I'm Not An Idiot

Chapter 10

Kara's POV
It's now morning and I haven't slept all night. All I could think about was Lena.
Maybe Jess was lying. Or joking around. Pranking me.
Why would she do that? She was obviously telling the truth.
There's only one way to find out...
I shake my head knowing that Lena doesn't want to see me and if it is true, she may use the gun on me.

I get out of bed and got ready quickly and made my way to work. I don't want to tell anyone about the gun because I don't know how true it is. And if I do then Alex and my friends will go back to not trusting her and I don't think they'd be able to come back from it. I sigh as I make my way into the elevator at CatCo.

Once it reaches the top, I'm face to face with Nia.
"AH! Nia! What are you doing?"
She doesn't answer my question. Instead, she grabs my head and drags me to James' office.
Once there, she presses play on a remote and the TV starts. The first thing I see is Lena's face.
"She made this speech half an hour ago."
I watch.

"I have built my own reputation away from the Luthor name. I know that some people don't trust me but many do and that's enough. However, I feel as though my feelings towards Supergirl may make you question me. I hate Supergirl. But I want you to know why I hate Supergirl. She hurt me. She betrayed me and my trust. I want to tell her that and I want to question why she did what she did. So. Supergirl, if you're watching, meet me where we used to meet all the time at lunch as soon as you can. I'll be waiting."

Nia pauses it on Lena's face and I just keep staring at her.
"Kara. I know that you want to go but she could be planning something. What if she wants to hurt you? What if she is going to kill you? I don't think you should go. Stay here and I'll get Al-"
I rip off my clothes and fly out of the office through the terrace before she finishes and make my way to L-Corp. When I get there, I see reporters surrounding the area and when they see me, they start taking pictures and asking questions. I ignore them and go straight to Lena's office. I land on the balcony and see her sitting in her chair. I don't see a gun.

I knock on the door and she jumps before getting up and unlocking the door, all without looking at me. I enter her office and she has her back to me.
"Lena?" She turns and faces me. All I can see is hate and anger in her eyes, making me want to cry knowing I caused all of it.
"Why? Why lie to me?"
"I wanted to tell you. So many times. But Alex and my friends didn't trust you and told me not to."
She laughs without humour.
"And you just listened to them? Oh sweet, innocent Kara will do anything her friends ask her to. How pathetic."
I flinch.
"It's your secret Supergirl, you should be able to tell whoever you want without others telling you so. Try again."
I look at her, confused.
"What do you mean?"
She rolls her eyes.
"There's obviously another reason you didn't want to tell me."
I sigh. "Honestly it was to protect you." Her expression changed slightly but only for a second.
"I doubt that. I can protect myself."
I shake my head. "Not against my enemies. They're too powerful."
"I am as well. And I have tech good enough to hurt people. Even you."
She goes over to the wall and presses a button. They wall falls into itself and a platform comes out with a gun on it. A gun glowing bright green.
The kryptonite gun.

"So it is true? You built a gun that could kill me?"
"Yes. But I don't want to kill you."
"The bullets will affect me as long as they're in me."
"Which is why the bullets are magnetic and, with a flick of a switch, will come straight back to me."
I don't respond. I just stare at her. Shocked.
"Close your mouth or you'll catch flies. Now. Why did you lie?"
"To protect you!"
"No! That's bullshit! There's another reason and if you don't tell me I will shoot!"
"That's the only other reason!" I try to tell her but she won't listen.
She points the gun at me.
"Lena! I swear! Please. Don't do this. You're a good person. I swear that's the reason! I care about you Lena! Please! Don't do something you'll re-"
BANG!

I feel a sharp pain in my side. Then I feel it. The weakness, the nauseous feeling and the agony.
"AHHHH."
I fall to my knees and cover my side with my hand. I take long deep breaths to try and make the pain go away.

I look at Lena. She has an expression on her face I've seen before. Sorrow. Regret. She then flicks a switch and the pain gets worse as I feel the bullet being ripped out of my body by a force. Then the pain disappeared. I take a deep breath and stand, I wobble slightly.

"You don't want to do this Lena. You don't want to hurt me."
She drops the gun and takes a few steps forward.
"I want to hurt you. Now I know I only want to hurt you emotionally. Because that's how you hurt me."
"No matter what you do, I'll still care about you Lena. Nothing can change that."
She smirks.
"Challenge accepted."
She then places her hands on my chest. She begins to lean in before she pushes me. Hard. It took me by surprise and by the time I regain balance, I'm on the balcony. She gets close again.
"Goodbye Supergirl."
I tilt my head in confusion.
Then I'm falling.

I quickly take flight and go back up to the balcony, but the door and blinds are shut. I sigh. I look at my side and notice that the wound has healed but the suit needs cleaning and repairing.

I begin to feel tears in my eyes. How could Lena do that? How could she shoot me? I blink trying to get rid of my tears. Rao knows what she's going to do to hurt me emotionally. But I know that I'll still care about her. I'll probably still want to be with her. I know that this will pass. She just needs time. Time to heal.
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Lena's POV
I feel bad. Seeing Kara in pain like that was horrible.
I don't want to do this. I love Kara.
No. I hate her. She lied to me and betrayed me and she won't tell me the real reason.
But I can get it out of her without hurting her.
True. I can hurt those around her instead.
No! They're my friends as well.
Friends who told Kara not to tell me who she was because they don't trust me.
But Kara does. There's something else. It's not to protect me because that's bullshit. She wants to protect everyone else she cares about so why tell them?

I collapse in my chair and sigh. Tears begin to fill my eyes as I realise that Kara will never want to see me again and it's my fault. What am I going to do? Everything's falling apart and it's because I can't get over Kara keeping a secret. I just need to have a plan of what I do next. Otherwise I just might go crazy and I can't let Kara down even more by going full blown Lex and killing innocent people and destroying the city. I know what I should do first.

I get up and grab the gun. I remove the bullets and put them back into the secret compartment in the wall and go outside the office. Jess is sat there looking worried.
"Jess?"
She stands up and turns.
"Please tell me that gunshot I heard didn't kill Supergirl."
I shake my head. "It didn't. It just hurt her. Which hurt me."
I extend my arm to pass her the gun.
"Can you destroy this for me?"
She smiles and nods. "Happily Miss Luthor."
"Thank you Jess. For everything. I apologise as well. I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have put you in this place where you didn't know what to do. You deserve better."
She smiles. "But I enjoy working here. It's a rollercoaster. Sometimes fun, sometimes scary and other times overwhelming but overall it has been a blast."
I smile. "You can have the rest of the day off if you want to."
She shakes her head. "I'll get rid of this and come back. Like I said, I enjoy my job." I smile and nod.
"Have fun."
She rolls her eyes as she puts the gun in her bag. "I will."

I go back into my office and take a seat, turning on the TV to try and stop thinking about Kara. What I see is even worse.
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A/N What do you think Lena saw on the TV? Do you think Lena has stopped trying to hurt Kara?
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