Throw Away the Plan

Chapter 19 (Ava's PoV)

Sara and I used the Time Courier to portal ourselves back to our room on the Waverider.

We quickly made our way to the "Keep For Later" section of the fabrication room to pick up our battle gear, then hurried back to change.

"Ava?" Sara asked quietly as she tugged on her top. She was so quiet that at first, I hadn't even registered that she had even said anything. I mentally kicked myself when I realized.

"What's up, baby?" I asked. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head as if to bring herself out of her thoughts before replying; "Yeah, I- I'm fine. Sorry."

I might have believed her had the look in her eyes not told a different story.

"Nuh-uh," I said, pausing what I was doing in order to gently grab her face and turn it towards me, so that she had no choice but to look into my eyes. "I don't believe that for a second. Nothing's ever 'fine' when it comes to you, Sara. So why don't you cut the crap and just tell me what's going on? Please."

"I'm serious, Aves," she sighed, pushing my hands away. "We can talk about it later. We've got a bitch to go beat up"

"Damn right we will!" I exclaimed. "I know you, Sara. Whenever you say that something's 'fine' it's not. The bitch can wait. I want you to tell me what's on your mind, and we're not leaving this room until you do."

At that, the tears in her eyes finally spilled.

"Oh, come here, baby," I said, my heart breaking as she crumpled into my open arms. I slid one arm down under her knees in order to pick her up bridal style and carry her over to our bed, where we would be more comfortable.

Sara cried into my chest for a good five minutes or so before she calmed down enough to form coherent words.

"It's my mom," she said, wiping her eyes with the back of her hands.

"What about her?" I asked gently.

"Having her here, it's just..." she maneuvered herself into a sitting position across from me so we were facing each other as she struggled to find the right words.

"It makes you happy?" I supplied.

"Yeah," she agreed, searching my eyes. "How did you know?"

"Well, for one, I haven't seen you this happy since the morning after our first date," I stated cheekily, then softened. "I've never seen you more energetic than when you're around her, and that's saying something."

"Really?" she asked, shocked.

"Absolutely," I leaned over to press a kiss to her lips.

She let the kiss linger for a moment before pulling away. She appeared as if she was going to say something, but hesitated.

"What?" I asked, hoping to get her to talk to me.

After a moment, she spoke.

"I want to start spending more time with her- after this whole Worldkiller thing is over, I mean. It's just... she's missed so much of my life, and I... I want her to be a part of it again, you know?"

"Yeah, I do," I answered thoughtfully after a moment. "If I were in that situation, I think I'd feel the same."

Sara scooted towards me and planted herself in my lap with her back to my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and held her for a few minutes before declaring; "Okay, I think that's enough of that. We can finish getting dressed and fight the bitch now if you want to."

"Yeah, let's," she muttered, lifting herself off my lap and onto the floor.

When we had finished suiting up and hiding more knives in our clothes than one would think to be possible (that last one was actually Sara- I only took a few), we used my Time Courier to portal back to the DEO and wait for the call from Kara.

Even after we returned, it took a while for the call to finally come in. As soon as we realized this, Sara and I decided to curl up together on the floor to get some rest- no one knew how long it would be until we were needed, and how late we would end up being out once the time came.

About two hours after the two of us got back, Alex suddenly ran in and announced; "Supergirl's body cam has just been activated! It's go time, people."

At that, the room became a flurry of motion as video footage of what was happening came up on the main screens.

"Holy crap, is that the Lexosuit?" Winn exclaimed, clearly impressed. "That is awesome!"

When Alex gave him a Look he quickly amended his statement to "It's gonna be awesome when Supergirl freakin' destroys that thing, because, you know, that is dangerous."

Moments later, Mon-El came down a set of stairs and gave Winn instructions to hack the drone that had been used in Edge's assassination attempt so that we could use it against Lillian. "Come on, you two," he said to us as he hurried past. "Let's go."

He flew the three of us over to the event and deposited Sara and I inside the building behind Kara and a man we assumed to be Morgan Edge before flying off once more.

We watched as Kara flew towards the woman we had been sent to fight. She wore an imposing metal suit, with accents that were glowing in a sickening shade of green.

Moments later, a blade that glowed with the exact same shade of green emerged from the arm of the suit, and it was used to forcefully smack Kara to the side.

"How is that possible?" I wondered aloud. "I didn't know that there was anything that could hurt her."

As Lillian used the Lexosuit to fly up to meet Mon-El midair, Edge decided to use the opportunity to grab the voice recorder that had fallen to the ground and make a run for it.

Sara, Lena, and I seemed to notice this at the same time, seeing as we all lept up to pursue him as he escaped.

Sara and I were, thanks to Mon-El, already in a position where we could intercept him. As Edge ran towards where we were hiding, I gave Sara a reassuring look that told her "You got this" and lightly shoved her out to intercept him. I saw a look of panic cross her face, but it was soon replaced by a look of disappointment as she stared down Edge, who had skidded to a stop in front of her.

"And where exactly do you think you're going with that?" she asked him.

"Nowhere you need to be concerned about, bitch," he answered, spitting the last word out as if it left a bad taste in his mouth.

I chuckled at Sara's response.

"Bad decision."

She leaned down ever so slightly, just enough to brace herself, then let out a scream that knocked him back and sent him right to Lena's feet.

She bent down daintily and plucked the recorder from his hand before straightening and kicking him square in the face. "Ass."

"Now that's the understatement of the century," I chuckled, coming out from behind the large plant.

After ensuring that Edge wouldn't be going anywhere, the three of us hurried back out to the pavilion's entrance just in time to see Kara using her heat vision against the Lexosuit. Unfortunately, her efforts weren't helping all that much from what we could tell. Moments later, Mon-El snuck up behind Lillian and shot her with the drone that Winn must have hacked for him, and the force knocked her to the ground, the suit breaking apart on impact.

Sara, Mon-El, Supergirl, and I stayed with Lena until the police showed up, at which point the four of us excused ourselves and went back to the DEO. Kara went back in her civilian attire to meet up with Lena and make sure she was doing alright, without the superhero barrier between them (how Lena hadn't yet figured out that Supergirl and her best friend were one and the same, I have no idea).

Sara and I went back to the Waverider and promptly fell asleep, exhausted by both the physical and emotional efforts of the past day.