Chapter 43: 43. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Jessie had a plan. She was going to trigger her powers come hell or high water. She had stolen several of her mom and Maggie’s scary movies from their bedroom and planned on watching them all. Maybe one of them could make her scared enough. She waited until everyone was asleep, then snuck out to the living room to watch the first one. It was called ‘Nightmare on Elm Street.’ The bad guy on the cover looked pretty creepy, so she was hoping it would be scary enough. All in all, the movie was suspenseful, but it didn’t scare her at all. In fact, she really liked it, and wanted to watch it again in the future. She wondered if it would frighten her sister. She’d bet it wouldn’t.
When the movie was over, she went back to bed, disappointed once again that she couldn’t be a little more timid. It was a stupid thought, and she knew it. It was always better to be brave than afraid. Everyone knew that. But without the fear factor, Jessie was worried that she’d never get her powers, and that was just unthinkable. She just laid there in bed, racking her brain to try and figure out something that would work.
She scratched at the bandage on her arm, once again regretting her decision to burn herself on the stove. Not only did it not trigger her powers, but it hurt - a lot! And it earned her a trip to the emergency room. And worst of all, she had never seen her parents cry like that - even Maggie and Lena cried. It set a rock in the pit of her stomach just remembering it. Needless to say, she wouldn’t be trying that again, but she’d be damned if she could think of anything else that would work. She had no friends and no powers. Life sucked. The universe must hate her.
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Cadmus had the alien registry, and had kidnapped at least fifty aliens by now. It was a fiasco. Everyone was running around with a mission, but all Alex could think about was protecting her father from the wrath of the DEO. Kara was trying to find a way to get the word out to all the aliens. Lena was searching the L-Corp paper trail. Maggie was faithfully following behind Alex in the search for her father, Rao bless her, and Winn was freaking out about his girlfriend Lyra being taken by Cadmus. J’onn was trying to keep Alex out of the fight, but that just set her off on her own mission, Sawyer in tow. They were going to find her father no matter what.
She and Maggie made a plan to stake out some local aliens and wait for Cadmus to show up. It didn’t take long. A fake cop showed up to kidnap Maggie’s CI Brian, and Alex and Maggie managed to take the goons out and get the GPS coordinates for where the missing aliens might be. She tried to get Maggie to stay behind, but the detective wasn’t having any of it. She insisted they would stick together, or not go at all. In the end, Alex relented, grateful to have this amazing woman by her side.
They drove a few miles down the coast to an enormous facility. They snuck through the place planting bombs and taking out Cadmus agents until they finally ran into Jeremiah. He claimed them and took them to Lillian to demand that she free the kidnapped aliens at once. Lillian Luthor was a fierce woman, and she always put up a fight. This time was no different. She started to launch the ship full of aliens to deport them from earth forever. Alex couldn’t let that happen. She ran onto the ship to try and stop it, Maggie chasing behind her.
First she tried letting all the aliens out of their cells, but the door automatically closed on them before anyone could get out, leaving Alex and Maggie trapped on the ship as well. She did the only thing she could think of. She called Winn.
“Uh, hey, Alex,” Winn greeted her distractedly. “Can I call you back? We got an undetected launch.”
“It's us! We’re the launch!” she shouted.
“What? Who’s we?”
“Me, Maggie, Lyra, all the missing aliens. This is not a drill. Once this ship breaches atmo it's gonna jump to lightspeed.
“So we need to stop it before it gets to space,” Mon-El stated the obvious.
“I'll never get there in time,” said J’onn.
“Uh, plan B!” Alex huffed. “This is a Hoshin frigate, so walk me through landing it.”
“Okay, give me a second.”
“Winn!” Alex could hear Mon-El panicking in the background.
“Okay, okay. Got it, got it! Uh, okay, try toggling the switch next to the control yoke, and that should put you back in manual control and then I can take it from there.”
“Two minutes,” J’onn warned.
Alex flipped the switch. “Nothing's happening. The ship is still picking up speed.”
“We need to slow it down!” Mon-El said uselessly.
“Supergirl!” Maggie pointed out the window, and they both sighed in relief. It only lasted for a second before the panic set in. Jamie had disobeyed her orders and followed close behind Supergirl. “Oh, shit!”
“Oh, no, no, no, no!” Alex panicked.
Everything inside the frigate’s cockpit started going berserk. “Winn? The screens just lit up red! What's going on?”
“Counter-measures,” J’onn barked.
“Okay,” Winn stammered. “They just registered Supergirl as a threat - and they're trying to target-lock.”
“Fuck! My daughter is out there!” Alex screamed.
“Supergirl, keep moving!” Mon-El shouted.
The ship fired its turrets at them.
“Are you okay?” Winn asked. “Supergirl!”
“It's alright, it's alright,” J’onn assured. “She just lost her comms.”
Alex and Maggie watched as Supergirl used her freeze breath to take out one of the turrets, and Jamie followed suit and froze the other one. Apparently she had enough adrenaline going to be quite strong right now. It was a good thing too because now it was time for them to catch the ship. She could see Kara talking, but she couldn’t make out the words. The two Kryptonians flew in and started pushing against the front of the ship. They could see each other through the glass. Jamie was crying. Supergirl looked terrified but determined. The ship lurched as it met resistance.
“Alex, in 20 seconds, the ship will be on the other side of the universe!” Winn said, panicking.
“It's up to them now,” Alex responded calmly. She knew they would be OK now that Supergirl was here. “Come on,” she said to her wife. “You can do this.” She held Maggie’s hand on one side and placed her other palm on the glass facing the Kryptonian.
Kara put her hand on the glass on the other side and pushed harder, screaming with anguish as the ship pressed into her.
“You got this,” Maggie encouraged them. “Come on. Come on!”
Finally, the ship lurched to a stop, hovering in the air, just barely low enough to stay in this world. The two Supers were quick to turn the ship around and put it back where it came from, freeing all the kidnapped aliens and reuniting with Alex and Maggie.
“Mommy!” Jamie cried out.
When her daughter ran into her arms already bawling, Alex couldn’t help but start sobbing herself. She wanted to yell at her for being disobedient, but if she hadn’t, there’s an extremely high chance that they wouldn’t be on earth tonight. Instead, she just held Jamie as tightly as she could until they could both settle down from crying.
Maggie and Supergirl were doing their best to keep everyone calm, checking for injuries, and keeping everyone wrangled while they waited for the DEO/“FBI” to show up. When J’onn arrived, he ordered them all to go home.
“What about Cadmus? What about my dad?” Alex demanded.
Kara stepped in and answered, “I did a full sweep of the place. There aren’t anymore living Cadmus agents in the vicinity.”
Alex started tearing up again. Would she ever be able to find her father? This was a nightmare! Maggie snuggled up to her, trying to offer her comfort. It helped a little. Maggie was very good at comforting.
“Come on, guys, let’s go,” Supergirl said, picking her wife up and hovering to wait for Jamie to grab hold of Maggie and follow her home. They flew back to the Danvers’ apartment where Lena, Jessie, and Douglas were waiting for them. Jessie was clinging to Lena like her life depended on it, looking quite unhappy. Lena looked rather grim as well.
Kara hurried over and scooped them up, hugging and kissing them in greeting. My heart can’t take nights like tonight,” she said, reaching out for Maggie and giving her the same attention. “I don’t have enough arms to hold everyone. It’s a problem.” She moved to kiss her wife and her other daughter. “First Lena gets thrown off her building-”
“What?” “Excuse me?” “Lena!”
“Then my other two partners nearly get sent into outer space never to return! Then to top it all off, my twelve-year-old daughter followed me around on a dangerous mission! I think I’m gonna have a heart attack!” Kara started crying rather heavily, clinging to her wife and daughter while she sniffled away.
Alex grabbed a hold of her and started shushing her. “It’s OK, Angel. Everyone’s OK. It’s OK.”
“I’m sorry, Mama,” Jamie spoke meekly. “I was too scared not to follow you. When you thought something was wrong with Lena, I panicked, and went with you to help save her.”
“And I told you to go home after that,” Kara grumbled.
“I couldn’t,” Jamie said seriously. “I couldn’t just go home after everything we’ve been through with Cadmus. I wanted to help stop them. I couldn’t help myself.”
Alex’s heart felt like it was made of lead. This is what they had always feared would happen if and when their kids got powers. Jamie was not nearly as timid now that she had her powers, and after she’d had a taste for the heroics, Alex wasn’t sure if anything could stop her now. She knew she’d told them the DEO would arrest them, but she wasn’t prepared to take those measures at the moment. Especially since Jamie helped save the day. She sighed. “Just don’t do it again.”
Jamie sighed. "OK, Mom."
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Kara walked trepidatiously down the hallways of Catco, noticing people were giving her funny looks, or not looking at her at all. When she got to her office, she saw why. All of her stuff was in a box on her desk waiting for her. “You're firing me?” she asked Snapper.
“Of course I am, ‘Danvers.com,’” he grumbled, not looking at her. “You deliberately published an article using CatCo resources on a competing social media platform, which is not only a conflict of interest but also a direct and flagrant breach of contract.”
“But you refused to run the story,” she sighed. “I thought what I was doing was right.”
He turned angrily around to face her. “You weren't right, you were lucky. And next time you might not be. One wrong statistic about the stock market and suddenly we're in the Great Depression. One misattributed quote from a candidate and you put a fascist in the White House. The rules are there for a reason. To make sure you get the story right. That's not luck. That's being a good reporter. You know what the worst part is? I was rooting for you.”
Kara sulked as she took her box of belongings and headed out of Catco for the last time.
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Kara sat sullenly at Lena’s kitchen table stress eating potato chips and ignoring the fact that the twins were helping her eat them. Neither one of the kids were supposed to be eating junk food at the moment, since dinner was on its way, but she felt better about not being the only one eating.
“Potstickers!” Maggie called overly cheerfully as she brought the Chinese takeout into the kitchen. “Still piping hot. Here, eat one,” she said, sticking one in Kara’s mouth. Or all of them, if it makes you feel better.”
“Ah, I don't know,” the blonde sulked.
“Hey,” Maggie kissed her head. “Hey, you're gonna get another job.”
“Yeah, but I I don't want another job,” she whined. “Reporting is my calling. I help people.”
“Yeah?” said Alex, as she and Lena joined them in the kitchen. “You know who else does?”
“Who?” Kara pouted.
“Supergirl,” they all answered her at once.
“Mmm. Yeah. You know, it's just… When I write, I don't need a yellow sun. It's just me. Supergirl is what I can do. Kara is who I am. I really loved that job.”
“Hey,” Lena caressed her face. “You have so much to offer this world. So don't let Snapper or anyone else tell you differently. Okay?”
Kara gazed tenderly at her partner, “You know something?”
“What?”
“Maybe being Supergirl and having all of you is enough.”
“You think so?” Alex checked.
“Yeah.”
“I hope so.”
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Jessie was more depressed than ever. Not only did Jamie have powers, but she had gone out and saved the day along with Supergirl. And she didn’t even get into trouble! Life wasn’t fair. She crawled out of bed and let herself out onto the terrace. It was a warm night out for March, and the sky was clear. She walked over to the wrought iron fence that surrounded the patio wondering if she could scale it and just jump off the building. Maybe then she could fly. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the balcony door opening.
“Hi, sweetheart,” Kara said softly.
“Hi, Mama,” Jessie answered sadly.
“What’s wrong, my love?” Kara walked over and embraced her daughter.
Jessie soaked up the attention. “I’m sad.”
“I know it. I can smell your sadness from a mile away. Talk to me, honey.”
Tears welled up in her eyes, “It’s not fair that Jamie gets powers and I don’t!” she sobbed.
Kara sighed. “This again? Baby, I don’t know what to tell you. Just because you don’t have powers doesn’t make you any less important or valuable to the world, especially to your family. You are so smart and sweet and beautiful and talented. You’re gonna make it in this world, and you’re gonna be great at whatever you choose to do, powers or not. I love you so much, Jessie. Please hang in there. You’re amazing. Just stay strong. I know you can do it.”
Jessie just sobbed into her Mama’s arms.
“It’s OK, baby,” Kara soothed her, stroking her back. “It’s gonna be OK.”
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Jamie couldn’t help but overhear her Mama and sister’s conversation. She was currently devising a Master Plan in order to distract Jessie from not having powers, and in order to make Mama feel a little more useful since she lost her job. She just had to be patient and wait for the chance to act it out, That was fine. She could be patient.
It took nearly a week for Jamie to figure out how to put her Plan in motion. Once she did, it was going to be yet another waiting game to see how soon it kicked in. However long it took, she was pretty sure it was fool-proof. It was only a matter of biding her time until the Wheels of Fate were set in motion.
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“Keep your guard up,” Lucy told Jessie, letting the preteen take a swing at her. “And keep your eyes open. Anything around you could be used as a weapon, if you’re creative enough.”
They had all been pitching in and training the twins. Kara was none too happy about it, but she was completely out-voted when it came to making the decision about whether to train them or not. The twins, for their part, were having a blast. They were really putting their noses to the grindstone during practices, and Alex had even told them how proud she was of them for how far they’ve come. She took particular pride in their success, constantly saying how much they take after her in this way. Kara was quick to interject that she wasn’t such a bad fighter either, thank you very much, but Alex insisted it was her genes that trumped here.
After a couple weeks of fighting lessons, the girls requested to give up their dance classes altogether in lieu of more defense training. Alex wasn’t going to argue. It would save them money, now that Kara wasn’t working anymore, and it also gave Supergirl something to do. She figured it for a win-win situation.
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A week into March, Kara woke up in the early morning with a raging hard on, which could only mean one thing: She was going into her rut. She buried her nose in the closest neck she could find, which happened to be Lena. She pressed herself into Lena’s back and grinded against her ass, unable to help the little whimper that escaped her lips.
“Kara,” Lena grumbled sleepily.
“Please, Lena, I need you,” she planted little kisses along the brunette’s neckline, giving her goosebumps.
Slowly, Lena reached back and started lazily stroking her.
That wasn’t enough for Kara. She bucked into Lena’s hand and started nibbling at her shoulder. These little nibbles started off innocently enough, but eventually they triggered Kara’s bite reflex, and she sunk her teeth into Lena’s shoulder, making her partner cry out. The Kryptonian didn’t let go right away. She let out a low growl of satisfaction at the taste of her woman on her lips, and when she did let go, she did so with a self-satisfied pop.
“God damn it, Kara!” Lena hissed at her. “Why did you do that? I have meetings this week!”
“Cancel them,” Kara growled, grinding into Lena’s rear end again.
“What’s going on?” Alex groused in mild alarm from the other side of the bed.
“Kara bit me!” Lena complained.
“Oh, Lord,” muttered Maggie, between them.
“Kara!” Alex chastised. “What’d you do that for?”
“I think I started my rut,” the blonde said unrepentantly.
Alex sighed loudly. “Oh, Great Rao!”
“Can you guys go fuck in the other room?” Maggie complained. “We still have a few hours that we can sleep!”
“Yeah, go in the Sun Room,” Alex concurred. “It’s way too early for this.”
Kara and Lena grumbled at being kicked out of the bedroom, but they went obediently into the room down the hall, stopping to brush their teeth on the way out.
“Oops! I almost forgot!” Kara ran back in and grabbed a bunch of condoms out of the drawer and ran back out, taking Lena by the hand and pulling her along into the extra bedroom.
“I don’t wanna have sex with you. I’m mad at you for biting me,” Lena pouted.
“I’m sorry!” Kara whined. “I can’t control myself properly when I’m in my rut.” She gave Lena her best puppy dog eyes. She knew it would only take about five minutes for the chemicals to set in, and Lena would be changing her tune, but that was five minutes she didn’t want to wait.
“That doesn’t make it any better! We didn’t even talk about this, let alone me giving you permission for it!”
“I’m sorry! Please don’t be mad! I need you right now.”
She could see Lena fighting through the breeding chemicals to make her point. “I would have had sex with you anyways, you didn’t need to bite me.”
“Lena, you could barely handle it when I bit Alex. What makes you think you could handle me in my rut without getting bitten?”
“You didn’t even give me a chance to try!”
“I’m sorry!” Kara got down on her knees, “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please don’t be mad at me!” She must look really silly right now on her knees with her erection tenting in her shorts, but she didn’t care. She just wanted to appease her partner.
Lena softened and took pity on her. “Oh, get up,” she waved her hand around to make Kara stand.
The Kryptonian stood, adopting her most pitiful look.
“Alright, alright, enough with the sad eyes!” Lena grumbled.
“Do you forgive me?” Kara pouted.
“We’ll see how the next three days go,” the CEO answered pragmatically. “Now let’s get busy! Your venom is making me on fire.”
“I’m not a snake, I don’t have venom,” Kara argued.
“What do you call it, then?”
“Chemistry,” the blonde smirked.
“Very funny,” Lena deadpanned. “Well, your chemistry is doing its job. Now do yours. You can start by eating me out.”
Kara couldn’t be happier. Or hornier. She got right down to business, and they were a good hour or two in, when suddenly, there was a pounding on the bedroom door.
“Can you wrap it up? I’m sorry, but I can’t listen to it anymore! It’s too traumatic!”
Kara could hear her daughter shouting through the door. She hadn’t really thought about the mechanics of having sex in the same apartment as her super-powered preteen daughter. This was not good. They were right in the middle of some really good loving, and Kara did not want to stop, but she realized that the only reason they’d gotten away with it so far was that Jamie had been sleeping. She peeled herself away from her partner and tried to think of a solution through her sex-addled mind. They would have to stop for now, do their best to take care of the twins before they went to school, and resume their activities later.
They got up and started to make breakfast, but Jamie stopped them, “No, you guys go shower. Jessie and I'll make breakfast.”
“That's nice of you, Jamie, but we can do it,” Lena smiled.
Jamie turned up her nose, “I’m not being nice. You guys smell,” she shuddered. “Ugh, why do people have sex? It’s so gross!”
Jessie made a face as she started pulling eggs out of the fridge. “Ew. I did not need to hear that.”
Kara and Lena looked at each other and blushed. They weren’t used to Jamie having her powers yet, and this was quite an embarrassing reminder. “Sorry,” they told her, slinking off to go wash up.
They hadn’t really had time to have sex the last couple of weeks since they’d been dealing with the appearance of Mon-El’s parents and the fallout thereof. Queen Rhea had sent a bunch of bounty hunters after Supergirl, not to mention attacking her personally in her fight for Mon-El to leave with them, but in the end, the Daxamites had left peacefully, leaving Mon-El behind, as he’d wished. If only all their problems were solved so easily.
Kara and Lena were too far gone on hormones and lust to keep their hands to themselves while they showered. They tried to be as quiet as they could, hoping Jamie wouldn’t hear them, but they were unsuccessful in being completely silent. Luckily, Kara had already been close to knotting before, so they didn’t take too long to finish up. When they were washed and dressed, they went back to the kitchen where the kids had made a mountain of cheesy eggs and toast. Alex and Maggie had joined them and were complimenting their cooking. Jamie wouldn’t look Kara or Lena in the eyes or even touch them for hugs.
After Kara took the kids to school, she came back to Lena’s to get some more loving, but the CEO had snuck out to go to L-Corp and try to get some work done before she was too far gone. Irritated, Kara managed to convince Alex and Maggie to let her have them each a couple of times before they went to work. Still, it wasn’t enough. She wanted to bite Alex again, but it was too soon after the last bite for it to work this time. She almost bit Maggie, but the detective slapped her in the face right before she did it, startling her enough to stop her. Alex laughed her ass off at that.
Kara tried to get one of them to stay home with her, but neither of them were in any kind of mood to spend the whole morning fucking, so she had to find other ways to occupy her time until Lena decided to come back. She spent her time on the couch watching ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and eating ice cream. She really liked the episodes with the girl who looked like Alex, and she’d watched them over and over again since they first discovered it.
It was about eleven-thirty when Lena finally showed back up, demanding attention. The CEO was not like Alex who begged and begged when she was bitten. Lena gave express orders to be followed immediately and without fail. It turned Kara on in a whole new way that she couldn’t even begin to describe.
They made love for another few hours, until it was time to pick the twins up from school. Now they had the dilemma of trying to keep their hands to themselves until someone else could watch the girls. They sat on opposite ends of the couch with the twins in between them as they vegged out and watched a movie. They both ended up falling asleep, and they didn’t wake up until the girls woke them up, saying it was time to go to the DEO for their training. Relieved, Kara and Lena took Jessie and Jamie to the DEO and left them to train with J’onn and Alex while they snuck back home to be together. Their hormones were now in full swing, and they were closer to being animals than people at the moment. Kara convinced Alex to take the kids home after that, so that Jamie didn't have to listen to them fucking at Lena’s. They told the kids that Lena was sick, and Kara was going to take care of her. That's how they got away with staying separated for the next three days.
On the third morning, Kara woke up feeling wholly satisfied and completely proud of herself. Since Lena was bitten, she smelled sweeter and more delicious than ever. Kara wanted to wrap her up in a protective bubble and put her in her pocket to keep her safe. There was something else about the way that Lena smelled that was particularly joy-inducing, but Kara couldn’t put her finger on why. It was something nostalgic. Something from her past. She would think of it eventually. She just needed some time to wake up. She was a little tired from the workout they’d been getting. She nuzzled into Lena’s neck and breathed in her scent. It was beyond comforting. It was downright gratifying.
Suddenly Kara started to remember these feelings of pride and satisfaction. The last time she’d been intoxicated by someone’s scent like this was when Alex first got pregnant with the twins. But Lena couldn’t be pregnant. They’d used a condom every time. She stiffened at the thought, taking another big whiff of Lena’s neck.
“What’s wrong?” Lena mumbled sleepily.
Kara bit her lip. “Uhh… Heh… Well… Um… Don’t be mad...”
“I’m not still mad at you for biting me, if that’s what you’re worried about,” Lena offered. "I've quite enjoyed myself the last few days, soreness be damned."
“I…” Kara took a deep breath. “I think I might have left the Maserati running.”
“Kara! I know better than that. What is it? What’s wrong?”
The Kryptonian looked sheepishly back at her partner. “Lena, I’m so, so sorry... but... I... I think you might be pregnant.”
The CEO’s mouth hung open for the briefest of moments before her brow scrunched up in confusion. What makes you think that?”
“The way you smell. It’s different. Like, really different, more than what the bite would do.”
“But we used a condom every time,” Lena spoke nearly inaudibly.
“I know,” Kara whispered back.
Lena closed her eyes, and Kara could smell the panic starting to set in. “I wasn’t planning on having a baby!”
“I know, I don’t know how this happened!” Kara stroked Lena’s back, trying to soothe her. “I’m so sorry!”
“It’s probably going to be twins,” Lena whimpered.
Kara couldn’t help it. The Alpha in her was pleased as could be. She not only knocked up her mate during her rut but the pregnancy might result in another set of twins? That sounded wonderful! She had always wanted more kids, but never saw it as a viable option, but now that the choice had been taken away from them, she was elated.
“Why are you smiling?” Lena grumbled.
“I’m sorry, but I’m happy.” Her lip quivered and her eyes filled with tears, “Please, don’t be mad. I swear to you I’ll help you every step of the way. You won’t be alone. You have all of us to help you. You’re going to be an amazing mother, Lena. You’re already so good with the girls we have. Oh! The girls are gonna be so happy! Oh, Lena, can we please, please be happy about this?”
The brunette swallowed. “I’m scared,” she admitted.
“What are you scared of, sweetheart?”
“That I won’t be able to handle it. That something bad will happen. That I’ll be a terrible mother. All sorts of things.”
Kara stroked her face. “Lena, you are the most capable, compassionate person I know. You can handle anything. You are fierce and phenomenal, and you can do this. You have such a good heart, you could never be a terrible mother! Plus, think of how amazing our kids are gonna be! They’re gonna be even smarter than the two we already have! How awesome will that be? Hmm?”
This managed to make Lena smile a little. “I hope they’re as cute too.”
“I bet they will be!” Kara said excitedly.
Lena chuckled. “Alright, Kara, I’ll try to be happy, but I’m still nervous.”
“I can work with that,” Kara kissed her sweetly. “I love you so much, Lena. You’re gonna be an amazing mother. I just know it.”
“What if Maggie leaves us? She really doesn’t want kids.”
“Maggie’s not gonna leave us. She loves us.”
Lena looked unsure, “I know she loves us, but is that enough?”
“Look, Maggie wouldn’t do that. She couldn’t even think it.”
There were tears in Lena’s eyes now, “You’re sure?”
“I’m sure,” Kara answered confidently. “Come on. We need to get up and get moving.”
“OK.” They hauled themselves out of bed, turned the coffee on, and hopped in the shower.
“We should go tell everyone the good news before the girls go to school. It'll make them so happy,” Kara said, grinning like a fool.
“Yeah, but what about Alex and Maggie?” Lena fretted. “How do you think they’re going to feel?”
“I think they’ll be surprised, but they’ll also be supportive. They love you, Lena. That’s not going to change when they find out about you being pregnant. In fact, I see them being really protective of you.”
“I hope you’re right. I don’t want to be the cause of bitterness starting to grow in our relationships.”
“Lena, that’s definitely not going to happen. Just hang in there. I promise, everything’s going to be fine.”
“OK.” They finished washing up, grabbed some coffee to go, and headed back to the Danvers’ apartment. They hadn’t really seen their family in two days, so they were aching for their hugs and kisses.
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Alex and Maggie were just finishing up breakfast with the kids when Kara and Lena came through the door.
“Mama! Lena!” the girls ran to them in greeting.
“Ooh, hi, girls!” Lena squeezed them with all her might, making Jessie squeak.
“Hi, honies!” Kara said, getting her turn for snuggles. She had the biggest shit eating grin on her face.
“You look happy,” Maggie smirked.
Kara smiled at Lena, who was biting her lip. “I'm so happy. You don't even know.” She bent down and kissed Alex. “What the-" She stuck her nose in Alex’s neck and took a big whiff. “Oh, no.”
“What?” Alex frowned.
Kara stood up and walked around the table, only to take a big whiff of Maggie’s neck too. “Oh, shit!”
“Kara!” Maggie exclaimed. Kara was usually the one to chastise people for swearing.
“Kara?” Lena said, looking worried.
“What are you doing?” Alex asked, making a face.
The blonde appeared to be hyperventilating. “I- I-” That was all she managed to say before she passed out cold on the floor.
“Kara!” “Mama!” Everyone rushed to be next to her.
Alex smacked her cheek a bit. “Kara! Wake up! Kara!” She shook the Kryptonian by the shoulders, and Kara startled awake.
“Oh Rao!” she said, holding her hand to her head.
“What?” Alex demanded. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
Kara swallowed hard, “Oh, Rao. You’re all three pregnant!”
“Excuse me?” said Maggie coldly.
Everyone else just sat there with their mouths hanging open.
“You had better be joking,” Maggie hissed.
Kara shook her head, eyes full of tears. “I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry. I don’t know how this happened.”
Maggie stood up with a loud growl and kicked her chair over. “No! This can’t be happening!”
The twins startled away from her, looking worried.
Lena ran to her and held her as she burst into tears, “No, no, no…” she kept saying over and over.
“It’s OK, Maggie. It’s OK,” Lena soothed, but it didn’t seem to do much good. Maggie was too distraught.
Alex brushed her hand against her lower abdomen thoughtfully. Unlike Maggie, she didn’t hate the idea of having another baby. She wanted more kids, but she just never really thought it was a good idea after Kara came out as Supergirl. Now that she was pregnant, though, she couldn’t help but be a little happy. She and Kara made beautiful babies together, and the next one wouldn’t be any different. Then she remembered her conversation with Lena a few months ago - that any pregnancy caused by Kara had a fifty-fifty chance of resulting in twins. Three sets of doubles would be beyond a nightmare even with all six of them taking watch. She shuddered at the thought. They would just have to pray that none of them had twins and hope for the best.
Meanwhile, Lena was still trying to calm down a sobbing Maggie. The detective had sunk to the floor and was crying into her knees. “Shh, Maggie, it’s gonna be OK,” Lena shushed.
“How?” Maggie demanded. “How is it gonna be OK? My career, my body, my reputation, my life - everything - it’s all ruined now!”
“Don’t say that!” Jessie shouted at her. “Don’t say that! Don’t you say that! This is the best thing to ever happen, don’t say it’s not! You don’t want her, fine, give her to me, then at least someone will love her. What are you gonna do when she’s born? How do you think she’s going to feel when she finds out that she’s not wanted? That her own mom hates her?”
Maggie just sobbed harder.
Kara shook herself out of her stupor. “Jessie, be nice. This is hard enough on her as it is. You don’t need to be cruel.”
“She’s the one being cruel!” Jessie defended.
“That’s enough,” Kara insisted. She turned to the detective. “Maggie, please, try to calm down. I know this isn’t what we were planning, but we can make it a good thing. Everything doesn’t have to be ruined. We’re all in this together.”
Maggie glared back at her, “You’re not the one that has to carry these babies! Don’t give me that ‘all in this together’ bull shit.”
“You know what I mean,” Kara pressed. “We will not let you be alone, Maggie. We will not abandon you in your time of need. You and this child will be loved and cared for, no matter what. Don’t be scared, Maggie. I think our child will be so, so beautiful. Don’t you?”
The detective tried to calm herself. “Jessie’s right, though, what happens when he’s born? He’s eventually going to notice that his mother never wanted him. What then?”
Alex interjected here, “Maggie, when you have your baby, you’re gonna forget about all this, and all your gonna want to do is protect that sweet little innocent person in your arms. He or she’s never gonna know that you didn’t want them. You won’t be able to help but love them.”
“I don’t believe you,” Maggie said petulantly.
“It’s true,” Alex insisted. “She’s gonna be a little part of you and Kara mixed together. A part of all of us, really. A symbol of our love. Maggie, you’re gonna be a great mom. I swear to you. You just gotta believe it.”
The detective clutched at Lena for comfort, and the CEO held her tightly and rocked her gently. “It’s gonna be OK, Maggie,” she assured.
“Aren’t you all upset too? My God, how are we all pregnant at once? This is like God’s sick joke!”
“Stop saying that!” Jessie wailed.
“I’m sorry, Maggie, but I can’t help it. I’m happy,” Kara told her. “I haven’t been this happy since we found out Alex was pregnant with Jamie and Jessie. I love my kids. I want my kids - even the ones that haven’t been born yet. They’re the best thing to ever happen to me besides you three. Having each of you be pregnant by me… I can’t think of anything better, honestly. You be mad all you want. I’m going to be happy.”
“I’m with Kara on this,” Alex said softly. “I know, it’s scary to think of all the babies we might have, but I’m still happy. Our kids are gonna be amazing. And who knows, maybe Kara lost her job at just the right time. Maybe Rao was planning this.”
“I sure wish he would have filled us in on his plans,” Maggie groused.
“What would you have done then?” Kara asked.
“I would have tried some birth control pills or something!”
“I’m on The Shot, and I’m still pregnant,” Lena said wryly.
Maggie rolled her eyes, “Figures.” She took a deep breath, then asked, “Exactly how pregnant are we?”
“A couple of days?” Kara answered unsurely. “It had to have been the other day when I started my rut.”
“What’s that?” Jessie asked.
Kara’s eyes opened wide in embarrassment. “Uuuhhh… Crap… I…”
Alex pressed her lips together and chuckled.
Lena blushed.
“It’s um… a part of my… mating… cycle,” Kara explained. “When I feel like I have to mate or I’m gonna die.” Her cheeks were bright red now. “It lasts for a few days.”
Jamie and Jessie turned up their noses at the implication. “So, Lena hasn’t been sick?” Jessie checked.
“No,” Kara confirmed. “Not exactly.”
“Ew,” Jamie whimpered.
Maggie was not to be derailed. “So, if I’m only a few days pregnant, then it wouldn’t be that big of a deal for me to go down to the clinic and-
Alex’s heart nearly jumped out of her throat.
“Maggie, no!” Kara shouted, grabbing a hold of her by the arms. “Please! Please, don’t do that! I know I can’t stop you, if that’s really what you want to do, but I will beg you with every breath that I have not to do that. I will do anything to convince you not to do that.”
Maggie let out a few more sobs. “I don’t know how I’m gonna do this.”
“With help,” Lena answered. “Lots and lots of help. We’re all gonna help each other, right, girls?” she looked specifically at the twins.
“Right,” everyone answered at once. The twins in particular were quite adamant.
Maggie still looked pretty grieved, but she nodded her acquiescence. “Alright,” she sniffled. “I won’t go to the clinic, but I swear to God, if I have twins, I will kill you.”
“Deal,” Kara smirked. “Can I hold you?” She held out her arms, and Maggie extricated herself from Lena’s grasp and slid into Kara’s. “I love you so much, Maggie. You’re gonna be such a good mom. I know it. I’d bet my life on it.”
“Me too,” said Alex, stroking Maggie’s back. “You’re gonna be amazing.”
“Yeah,” Jessie nodded. “You’re gonna be great!”
“You would be happy,” Maggie sniffled.
“Yes!” Jessie agreed. “This is the greatest day of my life!”
Alex chuckled and hoped that some of Jessie’s positivity could rub off on Maggie. Like it or not, they were in for the ride of a lifetime. Two babies was a lot. Three babies would be a lot. Six babies was just unthinkable. But here they were, three separate women, impregnated by the same alien. It was beyond ridiculous, and vaguely reminiscent of the movie ‘Village of the Damned,’ where the alien kids all take over the town. Be that as it may, Alex was looking forward to having a baby. She loved babies. They were so sweet and precious. She couldn’t help but be excited. They would work on Maggie. She would come around eventually. She kissed the detective’s forehead.
“Mom, we’re late for school!” Jamie announced.
Alex looked at the clock. “It’s not that late, you’ll be fine. What will you miss out on, really? You’re already light years ahead of those kids anyway.”
“Can we keep this quiet for now?” Lena requested. “I don’t know how we’re going to explain that we’re all pregnant at once, and I want some time for us to get our story together.”
“Aw, man!” Jessie pouted. “I don’t know how I’m gonna keep this a secret! It’s too good!”
“Well, please, try.”
“Oh, alright,” the girl pouted.
“How you doin’, Mags?” Alex checked.
Maggie took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I think I'm OK for now. But I reserve the right to not be OK again later.”
“We’re here for you, whatever you need, Maggie,” Kara promised. “We love you so much.”
“Yeah, we love you soooo much!” Jessie said, squeezing Maggie from behind.
“Thanks guys,” the detective sighed. “I love you too.”
“I’m so glad,” Kara kissed her cheek. “We do need to get moving, though. Lena and I are late too, and if we don’t hurry, you two will be late too.”
“Everything will be fine,” Alex assured. “I’m sure of it.”
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