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Lena Luthor walked quickly through the corridors of her company, LCorp. The sound of her heels hitting the marble made a shiver run through the spine of all the people working today. Not that Lena was an intolerable boss, in fact, she considered herself very rational and empathetic, at least if she was going to be compared to any other CEO in her league.
Lena Luthor had everything going in her favor, except of course for her personal life... After she found out how Kara Danvers - one of the only people she trusted blindly - had lied and made a fool of her, her life had imploded.
Everything Lena was sure she wanted was falling on her feet and that made her want to immerse herself in work even more because, deep down, it was all she had left.
"Miss Luthor" Her new assistant, Holly caught her eye, sometimes she misses Jess, her former PA but knew that her promotion had been well earned. Anyway, Lena was happy that Jess wasn't here to tell her that she was overworked, that kind of comment only came after many years of working together and as Holly didn't have that experience, she still saw Lena as untouchable and unapproachable " Mr. Davis just called to cancel the board meeting, it looks like his flight was delayed”
"Did he reschedule?" Lena stopped walking and looked at the woman, her blond hair vaguely reminding her of whom made her angry "You should’ve confirmed with him a little earlier, not five minutes before my meeting”
"I’m sorry" Holly held a nervous breath "It won't happen again"
"it's not your fault" Lena sighed, she had to be careful not to throw her dissatisfactions on anyone who was not at fault. The only culprit in all this was Kara Danvers, or rather, Supergirl.
The CEO just couldn't believe that she was fooled in such a way, how many times had Kara lied to her? She could only think of all the lunches, coffees and dinners that the blonde had to leave, giving her excuses, which now sounded weak and untrue. The worst thing was to know that she had let herself believe that, she wanted someone who saw her so much as just Lena, who didn't see everything bad associated with her surname when she looked at her that Lena had ignored all the signs that Kara was too good be true.
She had been used this whole time and it made her furious.
"If I remember correctly, I don't have any more meetings today, right?" She asked and without waiting for an answer she called the elevator to her floor.
"No" Holly said entering with her "This would’ve been the last meeting of the day"
"Great" Lena said in her direction "You are free then, you can leave for today"
"Sure" She said without hesitation and Lena fondly remembered Jess, who would never have left before Lena did "Thank you"
Lena didn't answer what didn't need an answer. The noise of the elevator let them know that they had arrived and Holly soon went to her table to pack her things, Lena understood her despite not being in the same hurry to go home. Everything in her apartment reminded her of Kara... Damn time when she had agreed to use it for a few game nights or just to watch movies. Now everything there had been touched by Supergirl, was stained forever in her mind and maybe Lena has to look elsewhere for a place to live.
Maybe Lena has to look for another city to live in... Could she do that? She had done it before, left Metropolis chasing Supergirl and could leave National City running away from her.
Sitting at her desk she opened the folder that Holly had left ready with papers that needed her signature and so she spent the next few hours, varying between papers and documents on the computer. She needed to get her mind off Kara's betrayal, she needed a new project...
Of course, between papers Lena’s mind wondered if it might not be better to talk to the blonde about what Lex had told her. Her pride in not being worthy of the truth fought with her sense of justice that would not allow her to lie. The truth is, Lena was at an impasse and none of the options were good enough.
Face Kara, demand the truth or shut up and pretend she didn't know anything.
A loud bang made her jump in her chair, she was distracted by work and her thoughts about the confusion with Supergirl that she hadn't even noticed the hour passing. Looking at the display, she realized it was almost midnight and she was still in the office. The rain was falling hard outside, the wind was blowing violently against the glass doors of her balcony and another loud bang was present in the form of thunder. Lena was beginning to think that it might be better to sleep on her office sofa than to face the storm outside in an attempt to move to an apartment where she wouldn't be able to sleep anyway.
Getting up, she ignored the ringing of her cell phone - she was not interested in talking to anyone, least of all at that time - and went towards the office where she kept a change of clothes. Without thinking too much she changed clothes and cooled off in the bathroom attached to the office, pulling out a blanket that was in a small closet inside. She internally thanked Jess for keeping it all here even when she started to have a more normal schedule, influenced by Kara who insisted for Lena to go home at an acceptable time.
And there was Lena thinking about the blonde again, she couldn't understand her obsession with the journalist. From the first day she met her, Lena had trouble associating what she was really feeling. Kara quickly became her best friend and Lena had never had friends, it was difficult to navigate the range of feelings that the blonde invoked inside her but Lena tried her best to make her comfortable, tried her best to make her friendship natural and welcome.
Apparently while Lena tried to be a good friend, Kara tried to steal information about the Luthors' newest plan to conquer the world. Just to think that Kara - her friend Kara - had sent James to spy on her? Get in her safe? It made Lena nauseous.
Throwing herself on the couch, she tried to stop thinking about all of this but at night thinking about Kara was always a fight that she loses... Lena was stuck in a cycle, when she wasn't thinking about Kara she was thinking about how she couldn't stop thinking about her.
Lena rolled over on the couch a few times before giving up on sleep, these last few days she had only slept with the help of whiskey and pills and only a few hours even then.
The rain was still heavy outside and suddenly Lena started to feel suffocated, her office - although large and spacious - was closing around her. Maybe she was having a panic attack, maybe she was just being a child, but suddenly she needed air.
As she opened the glass door to the balcony she felt the strong wind on her face and finally could breathe better, yes, much better. With a sigh of relief, she let the door open completely and she could already feel some splashes of rain wetting her face. Another loud bang startled her and Lena accidentally stepped forward, stopping in the middle of the counter in the rain. At that moment Lena didn't mind getting wet, it was the first time she felt free since she discovered the whole truth.
Yes, she would let the rain wash away all the bad feelings that were in her mind and she would have been successful if not for a horrible succession of events. The sky cleared with lightning, the strongest that Lena had ever seen in her life and she took a step back in reflex, she didn't want to get hurt. Of course, this step made her lose her balance and when she caught herself, Lena was on her knees on the wet floor of her balcony, which was not good, it was not good at all, especially in the middle of a storm and on top of the highest building in the city. Of course, she knew that Lcorp had several security and lightning systems, the chances of Lena being electrocuted that night were slim, so of course that's exactly what happened.
With her body wet from the fall and rain, she practically didn't feel it when a crash, so loud it made her head spin, hit her office bench. Lena felt her body being hurled into the room, glass entering her back as she passed through the balcony doors and it didn't take long for Lena to lose consciousness.
She didn't know how long she had her eyes close, but when she finally came to, she knew, even before opening her eyes, that something was wrong. The air she breathed was thinner and she felt no pain in her body. For a second Lena was confused without knowing what had happened until she remembered the storm in her office. Had she really almost died?
"Helena?" She heard someone talking in the room and wondered how they hadn't put her in a private room in the hospital, really, all the money she was investing in this place and didn't they have the kindness to find her a private room? She would have words with the director... "Helena? Can you hear me?" She heard someone speak again and grunted in response, so maybe whoever was in the room would realize that some patients were trying to rest because they were almost electrocuted...
Lena would need to speak to her doctor, who knows what kind of damage she had from the accident? Slowly, the brunette opened one eye, the light almost blinding her making her close again.
"Slowly" She heard the voice say and although she understood exactly what was being said she could detect that the language wasn’t english... Wait, what? "That’s it”
Lena opened her eye harder this time and wished she had kept them closed, frowning. Lena looked around only to find that she was either dead or in some hallucination caused by the accident or medication.
Lena was lying on a queen-sized bed, gold sheets covering her while five people dressed in the strangest clothes she could think of looked at her with concern.
"Helena?" A woman in her forties or fifties called to her, making Lena realize that they were talking to her all the time. "Can you speak?"
"Speak?" Lena could speak, yes, her throat was dry and bruised, how could it be that after being struck by lightning her throat was the only thing that hurt? "Where?" She tried but realized that no, she couldn't speak "Who?"
"Your majesty is probably wondering where the person responsible for the attack is" Wait, your majesty? Who was that person? A short, fat man kept talking in her direction "And as for the second question, we are still working on finding out who exactly he was and who he was working for"
"Majesty?" Lena tried to ask, clearly she was having a psychotic break, were these people real, calling her majesty?
"Ah" The woman from before frowned at her "Her majesty Zor-El thought her presence was not welcome at the moment but she sends her sincere wishes for recovery"
Zor-el? Wasn't that Kara's real name? Yes, that was it! Lena felt her back relax, that was just some frame from the blonde or maybe somewhere she took Lena to heal. Yes, it was good to know that she was not at least losing her mind.
"Kara?" She tried to ask and saw the woman's eyes blink in surprise. Lena just wanted confirmation that the blonde was involved in all of this... Although she no longer trusted her ex friend, she still believed that Kara was not in the business of kidnapping and killing people. Lena wanted to know if she was safe.
It was sad that even after everything she discovered, Kara still brought her feelings of security.
"Yes, of course" The woman said quickly and Lena could see, despite being a little groggy, that everyone in the room was whispering. She was used to being the center of attention but she usually knew why. "I will call your majesty in person, I am sure she will be happy to visit you"
Lena couldn't think to ask any more questions, she would ask her doubts about this strange place when Kara arrived. Yes, that was it!
Slowly she blinked and felt a headache starting to form, one of the women present approached and placed her hand on Lena's forehead, making her frown and move away, really?
"Your majesty, I'm just going to calm you down" She assured and continued with the movement over the brunette's head. It didn't take two minutes for Lena to fall asleep again, still unsure that she wasn't hallucinating.