In just a matter of hours I'm going to take a flight to travel for the summer, I'll try my best to keep this story going but in the meantime, here's the longest chapter I've written in a while. Just filled with a few of my favortie things... Here we go!

Lera kept on massaging her temples trying to push back a headache that was clearly taking over. It had been over an hour since she had first entered the interrogation room. Her ears weren't ringing so badly now but it sure played a major roll with her upcoming migraine.

She fidgeted with her fingers as the chains that held the handcuffs together clicked against the metal table. If she really tried she could snap them and free herself but something told her not to push her luck any further.

The door swung open as a detective put a file on top of the desk "You know what I found?" he asked.

Lera didn't want to play along.

"Absolutely nothing, why and most importantly, how is that possible?"

The kryptonian girl kept quiet.

"Since you are a minor we can't question you without your parents or a lawyer present, so, why don't you make us a favor and call someone?" he pushed a phone in front of her and Lera actually winced. She couldn't call anyone. At her own earth she was Lena Luthor's adopted daughter but at this dimension she didn't even exist and neither did Lena or Kara, there was no way to prove her parentage to either; she was sort of trapped in the legal system.

Luckily Joe West entered the room, a very uncharacteristic grimace on his face "take five, I've got this" he all but dragged the other man out before sitting in front of her "So…Iris tells me you are not from around" he began.

Lera glanced at the double mirror on her right, an inquisitive brown arched.

"No one is watching nor recording" Joe assured.

Lera visibly relaxed "Supergirl is my DNA donor, same as Lena" she said as if that was somehow to explain everything.

"You punched the lights out of a full grown man" Joe whispered back a bit of amazement in his tone "That's one of my strongest guys"

"He was part of the robbery; I saw his scar and his full face. I don't know if he pretended to be an officer or if he actually is, but he was involved" she deadpanned.

Joe sighed running a hand through her hair "I shouldn't let you go under normal circumstances but you are in all ways a special case. You are lucky that interference you created turned down all the security cameras since no one can see you in action or relate you to the explosion because technically you are the one that threw it" he added under his breath "but it's just the same as difficult to place the robbers because of that, some got away and we have no lead, so I will run some background checks on the cop you assaulted, see what comes up" he pulled the key out releasing her wrists "do me a favor, though. Don't put them in this situation again" he pulled her to the hallway where two very crossed women awaited with some fake ID to pay for the fine and get her out of there.

Joe sighed "Right so, since she was so shocked with the whole explosion and scared because of the heist that she was caught up in, she reacted by attacking a man whom she clearly didn't recognized as an office thinking he was one of the criminals involved in the theft. She'll go with just a warning, nothing on her record" he chuckled sarcastically "not that there's a record we can pull out" he cleared his throat "So, Miss Luther, Miss Donovan" he used the fake names "please make sure your kid stays out of trouble"

"We will" both agreed taking a stern look at her.

Lera could feel the headache already hammering her down.

"I didn't really punch a policeman!" Lera yelled back at Lena while walking into Star Labs "he was at the robbery, I know that for a fact"

"That's not the whole problem!" Lena countered "you don't even see it! That was so reckless! Our earth or not, you should be careful not to raise suspicions! You know the trouble you made the Allen-Wests go through? You put them on a terrible situation between their duty and our relationship. They had to break the law just to get you out"

"I was helping people!"

"That too, I told you to stay put" Kara interfered in a steadier tone.

"Mom needed to build the electromagnetic wave; I was assisting in getting the equipment, which actually helped out to stop the crime!"

Kara shot a look at Lena "You Okayed that?"

"I didn't approved of her to run off with a bomb"

"I was trying to save people!" Lera cut in repeating her point driving a hand to cover her eyes, her temperature clearly rising and all the yelling doing no favors to her sensitive hearing "I couldn't let that man go and keep hurting others! Besides, I was the only one that even heard the bomb about to go off, I took a risk because it was for the greater good!"

"You can't keep using that to excuse your actions!" Lena threw her arms to the air frustrated trying to reach for her shoulder to turn her around and face her.

That's when Lera felt her blood boil in a whole new level, something truly beginning to turn on her insides. "You don't get it!" she shouted feeling her temper explode as she gazed upon Lena. Her ire was bubbling in her veins heating her body, but she never expected that after a short zooming noise her eyes shot beams of heat vision that hit Lera square on her shoulder throwing her across the room until she crashed against the wall.

Lera shut her eyes stumbling backwards completely horrified at her own display as the only thing she could hear was her mother's cry of pain.

"Lena!" Kara went to her side picking her in arms pressing her hand against the burn "it's ok, I've got you, it was just a graze, you are going to be fine" Kara cooed comfortingly despite the utter shock and fear that was quivering in her voice.

"Mm-Mom?" Lera's voice was above a whisper, half her mind already racing to get next to her and aid, the other absolutely dismayed that she could make it all worst "I'm so- I didn't-" her words caught up on her throat, tears already roaming through shut tight eyes. Unable to face her doing, Lera kept an arm pressed against her face as she fled in terror to retrieve to a forgotten corner of the building, somewhere she couldn't hurt anyone, especially those she loved.

"Barry!" Kara called in a more agitated and terrified tone than she would have liked.

Not a second later the speedster appeared in the scene "Kara, what's wro-? Lena!" he knelt down to check on her before pressing his com "Caitlin, get the medical bay ready, we are heading there" he ran ahead to prepare everything.

Lena whimpered fighting off her own pain to gaze into Kara's eyes "Wh-where's Lera?" she chocked out.

"I-I don't know" Kara answered while picking her up carefully.

"You need to find her" Lena urged stopping her movements "don't let her be alone"

"We need to tend to you" Kara countered with insistence.

"Kara, please! She must be frightened"

Kara's eyes were lost and conflicted; she could see Lena's demons inside those beautiful emeralds, a part of guilt and past regrets surfacing.

"O-ok, yes, of course I'm going to find her, just let me be at ease knowing you will be tended to" she pleaded.

Once Lena nodded in understanding, Kara flew her into the medical bay's bed and allowed Barry's team to take care of her.

An hour later Lena was stable and a machine was carefully suturing her skin back together treating the third degree burn. The CEO was medicated, so at least for now she was asleep until they had to go into the next stage of the treatment, but throughout her procedure, the only thing she cared about was that Lera was ok.

Kara flew around the base without finding her, not even with her x-ray vision, but according to the motion detectors she hadn't left Star Labs, she was just avoiding being found.

Barry dashed back running into Kara "Anything?"

"No" Kara paced preoccupied.

"She's here, Kara, she hasn't left and there isn't any signature of a dimensional jump. Lera is probably…freaked out of her mind" Barry shrugged "I'll check on the cell levels, you stay in this floor in case Lena needs anything"

It was just in the nick of a moment, Lera kept seeing it on replay on her memories cursing her ability to remember everything so perfectly, because she could see Lena's pained expression as she was being hit.

Lera didn't have heat vision, that was one of the first powers she ruled out by herself. The first time she tried to use them it was to protect Lena at the DEO when she felt like the Luthor was being threatened, and now that she had actually used them for a first time, she had hurt her, her mother. So she kept her eyes shut as tears fell freely down her cheeks and covered her ears to drown out all the impossibly ever present sounds that surrounded her. She couldn't depend on two of her primal senses and still, she felt when Barry approached her.

His pace, his way of carrying himself was easy to tell apart. She knew she could trust him, regardless, she hoped she could be alone for longer, until she was absolutely certain she wouldn't fire her newly obtained heat vision. She buried her face even further between her knees while pressing her hands tight over her ears.

"Hey" Barry sat in front of her noticing she had positioned herself behind a lead wall, that was why Kara couldn't had been able to find her "smart kid" he mused out loud before reaching for her shoulder "Are…are you alright?" he tried to be sympathetic "I…heard what happened…"

Lera sniffed trying to compose herself, she bit into her lower lip preventing her voice form cracking "Can…can you call my Aunt Alex?" she asked softly, flinching at her own voice.

"Alex Danvers?" he repeated a bit confused getting an eager nod in return.

"I need her help" she mumbled.

Barry wasn't expecting the request "I'm-I'm sorry I don't have the way to make a dimensional call right now and Cisco is currently busy" he tried to reason "but I can call Kara" he pressed his communicator leaving the channel open ready to report his finding.

"No!" Lera urged recoiling at her high pitched request before trying to smooth down her voice "I can signal Aunt Alex to make the jump, please don't call Kara" she pleaded quietly.

"W-why not?" Barry asked confused "Whatever you are going through, I'm sure she's the right person to help"

Lera shook her head miserably "She must hate me"

"What?" Barry asked aback "What are you talking about?"

"I-I hurt my Mom" she chocked on her words "Kara must be so angry at me"

"Hey" Barry rubbed her back soothingly trying to encourage her to look up to no avail "Kara doesn't hate you, we all know you didn't mean to hurt Lena"

Lera shook her head feeling the tears escape once more "I yelled at her, I was so mad, I was lashing out when suddenly all I could see was red and then, and then-" her words became a knot as she pressed her body into more of a shell "I can't face Kara, I can't"

The speedster felt utter pain at how broken she looked "Hey…it's alright. Kara will always love you, she's your mom too and believe me, I know all the extents a mother can go for her child and Kara is no different, but you have to give her a chance to try to reach out for you" he explained "we have been looking for you for over an hour now, do you honestly think she just wants to find you to say something like 'I hate you'? Come on, you are her genetics as well, you know she would never do it" he smiled politely drying her eyes "So, Can I take you to her?"

Barry walked back to the main hall where Kara was already expecting him, a sorrowful expression on her face.

"Hey, is something wrong with Lena?" he immediately asked thinking that could be the only reason she would look that demarcated.

"No, she's stable" she looked down at her folded arms.

"Oh, that's a relief" he sighed clearly feeling better "because I found-"

"I know" she whispered back.

"You know? How do you-?" and then the speedster realized he never turned his channel off "you heard all of that?" he asked concerned.

"I'm truly not surprised she asked for Alex first" Kara admitted hugging herself tight "when she first came into our lives I shut her out and pushed her away. Lena had to step up to raise her and Alex stepped in to make me take a part in her life" she swallowed hard "It's only natural she felt that way about me, she was fresh out in the world trying to figure out who she was, what her powers could do and I flew right off the building the second she looked up to me with those bright green eyes…Lena's eyes…" Kara looked down "I must really have hurt her"

Barry stood silent before taking a step closer squeezing her forearm "Maybe you shut her down in the past, believe me, dwelling on that or trying to change what's already happened won't help, but… right now you have another chance. She just used a power she didn't have, she needs guidance, someone that can teach her how to cope with that and what just happened" he looked into her eyes "it's your time to step up and step in, Supergirl" he moved to the side "she's just three doors down, go talk to your daughter"

Kara's steps have always been light, like she could skip in the air, maybe because she was used to flying. It was almost soothing for Lera to hear them approach if not for the fact that her heart raced in anticipation of an argument she wasn't ready to have.

She pressed her flexed arms harder against her skull, eyes unwaveringly shot close and chin facing down in shame.

Kara wasn't expecting that sight when she walked in "Lera…what's -? Why are you covering like that?" she tried to get near without frightening her away.

"…All sounds hurt…a lot" she admitted shamefully.

Kara felt empathy swirling through, she too spent some of the worst days of her life fighting against noise, against every single sound, from the faintest rustling of leaves on the outside to the very sound of a heartbeat "Hey, it's ok" she cooed as mutedly as she could while reaching out for her. She pulled Lera against her chest pressing her ear there before covering the other one with a hand to block out as much as she could, feeling how Lera clenched at the fabric of her outfit trying to steady herslef fighting off the dizziness "Don't focus on the tones, nor the volumes" Kara whispered "feel the vibrations instead. Just pay attention to how those wave around in a drowned manner" she continued whispering.

Lera slowly began to relax her shoulders as the painful experience was substituted by a new exercise. When Kara felt her flinching reduce, she began to let go, allowing her ears to settle back into a normal level "There we go" she spoke in a medium tone making sure she was indeed settling fine. When she tried to meet her eyes she became aware that her emeralds were furiously concealed behind closed eyelids. She didn't need an explanation for that, she herself had done the same when she first got her heat vision.

Lera took in a deep breath and mustered the courage to ask "How's…how is Lena?"

Kara wasn't used to hear Lera call the Luthor by first name, so she knew she was trying to put distance between the two, maybe as a self-punishment of a sort.

"She would be much better if you could go see her" Kara answered "she hasn't stopped asking for you"

Lera shook her head miserably "I can't, what if I hurt her again?"

"You'll be fine, I'm going to be there the whole time" she patted her shoulder "and nothing and no one is going to hurt you, physically or otherwise" she offered trying to emphasize and reassure her that by no means she would dare hated her.

Lena tried to conceal the whimper that escaped her lips as the regeneration took place "Sorry" she muttered to Caitlin "I'll try not to move"

"Are you kidding? Barry fainted the first time we used this machine on him, you are nailing it" Cisco said genuinely impressed "If I didn't know Supergirl I'd say you are the unbreakable one. You are a tough bone"

"Years of practice, I guess" she offered a small smile trying to focus in anything but the horrid sensation of her flesh being pushed, pulled and sewed back together.

A knock called form the door "You are awake" Kara said softly and hugely relieved "how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine" Lena said hurriedly, scanning for any signs "did you found her?"

"Barry did" the Super moved aside allowing the teen to walk in, face down casted, eyes tightly shut.

"Sweetie?" Lena called extending her uninjured arm towards "it's ok, it was just a scratch"

Lera shook her head ashamed "It's not" she bit into her lower lip "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled, I should have stayed put and I definitely shouldn't have hurt you" she listed shrugging her shoulders as if by taking the least space possible she could disappear.

"I think we'll give you a moment" Caitlin offered while all the team, except for Supergirl, left the room for them to talk.

"Lera, listen to me" Lena asked adamantly "we might argue from time to time, that runs in my family and I could tell you stories of how Lillian and I quarreled in the past, but I'm sure you have the gist from my share of DNA in your system. But there's one thing I absolutely want you to be sure about, that no matter how much we bicker or disagree on things, I'll always love you. You are my daughter. And today was an accident, needless to say, no one was expecting you to have that ability so why are you blaming yourself so harshly over something you didn't have control on?"

Lera felt her lower lip tremble "I wounded you…" the guilt was dripping off of her persona.

Lena frowned sadly "It wounds me worst that you can't even look me in the eyes" she admitted making the girl recoil in surprise "open your eyes, sweetie. I don't like that you are afraid of yourself, of who you are. It might be the powers that you inherited what frightens you right now, but I know it's my own set of feelings what is haunting you right now. You aren't evil, you didn't meant harm, you were upset and that just happened to link up to your untapped powers, but that doesn't make you a bad person" Lena said steadily "Do you think I'm like the other Luthors, Lera?"

The teen shook her head mortified by even the implication of the idea "Of course not"

"Then believe me when I say, neither are you" she extended her arm once more "come here, sweetie and let me look at your eyes, because those were my gift to you and I want them to look with wonder and awe to the world, not with fear and despair"

Lera swallowed hard walking towards her voice before stumbling into her hand and taking it tentatively. She pressed her palm nervously before daring to crack her eyes open. The tears had clouded her vision, but she could distinguish her mother's face even through the tears. She immediately noticed her right shoulder being a nasty shade of purple and red and she felt like crying all over again, but was cut short by a tender hand that coped her face.

"There's my girl" Lena smiled whipping the rivers that overflowed her pinky cheeks "It's ok, sweetie"

Lera shook her head "I'm so sorry" she chocked out.

"I know. We both didn't handle the situation right, I guess the only way I know to get my point across in family matters is by shouting it to the other side of the room" Lena offered a shy smile "I have been nagging you a lot about your safety lately, I'm aware, it's simply on the account that I didn't want to lose you, especially since if it weren't for me you would be truly invincible except for the kryptonite… I think I too felt guilt that you were getting hurt because of me"

Lera grabbed her hand with more presence "You were actually hurt because of me"

Lena smiled forcefully seeing how broken her girl was "So, how about we both forgive and forget?" she offered "I promise I'll try to give you your space to grow, granted, it will take me some time but I'll make an effort, because I do trust you and it makes me incredibly proud that you can save so many people, but I'm selfish because I want you to be safe next to me" she tilted her head "In return, you'll try to reason a bit more before going head first into danger, wait for backup and we both agree to talk things out before getting to shouting" Lena proposed "sounds reasonable?"

Lera nodded getting over the tears to offer a sincere smile "I promise, I'll never hurt you again"

"I know, sweetie" Lena smiled looking at the little sparkle that hid behind her eyes and she knew that was Kara's pleading signature "come here" she opened her arm and Lera promptly settled on the bed to cuddle against her.

Kara smiled at the sight and silently walked outside the room to where Barry was talking with his team.

"Can you make sure she's healed by tomorrow?" he was consulting Caitlin when she hinted for him to look back "Kara, hey, is everything going alright in there?"

Kara smiled sweetly "Yeah, they are going to be just fine" she looked at all of them "I'm sorry for all we've made you go through, it's been truly a long and…troublesome day"

"Please, this is our average day and you should hear Oliver's, he's so filled with drama" Cisco laughed by himself.

"What he means is that we are here to help you, guys" Caitlin said gently "and sure, today was busier than usual but it's nothing new"

"That's right, it will take more than a robbery, bomb explossion, charges of assault and heat vision to scare us" Cisco said in such a convinced tone that it was clear he meant well, even if the phrazing was less than desirable.

"Anyways...Lena has to stay the night here" Barry added "sorry, but the equipment isn't mobile"

"Don't apologize, please" Kara half chuckled "I'll stay with her, you guys go home and please get some rest, we'll see you in the morning"

"What? Are you kidding, we are staying too" he said matter-of-factly with his goofy smirk "Wally is already picking up some food for all of us"

"Really, you don't have to"

"Hey, we are friends" Barry said perkily to the alien from another earth "and as long as you are staying in our dimension you won't be alone. We are your designated family for the week"

Kara blinked back the tears before they could even form in the corner of her eyes "thanks, to all of you" she looked down avoiding eyes before she felt the close embraces of the Allen-Wests.

They ate at the infirmary sharing anecdotes, getting to know each other and ultimately getting the feeling of a family, a hero family, one that knew all your secrets, people that shared the same burden, privileges and responsibility, all of it. They felt safe.

"Seriously, you four just ate 10 combo meals" Iris scoffed "I'm going to quit yoga"

"Kara used to come to spinning with me just to devour a dozen doughnuts at the end of every class in front of the whole group. She's not welcome there anymore" Lena shared making the others laugh.

"It's not my fault!" Kara said in mocked indignation.

"And that didn't raise any suspicions?" Wally asked chuckling.

"She's the queen of indiscretion, some days she even wears the cape underneath her clothes"

"Hey! That's a professional secret!"

They laugher boomed again before the mechanical clock stroke midnight making a sound that made them turn around to gaze at it.

"I think you better go home, Wally" Iris suggested "before dad freaks out even more"

"Right, 's gonna be fun to try and explain the whole thing to him" he stood up from the floor patting Lera's shoulder "see ya tomorrow"

She smiled nodding back "Good night"

"Ok, wait up yellow speedster, I'm the one making sure you get home safe, designated driver. Let's make a jump"

"You know I can be home like in ten seconds flat and that's if I take my time"

"Wont' risk it, sorry, but Joe is that close to explode, let's not give him any more reasons" he prepared putting his glasses on "Caitlin, need a lift home?"

"I'll take you up on your offer" she stood up "So, everything is set, the machine is just radiating now and then to assist the tissue recovery, if anything feels abnormal call me"

"We'll be fine, thank you"

"Until tomorrow" they blinked themselves out of the room through a bluish portal.

Barry stood up stretching "Ok, we'll let you get some rest too" he wrapped an arm over Iris' shoulders "we have some rooms near here you can use"

"I- I would like to stay here?" Lera said, her voice turning weak at the end.

Iris smiled "Of course, there's a pull out couch over there"

"Thanks" Lera nodded, absently looking at where Iris pointed, because truth was, she didn't needed to know where it was.

"Ok, so Kara, down the hall to the left there's an empty room" Barry said almost slyly.

"Oh, I-I think I'll stay here too. Just to make sure" she put her hands on her hips in her usual hero pose.

"Sure" he smiled cunningly and Iris just elbowed him in the ribs knowing he was teasing them.

"We'll be just a few doors down if you need anything"

"Alright, sleep tight"

"You too" they exited leaving three knowing smiles in return.

Lera just kicked her shoes off nestling against Lena. The Luthor didn't think twice before wrapping her arm around her and kissing her forehead. Kara on the other hand fidgeted for a moment or two.

"I-I'll just settle over there" she pointed at the couch before going to turn the light off.

"Are you sure?"

"Ye-yeah" she offered a confident smile that didn't falter until the end "Night" she laid on the couch hugging herself tight.

She focused all her efforts on hearing their breathing until she was sure they were asleep. Now she was the only one up, gazing at them from afar. The first time Kara pulled Lera out of the pod she could tell they had a strong resemblance, all but the eyes, of course. But as they spent time together she began to notice Lena's facial expressions on the teen and how her curly hair had grown a darker shade of blonde; still, a perfect amalgam of the two.

Maybe the biggest difference Kara could point between her clone and herself was the way Lera carried herself. Kara was brave and unyielding when she was Supergirl, but not much so when she was Kara Danvers. Lera on the other hand, she knew how to stand her ground, suit on or not. That was Lena's ever present confidence in her capabilities, even if sometimes the outside world made her doubt herself, she could always get through it.

Smiling at the two, Kara stood up and decided to levitate to avoid doing much noise, knowing Lera's hearing would probably pick up the slightest of shifts other than the white noise she had allowed to slip by while falling asleep. She hovered over to them making sure the machine was actually closing the burn, luckily it was doing an excellent job, so there was nothing left to do but wait.

The Luthor shifted a bit getting her hair ruffled up. Kara huffed at the sight of Lena being anything but impeccable, so she drove one of her stray hairs behind her ear jolting back when emerald eyes connected with sky clear eyes.

"Sorry!" she whispered loudly making Lera wince in her sleep while readjusting and pulling the cover over her shoulder to block out noises. Once sure she was settled Kara uncovered her mouth "I wanted to be sure the machine was working"

"It is, I feel better" she mumbled back the sleepiness dragging her voice a bit.

Kara smiled tightly unwilling to go just yet, not before saying it "You were wonderful today" she said "the way you handled it…I plainly panicked, it wasn't second nature for me to make sure Lera was alright, I…I feel like I've failed…"

"You didn't" Lena said more awake now "you found her, you talked to her- And I'm sure she's going to need you a lot more to figure this out, so don't be too hard of a judge with yourself" the raven haired woman offered a knowing smirk "I was able to do what I did today because you have taught me how to actually acknowledge my feelings instead of storing them away or avoiding them. You didn't actually think that was my Luthor parenting style in action, did you?" she giggled softly trying to lighten up the heaviness in the Super's shoulders "Remember that you are my hero, Kara Zor-El"

The Kryptonian's face lighted up while a faint blush ran across her cheeks "You called me by my name…"

"I did" she pierced her with her green eyes "because that's who you are, just as I am Lena Kieran Luthor. Time we both accept all the letters that mark our lives"

Kara's smile grew to be an encouragingly one "I will try my best"

"That's all anyone can ask for" Lena smiled back while a yawn slipped by.

"I'll let you rest then" Kara slowly began to descent.

"The couch looks awfully uncomfortable" Lena chuckled.

"It's fine, I'll probably end up sleep-flying again anyways" she admitted shyly.

"Well, we wouldn't want you hitting the ceiling, would we?" Lena extended her arm towards her once she was sure Lera was cuddled and secured against her chest.

Kara was puzzled for a moment before intertwining their fingers waiting for an explanation of a sort.

"I'll make sure you don't go anywhere" Lena closed her eyes getting ready to sleep without another single word as a sly smirk tugged on the side of her lips.

Kara smiled fondly getting in a suitable position now that she was just softly swaying in the air, being confident that she couldn't go astray, not as long as she had Lena by her side.

I wrote this before watching Flahs' season finale, but still, I hope this eases up a bit of the pain, just getting to watch him be a good caretaker for all the Super-Luthor fam. I hope you enjoyed it! Once more, thank you for the support, the favs, follows, awesome reviews, all of it! I hope to see you soon and wish me good luck! I have a flight to catch ;)