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She’s awake but not really. Lena is trying to open her eyes but something doesn’t let her. She’s not in her bed, she’s on the floor. Her head hurts and it feels like she’s been asleep since forever. It has happened enough times already so she knows she’s been drugged and probably kidnapped. Lena has to think fast. It takes some time but it comes back to her. She left her brother last night or the last night she can remember. She was going to find Kara. She wanted to help her, she wanted to ask for forgiveness. Not that she deserves that but she was hopping that her best friend or whatever she was at that point would believe her.
Her eyes open and she is in a small room with grey walls. Then, she sees her. Kara is on the other side of the room and it looks like she’s sleeping. That means that she is safe. Kara will take her out of here as soon as she wakes up. But no, that sounds too good to be true. Whoever put them in this cell and that person is probably her brother must have known who Kara is and what she is capable of. She doesn’t look like Supergirl right now but she doesn’t look like Kara Danvers either. Something is missing. Her glasses, that’s it, her stupid glasses that fooled Lena for years. And Kara still thinks she’s a genius.
Kara is wearing a grey t-shirt and grey sweatpants and Lena looks at herself and she’s wearing exactly the same. That creates something uncomfortable deep inside of her. Someone removed their clothes while they were unconscious. Lena tries to move and surprisingly it works. She feels so weak but she manages to stand.
“Kara,” she says but she doesn’t respond.
Lena walks to other side of the room and she kneels in front of Kara but she is too afraid to touch her. They haven’t seen each other since the fortress and Lena doesn’t even want to think about that. Kara doesn’t know that she understands now, that she doesn’t hate her. Like she could ever hate Kara.
“Kara,” she says again and this time it seems like she heard her because she’s trying to open her eyes.
It is clear when it registers to Kara what it is in front of her, who is in front of her.
“What are you doing here?”
“Please, just listen to me. I don’t know where we are.”
“What do you mean…” She doesn’t finish her question as she realizes where they are.
“I will take us out of here,” she tries to stand up and it seems like it is as difficult as it was for Lena. Something is wrong.
A moment passes and the reality of their situation is clear. Kara is walking around.
“You don’t have your powers.” It’s a statement not a question and Kara doesn’t answer.
“Do you think it’s kryptonite?” Lena asks but she already knows the answer. There are no green veins in Kara’s face and she doesn’t seem to experience the usual symptoms. She’s just weak after whatever it was that they gave them, same as Lena. That means that they are trapped here and whoever did that to them has some really advanced technology.
“Have you ever experienced anything similar?” Kara doesn’t even look at her.
“Talk to me. I know that things between us aren’t good right now but we are out of options here.”
“Why should I trust you Lena?” It hurts because she is right. She’s looking at her now and her eyes are so angry but her voice breaks.
“If I was the one who did this to you, I wouldn’t be in this room with you. Someone else is keeping us here.”
Kara takes a deep breath. It’s so weird to look at her in normal clothes without her glasses.
“Okay,” she starts walking again. Maybe looking at Lena is too much right now. “I think this has something to do with red sun lamps. It has happened to me before. My powers will be back when we get out.”
“If we get out.”
“Do you think Lex did this?” Kara asks.
“I’m sure, it’s him.”
“Then why are you here?”
“I don’t know. It must be one of his sick jokes.” Kara doesn’t seem to understand what’s happening from the way she looks at Lena. “I left him last night, I wanted to come to your place. This must be part of his revenge.”
“You left him?” There is so much disbelief in her voice that cuts deep inside of Lena.
“I really hope that you will believe me. I know that you have no reason to do that but…”
Someone opens the door and it’s not Lex. It’s a man that Lena doesn’t know. He has dark hair and there is something disturbing in the way he is looking at them. He has a gun and Kara isn’t bulletproof at the moment so they have to be careful. There must be others outside too and fighting him doesn’t seem like a good idea.
“Who are you?” Kara says and she sounds exactly like Supergirl. She moves in front of Lena. Maybe she still cares and the fact that she’s doesn’t have her powers doesn’t stop her from protecting Lena. Or maybe she is still a hero and she would do that for anyone.
“That’s not important. The only thing that matters now is you two,” he says.
“What are you even talking about?”
“Just tell us what you want and who is behind this,” Lena says. She can’t let Kara face him alone.
“Just follow me and I will explain everything.” He turns around, ready to exit the room. “And girls, don’t try anything funny because my guys are everywhere.”
Lena looks at Kara and there is a silent agreement between them that they should wait for now.
He wasn’t lying about his guys, there are guards everywhere and they are armed. Some of them are aliens and others look like humans but Lena isn’t sure. They walk close to each other. It brings Lena some comfort that Kara is here with her but at the same time she wishes Kara was safe at her apartment. There are no windows, but Lena expected that much. They must be somewhere underground.
They enter a big room that’s almost empty except from a couch and some chairs. The whole situation feels like a really bad and twisted joke.
“Please, sit.” They do because what other option, do they have. The guards didn’t follow them inside but there are cameras on the walls and Lena is sure that they are watching everything. They sit on the couch close to each other, slightly touching.
“You must be wondering why you are here,” he says.
“No, not really, after a while I got used to being kidnapped by my brother,” Lena says and she hopes that she sounded as sarcastic as she intended to be.
“You are close but that’s not exactly what’s going on here. You see, your brother brought you to me but I am the one in charge here.”
“Lex doesn’t let anyone else have any real power. He just uses you to hurt me. So, tell me what you want and maybe we could make a deal.”
“I don’t think that you are in any position to make deals, Lena.” He smiles and it stops Lena from saying anything else. There is something about him that’s so uncomfortable. “Lex gave both of you to me and he isn’t a part of what’s happening here.”
Lena is ready to say something but Kara stands up.
“Why he would do something like that? It’s not like you can keep me here forever.”
“Have you noticed that there is something unusual about your powers.” His smirk is beyond annoying.
“They will come back.”
“This is where you are wrong. Your powers come from the yellow sun and there is nothing like that here.”
“And where is here exactly?” Kara asks.
“We are in a solar system with a red sun.” Everything it’s much worse than Lena expected. They are somewhere so far away and there is no escape. She feels hopeless, all the bravery from moments ago is gone. Kara sits back on the couch.
“So, now that we are on the same page. I don’t have any intention of hurting you if you follow my instructions.”
“But we are prisoners here?” Lena asks as if it wasn’t obvious but he doesn’t make any sense.
“Not exactly. We can be partners. It depends on how well you will behave.”
“If you except me to help you in any way, I’m telling you now that’s it’s not going to happen. Enough of my projects have ended up in wrong hands already.”
“I don’t care about your projects, girl. I just want you to fuck her. On camera.”
Lena turns to look at Kara because she must have heard wrong. Kara’s face doesn’t show any emotion but her hand reaches for Lena’s and she squeezes. He can’t be serious. What he is asking is so wrong. She feels sick.
“You can’t be serious.”
“I am and you will do it if you want to live.” He points his gun at Lena. “You will fuck her today just for me and whoever is watching, just to see what you can do. Another day we will bring cameras and a whole crew and you will fuck her again.”
“This is between me and Lex. Let her go and I’ll do whatever you want.” Lena has no idea where that came from but it’s true. This isn’t Kara’s fault and she could never make her do that.
“I make the rules here and you will do exactly what I’m telling you. What are you waiting for? I don’t have all day. We are a business here.”
“So, what is this about? An illegal porn industry that uses people against their will?”
“You are making it so much more difficult that it is. You will do as I say for some hours every day and you will be rewarded.”
“And if I don’t what? Are you going to shoot me?”
“Maybe. Or I will shoot her. Or I will bring the guys here to beat her while we watch.”
For the first time in her life Lena wants to die. Every terrible thing that has ever happened to her was nothing compared to this. She could never force Kara to do something she doesn’t want to, even if she isn’t the one who made the decision. Kara hasn’t moved since he told them what they have to do but she is still holding Lena’s hand like her life depends on it. The irony is that it actually does. Lena doesn’t know how serious this man is about killing them but it is obvious that he is serious about the beating. Insulting him isn’t the way to go. She could try something else.
“Even if I wanted to, I just can’t. I don’t know how. We are both straight.” Lena knows that she is lying. She doesn’t remember exactly when she stopped considering herself straight but it had something to do with being in love with her best friend for years. But she isn’t lying in every way that matters. She has never done anything like that before. Not with a girl.
“Lex told me that you are so in love with her that you killed your own brother for her.” That sick man is having fun with them. He’s playing with their emotions and there is nothing that hurts more than the truth. He is still holding the gun but at least he doesn’t point it at them. “It doesn’t matter at this point. They will show you what looks good another time. For now, put your fingers inside of her and go from there.”
There are no cameras close to them. At least not the kind of cameras to film any kind of movie. There are some security cameras on the walls but it is clear that whatever he asks them to do is for his own enjoyment. Lena wants to punch him. He sits on that chair like he owns them and Lena wants to cry because he actually does. But she won’t, not now. She has to stay strong for Kara.
“I don’t know what you are waiting for. Take off your clothes Lena or someone else will do it for you. Your choice.”
Okay, she can do that and maybe it would be enough for now. There are tears in Kara’s eyes and Lena has never seen her like that. She’s always so brave, so full of life. But she has seen Kara crying again and she has the one who caused it.
She stands up and she has to let Kara’s hand and suddenly she is so alone. She takes off her sweatpants and her t-shirt. The man is looking at her body and when Kara moves to take off her own t-shirt, she stops her.
“She can keep her clothes, right? It’s more humiliating for me. I’m sure you’re into that.” Because she has to try. She can’t let Kara feel the way she feels.
“Whatever, just do something.”
She takes off her underwear and once again she wants to cry. She has never felt so exposed in her life. Kara isn’t exactly looking at her. It seems like she isn’t even here. She kneels in front of her.
“Hey, Kara, look at me,” and then she does. Kara is looking at her face and she searches for her hand again. She almost whispers. “If you don’t want to do this, we won’t. There are other options but I can’t let you die. I don’t care about myself but you don’t deserve this.”
“Lena, it’s okay,” her voice is so low, so broken. “I don’t want you to die either. I… won’t be able to live with myself.”
“So… we are doing this?”
Kara nods.
“You have done this again, right?” They have never actually talked about sex and it’s weird since they are, they were, best friends for years but it never came up. But Lena knows that it had happened. She asks anyway because she doesn’t know what else to say.
“Yeah… but not with a…”
“Yeah, I know me too. It’s okay.”
“Lena, it wasn’t supposed to happen like that,” her voice this time is more like her normal voice.
“Enough with this nonsense,” the man shouts and it breaks their little bubble. It brings Lena back to reality where she is in another planet and she has to fuck her best friend with an audience if she wants to live. “You will do exactly what I’m telling you to do.”
Kara lowers her sweatpants and underwear. She isn’t as lost as she was a few minutes ago. Her eyes never leave Lena’s and there is a weird kind of determination in them. It says that they can get through this, that there is hope. If she just focuses on Kara and only Kara maybe she can do it. She places the hand that is holding Kara’s on her thigh and Kara places her own hand on top of Lena’s.
It’s so weird to look at that part of Kara but she is naked so the feeling must be mutual. Lena had imagined many times having sex with Kara. It always made her feel so guilty, so dirty. She never thought she would actually get to do what she is going to do now but what’s about to happen is so wrong that it feels like something entirely different.
She moves her other hand to cup Kara because she doesn’t want to be told once again what she has to do. Kara is… soft and warm. A part of her wants to actually try to make Kara feel good but how could she ever feel good. She is being raped, but not by Lena. It’s not their decision. Maybe she can try the small circles that she does to herself. She has to do something anyway. There are some new tears in Kara's eyes and Lena’s heart breaks all over again. This isn’t her fault. She has to remember that.
“Put two fingers inside of her.”
Lena does that because what other option she has. Kara is soft and kind of wet. She goes really slow. The last thing she wants is to hurt Kara. She finds a rhythm and she can’t stop herself from wanting to make Kara feel good. She doesn’t forget for a second where they are but touching Kara brings a strange comfort. Kara squeezes her hand and Lena knows what she means, that it is okay, that she can take it.
It goes on for some minutes and Lena’s knees hurt. She doesn’t know when they are supposed to stop. Does he expect Kara to cum with an obscene porn sound? Kara has barely stopped crying. She is more wet now but it could never feel good. Bodies react a certain way but that doesn’t mean anything. Every nice thought that Lena has about Kara is accompanied with so much guilt that in the end it isn’t a nice thought at all.
“Fuck. I can’t believe it, I was sure that you two were fucking a lot but this is boring.”
Kara snaps and turns to look at him.
“Oh, what did you expect? You forced this situation to us. Did you think we would just do whatever your fucked up mind imagined?” It doesn’t really sound like Kara but it’s better than the nothing she gave Lena before. Lena stops moving her hand but her fingers are still inside of Kara.
“Don’t talk to me like that you fucking slut! Just stop. We are done for today. Someone will show you another time what to do.”
Kara has more to say but Lena squeezes her hand really tight as she moves her fingers from inside of her. This is not the time to fight. They have to be smart.
Kara stands up and she pulls her sweatpants back in their place. And then she sees Lena. Lena who is still naked and on her knees. It’s like something clicks inside of her because she moves fast. She finds Lena’s clothes and she helps her stand up. She gives Lena her clothes and she stands between Lena and that man without really looking at Lena, not at her body at least. It’s like she is trying to protect her. Lena was lost for a moment but Kara was there for her. When Lena is dressed, Kara takes her hand. The man doesn’t say anything else and he leaves the room. They follow the guards who are taking them somewhere else from the cell they woke up. They climb some stairs and Kara doesn’t let her hand. It’s the only thing that grounds her so she tries to focus on that. She never wants to walk without it ever again.
They are in a room now that actually looks more like a room than a cell. It has a door that must lead to the bathroom. There are two beds in each side of the room and there is a window. A window that lets red light get in the room. That window crushes every hope that Lena had that he was lying, that they were still on Earth, that it was all a dream.
The window doesn’t offer any other information whatsoever because the only thing that they can see are other windows from the other side of the building.
There are fresh clothes on the bed and Lena takes them and heads to the bathroom. The things that happened today are not something a shower could fix but Lena tries. At some point she realizes that she’s crying and she feels like she is not in her body. She tries to calm down, for Kara. When she manages to stop crying, she exits the bathroom but when she sees Kara, she starts crying all over again. Kara rushes to her side and she opens her arms but she doesn’t make the final step to hug Lena. Lena puts her hands around Kara’s neck and she just melts in her arms. Kara holds her so tight that makes Lena believe that they can make it.
“I’m so sorry Kara, I’m so so sorry.”
“You have nothing to be sorry about.” It is a big lie, Lena knows that but it’s true about what happened today. “It wasn’t your fault and I am okay now.” Now it is Kara’s turn to lie but Lena can’t form any coherent sentence right now.
“Do you want to sit on the bed?” Kara asks and Lena doesn’t know how long they were standing there. Lena nods and they sit on the bed.
After a while Lena wants to lie down but she doesn’t want to stop being close to Kara.
“Do you want to stay or you can go to the other one? It’s okay whatever you want.”
“I want to stay.”
They have never cuddled before or slept in the same bed but Kara’s arms fit so perfect around of her that once again it makes Lena think that they can make it back home alive.