Chapter 4
It was only when they were in the car that Lena realized how lucky they had been. Without the element of surprise clearly messing with Savitar’s organization, they would probably all be dead. They weren’t enough to fight all the God’s minions and even though the weapon had worked, the blow wasn’t strong enough to keep Savitar away from the group. Ray was unconscious since Savitar sent him flying against the wall like a rag doll, John had a few stab wounds, thankfully not too deep but still painful enough, Thea had a gash on her head and all that without counting the bumps and scratches.
The CEO considered herself lucky. She made it out alive with only a busted lip, a forehead cut and a few bruises. She would probably have to wear a turtleneck for a while until the bruise on her neck disappeared but it could have been worse. They were all free and back in one piece and it was what mattered.
They had decided to stay in the hangar for the night in case something happened. There was a room with a few beds so Lena guessed it wasn’t the first time they all stayed here to rest. From what she gathered, Barry had converted the place into some sort of living base over the years and if all their missions ended up like this, the CEO understood why.
During their absence, Felicity and the others had installed a little place in the corner of the hangar with solar lamps, a bed and chair, the whole spot surrounded by sheets from privacy since it was in the open part of the building. Lena settled Kara on the bed with the solar lamps on and sat on the chair next to the bed, holding the blonde’s hand like she did many times before when Kara had been hurt and resting in the medical bay of the DEO.
“What happened?” Lena asked after a moment comfortable silence.
Kara sighed. “First, I want to apologize. I promised to stay in contact and I didn’t.”
“Oh, Kara, there is no need. You were detained by this monster, it’s not your fault.”
“But…” The blonde tried to object.
“No but,” The CEO interjected. “You’re here now and that’s what matters, alright.”
The superhero nodded. “We were fighting Savitar and it was going fine until he started circling around us at high speed. It created some kind of wave that sent us flying away. I tried to use my heat vision and somehow, I ended blowing out my powers. It was the same for Barry and Jay and before we could flee, some men surrounded us and brought us to their lair.” She explained. “I have to ask because I still can’t believe it, what are you doing here?” She seemed to realize it could sound like a reproach so she rushed to add. “Not that I’m not happy, I mean, I can’t even find the words to express how happy I am to see you and how much I missed you but how… when…what…”
The raven-haired woman chuckled. “It’s okay. When I still hadn’t heard from you after a few days, I knew something was wrong. I know it sounds silly but I could feel it.”
“It’s not silly.” Kara squeezed her fiancé’s hand. “I think it’s just another proof of our amazing connection.” She lifted Lena’s hand to her lips and kissed it. “A Super and a Luthor, together.”
“Always.” Lena smiled fondly before continuing. “I decided to finish my prototype of the travelling device and come here. I wasn’t sure if it would work but I did it anyway.”
“Why wouldn’t it work?” The blonde questioned. “You’re Lena Luthor, if someone can make something works, it’s you.” She smiled cheekily.
“You’re sweet.” After all these years, Kara could still make Lena blush with her earnest compliments. The CEO cleared her throat. “Long story short, I ended up here. Your friends and I had a pretty rough start but I think we worked things out alright since you’re here with me.”
“I’m sure they like you.” The superhero affirmed.
The older woman snorted. “They did all this for you not for me.”
“Trust me, they could have locked you up somewhere to make you sure you wouldn’t follow, which…” Kara frowned, suddenly becoming serious. “You shouldn’t have come with them. It was dangerous and you could have been killed. I have no idea what I would do without you so you better not do this again.”
Lena rolled her eyes. “It turned out alright and you know damn well I would do it again in a heartbeat because I can’t live without you either.”
“You were lucky.” The blonde said sternly. “I know you would because you’re brave and fearless when it comes to protecting the people you care about and I love that about you but you need to be careful…” She sighed, too tired to fight about this. She just wanted to enjoy the woman’s presence. “Anyway, they let you come with them so it means they don’t hate you. And how could they? You’re perfect!” She smiled lovingly.
“You are perfect.” The CEO answered with a matching smile.
“I guess we are perfect.” Kara concluded, motioning for Lena to come lie next to her.
Lena kissed her sweetly before lying against the blonde’s side, enjoying the warm embrace and the relief of being together again. It didn’t take long for the women to fall asleep in each other’s arms.
The next day, everyone felt a bit better. Ray had regained consciousness, Kara had recovered a part of her powers and Barry and Jay had recovered all of theirs. Lena guessed they had a different metabolism, after all, they weren’t Kryptonian feeding their strengths from the sun.
Kara and Lena approached the ‘meeting table’ hand in hand. Everyone had gathered there for an improvised breakfast. Kara was already salivating at the food on the table. Before the couple could do anything, Barry rushed in front of Lena and hugged her.
The CEO was surprised at first but she quickly relaxed, wrapping an arm around him. After a while, she got pretty used to Kara’s friends well, her friends too now, display of affection.
“They told me what happened. Thank you, Lena,” Barry squeezed her before breaking the embrace. “For saving us and helping the others build a weapon. If it wasn’t clear before how great you are from all Kara’s praises, it definitely is now.”
“Hey!” Kara punched his arm.
The boy chuckled. “But seriously though, thank you.”
The raven-haired woman waved the compliment away. “I merely helped them improve the device.” Even though it got better in time, she was still not used to being thanked and recognized for her work. Luthor wasn’t such a bad name anymore, at least when it was associated with her but despite having people in her corner, a fiancé and friends, some kind of family, genuine interactions and compliments were still a bit foreign to her. A least from people she hadn’t really met before.
“Come on, you fought a guy almost twice your size and didn’t lose consciousness, that’s impressive.” Sara jumped in.
“And your aiming isn’t so bad,” Mick added.
Felicity smiled. “Barry is right, you helped us so, thanks!”
Lena simply nodded with a shy smile. She didn’t trust herself to speak. So maybe they didn’t just humor her because of Kara and somehow cared for her and it felt nice. She leaned against Kara who, as always, seemed to understand how she felt. The blonde tenderly kissed the top of her head.
“And thank god you came out of this alive because I so not want to see this one angry.” Felicity exclaimed.
“I think I would, I mean, if it wasn’t directed to us,” Sara confessed
Thea snorted. “Of course you would, we wonder why.”
“Do you think she would set everything on fire with her eyes thingy? That’s good shit.” Mick wondered.
“Oliver pissed her off once.” Barry declared.
“What?” Felicity shouted. “And I missed that!”
“Yeah… She…” Barry started.
“Guys,” Kara interrupted. “I’m standing right here, could you stop talking as if I wasn’t in the room.”
“Oh, darling.” Lena cooed, kissing her cheek softly.
“Oh darling,” Mick mocked, making kissing noises.
The superhero glared at him. “That’s not funny.” They all laughed as she pouted. “Whatever, I’m starving!” She quickly grabbed a waffle and sat at the table with Lena at her side.
After brainstorming for two hours on how to take down Savitar, the group decided to take a break.
Kara was back to the corner of the hangar, sitting in a chair under the solar lamps and resting her head on Lena’s shoulder. They were talking peacefully, not bothering to close the sheets surrounding the area.
Thea, Felicity and Sara were watching them from the side.
“They’re cute.” Thea stated.
Felicity nodded. “Definitely cute.”
“Sickeningly cute.” Sara added. “And look at Lena’s smile, who though the queen of high horse parade could let it go. It looks good on her.”
They heard Lena laugh loudly at something as Kara blushed, hiding her face in the crook of the woman’s neck.
Thea smiled. “Aww who thought Supergirl could blush like a school girl?!”
“Yep, definitely cute.” Felicity agreed. “We should stop looking, it makes us look like creeps.”
They all turned around to avoid staring too much except for Sara who exclaimed. “And hot!”
Thea and Felicity frowned before looking back at the couple who was kissing happily.
“You’re like a teenage boy!” Thea laughed, covering Sara’s eyes before pushing her away.
Later that day, Lena was in the tech room, working on the weapon with Cisco, Felicity and Mr. Stein, unaware of Supergirl watching her adoringly as the blonde leaned against the door frame.
Sara approached Kara and smirked. “Could you be any more obvious?”
Kara frowned. “About what?”
“Your love for little Miss Engineer.” Sara teased.
“Well, she’s my world.” The superhero blushed lightly.
“And you’re clearly hers too. She’s a tough little cookie.”
Kara chuckled. “She is.”
“I mean,” Sara continued. “She’s hot and classy and smart and god, she can fire a gun. I bet she…”
“Hey,” Kara interrupted her with a glare. “She’s taken.”
Sara smirked. “Jealous?”
The superhero snorted. “No, just… she’s wonderful, alright, trust me I know, but she’s mine so…”
“Don’t touch, got it.” Sara laughed. She watched their friends working in silence before talking again. “You know, I thought you were straight. If I remember well, the first time we met I asked you for a drink and you said you should introduce me to your sister. I guess you’re just more into powerful CEO than a hot vigilante.”
Kara chuckled. “Actually, we weren’t a thing back then. We started dating a couple months after I came back from here. I guess it goes beyond labels, I mean, she’s just Lena to me.” She shrugged.
“Could you stop with the mushy shit, I’m gonna puke!” Mick said from behind, bumping into them to go sit in the corner of the room.
“Go get laid, grumpy pants.” Sara replied.
“Oh my god,” Felicity approached them all excited. “She knows so many things, that’s amazing, she’s a genius, I mean, once you get past the bitch act,” She looked apologetically at Kara and continued “She’s great. She should definitely come to visit sometimes, when you know, there’s no God to fight and all.”
“I’m sure we can find some time in our schedule for a short visit someday.” The superhero said with a smile.
“Yes,” Felicity squealed. “It would be epic.”
“One day, I’ll have to introduce you to my sister and my friend Winn. Lena and him are like nerd twins. I don’t understand half the things they say but it’s cute when they talk all excited about science stuff. And don’t even get me started about how crazy it turns when my sister jumps into the conversation.” Kara rambled, feeling that warm feeling in her chest that appeared every time she was thinking about her family and friends.
“You seem to have a nice little tribe.” Sara said.
The superhero smiled brightly. “I have.”
“Are you planning on having children?” Felicity suddenly questioned.
“C—ch-children? Cute little people happily running around… hum…” Kara forced a nervous laugh. “I… we talked about it… you know, like, we’re a couple so of course the subject came up…” She seemed to struggle to answer the unexpected question. They wanted kids but it wasn’t something she was talking about with people she didn’t know that well. She had never thought she would get married and yet she was engaged to Lena, so children were still hard to imagine, even though they had talked about it. She reached up to adjust her glasses like she always did when nervous except they weren’t there. She was in her Supergirl’s outfit, why would they.
“Can she even have kids?” Sara wondered out loud.
“They could adopt.” Felicity pointed out, continuing the conversation like Kara wasn’t there.
“True,” Sara nodded. “They should enjoy their sex life while they can then.”
“I…I…” Kara turned red, clearly flustered by the conversation. “Psht… none of your business… I… I mean… we...”
Having noticed her fiancé’s struggle, Lena appeared by her side. “Oh, we’re planning on it.” Lena smirked.
The superhero gasped. “Lena!”
They all laughed at Kara’s outraged face.
“You’re too cute when you’re flustered, I couldn’t resist.” The CEO confessed with a sweet smile.
Kara pouted, hiding her face on Lena’s shoulder. “Not fair.”
“Fair.” Lena kissed her cheek before looking at Felicity. “To answer your question, we will, when the time comes.”
“That’s so cute!” Felicity exclaimed.
The superhero suddenly straightened her position. “I think you should all stop talking about this and go back to work.” She said, using her Supergirl’s voice. “Recess is over.” She nodded decisively, her hands on her hips.
The women laughed again before deciding to take pity on the girl and scatter around the room to go back to their tasks.