Chapter 140 - Alura's Feelings

"Shit!" Kara hears Alex say from upstairs, a few minutes after Sam and Ruby left.

"Alex?" Kara calls out from the bottom of the stairs, "Are you okay? Do you need help?"

There is a silence for a few moments.

"Yeah!" Alex eventually replies.

Kara quickly makes her way up the stairs, and then finds Alex on the floor in the middle of the bedroom.

"I lost balance on my crutches, and fell down, and now I can't really get up." Alex says.

"Here, let me help." Kara says, as she reaches out one of her hands.

Kara is now seeing her sister for the first time since her injuries, and admittedly she had made Alex look a lot worse in her mind after Lena described the extent as to the injuries Alex suffered.

Alex grabs Kara's hand, and the blonde then carefully pulls Alex to her feet, allowing her sister to put her weight on her shoulders.

"Guide me to the bed." Alex says.

Kara nods her head, and carefully guides Alex a few steps to the bed, where she then takes a seat. After that, Kara turns around and picks Alex's crutches up from the floor, handing her back to her sister.

"Let's try this again." Alex says, using the crutches to get to her feet once more.

"We can talk here.... if that would be easier.... Saving you having to go all the way downstairs." Kara suggests.

"No. I've spent almost 2 days in this bedroom. If I don't go downstairs, I'm going to go insane." Alex replies.

Kara nods her head, and then slowly walks just behind Alex as she begins to walk out of the bedroom, preparing to catch her sister if she falls over once more. A few moments later, Alex reaches the top of the stairs, and then pauses. Alex has used her crutches a few times already, and while she is okay with using them, she has found that going up and down the stairs with them is the most difficult.

"I could carry you.... if you want?" Kara suggests, noticing Alex's hesitation.

Alex scoffs.

"No way in hell I'm letting that happen." Alex replies, and then makes her first move to head down the stairs.

Over the next few minutes, Alex slowly makes her way down the stairs, with Kara closely following her behind, not saying anything, just allowing Alex to completely focus on the task at hand. Eventually, Alex does make it to the bottom of the stairs, without falling over, and then heads into the living room, taking a seat on one of the couches, and moving her leg into a raised position. Kara then carefully takes a seat to the side of Alex.

"So, you're back..." Alex comments.

"Yeah." Kara nods, "And..... I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you Alex. I'm sorry that I went away and then this happened."

"It's not your fault Kara." Alex says, "I'll admit, there was a moment when I was in that car, with the fire having started, and was trapped, that I did think about using my signal watch, before realising you were not even on the planet, but it's not your fault. You can't be everywhere all the time Kara. You were off doing important things for your other friends. I don't blame you."

"Even so.... I still feel awful." Kara says.

"I know you do." Alex nods, "But I'm not really sure what more I can say."

"Yeah..." Kara replies, breathlessly.

"I just... really want to get my hands on that damn shadow woman." Alex says a few moments later.

"Well..... you can..... she's in a cell at the DEO." Kara says.

"WHAT?!" Alex says, surprised.

"Last night.... when I got back..... the shadow woman had attacked Lena and Alura at our penthouse. I came in and found Alura using heat vision, with it being out of control, and the shadow woman on the floor, having been hit and burnt by it. I activated the power dampening lights to get Alura to stop, and then took the shadow woman to the DEO." Kara explains.

"You mean, she went after Lena and Alura?" Alex asks.

"It looks that way." Kara nods.

"Are they okay?" Alex asks.

"Not really." Kara replies, "Alura is really upset, and now blames me for not being there, and was also very scared about her powers suddenly coming in. Then.... as for Lena..... right now she is kind of not even dealing with her own emotions..... because she is so focused on Alura.... but I know when they all do hit her.... it's going to be very difficult for her...."

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Kara. But like I have already said, this isn't your fault. Lena and Alura are just going to need time, and your support when they fall to pieces or break down. But I know you will always be there for them, to help pick them up." Alex says, reassuringly, with a caring look on her face.

"Yeah..... I guess so..... I still feel awful about everything though." Kara replies.

"I know." Alex nods.

There is then a moment of silence between the two sisters.

"So...... you said you actually captured the shadow woman and took her to the DEO?" Alex asks.

"Yeah." Kara nods, "She was pretty badly injured, with some burnt flesh, from Alura's heat vision, so the doctors had to treat her within one of the DEOs special cells."

"But she's still alive?" Alex asks.

"From what I know." Kara nods, "I haven't gone in to the DEO today, or called J'onn to check or anything. I came here as soon as I left home."

"We should go to the DEO together." Alex says, "I want to have a few words with this Leviathan agent."

"No. I don't think that's a good idea, Alex." Kara says.

"What are you talking about?" Alex replies, looking at Kara confused.

"You need to just focus on your recovery right now. The last thing I want is to bring you into the DEO with me to confront this shadow woman, and then for something to go wrong and for you to get hurt again or something." Kara says, "For now, you need to just get better. Then once you are better, that is when you can have a talk with the shadow woman."

Alex sighs after hearing Kara say that, while also knowing that it's unlikely J'onn will even let her in the DEO to see the shadow woman anyway.

"Fine." Alex says, with a huff.

The sisters then continue to talk with one another, chatting about nothing really, just keeping the mood light, trying to distract themselves. Eventually, about half an hour later, Eliza arrives, and greets both her daughters with big hugs.

"Are Lena and Alura, okay?" Eliza asks, after Kara has finished telling her about what happened with the shadow woman the previous night.

"Not really." Kara says, "But I don't think there is anything I can do right now....... Alura doesn't want me to be there, because she blames me, and Lena won't even begin to deal with her own emotions until she isn't focusing on Alura."

Eliza gives Kara a sympathetic look as soon as she hears her youngest daughter say that. The Danvers matriarch knows that Kara is just in a really awful position right now.