"You wanted to see me?" I asked Zyan, sitting next to him on the bench.

"Yes, we have to talk," he answered rather seriously.

"About the other day ..." I began to speak.

"No, listen to me first," he interrupted me. "I have to be honest with you." He looked at me as if he was guilty of something. "I didn't know you were going to come to Earth ..."

"Neither did I" I said confused without understanding what was happening.

"I know, listen to me" he asked, so I waited for him to continue talking. "When I was in Fort Rozz, I met a Kryptonian and ... I completely forgot about you ..., we have ... we have a son, he's four years old now, "he said, swallowing, not wanting to look at me." We broke up and when you came ... Rao! You were the same girl who I remembered from Krypton, you hadn't changed at all" he paused. "I fell in love with you again, but here we are and I realize that you're just a kid, you're only seventeen, Kaelah" he said. "Maybe it's time for you to make your own decisions, to grow up like I did ... and maybe everything that happened was a mistake or not" he looked at me. "Kaelah, I love you, that's not a lie, "he said.

"I ..." I tried to speak. "I love you too, but ..." I looked at the ground.

"But you have feelings for him, too," he added.

"No ..., Yes, I don't know" I covered my face with my hands. "It doesn't matter, he has girlfriend" I explained.

"Then his loss," he said.

I nodded slightly, trying to understand everything that was happening, confused, not knowing what to say, had we broken up? I was not sure about this, but he looked rather serious at what he was saying.

"I'll always be here for you, for everything you need," he said, kissing my forehead. "It's late, you should go, we'll talk tomorrow, okay?" He looked at me.

"Yes, of course," I nodded again.

I said goodbye to him leaving, not knowing where to go, knowing that I needed my sister, so I called her.

"What is it, Kaelah?" She asked worriedly.

"I need to talk to you," I said.

"Okay, are you okay?" She asked nervously.

"Yes, it's just, I don't know what to do," I tried to explain.

"About what? Kaelah, I can't talk to you now, I'm at CatCo, we'll talk later," she said.

"Okay," I whispered. "I'll be at the DEO," I said, so that she could find me.

I ran to the DEO, entering into that room, sighing before looking at my mother's hologram, trying to speak, to say everything I thought at the moment, but I could not, it was not a layer to make my voice present.

"Hi, Kaelah," she greeted me.

"I don't know what to do, Mom," I sobbed. "Zyan broke up with me and ... and I'm not quite sure what I feel about Mon-el" I bowed my head." I'm confused, "I admitted." I need help ... What if …" I sobbed again, letting myself fall to the floor, closing my eyes.

"Always remember believing in you, my daughter," she said.

I nodded slightly, sobbing with my back against the wall, what if I was wrong?


"Have you seen Kaelah?" She asked her sister, genuinely worried about the girl.

"No, I think she could be there," Alex answered her.

She advanced to that room, not expecting what she found when she opened the door, watching her sister asleep on the floor, the tears still on her cheeks. She tried to wake her, but she could not, so she ended up picking her up. She took her to a separate room, leaving her sister on a couch, making an attempt to distance herself from her, yet her sister grabbed her t-shirt.

"Is she all right?" Alex asked.

"She's asleep," she replied, stroking her sister's face. "She's been crying."

"What happened?" Her older sister was truly worried about the younger one.

"I don't know," she said. "She said she wanted to talk to me, but I don't know about what," she explained.

"Okay, if anything happens, let me know," Alex asked before leaving.

She remained there for the next twenty minutes, watching her sister confused and impatient, wanting to know what had happened.

The door opened again, but this time it was Mon-el who was waiting on the other side, showing his concern for the young girl's condition.

"What happened?" He asked, entering the room.

"Nothing, She's all right," she replied.

"I thought ... nothing, it doesn't matter," he tried to speak. "Dinner was in your apartment, wasn't it?

"At eight," she confirmed. "I thought you had a date."

"No, we broke up," he sighed. "I'm glad she's okay," he smiled before leaving.


I opened my eyes when Mon-el left the room, wanting to avoid the smile that was on my face the moment I heard their conversation, maybe this was the opportunity I had been waiting for.

I looked at my sister, who smiled at me stroking my hair. She was going to ask about it, I knew it, and I was ready to answer her questions, but I could not help being nervous about it.

"Are you going to explain to me what has happened?" She asked me.

"Zyan told me how his life was without me," I began. "After that he broke up with me, he says I'm just a kid," I sobbed.

My sister hugged me trying to calm me down, but I was not sure if that was possible.

"Calm down, Kaelah," she whispered. "It's not the end of the world ... well, it may not be the best example, but what I mean is that if it happened it's for some reason," she explained, so I nodded, yes, it was true.

"I need to talk to someone," I said, leading me to the door.

I found him on the balcony, so I advanced to stand beside him, getting him to look at me before smiling slightly and focus again on the city.

"I like these views," I whispered.

"They're precious," he whispered, looking back at me. "What happened to you?" He asked curiously.

"Zyan broke up with me," I replied.

"That sucks," he said with a half smile.

"I know," I sighed, I smirked at him, looking down. "Mon-el, I don't know how to tell you this." I was just looking at him. "It was because of me ... because I have feelings for you," I said, waiting for his answer, but he did not say anything. "Say something, please," I pleaded.

I saw him smile before grabbing my face with both hands to kiss me, getting me to respond without even thinking about it.

"Answer this to your question?" he questioned, watching me, receiving a smile from me.


I sighed, it could not be true, I honestly do not know who I was most angry with, whether with her or with him, because my sister had promised me that when she left National City she would warn me, but no, she had not.

I followed Alex listening to her orders before we crossed that portal, afraid of not knowing what was happening on the other side. No doubt we were at Slaver's Moon, but that was not what I was worried about, but the fact that it orbited around a red sun, which implied that neither could be defended by its powers, unlike me.

"We have to go to the castle," she pointed out, so I nodded in agreement.

The moment we entered we advanced parallel, running into them, running towards Mon-el, who seemed confused.

"The experiment of the House of El" whispered the Dominator in my own language, confusing me.

"What?" I asked.

"Have you ever wondered how you can read minds?" He asked back. "Think about it," he said.

"Kryptogirl" they called me.

I looked at Mon-el for a couple of seconds before turning and running without being able to get the idea out of my head, what did he mean by that? It was quite obvious that the situation in Krypton had not been normal, but according to his words he was indicating that it had been conditioned by someone else.

I felt like it was getting more and more difficult to breathe, to introduce air into my lungs, it became difficult with each second, having to grab Mon-el to avoid falling, because I was starting to hyperventilate, eventually falling to the ground.

"I can't," I said to Mon-el struggling to breathe.

He looked at me worried as I fell to the ground, between convulsions, because it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to introduce oxygen into my lungs.

"Kaelah!" He shouted, kneeling to get me up.

He tried to get me to my feet, but I could not keep myself, so I fell again, but this time in his arms, beginning to feel as tears began to lick my eyes at the impotence of being unable to do anything.

"Wait, please," he said, kissing my forehead. "Alex!" He shouted in shock. "Breathe" He asked and tried again, but nothing seemed to help.

"Mon-el, take her and cross the portal," he said to what he went to reply as if he was not confident that he was going to do it. "Do it, there are doctors on the other side, they will stabilize her" she tried to convince him.

He took me in his arms to get me out of there, begging me once more to breath, but it was difficult to do so, because my vision was every time more blurred, I could not distinguish between the sounds and much less between the voices. However, the ease of breathing returned the moment he left me on the floor, going to kneel beside me, which made me open my eyes, we were back home, so I smiled weakly, noting that he had tears in his eyes.

"Are you okay, Kryptogirl?" J'onn asked me, so I nodded slightly. "Sure?" He arched an eyebrow at what I nodded. "Okay, take it easy, okay?" he ruffled my hair.

"Don't you ever think about doing this again," Mon-el warned. "Was it because of the Domiator?" He asked worriedly.

"I don't know, I couldn't breathe," I said, trying to get up, but he stopped me. "I'm fine," I assured him as my sister crouched beside me, hugging me.

"I'm so glad you're okay," she whispered, watching me. "I'm sorry, I broke the promise, but Mon-el was supposed to warn you," she explained, making me look at him. "It doesn't matter, just that you're okay, Kaelah."

I braced my head on Mon-el's shoulder the moment my sister stood up to approach J'onn, which attracted enough attention from Alex, who narrowed her eyes as she looked at us. I could read her thoughts, I knew what she was thinking and no, she was not mistaken about it, so I nodded slightly to what she smiled as she shook her head and approached us.

"Take care of her, Mon-el," she said to his astonishment. "It's better that nothing happens, I know where you live," she pointed out. "I'm really glad for you both." She grinned and ruffled my hair.

"What just happened?" He asked.

I shrugged as I began to wander through my own thoughts, re-thinking again if that alien was right in his words, if it was true what he had said.

"Do you think I was an experiment?" I asked.

"No, you weren't, you're not," he denied, looking directly into my eyes. "You're Kaelah, and that's not going to change because someone changed your genetics, because your essence can not disappear," he tried to convince me to which I nodded without being completely nervous about it.

Thank you for reading,

Ayrin