Maggie didn't want to get out of bed. Not when she had to face another day without Alex.
It'd been over a month since the accident, and Alex still showed no signs of improvement. The only reason she was still there was because Kara refused to let them unplug her. Maggie didn't want them to let her go either, but she had no say.
Kara had taken to staying over at Maggie's apartment, because her apartment had too many memories attached. Maggie didn't mind. Not if it meant the younger woman was okay. Kara had become a little sister to her, especially in the last month.
“Maggie?” Kara called. She could hear the woman's sniffles, and the absolute pain in her voice. “I loved her.”
Maggie ran into Kara's bedroom and snuggled up to her. “I did too, Little Danvers. I did too.”
“I think it's time.”
Maggie knew exactly what she meant. It was time to let Alex go. “Are you sure?”
“Yes. No. I don't know. I just… if we don't do it now, we never will.”
Maggie gulped. She didn't think the day would ever come that she would have to say goodbye. But it was here, nonetheless. “Okay. Let's go.”
So they went. Neither of them bothered to get out of their pyjamas. It wasn't anything new. Maggie practically lived in hers, since she'd stopped going to work. She'd stopped doing anything, really.
When the two arrived at the DEO, heads turned. For one thing, Kara wasn't dressed as Supergirl, but as Kara Danvers, and Maggie was in her pyjamas again. The latter was nothing new, but Kara? That was.
“Ms. Danvers, Ms. Sawyer” J'onn greeted them at the door. “Here to see Alex?”
Maggie looked at Kara, who was starting to shake. She put a hand on the taller woman's back, rubbing it gently. “No. Well, yes. We've decided that it's time to let her go.”
J’onn raised an eyebrow. “You're sure?”
“As sure as we ever will be.”
“Okay. Let's go then.”
Inside the room, Alex was lying on a cot, with many machines attached to her to keep her alive. Her skin was paler than usual. It was almost transparent. Her hair was spread around her head in an unruly manner, something Alex would've hated if she had any say in the matter. Maggie walked over to the woman, kissing her on the forehead. “Bye, Danvers. It was nice knowing you.”
Kara fell to the ground sobbing. “I don't want to lose her, Maggie! I've lost everyone. My mom, my dad, Jeremiah and now her? Who's next, huh?”
“Kara Danvers. You can do this. You'll always have me, okay?”
“Fine. I guess it's time.”
So the doctors took the wires and tubes away from Alex. Maggie will always remember that last breath Alex took, the last time a puff of air left her lungs. It broke her heart into millions of pieces. She'll always remember Kara screaming for her older sister. But mostly, she'll always remember hearing the doctors call time of death. Nothing will ever be able to fix that hole in her heart.
I cried writing this. I've never cried writing anything before so that was new. I'm sorry for killing her. I hope my baby Alex never dies. Not after we already had to see Lexie die and THEN ALEX ALMOST DIE THE SAME WAY but this time Kara was there to catch the damn plane.
