Chapter 36

Hey Guys, I'm writing a new story, like this one, where Kara and Alex are in a gang and are forced to go to a new school. I'll be posting the first chapter tomorrow as a trial, and if it gets a good response I'll continue writing the story. BTW This episode really got me, Kara just looked so... well, i wont spoil anything but yeah...

"Astra" Kara breathed out at the sight of her aunt. Astra whirled around with a smile plastered across her face as she took in the sight of her niece. She turned off the device in her hand.

"Hello Little One" Astra spoke in Kryptonian, Kara let out a strangled sob at the sound of her native language. She was supposed to be mad at her aunt… but now that she was standing in front of her, it felt like all that anger washed away.

"Aunt Astra" Kara cried out as she ran into her auntie's arm at super speed, Astra was almost thrown back, but she quickly caught her niece and pulled her into a tight hug.

Astra never hugged her niece so tight, at first, she was worried that she would hurt her, but considering how Kara was using an equal amount of strength to hug her, she would say that Kara had superstreet and invulenrablity.

Kara pulled away from her aunt, but there was a wide smile on her face, "I missed you" she spoke in her native language, it felt so good to speak in her language again, especially with someone who understood every word.

"I missed you too. I'm so sorry I didn't come to get you sooner" Astra said with a genuine smile on her face, she cupped her niece's face, still not believe that her niece was real, "These… humans didn't hurt you, did they?"

Kara shook her head, "No Aunt, they're good people. I don't understand why you are hurting them" she spoke with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Hurting them?" Astra was now getting defensive, "We are not hurting them, who told you this lies?"

"Kal-El told me that you were attacking government buildings, stealing technology from them" Kara explained, she watched as Astra suddenly turned angry and cold. She always got like this whenever she was getting ready for battle.

"Kal-El?" Astra scoffed in disgust, "Don't listen to everything that he says little one, you are smarter than him, better than him"

Kara didn't understand where this was coming from, Clark wouldn't lie to her, she knew that much. Plus, she may or may not have been listening to his heartbeat to make sure he was telling the truth at all times.

"Kal-El wouldn't lie to me… did you do it? Did you hurt people?" Kara didn't want it to be true, but she knew how violent Astra could get when she was fighting for what she believed in.

"Not on purpose" Astra answered honestly, but Kara still didn't like that answer, it meant that her aunt did hurt someone.

"Why? Why would you hurt these people?"

Astra shook her head, she had her reasons, "They stole technology from us, technology that we need"

"So, you attacked people? Killed people?" Kara didn't want to believe that her aunt was capable of doing this, but she was a general back on krypton, so she shouldn't be all that surprised.

"If they cooperated than they wouldn't have lost their lives. Their prides got in the way" Astra justified her actions, "Why are you protecting these people?"

"Because they don't deserve to die" Kara replied simply, people have lost their lives because of her Aunt's action, "We don't get to decide who lives and who dies" they have these powers that will trigger fear in the humans' heart.

Astra shook her head sadly, "Maybe we do, or maybe we don't. I gave them a choice, and those to die"

"You do not get to play god" Kara shouted, there was a reason why people feared aliens.

"I am not playing god" Astra stated simply, "You are beginning to sound a lot like Jor-El's son. Has 3 years on this primitive planet changed you so much?" she asked with an underlining disgust.

"So, what if it did?" Kara asked, there was nothing wrong with the humans, "I'm happy here, I have a sister, a girlfriend… friends"

"A sister? Your sister is dead. Your friends perished. And you can not fall in love with a human" Astra shouted at her, she didn't understand how her niece could have changed so much.

"Can't? ...I can fall in love with whomever a wish" Kara didn't need her aunt's permission to date Lena.

"You really think that these humans will accept you for being different? Have you forgotten that you are not one of them, you are a Kryptonian" Astra shouted, "And what makes you think that these humans care for you?"

Kara glared at her aunt, she knew that they cared for her, she knew that they loved her and accepted her for being different, yet there was still a seed of doubt planted in her mind.

"Like you said before Kara" Astra spoke softer this time, trying to show her niece that she still loved her, and she is the only person who will ever understand Kara, "People fear us, because of what we can do. Deep down, they are scared of you, whether you want to believe it or not"

No… that wasn't true was it? Lena and Alex didn't fear her right… wait, did she scared Lena and Alex at the house when she got mad at Kal-El?

"Kara… I care for you, these humans do not" Astra cupped her niece's face, she didn't want to hurt her little niece, but she needed her to see reason, "Come with me"

Kara looked up at her aunt, "What?" she couldn't go… she couldn't leave her family behind… but technically Astra and Non-were her family.

"You need to come with me, we do not have much time" Astra spoke quickly, she grabbed Kara's arm and made an attempt to drag her along, thinking that her niece would follow. But Kara pulled out of her grip just as quickly.

"Astra… what's going on…" Kara asked softly, she didn't like the look in Astra's eyes… there was a hint of fear.

-00—

Lena woke up with a massive headache, she let out a soft groan before realising that she was missing someone's warmth… Kara.

She instantly opened her eyes and began to panic for the millionth time when she realised that Kara wasn't here with her anymore.

"I got you aspirin and a bottle of water" Kara said as she walked over to Lena with a tablet in her hand.

Kara heard Lena's heartbeat slowdown at the sight of her, Lena was looking at Kara with concern. There was something off about Kara, but she wasn't sure what it was.

Lena gratefully took the aspirin out of Kara's hand, and the glass of water. She gulped it down before passing the cup back to Kara.

She rubbed her forehead, trying to get rid of her headache and trying to figure out why Kara was acting so weird this morning…Oh shit, she suddenly remembered shouting at Kara last night.

"Did you get any sleep?" She asked softly, she was still concerned about Kara's sleeping habits.

"Doesn't matter" Kara replied coldly as she placed the cup down onto Lena's desk. Lena was surprised by Kara's tone.

She knew Kara had every right to mad at her, especially since she practically screamed at Kara last night.

"It does matter" Lena said softly as she began to get out of bed.

"No. it doesn't" Kara snapped at her, she whirled around and glared at Lena.

What the hell was going on with her?

"What the hell is going on with you?" Lena shouted at her, maybe now wasn't the best time to start a screaming match, but she didn't understand why Kara suddenly turned cold.

She wandered if it was because they fought...but she knew Kara wouldn't act this way. Usually she would act like things didn't happen, or she would be apologising profusely.

But never anger, Kara never stayed mad at her.

Kara gave her no answer. Instead she was looking at Lena's desk.

"Kara" Lena spoke softer this time, trying to show Kara that she didn't want to fight, "if this is about last night... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you...I should've spoke to you about it"

Kara gave no indication that she was listening.

Lena reached out to grab Kara by the arm, and forced Kara to look at her. She expected to see anger in Kara's eyes, but instead there was hurt and guilt.

Kara quickly blinked away the tears that were threatening to stream down her face. She will not cry, she will not show any emotions.

"Just leave it alone" Kara couldn't do this, not now. She was so close to breaking, and despite everything that Lena told her last night, this was the one time she couldn't tell Lena what was going on… she couldn't.

"Leave what alone? I'm trying to apologise to you" Lena didn't know why the hell Kara was acting this way, when she told Kara that she wanted her to open up to her, she didn't mean acting rude to her.

"Well don't" Kara shouted, "I don't want to hear you apologise" Lena didn't do anything wrong, kara knew that, she just wanted Lena to stop…

"Why are you so mad at me?" She knew that she shouldn't have said those things Kara in a aggressive manner, but Kara needed to hear it. She needed to make Kara understand that by closing herself off from her emotions, was only making it worst.

Kara wasn't mad at Lena, she was mad at herself. Guilt was the dominant feeling that was starting to take over.

"I'm not mad at you" Kara shouted angrily, please Lena… please leave it alone.

Lena rolled her eyes, this was absolute bullshit. Kara was obviously mad at her or else they wouldn't be standing here screaming at one another, "Then why are you shouting at me? I get that I fucked up, but you needed to hear it Kara"

"You didn't mess up Lena" Kara couldn't handle this… "Please… just stop trying"

Lena had a sudden flashback to when Kara was dying in her arms, "Did we not have this discussion yesterday? Stop trying to make stop me from fixing a mess that I created" this was looking more like a petty argument at this point. Never in her life did she think that she would yell at someone to make her stop trying to fix her own mistakes.

"Lena!" Kara shouted

"What the hell is going on with you?" Lena snapped, "This is exactly what I was talking about last night. If you trust me, then tell me what's going on"

Rao, Kara wanted to Lena everything, she wanted to collapse in her arms and listen to Lena soothing voice that always managed to bring comfort… but she can't… she won't…

Kara simply shook her head, she closed her eyes and tried to keep her emotions in check, she repeated to herself to not cry, to not show any emotions, "Rhonda made breakfast downstairs… you should go and eat"

She walked out of the room without saying another word.

Lena was standing in her room with a confused look plastered on her face, "What the fuck just happened?" she muttered to herself.

Were she and Kara in a fight right now? Did Kara trust her? Why did Kara have that guilty look in her eyes, yet she shouted as if she was angry?

What the fuck was going on?

-00-

Lena walked downstairs to see Maggie and Alex at the table, she looked around to see if Kara was here.

"Miss Luthor" Rhonda greeted her, she placed a plate down on the table for her. She also placed a plate in front of Maggie and Alex.

Alex's head was buried in her hands, she was assuming Alex drank too much too, "Where's Kara?" Lena asked as she took a seat next to Alex.

"I thought she was with you" Alex said as she looked up, "She came into the room to give me an aspirin and then left before I could apologise"

"Apologise?" Lena asked, "Why would you need to apologise to Kara?"

Alex groaned at her own stupidity for snapping at Kara, "Kind of snapped at her last night"

Lena felt even worst, considering how she also snapped at Kara, "Fuck… I snapped at her too" she muttered.

"You snapped at my sister?" Alex shouted at Lena, how dare she hurt Kara!

"You snapped at my girlfriend" Lena shouted just as loudly. She was suddenly feeling protective of Kara.

Maggie rolled her eyes at them, "Guys"

Kara came back into the living room, holding something in her hands but quickly slipping it into her pockets.

"Clark wants us to come to the D.E.O… he said that we need sign some papers" Kara told them, everyone could tell that something was different about her. They weren't sure if she was mad at them, or if this was something else.

Lena nodded her head quietly, she wasn't sure why there was such a thick tension in the air, but she didn't think that speaking would help their situation.

Suddenly, the door flung open, and at the door was Winn who was carrying potstickers.

"Kara" Winn shouted excitedly, not noticing that there was a thick tension in the air. He ran over to Kara and practically jumped into her arms to hug her, "I'm so glad that you're okay"

A small smiled appeared on her face, "I am, thank you Winn" she replied stiffly.

Lena and Alex both shared a look, why the hell was Kara acting so nice to Winn but not them.

Winn gave Kara the box of potstickers, but instead of eating it, she gave it to Lena, Maggie and Alex to eat for breakfast. She wasn't feeling hungry.

That's when Winn noticed the tension in the room, "Wh-what's going on?"

No-one answered his question, and instead, they ate their food in silence. After 10 minutes of absolute silence, there was knocking at the door that indicated Clark was here to pick them up.

Kara instantly shot up from the seat and walked to the door. Outside of the door was a black van that looked really suspicious. But no one questioned it.

-00—

The ride to the D.E.O was quiet, Superman glanced at his cousin with concern from time to time.

The group exited the van and followed Superman who nodded at the soldiers who were armed with guns, to stand down.

"Superman" a deep voice boom in the hallways with authority. Everyone turned their attention to the man who was wearing a black attired with gears and a gun around his waist.

"J'onn" Superman said.

J'onn walked up to the group, his eyes lingered on Alex and Kara a bit longer than the rest, "follow me" he said as he showed them to a private room that had paper work laid out on the table, "You will sign these documents"

Everyone stood around the table, Lena was reading over the documents with Winn while Alex bombarded Hank with question, starting with the fact that he was her P.E teacher and an alien.

Clark was watching the group with amusement, he was glad that Kara was able to find a family that accepted her for being different. He remembered being scared of telling anyone the truth about his alien heritage.

Speaking of Kara, he turned around to see her standing in the corner of the room with a distant look, her fingers were tapping her lips, as if she was pondering on something.

He walked over to her, "Kara?" he dropped his voice and spoke with nothing but concern, unfortunately Kara was completely out of it. He gripped her shoulder which brought her back to reality.

"Hmmm?" Kara hummed as she looked up, realising that she was standing in the corner.

"Everything okay?" Clark couldn't put his finger on it, but something was evidently wrong with his cousin. He thought that everything was fine between them.

Kara didn't know how to answer that question, "Ummm… we need to talk"

Clark noticed something in his cousin's eyes that he had never seen before, "Sure, I can get everyone to leave"

Kara shook her head, "No… I need to talk to everyone"

"Okay" Clark was starting to feel nervous, "Guys!" he grabbed everyone's attention. Everyone looked at Clark and then to Kara who was fiddling with her fingers once again.

She didn't want to make eye contact with anyone, but she needed to tell them… she needed to tell Lena.

"What's going on?" J'onn asked, he was glad that Superman drew the attention away from him. Alex kept bombarding him with question that even he couldn't answer, and he has been alive for almost 300 years.

Clark looked back at his cousin, "What's going on Kara?"

Kara blinked a few times, before looking at and making direct eye contact with Lena. Lena saw that same guilt again, but it was more intense this time.

"Ummm… Astra came to visit me" she muttered softly.

"What?" Superman and J'onn shouted.

"Did she hurt you?" Superman asked as he began to assess Kara's body, scanning her for any injuries.

Kara shook her head.

"When?" Lena asked with her arms crossed over her chest, was this the reason that Kara was acting so weird?

"In the middle of the night… when you were asleep" Kara replied, she looked around the room and saw surprise on everyone's faces. J'onn was the only one who was hiding it.

"Wh-…How?" Lena couldn't believe that Kara went to meet up with her aunt in the middle of the night, without her noticing.

"She used this device which only I can hear" Kara explained.

"What did she want from you?" Clark asked. He was now getting suspicious, did Kara know about their plans?

Kara couldn't answer that, at least not now, "That doesn't matter"

"Kara" Clark began but Kara quickly stopped him.

Kara looked at Lena, her eyes began tearing up as she thought about the next few words that were going to pour out of her mouth.

Lena saw that Kara was struggling to say something to her, so she walked up to Kara and heled her hands into her, despite their fight, she will never want to see Kara hurt.

"Whatever it is… you can say it" Lena encouraged. Seeing the encouragement in Lena's eyes, only made Kara feel worst.

Kara pulled her hands out of Lena's and moved away from Lena.

She took a few seconds to get her emotions under control, she took in a deep breath and finally worked up the courage to speak.

"Ummm… Astra and I spoke about some stuff…" Okay… that was very ambiguous, but Kara didn't know how to say it, "She told me… about this man who stole some technology from fort rozz and used it for his own personal gain…"

Kara closed her eyes to stop herself from crying, "She…she told me that she needed the stolen technology back, so she found the human and asked for it back… but he refused… she gave him a choice, to live he would have to give her the device… or to die"

"What does this story have anything to do with me?" Lena asked, she didn't know where Kara was going with this story.

"The man Lena… the man was your father" Kara finally looked up at Lena, "My aunt killed your father"