I read all of your encouraging reviews and they mean a lot to me. I know what it feels like to be on the other side of the screen and not knowing the end of a story because the fic wasn't finished. I'll reply to your reviews having the chance, I promise! Guest reviews THANK YOU! I'm being honest with you saying that, I really don't know exactly what I'll write, but I don't wanna leave you with a question mark. I'll be updating this as I have the opportunity to; it might not be as long as GOING HOME (hopefully), but I will finish it. Plus, we have to do something during the show's winter break.

Now… this chapter genuinely made me cry, my own words… what the…? I didn't even know that was possible, but I guess there's always a first time. Or maybe it was the melody in the background, which is a beautiful masterpiece, yet so melancholic. I would suggest you to take a tissue just in case. My apology for the broken hearts in advance.

If you were curious, the melody is called On The Nature Of Daylight by Max Richter. But seriously, I don't recommend listening to it while reading this chapter. Somehow, I know some of you will ¬_¬ but I'm warning you! This melody is beautiful for doing other stuff like meditation or while working, not while reading this. Listen to it wisely.

Here we go…

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these characters. They all belong to CW's Supergirl. I also do not own On The Nature Of Daylight, it belongs to Max Richter.

Chapter 2: The necklace.

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When someone dies, you see the body, the ashes, what is left of it, or at least something that proves that loved one's life has come to an end. You face it, you carry on the pain, deal with it, you go as deep as you need to go so you do not dig that deep never again, and the only exit is above your head, out of that cold hole in your heart; you understand everything has a cycle, a beginning and an ending… you resign, you accept it, and move forward. But how to move forward when you do not know what happened? How to move forward from a platform of uncertainty in which you have no body, no proof, no evidence that confirms someone's absence in this world? Not knowing is always worse than knowing.

My sister…

I want to see her…

...

It had been ten minutes since the annoying bell was ringing, they had to take the bus back home and the driver was losing patience. Where was that alien girl? Alex was moving her left foot with impatience, looking at the clock in her right hand every minute. Damn it, Kara! Hurry up!

Another minute passed by and the driver offered an apology saying he could not wait any longer. The bus left. Alex was angry, extremely angry. F*·#! She had plenty of homework to do, but she could not go home without the alien. A speech from her mother was the last thing she needed. Where are you Kara?! Alex rolled her eyes, took a deep breath and went back inside the school building with hard steps, trying to control her breathing and holding back a scream of frustration. I'm nobody's f $&ing mother! Why is she so dependent? So weak? I'm the one who has to do everything!

Alex passes door by door, every classroom. No signs of Kara. She was not in the gym either, neither in the library, restrooms checked, she went upstairs, not in the labs; just when she turned on her heels a bit concerned of what was happening and afraid to be grounded if something happened to Kara, she heard laughs. Very low… no, not low… but far. From where…? When she looked down at the backyard of the school, through a window, she saw Kara, and four people; two girls and two guys, of course Alex knew who they were, who would not be willing to do anything to hang out with them? The coolest of the coolest people in that school? Kings and queens. One of them Amanda Neace, the fastest runner… well, not anymore, Kara was the fastest now, she beat her and claimed that title. They were laughing, but it did not look like a conversation. In fact, Kara did not seemed to be having fun at all. Her glasses had been removed and her hair was slightly messed up. She was not tall in comparison with Luke, one of the basketball team players, while he was keeping his hand raised up where Kara could not reach; he had something inside his hand Kara was desperate to recover. Alex knew what was happening. She knew this scenario. But if she went into it, her popular reputation would be banned for helping a weirdo. Her reputation at school or a whole lecture from her mom for not taking care of Kara? Kara had powers, of course she could use them. Hopefully, nobody else but her was watching. C'mon Kara… But Kara held back, Alex had no superhearing, but she saw desperation in those blue eyes, as if pleading. She could read a "Give it back" in the alien's lips. Her reputation or her mom? Nightmare at school or at her house? Well, her mom would forgive her eventually, she had to. School would stay normal. Dad would never forgive me… she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath …but if not because of Kara, dad would… laughs made her open her eyes. Between Luke and the other guy, Connor, they started to throw something from one another, like baseball, but Alex can hardly notice what it is. She does not like that foster sister, but this is not right either. She tights her fists and starts to run downstairs. She has no idea of what she will do, but whatever, she is already on her way. Voices getting louder as she approaches the door heading towards the backyard.

"Give it back!" Kara's voice is clearer now, even in the distance.

"It's a rock! What kind of parents give their child a rock?" Luke was mocking as he catched the necklace Alex knew Kara always had with her. The other girls were only laughing at the background witnessing everything with enthusiasm.

"I guess very poor parents." Connor replied making fun of the situation.

"Please, give it back." Kara pleads, and Alex notices the huge effort the girl does to control herself from killing either of those bullies.

"It's a rock, a dead rock, just like you parents…"

"Hey!" Alex walks with determination, not completely sure where she is getting her courage from. "Give it to her!"

"Uh oh, sister to the rescue guys! Run!" Amanda jokes with sarcasm. Alex finally reaches her and notices Kara's glasses in her left hand. The ones her father gave to her.

"Give me the glasses." She commands.

"Or what?" Amanda steps closer trying to intimidate her.

"Give me the glasses."

"Take them."

Alex tries to, but the other girl takes her left hand backwards, evading Alex's reach.

Everyone would expect an intellectual reaction from Alexandra Danvers; a brilliant student, yet one with a social life, not one of those nerds. What no one expects is the immediate fist on Amanda's left cheek.

The girl falls hard on the ground, starting to cry. Alex takes the glasses from her forcibly. The other girl, Susan, attempts to go after Alex, but there is something in the Danvers girl that scares her, so she steps back. Amanda asks the guys to punch Alex.

"I don't fight with girls." Says Connor half laughing, enjoying the show.

"I need to go to the infirmary!" Amanda is sobbing. "I think she broke my nose!"

"Me neither," Luke speaks "but that's my girlfriend you just punched." He drops the necklace. Puts one foot on it, and drags the rock between the sole of his shoe and the concrete.

"No!" Kara yells painfully. She rushes as soon as Luke steps aside to pick Amanda off the ground. The others following them to the infirmary.

Alex watches them leave. Now life for her will probably be miserable at school. Kara's sobs take her out of her thoughts. The alien is on her knees, she has taken the necklace in her right hand and placed her left hand on her eyes, trying to cover tears. Her whole body shudders and shakes uncontrollably.

This is the first time Kara cries in front of her. Of course Alex had heard her many times at night, when Kara silently cries under the sheets of her bed, or when she goes to the roof in the middle of the night, when she thinks her foster family is sleeping.

"I'm s-sorry mom… dad…" The Kryptonian holds the necklace with her two hands and the older sister sees the scratch on the rock. "I'm so sorry…"

Alex might have limited herself in terms of being expressive or opening easily with people; she was more reserved now, colder on the outside; however, for her surprise, watching that girl feeling remorse and apologizing to her death parents is hard, it hurts and reminds her of her own loss. Jeremiah's belongings are still in their house, but for Kara, that necklace is everything she has left of her family, probably the most precious object to her from her home planet. She lost Jeremiah, but Kara lost Jeremiah and many others before him, she lost everything she grew up with, everyone she knew. How could someone endure that? It is in this very moment of watching Kara defeated and hopeless; that Alex realizes that foreigner girl is alone. Alex herself has felt alone without her dad and the not-great-communication with her mother, but she still has a family. As for Kara… she has nothing, but a scratched necklace. No one. Nowhere to go. She was sent here against her own will. They live under the same roof, but she ignores the Kryptonian.

Kara keeps sobbing, and Alex regrets being so distant with someone who desperately needed someone by her side since the very first moment she stood on Earth. If Kara made it through that loss, maybe there is hope Alex will too. How could you keep that pain to yourself, Kara? She is the opposite of weak.

After almost two years since her dad left, for the first time, she sees Kara crying, she finally sees the real Kara, she approaches Kara, she hugs Kara as her family, her foster sister, no… her sister. Covering Kara's hands with one of hers, covering the scratch left not only between them at the start of their relationship, but on that necklace. The necklace that is a bond for Kara and her family; the necklace that also represents when their sister's bond was born.

...

That necklace that now lies in front of her. Tainted with blood. Keep it safe for me? Lying on Supergirl's suit. Blue and red fabric covered in brown, dry blood. Seconds, sounds, smells, everything freezes.

She remembers waking up at the DEO. Her father and her were found outside that place where Lillian Luthor set a trap for them. Where Kara…

Well… I may not need Superman to be hero, but I will always need you.

I'm sorry if I ever made you feel like you were less to me than Clark, you were the only reason I ever felt at home on this planet.

"We could not get information from the sender… but it arrived this morning." J'onn speaks carefully, with a soft voice full of emotions. He does not dare to put his hand on Alex's shoulder, afraid to break her even more, she looks so fragile, so empty, so lost. "It came with a note…"

REJOICE IN YOUR HUMAN FAMILY, ALEXANDRA.

-L. Luthor.

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Family…

You don't deserve to hold the Danvers surname.

Family…

No, no… wait, wait… to family. Love bonds us all.

but Alex, you are not alone.

So what about Maggie? What's she like?

I'm proud of you.

We're gonna find Jeremiah, Alex. I swear.

One has to stay. Let them go.

My sister…

What did you do to her?

Where is she?

I need to see her…

Because not knowing is always worse than knowing.

TBC…