Of Knights and Aliens

Chapter 73

"I don't want to do this," Alex grumbles.

She has a sharpened piece of Kryptonite in her hand and is going to get closer and closer to Kara, to see if her Wonder Woman crown thing works. And then, Alex is going to poke her with it, see if it makes her bleed or uncomfortable like it usually does. And then... Gods, Alex really doesn't want to do any of this, but especially not the last thing. They know Cadmus will have weapons with Kryptonite in them, like arrows and swords and crossbow bolts. And they want to know if Kara's crown will protect her from that.

"You don't have to. You can have someone else do it." Maggie says. "I can do it instead. Or Lena can-" Lena shakes her head. "I can do it."

"Thank you." Alex breathes out, getting a kiss on the cheek from Maggie.

"Ready?" Kara calls from the other side of the room.

They're in the training room, and despite the fact that the Kryptonite emitters are giving off 100%, Kara doesn't feel any different. She won't tell Alex that, though. She knows her sister will panic because usually they keep it below ten percent. 100%, that would probably normally make her very nauseous and pass out. She assumes that, at least. Alex never let her try it.

Since her senses aren't dampened, she has heard everything they've been saying, including Alex repeatedly saying she doesn't want to do this.

"Come on, guys! It's for science!" She calls.

"It could kill you!" Alex says, her voice higher than normal.

"But it won't! The Kryptonite emitters are on and I'm fine! See?" Kara floats over to them on her back.

"We don't know how physical Kryptonite will affect you, Kara." Alex says. "Your crown might not be able to block all of it out."

"That's why we're testing it." Kara reminds her.

Alex sighs. "You're impossible." She cracks a small smile at Kara, but she mainly looks worried. "Alright. I'll turn off the Kryptonite emitters. I don't want it skewing the data."

"Oh! We should run two tests, one without the Kryptonite emitter and one with it!" Kara says.

"That's not a bad idea." Lena admits, earning a glare from Alex. "Come on, Sir Alex. My mother will most likely have Kryptonite all over, even in the walls if she can manage that. So we should be prepared for anything."

Alex sighs. "Fine."

Alex walks over to the control panel, moving her finger automatically to move it down from seven percent. When she notices the knob isn't there, she looks down and does a double take. Her head whips up and she glares daggers at Kara, who gives Alex her best innocent expression.

"What did she do?" Lena asks, amused.

"Put the emitters at 100 percent!" Alex scowls.

"Cadmus isn't going to be nice and make sure that the level isn't high." Lena points out.

"Okay, that's fair but..." Alex sighs. "What if you get hurt?"

"Then you'll patch me up." Kara says like the answer is obvious. "I'll be okay, Alex. I know Kryptonian technology, and this will work."

Alex nods, deciding to trust her sister. But if Kara gets hurt when she says she won't, Alex is going to kick her butt. And lecture her on being careful, which is almost worse than training without powers with Alex in Kara's mind.