A/N: Okay! WOW! Thank you for all the great reviews and messages and tweets, I am overwhelmed by your love and support! I usually stick to an update schedule but since my friend really wants me to post this today (and also because I'm away for couple of days), here is another chapter of MonKai.
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Chapter - 2
"Mon-El, walk with me," J'onn said, gesturing for him to follow him. Mon-El nodded quietly. J'onn was leading him away from the control room. "When I couldn't read his mind, I knew it wasn't you. Plus that strength, it comes only when you have been on this earth for years. And he knew what he was doing."
"I don't know when he got here. Because he left Daxam five years before the destruction. They never told me where they sent him. It was cruel what they did."
"I know, Mon-El. But I can't let your brother out there knowing he's strong enough to harm people. Here's what I want you to do. You are going to have to move back here. You will share a room with Mr. Parker, keep an eye on him. When you go to your bar shifts, you take him along. With all the powers he has, if he worked with us, it would do all of us good. But if he does anything wrong – screws up – you are responsible for it. I will lock you both up before you can say the word 'brother'."
Mon-El gulped hearing that. The threat was real; J'onn would lock him up if Kai screwed up. But he knew he could help his brother, like his friends had helped him. Nodding, Mon-El said, "I will keep that in mind. And I'll go back to the apartment and bring my things back here."
"Wait. We will put a tracker on your brother. It's a wristwatch, much like yours, only his has a tracker. I will give you the watch later. Make sure he has it on at all times."
"Okay. I'll do that." Mon-El nodded and turned around. He walked back into the control room to see Alex telling Kara something. Kara was still not looking at him; the initial outburst was the obvious reason. But right now he didn't have the time to think about their lover's quarrel. His brother was alive and all he wanted to do was embrace him and talk to him.
When J'onn walked back into the control room, he wordlessly gestured to Alex. She led the way back to the holding cell. This time J'onn and Winn joined Alex, Kara and Mon-El.
"Oh! What is this, Mon? You brought the Martian along?" Kai asked, sitting up straight.
"How did you know J'onn's a Martian?" Kara asked, moving forward.
Kai looked at her and rolled his eyes. "Mon, tell her Highness that she shouldn't be talking to us lowly peasants."
Kara looked at Mon-El, who seemed a little hurt. This was what they had talked about the first time he was locked up in that cell. Sighing, Mon-El looked up at his brother. "Kai, just answer their questions."
Looking at J'onn, Kai spoke, "You are trying to read my mind, Martian. But as a Prince, I was trained to block all sorts of things, not just physically but also mentally. After all, you can't have someone control the prince, right?"
Winn moved to Mon-El's side. "Were you trained to do that too?" he whispered.
Kai heard that despite how inaudible it was. He burst out laughing. "What? My darling brother being trained to do all that? Oh, he was trained alright. He used to go help the poor build shelters. He spent months in the rural areas. Manual labor and stuff."
Everyone turned to look at Mon-El in surprise. Kara was truly shocked to hear all this. She had called him all sorts of names. Called him the frat boy who only partied. But all along he was protecting the brother who he thought was dead. Mon-El didn't say anything. He stood staring at Kai.
"We are going to release you from the cell, Mr. Parker," J'onn spoke up.
"About time!" Kai stood up and clapped his hands once. "Mon, I need a drink first… and some fresh air."
"Kai, there are some things you need to know. You have to stay here. Just because they are letting you out, it doesn't mean you can go back to wherever you came from. You are under my custody," Mon-El explained.
Kai scrunched his face. "What do you mean by your custody?"
"If you screw up, Mon-El ends up in the jail with you," Kara replied.
Once again Kai rolled his eyes. "Someone bring duct tape. Blondie's voice is so irritating!"
Kara gasped hearing that, and Mon-El was frowning at his brother. "Kai, behave!"
"Fine! Fine! Let me outta here!"
Alex looked up to see J'onn nod; she moved towards the door and punched in the code. As soon as the door opened and Kai stepped out. Mon-El super sped towards him and wrapped his arms around Kai's shoulders.
"Kai-El, you are alive," he muttered, holding his brother tightly.
Kai rolled his eyes and patted Mon-El's back. "What did you think, I was a ghost? And I came to haunt you? Hey, are you crying? Stop being so sappy, you idiot!"
When Mon-El pulled away and wiped his tears, Kai smiled and pulled him back into a small hug. This was Mon. His little brother. And despite what had happened on Daxam, they still made it out and were together now.
When Kai saw Kara looking at him with a disapproving smile, he asked, "What is it, Kryptonian? What kind of magic have you done to my brother now that he calls you a friend?"
Kara glared at him. And once again, Mon-El put himself in between his brother and Kara. "Kai, let me introduce you to my friends. This is J'onn, he's the Director of DEO. This is Winn, my very intelligent friend who works with computers." Kai nodded at Winn and gave him a small smile. "This is Alex, she's an agent here."
"Oh hey beautiful!" Kai smirked, turning to face Alex.
"You wanna know what will be more beautiful? Your swollen, red cheek under my fist." Alex smirked back.
Kai gasped, his eyes lighting up. "Oooh! You mean your little fist fractured after touching my cheek? Sure, babe, whatever you say."
"Don't you dare talk to my sister like that!" Kara charged at him and was poking his chest with a finger.
"Sister?" Kai asked her, but his eyes were on Mon-El.
Nodding, Mon-El said, "This is Kara, the last daughter of Krypton. They call her Supergirl on earth. She's Alex's adopted sister."
Kara didn't miss how he had skipped the whole 'girlfriend' part. He was truly upset. She had to talk to him soon, but right now all she could think was about not trying to punch Kai in the face.
"It's never nice to meet a Kryptonian," Kai spoke. "As for you three, you seem like nice people. And Mon, I need that drink."
J'onn stopped Kai as he was about to leave the room. "First of all, your brother will be showing you the living chamber. You will be sharing it with him. You are under Mon-El's custody, so you can't go out anywhere without him."
Kai rolled his eyes at that. "You do realize I have been on this earth longer than my brother? I don't need a babysitter."
"It's either that or you stay in the cell," Alex replied.
"Why, darling, sounds like a threat! Okay, fine. I'll be Mon's shadow and not bother you folks." Throwing his arm around, Mon-El's shoulder, Kai led the way out.
Mon-El first took him to his old room, surprised to see two cots instead of one. He asked Kai to wait for five minutes since he had to get his stuff from Kara's place. Kai told him he would take a nap till he returned.
Mon-El went to the apartment and quickly gathered his stuff. Putting it all in a bag he had brought when he had first moved in here, he finished packing and walked out of the door and locked it behind him, instead of leaping out of the balcony like he always did. When he got back to DEO, he saw Kara talking to Alex and Winn. Mon-El walked towards her and spoke, "Can we talk?"
Kara nodded and followed him towards the stairway. He pulled out the key to her apartment and handed it over. "Why are you giving me your key?" Kara asked in surprise.
"J'onn said for Kai to not be in that cell, he had to be here at DEO. And I have to be here too. They put us in my old room. It's just for a while. When they know Kai isn't bad, I will find a new place for us."
"Us?" Kara asked. "You mean… you and I?"
Mon-El shook his head and looked away. "No. A place for me and my brother."
"So what is this? Are you ending it? Our relationship?"
"Kara, when the truth came out and you forgave me, you promised you would never bring it up again. You promised to hear me out before you break up with me. But you never do that. Once you have decided, that's the end. I think we need to take a break. My brother needs me now. I need him. He's my family. I feel a lot less alone knowing Kai is alive."
"You don't have to end what we have just to be there for your brother." Kara touched his arms. "I know Kai doesn't like the fact that I'm a Kryptonian. And I hate him more knowing he's the Prince of Daxam! He's the frat boy they told me about! And I—"
"You hate him," Mon-El whispered. It wasn't a question, but a statement. And it hurt him when she said those words.
"It's not like your brother likes me either!" Kara shot back in her defense. "Did you see how rude he was?"
"Kara, that's his nature! Kai hasn't changed at all. But whatever it is, he's my brother, and I love him. It really feels like you are asking me to choose between you and Kai. If I did the same and asked you to choose between me and Alex, who would it be, Kara?" Mon-El asked, his voice stern, demanding.
Kara moved back and leaned against the stairs. "You can't make me choose, you both are important to me. She's my sister. You are my boyfriend. And I love you both."
"Exactly, Kara! See, you figured it out. I'm in the same position. Kai is my brother. You are my girlfriend. And I love you both too. And right now, he needs me more. A break would be good. And maybe, just maybe, you will let go of your Kryptonian prejudice and stop bringing up the fact that I was the prince and stop hating my brother. Then we would probably work out well." Mon-El leaned closer to place a soft kiss on her forehead. Once he did that, he turned around and made his way back to his old room. But not before J'onn stopped him and gave him the tracker wristwatch.
Mon-El walked into the room to see Kai lying on the bed, staring at the small window.
"Feels like house arrest all over again," Kai said without looking at Mon-El. "They make you live here? In this sad, dark place?"
Mon-El threw his bag over his bed and sat down. He nodded before saying, "It's not all that bad. I'm out most of the day working."
"Yeah? What do you do?"
"I'm a bartender."
Kai's face lit up. "Yo, ixrot! What an honorable profession!"
Mon-El grinned hearing Kai speak in their mother tongue. 'Yes, brother!' was what he had said. "You wanna have a drink? It's on me."
Kai shrugged. "You know I never say no to a drink! Plus, it's gonna be free and I don't even have to tip the bartender."
The brothers laughed together, remembering the time Kai used to throw parties and tried getting Mon-El drunk, only to have Mon-El escape on his dragon every time a party was thrown.
"Shall we?" Mon-El asked, gesturing Kai to join him.
"Lead the way, brother!"
A/N Part 2: I love Kai so much! He's this angel who isn't really an angel but still so lovable. Can you relate? Things aren't going great for Kara and Mon-El. I know, I know, don't be mad, please. It's a plotline, everything will make sense soon. :)
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