Unimaginable

Untitled Part 5

So this chapter has actually been up on AO3 since March and I didn't realize I hadn't put it on here. So sorry

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Alex's POV
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We'd been at the DEO for a couple of hours and Kara still hadn't woken up. J'onn had placed her in a private room to where no one without the proper clearance could go in. James, Winn, Lena, and Mon El were sitting in various places around the room. Everyone but Lena was asleep. I could tell she could probably use the sleep, but her anxieties were keeping her up. THe moment Kara had been placed under the sun lamps, Lena had planted herself beside her and not moved an inch. I could not stay still like that, so I had taken to pacing the room. Finally I couldn't take it anymore, so I left to make a call. I dialed the familiar number and prayed she would pick up.

"Danvers?"

"Maggie." I exhaled. I started sniffling. "Maggie, I need you to come to the coordinates I'm about to send you. Just please? I need you. I'll explain everything when you get here. Please?"

"Danvers, calm down. Send me the coordinates and I'll be there as soon as I can."

THe call ended and I had never been so grateful for Maggie's existence. I left the room and walked towards the entrance of the DEO. When I got there I sat down right next to the door to wait on Maggie. After I had been sitting there for a little bit, Maggie knocked on the door. I jumped up. opened the door and pulled her into a hug. After we just stood there for a while I started pulling her towards Kara's room. But instead of going in, I led her to the observation deck above the room. We entered the room and I pointed towards Kara laying under the sun lamps hoping that alone would sort of explain.

"Kara." was the only word to leave her lips, until moments later she said, "Alex, what the hell happened?" She turned to face me and noticed I had started crying. "Alex, please, you have to help me understand. I mean, I had noticed you were off the grid, but I just thought you were on a mission."

"Ca-Cadmus." I managed to choke out. I began to cry even more. Maggie pulled me down to the floor with her.

"Alex, I understand this is going to be hard for you, but you have to tell me what happened so I can help you."

"Maggie, it was awful. They locked us in cells and forced us to watch them torture her. Cadmus just kept cutting and stabbing Kara and she just kept screaming and there was nothing I could do." I continued to tell Maggie the specifics and her face just kept falling. Once I finished I crawled into Maggie's lap and cried even more. I don't know how long we sat there before I heard a commotion below us. I had no idea what was going on before I heard Lena's voice yelling at me, "Alex, get your ass down here, she's waking up!" I jumped from Maggie's lap and ran to the stairs that led down to the room. I don't think i've ever run that fast and I doubt I ever will again. I ran to her bed and pushed the others out of the way so I was right beside her. I could faintly hear Maggie in the background yelling out the doorway for J'onn and Dr. Hamilton.

"Kara." I whispered

Kara's POV
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I woke up and all that was registering was pain. I could faintly tell that something was happening in the background. There was a lot of yelling and I was a little scared because I couldn't tell where I was. So much relief swept over my body when I recognized J'onn's voice yelling at people to get out. 'Who's here' I thought. Then I heard Alex saying she refused to leave the room.

"Alex.'' O said barely above a whisper. I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes, but I could tell everyone had stopped moving.

J'onn's voice spoke up again, "Okay, that's it. Everyone except for Alex leave the room now. I don't care if you go to the observation deck, just get out of the damn room." I could hear footsteps receding, then a door closing. Someone walked closer to the bed.

"Kara, will you open your eyes? Please?" There was so much desperation in her voice that I slowly opened my eyes. I looked into Alex's eyes and could tell that she had definitely been crying.

"Alex." I said and smiled, but then winced because it hurt so much and I dropped it.

Alex started smiling and said, "Kara I'm so glad you're finally awake."

"What do you mean finally? How long have I been out?"

J'onn stepped up from behind Alex. "It's been 6 hours since we rescued you from Cadmus, but from our best guess, you'd been at least semi-unconscious for about a hour and a half before that."

I huffed and relaxed back into the bed, then I decided to take in my surroundings. From what I could tell I was in the private section of the DEO. There was an observation deck connected to my room and the faces of Mon El, Winn, James, Lena, and Maggie were all pressed up against the glass. I again tried to smile at that, but pain. Then I looked down at myself and saw I no longer had my suit on. It didn't surprise me considering how much damage was probably done to it. Instead I was in a sports bra and shorts. I had bandages all up and down my legs and arms and across my stomach in several places. But what was the most concerning was the wad of gauze covering the wound on my inner thigh.

"So, what happened?" I asked, curious about how they managed to find me.

"How 'bout this," J'onn started, "We will tell you how we managed to save you, if first you tell us how the hell you got caught."

I took a few breaths and then started explaining. "I was flying over the city doing my rounds, when I got an order from J'onn over the comm telling me there was an emergency at the pier. But you didn't elaborate so I figured if it was that important that you couldn't explain, I needed to hurry. When I got there I noticed there was nothing wrong and no one was there. that's when Lillian revealed herself and started talking to me. that's the last thing I remember before being knocked out." I looked up and Alex had her mouth open and J'onn looked furious.

"So tell me how you managed to save my ass?"

Alex started talking. "Well, it was all Lena's idea actually. She managed to convince the guards to let her out of her cell and take her to Lillian."

"Wait! you guys were there?!"

"Yeah. Cadmus took Mon El, Lena, Winn, James, and I. They made us watch the whole thing." My face fell and I started crying.

"Oh my God. I'm so sorry you had to watch that Alex."

"Hey. No. It's not your fault at all. You're the one who had to deal with it."

"I know, but I hate the fact that you had to see me like that."

"I know Kara. I know." Alex gave me a minute to calm myself down before she finished explaining.

"As I was saying, Lena convinced the guards to take her to her mom. When she got there, she chatted her mom up and as she was leaving she swiped a nearby phone and brought it back to Winn. Winn then got in contact with J'onn and J'onn came and saved our butts. Alex looked very proud of their plan.

"That was actually kind of genius Alex." I smiled.

J'onn stepped in, "Kara do you remember anything else about your time at Cadmus?"

I mulled it over before answering, "Sorry J'onn, all I remember is being in so much pain."

"It's fine Kara. Seeing the extent of your injuries I have no doubt about that."

"J'onn, Alex, I'm getting a little tired from all of this."

Alex responded immediately, "Of course. I'll leave and go and update everyone." Alex started walking towards the door and then turned around, "J'onn are you coming?"

"In a minute Alex. I want to talk to Kara alone for a second."

"Okay. I love you, Kara."

"Love you too, Alex."

J'onn and I waited for the door to close before he turns to me and says, "Give it up Kara, I know you were just putting on an act for Alex's sake. What's wrong?"

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in. "There's just so much pain." I whimpered before slumping back in the bed and passing out.

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