Chapter - 44

Kay stayed besides Mon-El's bed for the rest of the evening. She brought her holobooks along and sat reading them. When Kon dropped by to check on her and asked her to join him for dinner, she told him she wasn't hungry. Kon simply frowned and left the room knowing his sister was lying. Half an hour later, he returned carrying a tray with a bowl of rice, some vegetables and meat. He had also brought some juice and fruit for her. Kay gave him a grateful smile before she began to eat.

Kon simply patted her head and told her to go to bed once she was done with dinner. Once Kon left, Kay resumed eating her food, keeping an eye on Mon-El in case he woke up.

And he did wake up. As Kay sat eating a piece of fruit, Mon-El opened his tired eyes. When he saw her, he tried to sit up.

"Hi," Kay said with a kind smile. "Please don't sit up so soon. Here, let me keep the pillows behind your back." With that, she helped him sit up with his back against the pillows. When she saw Mon-El's eyes falling on the bottle of juice she had placed on the table near the bed, Kay realized he must be thirsty.

Kay poured him a glass of juice and handed it over to him. Mon-El had really been thirsty as he finished it all in a big gulp.

"Do you want some water?" Kay asked as he thanked her and handed over the glass.

"Yes please." Mon-El's eyes never left her once as he drank the water. He was grateful someone was here for him, but the more he looked at this girl, the more he realized she wasn't his Kara. When he finally felt better, he asked, "What is this place?"

"The Legion Watchtower," Kay replied, taking her seat on the chair nearby. "Brainy administered a cure for your lead allergy. You will be okay now."

Mon-El looked around, realizing that this was someplace he had never been to. "Who are you?" he finally asked, looking at Kay.

"Well, my name is Kara Zor-El. I'm from Krypton. But the Legionnaires call me Kay."

"You are not Kara."

"Trust me, I am."

Mon-El shook his head, looking at her smile. "You are not my Kara. I don't know what place this is, but I wanna get out."

Kay's smile fell the second she heard him say she wasn't his Kara. So that meant he was from another world where another Kara existed. Maybe he was with that Kara.

"Your Kara? You were with her then?" Kay asked, her voice a little sad.

"Well, not really. She's just the Kara where I come from. She's a close friend…" Mon-El looked away, unable to meet her eyes. "And I'm sure this is another earth."

"It is," Kay said. "And we protect this earth and other planets. That's what the Legion does."

"Why don't you live on earth?"

"It's easier to live here. And living on earth costs a lot and we don't have much to spare."

"So I'm guessing you never worked a job on earth? Reporting? CatCo,? Does any of that sound familiar?"

Kay shook her head. "I don't know what you are talking about. And if I'm right, CatCo, did exist many years ago."

"What? Wait, what year is this?"

"3020. Why?"

Mon-El's eyes widened hearing that. "You mean to say that this is the 31st century?"

"Yeah. Why? Isn't it the 31st century where you come from?"

Mon-El shook his head. "No. It's the 21st century! And I really need to leave."

"You could stay! You can be a part of the Legion. If you are anything like us Kryptonians, then you might have powers too. Wouldn't you like to stay and help?" Kay sounded almost desperate as she said that.

"Look, you don't understand. I need to get back home. To my family. My friends. And… my Kara." Mon-El tried to get up from the bed. "I don't belong here. And I certainly don't want to be anywhere near you."

Kay's eyes widened as he said that. She hadn't expected him to feel that way. He even refused to meet her gaze.

"What if you were meant to be here? With us?" she asked.

"Look here, Kid. You might look like the Kara I know, but you are not her, okay? You don't get to tell me what I'm meant to do."

"Why are you suddenly so defensive?!"

"Is there someone else I can talk to? The green guy? Or the Superman wannabe?"

Kay frowned hearing the name. "Who's Superman?"

"Clark. Clark Kent. Kal-El. Your cousin, Superman. The one who's secretly dating Wonder Woman..."

"I don't have a cousin. I don't know who Kal-El is. If you are talking about the guy you saw earlier, then that's Kon. Kon-El, my brother. He's known as Superboy here."

Mon-El let out a loud sigh. A world without Superman… He had never imagined one without Clark in it. But right now he had to talk to someone else and get out of this place. He just had to get away from this girl. She was slowly becoming the ugly reminder of what he had lost. Kara's face came into his mind as she sobbed, saying goodbye to him. What if he never saw her again? What if… what if she moved on? What if she always loved Kai and not him? Mon-El was ready to pull his hair out as his thoughts consumed him.

"Please! I beg you, let me talk to someone else!"

Kay's heart broke seeing Mon-El like this. He obviously hated being here. Hated being near her. He had a life back on the earth he had come from. And it was obvious he didn't want anything to do with her. She nodded sadly and stood up. Another person who didn't want anything to do with her. She should have gotten used to it by now. It was easy to simply throw people out of their lives instead of trying to make sure they never leave.

As she stepped out the room, she found Kon leaning against a wall, his head lowered. He had heard everything! He looked up to see Kay and noticed her eyes watering. Kon moved closer and wiped the tears off her face and told her to go back to her room. He had already warned Kara about this Daxamite. They came from enemy planets. Planets that fought many bloody wars. There was no way a Kryptonian and a Daxamite could be friends, let alone mates. If that Daxamite wanted to be gone, he would make sure that happened. No one could hurt his sister and simply pretend that never happened.

Kon walked into the room after Kay left. He folded his arms across his chest as he looked at Mon-El, who sat up when he saw Kon-El walk in.

"You wished to speak with me, Daxamite," Kon spoke in a grave tone.

Mon-El nodded. "Thank you and your… teammates for the cure you gave me. I need to go back to my earth, back to my time. I don't belong here."

"And what makes you think we will help you?" Kon asked as he moved towards the chair Kay had vacated. He sat down with much poise and looked at Mon-El with a stern gaze. The black and red suit minus the cape made Kon-El look intimidating. Mon-El wondered if this guy ever smiled.

"You gave me a cure. I was going to die."

"Precisely. You were going to die. And if you think we Kryptonians are so heartless as to watch you writher in pain and die in front of our eyes, you are so wrong. You are aware of our planets' history, so let's get one thing straight, I don't like you. Brainiac 5 thinks you will join our team and help protect the galaxy. But knowing your kind, you would rather see the universe suffer as long as you are happy."

Mon-El let out a cold chuckle. "Are you serious? The war you're talking about was started by your people!"

"Maybe on the earth you come from. A war was something we were ready for, but not the death of our planet's core! Daxam sent in spies, bought our people's loyalty, made sure our planet died!"

"You are talking as if only your planet suffered!"

Kon glared at him. "Oh no! Daxam went down with Krypton that day. No known survivors except for two Kryptonians kids who were sent away to make sure Krypton lives."

"I'm the Prince of Daxam," Mon-El called. "So if everyone on Daxam died, so did the Mon-El Gand from that planet. I am not him! I have friends who are Kryptonians. I was in a relationship with a Kryptonian."

"Kara Zor-El. I know. Kay talked about you a lot. Imagine my surprise when you end up here and she suddenly thinks you are her mate."

"Ha! I'm not her mate. I don't want anything to do with her."

"Oh, trust me, I know. Egoism is synonym to Daxamite. Kara is my twin. Even though we were just ten when our parents sent us away, I knew what was happening, and I promised myself then that I would protect Kay. You want to know why we are with the Legion? Our destination was Earth, not this place. They took us in because of our powers. If we don't have them, we are useless, at least for the people here. Kay know how it feels to be unwanted, Mon-El Gand. So don't think you can just crash into her life and make her feel bad about herself."

Mon-El let out a sigh. It was true he was a bit harsh with Kay. But her face haunted him. Reminded him of all the time he spent with Kara. Of Kara and Kai… Of their relationship, which would obviously continue now that he was out of their way.

"The Kara from my earth is not my mate," Mon-El said in a low voice. Kon raised a single brow hearing that. "She's mated to my brother. I have a twin, Kai-El."

"You say that you are the Prince of Daxam. The Crown Prince didn't have any siblings."

"Things are clearly different where I come from. Like how you don't exist on my earth. Kara has a cousin. Kal-El. They call him Superman. She has an adoptive sister, Alex Danvers. Come to think of it, you are a lot like Alex."

"You want to leave, don't you? You need to tell us which earth you come from exactly. Brainiac 5 is capable of opening wormholes. He can send you back."

Mon-El nodded, happy that Kon got straight to business. "That's the problem. I don't know which earth I'm from. Are the earths numbered or something?"

"They are. That's how we travel through space and time."

Mon-El's eyes widened. "You can travel through space and time?!"

Kon held up his hand to show Mon-El a ring he wore on his right hand. "This is a Legion flight ring. It makes the wearer capable of time and interdimensional travel. If you were in our good books, we would have given you one. But seeing as you are not, better luck getting Brainy opening a portal for you." Saying that, Kon got up and walked away without a second glance. Mon-El sighed and lay back on the bed. There was no way he was getting any help from the Kryptonians. He had no choice but to talk to the green dude.


A/N: That didn't end up well! How are you liking Kon and Kay? Do you think Mon-El and Kon will get along? And if you wanna imagine what Kon-El looks like, I would suggest you look up Nicholas Hoult.

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