Mara silently crept into Kara's room. The sun was only starting to rise as the older blonde slept soundly. Mara gently sat on the edge of the bed, carefully nudging Kara with her free hand. "Kara...wake up" Mara giggled as the blonde woman groaned at her. "What time is it?" Kara asked her, her eyes closed. "It's six...I think?" Mara shrugged as Kara turned to face her.

"Why are you..." Kara was cut off by Mara's big smile as she held a plate of pancakes. "Happy Birthday!" Mara beamed at her. Kara smiled softy at Mara, sitting up on her bed. "Oh, sweetie you didn't have to do this" Kara cooed at Mara as she gracefully accepted the pancakes. "But it's your birthday! I wanted to do something for you, I know you've been a little down the past week and I wanted to cheer you up a bit" Mara explained making Kara looked at her with a bashful smile.

"Thank you Mara...but?" Kara could see another reason. Mara pretended to be confused, "There's no but" She said only for Kara to shake her head. Kara pointed at her forehead, "Crinkle". Mara fell back dramatically with a groan. "Imma get botox for that I swear" She sighed before moving up to sit next to Kara. "I also wanted to surprise you to say thank you...for taking me in. I know it's hard seeing as I'm wanted by CADMUS and I want you to know I appreciate you" Mara let out, resting her head on Kara's shoulder and her arms wrapped around a random pillow.

Kara wrapped an arm around Mara, giving her arm a small squeeze. "Sweetie, you don't need to thank me. I'm just happy you feel safe with me" Kara assured her, kissing her temple. Mara only smiled, "Now, try the pancakes!" She urged her, waiting for Kara's opinion. Kara happily took a bite out of the pancakes, her face lighting up quickly.

"Mara! These are amazing!" Kara exclaimed, stuffing her face with more as Mara felt a sense of accomplishment, her eyes turning a soft pink. "Happy Birthday Kara" Mara whispered.

~~~

M'gann smiled as Mara walked into the bar, "Hi kid" She smiled at her. "You're M'gann... J'onn's friend right?" Mara asked, her eyes glowing bright orange. M'gann nodded, "Aren't you a little young to be here?" M'gann pursed her lips playfully. "Kara, Alex's sister, said she'd meet me here" Mara told her as she looked around to see all the species in awe.

"This place is amazing...I wish I brought my sketchpad" Mara pouted, making M'gann laugh. "Well, seeing as I can't serve you... wanna earn a bit of cash?" M'gann offered her. Mara's head is titled as her eyes burn dark orange. "Doing what?" She questioned her, squinting her eyes. M'gann smiled at her, "Picking up all the trash and helping me throw it out". Mara thought for a moment, "How much?" Mara asked her, folding her arms above her chest.

"20"

"30"

"25"

"Deal" Mara beamed, holding out her hand to M'gann. The white martian rolled her eyes at her, shaking her hand. "You know I'm telepathic" M'gann stated as Mara followed her to the back of the bar.

"I know" Mara shrugged with an innocent smile before taking a pair of gloves and a garbage bag. M'gann only shook her head as Mara walked around, picking up trash and talking with some of the aliens. M'gann noticed Mon-El watching her from behind the bar, giving some aliens looks like they had done something to him.

"You okay?" She asked him, making the Daxamite jump. "What? Yeah just...making sure Mara's okay" He told her, sipping his club soda. "You care about her, don't you" M'gann mused as they watched the young girl laugh with a woman, her laugh making the place lively as she couldn't control it.

"She was abandoned. M'gann you should see how smart she is...I just don't understand, who would disown a child of such intellectual..." M'gann cut Mon-El off. "She wasn't disowned...she's Kara's daughter Mon-El" She told him in a hushed whisper, in case Mara could hear them. Mon-El almost choked on his drink.

Mara from the other side of the bar looked over at him, "YOU OKAY!?" She asked over the music. Mon-El gave her a thumbs up and nodded. Mara smiled and carried on. He looked at M'gann, "How'd you know that?" He asked her.

"J'onn told me" the woman answered before leaving Mon-El to his thoughts. "Gods" He murmured.

Mara walked up to Kara after seeing Alex and Maggie leave. "Hey! You can't be sad on your birthday" She told her, nudging her side. "What happened? Was it Mon-El?" Mara asked her. Kara looked at the girl wildly, "How did you..." She cut herself off. "Know Mon-El was an alien? He's not the most subtle" Mara explained, only for Kara to give her a side eye.

"You hacked the DEO" She smacked her lips. "I hacked the DEO" Mara admitted sheepishly as M'gann came out. "Kara, you alright? Can I get you anything to drink?" She asked her. "Just get me something strong" Kara smiled before looking over at Mon-El. " Actually, you know what, I'll have what he's having" She corrected herself, only for M'gann to form a small smile. "Oh, he's been drinking exclusively club soda for the last week" She told Kara who looked a little shocked.

"Really? Oh. I'll just stick with my club soda then. Thank you" Kara dismissed, though the lovestruck look in her eyes made Mara smirk at her. "Come on kid!" M'gann called her, holding up a trash bag in her hands. Mara took it from her as M'gann grabbed two more.

Mara followed her, "So you and J'onn..." She raised her eyebrows at M'gann. "Nice try kid, I'm not Kara" the woman warned Mara who closed her mouth shut quickly as M'gann opened the lid of the trash bin. As Mara lugged the bag into it when she and M'gann heard a noise.

"Probably a cat" Mara shrugged as M'gann stood there for a moment. She turned to walk back in with Mara when she suddenly turned around. "I know you're there" M'gann called out making Mara jump. "Have you not seen a horror film?" She whispers at seeing M'gann's lack of self-preservation skills at work. M'gann rolled her eyes at her, "I saw you yesterday, too" She added. Mara bit her lip and looked up at the sky and then down again. "I'm gonna die" She whispered to herself. " The old lady at the bus stop. And you were that little boy in the park this morning" As M'gann spoke an old homeless man walked out from the source of the noise.

He walks forward as his eyes glow red. Mara thanked any god that it was J'onn and not some freaky ass clown or demon. "Yeah" He admitted to M'gann. Mara could feel the tension between them. "Why are you following me? Do you regret letting me out of that cell?" M'gann asked him angrily, his actions letting out the wrong message. "Of course not" J'onn told her dismissively "But you still don't trust me!" M'gann accused him, making Mara jump back.

She felt a weird shiver down her spine and her head which was super weird. "Uh...guys?" She mustered out but M'gann and J'onn were still in their heated discussion. "I do trust you" J'onn told her tiredly. "It's just what you said, your people know where you are, the White Martians are coming. As an agent of the DEO, I have a duty to protect this Earth. If any of those monsters show up, I have to be ready" J'onn declared to M'gann, hoping she'd see his reasoning of his protective nature.

M'gann sighed at him gratefully, "Well, like I said, they're coming. They're not here yet. So, you can stop...". M'gann was cut off by a terrifying roar, making Mara's skin crawl, "Oh fuck" She gasped, hiding behind M'gann as White Martian jumped out of nowhere, ready to attacks. "M'orzz!" It grunted as J'onn began to fight it.

"Mind if I cut in?"

Mara's eyes lit up as Supergirl stood near her. "Thank god".

~~~

Mara huffed as she sat next to Winn and interrupting his conversation with Supergirl. Winn raised an eyebrow at her. "What's up with you sunshine?" His voice was slightly squeaky. Mara made eye contact with him, her eyes a deep violet. "Just the survivors of Mars having no sense of SELF-PRESERVATION!" Mara turned to said aliens as she spoke. M'gann held her hands up, "I said sorry" She repeated for the millionth time since the attack.

"You both are telepaths connected through telepathy. And neither of you sense the horrifc love child of Frosty the snowman and Freddy Krueger?!" Mara smacked her lips as her arms reseted across her chest. Both J'onn and M'gann looked at the girl in silence, unable to even try and convince her of any answer that seemed better than the actual answer.

Mara bit her lip before pointing at them briefly, "That's what I fucking thought" She huffed before rolling her eyes at them and turning to the computers. "Don't even try to hack the systems again Mara" J'onn warned her. Mara's shoulders slumped and her angry pout returned. "Buzzkill" She kicked her ground, slouching in her chair.

"What have you found, Agent Schott?" J'onn asked Winn. The younger man cleared his throat, "Nothing yet. This guy is hard to track. But we're monitoring every probable target so when he does attack... we'll be ready" Winn seemed catious with his words, tickling at Mara's curiosity.

"In that case, I'll prep our strike teams" J'onn decided rather quickly. "J'onn, you should stay here at the DEO. For protection" Supegirl suggested, earning nods from everyone else in the room. "It's not here for J'onn. It's here for me" M'gann stated firmly. Mara looked at her stunned, not expecting that response. "Hunting me. The White Martians want me to pay for my war crimes" She added. Mara, who was leaning heavily in her chair, fell out of it causing a commotion.

"You're a war criminal!" Mara exclaimed, standing up from the floor and dusting herself off. Supergirl placed a hand on Mara's shoulders, the silent message to allow M'gann to talk weighed in their touch.

J'onn walke closer to the woman, not wanting her to leave the very building that could protect her. "They're telling me. Psychically" M'gann warned J'onn, only he knew that type of torture that was for their kind. Mara looked up at Supergirl, "Psychically?" She hissed, crossing her arms again.

"Then you have to remain here. If you go outside, you're vulnerable" J'onn trying to convince her to stay put. "I can't put you all in danger" M'gann explained her reasoning. Especially because she felt the fear Mara had when the White Martian attacked them, even more so what Kara came out as Supergirl. She felt the emotions pour from the older blonde as she checked over Mara, that warm feeling that she wished her own mother would have shown her more freely.

Kara stepped forwards, and looked at M'gann with the most sincere eyes. "That's what we do. We protect people" She told M'gann, hoping the woman would change her mind. "I don't need protection" M'gann insisted, taking a few steps back from everyone and holding up her hand. "M'gann. You're making a big mistake" J'onn warned her, "Risking yourself helps no one". J'onn was met with the psych backlash from M'gann as walked closer to the stairs.

"This is my fight, J'onn" She reminded him before walking away from everyone that wanted to help her. Mara clasped her hands with small sound as she did. "That was a bust, I saw that coming a mile away and I'm not psychic" She gave a small twitch of a smirk before walking towards the same stairs M'gann had just took.

Both J'onn and Winn turned to Kara, the same expression on their faces. Kara got the message loud and clear. "Yeah I got it" She nodded, before following Mara

~~~

Mara sat in an empty conference room, her glasses falling from her nose every moment or so. She had her eyes trained on her laptop she swiped from a storage locker. She typed along the keyboard, with grunts coming out of her mouth as a useless piece of information came up.

"Gods! Just fucking work!" Mara yelled, slamming the laptop down.

Supergirl stood at the door, frightened at the teen's anger. "What did the laptop do?" She asked her. Mara looked up as she slumped in her chair. "Trying to decrypt some code from the ship the White Matrians, might give everyone a sense of how many are down here besides M'gann" Mara groane as she pushed the laptop away. Supergirl raised her eyebrow, "I don't need telepathy to know that's not why your mad" She stated, sitting next to Mara.

Mara plastered a faux smirk, "That's why we have super hearing" She joked poorly. Supergirl laughed softly at her. "No, your eyes they're violet. Your angry, Mara" Supergirl told the girl, her voice soft like a lullaby being sung in the qieutest of nights. Mara furrowed hr eyebrows, "How'd you know that? Only Kara and Alex know what emotions tie in to the colour of my eyes" She asked her. Supergirl's eyes looked panicked for a moment.

"Uh, Alex told me. Are you okay?" She changed hte topic quickly, hoping Mara wouldn't press on it. "It's Kara" Mara admitted, looking down at the most likely broken laptop and crossing her arms. Supergirl was taken back, did she do something? "What happened with Kara?" She asked after clearing her throat. Mara looked up at her for a moment. "She's upset and nothing I do is helping" Mara bit her lip as the words came out feeling stupid.

She is angry. Mara is so angry that she couldn't help the woman who has done nothing but help her. "Mara, you can't put that kind of pressure on yourself. What would Kara say?" Supergirl asked, her stomach turning. How could she not notice that Mara was feeling this way. "Kara is literally putting her life on the line for me. She's the one who make me feel safe enough to sleep, who takes me to work so I'm not alone. Kara... seeing her upset like this...it makes me feel...cold and hurt...It's so hard to explain it's like-" Mara was cut off by Supergirl.

"You feel her pain even when you have no idea what's going on or what to do" She finished, trying to hold back her tears while Mara's eyes changed from violet to light blue. "What do I do?" Mara asked, her voice breaking as tears fell from Mara's eyes. Supergirl pulled Mara into a hug, "Tell Kara how you're feeling. Ask her what you can do" She told the young teen as she tried not to sob.

~~~

Mara felt her head shiver again, the same as before the White Martian attacked her and M'gann. Her eyes turned gray, her body freezing for a moment. "Mara?" Alex called out from behind her, her hand on her shoulder. A shudder spread on Mara's spine as she turned around to Alex, her eyes returning to her natural clolour. "Alex you scared me" Mara smiled softly.

Alex held her hands up in defense, "Sorry" She smiled back. Mara shook her head, hugging the agent tightly. "It's been a...rough day. How come you're not with Kara? Aren't you supposed to be line dancing?" Mara asked as they walked towards Supergirl, who was inside a lab. "Yeah, we talked that out" Alex told her as Supergirl came out of the lab.

Supergirl lit up at the sight of her sister and Mara. "Mara! Alex! Just the girls I needed to see" Supergirl greeted them with a forced smile. "You okay?" Mara asked Supergirl, gently tipping her shoulder to the heroine's forearm. Supergirl shook her head, "Yeah, Winn needs you downstairs" Supergirl reassured the teen before ran downstairs.

"Winn?" She called out walking towards the command center. Winn smiled up at Mara, "There's my second in command" He cheered, holding his hand up for a high five. Mara gladly gave him one, the same feeling she got from Alex. "Now, before I let you near the computers, no hacking okay?" Winn pointed his finger at Mara, catching her attention fully. "Yeah, no hacking, orphan's promise" Mara spoke slightly monotone.

She sat next to Winn, completing the task given to her. But she couldn't shake the feeling she had. She looked at the programs Winn had up, the files and encryptions looking oddly familiar to Mara. "Hey Winn I-"

"You find out anything else?" Supergirl asked them walking towards the group. "All is clear on the Martian front" Winn responded, ignoring Mara as he pointed to the screens. 

"We were about to game plan some new tracking techniques. Ain't that right my little protégé" Winn smiled at Mara who quickly nodded, her stomach turning in knots.

"M'gann. You're here" Supergirl looked at the woman turning the corner with J'onn. Mara felt a cold sweep over her body. "I want to help in any way that I can. I hate them even more than you do" M'gann told him, standing next to J'onn with a determined look.

"It's very brave of you to come" Alex commended her sharing a look with Winn. Mara's eyes turned into a mix of bright orange and gray. "We'll do everything we can to keep you safe" Alex added with her arms crossed. "Agent Schott, let's brief M'gann on what we know so far" J'onn ordered Winn, beckonfing him to follow them.

Winn was more than happy as he skipped ahead of them "Yep, come on". Mara caught M'gann's wrist, clutching it tightly as her eyes changed into a new colour. Black. "You are not M'gann" Mara gritted her teeth at the imposter. Just as the girl spoke, M'gann came around the corner near the stairs.

"J'onn, I thought about what you said..." The woman looked up at all the shocked faces. "Wait. If she's here and she..." Winn looked terrified as the imposter smirked darkly. "Smart girl" The imposter looked at Mara before pushing her back against all the screens. "Mara!" Supergirl screamed as Mara groaned against the broken computers.

"You Greens never learn, do you?" They spoke before running to attack M'gann. J;onn caught them by their hand, slamming their body onto the nearby desk. Supergirl ran towards M'gann and a barely alert Mara as the fightin continued. Alex and the two other agents near them had their guns ready to fire when the right oppurtunity arose.

With a punch from one of the Martians, the lights began to flicker. Agents flocked from all around Supergirl who immediately bent down to Mara. "Mara? Mara?!" She tried to wake her up. "Kara?" Mara asked out if it, her body aching badly. "Stay awake little one, stay awake" Supergirl tried to help her stand, not denying that Mara called for her other identity.

"Auxiliary power activated"

Everyone looked around as the lights stopped flickering, hearts racing as paranoia began to set in. J'onn had a hardened look as he walked over to the last computer standing, typing something. Lights blared red all around them.

"Lock-down mode initiated"

"Why are you putting us in lock-down?" Supergirl asked, Mara's arm wrapped around her's . "The only way to catch that thing is to trap it in here" J'onn responded, very aware of the cons his plan presented. "With us?" Winn seethed out, his fear very visual. "We don't even know where it went" Alex spoke ready to shot anything that even moved wrong. Mara seemed to be glued to Supergirl, feeling her cape covering her body like a shield. "Or where it didn't go. It could still be here" Winn added with his voice coming out like a hiss.

"It could be any of us" Supergirl spoke, looking at everyone before looking down at Mara who seemed to be petrified.

~~~

Everyone gathered around the table in the middle of the room. Mara was standing between Supergirl and Alex, she kept her hood up as her head felt like someone was lighting it on fire from the inside. "This is everyone who was inside when the doors shut" Supergirl had her hands on her hips as she spoke, looking at everyone like they looked at her wrong.

"If one of us is a White Martian, how do we tell who's really themselves?" Alex asked, her free hand on her holester. "Oh, that's easy, we just have to ask personal questions" Winn spoke up, "Right, like, things we only would know the answer to" He added before looking at Supergirl. "Like what's the scented candle that I hate?" He asked her, forgetting that Mara didn't know her secret.

"Teak wood and tobacco" Both kryptoninas spoke up, Mara's sounding more painful as she looked at her feet. "No. They can read minds, too. They know all your preferences, everything that makes you who you are" J'onn reminded everyone, his face stone cold as he watched everyone with precision.

"What are you looking at?" an agent on the opposite side of Mara spoke up. "What?" the other agent asked, her voice sounding on edge. The male agent pulled up his gun causing anyone else too aswell, only pointed at him. "Holster your sidearms!" Alex demand him, eyeing him carefully. "Yes, do that, please" Winn squealed.

"I wasn't looking at you" The female agent told him, her gun pointed at him. "Yes, she was" He spat out, ready to shoot. "She's the White Martian" He declared, but no one else agreed verbally. He quickly spotted at Mara, "She knew about M'gann...she's in on it" He glared at Mara pointing his gun at her. Supegirl stepped in front of her, "Now you really better put that away" She warned him, her arms out as she shield Mara. "But it could be her. It could be any of you" His paranoia came out clear, making Mara question his mental stability.

"Stop pointing your weapon" the female agent hissed at him. "Then back off!" He barked back at her. The J'onn finally stepped in, "Come on! We're not going to lose it here" He spoke, his voice more assuring to Mara. Supergirl walked closer to him, Mara clucthcing her cape afraid someone would shot her. She wasn't exactly wanting to find out she wasn't bulletproof yet. "J'onn, you can read minds. Can you scan us to see who's who?" She asked him, taking Mara from her behind to her side.

J'onn squinted his eyes looking over at everyone. His eyes ended on Mara and stayed there for a moment. "No, I can't. There's some kind of psychic interference" He answered but his eyes were still on Mara. her stomach starting to bubble. "Well, that's convenient" the male agent who had his gun pointed at Mara spat out. "Seriously, shut up" Mara snapped at him, her eyes flaring a greenish yellow.

"He's after me. I should turn myself over. Maybe he'll let you go" M'gann stated the very obvious. "Great idea. Mission accomplished" Mara wanted ot rip the agent's throat out at his statement. "Absolutely not" J'onn snapped at him, trying to think of a plan. Supergirl shook her head at the agent, "That is not how we do things".

"It's my fault, I shouldn't have pointed out the Martian" Mara mumbled, looking down at the floor, her eyes light blue. "No Mara, it's all my fault" J'onn tried to comfort her, "I'm the one who sealed us in here" His words doing nothing to stop Mara's head from racing. "No, you don't understand. This isn't just any White Martian" M'gann tried to explained only for Mara to talk with her. "Armek was your mate" She said, earning a very deserved suspicious looks from every.

M'gann walked over to the girl, "Mara how do you know that?" She asked. Mara shrugged, trying to stop her tears from the pain. M'gann seemed to be familiar and place her hands on Mara's head. Mara looked relieved, feeling like the fire had been put out. "Better?" She asked her. "Thank you" Mara smiled for a moment before the pain came back, only this time she didn't react.

"Mate, like your husband?" Alex asked, keeping a wary eye on Mara. "It's not the same for White Martians. It was an arrangement, not a choice, but yes" M'gann began to properly explain, "We were bonded. And you all have a right to know that he is the worst of my kind. He's somehow attacking Mara psychically, how I don't know" She explained, looking at Mara. She knew the pain wasn't gone.

"Oh, well, that makes me feel so much better" Winn commented with his usual sarcasm. "It doesn't matter who he is" J'onn reminded everyone. "J'onn's right. We're going to find him and we're going to beat him" Supergirl spoke after, pulling Mara closer for comfort. Alex then seemed to take the lead, "First things first. I'm going to collect everybody's sidearms".

Then the paranoid agent from hell spoke up, "Are you crazy?" He glared at Alex defensively. "Will somebody take his gun?" the female agent asked, pointher gun up at everyone. Then everyone's weapons went up pointing at someone who was pointing at a different someone. Supergirl held her hand out for someone to give her their gun.

"All right! That's enough!" J'onn shouted loudly, making everyone stop arguing and Mara seemed to be startled like a deer i head lights. J'onn sent her a apologetic look, knowing the feeling of a psychic takeover. "There is one way to determine who is the White Martian and who isn't" He told everyone, like it was something he didn't want to do.

"How?" Mara asked him.

~~~

Everyone stood in a lab, a Bunsen burner on the table everyone gathered around. Winn lit it up, careful as Mara stood next to him and J'onn. Mara crunched her nose at the smell of the gas that kept the bright orange flame burning. "There was a time when we were in hiding on Mars. Trying to build a resistance to the White Martians. We worked out of a network of caves, but they would infiltrate us, send in spies to wreak havoc. Anyone who came through the mouth of the cave had to put their hand to the fire" J'onn explained carefully, though Mara could sense the pain behind his words and how his face morphed as he spoke,

"What did the fire do?" Supergirl asked him. M'gann began to take onf her jacket, walking closer to the flame. "This" She put her hand up against it, her skin turning white where the heat hit, red glowing being the only border between the colurs of her palm. Mara looked amazed as M'gann pulled her hand back. "Okay, that's not creepy at all" Winn laughed awkwardly.

"Do Vasquez first. She was so quick to deny that she's a Martian" the male agent spoke up, crossing his arms. Mara was kinda glad to finally know the woman's name. "Because I'm not, you moron" Vasquez glared at him before putting her hand to the fire. While hesitant at first, she did on there was no white skin ot red glowing. "Now him" she looked directly at agent Moron, who gulped.

He wasn't one either. The relief on his own face made Mara truly think this giy at issues.

"J'onn..." M'gann could see the reluctance on his face as he eyed the fire. "You okay?" She asked him, the man's eyes didn't leave the fire as he walked closer to it. "J'onn..." Supergirl eyes him, her voice trying to mask her fear as Mara stood next to him. "He's not doing it" Agent Moron stated the obvious, his paranoia not finished yet much to Mara's displeasure.

J'onn took a deep breath, M'gann walking closer to him. She began to speak in her mother tongue, her words seeming to put J'onn at ease. He placed his hand to the flame, her skin turning green and everyone seemed to feel safer. "Mara" J'onn turned to the teen who bit her lip. "Does it hurt?" She asked the Martians, walking closer to the fire. M'gann smiled at her, "No, you'll be fine" She reassured her.

Mara held her hand up, pulling up he sleeve as she did. Mara slowly brought her hand closer. The flame began to flicker, small sparks flying at short range. The flame went from a blazing orange to a bright white. "What's happening!?" Supergirl cried out as she looked at Mara's eye. Her eyes turned white, her pupil seemed to shrinking. "Mara!" She called out before Winn pulled her back, placing her behind him. Mara seemed to be in a daze, her breathes still uneven as her hands fell to her knees.

"Winn?" Supergirl questioned him. He hummed in response, " You're up" Supergirl told him. "Oh, wait, seriously? It's me" He tried to avoid the task. "Everyone has to do it" Supergirl reminded him. "Okay. Geez" Winn seemed to be annoyed. A his hand got closer to the flame, Mara seemed to feel the shiver on her whole body.

"No! He's a Martian!" She screamed as his hand changed to the white crab like hand. He smirked wickedly at everyone holding up the bunsen burner. " Smart girl. You got me" He told everyone before swing around the fire, and kicking over a table. Supergirl charged at him only to be thrown ontop of a nother table. The J'onn ran to him but Not Winn caught him by the throat, facing Mara with dark eyes. He then turned to J'onn bring the fire closer to his face. Seeing M'gann behind him.

"I'm so glad you didn't turn yourself in, my love. I would have missed all the fun" He taunted M'gann. Before he could burn J'onn, Supergirl let out a blast of cold air making Armek drop the burner, A punching match started between J'onn and Armek. It seemed like J'onn was winning for a moment before Armek used his shoulder to knock J'onn into M'gann. Supegril went ot hit him but was puched back just as hard onto the floor.

"Sueprgirl!" Mara called out, trying to run to the heroine. Armek grabbed Mara by the hood and some of her hair making her scream. He began to leap over the first table he knocked with Mara in his grasp. "Let me go!" Mara tried to claw at his hands, looking at Supergirl.

He jumped over teh railing, Alex shooting at him. Supergil watched as Mara and Armek fell to the floor, Mara's body being pushed away by the Martian. Supergril flew to the top of hte room, her lasers punching Armek away. But he grabbed Mara and used her as a shield before running away from sight from the heroine.

"Mara" Supergirl cried out.

~~~

Mara woke up, seeing a man typing at a computer. "Huh?" She spoke, catching his attention "You're awake, finally" He smiled at her like she was a bite to eat. "Armek? Right? Still playing the scorned lover card?" Mara asked him, her eyes turning dark red as he came closer. "You know, I've never seen someone who wasn't a telepath find a Martian quicker than you saw through my friend's impression of M'gann" Mara looked at him now terrified, her eyes turning vivid yellow.

"You have a partner" She gasped looking over his shoulder like they'd pop right out. "Oh, they're not here right now. I'm sure your beloved Supergirl is with them now" Armek taunted her, his eyes piercing through her mind. A amused smirk formed on his face, confusing Mara. "What the fuck? Why are you smirking?" She asked him, huffing as she pulled away. "You have no idea do you? I wish I could stay long enough too see your reaction" He laughed to himself. Mara stood up, "What are you talking about?" She asked him angrily. Armek didn't respond only walking towards her again and slapping his hands onto Mara's head.

"Hey let me-" Mara struggled as he lifted her up by her head. "Quiet Kryptonian" Armel spat before his eyes glowed red. Mara screamed, her hear racing as her throat began to burn.

~~~

Mara walked through the corridors, her head all fuzzy. She had no idea what Armek did to her. The red lights seemed to hurt her eyes as she tried to keep one foot in front of the other.

"Mara!?"

The teen looked up, her heart racing as she began to take steps back. "No! Stay away!" She cried out, stumbling back only trip over a loose wire.

Supergirl looked at the girl confused, "Mara it's me" She called out, walking closer to the teen. "Stay away! You...your Armek's partner" Mara shouted back, her eyes yellow as fear corrupted her body. Supergirl looked back at Alex, "What is she-?" Supergirl turned her focus back to Mara. "Little one, it's me Supergirl. I'm not gonna hurt you" She stepped closer.

"GET BACK!" Mara shrieked, shooting a laser bast at Supergirl's feet. Supergirl looked at the girl shocked, what had Armek done to her. Mara backed up to a wall, staring at Supergril. Only she didn't see the Kryptonian she adored, there was no blue and red suit with a comforting smile. All she saw was a giant white monster that made her want to jump off the building just from it's gaze.

Supergirl stepped closer, holding her hands out. "Mara...listen to my voice...it's me" She called out softly as Alex held her gun up just incase. Mara couldn't hear Supergirl's voice that well, only grunts and the sounds on feet hitting the floor like thunder. "Stay away!" Mara cried out, closing her eyes.

"Mara, it's me. Please, just..." Supergirl paused before an idea came into her head. She squated down to Mara's level, her face softened as she gently touched Mara's knees. The girls squeake at this, the warm touch only felt like slime dripping on her knee. "After you first saw my office at CatCo, you immediately staring painting these amazng landscapes to make it more homely. My favourite was the one where a little girl in this shiny white dress is standing in cornfields. She holding a pink bundle in her arms as the sun goes down in the background. You said..."

"That it was a dream I could never explain" Mara spoke softly, her body relaxing as the feeling of slime seemed to disappear and the warmth spread. She carefully opened her eyes, the tears gathering as she saw Supergirl. Mara jumped into her arms, hiding her tears in Supergirl's cape. "You found me" She cried out, her finger curling around the red material. "I'd never abandon you Mara. Ever" Supergirl whispered to her, kissing her hair as her own fingers wove through them.

Mara looked up at Alex, her body tenseing. "She's the other Martian!" Mara shrieked out, unaware that J'onn said the same thing over the coms. Supergril stood up facing Not Alex, who looked at her cruelly. "You guys are so dumb..." She growls at them showing her real mouth. Supergirl kept Mara behind her. "Find J'onn...go" Supergirl told Mara. Mara looked at her, "No! I can't leave you!" She hissed back. "I'll be fine go!" She told Mara who ran off down the corridor closer to her.

"What's wrong, Supergirl? Too afraid to put up a fight?" She taunted her, her body bouncing ready for a fight. "Never" Supergirl answered back, knowing that Mara was gonna be okay.

"Core breach in five minutes"

Mara ran towards the red lights, her body moving before she could even think. She ran right into someone. "Mara!". The girl looked up, her eyes brightening. "Winn" She smiled, hugging his tightly. J'onn cleared his throat, "Mara, can you disable the reactor?" he asked her, pushing her along as Winn seemed to tap on a tablet.

"I think?" She answered as J'onn pushed them both to the direction she came from. "Good" He answered as a pair of door open. "How long till you disable the reactor?" J'onn asked them.

"Core breach in four minutes"

"About four minutes?" the duo squeaked out, Mara looking up to see Supergirl fighting the Martian that took Alex's identity. "Good answers" J'onn commented as He sent Mara over to a computer to start working an bypassing the new security locks.

"This is gonna be fun" She smiled, already taking down five firewalls. She looked up at Winn who seemed to be frozen in fear. "WINN! COME ONE MAN!" She shouted at him before J'onn pushed him towards her. "Okay! Did you do this?" He asked Mara seeing that the work done was impeccable to his standards.

"No! Martian you did" She answered him, her eyes not leaving the screen in front of her. "Oh" He grimaced. "Mara keep doing what you're doing! I need to reroute the system!" Winn called as he ran to the mother board near them. "Okay but do it fast! Mara shouted back as the fights kept happening right behind her.

"Okay Mara, I need you to activate the cooling and stabilizing systems!" Winn told her, running back to the second keyboard. Mara smirked, "Way ahead of ya" She smirked already hacking into the cooling systems. There was less then thirty seconds left.

Mara didn't look behind her, trying to focus on the task at hand. "Okay in the stabilizing system...and boom!" Mara yelled victoriously.

"Core stabilized"

Mara jumped up in the air, her body filled with adrenaline. "And that's how it's done! Suck it Armek!" Mara cheered and she jumped up and down. "Only twelve seconds to spare" Winn sighed with relief, high-fiving Mara who seemed to be like a kid on Christmas. She started to a little dance, her eyes turning a beautiful pink.

Supergirl smiled at Mara's antics, a swell of pride in her chest. "I'm so proud of you!" Supergirl beamed, Mara lighting up at the praise. A roar from Armek caught everyone's attention before he was struck down,

Alex stood behind J'onn and M'gann holding her gun. "Have I mentioned how much I love my new gun" She panted. Mara ran towards Alex, "ALEX!" She screamed. Mara wrapped her arms around her, their bodies crashing onto the floor. "Hey kid" Alex smiled, hugging her back just as tight.

~~~

Supergirl carefully hovered outside Mara's bedroom window, allowing said girl in her arms the hop inside. "What did you guys tell Kara?" Mara asked her, taking off her shoes. Supergirl smiled at Mara's concern. "Just that you had some business to take care of" She answered her.

Mara smiled at Supergirl before she remembered something. "Uh, Supergirl. How did you know about the paintings?" Mara asked her, remembering how the heroine took her out of the trance and the perspective used. Supergirl was taken back, not realizing what she did.

"Kara told me. I was so caught up in trying to help you I must have just repeated it word for word" She explained to Mara. Mara furrowed her eyebrows, feeling like there was something else. "Okay...see you tomorrow?" She changed the subject. "Yeah, good night little one" Supergirl smiled before flying off.

"Mara! That you?" Kara's voice called out. Mara ran towards the open living room, seeing Kara wrapped up under the blanket. She looked like she had only woken up, the TV playing old musicals on low. "Sorry, did I wake you?" Mara apologized, sitting by Kara's feet and lifting the blanket to cover her. "Of course not" Kara smiled at her.

Mara felt like Kara had something to say. "Alex texted you about my...outburst" She guessed simply, earning a very 'my cover's blown' face from Kara. "Yeah" Kara dragged out, scooting over to Mara. Mara bit her lip. "I know that you've been upset and seeing you upset makes me feel bad" Mara began, her eyes turning light yellow. "Mara, you can talk to me" Kara reassured her.

"You make me feel safe Kara. A safe that I only had once before, in the dream that inspired that painting you love" Mara mentioned. "Yeah, the one wit the mom and her daughter in the cornfields. My favourite" Kara smiled softly. "I believed for a long time and I still do that it's a memory of my birth mom. You give me that same warmth and you've done so much for me. And I want to do the same for you. And I don't want you to leave me. I love you Kara" Mara wiped the tears that were coming from her eyes, her sobs coming out quietly. Kara cooed at Mara, pulling her close for a side hug. "Hey, sweetie" She pouted, trying to get Mara to face her. "I love you too and I'd never abandon you Mara. Ever" Kara held her cheeks in her hands. Using her thumbs to wipe away Mara's tears. Mara was about to talk when a knock on the door caught Kara's attention.

"That's Alex. Why don't you get changed while I see if Alex brought food if not...takeout?" Kara smiled walking towards the door. Mara nodded before walking to her room. She closed her door, leaning against it as she slid down.

Her eyes flickered from dark orange to gray. She was confused and suspicious at the same time. It's impossible, how could Supergirl know about the painting the way she did? How did Kara repeat the exact same words as Supergirl? It was something not even a statistic could predict.

Mara opened up her notebook, writing something in a margin. She got into her pajamas, making sure to hide her notebook.

"MARA!" Alex and Kara called her, their giggles following after. Mara smiled softly before running out to the kitchen. "What has got you too giggling like schoolgirls?" Mara asked as she turned the corner.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" The sisters smiled. A small cupcake sat on the kitchen island. A single candle lit in the middle and there was a white chocolate disc with a fancy 'M' in dark chocolate. "It's chocolate with raspberry filing and frosting, your favourite" Alex smiled as Mara walked closer.

Mara's eyes welled up as she looked at Kara and Alex. "You guys, you didn't have to do this" Mara tried to wipe her tears. Kara cooed as Alex pulled Mara into a hug. "No it's not, after the day you've had and the lovely surprise you gave Kara. This is nothing" Alex told her as she picked up the small plate the cupcake was on.

"Come on, make a wish" Kara smiled as the cupcake was brought closer. Mara closed her eyes and blew the candle out. "Happy fifteenth birthday Mara" Kara seemed to be softer and more emotional as Mara hugged her. "Thanks Kara" Mara whispered.

~~~

Mara walked into her room, sitting cross-legged on her bed as she grabbed her notebook. Written on the margin was 'Kara' on the left and 'Supergirl'. Mara draw a line in the middle. "What are you hiding?" Mara mused as she began writing.

ooooh Mara's suspicious. chapter six is the last one for act one of space between.