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“Her pulse is increasing,” Alex whispered as she shot a glance at Lena’s vitals. “Whatever Kara is doing in there, I hope she knows what she’s doing.”
“Lena is her best friend,” J’onn said on a comforting tone. “She would do anything to save her.”
“That’s what I am afraid of.”
“This was our only option. If we hurt Lena more than we already had…” Brainy said on a sad tone.
“Kara would have never forgiven us, I know,” Alex sighed. “I just hope they’ll both be alright.”
“You lied to me,” Lena said, so much defeat in her voice it made Kara’s heart break. “All this time, I trusted you, I thought you were the only one I could trust not to see me as a Luthor, and you lied to me.”
“Lena, listen-“
“No, Kara. You know, I was mad at Morgana for taking over my body, but if she has been betrayed by her friends, I understand why she is mad.”
“Actually my best friend poisoned me,” Morgana said with a sad smile. “You got out earlier, though considering Kara here let her friend shoot you, I would say our situations are not that different. But I can change this, Lena,” she said as she kneeled besides her. “You’re so young, but I can see how much potential you have in you. Together we can make them pay. Anyone who hurt us, who was afraid of what we could become because of what’s in our blood… We could show them they had every right to be afraid of us.”
“Don’t listen to her, Lena,” Kara said on a pleading tone. “I know you, and you’re nothing like this. She’s just manipulating you.”
At this, Lena through her a glare. “And tell me, Supergirl, how is that any different than what you’ve been doing to me since the moment I met you? I can’t believe I was so stupid! You gave me that bullshit with I flew here on a bus and I believed you, for fucks’ sake! Because I thought you wanted to be my friend, I thought…” she made a pause at that. “I thought you loved me,” she finally admitted, her words barely a whisper. “But a Super can never love a Luthor.”
“You’d be surprised,” Kara laughed. “Maybe I can’t love a Luthor, but I can love the most amazing woman I ever met. This beautiful and brilliant woman who spends her life trying to make the world better, despite what the world thinks of her. And I know I hurt you, but I also know that you could never do what Morgana is asking of you. And even if you did, you will never be able to forgive yourself for it.”
“So touching,” Morgana said as she rolled her eyes. “It’s amazing what lies people say when their lives are at stake.”
“You won’t hurt Kara,” Lena said. “You can have my body and we will throw her out of our mind, but you will not hurt her.”
“I have a better offer,” Kara said as she stood up, placing herself between Lena and Morgana. “Take me instead.”
“What?” The witch sounded intrigued now. “You would do that? Sacrifice yourself for your friend like that?”
“You know this is the best bargain you can get,” Kara said on a determined tone. “People don’t like Lena that much, but they do like me. By the time they realize what happened, it will be too late. You could get your revenge, not to mention the power you would have.”
“Kara, no,” Lena said, her voice barely a whisper. “You don’t get Morgana like I do. She’s dangerous, but she can be reasoned with. You can’t do that, however, and letting her inside your body-“
“It’s not my best idea, I know,” the blonde said with a smile as she took Lena’s hand in her own. “But you were right, Lena. I was a bad friend to you. Both me and Supergirl were. And while I started to lie to you out of love, it turned out to be a selfish move in the end. I didn’t tell you the truth because I was afraid I will lose you. That I will lose the only person I could afford being vulnerable with. The one person who saw me as Kara and loved me for that.”
“Are you a dumbass all the time or only when you’re Supergirl?” Lena asked, tears running down her face now.
“Probably both,” Kara smiled. “But as long as it saves you, I don’t care.”
“You are a strange woman, Kara,” Morgana said, her tone a lot softer than the blonde would have expected. “And you were right about one thing. You’re not Merlin. He would have never done this for me. Maybe he would have done it for Arthur, but sacrifice himself for me like that? No chance.”
“You deserved better,” Kara admitted. “Before you turned evil, that was. Lena deserves better too, though. Which is why I have to ask her to promise that she will not tell anyone about this.” She looked at Lena at that, a determined look in her eyes. “Do you hear me, Lena? You will wake up and we will both pretend that we’ve defeated Morgana, that we’re safe.”
“I can’t do that,” Lena whispered.
“You can and you will, Lena,” Kara insisted as she closed the distance between them. “I wish I would have had the time to do this while we both had a body of our own, but…” she sighed as her fingers caressed Lena’s face. “I don’t expect you to forgive me any time soon, Lena,” she whispered, her lips hovering over Lena’s. “I don’t fully expect this to work either. But it will save you and right now, this is the only thing that matters.”
“Kara…”
“You will wake up and you will tell Brainy that it’s done, alright?” Kara cut her off. “I cannot stress how important it is to make him believe you.” When Lena nodded at that, Kara placed a soft kiss on her lips, before turning back to Morgana.
“I am ready,” she said with a smile as she offered Morgana her hand. “Just follow my consciousness and it will take you to where my body is.”
“Kara, no!” Lena screamed as she grabbed Kara’s hand. But the blonde only smiled at her. “I have to do this, Lena. And you have to wake up. For me. Please,” she whispered. “It’s hard to get out of a place like this, believe me, I know, but in the end you’re the one that holds the key to this place. You’re the only one who decides when to wake up. And I really need you to wake up now, OK?”
It was the last thing she said before both her and Morgana disappeared and Lena was left alone in the room. She practically ran to the door and flung her open, saving Kara being the only thing on her mind.
She woke up in a bed at the DEO, a strange man hovering above her.
“Is it done?” the man asked as he took her hand, but she slapped him away. “Where is Kara?” Lena asked in a fearful tone. “She convinced Morgana to take over her body, I have to-” she stopped mid-sentence when she noticed there were wires connecting her to the artifact.
“What are you doing to me?” she asked with a glare. “Let me out, I need to find Kara, I need to-”
“Did it work?” Alex asked as she practically ran in the room, cutting her off.
“What?” Lena asked in a confused tone.
“Long story, I’ll explain later,” Alex smiled. “It’s good to have you back, though.”
“You don’t understand!” Lena screamed at her. “Kara-”
“Kara is fine, Lena,” Alex smiled at her.
“Alex I swear to God if you don’t get me out of this I will-”
“You’ll what, Lena?” Kara asked with a smile as she flew into the room. She knelt besides Lena’s bed, her face lit up by the most beautiful smile Lena had ever seen.
“Hi,” she whispered to a confused Lena, but the woman just glared at her. “I told them everything, Morgana,” she said in a threatening tone. “I will get you out of Kara’s body if it is the last thing I do.”
“Is it safe?” Kara asked Brainy and when he nodded she took off the wires from Lena’s forehead, her touch light as a feather.
“Morgana is gone, Lena,” she said in a comforting tone. “It wasn’t exactly me that was in your head, you know?” she explained. “Brainy here figured that if we could upload a simplified version of my mind in the artifact and convince Morgana to follow it-”
“You could trap her inside it again, get her back into the collective consciousness.” Lena said, grinning despite herself.
“Genius, isn’t it?” Brainy said with a smirk. “I mean, sure, Morgana could have figured this out and she could have killed both of you, but you have to admit it was still a brilliant plan.”
“Lena, Brainy, Brainy, Lena,” Kara sighed. “He’s usually less inclined to kill me in the name of science, I promise.”
“If you weren’t really in my mind, it means you have no idea what you told me back there, right?” Lena asked, a tint of sadness in her voice. “You don’t know what you’ve done, or what-”
“I have a pretty good idea,” Kara said with a smile as she took Lena’s hand in her own. “I don’t expect you to be alright with all of this, for the record.”
“I am not,” Lena replied, not looking at Kara for now. “At least, not yet.”
“I’m not asking you to be,” Kara whispered in a soft tone. “I’m just asking you to try.” At this, the brunette smiled at her as she squeezed her hand.
“I believe I can do that, Kara Danvers.”
“It’s Kara Zor-El, actually,” she said and Lena nodded. “I think I can get used to that.”