Chapter 59 - Assassination Attempt

Bang!

As Lena watches the man point the gun at her and pull the trigger, with the gunshot sounding out, she feels like time freezes. Several thoughts go through Lena's head concurrently in this moment. Lena's first thought is "". But then Lena's thoughts move to how this time she actually may die, and not be as lucky as last time when she took a bullet for Alura. However, Lena isn't afraid of death, of course she doesn't want to die, but she isn't terrified of her life coming to an end like some people are. What Lena is truly terrified of, is leaving Kara and Alura behind. Lena isn't terrified by this prospect for her own sake, or the sadness of never seeing Kara and Alura again due to her death, and her not believing in any after life, but for Kara and Alura's. Lena knows that Kara and Alura both love her, so much, more than she ever thought that anyone would love her, or felt like she deserved. So due to their love for her, Lena's death will hit them hard, and make them incredibly sad, and upset, and Lena does not want that. Lena can take death on the chin, but she can't take the result of her death upsetting the two people she loves most in the world. So, as the bullet comes speeding towards her, Lena just closes her eyes, preparing for the worst, and just pictures Kara and Alura in her mind, for one last time.

Time then speeds up for Lena, and for some reason, she doesn't feel hurt, or anything. Lena then opens her eyes and looks down at her chest, just to check if she isn't feeling the effects of being shot right now, just like how it was after she got shot while saving Alura, but there is no bullet wound, no blood, nothing.

"What the...." Lena says, confused.

Lena then looks up at the man with the gun again, and he pulls the trigger once more, firing several more shots at Lena. Lena just thinks that somehow she got lucky, as maybe the first bullet was a dud or something, but now it won't be. However, the shots all ring out, and there is still nothing.

After the man has finished shooting 4 more shots at Lena, unsuccessfully, he makes an attempt to step closer to her, but before he can, another couple of shots ring out, hitting the man in the chest, and causing him to fall to the ground. Lena then looks around to see where the shots came from, and that is when she sees Alex pointing her gun in the direction of the man, having just shot him. Meanwhile, Sam, who is standing next to Alex, with a shocked look on her face.

Alex runs to the man on the ground, kicking the gun away from his body, and then crouches down to check his pulse.

"He's still alive." Alex says.

Alex then reaches into her pocket, pulling out a phone and quickly tapping a number, making a call.

"This is agent Alex Danvers. I have a confirmed shooter down at the front of the L-Corp building. He is still alive, so I need an ambulance. Be aware, the site is unsecure, we do NOT know if there are more active shooters, or accomplices." Alex says, into her phone.

Lena turns to look at Kara, and she notices that her girlfriend has an angry look on her face, with her gaze directed at the man on the ground. Lena then looks down, and sees that in one of Kara's hands she is clutching a bunch of bullets. This is of course when it clicks for the brunette, Kara obviously used her speed to catch all the bullets before they hit her, doing it so fast that it was basically imperceivable to the naked eye.

"Kara." Lena says, gently, taking a step closer to her girlfriend, "It's okay, I'm okay."

Kara moves her glare from the man on the ground and looks to Lena, and her anger quickly disappears, being replaced by a relieved look.

"Oh Rao Lena, I'm so glad you are okay." Kara says, pulling Lena in for a hug, dropping all the bullet casings to the ground.

Lena hugs Kara just as tightly, glad that she didn't have to go through the whole ordeal of being shot again, for Kara and Alura's sake.

"You saved me." Lena murmurs into Kara's ear.

"Yes.... I will always save you Lena..." Kara replies, still clinging to her girlfriend.

"Kara, you need to get Lena and Sam out of here, we don't know if there is another shooter around." Alex says, all while attempting to stop the bleeding of the man who attempted to shoot Lena.

Kara pulls back from the hug, realising that her sister is right, it is more important to get Lena and Sam to safety, than to hug her girlfriend out of relief.

"Yes, right, are you going to be okay?" Kara asks.

"The DEO should be here in a few minutes. I would however appreciate if once you three are inside that Supergirl could appear... just to scan for other people...." Alex says.

"Right." Kara replies, nodding her head, before then turning to look between Sam and Lena. "Come on guys, this way." "Alex I...." Sam says, still in shock.

"Go, Sam!" Alex replies, sternly, wanting her maybe girlfriend to be out of harm's way, and in the safety of the L-Corp building.

Sam nods her head in response and joins Lena and Kara. Kara then begins walking both Lena and Sam towards the L-Corp building, with an arm around the back of each woman as they walk either side of her. A few moments later, Kara, Sam and Lena all make it safely inside the L-Corp lobby, where there are people frantically moving around, obviously worried by the sound of the gunshot outside.

"Okay, you should both go up to Lena's office. Alex and I will meet you up there once we are all done here." Kara says.

"Kara, I'm not just going to sit in my office while people are panicking." Lena says, to her girlfriend.

Kara turns and focuses on Lena.

"Yes, you are. There is nothing you can do right now. Let Supergirl and the DEO sort everything out. You can deal with any issues in regards to L-Corp once we are happy that everything is safe. You were the target, Lena; you would be putting yourself and others in danger by trying to help." Kara explains.

"I... I still could do something... rather than hide in my office.." Lena replies, not wanting to be some damsel that sits in her office and hides herself away to protect herself from threats, by doing that she would basically be giving in to Lex.

"Lena." Kara says, a lot more sternly, grabbing both of the Luthor's hands. "You need to be with our daughter right now. She is the most important thing in this moment. Heavens knows what she is feeling if she heard about the shooting, or was watching it on TV. You need to be with Alura, and make sure she is safe, and not scared." Lena's eyes go wide upon Kara telling her this, and any thoughts that she should be doing anything else quickly melt away.

"Right... yes... okay..." Lena nods.

"Good." Kara nods her head, before leaning in and placing a quick peck on Lena's cheek. "I'll be back as soon as I can." Kara then turns away from Sam and Lena, and taps the side of her glasses, activating her suit, before then zooming off before anyone can even see the suit appearing. Once Kara is gone, Lena turns to look at Sam.

"Come on Sam, let's go to my office." Lena says.

Sam looks at Lena, clearly still stunned by the events that have transpired, and then hesitantly nods her head. In response to Sam's hesitation, Lena puts an arm around Sam's shoulder, before then guiding them towards the elevator which leads to her office. Once the two women are inside, and alone, the elevator begins moving, and Lena looks at Sam, knowing she needs to talk to her friend. Usually, Lena would wait a while longer, just so the other person has a bit more time alone with their thoughts, to process everything. However, unfortunately, right now Lena does not have the option to give Sam some more time alone with her thoughts, due to the two of them being about to arrive on her office floor with Jess and Alura. Lena doesn't think that it would be a good idea to have a conversation like this with Sam in front of Alura, and she certainly isn't going to ask Jess to watch Alura outside for a while longer while she talks to Sam. Once Lena sees Alura again, she isn't going to let her out of her sight. Lena is going to hold onto her daughter tight, and show her all the love she has for her, which is endless. Lena is also pretty sure that if Alura has found out about the shooting, that she won't want to let her out of her site either.