HALLEY'S P. O. V
"Halley, don't!" I heard Mon-El's voice in my ear, but I wasn't stopping, not if that was the last chance I had to save my cousin. "Don't walk inside that room" he warned me again.
"I'm sorry, Mon-El" I murmured while picking a new arrow so I would be ready to attack whoever that was inside that room.
"Halley, please, don't do it" he begged. "Wait until we get there" he asked.
"I don't have that much time!" I exclaimed, losing my patience, they were too far away of where I was.
"Just wait" Mon-El said as I sighed.
"I'm giving you two minutes" I finally gave in.
"Okay, fair enough" he answered. "Where's Val?" he asked, to what I shrugged as if he could see me.
"I don't know, we split up" I lied, the truth was that I had tried my best to leave him behind, so I could keep going by my own. "One minute" I told him.
"Wait a little longer, please" he asked, but I shook my head.
"We have ten minutes left to find her, I'm not waiting longer" I answered him. "Thirty seconds" I kept counting, even if part of me was hoping to see him appear there since I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to defeat them by own. "I'm sorry, but I have to do it" I told him, Mon-El sighing.
"Halley, please, wait" he begged again.
"She could be dying inside that room, Don't you want to find her?" I asked him, being upset as I didn't understand why he was holding me back.
"She's not there, Hal" he whispered, but I didn't listen, there was no way he could know that.
I closed my eyes, just trying to calm myself down, not knowing what I was going to find on the other side, but promising myself that I would fight till the end.
"Halley!" Mon-El shouted my name the moment I kicked the door.
It was dark inside, so it took me a while to adjust to the low amount of light, even though I knew that I was being surrounded, I could feel it, but I kept moving, ready to shoot whenever I had an opportunity.
"Put the weapon down" someone ordered me, but I didn't move, the bow's string caressing my cheek as I turned looking for the voice. "I will not say it again, put the weapon down" a woman appeared in front of me. "I'm sure you're here for your cousin, so do what I tell you if you don't want to see her get hurt" she warned me while pointing to a window.
I let the bow fall before shortly before running towards it, fresh tears forming in my eyes as I recognize the person that was on the other side.
Kara was sitting against the wall over a pool of blood, her hands holding her stomach as her eyes remained closed, but I could tell that she was awake.
"Kar..." I didn't fully find my voice as I let my right hand rest on the glass.
"She can't see you" those words made me close my eyes, however, I knew that even if she couldn't see me, she was able to hear me or at least see that the mirror she had in front of her was moving. "Get her!" the woman exclaimed after observing that I was closing my hands into fists, ready to hit the window.
Just as two pair of hands gripped me, I managed to hit it, being able to observe how my cousin opened her eyes afraid, getting herself even closer to the wall.
I waited for them to believe that I was contained before attacking them, my fist landing on one of the agents' jaw, knocking him out.
I needed to get to Kara, she had to know that I was there, that we were there and that we were going to take her out of that room, she was going to be fine.
"Don't let her leave" the woman kept giving orders, but it didn't stop me, not until a kryptonite dagger stabbed my left leg.
I let myself fall to the ground between screams, it burned, still looking for a way to escape, closing my eyes when one of the agents grabbed my hair to pull my head backwards, shortly before placing another dagger over my throat.
"Did you really think that we wouldn't be ready for you?" the woman asked. "I've been waiting to meet you, to get to know you" she commented, getting closer to me. "So sweet that you're here to save your cousin" she smiled as I sighed, trying to pull away from the grip.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked her, feeling sick because of the kryptonite.
"Doing what?" she asked back.
"Kidnapping aliens, torturing them, murdering them..." I listed as she turned around while laughing.
"Have we been doing those things?" she questioned the agents, the three of them shaking their heads. "That's what I thought" she smirked. "We've been protecting ourselves from them, from your kind" she answered while pointing at me. "Supergirl and you ruined my life, especially your cousin did, you were trying to stop it after all" the woman explained as I tried to think of an event in which we would have worked with each other alone. "You don't remember it, huh? It had a huge explosion, like the one that could happen right here right now" she observed me, getting me to close my eyes.
I knew what she was talking about. It was the explosion Non made inside that building, the one that I tried to stop, but that I ended up injured and trapped inside the building.
"Were you inside?" I asked her.
"No, not me, my son was" she answered. "Neither of you could save him" the woman pointed out and, deep down she was right. "So an eye for an eye" she sighed.
"So you thought it was okay to threat two innocent kids" I looked directly into her eyes.
"Well, there's nothing worse for a mother than knowing that your children are in danger and you can't do anything to help them" she commented while crouching in front of me. "And you, my dear, are that child" she caressed my cheek, getting me to turn my head away from her touch.
Her dark brown eyes studied me, observing how she nodded to the agents, who dragged me to a chair, putting kryptonite handcuffs on my wrists.
The woman grabbed the dagger of my leg shortly before pulling from it, which only got me to scream in pain, looking away, barely being able to bear seeing the hole over my leg. I had never liked the blood.
"Shh, shh, it's okay" she patted my head. "Supergirl will decide everyone's destiny, if she push that button, this will blow up and if she push the other... Only you will die and they will be free, including her" the woman explained, pointing to the place where Kara was sitting with the buttons in front of her. "And after letting you down... I don't think she will think that she's worthy enough to wear that 'S'" she commented as fresh tears appeared in my eyes.
"Just kill me and let them go" I asked her, not wanting my cousin to have to choose.
"No... I want to see what she chooses, Do you think she will let everyone else die just to save you? Do you worth that much?" she questioned me, one of the agents pushing my chair toward the window. "Let's get started" she smiled.
I saw how she walked inside of the other room through kind of a secret door, which made me frown since I wasn't able to listen to whatever she was telling Kara, who looked up to the mirror while muttering my name.
"Let her go" I heard her voice, she was in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Kill me and let them go, please" she begged as I shook my head.
"How sweet of you, you know she said the same, she would die for you" the woman told her, Kara frowning as her eyes met mine, she was going to try to persuade me to let her die.
"Don't do this Kara, not now" I said, not really being able to contain my tears. "Please, it's okay, I'm not scared" I assured her, but she shook her head. "They need you, they can't lose you... Just push that damm button" I told her.
"They need you too and I need you to be safe" she answered before looking to the woman. "I'm taking her place" she said.
"No! Kara, please, don't!" I exclaimed, it had to be me, Leo and Juliet couldn't lose their mom. "It'll be okay... I love you" I whispered, seeing how she looked away.
"I love you, too, baby" she whispered back. "I'm sorry" she sobbed, to what I nodded, it was okay.
"I'm done with all of this!" the woman exclaimed, losing her patience. "Just kill her already!" she ordered the agents as I closed my eyes, still crying.
"No! No!" Kara screamed as I stayed still, just waiting for everything to end.
The moment I heard the gunshot, I waited for the impact of the bullet, but opening my eyes slowly when it didn't happen, only to find that my cousin was laying unmoving in the other room.
"Kara!" I called her, fighting against the cuffs until I managed to break them, my cousin opening her eyes to look at me, getting me to sigh relief, she was alive.
I needed to get to her, to take her out of there, so, even though the pain from my leg was enough to make me stop, I kept fighting, tears streaming down my cheeks when I saw that woman walking towards Kara while pointing her with the gun, running to the door that connected both rooms.
"Stop! No!" I yelled at her, but she kept walking. "No!" I ran to her, moving her hand at the exact same time she shot.
I saw how the bullet hit one of the walls before hitting the woman on the shoulder, not being able to react until I saw her laying on the floor, moment at which I let myself fall next to my cousin, she was unconscious.
I observed Kara while studying the options I had to get out of there. She was pale, her veins glowing green as blood kept pouring from two differents wounds, turning my face as I felt dizzy because of the sight of it. I needed to do something fast.
"Halley?" I heard Val calling me, but all I wanted was taking Kara to safety. "Are you two okay?" he asked, approaching us.
"Don't get closer, it's kryptonite" I warned him, taking my cousin in my arms or, at least, trying, since the pain from the kryptonite was spreading through my whole body.
"You're injured" Val pointed out when he saw that I was about to fly away from there.
"I don't care" I answered him, leaving him behind just as I had done before.
The kryptonite was making things harder, barely being able to control my speed, almost crashing the moment I landed in the DEO as my left leg couldn't support my weight as well as Kara's.
"Halley?" it was Alex who approached us while being followed by some of the doctors. "Oh, Kara..." she stopped at the sight of her sister in my arms. "Leave her here" she pointed to a stretcher, so I did as told as she observed me. "Take Supergirl, I have to take a look at Flamebird" Alex grabbed my arm, but I shook my head, it was Kara the one that needed help, not me, I could wait.
"Go with her, please" I looked directly into her eyes. "She has to be fine" I could feel my breathing getting worse because of the kryptonite, but trying really hard not to show it.
"Hal..." Alex frowned as I pleaded again, I needed her to be with Kara.
"Go, I'll bring her to the infirmary" Val landed next to us, Alex staring at him before finally nodding and leaving. "Come on, you need that leg check" he said as I relaxed, losing my balance, but being caught by him, my arms wrapping around his neck.
"It's hurting you" I commented after observing his face, the kryptonite was starting to affect him.
"It's okay, I just need to take you to the infirmary" he answered. "Just stay awake" he asked the moment I closed my eyes.
I tried to, but I was getting tired with each second that passed and knowing that Kara would be fine, I could let myself being carried away by unconsciousness.
Halley? Hey, look at me, you're safe" someone grabbed my face, gently caressing my cheek as I was waking up. "Open your eyes, sweetheart" I did as told, my gaze meeting Val's, who smiled widely at me. "I asked you to stay awake" he commented as I looked around me.
Kara was laying on the other stretcher, her eyes still closed as Mon-El was sitting beside her with his head resting on the bed, asleep as well.
"She's okay thanks to you" it was Alex the one talked, walking inside the room. "You brought her back just in time, kid" she told me while embracing me against her. "It was really brave, Halley" she kissed my forehead.
"I tried my best" I smiled at her, getting her to laugh while nodding.
"Your system is clean of kryptonite, but you still need to rest, okay?" Alex explained, to what I nodded slightly.
The moment she left the room, I turned my attention to Val, who smiled while holding my hand, so I sat up to hug him, taking him by surprise.
"I'm sorry I left you behind" I whispered, my face buried in his shoulder. "But for being your first time, you did really good" I told him with a mocking smile.
"Well, I learned from the best" he answered while ruffling my hair.
I pulled away from him before looking at my cousin, being relieved that she was okay, but, at the same time, feeling angry at the fact that, once more, she had shut me away.
"Hey, Where are you going?" Val asked the moment I got up from the bed.
"Outside, I need to get some air" I answered him, seeing that he was about to come with me. "I want to be alone" I told him, barely looking at him.
"Um... Okay" he sighed, not even trying to stop me as he knew he wouldn't actually get it.
Fear. I had felt it all over my bones when I had seen that gun pointing at Kara, afraid of losing her.
However, at that moment, it was anger what was rushing through my body, again feeling like I was being treated as a little girl, as if my cousin didn't actually trust me.
I jumped scared the moment I felt a pair of arms wrapping around me, Kara giggling while embracing me tightly against her.
For a few seconds I let myself stay like that, with my head resting on her shoulder as I closed my eyes just trying to contain my tears, but I ended up pulling away from her.
"You should be resting" Kara said while tucking my hair behind my ears.
"I'm not the one that has been shot" I answered, observing her, kind of trying to figure out if she was okay.
"Well, but you had your leg stabbed" my cousin pointed out.
"I'm okay" I muttered, looking away, but being aware that she was staring at me with concerned.
"Hal, baby..." she whispered, her hand gripping my right arm.
"I could have helped" I looked directly into her eyes.
"They wanted you dead, they would have killed you" she told me, to what I shook my head.
"I'm not a child!" I exclaimed angrily. "Stop treating me like one" I asked her before getting rid of her grip and walking away.
I let my feet take me to whatever my mind would feel as a safe place, finding myself inside the training room, sitting against the wall while pulling my legs against my chest.
I wiped quickly the first tear that tried to escape my eyes, making sure that the person that had walked inside that room wouldn't see it.
"Hal?" I turned my head when I heard Jon's voice.
"If you're here to tell me that you agree with Kara, you better go" I pointed to the door, but he kept getting closer, sitting down next to me.
"Are you crying?" he asked with mockery, but I didn't even bother to look at him. "That's a little childish, don't you think?" Jon commented following it by a chuckle, which got me to punch his shoulder with force. "Okay..." he sighed while rubbing his shoulder. "I don't agree with Kara, I think you're right, they should have let you help" he said as I looked at him confused, it was the first time he was agreeing with me.
"Do you?" I asked him, still not trusting his words, but seeing him nod.
"I hate when my dad doesn't let me help because I'm too young, so I understand how you're feeling" Jon explained, he had never told me about that. "Kara trusts you, Halley, it's just... She's too scared about losing you or the kids that she would do anything to keep you safe, just as you would for someone you care about, for her" he said, trying to make me understand. "We all know what happened inside that room, you were going to die for her and she was going to do the same for you... Thanks God, we didn't lose either of you" he hugged me for a few seconds.
"Thanks" I whispered when he pulled away, seeing how he shook his head.
"Hey, Why don't we train?" Jon asked while getting up, but I sighed.
"I'm tired" I answered, to what he frowned.
"Come on, your little fists barely hurt when you punched me, you really need to work on that if you want to be out there alone" he commented with a small smile, moment at which I got up and, without giving him time to react, I punched him in his stomach, making him fall to the ground.
"What did you say?" I asked him, my right foot resting over his chest as I looked directly into his eyes.
He was surprised, but the playful smile that was drawn in his lips, made me stay still, wanting to make sure that he wouldn't underestimate me again.
KARA'S P. O. V
She walked inside Halley's room hoping to see the teenager awake, but her cousin was laying on the bed with her eyes closed, sounded asleep.
"Stop treating me like a child". Those words were still repeating themselves in her head. Of course her cousin wasn't a child, not anymore, but the feeling of keeping her safe no matter what was still there.
That girl had proven to be a great hero, one of which she was really proud of, but when the teen's life was in the line... She couldn't avoid it. It was her baby girl's life and she needed to protect her.
She sighed while sitting on the edge of the bed, her fingers brushing her cousin's hair. She was the only one who would know what had actually happened before she changed the time line, still being able to remember her cousin's lifeless stare or how cold and stiff her body was.
"I love you, baby" she whispered, leaning in to kiss Halley's forehead.
"Hey..." Mon-El stood by the room's doorstep. "She's asleep?" he pointed to the teenager, so she nodded, still caressing her cousin's hair. "You can talk to her tomorrow before we go to Argo" he told her after observing how she was staring at the girl, approaching them.
"I know" she gave him a weak smile. "it's just... If something had happened to her..., I... They were pointing her head at her with a gun" her voice cracked as she remembered the gunshot on her cousin's forehead, the sticky blood that covered the place when she had reached her.
"But they ended up shooting you" Mon-El pointed out, concerned because she had been avoiding resting for the whole day.
"I couldn't let them kill her" she defended herself, seeing him nod. "And I'm healed, I'm okay, I promise" she looked directly into his eyes.
"I believe you" he smiled before daring to kiss her. "Stay here with her for tonight" he told her when he pulled away.
"I don't know..." she answered unsure of how her cousin would react to see her sleeping there with her, but the moment she laid down, the teen snuggled closer to her.
"She needs you" Mon-El smiled at her, to what she nodded, embracing her baby cousin against her. "Good night" he kissed their foreheads before leaving.
Halley's eyes opened slightly to look at her, so she increased the strength of the hug while whispering reassuring words in her ear, the teen falling asleep again in between her arms.
"Sweet dreams, baby girl" she whispered, kissing her hair, promising that she would always do everything she could to keep her safe, even if her cousin didn't like it.
Hi!
I decided to start with the memory from Halley, but with the changes because of Kara time traveling to the past to save her cousin.
I think Kara and Halley need to have a conversation about everything that has happened. It was necessary for Halley to be angry about still being treated like a child.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin