The Last Night on Krytpon

Author's Note: This is my first time making a story that will consist of a bunch of one-shots. All Characters are included and I'm open to any suggestions. R&R

Krypton

Screaming and the stench of fire, woke Kara-Zor-El from her slumber. She instantly shot out of her bed, it was supposed to be dark, but the room was illuminated with the growing fire that consumed the buildings and the people of krypton.

"Mum!" Kara called out for her mother, fear was pumping through her blood, "Dad!" She yelled out as she climbed out of her bed. The instant her feet made contact with the floor, the whole world felt as though it was shaking. She lost her balance and collapsed to the floor, tears were threatening to spill out of her crystal blue eyes but she as much as she wanted to curl up into a ball and cry, she also wanted to find her family.

Kara shakily stood up onto her feet but the world of krypton shook ever so intensely, causing her to fall back to the ground.

"Kara", the sound of her father calling out to her made her want to cry. She watched her father clumsily, stumble into her room. He was able to keep his balance as he ran towards his shaking child.

"Daddy" Kara cried out, she used whatever strength she could muster, and pushed herself off the ground to run into her father's arm. Her father bent down and wrapped his arm around his daughter, never wanting to let go of his sweet, innocent child.

"Daddy, what's happening?" Kara cried out innocently as she crumbles into her father's arms, allowing herself to cry into her father's shirt. The hug lasted only for a minute, but it was as if the whole world had stopped shaking.

How could he let go of his sweet baby girl?

After the minute passed, the shaking intensified, he picked up his baby girl into his arms and began to run down to his laboratory where his wife Alura was anxiously waiting for him. As he ran down to his lab, he whispered into Kara's ear, "You're going to be safe honey. You're going to grow up and be one of the greatest kryptonian that has ever live", tears ran down his face he knew that wouldn't be able to witness his daughter growing up,

Kara, who's arm was wrapped around her father's neck, was confused by that statement, she knew of Brainiac, but she didn't know what role he played in her world's destruction. She felt saddened seeing her father cry, she wanted to comfort him but she couldn't

Her father gently put her onto the crumbling ground of the laboratory, "Mummy" Kara cried out, she ran into her mother's arm, she could feel her warmth radiating off her perfect, pale skin. Zor-el ran to the pod that was almost ready for transport, he started typing the earth's coordinates.

"Kara, my baby girl" Alura wept as she cradled her daughter into her arms, this will be the last time she could ever see, or touch her daughter.

"I'm scared Mum, what's happening?", no-one would tell Kara anything, she was scared and seeing her parents cry only added to her fear. Her mother gently wiped the tears that fell down her daughter's face.

"Krypton is dying honey" Alura stated sadly, "You need to leave now and take care of your baby cousin Kal-el", she didn't want to put so much pressure on her daughter, but it was necessary.

"You're coming with me, right? You and daddy?" Kara couldn't stand the thought of being sent to some unknown planet alone. She wasn't going to leave, she wasn't going to leave her friends or her family to wither in pain from the forever growing fire.

Alura and Zor-el looked at each other, their eyes reflecting the pain and anguish that they felt deep, within their hearts. Zor-el nodded his head to his beloved wife.

Alura looked into her daughter's eyes, her eyes filled with fear and pain, she felt guilty and responsible for the fear that her daughter felt, and she felt even worse as the words tumbled out, "No sweetie, we can't".

Kara felt her heart suddenly break into thousands of pieces, "I'm not leaving without you" Kara replied stubbornly.

Alura smiled softly at her daughter, "You have such a pure heart Kara. I need you to stay strong, I need you to live on and bring pride to the House of El", Kara wanted to refuse, but the look on her mother's face made her stop.

"The pod is ready" Zor-el shouted through the sudden explosions in the far distance that was coming closer.

Alura nodded her head, she quickly unclipped the necklace that laid around her neck and put it around her crying daughter's neck. "In your darkest moments, I want you to look at this necklace and remember" Alura began to cry, tears flowing down her face as she said her final words but she couldn't say it, she couldn't say goodbye.

Zor-el took over and said in his fatherly tone that he only ever uses when he talks to Kara, "Remember I'm always going to be with you. For as long as your heart is beating, the House of El lives within you". He crouched down and carried his daughter into the pod.

He gave her one last kiss on her forehead before pressing the activation batter that sent the pod onto the planet called Earth.

They watched their crying daughter being sent off to some unknown planet, Alura immediately collapsed onto the ground and began to scream out in pain and anguish. Zor-el wrapped his arms around his wife and cried with her.

"Will she be safe? Did we do the right thing?" Alura questioned as she snuggled for the last time in her husband's hold.

"She will live, and that's the only thing that matters. Kara Zor-El will be the greatest kryptonian that has ever lived. She will be protected by the light of Rao", Zor-El whispered into his wife's ear just before he and his wife was consumed by the fire had engulfed the whole planet.

The last image that was plastered into Kara's 13-year-old mind, was the image of her parent's being consumed by the fire that had destroyed her whole planet.

Present Day

Kara let out a heart wrenching scream, she shot up like a bullet and clenched her chest in pain, she tried to cover her mouth to silence her sobs, but the images of her parents being burned alive by the fires of Krypton were stilled within her mind.

Mon-el, who was sleeping next to Kara, instantly shot up from his spot ad instantly wrapped his arms around his girlfriend. He didn't know what just happened, but he could only assume that Kara was having a nightmare.

He didn't question it, he just let Kara crumbled into his arms. He had never seen Kara so fragile and weak before. Mon-el moved Kara into a position so that she was lying on his chest.

Kara's tears were dampening his shirt, but he couldn't care less about that, he only cared about what caused Kara so much suffering and anguish. He softly stroked her hair as she sobbed into his chest.

"Shhhhh, I'm right here" Mon-el whispered in Kara's ear, she heard his comforting and soothing voice.

She tried to control her breathing and sobs, she began lift herself off of Mon-el's body so she could support herself, but Mon-el instantly reached out to Kara and carefully rested her head against his chest, "I'm not letting you go. You are safe with me" Mon-el whispered softly into the night, Kara allowed herself to crumble and fall onto Mon-el's chest.

"Focus on my heartbeat, and breathe" Mon-el murmured, he could hear Kara's breathing increasing, but Kara heard his advice and focused on his beating heart. For the rest of the night, Kara listened to Mon-el's heartbeat. It was comforting in a strange way, but the sound of his heartbeat allowed her to fall back to sleep, despite the horrible image that was plastered into her brain.

-00—

Mon-el squinted at the blinding light that was shining through the windows, he was really annoyed that he didn't close the curtains the night before. He looked down to see Kara sleeping, a small smiled appeared on his face as he watched Kara sleep, he noticed the tear stains on her cheeks which made him worried, what could have made the girl of steel cry out like that?

He looked at the clock and noticed that it was already 12 PM, he was going to shake Kara awake but he thought that she needed to sleep in after the night she had.

He gently moved Kara onto her side of the bed so he could get up, before he got up to cook breakfast, he covered Kara with the blanket that was messed up from the constant thrashing last night.

The smell of cooking pancakes is what woke Kara up, she stirred slightly, squinting at the light that was shining through the window. She turned over to Mon-el's side of the bed and looked at the clock. "Oh my Rao" Kara muttered under her breath, she was late for work and Snapper was going to fire her.

She instantly got out of bed and looked in the mirror, she cringed at the sight of her pale and tear stained face. Walking towards the bathroom, Kara saw Mon-el flipping pancakes. A soft smile appeared on her face as she remembered the comforting words that he whispered in her ears while she was distressed.

The only other person who was able to comfort her and get her back to sleep after a nightmare like that was Alex, but Mon-el stayed with her and said all the right things to her.

Mon-el turned around to see his girlfriend staring at him with a small smile on her face, that smile was contagious, "Hey Beautiful", he said before he put his spatula down onto the table and walked to his girlfriend.

"Is that pancakes I smell?" Kara asked with a huge smile on her face, the thought of food will always cheer her up but staring into Mon-el's eyes made her instantly forget that she was late for work.

"Yes, it is" Mon-el said as he leaned in closer to Kara's lip, the 2 started to kiss until Kara started to smell something burning, making her instantly worried.

"Is something burning?" Kara asked as she broke their kiss, Mon-el was going to lean in for another kiss until he saw the pan that was cooking his pancakes, on fire.

"Ah, Crap" He cursed as he got a hand towel to smack the fire out as he had seen in movies, but that only caused more trouble as the hand towel caught on fire.

Kara rolled her eyes, but deep down, she loved how domestic her life had become. She walked over to the pan and gently used her freeze breath to blow out the fire that burnt the pancakes into a crisp, while Mon-El dropped the hand towel into the sink and twisted the faucet.

"I was handling that", Mon-el was slightly embarrassed as he looked at the burnt pancakes that wasn't edible anymore.

"Sure, you were" Kara retorted, but before she and Mon-el could fall into their mutual bickering, she instantly remembered that she had work. "Oh Rao, I'm so late"

Kara super sped into the bathroom and took a 10-minute shower, Mon-el was miserably cleaning the kitchen and trying to turn off the smoke detector. Kara blow dried her hair and instantly got changed, wearing her super suit under her work clothes.

"Babe" Mon-el called out to her while she was rushing to get everything ready for work.

"Yea?" she replied while super speeding around the house.

Mon-el hesitated before saying, "Should you really be going to work?", Kara stopped packing her bag, she froze for a few seconds before she faked a smile.

Without looking up from her bag she replied, "Snapper is going to kill me if I don't turn up today. Well, he won't kill me considering he can't kill me unless he has kryptonite. But he would fire me, I might already be fired for all I know"

Mon-El knew that Kara hid her pain and suffering with a smile, she hid what she really felt by pretending to be a bubbly, innocent wall flower that hasn't been exposed to the harsh realities of life. He walked up to her and gently cupped her face into his hands, "Kara, what happened last night"

Kara instantly cut him off by chuckling nervously, "Oh, that? Psssshhhh, that happens all the time. Well, not all the time. But normally around this time of year"

"This time of year?" Mon-El questioned, he didn't understand what was so special about today. Anything important is usually put onto the thing that the humans call a 'Calendar'.

Trying her best to avoid the whole situation, she grabbed her bag and said, "The day that Krypton exploded", that was the last thing she said before flying off to work.

Mon-El stood there frozen, suddenly everything made sense. Kara has been acting odd for since the start of the week, "No wander why she didn't put it on the calendar" He mumbled under his breath, after he finished cleaning the kitchen and fixing the fire alarm that he had broken due to frustration, he went to the bar.

-00—

Bar

He wasn't surprised to see Maggie and Alex playing pool, he had the feeling that Alex didn't like him that much. He didn't know if it was because of the whole Jeremiah situation, or if it was because he was dating her sister.

Maggie noticed the death glare that her girlfriend was giving to the daxamite, "What's with that look?" she asked as took her turn to hit the black ball into the hole.

"Hmmm? What look?" Alex asked innocently as she saw Maggie miss the shot, she took her shot and won another round of pool.

Maggie rolled her eyes out of annoyance, she could never win against the Danvers, "That little death glare that you're shooting at little Danvers boyfriend"

Alex let out a scoff, "I'm not giving him a look, if anything, his giving me a look", which was true, Mon-El was hesitantly staring at Alex, as if he wanted to approach her but was too afraid to. Maggie watched the 2 give each other glares from across the bar.

"This is ridiculous" Maggie stated with annoyance as she but her stick down onto the table and called out, "Oi, Daxamite! Get your ass over here", Alex shot her an incredulous look, she whispered a few curses before Mon-El was standing in front of Alex with a lost look on his face.

"Hey" Mon-el greeted awkwardly, he didn't understand why he was so nervous, maybe it was the intimidating stare that both women were giving him.

"What do you want Mon-el?" Alex asked with venom in her voice, she didn't like the idea of the frat boy of the universe, dating her innocent, younger sister.

All nerves instantly left his body as he heard the venomous tone, "You're the one that called me over", his statement was directed to Maggie who was instantly regretting calling him over as she felt the tension radiating through the room.

"That's because you were standing in the corner of the room like a lost little puppy" Alex shot back, she didn't know where all this sass was coming from. Maggie was slightly surprised by the tone that Alex was using.

"Let's tone it down a notch" Maggie said, trying to release some of the tension that was almost suffocating, "So, why were you staring at us from afar? Are we that intimidating?"

Mon-El cleared his throat, "Intimidating? No…. okay, maybe a little" he confessed, but then he suddenly remembered why he was here in the first place, "Actually I wanted to talk about Kara"

Alex's whole demeanour changed, her anger turned into concern, "Is she okay? If you did anything to hurt her"

Maggie put her hand on Alex's shoulder and shook her head, she knew that something was going on with Kara. But she also knew, Alex making threats is pointless. "What happened to Kara?", her voice was laced with concern for the little Danvers.

Monel shot Maggie a grateful look, "Do you know what today's date is?", the question that he had asked got confused looks from the couple.

"Do you need us to teach you to read?" Maggie asked which earned her a disapproving look from Mon-el. It took a couple seconds for Alex to realise what day it was today.

"Oh god" Alex shouted as she slapped her forehead with her palm, Maggie gave her a confused look, "It's that time of year"

Maggie still stared at her girlfriend with confusion, "Wait, do aliens get their p-"

Alex immediately lifted her hand up to stop Maggie from talking, "No, not like that Mags. Jesus Christ", Maggie let out a sigh of relief, she didn't know how the kryptonian physiology worked.

"It's the day Kara's planet exploded" Alex said, she felt like a complete idiot for forgetting such a heartbreaking event. "Where is she right now?", she had the sudden urge to find her sister and comfort her, she knew how violent and vivid Kara's nightmares can be.

"She's at work" Mon-El stated, Alex made the move to go to her work place but Mon-el quickly grabbed onto her arm.

"Let go of my arm" Alex said in a low voice that almost sounded like a growl. Maggie couldn't tell if the protective side of Alex was scary or just plain beautiful.

"She's acting as if the nightmare never happened, what're you going to do, huh?" Mon-el questioned, his grip still firm but not enough hard enough to hurt her, the 2 stared at each, one with anger and the other with pleading eyes.

Mon-El sighed and released Alex's arm, "I just…I just want to know how to help her" Mon-el said in a soft tone that made Alex come back to her sense. "Her eyes…they were filled with pain and anguish and I couldn't do anything to help her"

Alex sighed, she hated how soft the daxamite sounded, he was like a lost little puppy, "Be there for her" Alex advised, "Growing up with Kara, the only thing that could ever scare her was the thought of being alone. When she comes home from work, she will want to talk to you about it, she will want someone to lean on, someone who she can trust with all of her heart"

Mon-El gave Alex a grateful look, "Thank you Alex, I know that I'm not your biggest fan", Alex rolled her eyes and scoffed.

"This doesn't change a thing. If you hurt her, I'm going to trap you in a room filled with lead and shoot you multiple times in multiple places" Alex threatened, Maggie tried to hide her smile at the threat, it was funny watching an alien who has these magnificent powers, being afraid of a mere, badass human.

Mon-El gave Alex a wary look before going back home, completely forgetting that he worked at the bar around this time.

"Do you think I scared him?" Alex asked as she turned to face her girlfriend who was grinning like an idiot.

"Damn Danvers, I knew that you were a badass, but I didn't know out could make an alien run for his money" Maggie stated as she leaned in to kiss Alex.

-00-

Catco Media

To say that Kara was having a shitty day was an understatement, she woke up late because of a nightmare that reminded her of how alone she truly was, only to go to work to have Snapper screaming at her and calling her names. He had threatened to fire her over 10 times in the span of 2 hours.

She was tempted to throw him into space, but she resisted the urge, she saw James approaching her and he gave her a worried look, "Hey, are you okay?"

Kara didn't bother to look up from her computer, she was furiously typing an article that Snapper forced her to write, the deadline was in 2 hours and if she didn't get it done by then, she was going to get fired…again.

"Kara"

For someone who had super hearing, she was not hearing her name being called over and over again. She suddenly felt a hand being placed on her shoulder, this caused her to jump out of her chair, almost breaking the table along with her computer.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you", Kara recognised that voice, Lena was standing in front of her with her hair down and a Louis Vuitton bag in her spare hand.

"No" Kara quickly recovered, "I mean yes, you did scare me but no you shouldn't apologise", Lena gave her a small smile, but she noticed something was off with her friend today. Kara looked pale and her eyes looked tired.

"Are you okay?" Lena asked, her voice was laced with concern and worry for her friend.

"Me?" Kara asked, she felt stupid for asking, there was literally no one else who she would ask that question to, "I'm fine, Snapper is just…extra snappy today"

Lena didn't believe that was the only reason, she could tell there was something wrong with her, and if something was troubling her innocent, bubbly friend, then it must be pretty bad. "Well, I just came over to see if you would like to go out and get some lunch"

Kara was going to refuse, saying that she had a lot of work to do. She didn't feel like going out to eat, but before she could say no, James decided to cut in, "She would love to go. Kara, take the rest of the day off. I'll handle the article"

James offered, Kara didn't even realise that James was standing there, "James! When did you get here?" Kara exclaimed excitedly, she was trying to hide the fact that she didn't acknowledge James presence.

"Ouch, I'll pretend I didn't hear that" James gripped his heart pretending to be offended, Kara just laughed nervously. "Go, I can tell you haven't eaten breakfast or lunch"

Kara shot him a grateful smile, she wasn't that hungry which is surprising considering her fast metabolism, but she was glad that she could escape the evil wraith of Snapper.

-00—

Noonan's Restaurant

Lena and Kara were seated at their usual table. The 2 talked about the usuals, Lena's company, the horrible meetings that Lena had to endure and the various insults that Snapper had spat at Kara.

"I can't believe he actually said that" Lena laughed, the insults that came out of his mouths were insulting, but at the same time it was amusing to Lena.

Kara chuckled, "Yep, but it was my fault for being late. I can't blame him for being mad", typical Kara, taking responsibility for her actions. It was one of the things that Lena admired about Kara, unlike all her other friends, Kara took responsibility, she didn't try to play the blame-game.

"So, are you going to tell me why you look so tired today?" Lena asked getting straight to the point, she could take a less direct approach, but that wasn't her style. The direct question almost made Kara spit out her drink.

Kara considered lying to her friend, but she didn't want to lie. She was getting tired of lying. "Yea, I didn't sleep well last night", she admitted, she took a sip out of her drink while Lena looked at Kara with concern.

"A bad dream?" Lena asked, she knew a thing or 2 about not being able to get a good night sleep because of a nightmare.

Kara scoffed at the understatement, "More like a memory", she whispered under her breath. This peaked Lena's curiosity, what could've made, bubbly, sunshine Kara Danvers, so terrified to the point where she couldn't sleep.

Lena suddenly realised something, she barely knew anything about Kara Danvers, she only knew what she has heard. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She was hesitant to ask her that question, but Kara only gave her a soft smile in return, she let Kara ponder the thought of telling someone her troubles.

Kara was hesitant, but she decided to tell her the truth, to a certain extent, "Today is the anniversary of my family's death", she admitted silently. Lena instantly felt guilty for asking, the pained expression on Kara's face was all too much.

Lena reached out for Kara's hand that was nervously fidgeting with the fork, she gave her a comforting look, telling her to continue. Kara let out an exasperated sigh, "My family…they died in a fire. I don't really know what happened, or how the fire had started, but I remember my dad running into my room, calling out for my name. He suddenly picked me up and carried me out side to safety but then he went back into the house…but before he got out of the house with my mother, the whole house exploded"

Kara hated crying, especially in public, so she bit her lip in the hopes of stopping the tears from flowing down her face.

Lena could see how much pain and suffering that was swirling in Kara's eyes, Lena gripped Kara's hand tighter, she had never seen such a person holding in so much sadness. She felt like a terrible friend, she automatically assumed that Kara lived a perfectly innocent life due to her happy exterior that radiated off of her.

"I'm so sorry" Lena replied, she was never good at comforting people. It was probably because she never needed to comfort someone up until this point. She tightly squeezed Kara's hand, but she noticed that Kara was squeezing her hand back.

It wasn't that Kara couldn't feel Lena squeezing her hand in the most comforting way, it was the fact that if she squeezed to hard, she would break her hand. It has happened before with Alex.

"Sorry" Kara automatically apologised, she released Lena's hand, afraid that she was going to cause even more harm.

Lena laughed in disbelief, she couldn't believe that Kara was apologising to her for telling her the truth, "What are you apologising for?"

"For ruining our lunch. It was supposed to be happy and fun" Kara mumbled like a child who felt guilty for stealing a candy from a store.

"Kara, you have nothing to be sorry about" Lena reassured, "If anything, I should be the one apologising for being so self-centred"

"What? You are not self centred" Kara argued, before she could start her beautiful rant about how much of a good friend Lena was, her ringing phone interrupted.

She saw it was Winn calling, she felt instantly bad because she knew it was DEO business, "I'm sorry, but my fr-"

Lena cut her off short, "it's fine Kara", Lena stood up and gave Kara a hug, "I know today is a hard day for you, but if you ever need to talk to me, just call me, text me, or even show up unannounced at my office at any time of the day"

Kara returned the hug, she was so grateful to have a friend like Lena. She said her goodbyes before running off into he streets, she didn't realise how dark it was.

"Winn?" Kara answered her phone

"Kara! I'm so glad that you picked up There's an alien at National City Park and guardian isn't doing so good" Winn replied nervously, he was in the van with his technological devices, he didn't want to call Kara because he knew that she didn't approve of their vigilant acts

"On my way" Kara replied before ripping her shirt and flying to the scene to beat up the alien that was throwing a temper tantrum

-00—

DEO

Supergirl landed inside the DEO with an unconscious alien, the agents began to cuff him and put him inside a cell. She had to admit, it felt good punching someone as hard as she wanted to. It was like anger management class, except she was knocking out aliens to protect the city rather than punching a bag filled with sand.

"Good work Supergirl" J'onn stated as he walked up to her, he noticed the tired look on her face despite the smile she forced on her face. "Everything okay?"

Kara was getting tired of hearing that question, if one more person asked her that question, she would literally throw them into space.

"Kara" she recognised her sister voice from anywhere, she turned around, only to be greeted by a tight embrace.

Kara hugged her sister back, but she was confused as to why her sister was hugging her so tightly, "Are you okay?" Kara asked with concern and confusion.

"Am I okay?" Alex rhetorically asked with disbelief, "Are you okay?"

Kara let out an annoyed sigh, she couldn't throw her sister into space, she started to walk away not wanting to snap at her sister or at J'onn who was staring at the 2 of them with quizzical look.

Kara made it to the balcony to fly back home, it was already 8 pm, she was tired and getting hungry but before she could fly home, Alex grabbed her arm.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked with concern.

"Flying home?" Kara said in a confused tone, she thought it was pretty obvious that she was going to fly home. "What do you think I'm doing?"

Alex looked down at the city beneath them, Kara rolled her eyes, "If I did jump, the only person who would get hurt are the bystanders down below"

Alex sighed in relief, "I know that today is hard on you", Kara wanted to roll her eyes, but if she rolled her eyes anymore, her eyes would fall out of her eye socket.

"I'm fine", as she said those words, her forehead crinkled, indicating that she was lying. Alex touched the middle of her eyebrows and said, "crinkle".

Kara rolled her eyes and leaned on the railings, her sister leaned on the railing with her. She closed her eyes, and the image of her whole world exploding popped into her mind, causing tears to form into her eyes.

"Oh Kara" Alex whispered softly, she pulled her sister into a hug, her shirt was becoming dampened by the tears of a girl who had lost everything.

Kara released all her pain, anger and guilt into her cried. She mourned for the loss of her parents, her friends, her whole world. Alex was the only person she could lean on, she may not have super strength or any type of superpower, but to Kara, Alex was her hero.

Kara cried into her sister's shoulders, "I could see them. They were right there Alex. I watched them being consumed by the fire that took my whole planet", Alex continued to hug her sister, she was supporting all of Kara's weight. She softly stroked Kara's blond hair.

"Every time I close my eyes, even if it's just for a second. I can see their faces, I can hear there screams" Kara tried to control her breathing but it was impossible, "I can always here there screams, they try to scream from someone to help them but…but I can't help them" Kara cried, the screams of her people have always haunted her, the image of them being burnt alive by the radioactive fire that destroyed her culture, her religion, her people, her friends, her family,

Her whole world.

"I know that it hurts" Alex whispered into her sister's ear, "I wish that I could take way all of that pain that you have endured, but that pain, all of that suffering that you were forced to go through, shaped who you are"

Alex would never admit out loud, but some part of her was grateful for Kara's planet blowing up, if it wasn't for her planet blowing up, she would never have had a sister that she could call her own.

She heard Kara mumble, "Will this pain ever go away?", and just like that, Alex's heart broke. Kara's voice was laced with so much anguish and agony, she wanted to say, yes, with time the pain will go away, but that wasn't true and she knew how much Kara hated being lied to.

"No honey" Alex whispered as she stroked her sister's hair, "the pain is like a void, it doesn't just go away. No matter how much time passes, no matter how much you try to hide that pain. It will always be there, but you know what can help?"

Kara sniffed, and quietly asked, "What?"

Alex smiled as if she was a mother comforting her child, "Surrounding yourself with people that love you", Kara smiled sadly at that. She was truly grateful for everyone in her life, she was surrounded by friends, a great family, a boyfriend who makes her the happiest person alive but yet, there was always this subtle pain within her heart.

Kara lifted her head and sniffed a little before saying, "I think I got snot and tears on your shirt", Alex laughed at that, grateful that her sister was able to crack a joke.

"Maggie will understand" Alex replied, she rubbed her sister's shoulders as Kara tried to get her act together. She wiped the lone tear that fell down from her sister's ocean blue eyes that was starting to clear up.

"We're having sister night" Alex suddenly shouted, she knew Kara needed her more than anything, plus she always stayed overnight on a day like this.

Kara shook her head, she didn't want Alex to bail on her girlfriend, "No, go home a see Maggie. I'll be fine, plus Mon-el is probably at home"

"Maggie can survive one night without me" Alex reassured, "And as for your daxamite boyfriend, he can sleep at the DEO"

Alex sounded overly happy about that suggestion, it could be pay back for him gripping her arm earlier in the day. Kara smiled at her gratefully.

"I know I don't say this often, but thank you" Kara thanked her sister feeling so grateful that she had someone like Alex in her life.

"Why are you thanking me? I literally just suggested kicking your boyfriend out of your home so we can have sister night" Alex said with laughter, Kara laughed with her too, but she needed her sister more than anything.

"For literally being the best sister in the universe" Kara stated, "I know I caused a lot of trouble in your life, you didn't have to stick by me but you did, you always stood by my side. I don't know who I would be without you" Kara said, Alex hated compliments, she never knew how to deal with them.

So, she did the only thing that she could do, punch her sister softly on the arm and chuckled nervously, "Don't get all sentimental on me", Alex said sarcastically.

She pulled her sister into one last tight hug before saying excitedly, "Can I kick Mon-el out?"

The End