Capítulo 79: Chapter 78
Kara waits for her group to get ready and pull out their weapons. Once she gets the okay from everyone, she turns back towards the door. She shoves the door and it opens quickly, turning on it's hinges and hitting the wall with surprising force.
Kara can tell immediately that there are more Cadmus people than she expected and braces herself. Something hits her chest, but it feels weird. It doesn't bounce off or explode when it hits her, unlike most things. Keeping a wary eye on the large group of Cadmus agents getting ready to run at them, Kara looks down. It's a black metallic thing and it's stuck on her chest.
She hears a single whistling noise and looks up, automatically moving in the way of an arrow heading towards someone behind her. The wooden shaft shatters into splinters upon impact and the arrowhead bounces back, clattering on the ground.
Kara signals for the others to charge forward, rushing forward herself first. She knocks down Cadmus agents and disarms them. Perhaps that's why she doesn't realize right away that the metallic thing on her chest was emitting a high pitched noise. Kara's sensitive to these kinds of things, so she realizes there's a high pitched noise right away, she just can't tell where it'ss coming from.
She pauses when it seems to get louder, ignoring the Cadmus agent swinging at her. His sword breaks when he hits her with it. Kara pays him no attention and looks around before settling on the metallic thing. She can hear Lena's heart rate increase and can tell her girlfriend is worried about her, but she can't bring herself to reassure her at the moment. She needs to get this thing off of her.
Kara puts her hand on it and pulls hard, but things don't happen the way she expects them to. Instead of being easily ripped off so she could return to fighting, it feels like it's stuck. She pulls hard and everything goes white. It feels like nothing else she's ever felt, white hot agony and she can't control her limbs. Alex had explained this once, what was it called? Electrocution. That's it.
Kara can feel herself falling but can't catch herself. The floor seems hard at her back but she can't focus on anything. Her ears are ringing and the sound of the fight is distorted and garbled. She groans against the pain in her head, fighting against how her head is swimming.
Kara can hear something that sounds like Lena's voice, yelling for her, but Kara can't bring herself to respond.
Lena watches this all happen, watches her girlfriend get hit by that sword as she tries to get the device off of her. She fought the urge to scream, knowing that the sword wouldn't hurt her doesn't make seeing Kara get hit with one any easier. She watches as Kara scrambles to get the device off of her and when her body freezes up. Lena can only watch as her girlfriend falls to the ground, the look in her eyes a scream for help.
Kara convulses on the ground, letting out a heart wrenching groan of pain. Lena lets a single tear run down her face but forces herself to focus on fighting. She won't be of any use to anyone if she just collapses by Kara's side and cries. What she can do is take down the fuckers that hurt Kara.
Lena turns into a flurry of movement, shooting her bow more rapidly than before. Her arrows hit home in the shoulders or throats of Cadmus agents. After a moment of stunned silence, her comrades join the fight. They're more vigorous than before, fighting harder.
Lena goes into what Lex always called "the zone," where nothing matters but shooting her bow. She notches an arrow, draws, and releases at the nearest Cadmus agent. She dodges attacks like they mean nothing, shooting from a kneeling position when she's forced to dodge a larger attack that could have taken off her head.
Finally, she draws another arrow only to see there's no one left to shoot. She slowly lets the bowstring fall back to it's usual position, then returns the arrow to her quiver. She puts her bow onto the holder she has on her back.
Lena rushes over to Kara, ignoring all of the bloody bodies littering the ground. She falls to her knees and lifts Kara's head gently so that she can rest her head on Lena's knees. Kara's head turns to the side and she lets out a pained groan. Lena lets out a shuddering breath, carefully checking Kara's vitals while a few stray tears slip down her face.
"Kara?" Lena asks. "Kara, baby, wake up. Please, wake up."
The other DEO agents work on making certain the Cadmus people stay down, letting Lena and Kara have their moment.
Kara's eyes flutter but her eyelids are still too heavy for her to open them. She can feel the warmth at the back of her head, can smell Lena's comforting scent. Rao, she just wants to see her girlfriend. Tell her she's okay, that she shouldn't worry. Kara can hear how concerned Lena is, her wobbling voice sounding like it's coming through water.
Kara takes in a deep breath and fights against the urge to keep her eyes closed. The colors are blurs and blobs, she can't make anything out of the mess. Her vision slowly focuses and she knows she must be smiling dopily up at her beautiful girlfriend. Her limbs feel weird, weak in a way they haven't been in a long while.
She reaches up and cups Lena's jaw, which is still wet from some of her tears. Kara rubs gently and captured the next tear that makes it's way down Lena's face.
"Hey." Lena greets her, her voice quiet and soft.
"Hey." Kara says back, her voice tough and scratchy. Lena pulls out her water bottle and helps Kara drink it. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Lena caresses Kara's face, like she can't quite believe she's okay. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I just got electrocuted. I think. I don't really know what that feels like, but I think this is it." Kara says.
Lena chuckles softly, brushing some of Kara's hair out of her face. "Can you get up?"
Kara frowns. "I think so, but my muscles still feel pretty weak. Is this what being human feels like? It sucks."
Lena chuckles. "I bet it does, when you're used to feeling like a superhero."
Lena leans down and kisses her deeply, cutting off whatever remark Kara was about to make in response. It's a quick kiss, but no less meaningful than a longer one would be. Kara's eyes stay closed for another couple of seconds after Lena pulls back (the DEO agents steadfastly keep their eyes trained away from the intimate moment).
Kara sits up, and with Lena's assistance, stands up. She's breathing hard by the time she's upright. Kara keeps her arm slung around Lena's shoulders, both for the comforting feeling of her girlfriend against her and in order to keep herself up. It's harder than she expected.
"How are you doing? Do you need to sit down?"
"No, I'm good. As long as you don't mind holding me up for a bit." Kara says.
"Of course I don't mind. Are your powers coming back?" Lena shifts to better take most of Kara's weight.
"They haven't left. I just feel like a horse laid on me and rolled around for a bit." Kara admits. "I'm feeling stronger by the minute."
"Good. Do you want to wait here for a little bit or start moving again?" Lena asks.
"Let's get moving. I don't want to give Lillian time to slip away."
Lena purses her lips and nods. While she would prefer Kara to have more time to recover, she knows Lillian has a tendency to slip away.
Lena helps Kara out of the lead lined room and notices how gradually, Kara leans on her a little less. When they're all out of the room, Kara looks around again with her X-ray vision.
"That other room is still lined with lead. Do we want to go there?" She asks. "Will Lillian still be there?"
"I think we should go. If nothing else, we can check. Agents," Lena says, grabbing their attention. "I want you to guard the door when we get there."
"Outside the room? Ma'am-" An agent protests.
"We'll be safe. Kara and I are both highly trained. She won't have anyone else in there." Lena urges.
"Princess Kara, is that okay with you?" The agent asks.
Kara knows they're asking for clarification, but knows that could be seen as a power move. Showing Lena that they truly answer to her.
"Yes. And please, respect Lena's word as if it is my own unless you're given conflicting orders. Okay?" Kara says.
The agents nod and they walk towards the stairs leading up. It's almost time to face Lillian.
There was Supercorp angst part one! That wasn't too bad, was it? I didn't think so, but I'm just the writer. The next Supercorp part might be a bit worse angst-wise... But no one (who's good) dies! Next chapter, Sanvers in the creepy basement! Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!
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