Chapter 108

Lena looks around, keeping an eye on the fight out of the corner of her eye. People around her are either running away or towards the fighting, none of them seeming to register the fact she's there. She knows Kara won't be happy with what she's doing, with what she plans on doing, but she can't just let her girlfriend do all the fighting.

Lena's gaze falls to a rather sturdy looking tree and she nods to herself. She runs towards it, earning confused looks from the people passing by her as she goes left as they go forward and back. She has to dodge quite a few people and glares at a man who doesn't even try to avoid hitting her. She knows men like him, knows he expected her to move instead of him. She makes a quick mental note of his face so she can fire him when they get back to the Luthor Kingdom.

Lena attaches her bow to her back and takes a deep breath before beginning to climb. The movements are familiar and calming. Lena finds a good branch that's sturdy and provides adequate cover so that the Cadmus people won't be able to see her right away.

She looks back at the fighting, drawing her bow and an arrow as she crouches on the branch. The fight looks like a rough one, especially since they were taken by surprise. Kara is dominating where Lena's guards are lacking. She shoots and catches the shoulder of a Cadmus person that was about to hit one of her guards with an axe.

Kara pauses when she hears the arrow whistle past her. No one on the Cadmus side has a bow, and since Kara's dating an archer, she noticed. She looks back and sighs softly when she notices Lena in a nearby tree. Rao, she loves this woman, but she can't stay out of danger for the life of her.

Another arrow whistles past her as she hears a grunt by her. She turns to see that a Cadmus agent was getting alarmingly close to her. She gives thumbs up behind her and focuses back on the fight, much to the relief of her girlfriend. The attack wouldn't have hurt her, but she's glad she didn't have to learn what it feels like to have a sword scraping against her suit. She can't imagine that it feels or sounds good.

Kara blocks the next attack of a smaller sword with her suit's sleeve. The person gives her an alarmed look and she hits them with the back of her fist. Blood comes out of their mouth as they crash backwards, knocked out.

She frowns as she listens again, hearing some hearts stop beating and not starting again. She looks over to see one of Lena's own guards moving through the Cadmus people, aiming to kill. Before he can kill the latest terrified Cadmus agent, she blocks his attack.

"What the f*ck?" The guard mutters, glaring at her.

"I said don't kill if you don't have to."

"I don't have to listen to you," the guard spits.

"Yes you do. I'm Lena's girlfriend, and the Princess of the Danvers Kingdom."

The guard rolls his eyes and Kara's ears pick up something. "Kara. Just arrest him, we can deal with him when we're not in the middle of a battle." Kara looks over in Lena's direction. "Yes, darling, we can do that. Go ahead, we'll deal with him later."

Kara uses her superspeed to grab a pair of handcuffs that she knows some of the guards have and cuffs that guard.

"Hey! What the heck? You can't do this!" The guard complains.

Kara ignores him and deposits him with some of the guards who are protecting the people who can't fight. They look baffled but take him, still spewing profanities that Kara never wants repeated.

She goes back to the fight and punches that same Cadmus agent when he aims something towards Lena. It looks like a gun, but not like anything Kara has ever seen before. And with Cadmus, that's not necessarily a good thing.

She ties up the agent and moves on, listening as arrows whiz past her. She kicks and punches and blocks, using up most of her time trying to stop Lena's people from getting hit. It takes longer than she expected before the fight dies down, with the remaining Cadmus agents fleeing.

Kara lets out a deep breath and looks around. She helps carry the wounded to the doctors they're traveling with. Lena and Kara both have some training with medicine so they help once Kara gets Lena down from the tree. Lena insists she can get down but lets Kara carry her down, floating gently until her feet hit the ground.

Kara and Lena help out the doctors, wrapping wounds. Kara uses her X-ray vision to check if there's anything embedded in the injuries. The doctors thank them once everyone has been helped.

"Thank you," one says. "I'm not sure how well we would be able to do this without you."

"It was no problem. Thank you for helping them and for coming along," Lena replies.

Kara and Lena retreat back to their tent, encouraging people to go back to sleep while they decide what to do with the Cadmus people.

As soon as they're alone, Kara's in front of Lena. She looks over her, her hands moving over Lena's body as she looks for injuries. Lena takes Kara's hands in hers and smiles softly.

"I'm okay, darling." Lena murmurs, kissing Kara softly.

Kara nods, looking at Lena with a warm, worried gaze. "Okay. Okay. I just saw him, he was aiming something at you."

"I saw, darling. He didn't shoot. Even if he tried, I would have gotten him first."

Kara giggles and hugs her girlfriend. She lets out a shuddering breath and tightens her hold. "I love you."

"I love you too, Kara."

They stay there for another couple of moments before they pull back, knowing they need to talk about what they're going to do with the Cadmus people.

Hopefully this was good, I wrote this while watching a football game so I was a big distracted! Anyway, for me it's Thanksgiving and while I don't like this holiday, I do like the message! So I figured I would tell you guys that I'm thankful for you guys :) Whether you've been reading my stuff since way back before I came out, or if you're only starting reading now, thank you! You guys have inspired me and helped me through some rough times! Thank you all for reading and for your absolutely amazing comments! Stay awesome!