Of Knights and Aliens

Chapter 9

When Alex wakes up, the bed is no longer warm where Kara used to be, so she must have been gone for a while. While that is unusual, it isn't anything for her to panic about. Yet. Alex feels better rested than usual and sits up, stretching. She frowns at the sudden onset of coldness that seeps into her bones as her upper body comes out from under the covers.

She rubs the remaining tiredness from her eyes and then opens them. The first thing that catches her eye is a sheet of paper on the nightstand on Kara's side of the bed. Alex picks it up and reaches for her glasses, bulky ones that she doesn't like wearing but her sister always says she looks good in them. Alex always dismisses that because she is her sister and therefore biased.

She reads the note, smiling softly at Kara's familiar messy scrawl. "Alex, sorry you're waking up alone! I woke up early and you were still sleeping. You looked so peaceful, and we both know you don't get enough sleep, so I didn't wake you. Anyway, I'm off to talk to Cat about her article! And don't worry; I'm going to tell J'onn that you're sleeping in. Remember that I'm here for you, even if you aren't ready to talk about it yet! *smiley face* Love you! Kara."

Alex shakes her head fondly. Only her sister would draw a smiley face on a note. She reads it over again to make sure she didn't miss anything and frowns. Kara told J'onn that she would be sleeping in? She looks up at the clock on her wall that she built a year before Kara came down. She blinks in surprise and does a double take. Alex rarely sleeps past eight, even when she has a day off. So for her to have slept a little past nine is really unusual.

She gets out of bed and rushes over to her closet, pulling out one of her DEO uniforms. She quickly puts it on and grabs a quick breakfast from the kitchens, eating while she walks towards the DEO.

Some agents look at her weirdly but no one dares to ask her why she came in late. Based on some of the leers she gets, they must think she got laid last night. Alex ignores them and heads right for the main room.

J'onn looks up and nods to her as she walks in. "Good morning, Sir Alex. Sir Maggie?" He calls.

Maggie looks up from the desk she has been assigned in a room connected to the main one. There is only one other desk here, along with a bunch of lab equipment she doesn't know how to work. She found a few manuals that look like they've been looked through a few times and has been reading them because J'onn hasn't assigned her a case.

Maggie puts a bookmark in the one she's currently reading and sets it on the larger pile of unread manuals. She gets up and walks over to her boss and new partner. They stand close together, and something about how they have been interacting tells Maggie that they have been working together for a while and are closer than just boss and knight.

"Yes sir?" She asks, stopping a few feet in front of them.

"You and Sir Alex are going to train in the courtyard today." J'onn says.

Maggie carefully hides the disappointment she feels, but she is pretty sure they can tell anyways. At least, Alex can. She gives Maggie a knowing look then turns back to J'onn.

"Yes sir," Alex says.

She starts walking towards the exit and Maggie follows her. She has studied the map of the castle intensively, so she knows where she's going. She walks alongside her new partner, taking in her surroundings as they go.

They walk through the Queen's gardens to get to the courtyard, which Maggie knows isn't necessary but she appreciates Alex showing her this. It's just as beautiful as she has heard. There are all kinds of plants, some she doesn't even recognize so they must be from another Kingdom. She has studied plants as well; it's helped her more than once when she was on a difficult mission with little food or needed quick medicine for a comrade.