Practically everyone was with me in the infirmary, waiting impatiently for the news that my arm was completely healed, because for the last couple of days, my powers had been progressively returning.
"Well, move it, Mya" Dr. Hamilton asked me, so I did it. "Does it hurt?" She asked making me shake my head, watching as all those who were there smiled. "I would advise you to start training as soon as possible to make sure everything is fine, okay?" She commented making me nod before she left, moment in which my brother did not hesitate to hug me.
"What time is dinner?" He asked when he released me.
"At six o'clock" I answered looking at how he frowned. "I know it's early, but Erin has a bedtime" I explained.
"Okay, we'll be there, okay?" He kissed my forehead before saying goodbye and leaving there.
I watched Kara for a few seconds after noticing how she was bending her head, beginning to believe that this had not been a good idea and that, despite her words, she was not ready for this dinner, to spend so much time near them. However, although I wanted to ask, I remained completely silent, because I was aware that I was going to receive a denial from her.
The time seemed to pass quickly and soon we presented ourselves there, nervous as it was going to leave all this, although at the moment it seemed to go well.
"Mya, can you come? I want to show you something" Erin called me, so I could not refuse, following her to her room. "Mom says I have to ask you for your permission, can I talk about you in class?" She asked while I was watching what was going on referring, looking back at her. "Please" she begged.
"Yeah, sure, I'm flattered that you think I'm a role model" I smiled at her.
"Of course you are, you are my older sister" she exclaimed before hugging me. "I had always wanted to meet you" she murmured getting me to smile slightly while hugging her back.
The dinner passed quietly, Mon-el telling anecdotes of when I was kid, of all those and every one of the tricks I had done, which had made me more than once to prevent him from continuing to speak, but nothing stopped him.
I opened my eyes when I heard Kara's scream, knowing that it had been caused by a nightmare, the same reason I was awake, so I did not hesitate to get up and go to her room.
"Kara" I muttered getting her to look at me. "Are you okay?" I asked approaching her, only making her nod slightly.
"I've woken you?" She asked while I shook my head. "Come here, sweetheart" she said moving away so that I could lie down next to her, hugging me. "Have you had a nightmare?" She questioned stroking my hair.
I nodded slightly as I closed my eyes to allow myself to relax, the nightmare, for the first time in a long time, had once again been about CADMUS. For minutes I had found myself inside that cell, in that laboratory, where they tortured me without any kind of rest, a room that I truly feared.
I settled into Kara's arms trying to feel protected before closing my eyes and letting myself be carried away by unconsciousness.
"Mya, sweetheart, you're going to be late for class" I heard Kara talking, but the throbbing pain that spread through my abdomen prevented me from moving. "Hey, what's wrong?" she asked worried, although she seemed to understand it at the time I looked at her, she nodded slightly caressing my hair. "Do you prefer to stay at home?" She questioned making me nod slightly. "I'm going to call the high school, okay?" She kissed my forehead.
I barely moved from the bed to the couch and that's where I spent practically all day, lying down, using the television as a distraction, accepting the ice cream that Kara was offering me. However, we just stayed at home a little longer before we had to go to the DEO, at which point I could see my brother's worried face when he saw me, which increased the moment I complained because of the pain.
"What happens?" The question was not directly to me, but to Kara, who looked at him for a few seconds without knowing how to answer him. "Is she ill?" He questioned while I shook my head, but he seemed not to believe me.
"No, she's not ill," Kara said, getting him to raise a questioning eyebrow. "She has the period," she said just to get him to look a little more lost than before, no, he had not understood. "Let's say your sister could already have a baby," she explained in a way that he could understand, but this time the panic was present.
"It's not serious" he looked at us. "She's just a kid" he pointed to me causing the laughter of both.
"Not anymore, Mon-el" Kara shook her head still laughing.
"But, then, is she okay? Are you okay?" he asked making me nod slightly.
"It's a bit painful, but yes, I'm fine" I smiled at him getting him to smile back before hugging me.
"I want you away from the boys" he murmured causing me to hit him while I laughed lightly. "I said it seriously" he whispered seriously. "Stop growing, please" he kissed my forehead.
"Mya, sweetheart, I need you to stay with your mother tomorrow" Kara said as I separated from my brother to turn towards her with a big question on my face, however, she did not answer directly, but looked at my brother for a few seconds before indicating that I should sit in a chair. "I don't know how we're going to tell you this" she sighed as my brother placed his hand on my shoulder as if he wanted to keep me calm. "Lillian is in the city and although we don't know if she is going to try to find you, there is a minimum possibility that she does it" she began to explain getting me tense when I heard her name. "If you stay with me, it will make it easier to find you and I don't think it will take her long to discover that Mon-el is here, so it is the best option" she looked at me making me nod slightly. "I have warned your mother to call me if at five you're not home" she said while I ducked my head.
"Mya, if you have the slightest feeling that someone is following you, tell us" it was my brother who crouched down in front of me, grabbing my face to look at him, so I could not help nodding to his request.
I allowed him to hug me in an attempt to reassure me, resting my head on his shoulder while trying not to get carried away by the last memories of when I was at CADMUS, the time I had given myself to protect my brother from them. I knew that they let me go, that Lillian had an intention with that although we had not discovered it yet, but I was sure that at some point we would do it and it might be too late.
As I had promised my mother, I went directly to her house, on alert to any kind of threat no matter how small it might be, because reacting to something could make a difference.
"Hello, little alien" her voice just got me to stop in my footsteps, not sure if I should turn to her or continue walking, although I opted for the first option, looking at her, noticing how she bothered to pretend to be someone she was not to avoid being discovered. "You don't seem surprised, I have to suppose that the Kryptonian has warned you" she commented observing me. "I need something from you, don't bother to fight, it's not going to be worth it" she pointed when she realized that I was beginning to walk away to leave, feeling like they held my arms, Hank Hansaw. "Don't worry, soon you will be back with her" she smiled seconds before the needle was stuck in my neck, falling unconscious practically in the moment.
I was not surprised when I woke up to find myself in a cell, it was obvious that I was going to be locked up for the duration of this, although I did not hesitate to knock on the door in an attempt to find out if I kept my powers, but when the pain flooded my right arm I knew, I was completely vulnerable.
I ducked my head holding back the tears of helplessness not wanting to imagine what had to be happening out there, what my mother should have felt when she realized that I was not coming home, or what she would be feeling now, both she and Kara and my brother, when there was nothing they could do to get me out of here.
I looked forward as I heard footsteps approaching, observing how she smiled when she realized that I had noticed her presence, standing in front of me.
"You have changed during these months" she commented watching me. "You're more ... Strong?" she asked making me look away. "You are physically, but not mentally" she said at the same time she looked at me again. "Your brother seems to be back, but it has not eliminated the ghosts of your past" she affirmed to which I had to close my eyes before turning away and heading to the most remote place, sitting there, because I knew she was going to try to destabilize me mentally.
The conversation continued to the point where my sobs were practically uncontrollable, at which point she fell silent, crouching down next to where I was standing, her hand on my back as if in that way she could take away my pain, the disorder that she just generated, to gather again all the pieces that made me be who I was.
"They've done all that to you, little alien" she whispered at the same time that I was trying to dry my tears uselessly. "You know that we are your family, we welcome you and we will continue doing it whenever you allow us, we would never hurt you" she said daring to move the hair away from my face only to get me to abruptly turn away, turning to look directly into her eyes while shaking my head, I was no longer the frightened little girl who crashed on a planet she did not know, it was not so easy to deceive me. "Think about it, Wasn't everything easier when you didn't know he was here? When you weren't attached to anyone?" she asked making me to close my eyes, of course it had been much easier to think that there was nobody waiting for me, no one to care for me, to love me. "Let us help you, Mya" she whispered threatening to grab my hand, but I pushed her away with some fear, What if she was right?, What if I needed help?
She achieved her purpose, destabilizing me without me being able to do anything about it, which meant that I could not deny when she announced that I should go with her, making every one of her instructions. Although fear seized me the moment I saw Kara there, not sure if she was going to force me to fight against her.
However, I soon felt like she was grabbing me with her left arm before placing a gun on my head.
"Mya" Kara observed the scene in search of something she could do, but there was only one solution and it was me debating, which I tried.
"No, shh, little alien," she whispered, increasing her strength. "A false move, Supergirl, and you don't see her again," she threatened.
They beat her behind her back, getting me let go as she tried to turn, an opportunity that I took to run to Kara, who hugged me for a few seconds before looking towards Lena and nodding, it was the latter who grabbed my arm to get me out of there.
"Miss Luthor, I'm glad you're okay" I heard my brother said, so I did not hesitate to run up to him, hugging him without giving him time to react. "Hey, you're safe, sweetie" he took me in his arms. "Come on let's go home, okay?" he whispered, looking at Kara shortly before we left.
When I woke up I was sure it was well into the morning, besides being alone in bed, yes, I had ended up sleeping with my brother and Imra at midnight, unable to avoid the nightmares that assaulted me, that disturbed me.
I stretched with the intention of clearing myself, but it was not until I heard my mother's voice when I decided that I was going to get up.
"Mom?" I interrupted my brother in his narrative making my mother to come to me to hug me, being aware that I would collapse in his arms, but it never happened because my brother grabbed me to lean back before lifting my shirt and observe my abdomen, which had a greenish color. "Kryptonite" I whispered as he nodded slightly.
Without giving me time to react he took me determined to go to the DEO, getting everyone who was there to observe us curious, especially due to the fact that we were in our pajamas.
"Is it the day of coming in your pajamas to work?" Winn asked approaching, beginning to laugh.
"Where is Alex?" My brother asked directly.
"In the laboratory" he answered.
He wasted no time in advancing to the laboratory, where both Kara and Alex were, which made him step back a bit to keep his distance from the first one.
"Were you in a hurry this morning?" Alex asked with a laugh, but neither of us laughed, because I was starting to get dizzy.
"She has Kryptonite in the abdomen, it doesn't hurt her, but she has a fever" he explained, being able to observe how changed the faces of both, but Alex immediately told him to leave me on a stretcher before lifting my shirt.
"Kara, outside" she pointed to the door before looking at me. "I need you to be asleep, Mya" she communicated while I nodded slightly.
My brother caressed my hair until the sedative that Alex had injected took effect, leading me to unconsciousness.
Thanks for reading,
Ayrin