Maggie's girlfriend

Part 6

Rick had been brought to the DEO for interrogation. Winn was watching the monitor. "He seems normal." Kara had her arms folded across her chest. "He was normal...He was nice in school."

Alex sighed from Winn's other side. "He used to carry Y/n's bookbag. Why is he doing this to her?"

J'onn sighed. "I tried reading his mind, but he seems to be blocking me somehow."

Maggie turned to J'onn. "Let me in there. I can talk to him."

J'onn looked back to the screen and nodded his head. "Alright."

Maggie was sitting opposite Rick with Kara and Alex standing near the door, glaring at Rick.

"Detective Sawyer. And they say there's never a cop around when you need one."

Maggie tilted her head. "So you know me."

Rick smiled. "Of course. I took a whole year planning this. Watching Y/n, preparing. I know everything."

Kara frowned at Rick. "How did you know I was Supergirl?"

Rick looked at Kara. "A day at the beach. Before you started wearing glasses. You walked away from that accident without a scratch. People at school said it was adrenaline, but, uh.."

Maggie cut in. "But you didn't believe that."

Rick shook his head. "I saw Kara Danvers do something amazing. And it stayed with me. I knew Kara was living in National City, and then Supergirl showed up in National City...I put two and two together. I knew it was you."

Alex stepped forward. "What happened to you? I remember when me and Y/n had the chicken pox, Kara told me how she was eating lunch by herself, you went and sat with her."

Rick chuckled. "I was 14. And I didn't have the nice house or the perfect family that you and your sisters had."

Kara looked livid. "You think we had it easy? You have no idea what Alex and Y/n sacrificed for me. Or what I was going through!"

Rick started to raise his voice. "Why because you had to hide your superpowers? I was hiding bruises! Do you have any idea what it's like to have your mother tell you you're garbage, every single night? A belt whenever you had the wrong opinion? And then I found a lifeline. A dad that my mom kept from me. And he saved me from her and he moved me away from Midvale. And even though he was always struggling, he always made sure there was food on the table and he got me enough money to go to college. And then three years ago, the state took him away from me."

Maggie was watching intently, watching Rick tell his story. "Your father killed two people. He confessed."

Rick scoffed. "They had it coming. And now I'm going to rescue him like he rescued me. I can't believe that we're still talking about me!" Rick looked down at his watch. "You have 24 hours and 11 minutes. Come on, Kara, Alex, show us some of that rah - rah Midvale Junior High spirit. FREE MY DAD! Or your sister dies."

Before anyone could stop her Kara flipped the table and had Rick pinned to the wall. Rick looked impressed. "Oh, you use half this much gusto in springing my dad, you'll have your sister back for game night."

Maggie called from behind Kara with Alex standing next to her. "Kara! We're done here."

Kara let Rick go and he fell to the ground.

Kara started to walk away with Maggie and Alex when he called after them. "Hey, you know what'll be fun? Finding out which of you three loves her more. Honestly I wouldn't know where to place my bet."

Alex huffed. "I'm giving him one minute, then I'm going back in there."

Maggie shook her head. "No. Let him sweat it a while. We got what we wanted."

Kara looked confused. "What? All we know is how he knows my identity."

Maggie sighed. "We know that Rick's pinned his whole sense of self - worth on Peter Thompson. Thompson is the key to getting Y/n back."