snuggle me back to health

Chapter 1

Lena had seen the news, watched the live videos, and heard all the rumors. She saw her hero's confidence start to waiver halfway through the fight, by the end agents dressed head to toe in all black swarmed the scene and Supergirl was gone when they cleared. It wasn't different from any other hard won fight, the crowd surrounded the area trying to catch a glimpse or photo of the caped hero, but this time-this time no one saw a streak of red and blue fly off. Lena had replayed the footage of the end of the fight hundreds of times, she slowed it down frame by frame but not even a speck was seen of the hero.

"Thank you for calling CatCo Worldwide Media, how may I help you today?" A cheerful voice answered Lena's call.

"Eve?" Lena was surprised by her own voice, it sounded broken and scared instead of calm and steady.

"Miss Luthor? How can I be of service?" The blonde was quick to help, she kept quiet about the shakiness of Lena's voice but bit her lip in worry.

"Did Kara-is Kara. Is Kara in today? I tried to call her personal but there was no answer, I thought she might be busy with work." Lena bit the inside of her cheek at the lie, she knew Kara would answer her cell even if she was in the middle of a big article.

"No, I'm sorry Miss Luthor. She called in sick today, which is odd if you ask me. I swear she never gets sick, even when it is the middle of flu season and the whole building is sick." Eve rambled on while Lena felt her stomach drop and her heart speed up.

"Thank you, Eve." Lena ended the call before the other woman could respond.

She knew that she was being slightly irrational, if something major had happened to Kara (as Supergirl or not), Alex would have called her. She always got a call when things didn't go as planned. Alex would have called. Lena checked her phone again, no missed calls from the agent and no one else had contacted her. Alex was suppose to call. She always called.

Lena took a couple deep breaths as she tried ( and failed) to calm herself down.

Lena reached a trembling hand towards her desk phone, "Jess? I need you to cancel any meetings I have, if you can reschedule them to later this week. I will be taking a sick day starting now."

She wasn't sure where to start. If she charged into the DEO unannounced she would look like a lunatic, but there was a chance that if she went to Kara's apartment the blonde wouldn't be there. Lena had to make an impulse decision. Going to Kara's apartment would be the slightly less humiliating (and the quickest) option out of the two, so Lena decided to head there first.

Lena tried calling both Kara and Alex again, but neither answered. For a brief moment she even considered calling James, but thought better of it, she didn't want to start any confusing drama or answer the question of why a Luthor cared so much about a Super. She was halfway to Kara's when she realized that if something horrible did happen to Kara, Lena may not know how to help her. The fear of the unknown and potential unsolvable made her grip the wheel until her knuckles turned white.

Even with her vast knowledge, Lena didn't know how to heal a Kryptonian back to working condition, or save an alien from the brink of death, she only knew what the DEO was willing to tell her. Everything else was chance, there was no guarantee that any of her technology would help or work on Kara, she just had to hope she made no mistakes and guessed correctly. Lena barely knew how to comfort Kara emotionally, she knew that food and over the top movies made her mood better, but that would not heal her.

Still, Lena knew she had to be there for Kara. It may not be in her usual problem solving manner, but she could be there as a friend. She could always be a friend. Something had happened to Kara and she was going to be there to help the blonde through it, one way or another.