Late Bloomer

Chapter 14- Impossible Choices

**Trigger Warning- ONLY implied not actually done**

Kara was at her desk, working on an article and snacking on some peanuts when her phone buzzed in her back pocket. Fishing it out, she was surprised but happy to see that it was Lena calling, which was unusual at that time of day but not unheard of. She picked it up right away, her chipper tone betraying her excitement.

They hadn't planned the next time they were going to see each other, so Kara was hoping that Lena was calling to arrange something. Kara was really trying to be relaxed and chill about the whole thing, but she was already itching to suggest that they move in together. For her part, she didn't think she would ever have enough time with Lena, but living together would be a really great start.

"Lena! Hi! How are you?"

"Supergirl? I need you to come over to my office. Now."

Lena calling her by her title instead of her name and the clear distress in her strained voice had Kara quickly on high alert and imagining the worst, her mind immediately going to some sort of kidnapping scenario or attempt to use Lena as bait to get to her. Lena wouldn't normally call her on the phone with a such emergency, she'd use her watch, and she never called Kara 'Supergirl', or well, almost never (outside the bedroom). It was very clear to Kara that Lena was being instructed by someone to make the phone call, and wasn't doing it out of her own free will, which sent Kara's heart racing and her chest sinking.

As she made her way out of Catco and towards Lena's office as fast as physically possible, she tried to make a plan. She was going to be smart about this, not just rush into the danger without thought like she usually did, despite the screaming voice inside her head that was demanding she go straight to Lena and rip apart whatever or whoever it was threatening her. She kept her cool though, and even sent a message to the DEO for backup, although she was hoping she wouldn't need it. Best case scenario it would be some sort of human assassin with a big, useless gun that Kara could take out with a flick of her wrist, and worst case it would something as strong as her that she'd have to really struggle to fight.

When she flew through the open balcony doors and into the office, she realized that things were much, much worse than her theoretical worst case scenario, since there was leverage involved beyond just Lena. Lena was sitting in a chair, very, very still, terrified eyes watching the big hulking alien from before, which if Kara wasn't mistaken, it was either not the same one or it had grown larger since she'd last seen it. The big hulking alien was standing in front of a glowing portal, and holding a very tiny, very vulnerable and very upset looking Geri with one large, stony hand. Crap.

Kara froze as she touched down and took in the situation, her brain working a thousand miles a minute. She couldn't move towards the alien to fight him without risking Geri, which was exactly what it seemed it was counting on, as the creature gave her what she assumed passed for a grin and held the screaming baby a little bit higher in front, as if to show her off to Kara.

The alien pressed a button on a device that was in their other hand, allowing a deep voice to broadcast into the room from the device as the alien tossed something else towards Kara.

"Kara Zor-El. Daughter of Zor-El, heir to the House of El. You will do exactly as I say or this child will die. I have intelligence that you consider it family so I would tread carefully if I were you. Have the omega restrain you, arms behind your back."

With dread she took in the Kryptonite handcuffs that had been tossed towards her, the very same ones her and Lena had used in bed and then must of forgotten about afterwards. Kara's sensitive nose could still smell the pheromones on them, so she knew they were the same. They had never spoken about what Lena had seen that night, in all honesty Kara had completely forgotten about it, but now it made sense that it probably had something to do with the handcuffs being taken.When she had woken up the next morning they'd both been late for work, and Kara had just assumed Lena had taken the cuffs to return them to the DEO. Lena must have thought the same thing with her.