626. Chapter 626

James texts her as they’re leaving CatCo, because she would never let him hear the end of it if he hadn’t told her.

Because she’s almost lost her sister – too many times, in too many different ways – to want her going somewhere like this without her.

Because Alex may not be able to do anything superhuman in the face of burning buildings and crashing airplanes – she may be forced to let her sister risk it all on her own, with the occasional assist from J’onn – but this?

This is a human thing.

And Alex will be damned if she doesn’t come along.

Kara isn’t surprised when Alex meets them at the entrance to the community center. In fact, she smiles a little bit, like she was expecting it. Like she’s grateful.

She reaches for Alex’s hand.

Of course she’s grateful.

“Why didn’t you call me yourself?” Alex asks in hushed tones as they set off to find the meeting room, but she thinks she already knows the answer.

“Because you know more about my life on Krypton than anyone. All those nights up under your covers with that old flashlight when we were kids?”

“And on the roof,” Alex smiles wistfully, holding Kara’s hand tighter.

“Yeah. So having you here… I’m glad. I’m glad you’re here. It just… it makes it a little more…”

“Real,” Alex supplies, and Kara nods, her eyes straight ahead.

“I got you, sis,” Alex reminds her, and that turns Kara’s lips into a soft smile.

“You two are my favorite siblings,” Winn whispers, his words silly but his face grave. “We’ve got you too, Kara,” he reminds her, and James nods.

Kara’s heart melts.

She might be walking into her past – or a perverted version of her past, anyway – but thank Rao she doesn’t have to do it alone.

She listens to Alex’s heart rate soar as Kara explains that they’re new here, that this is their first time, and what happens in these meetings, anyway?

She watches from the corner of her eye as Alex manages to somehow look innocent and interested while she counts the exits, the escape routes, the possible weapons in the room itself, the number of people, the level of physical threat.

When James asks if she remembers the girl, Alex squeezes her hand, because she knows Alex already knows the answer.

“I remember all of them,” Kara murmurs, and she can practically feel Alex’s heart break.

“You know, they’re not wrong,” Winn whispers to her after a while of listening to what a miracle-worker Supergirl is. “I mean, the whole cult thing is creepy as hell and I’m so sorry that they’re messing up your faith like this, but Kara… you are a miracle,” he previews words James will tell her later, that Alex will affirm.

“And it’s not because of your superpowers,” Alex mutters out of the side of her mouth as James and Winn nod firmly.

“It’s because of your heart,” they all say together, and they don’t need to pray to a false god to honor the woman sitting between them; the woman who’s saved all of their lives more times than they can count, as Kara Danvers and as Kara Zor-El, but always, always, always, as both of them.