Deadly Beautiful (SuperCorp Medieval AU)

Part 54

or the one where we get smort

"Alex, we have had an idea and wanted to run it by you since you spend more time out and about than either of us." Kara finally ended up grabbing her sister to discuss the realization she and Lena had come to. "Have you heard any rumors outside of our group or from the people in the town, even a herald, about trouble in the capital or the palace?"

"No, actually, I have not. I had not noticed until you pointed it out, though." Alex said thoughtfully, not following what her sister meant. "Is there something I ought to have heard?"

"Kara set every prisoner she could loose upon the castle and stole the king's 'fiancee' right out from under his nose. We ought to have heard something about it by now. The escapees are a threat and it is hard to have a wedding without someone to marry." Lena pointed out. "We think he may be too proud to admit it, too afraid his enemies would see him as a weak ruler. I would not put it past him to even frame a whole false wedding, Sam or no Sam."

"That would give us... options? That leaves us with many a possibility, actually. We will need to think this over and discuss it. There is a lot to consider." Alex sits back and seems excited. Lena looked back to Kara who just seemed determined and resigned. Her expression was neutral, her arms crossed over her chest, and seemed prepared for anything. Lena found herself slightly comforted by how steady the other woman seemed despite it all. Lena herself was concerned and on that distinct cusp between fear and excitement.

"We could sneak in as though we were attending the wedding? That could be the perfect cover for our attack." Kara offered, though she still seemed nonplussed and unamused. "I have managed to avoid stabbing anyone for like... a week. I am almost looking forward to it, I could use the challenge."

"You know, Sis, you are much more dangerous now than I ever remember you being." Alex says with a concerned horrified look on her face.

"I consider that a good thing, personally." Kara said with a wicked and mischievous look on her face that Lena appreciated. She looked kind of tired still but ready for whatever might come. "I have made use of how dangerous I can be on more than one occasion and it has served me well."

"I am inclined to agree as well." Lena added and allowed Kara to tilt her head to rest on Lena's shoulder comfortably. She played with Kara's hair absently.

"I do like the sneaking into the wedding idea. We could send some of our people in as guests and others in as staff working the wedding. We could even use the tunnel again. I doubt it was discovered the last time we used it." Alex said thoughtfully, looking out into the distance as though imagining how it would all play out.

"We do have three guard's outfits." Kara pointed out in an attempt to be helpful. She sometimes felt pretty useless unless she was punching things or being the 'moral support'.

"That was a brilliant move on your part, love." Lena said, nudging Kara gently with her shoulder, almost teasingly.

"Thank you, I am more than just a pretty face and a pile of muscles." Kara cuddled in a bit to Lena and her smile made Alex's heart warm. The elder Danvers' had questioned whether their relationship was a good idea or not but thus far it seemed beneficial to both women in more than one ways. Kara was slowly making her way out of her shell and Lena was beginning to seem more comfortable in her positions of command and control. The two women seemed stronger together, complementing one another's weaknesses and strengths. Alex was beginning to see how the match could work. She was still deeply aware of how it could all go horribly wrong, but the benefits seemed to even out at least a little bit in her eyes. Alex decided Kara could keep Lena.

"Well, we already knew that." Alex snorted, watching Lena's face carefully. She wanted to be sure Lena knew that as well. "In this particular battle, I would like you to stay a bit closer to the back. There is a distinct possibility this will get very ugly very quickly. I do not even want to bring Lena with us. Your peoples need you, and Kara, I would leave you here as well if I thought you would stand for it."

Lena's eyebrows shot up. "What makes you think I will stand for it?" her voice went low and dangerous in a way she definitely learned from Kara.

Alex was taken aback and Kara looked a little bit proud of Lena. Alex could not come up with a response and only continued to blink blankly.

"I am not going to send you, Kara, or any of my people to fight and die for me without also putting myself at risk, at least in some small way." Lena said firmly in her 'I am the queen of this kingdom' voice that generally left no room for argument.

Kara, however, turned to Lena with burning eyes. "As much as I respect that sentiment, my love, we have all decided to fight and die for you. We are here to see you succeed and personally, I feel it would be disrespectful for you to put yourself in harm's way. I know I would have a very hard time focusing on the battle at hand with the knowledge you were in danger plaguing the back of my mind. I would only want to be at your side and protecting you."

"Be there, then. I want you both somewhere safe." Alex said in a high-pitched and almost desperate tone, sitting up starched straight. "You are our two most important assets, the symbols of this rebellion, and the reason for all of this."

"I am their general and not their queen. I can not expect them to go anywhere I would not. What kind of leader would that make me? What kind of respect would that beget of my soldiers?" Kara's voice was impassioned and the small argument had begun to attract a little more attention than was preferable for any of them. "I consider it my duty to stand where my queen cannot."

"Love..." Lena said in a small and almost wounded tone. "You owe me nothing."

"That is a damned lie. I owe you everything. You have saved my life in more ways than one and I will continue to tell you until it is ingrained into your very soul that you possess my undying loyalty." Kara's voice was firm and serious with every other ear in the now quiet room straining to hear. "My life is yours, my heart is yours, and my sword is yours."