Chapter 8

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Lena was leaning against a tree, panting heavily as they ran a marathon in order to avoid the armoured people in the van.

Kara was hiding behind a tree, using her x ray vision to make sure the men were far away. She looked back at Lena who was trying to catch her breath, "Are you okay?" Her voice was thick with concern.

She scanned Lena's body to ensure that there were no broken bones.

Lena looked up to answer, but before she could, she noticed Kara's hand was still bleeding and there was blood seeping through her torso, "Oh my god Kara" She took a few steps closer to Kara who suddenly realised that there was blood seeping through her clothes.

"Oh" Kara muttered, she was too pumped up from adrenaline to notice the pain, "This...this is nothing" she stammered nervouslt. The wound wasn't deep enough to kill her, it was just a scratch. Her hand on the other hand hurt like hell, but she was more concerned with Lena's wellbeing.

"Kara" Lena whispered softly, she made an attempt to look at Kara's hand but Kara took a step back and had a distant look in her eye.

"We should go back, Winn's kind of waiting for us" Kara muttered, "I may or may not have flew here"

"You can fly?" Lena didn't know why she still sounded surprise after everything she had seen tonight. Kara nodded her head softly, Lena noticed that Kara seemed more shut off, she wanted to comfort her and tell her what she was thinking, but she wasn't even sure what she was thinking.

Kara was going to ask Lena for her permission to carry her and fly, but she didn't have time to ask, she saw a van approaching them with people inside of it, "Sorry" Kara whispered before picking Lena up bridal style and shooting into the air.

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Alex was sitting on the bench with her team, her game started 30 minutes ago and Kara was still nowhere to be seen. She may not have x-ray vision, but she could always pick out her sister from the rest of the audience.

"Danvers" Maggie called out, she noticed the distracted look in Alex's eyes and she really needed her full attention.

"Yea?" Alex replied, she knew that she wasn't paying the game to the best of her abilities, but she couldn't help but feel like something was wrong.

"What's going on with you? You failed to kick the ball in the goal 3 times already" Maggie knew she was acting like a bitch, but she couldn't give Alex special treatment.

Alex shook her head and then stood up from her bench, she needed to call Kara, but she didnt have a phone, "Look I'm sorry"

"Everyone get in position" Maggie ordered her team, but before Alex could go on the field, she grabbed her arm, "What's wrong?" she whispered

"I'm worried about Kara" She whispered quietly, "She said she would be here but she's not" Kara would never miss her game.

"Maybe she's with Lena or Winn" Maggie shrugged her shoulders, she didn't understand why Alex was always focused on Kara. The girl was like a ray of sunshine, everything that she did, she did with a smile on her face.

A small part of her resented Kara, not because of who she was, but because she didn't understand her. Maggie tended to dislike someone when she wasn't able to understand them, which was why she literally disliked majority of the school.

"No" Alex said while shaking her head, "something is up"

"Babe" Maggie reached for her hand, "Kara is a big girl, she can take care of herself. You need to stop worrying about her and start focusing on yourself"

Alex looked into Maggie's eyes,a part of her knew that Maggie was wrong. She couldn't be selfish and start focusing on herself, but she nodded her head anyways, "You're right. Let's go out there and win this"

"Now that's what I am talking about Danvers" Maggie smiled happily, a part of her wanted to kiss her but Alex wasn't ready to display affections in public, and she would respect her wishes.

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Kara was still holding Lena bridal style in her arms, she could feel Lena's gentle breathing against her neck.

Kara had told Lena to not look down. In response to this, Lena out of fear, buried her head in Kara's shoulder while wrapping her arm around Kara's neck. Kara made sure that there wasn't anyone in sight before landing roughly on the ground, she gently placed Lena onto the ground.

The 2 didn't utter a single word when flying, Lena was too terrified to speak, she was still trying to adjust to the fact that Kara wasn't a human. She was also trying to figure out why she was kidnapped.

Kara on the other hand didn't know what to say, she mistook Lena's silence for anger. She looked up at Lena who simply started walking off to the club room.

'Yep, I really screwed up this time' Kara thought to herself as she walked after Lena into the club room.

Winn practically jumped out of his chair when he heard the door open, Lena didn't have time to register the hug that Winn was giving her, "You're alive"

Lena tried to muster a smile, but it was no point, she was still in shock. Lena broke the hug and stepped inside of the club room, revealing Kara who looked like she just got jumped.

"Holy shit" Winn shouted, he saw the blood stain on Kara's torso. He reached to grab Kara's hand to drag her inside of the club room for him to clean up her wounds but Kara let out a yelp of pain when his hand made contact with her bleeding hand, "I'm so sorry" he immediately apologised.

Kara was able to give him a small smile, "I'm fine Winn" she said, she made no attempts to walk inside of the club room.

"You don't look fine" He stated firmly, "Can you come in here so I can fix you up?"

Kara was going to argue with him, but Lena who was getting the first aid kit from the cupboard, walked up to Kara and grabbed her uninjured hand to pull her inside. She guided Kara to the couch and gently pushed her down, "Lena" Kara muttered, but Lena acted as though she didn't hear her.

"Winn go outside" Lena demanded, she needed to take Kara's shirt off in order to clean the wound on her torso. Winn was going to argue but the look in Lena's eye made him flinch. She looked conflicted.

Winn grabbed the spare jumper from his bag and left it on the couch where Kara was sitting, he placed his hand on Kara's shoulder in the most comforting way possible, "Remember what I said" He muttered, hoping that Kara would remember that he didn't care if she was different or not.

Kara smiled gratefully at Winn who was now walking to stand outside of the club.

"You need to lift your shirt up" Lena whispered softly, her voice sounded defeated. Kara's heart broke at the sound of Lena's defeated voice, she obeyed Lena and took off her shirt, leaving her in her bra.

There was a small gash on Kara's torso that was still bleeding, "You might need stitches" Lena commented.

Kara shook her head, "I can't go to the hospital", she whispered. She was an alien, the second the doctors looked at her physiology, they will know what she is.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Lena's voice rose with frustration, "Leave you here to bleed?"

Kara flinched at the frustration in Lena's voice, she didn't mean to make her angry, Lena herself wasn't even sure why she had risen her voice.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" Kara muttered, she was going to get up to leave, she felt like a burden that no body needed, but Lena instantly regretted her tone and gently grabbed Kara's wrist and gently pushed her back down.

"I-…" Lena wasn't sure what she was going to say, so instead she closed her mouth and grabbed the bandage from the kit and started to clean Kara's wound up.

"Sorry" She apologised as saw Kara flinch at the sudden contact with disinfectant. She hated seeing Kara in pain, a part of her felt responsible for Kara's pain.

After she was done with Kara's torso, she started to bandage Kara's hand.

Kara knew it was going to be hard to explain to Alex what happened. She considered lying to her sister, but she wasn't sure how she was going to lie about her wrapped torso and hand.

Lena finished wrapping Kara's hand and gave her the jumper that Winn had given to her. Kara smiled gratefully as she wore the jumper.

"I'll go get Winn" Lena whispered before getting up to get Winn, leaving Kara in her own thoughts.

She wasn't sure how she was going to tell her 2 best friends about her alien heritage, she wasn't even sure if she was ready to tell them about her planet.

"You still look a little pale" Winn commented as he entered the room, he looked over at Kara's torn shirt and chucked it in the bin.

"I don't get pale" Kara replied before standing up, she didn't realise how heavy her bones felt after sitting down for a short period of time.

Winn expectantly wrapped his arm around Kara, pulling her into a bone crushing hug, "Don't ever get hurt like that again" he whispered. Kara nodded her head and returned the hug, Lena looked at the 2 friends and wished that she could be like Winn.

Simply accepting that Kara had been lying to them for 6 months, a part of her was more hurt that Kara didn't trust her enough to tell her.

"I should go" Lena didn't know how she was going to get home, considering the fact that Winn was her ride, but she didn't want to be here anymore, she just wanted to go home and curl up in her bed.

"Wait" Kara called out, she owed them an explanation, "Please let me explain"

Lena scoffed at this, "Explain what exactly?" All of that anger that she was building up was starting to come forth, "That you lied to me for the past 6 months about what you were?"

Kara flinched at this, she didn't consider it to be lying, and to be fair, she never asked if Kara was an alien, she was going to argue with her, but she honestly didn't want to start a verbal match right now, "Can you please sit down and give me 5 minutes to explain"

Winn silently obeyed and sat down on the couch, he knew why Lena was mad at her, but deep down, he understood why Kara hid the fact that she was an alien from him.

"Please" Kara begged, she tried to search in Lena's eyes for any indication that said she would stay, but they were so cold. Her eyes were darker than usual and Kara could see the strain in her eyes.

Lena wanted to leave, but she couldn't, not without an explanation. So, she walked away from the door and stood next to the couch, she couldn't sit down patiently like Winn.

Kara took in a deep breath, she wasn't sure where to start or how to make them understand her reason for not telling them.

"What do you want to know?" Kara asked, she decided to let them ask the questions, she knew that they would never betray her trust.

Winn put up his hand like a nervous child, "Um, so what exactly are you?" He didn't know how to ask it without sounding rude.

"I'm an alien" Before Kara could finished, Winn jumped up with excitement.

"No Fricken way" He shouted with excitement, "Yo-you're an alien" He whispered in an excited voice, a meta-human is one thing, but an alien… Kara smiled at Winn's enthusiasm, it was hard not to.

"An alien" Lena whispered, it still sounded strange, Kara Danvers is an Alien. "What planet did you come from?" Lena asked

Kara clenched her jaw, Winn noticed the way Kara's eyes darkened.

There was so much pain in her eyes, looking into her eyes made his heart clench at the sight of her deep blue eyes, he finally understood why Kara never talked about her home.

Something must've happened on her planet to make her come to earth.

"What powers do you have?" Winn asked, he decided to change the topic since Lena wouldn't. He was getting mad at Lena's insensitivity.

Kara's eyes suddenly flickered like a switch instantly hiding all of her pain. Lena was still amazed that Kara could do that.

"Super strength, Heat Vision, Flight, Super hearing, X-ray vision, Super Speed, Super breat-"

"So, you're basically like superman" Winn cut her off, it was hard to imagine Kara having all of these amazing abilities, "Holy-shit, are you and Superman related?"

Kara opened her mouth to answer that question but she didn't know if she should, "It's… complicated" She answered.

"You're his cousin" Lena stated firmly, if Kara was Superman's sister, then she should have been living in metropolis where he was. But Kara was here in Midvale, meaning that they weren't that close.

It was a complete guess but the surprised look on Kara's face confirmed her suspicions, Lena let out a tired sigh. She felt like she didn't know who Kara was anymore, Winn was rambling on and on about how cool Kara was while Lena and Kara remained silent for a few minutes.

Winn finally noticed the tension in the air and closed his mouth.

Lena looked at Kara with an unreadable expression, Kara had all of these great powers, but she wished she had the power to read Lena's mind.

"Why?" Lena muttered after a few minutes, Kara tiled her head in confusion, 'why what?'. Lena picked up on Kara's confusion, "Why did you hide it from us? 6 months Kara"

Kara knew that Lena was angry, she wasn't surprised anymore, but it still hurt, "What was I supposed to say? Hi, my name is Kara Danvers and I'm an alien"

"You had 6 months to tell me. I don't give a fucking damn that you are an alien Kara" Lena shouted angrily, "I care about the fact that I told you everything about my life while you did nothing but hide it from me"

"I had to hide it from you" Kara argued, her voice rising as well, "Do you think it's easy? Coming to a foreign planet where people want to hunt aliens like me?"

"Of, course not" Lena shouted, "But you know me Kara, did you really think that I would betray your trust and turn on you? My family may be anti-alien, but I'm not. I thought you out of all people would understand that I'm not like my family"

That's when everything finally clicked, did Lena think that she didn't trust her because of her family? Kara barely knew anything about the Luthors, she knew that they were famous for creating devices that would allow the public to protect themselves.

"Is this why you're so mad?" Kara asked, "Because you think I didn't trust you because your last name is Luthor?"

Lena truly believed that her last name had something to do with it, her brother wasn't exactly subtle when it came to alien discrimination, but she thought she had proven herself to Kara. Proven that she was not like her brother or her mother.

"My whole life has been about being a Luthor. Everything that my brother did or said, would reflect back on me. Everyone automatically assumed that I am just like Lex or my mother… I don't know why I thought you were different"

Kara was going to interrupted but she noticed the familiar look in Lena's eyes that told her that she needed to rant in order to move on.

"You were the only person-the first person, to not have judged me based on my last name. You made your judgement based on my actions, from my own flaws… you were the only person to see me as Lena… just Lena"

"But then you lied to me, about what… who you were, this whole time. The thing that sucks the most is that I understand why you didn't tell me. My mother isn't the biggest fan when it comes to aliens, and nor is Lex… so why would I be any different?" Lena muttered softly.

She wasn't mad at Kara, not really, deep down she was more mad at her family than anything.

Lena was able to open up to Kara, she was able to find someone who she could trust. But it didn't work both ways, Kara couldn't trust her because of her last name, and that made her feel guilty if anything else.

The silence in the room was almost suffocating, Winn, who seemed very interested in his shoes, didn't know what to say, he made his own assumptions about Lena.

"You don't" Kara muttered, her voice was almost unrecognisable. Her voice held no anger nor any sadness.

Winn and Lena looked up and both noticed the way Kara's voice sounded closed off, displaying no hint of emotion.

"You don't understand" She whispered beneath her breath, nobody could understand the pain she was going through, no-body could truly understand her reasonings for her actions.

"You didn't wake up on a foreign planet where the inhabitants spoke another language" Kara eyes were almost dull like she wasn't speaking to them, it was as if she was in a trance, "It took me 2 months, of constant learning, to finally understand what the inhabitants were telling me"

"The first thing they told me was to hide who I really was. They told me that if the human race found out who I was… what I was… then they would take me away and kill me like I was nothing"

"Do you know who said those words?" Kara finally looked up with dark blue eyes, "My own cousin, told me that I wasn't allowed to be an alien because the human race would murder me"

"How am I supposed to trust someone when I'm told at the age of 13, that I would be executed for being different?" Anger was evident in her voice.

Winn bit his lip in an attempt not to cry, he didn't care if seemed like a fucking pussy. Kara Danvers, his best friend, was in so much pain, and he remained oblivious to all of this up till now.

Lena on the other hand let the tears flow out of her misty green eyes. All of her anger washed away with her tears as she realised that this was the reason why Kara didn't trust her.

It wasn't because of her family name, it wasn't because of her… now Lena felt selfish. Lena realised that she made this all about how she felt, she didn't even allow Kara to explain herself, instead she jumped to her own conclusions.

Kara clenched her eyes shut, she wasn't going to cry, not now. Instead she clenched her fist, "I should go" she muttered.

Lena was the first to react, "Kara" she called out, she was going to grab her arm but it was too late. Kara had used her super speed to run out of the club room.

Winn rubbed his face tiredly, "Come on Luthor, I'll take you home"