an arm around Lena's head and pulled her as close as she could. "Fuck, Lena!" She said as her hips moved even faster and she felt herself getting ready to ride over that edge. Lena sucked hard and pulled her head back and looked at the mark she left. She smirked. She had never heard Kara use such language.

Suddenly, Lena used her right arm that was still holding Kara tight against her and flipped them sideways and landed on top of the woman with her fingers still inside. Lena straddled one of Kara's thighs and began to rub herself as she started to thrust her hips harder into Kara, who started to moan loudly with quick gasps in between as Lena pounded into her.

Kara responded as her body fell over the edge and she stiffened. Lena continued her motion as well, but moved her wrist slightly so that she could angle herself over Kara's thigh as she rode out her orgasm as well. Both women were breathing heavily and Lena slowed her movements and pulled out of the other woman. The absence made Kara give a sad groan. Kara looked up and saw a hazy outline of the woman above her. "I can almost see you."

"It's coming back?"

"You're a beautiful fuzzy blob." Lena laughed. Kara took a deep breath. "Now, I think that I should take a nap." Lena got up and helped her into the bedroom. They both climbed into the bed and fell asleep.

J'on walked into the main room. "Agent Schott? Do you have something for me yet?"

Alex was sitting next to him and stood up.

"We've got three theories." Winn responded as he spun around in his chair. He spun back to his screen and sent his screen up on the wall. "What we have found is that during both bomb incidents, on the other side of the City there was a very strong super sonic frequency near one of the Luthor labs. When we picked up on it at the time, it was flagged in our system."

"But we didn't follow up because those happen from time to time during some of their testing," Alex said.

"There was also a small tremor about 30 miles outside of the city about forty-five seconds before each bomb exploded. The epicenter was in the exact same location."

"The last coincidence," Alex started, "happened at a warehouse. There were a number of calls about a warehouse on fire. When fire engines arrived. Nothing was out of place. They thought it was a prank. Then, it happened again during the second attack. When the witnesses were questioned, they swore that the entire building was up in flames."

"So, what are the theories?" J'on folded his arms.

"Obviously, the first is that one of these three events is related and that is what the distraction was for. So, we have people on the ground looking further into each one." Alex looked at Winn. He continued. "The second theory is that all of these events are related and something much bigger was going on and they didn't want us or Supergirl involved."

J'on nodded. "That seems most likely. So, the third theory? Is that none of these are related."

"It's only been a couple of hours, but these are the only three events that happened both times."

"Keep working on it, we need to figure out what is going on." J'on walked back out.

Winn looked over at Alex. "We should have told him."

"Not yet. We have to be sure."

"We need to talk to Lena Luthor about those frequencies. Call her.""

Alex grabbed her phone and walked out into the hallway. She called Kara. It rang a few times and went to voicemail. She tried again. A groggy Kara answered. "Hello?"

"Kara, I need to talk to Lena." Kara leaned over and gently shook her awake.

"Alex wants to speak to you."

She grabbed the phone. Kara listened intently.

"Lena, both times the bombs exploded there were intense frequencies that came from one of your labs on the far side of the City. We need to know what is going on in that lab."

"I can't tell you that."

"Would you be able to find out and tell us?"

"I know what is going on there. I can't tell you what is happening. There is highly classified testing happening in that lab."

"I understand that. If we can understand what is going on there, we can eliminate it as a reason for the attack on Kara." Lena's stomach dropped. She looked at Kara. She already knew that it was related. She didn't make the connection before. Now, she knew.

Kara's vision was mostly back, she wished that her glasses would have worked right now. Although, she could still make out the look on Lena's face. "It is related isn't it?"

"Kara, I think that it is related. This secret isn't something I can just talk about."

"Why not? I know that we both have to keep certain things from each other. Someone attacked me today. I think this necessitates sharing."

"Alex, I'll call you back. I need to speak to Kara." Alex hung up. "Honey, look. I can't tell you everything that happens in that lab. But there is one small thing I can tell you. But first, you need to understand a few things. I know that this might not put me in the best light, but you have to know that I'm doing it to help."

"Lena, just tell me."

"I've been smuggling in alien refugees through a portal in the lab. We have a place where they can acclimate to living on Earth and with humans. We are helping them when they have to flee their homes. I can't tell you anymore of what happens there."

"So you have a list of the species that you are taking in?" Lena nodded.

Kara grabbed her phone and called Alex. "What is the alien race that we thought was targeting the purple sapphires?"

Alex knitted her brow, "Uh, they were called Fi'juge." Lena nodded.

Kara looked at her and smiled. "There are some that have been requesting refugee status outside of the D.E.O." Lena continued, "There are roughly one hundred-thirty-seven that have been accepted and arrived on Earth over the course of the past few months."

"Ok. Thank you. Do you know where they are all located?"

"We know where all of them are."

"I've got to let J'on and Winn know. When you have your eyes back, Kara, we need you back here. Lena, we might need your information too." She hung up.

"Kara, we need to trust each other. There are things that we can share and things that we can't share. I won't share all of my alien registry with the D.E.O. Some of those refugees are hiding from horrible circumstances. I can't betray that trust." Lena also knew that part of the reason she wanted to help was because there were alien technologies that were helpful in many Luthor Corp endeavors. There were a lot of threats to the planet, not understanding how to defend against these many threats was a cause that the Luthor's were always concerned with. Even Lena who wanted to stand out from her family and be a better person, knew that it was an important endeavor.

Her mother wanted to develop these weapons to attack and rid the planet of all aliens. Lex also went crazy and wanted to take over the planet to do the same thing. Eradication. Lena, on the other hand, felt that it was important to defend Earth from hostiles. She had known about the existence the of D.E.O. For most of her life. Once Supergirl came to National City, she thought that she could build up a level of trust to be able to start sharing common interests. They had not gotten to that point yet.

Her relationship with Kara was completely separate from that part of her life. She was starting to see that now their lives were going to be more entwined than she ever had considered before. There were going to have to be secrets between them. That was going to be difficult for them both. She hoped that their commitment to their work life and their new commitment to each other was not going to become an issue.

Kara had gotten dressed back into her suit, Lena also was ready. Kara opened the window and wrapped her arms around her. "Should I get a card for frequent flyer miles?" Kara laughed.

"I'm sure we can figure something out." Kara leaned forward and kissed her. Then, she picked her up and headed to the D.E.O.

After they arrived, Lena provided information about the Fi'juge that were currently in National City. She explained that what they had learned about the species was that they are generally a very peaceful culture. There was an attack on their planet from an aggressive clan. They had no way to defend themselves. Science had been focused on collecting technology to expand from their planet. They had found a specific formula based around a certain type of stone that was highly available in their world. The chemical make up was very similar to the purple sapphires on Earth. The problem was that they were not the exact same makeup.

The healing that was done to revive their genes, it caused a rejuvenation of their entire DNA. They were able to live for centuries due to this process. What Lena also described was that during Luthor Corps studies and research with the refugees, when they cannot perform the treatment, their bodies start to disintegrate. Sometimes, they become ill or they start to lose their ability to walk. Due to the sudden transportation to Earth, not all families were able to bring any supply of this elixir. Luthor Corp had promised them that they would work with them to find a way to recreate the formula. Luckily, there was an easy way to get supplies of what was required. Vanadium and Titanium was a simple acquisition. The difficult part was the process it took to grow the stones.

Lena explained that the first thing they tried was to use Earth's sapphire, but what they found out was that the amount of iron in the stones did not allow for the proper distillation to create the elixir. After speaking to a few of the engineers at her lab, she discovered that there was a group of nearly twenty Fi'juge refugees who had stopped checking in after an altercation of frustration. The good news was that the stones were on their way to becoming what they needed to be. The pressurization experiment was working. The few scientists that were assisting were very pleased by the progress.

Winn had been listening intently. "So, it seems that we've figured out that there are a few people here that are sick and angry that this process is taking too long. So, they are trying to figure out how to make it themselves by stealing purple sapphires themselves? Then why would they create such diversions to get them? Something else we found out is that the Earthquakes that happened outside of the City were very small. The weird part was that it had the exact same epicenter. The geological society found a rudimentary drill at the location. However, there wasn't much else. They had taken core samples and there were no elements present that the Fi'juge's needed for their cure. The drill also wasn't strong enough to have caused such activity.

What wasn't clear was where the kryptonite was found or how they knew it was the only way to hurt Supergirl. For a peaceful culture, this was the opposite of peaceful.

Lena had request that they have a meeting with the lead scientist in order to ask a few questions about the incidents. He happily agreed.

Once at the D.E.O., he fielded quite a few questions about his species. He was able to explain to them that the altercation with the group was not something that happened in their culture. Everyone was always working towards the same goal. It made him concerned that something had shifted once they were were attacked.

Kara thought about it for a bit and started asking her own questions, "The ones who attacked your planet. What can you tell us about them?"

"We don't know too much about them. One day, the ground shook violently and buildings burst into flames. There was panic everywhere. I had walked outside to see what I could see. Everyone was running from something, it was so foreign. I saw people lying dead in the streets. Large creatures came out of thin air and had large weapons and people were being murdered all around. Many of us went into hiding. Looking for ways to be safe. Escaping the horrors."

"Winn, what to do we know about their planet? If we had a way to get there, do they have a yellow sun?" Kara asked.

"Supergirl, no." Lena immediately said.

Winn confirmed that their planet was very similar to Earth's and had a yellow sun. Theoretically, if she could make it there, she should have her powers. J'on brought up that there was no way to get her there.

"Lena, please help me and J'on get there to try to identify these attackers." From there a plan was hatched. Lena reluctantly agreed to the use of the portal. It was only a simple mission to find out more about the enemy. They all had a role to play, they understood and Lena escorted them to the lab. She worked to set everything up and as they were getting ready to enter, she called out, "Supergirl, wait." She walked up to her and gave her a kiss, "I love you. Come back to me safely."

Kara smiled. "I love you, too. I'll be back soon." She turned as her and J'on walked through. On the other side, there was a beautiful landscape spread out before them. They were standing on a hill, behind them were beautiful snow capped mountains and a river flowed down beside them. As they looked down the hill the saw that there were no fires but it looked like a very empty city. The buildings were short and spread out. There were small huts of what seemed to be homes. Kara looked around, "What happened to all of the destruction? This place looks beautiful. Let's head down there and see what we can see." They made their way towards the town.

As they started walking down the street, there was no evidence of anything that was described. There was a building that looked like some kind of store. The door was open and they went inside. As they walked around they heard a noise in the back. They went to explore, when Kara turned the corner a man and woman screamed as they cowered in the corner protecting three young children. "Please don't kill us!"

"We aren't going to hurt you." She said. J'on looked around. He suddenly realized what was happening. He closed his eyes and put out a block. Suddenly, the man relaxed and stood up slowly as he looked around. He was shocked.

"What is happening? Where is the fire?" Who are you? Where did they go?" The woman stood up and looked around.

"I don't think there was an attack. Not one that was real. I think this is psychological assault." J'on said.

Kara looked around. "It's just a distraction." She walked outside and looked down the street. People were coming out onto the street cheering that the invaders had left. Their world was saved. There was no invasion. J'on joined her outside. "J'on, can you pinpoint where this started?" He closed his eyes and tried to focus.

"It's coming from the tall building over there." He pointed, and they both flew over to the building and went inside. Kara looked through the building and saw there was a room with a group of about 5 people walking around. They headed there. When they got there everyone stopped moving and looked at them with blank faces. They ended up being so scared that they were willing to explain exactly what had happened.

There was a small group of people who were getting tired of the same thing happening everyday. There was downside to rejuvenating and living for so long. They wanted to take over and change how their world worked. Not very many agreed with them and most people had ignored their pleas. The group started a secret project to create an altered reality for the entire town. Something to get people to understand that they were in danger from other worlds. To see that living in peace had limits. The idea had been to stage an invasion for a short amount of time and then to bring everyone out of it and to get them to see their side. To get the entire population to change their minds and join them.

When they started they realized there were those who had escaped and they sent a group to join them as they made their way to Earth. Their mission was to monitor those who had left. They had started to get worried because many of them were due for rejuvenation and had not yet returned.

Kara explained some of what had happened on Earth and that there was a shortage of the elixir. She requested to bring some back with her to help those in need. They agreed. No one had wanted anyone to get hurt. Their peaceful nature was still in tact. It was the only way they knew how to be persuasive.

With enough elixir to help all of the refugees in hand, Kara and J'on went back to the portal. They walked through and she saw Lena standing there. They showed her the supply that they had and explained to her the story of what they had discovered. Lena set up a team to reach out to the refugees and administer the elixir. Kara met with the lead scientist again.

Once he understood that the trauma he had been through was not real, he was overcome with emotion. Saddened by the lengths they would go. He was looking forward for them all to go home. But he knew that there was going to be work ahead to help bring his people back together. He thanked Supergirl for her help. Soon, they all had gathered to go home.

Everyone had gathered back at the D.E.O. Another crisis was averted. Alex wasn't quite buying the entire story. "How did they get kryptonite? They attacked you. How did that happen? We need to find out what really happened here with the attacks."

Supergirl laughed. "There was no kryptonite infused coffee. It was part of the hallucination. The way that they described their ability was to play of of others fears. They were able to get into everyone's head to make them believe what they thought they saw. The only way to make sense that I was hurt in any way was for Winn to find trace amounts of kryptonite in my system. Lena's fear was to see me lying motionless in the street. My fear is to be unable to see the world around me and to be powerless to help those in need. We all created the reality, which is what made it so powerful. The Fi'juge's have a common fear that no one talks about. They are worried that their search and commitment to peace will destroy them if someone came in to take over. They have no way to defend themselves. The invasion was easy to create because everyone feared the same thing."

J'on added, "As soon as there was a block the incidents disappeared. Check out the jewelry store, there was no bomb. No one was killed. We will continue to do sweeps to control the situation and the people that were affected. For now, well done. I think we all deserve the night off. Go home." The group broke up and Kara and Lena were still there with J'on. "Ms. Luthor. I think that we should have a discussion on how we can align some of our interests. I'd like to do that tomorrow, if you could fit us into your schedule."

"Of course, J'on. It's time to finally have that discussion. I'll let you know." He nodded and walked away. She turned and looked at Kara.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"

"I was hoping you'd invite me to your penthouse. I realized that I like waking up next to you." She smiled. Lena blushed.

"I'd like that. I'd like that a lot." Kara grabbed her and they flew off. Being together was going to have its challenges. It was also going to have a lot of happiness in between. They both knew that things were different now. It wasn't going to look how they imagined it. But that's what made the future seem so exciting.