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LENA
Lena is in the middle of a board meeting when a ball of energy appeared in the middle of her conference room in L-Corp and ejected a naked person.
“This sure as hell makes my board meetings more interesting.” Lena thinks wryly.
The person has cropped, sandy, short hair and has lean muscles on display. Lena blinked a few times and quickly ordered everyone, except for her assistant, out of the room.
“Jess, hand me my coat or anything to cover her up.” She barks out to her shocked assistant who comes back with her Dulce and Gabbana suit jacket that she took off when she arrived at her office. Not minding the grime on the person in front of her, she knelt down and wrapped it around as many body parts as possible. She wants to spare this person the humiliation of appearing naked out of nowhere.
Apparently, the person has a different idea. She tries getting up and reached for Lena. Choking out her name brokenly and immediately springs up when another portal opened.
Steel-like hands reached out of the portal to grab for Lena, but she was pulled away before the hands reached her. The person is now standing in front of her facing whatever it is that appeared. She is in a fighting stance and has most of her body poised to cover as much of Lena as possible.
KARA
She’s at the Tower talking shop with Nia when she hears Lena’s erratic heartbeat. She initially brushed it off due to nervousness. She knows Lena has a big board meeting that day; but it her alert level took a full 180 when she hears the emergency beacon from Lena’s watch.
She looks at Nia and just barely whispered, “Lena.” and she was off. As if that explains everything. Of course, it does, it truly does. She promised to always protect her and Lena usually doesn’t call for her help. This is the second time she did. So of course, Kara goes to her.
She flies to L-Corp at Mach 2 speed and sees a regular-looking man in Lena’s conference room and Lena crouched behind a naked woman.
Kara did not waste time to process anything else, except the fact that Lena is in danger. Quickly assessing that the woman shielding Lena is not an unsub, she proceeds to grab the man by his shoulders but she can sense resistance. She quickly used her X-ray to know what she was dealing with. Confirming that it is not human, but rather some sort of robot, she punches its face in.
As one who usually has the upper hand in a fight, she was taken aback when the robot’s face fixed itself in front of her eyes. She quickly draws back for another supposed-to-be devastating punch but was met with a steel grip.
They continue to grapple as the naked woman alertly observes them all the while obscuring Lena as if protecting her with her body.
The other woman seems to make up her mind and went into the fray to fight the robot alongside Kara. She’s a formidable fighter. All quick reflexes and practical hits. Her movements are controlled, precise and militaristic.
“Alex will like her,” Kara thinks to herself.
She fights impatiently but with precision. Like she can’t wait to get this over and done with. After a frantic trading of hits, Kara uses her heat vision to fry off the robot and was able to melt down it’s endoskeleton to nothing.
Breathing deeply, she immediately approaches Lena, but the woman blocked her way.
"She’s light and quick on her feet," Kara notes to herself.
“Step aside.” She growls at the woman. Without waiting for an answer, she calls out to Lena, “Lena, are you okay?”
Lena peeks from behind the woman and Kara rushes to hug her. Too fast for the other woman to stop her. Seeming to sense that Kara is not a threat to Lena, the woman relaxes.
Turning her body slightly, she faces the woman to ask her who she is when she sees her crumple to the floor in a heap.
GRACE
Grace is supposed to keep Lena Luthor safe at all costs, at any cost. She has to keep Lena Luthor safe. She will keep Lena Luthor safe.
She comes around surrounded by medical equipment and immediately her eyes fall to her wrists. She’s handcuffed as well. Given the circumstances in which she arrived on this Earth, it’s not unexpected. She hears Lena voice but can’t see her anywhere. She still has to recover fully and would need her meds to be fully functional again.
She tries sitting up and immediately falls back with a loud groan. It hurts everywhere. She needs her meds quickly or else she will crash and it will only get ugly.
She hears heels clicking on the hard cement floor, after a few seconds, she feels cool gentle hands on hers. Half expecting the hands to be Lena’s, she was disappointed to see a short red-haired woman checking her for her vitals.
“Hi, I’m Alex and I’m your doctor. You’re burning up and your blood sugar is low. Do you know where you are?” the red-haired woman asks.
“I’m on Earth 1. I need my meds and water.” She croaks hoarsely. Even getting those words out, hurts.
“I’ll ask for some water and maybe something to eat for you.” Alex signals another person outside the room to give instructions. She returns to Grace’s bedside to continue asking her how she feels.
“As for the meds, already rigged you up.” The doctor pointed to the needles inserted into her arms. Grace gave her a nod of thanks.
“Where am I? Where’s Lena?” She asks as she attempts to stand up only to be steadied, this time by another pair of hands.
“I’m here.” Lena gently pushes her back to lay down.
Grace grabs her hands and holds them over her chest while taking deep calming breaths. Her heart flutters erratically, a strong reminder that she is still human despite the enhancements; and that this woman whose hands she’s holding gives her peace amidst the chaos.
“And the Rev-9?” she asks. "Did you mean the cyborg that you and Supergirl fought?” Lena asks cautiously.
“Yes. What happened to it?” she needs to know.
“You and Supergirl stopped it. It’s reduced to nothing.” Lena firmly answers.
Grace relaxes as she lets relief wash over her. This is it then. The end of the line for her. What’s the next step for her though? It’s too early to think about that. She’ll adapt, she always does.
Before she falls asleep, she was able to muster enough energy to take one last look at Lena and send her a gentle smile.