She had gotten so lost in her own thoughts that she hadn't realized that they had arrived. She slid out and offered Carter her hand. The sun had just started to rise and it made her feel closer to Kara somehow. Cat isn't as surprised as she probably should be that they are in the middle of the desert. 'Headquarters' is in actuality a top secret bunker. This just prompts Cat to roll her eyes harder than was probably necessary.
"Alex said to get someone to wake her when we arrived." Cat announces, feeling the need to assert herself as an authority figure in her new surroundings.
"I doubt that she'll have gone to sleep. Kara is kind of her entire world." Vazquez scoffs. "We'll find them this way."
Her pace quickens and Cat follows, Carter at her heels. Cat felt her heartbeat quicken. At some point she had relaxed just a little bit, but now the panic returned as she caught sight of an equally tired James Olsen and the IT hobbit slumped beside of a soor. THey jumped to attention as she approached. When they saw the look on her face, their own creased in sympathy and both boys parted to make way for her.
"You don't have to come in if you don't want to, Carter. I can have William find you a bunk somewhere to sleep until she's up." Cat crouches in front of him to speak. Winn doesn't correct her. She can remember, when her father was sick, how she hated visiting him in the hospital and how uncomfortable and oddly guilty it made her feel. "You don't have to feel bad about it. We all understand.
"You'll get me as soon as she's up?" he asks just to double check.
"Just as soon as she's awake. I promise." Cat promises. "These guys need to get some sleep too, so you won't be alone."
"Okay." Carter nods and kisses her cheek. Winn takes his hand and trades a meaningful look with James Olsen.
"That's a good kid you've got there, Cat." he says with a nod.
"Tell me something I don't know." she says with a grin before shoving the door open for Kara's little hospital room.
It was sterile, mostly white, and smelled of antiseptic. Cat hated it immediately. Kara laying on a contraption that reminded Cat of a tanning bed. Lights were focused on kara and alex Danvers was asleep in a chair, her head pillowed on Kara's abdomen, one hand clutching her sister's. The brunette jerked awake as soon as Cat and james came in.
"You look like shit." Cat said bluntly. James's jaw dropped open.
"Same to you." Alex fell heavily back into her seat when she saw no immediate threats to herself or her sister.
Cat almost smiles at that and James dissolves into a corner as Cat steps up beside of Alex. Kara is pale and almost lifeless but for the rise and fall of her chest. Her hair is heavy with dried saltwater. The Supergirl suit is dirty and bloodstained but the wound on her leg hasn't even left a scar. Cat traces her jawline with the tips of her fingers.
"Let her sleep. For when she wakes, she will move mountains." Cat says with a heartfelt sigh.
