Chapter Six: Fallout

It was early morning when Kara woke up in a strange bed, quickly remembering that she was in the guest room at Alura's home. Alura's parents had been kind enough to let her stay the night since Kara wanted to let her parents cool off a bit before she went home. She walked downstairs and into the dining room, wearing clothes she borrowed from Alura and sat down at the table.

Alura's mom Dree-Zen entered the room from the kitchen, "Kara would you like some breakfast? I'm making panplates and meat wraps," Dree-Zen inquired.

"Yes, thank you, Dree-Zen. Could I also have some lactate extract?" Kara responded.

"Sure."

Alura walked in as he mother left and took a seat next to Kara. "How are you feeling?" Alura asked.

"I'm fine. I'm just afraid to go home," Kara replied.

"Hey, I'm sure it'll be fine," Alura said, grabbing Kara's hand to comfort her.

"I don't think so. You saw how Talia reacted, my parents will be ten times worse," Kara told her.

"So what are going to do?"

"After breakfast I'll try to confront them and see what happens," she answered.

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"No, it will probably only make things worse," Kara responded.

"Okay, but if you need anything just ask, okay?" Alura said firmly as Dree-Zen entered the room with their breakfast in tow. They ate in silence for the duration of the meal and afterward, Kara said her goodbyes and headed home. When she tried to enter her house, she was immediately stopped at the door by Tax Ti-Ric, the servant.

"Tax, get out my way," Kara commanded.

"I'm sorry, Madam. By order of Master Drax-El you no longer allowed on the premise," the servant informed her.

"What do you mean? This my home."

"Ma'am I'm going to have to ask you to leave or I'll have to call the authorities," Tax declared.

"Oh come on Tax get out of my way," Kara tries to push her way through only to be pushed down by Tax

"Please madam you don't want make things worse for yourself than you've already have," Tax pleaded.

Kara left. As she advanced down the street she tried to suppress her tears, continuing on until she couldn't hold it in any longer and broke down let herself cry for a little while before she heard the sounds of running from behind her. Sara was quickly approaching, having followed Kara from her former home.

"Wait, Kara," Sara shouted.

"What do you want?" Kara asked, rubbing her eyes dry.

"I want to know where you're going."

"Well, I'm not going home. That was made quite clear to me," Kara responded

"Where are you going to stay?"

"Probably Alura's if they'll let me," she answered.

"Wouldn't you want to stay with family?"

"I can't stay with anyone in our family. They wouldn't accept me," Kara stated

Sara thought for second. "What about Uncle Lex-Zod?"

Kara sighed, "We don't have an Uncle Lex-Zod."

"That what Mom wants us to think."

Kara was frustrated, "What in Rao's name are you talking about?"

Sara took a step closer before diving into the tale, "One day I came home early from primary school. There were two people inside: one was Mom and the other was a man that I've never seen before. They were yelling at each other. In the ruckus, I heard the man claim he was our mom's brother."

"Mom doesn't have a brother," Kara argued.

"That's what I thought. After they finished yelling and the man left I went to confront Mom. I asked her who the man was. She said that it was nobody and not to mention to anyone he was here."

"Yes, that sounds suspicious, but doesn't necessarily mean the man was telling the truth," replied Kara.

"The story isn't over yet, sis. I didn't believe Mom when she said it was nobody so I ran to my room. When I got there I pulled out my Data Import/Export Tablet and got on The Family Tree Data Interface. And sure enough there was the man I saw, his name was Lex-Zod and he was listed as Mom's brother," Sara finished.

Kara was astounded, "If all this is true why haven't you told anyone before now?" Sara looked away in guilt. "What is it? What is it you're not telling?"

"I did more research on Lex-Zod and I thought Mom was right for not wanting anyone to know. I found out that Lex-Zod is gay," Sara answered. Kara recoiled, hurt. "I now know that is wrong to think like that Kara. I still care about you. I tried to talk Mom and Dad out of kicking you out up until the point Dad threatened to throw me out. I care…. I care that you find somewhere to live. That's why I told you about Uncle Lex-Zod," Sara begged Kara to believe her.

"It's okay; Sara, I believe you," Kara said. "Now come on, walk with me. Tell me where this uncle lives."

Sara beamed, overjoyed that her sister still trusted her after everything that she had done. They traveled across town together to where Lex-Zod lived. Along the way, Sara tried to comfort Kara. When they reached his house and went to knock on the door, the door opened and before them was the man that Sara saw all those years ago. "Yes, what can I do for you?" Lex-Zod asked.

"Are you Lex-Zod?" Kara inquired. He nodded. "I am Kara Drax-El and this my sister Sara Drax-El. Our mother is your sister."

"Ah, Bree is your mother. Wait if that's true, what are you doing here?"

Kara stepped forward, "Because my parents have kicked me out my own home."

"Why would they do that?" Lex-Zod inquired, surprised. He stood aside and both girls entered the house, Lex-Zod closing the door behind them

Kara lowered head, "Because the other night they found out I'm a lesbian."

"I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. How can a parent do that to their own child?"

"What did your parents do when they found out?" Kara wondered.

"They never found out. Our parents passed on when we were still pretty young. When your mother found out, she tried to take my inheritance. She tried to claim in front of a court that if our parents had found out about me, they would have left her everything. Of course, it failed," Lex-Zod pointed to Sara, "What is she doing here?"

"She is the only family I have who isn't condemning me or kicking me out," Kara defended her sister.

Sara countered, "That's not true, Kara. Jax didn't say anything."

"I feel for you, Kara. Is there anything I can do for you?" Lex-Zod said.

"Actually, I was wondering…. if… I could maybe stay here for a while," Kara stammered.

"Isn't there anywhere else you could stay?" her uncle responded.

Kara thought, "There's my girlfriend, Alura, but I don't want to inconvenience her family too much. I want to stay with family... also, I thought you might understand what I'm going through."

Lez-Zod looked her over for a moment, contemplating his response before speaking again, "Fine, you can stay here, but you'll have to be careful. I have sensitive experiments going on here."

"I can do that. And if you want any help I can give it. I'm a bit of a scientist myself," Kara answered.

Author's notes

All comments are appreciated and welcomed

Thanks to my beta reader Erandri, my teachers, and friends from school that help me edit this chapter

It been forever since I posted and for anyone who actually care about this story I'm going to try to update more regularly