Kara and Mon-El drove through the winter wonderland. Snow was falling everywhere. Mon-El could see the few other cars on the road were covered in snow. They probably were from somewhere nearby. Kara had told him they were going to Midvale for Christmas, whatever that was. When he had asked why they were driving, she had told him she couldn't carry all the presents. "Are we there yet?" He asked.
"No, not yet," Kara replied. Mon-El started to wonder if they would ever get to Midvale.
"Why isn't Alex driving with us? You never explained why." Mon-El asked.
"She didn't tell me either. All she said was it was a DEO emergency that doesn't need Supergirl." Kara looked so beautiful in the white light reflecting off of the window. Her hair looked like it was golden from where he was sitting. Her blue eyes sparkling with happiness. "Do you want to listen to Christmas music?" Kara asked pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Sure." Mon-El hadn't really listened to any music since he landed on Earth. The only songs he had listened to were fun. Kara turned on the radio. The first song that came on was 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.' It sounded like Christmas was a strange holiday from what he learned from the song. The next song that came on was 'Jingle Bell Rock.' It sounded like a fun song. Riding in a sleigh sounded like fun, whatever a sleigh was. Kara sang to it. Her voice is exquisite, he thought. It sounded like bells ringing. The next song that came on was one he had listened to at the bar, 'All I Want for Christmas is You.' Mon-Ell and Kara sang together with the entire thing. Together they blurted out the last chorus.
Jingle Bells came on next, Mon-El had also heard it at the bar. It sounded like a very popular song because it came on a lot. As the night progressed Jingle Bells came on a few more times. Mon-El noticed that Kara was getting tired, but thought nothing of it. They were probably close to Midvale. Mon-El was also falling asleep. The sound of the cars rushing past them, the music. It was so relaxing.
Mon-El woke up to a screech and a crash. Kara had fallen asleep, and they had crashed. She should have woken up to that, her super-hearing would have woken her up. Mon-El pulled himself out of the seat belt and heaved the door open. He quickly ran around the car to Kara's side. He ripped off the door and sent it flying over the road onto the other side. Mon-El broke Kara's seatbelt. He saw something sticking out from her neck. It was a glowing green dart. Someone had attacked them! Mon-El quickly pulled out the kryptonite dart.
Kara felt so light and weak in his arms. Normally she was so strong. She was shivering. Mon-El reached into the car and pulled out his and Kara's coats and wrapped Kara in them. Still, she didn't wake up. "Kara," He whispered, "Kara, wake up." She didn't wake up. "Kara!" He yelled. "Kara, please wake up!" Mon-El collapsed to the ground. "Please wake up, Kara, I need you." He whispered. Mon-El felt hot tears roll down his cheeks. "Kara, please, please, wake up." He pleaded.
Mon-El stood up, he was determined to get her to safety, to warm her up, to help her. Where was he? Mon-El looked at his surroundings. There was a sign close to where the car had crashed. Mon-El strode over to it. It said, "Welcome to Colorado!"
From the corner of Mon-El's eyes he could see a car pull over by him and Kara. A 18-year-old girl climbed out of the drivers seat. "Are you okay?" She asked, "Do you want me to call the police?"
"No," Mon-El replied, "Could you give us a ride to the closest bus station? We're going to Midvale for Christmas."
"Is she okay?" The girl asked motioning to the unconscious Kara, "She looks unconscious."
"No, she was just tired, and she fell asleep in my arms." Mon-El lied smoothly.
"Okay, if you insist." The girl seemed anxious about them, "Climb in." The girl showed him to the car, and he placed Kara in the middle seat before climbing into the right window seat.
Meanwhile at the Danver's residence in Midvale…
"Just put your things in your room." Eliza said as Alex and J'onn walked through the doorway. "What are you doing here J'onn?"
"I flew Alex here after work as a gift." J'onn replied.
"Well that was kind off you, J'onn." Eliza walked into the kitchen, "What about Kara? Is she on her way?"
Alex rushed down the stairs. "Wait, Kara and Mon-El aren't here yet?"
"No," Eliza said getting worried, "Did they leave before you two? Were they supposed to get here before you?"
"Yes, to both questions." Alex said pulling out her phone to call Kara. "Come on, Kara, please be okay. Please pick up."
We unable to reach this number please try again in a few minutes. A robotic voice said on the other end of Alex's phone.
"Dang!" Alex exclaimed.
"I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for this." J'onn said, "I'll go out and look for them." Red sparked on him and he transformed into the Martian Manhunter.
"Please do that." Eliza said before she moved to Alex to give her a hug, "I'm sure nothing bad happened to them, honey. They probably stopped at a hotel for the night, this snowstorm is terrible."
"They are the two most stubborn aliens on this planet, the only thing that could stop them from driving through the storm is kryptonite and lead bullets." Alex's eyes widened and she looked at her mother, "What if someone attacked them?"
"That is highly unlikely." Eliza let go of Alex, "Come into the kitchen and have something to eat. The best we can do is wait."
"Fine." Alex said stubbornly walking into the kitchen.
At Cortez, Colorado…
The girl, whose name Mon-El found out was Lily, pulled into a driveway. "You had best stay here for the night. No bus is operating in this mess." She said turning off the car.
Mon-El unbuckled himself then Kara, and opened his door. Mon-El followed Lilly inside, and carried Kara in. "This is a nice place." Mon-El commented.
"Thanks," Lilly said, "I have a guest bedroom you and your girlfriend can sleep in, though she might have already gotten enough sleep on the way here."
"Look, Lilly, we both know I lied and she is not sleeping, so you can stop pretending she is." Mon-El said, "We both know she is unconscious. Thank you for doing everything for us without asking very many questions."
"Its nothing," She said pulling out some food from a mini-fridge in the corner of the living room. "You probably are like fugitives or some thing. Besides, I am trying to be a nice person to everyone I meet, and I met you, so by default I am nice to you." Lilly showed Mon-El to the guest bedroom. "Here's where you sleep tonight, tomorrow maybe some crazy people will try to drive and you can get to Midvale."
"Thank you so much, Lilly."
Don't mention it, Mike." Lilly tossed the food onto the bed and closed the door.
When she left Mon-El carefully put Kara on the bed and pulled the covers over her. He opened the food and saw potstickers. They always reminded him of Kara, and in this moment they made him sad. He quickly finished them and lay down in bed pulling the covers over himself. "Kara please wake up." He whispered for a final time before going to sleep.
Kara shot up. Where was she? She felt someone next to her in bed, Mon-El. What was he doing here? Why was she still in normal cloths? Why was he? She smelled something wafting through the room. The door was open. What was that smell? Kara slowly pulled off the covers so as to not wake up Mon-El. Dang! She was sore. Wait, How was she feeling pain? Kara panicked, she shook Mon-El to wake him up. What the crap was going on? "Mon-El, wake up. Wake up." She whispered as she shook him.
"What?" Mon-El said rolling over, then he shot up. "Kara! You're awake! I was so worried about you. I kept saying your name and shaking you, but you wouldn't wake up. I was worried that the kryptonite had killed you or hurt you really bad."
"Wait, back up." Kara said putting up her hands. "There was kryptonite?"
"Yeah, and someone shot you with it. It was just a small dart, but still, you weren't waking up." Mon-El replied.
"Okay next question," Kara said putting down her hands, "Where are we?"
"Cortez, Colorado." Mon-El replied, "A nice girl named Lilly is letting us stay with her until the snow storm moves on. What is that amazing smell?"
Lilly walked through the door. "I was just coming to tell you breakfast is ready." She said, "Hi, I'm Lilly, I helped you and your boyfriend out of a cold situation. If I had not intervened then you two would have frozen to death in the cold. Sorry about your car. It looked expensive."
Kara turned to Mon-El. "What happened to my car?" She asked.
"Lets eat breakfast." Mon-El stood up suddenly to avoid Kara's question.
"Mike, you had better answer her question." Lilly said as she left the room.
"Mike," Kara said warningly, "What happened to my car?"
"We got in a crash."
"How?!"
Mon-El lowered his voice so that Lily couldn't here. "When you were hit by the kryptonite dart you became unconscious and we got in a crash. Do you have your powers?"
"No," Kara said, "That's why I woke you up. Anyway, we should go eat breakfast, it smells really good."
"Let's." Mon-El said gleefully.
