Bab 13: Chapter 13
Alex and Maggie head to the DEO and are immediately greeted once they enter by a grim J'onn. They stop in front of him.
"Knights," he greets them politely then gets to business. "You are going to be patrolling National City. You are not to leave the city limits unless there is an emergency. I suggest you observe the people, take in how they are acting today. Sir Alex, I know you keep a notebook on you. Write down anything out of the ordinary."
"Yes sir," Alex responds.
"Remember your mission. Do not start anything, Danvers. No fighting unless something happens. Understand?" The partners nod and J'onn relaxes his stance slightly, satisfied. "Good. Now go."
They turn around and walk out of the DEO. Once they're outside, Maggie looks at Alex and speaks.
"You carry around a notebook everywhere?"
"You don't?" Alex responds, grinning when Maggie doesn't reply. "It's come in handy a bunch of times. Whether it's remembering small details during a mission or if I suddenly have an idea."
"What kind of idea?"
"To improve of fix something I'm working on in the lab. One time I figured out a way to improve Kara's glasses in the middle of fighting an alien."
"Impressive. What are her glasses for, anyway? I wouldn't think someone with powers like Kara would have bad sight." Maggie asks.
"She doesn't exactly need them, but they help her. Kara's powers were really overwhelming for her when she first got here. The glasses are lead lined, which dulls her powers a little and helps her focus."
"Smart." Maggie says.
They step out of the castle's gates and are immediately more alert. Their backs automatically straighten and they look around more.
People are going about their days, most sparing nothing more than a quick glance at them. A few catch Alex's attention and she pulls out a small black notebook and jots a few observations down. Maggie gives her some input as they go, telling her partner about some unusual activity while she writes.
"Why not write it down in your own notebook, Sawyer?" Alex teases.
"I like watching you write," Maggie says honestly. "Your handwriting's cute."
"What?" Alex gives her a weird look. "How is handwriting cute?"
"Your handwriting is definitely not what I expected. I thought it would be perfect, like a typewriter made it or something. But no, your handwriting is pretty much indecipherable." Maggie laughs at Alex's insulted expression. "It looks like literal chicken scratch."
"It's not that bad," Alex grumbles.
"Oh yeah? Then what does that say?" Maggie points to a word on the page Alex has it open to.
Alex squints and frowns. "Alien? Alone? Ugh, I don't know." She points at Maggie, who's grinning at her. "That doesn't prove anything."
"Whatever you say, Danvers. Now come on, you're also supposed to be showing me around." Maggie takes Alex's hand and starts pulling her toward a busy street. "So be my tour guide."
For the next hour or so, they walk around the more crowded areas in National City. They get stopped a few times and Alex gets asked a lot about her sister, but she refrains from answering anything that isn't already in the article. During one of the times Alex is distracted by a citizen, a woman sees Maggie and stops in her tracks.
"Maggie?" The woman asks, stepping closer. She breaks out into a smile. "Hey! It's been a while."
"It has. How are you doing?" She asks.
"I'm doing much better. I really can't thank you enough for all you have done for me and my family."
By now, Alex has finished her conversation and has noticed the woman with Maggie. Heat bubbles up in her stomach but it's not the good, loving kind. It feels more like jealousy. She subtly moves closer to her partner.
"It was my pleasure, really." Maggie says earnestly.
"I want to do something for you. You've been helping aliens like myself for a while and I know it can't be easy without many resources. There's a bar near here that a friend of mine opened up exclusively for aliens and for true allies such as yourself." Her gaze flicks over to Alex and then down to where her hand is still entwined with Maggie's. "As long as she is as good a person as you, you can bring along your mate as well."
Alex's eyes practically bug out of her head and she can only stare in shock as the alien woman smiles warmly at her.
"That's amazing, thank you Serana." Maggie says. "Where is it?"
Serana looks around the crowded street mistrustfully then leans in and whispers in her ear. Maggie nods along to her words, committing them to memory.
"Thank you again on behalf of me and my family. Have a good day." Serana waves and walks away, disappearing in the throng of people.
Maggie pulls out her notebook and writes down what she was told. "It's near here. We can check it out another time."
"Alright."
She pushes away the jealousy in her, reminding herself that Maggie probably saved Serana and her family at some point. Alex rolls her shoulders and glances around.
"Hey, are you okay Alex?" Maggie asks worriedly.
Alex blinks, surprised by her partner using her first name.
"I'm okay." Maggie raises an eyebrow, giving her a skeptical look. "I am," Alex insists. "I just feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Kara came out as Kryptonian today." And as pansexual this morning, Alex adds mentally. "Not everyone's going to be cool with this. Something's going to happen."
Maggie nods in understanding and they're quiet for a couple of moments before she speaks. "I wonder how the Luthor Kingdom's going to take this."
Alex groans. "Definitely not well. Their Queen is extremely xenophobic. I think J'onn or my parents sent the daughter a messenger to tell them that the Queen funds the group that tried to kill Kara and me. We should be hearing back from her soon. I hope she's better than her family."
"Yeah. I haven't heard much about her, other than the fact she apparently exists." Maggie frowns.
She likes knowing things, especially important things like the next possible ruler of the Luthor Kingdom.
They're interrupted from saying anything else by the sound of a scuffle in a nearby alleyway. Alex and Maggie exchange a look and nod. They make their way over and both discretely pull out a dagger after letting go of each other's hands.
Alex looks around the corner, glad her training helped her pick out the sound of someone in a fight. A one-sided fight if the way someone beating up another person who isn't even trying to fight back, just ducking and trying to minimize the damage being done to them.
Alex steps out and clutches her dagger. "Stop!"
The man who's been beating the other pauses and looks back at her. His lips curl up into a sneer when he sees her and gets back to what he was doing, ignoring her. Maggie walks up next to Alex.
"Didn't you hear the lady? Stop." Maggie says in a no nonsense tone.
He doesn't respond and Alex and Maggie move in unison toward him. They sheathe their daggers, knowing they won't need them to take down this guy. Maggie bodily pulls him away from the other person, who flinches when Alex reaches out her hand.
"We'll take care of him, okay?" Alex murmurs, using the same tone she used to use when Kara had a nightmare about Krypton.
The boy nods and leans against the wall of the alley while Alex turns back to Maggie and the man. Maggie has his arm twisted behind his back in a painful way.
"Why do you care?" The man spits out. "He's just a stupid alien. Go back home, you freak."
Alex looks at the boy closer and notices the light blueish tint to his skin and his long fingernails. The species he is escapes Alex's memory for the moment but she does remember they're typically nonviolent.
"My sister's an alien." Alex tells the man. "If anyone here is stupid, it's your xenophobic self."
The man scoffs and starts spouting out hateful things until Alex smacks him upside the head to shut him up.
"Ow! Who the heck do you think you are?" The man snaps angrily.
"Sir Alex Danvers," she replies calmly. She grins when the man pales. "And that woman is my partner, Sir Maggie Sawyer. As you may know, discrimination is illegal in this Kingdom. Your hate speech alone gives you up to six months in prison. But beating up a kid?" Alex clicks her tongue with disapproval. "That adds years to your sentence."
Maggie grins happily and pulls out her handcuffs she keeps with her. "You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can..." She goes on, listing the laws.
It's new, something Alex herself fought to pass a few years after Kara came down. It's not that her parents didn't like it when she said 'hey, people should know their rights when they're arrested' it was more like the knights needed convincing. It was an uphill battle.
When Maggie's done, Alex can't resist asking her a question. "So you just keep handcuffs with you?" Most knights don't, relying on nearby supplies like ropes when arresting someone.
"You never know when you might need them." Maggie winks, making Alex blush.
Some good interactions between Maggie and Alex! And the bar's a thing here too! I couldn't resist. Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!
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