Chapter 89

Once they all equip their watches, Winn grabs the other two and puts them back in their little boxes.

"Is it okay if I come with you guys? So I can give J'onn and Eliza their watches?" Winn asks.

Kara exchanges a look with Lena to make sure she's okay with it. "Yeah, okay."

"Now you have a parade of people, Kara." Alex says, amused as they all follow Kara and Lena out of the conference room.

They head to the main area of the DEO, where J'onn is listening to an agent's report. He glances up when they come in, but keeps his attention on the agent until they're done. J'onn tells them to keep an eye on things and then heads over to them.

He waits for them to speak and it's Winn that breaks first.

"Um. Sir, I have something for you." He rambles on and explains the watch as he hands the box to J'onn, who opens it and studies it carefully.

"This is very good work, Winn." J'onn says proudly, placing a hand on Winn's shoulder. Winn beams happily at his space dad. "I would dare say it's better than what Superman gave James and Lucy."

"Thanks! That's actually where I got the idea."

"And Kara? You have something to tell me?"

"What? How do you know?" Kara asks. "You can't even read my mind!" She sighs. "I'm going to the Luthor Kingdom with Lena for at least a year. I mean, I'll be back here within that year and see you, but I'll be with Lena."

J'onn nods. "I thought you may want to do that sometime. But Kara, I want to remind you that this may not be permanent. Someday, you will be Queen of the Danvers Kingdom. I would like you to reflect on that while you are gone and discuss it with each other. What will happen then? How will your relationship work?"

Kara blinks. She hadn't thought of that. She knew that someday she might be Queen, but she hasn't thought about how that could affect her relationship with Lena. She doesn't want to focus on it right now, though. She can figure it out with Lena later.

"Have you told Queen Eliza and Jeremiah yet?" J'onn asks.

Kara shakes her head. "No, but we're planning on telling them next."

"Good. I will let you go do that. Winn, Vasquez, I need to discuss something with you."

"Sir, do you need Maggie and I too?"

"No, I just want to go over some reports. Be there for your sister."

Alex straightens her back and nods to him. "Yes sir."

Since Winn and Vasquez are staying behind to talk to J'onn, Winn hands Alex the box for Eliza. He knows that she will tell Eliza everything she needs to know about it.

Alex, Maggie, Lena, and Kara head to the throne room. Kara uses her super hearing to make sure that's where they are. Kara holds the door to the throne room open for the others and takes a deep breath in an attempt to steady herself.

They walk closer to where Queen Eliza and Jeremiah are seated on their thrones. Kara smiles up at them, trying to ignore her nerves. Eliza and Jeremiah get down from the platform their thrones are on and hug their daughters again, then their daughters' girlfriends.

"It's so good to see you again, girls! But I know my daughters hardly come by the throne room to say hello." Eliza remarks, raising an eyebrow at her daughters.

Kara gestures for Alex to go first and she does, explaining the watch to their parents.

Then, it's Kara's turn. She tells them that she's going to stay with Lena and they react better than she expected. Granted, they're still not exactly happy that Kara's going to be so far away from them.

"I can fly and I have superspeed, I can be back here in less than ten minutes." Kara says. "And I'll be okay, I'll have Winn's watch. Plus, Maggie pointed out that we need an ambassador to the Luthor Kingdom."

"That we do." Jeremiah admits with a sigh. "It isn't that we don't support you, Kara. It's that we don't like the thought of you being so far away. In a land that's named after some of the most anti-alien people in recent history. No offense, Lena."

"Non taken." Lena says. "It's true."

"And at the same time, me not liking this feels very hypocritical." Jeremiah admits, running a hand through his hair.

Eliza frowns at her husband. "How so?"

"This is exactly what we did, love. Run away together while one of us runs a Kingdom with the other by their side. Of course, we got married first, but Eliza, that's what we did." Jeremiah points out.

At the mention of marriage, Kara's eyes go wide and she lets out a quiet, startled meep. She doesn't think that her and Lena are quite to the "seriously considering marriage happening soon" stage in their relationship. Maybe eventually, but not soon.

"That is true." Eliza admits. "Alright. You two have my support. You said you will be leaving in... Two weeks, right? Well, then. You have a lot to get done between now and then. I'll help you come up with a list."

***

The next week is stuffed full of Kara and Lena scrambling to get ready to leave. There are a lot more things Kara has had to do than she expected in order to move. She has to make sure the castle and everything will keep running with her gone, what with her being the Princess and everything.

Plus, an interview with Cat about it as soon as she caught wind of Kara moving. Which was sooner than Kara expected, but she shouldn't really be surprised. And once that's published, Kara has to deal with the concerned people of National City about what'll happen once their Supergirl is elsewhere. At least, until Cat publishes an article about that.

While Lena and Kara are doing all that, Maggie and Alex are relaxing. The battle is over and they've won. They're safe, and their friends and family are safe. Sometimes they have missions from the DEO, but they have enough free time to relax in the gardens (which Maggie and Alex both love) and spar.

The time when they can just settle in for the night and cuddle is Alex's favorite. Having her girlfriend in her arms, being able to stay there for pretty much as long as they want... It's Alex's version of heaven.

And Alex has noticed lately that Maggie seems... A bit different. She's been different since Kara told them she's going with Lena. More affectionate, which Alex is definitely not complaining about. She seems stressed or concerned about something, but hasn't told Alex about it, which isn't like her. Usually she's all about talking about what's bothering her or what's bothering Alex. But Alex doesn't want to push her when she's not ready, and she knows that if it were anything bad, Maggie would have told her. So she waits it out, consciously trying to be more supportive to Maggie.

Alex noticed that she has run off on a couple of errands, where she didn't tell Alex what she needed to get or do. Alex assumes it's something related to Maggie's worry, or something J'onn has told her to do.

Maggie is trying not to freak out about what she plans to do, sneaking away from Alex with fumbled excuses to meet with Winn and to set everything up. And once everything's in place, there's nothing left to do but to head back to Alex and wait for the right time. She prays to whatever gods or omniscient beings there are that this doesn't completely backfire on her. Maggie can tell that Alex has been worried about her and has noticed a difference in her.

She hopes Alex will understand after... Gods, after tomorrow night. It has come up so quickly. A spur of the moment idea given to her unintentionally by Eliza, turned into a shopping trip, turned into her using up most of her savings, turned into a semi-elaborate plan with Winn's assistance... She really hopes this goes well. Hopes Alex says yes, or doesn't flat out say no. But she's Maggie, so she prepares for the worst.

She gulps down the warmth of anxiety roiling in her stomach and smiles at Alex as she walks into their room. Alex grins at her from where she's cleaning her swords and various weapons. They're all laid out on the table and the clean ones are back in the display.

"Hey, babe." Alex greets her.

Maggie smiles warmly at her beautiful girlfriend. "Hey."

She comes behind Alex and wraps her arms around her waist, kissing her neck. Alex hums and leans back into her touch, closing her eyes and still repeating the comforting motions of cleaning her weapons.

"Love you." Alex murmurs.

Maggie smiles against her neck and pulls back to begin helping Alex clean. "Love you too, babe."

Can you guys believe I actually had time to write a vague plan? I sure can't. I mean I put off doing homework that's due tomorrow so it's not a complete win, but I'll do it in a couple of minutes. Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!