YOU Should Have Told Me.

Chapter 4: Broken

When Lena woke, she was lying in a hospital bed. She knew there had been an accident, but she was having a hard time remembering what had happened. Looking around, it dawned on her where she was. She wasn't in a hospital; She was in the Med Bay of the DEO.

"Oh thank God, Lena! You're awake!"

Lena pulled back from the tall slender woman who had grabbed her hand. It was Lillian.

"What are you doing here, Mother?" Looking down at Lillian's arm, she realized that her mother still had the baby truth seeker around her arm.

"Honestly, Lena. I am your mother after all! I do care about your wellbeing, even if I don't agree with your behavior." Lena gave Lillian a knowing look. She knew there was SOMETHING that her mother wasn't saying. "Oh, alright fine. Director Danvers brought me here to question me about my involvement the explosion at Supergirl's Apartment."

Knew it. Even with the truth seeker keeping her from lying, her mother had still managed to leave out pieces of the real story. But even Lillian Luthor wasn't capable of fully deceiving the Vertullarian, she couldn't have been involved.

The details of the night were still hazy. But at the mention of Supergirl, she began to remember bits and pieces. Oh no! Kara!

"Where is she? Where's Supergirl!" Lena was becoming frantic, pulling monitors and leads from her skin and pushing against her mother's attempts to calm her. "Let go of me, Mother I have to find her!"

"You will do no such thing, dear! You are no help to Miss Danvers in your current state!"

Wait. Miss Danvers? Her mother knew too. Of course she did. She vaguely remembered Lex mentioning Lillian in his dying diatribe.

"What the hell is going on in here? What did you do Lillian!" It was Alex. Thank God.

"Alex! You have let me go! I have to find her! I have to find Kara!" Lena was never one to panic, she was raised a Luthor after all! But images of Kara's lifeless body flooded her memory, and she could feel her heart ripping to shreds with each of the rapidly paced beats.

"Slow down Lena, you need to get back in bed. You've been through a major trauma tonight; your body needs to heal." Her voice was calm, but shaky. Alex was good at pretending that everything was fine, being the Director of a clandestine government operation called for the ability remain calm and in control of oneself no matter what was happening. But when it came to her sister, Alex was a terrible liar – apart from her secret identity obviously. Lena could see that she'd been crying, and she wore the same purple shirt that she'd been wearing at J'onn's, only now it was covered in blood.

"She's dead isn't she. Kara's dead. That's why she isn't here in the med bay with me! If she were alive she'd be here under the yellow sun lamps!"

This can't be happening. Kara can't be dead. She just can't be.

"Lena dear, you need to lay back down or Director Danvers here will be forced to restrain you. Honestly, Lena, pull yourself together!"

Had it not been for Alex, Lena might have added matricide to her list of crimes.

"Mrs. Luthor, you need to leave. Now." With that Lillian left, not before voicing how appalled she was by the whole ordeal, she was a LUTHOR! NO ONE talks to a Luthor like that! Lillian Luthor, ever the victim.

"Lena, please." Alex put her hand on Lena's shoulder and motioned to the bed. Her voice was warm and kind, sisterly even. Lena took a deep breath and did as she was asked to do.

"Please, Alex. I need to know where she is. I remember everything now, the explosion, the kryptonite. I tried to get her out of there Alex, I swear I did. I wasn't strong enough! I was too weak to save the woman that I..."

Before she was able to finish her sentence, Alex wrapped her in a gentle hug. If Kara were alive, Alex would have told her by now.

Lena was broken.