Watching Her Love You

Chapter 13

The pain in Kara's eyes while Alex explained to her that a synthetic Purple Kryptonite had eroded her spine to the point of paralysis, killed Cat.

She was holding onto her left hand, while Lena held her right, and all that they could do was try to calm her down when the tears started to fall.

Lena hated this; knowing that at this very moment, there was nothing that she could do to help the woman she loved. She had the power to do something about this, but she'd failed miserably so far. They were nowhere near finding a cure. "Kara, we're here for you. Alex, Cat and I will take care of you. We will see you through this."

Cat nodded. "Kara, my love. I know that you are hurting right now. I know that you are upset, but we will do everything in our powers to make sure that you have everything that you need."

Alex nodded as she walked over to her sister and kissed her cheek. "Kara, don't you worry about anything. You've always taken care of us whenever and however we needed you. It's our turn now, okay? We're not going to let you go through this alone."

Kara's tears never ceased as she enveloped her sister in a tight embrace and her tears began to increase in speed. "I- it's not permanent, is it? I'll be able to walk again, right?"

Alex's face contorted into one of utter despair, so Lena decided to save the woman from having to break the news. "I'm so sorry, darling. It's not likely to ever repair on its own. The probability is less than ten percent."

Kara's pain was evident to everyone in the room, and all Cat wanted to do was trade places with her. "Sweetheart, you are still the same person that you were before this incident. We still love you just as much as we did. We still cherish you just as much. You haven't changed to us, and you never will. You are still just as much of a hero as you've always been."

Kara looked at all of their faces, visibly looking for any signs of falsities, but when she found none, she sobbed louder. "I don't deserve you guys. You're all so amazing."

At that, all three women enveloped Kara into the tightest embrace they'd shared. Relief, sadness, and guilt coursed through their veins.

Relief that Kara had survived.
Sadness because Kara was devastated that she couldn't move her legs.
Guilt because they were keeping the research for a cure a secret.

"You deserve us, Kar'," Alex whispered. "You definitely deserve us."

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Kara hated being a burden to others. She hated it when she was younger and had just arrived at the Danvers'. She hated it when she got hurt; and she especially hated it now, when she couldn't go outside and get her own mail. Couldn't go shopping. Couldn't go to work. Couldn't save people.

It had only been three days, all three of which Alex had refused to leave the house, and yet, she still hated her new life.

She couldn't walk, but she could fly around the apartment and manage to do basic tasks; bathe, cook, clean... But her legs dangled limply under her, and it was the most horrifying thing she'd ever seen. She couldn't move them, but she could drag them along the floor as she flew about, but she saw the horrified look in Ruby's eye when she caught her doing it the night before; so she'd stopped ever since and taken a permanent seat on the couch.

"Kar', you may not be able to fly like this in public, but you're with Rubes and me... You know that you can do that here. You're safe here, Kar' and we love you."

Kara smiled melancholily. "It's fine Alex; I can wait until Lena gets here. I'll just have her look away."

Alex let out a noise of frustration. She hated that Kara wasn't opening up to her like she usually did, and she hated that Kara was suffering even more. "Kara, it's me... You can talk to me. We always talk to each other. What is bothering you so much that you're keeping yourself restrained to the couch?"