You Never Came For Me!

Red

Of all of the things that Kara could have anticipated going wrong in this reality, being trapped in a room lined with kryptonite was not one of them. There wasn't enough to hurt her really, she'd been dealing with Kryptonite for 15 years, so even though she wasn't immune to its effects, she was getting better at pushing through the pain. The situation was eerily similar to when Lena had trapped her in the fortress, thinking back to that day made Kara's eyes fill with tears.

"Lena, what is going on!" She was thankful for the Nth Metal door now. She was dressed as Kara, and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out Kara's true identity as Supergirl should anyone see her veins glowing green from the kryptonite.

"Spare me the theatrics Supergirl. I told you 2 years ago that I never wanted to see your face again. I let you keep up your job at CatCo only because I knew Cat Grant would go insane if I got rid of her little protégé. But I swore to you that if you ever stepped foot in my lab that there would be hell to pay!"

Lena's voice was cold, harsher even that in the world where Kara had never saved her from the helicopter crash.

"You know I'm Supergirl? Lena, I wanted to tell you but..."

"Of course I know, what did you think would happen when my mother had me framed for her escape only to have her goons kidnap me from the cell she put me in. She made a point to tell me how much of a fool I was to believe that anyone was coming to find me. When I told her that YOU would stand up for me, that YOU would defend me, and that YOU would find a way to make people see the truth, she laughed in my face! I didn't understand at first, but then she told me all about your little secret. 'Why would Kara Danvers EVER defend a Luthor?' She asked me. 'After all, it was her cousin who was responsible for your brilliant brother being locked up in the first place.' As if I hadn't already seen the truth at that point, she had to twist the knife even more. 'Oh Lena, you can't possibly be such a fool. Kara Danvers IS Supergirl!'"

Of course. Lillian had always known Kara's identity, she'd been holding Jeremiah hostage, forcing him to do her dirty work for years with the threat of harming his daughters. She told Kara herself that she was waiting for the right time for Lena to know, and that when it did, it would destroy her.

"Lena, I'm so sorry! I didn't..."

"Save it Kara. I told you what would happen if you ever came down here. I warned you. You've left me with no other choice."

With that, Lena opened the blazer she'd been wearing, revealing a red kryptonite stone imbedded in her chest. With the push of a button, the room filled with green light. Kara's skin felt like it was going to melt from her body. Her body collapsed from the pain. When Kara was seconds away from losing consciousness, Lena struck her with a beam of from the kryptonite in her chest while simultaneously disabling the Kryptonite lights. As the pain slowly went away, Kara began to gain her strength back. But now, she was no longer Kara Danvers, quirky and kind-hearted CatCo Reporter.

She was Kara Zor-El: The Last Daughter of the House of El, and the rightful ruler of Planet Earth.

Rising to her feet, she slowly opened her eyes, staring directly into Lena's soul.

"You."