I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.

CHAPTER 7

"So that's the tradition? Even with two women romantically involved, one still can be pregnant? well, congratulations, Astra."

"Thank you, my friend. And thank you, for the gifts you brought. They were nice."

Ethan nodded.

Currently, Ethan was testing his new armor. There was a safety glass separating half the room. Astra was on the other side talking through the intercom attached to the wall.

"The armor is perfect but I do remember a helmet when you crash landed. Did you make a new one?" She asked him.

Ethan wanted to create his own armor to better fit him during combat. That way in case should he blow his kryptonian abilities, the suit will be able to protect him from gunshots and alien blasters, but not just himself but others as well. Plus, taking from Captain Rex, he added a commando skirt and ARC pauldrons.

The only thing the armor is missing is the helmet and paint job.

"Helmet is a work-in-progress and I'll need to decide on paint color." He says as he test his flamethrower attached on his arm. very small.

"So? Any names for the girl?"

Astra and Alex both decided that last week. They're going to tell everybody once the baby is born.

Astra chuckles.

"When the baby is born you will know soon enough. Not even Kara knows. The poor baby is a terrible liar." She said while chuckling at a very fond memory.

The older woman watches her now closes friend examine the suit and firearms that he arrived with. Suddenly, he stopped and looked towards the sand blasted window.

Quiet, he was

"Ethan? Are you alright?" She asked curiously.

Ethan pinched his nose and massaged his temple to sooth his headache.

"What I remember before the start of The Winter Contingency was... Is how quiet it all was. It was a rarity that we ever have the chance to have nothing to fight." Ethan says as he, more than once, noticed how silent everything was.

"The war is over, Ethan. You're free." Astra says as she puts her right hand on the safety glass.

The taller man placed his left hand against hers on the other side.

"To do what?"

"To do whatever your heart desires."

Kara was having a bad week.

First, Snapper made her rewrite her article 4 times while calling Kara multiple names. James yelled at her for something that Superman wouldn't do. She and Clark are not that close.

He Abandoned her twice.

Alex and Astra had the day off, so Kara went to their apartment after work. She just wants his and cuddles and possibly 5 boxes of potstickers. Right now, they were all cuddling on the couch watching a movie and after a while Astra noticed Kara seems a bit in the blues tonight.

"Little one? What's wrong?" Her aunt asked in concern.

Kara didn't answer, just pouted. Her frown got deeper when Alex also asked if she was alright.

"Kara, baby sis. We can't help you if you don't tell us what happened. Does it have something to do with Mon-El?" Alex asked with the same amount of concern in her voice.

"I'm just having a bad week. I just want to cuddle with my two favorite people, that's all." The blonde says as she turns herself around in their lap facing them.

"We all have bad weeks, Kara, and given the nature of our jobs, that's everyday and everyone." Alex responded.

"I guess. Can we just cuddle some more? Please?"

"Okay, You want anything to eat while we watch The Wizard of Oz?"

She had a goofy smile on her face.

"Can we order a bunch of potstickers?"

They couldn't help but laugh at her sudden mood change from her week at work to food.

ONE WEEK LATER

Ethan was anxious to say the least.

This secret organization, CADMUS, built a train, put innocent people inside as hostages and proceed to have it run off a cliff. Supergirl is trying her best to stop it but CADMUS seems to be trying to have her blow her powers out.

Astra couldn't use her without hurting the baby and Alex is getting a team mobilized to track down the controller to the damn train. And J'onn was on Mars to investigate something with this M'gann person.

'They're not going to make it! FUCK! I'M COMING, KARA!' Ethan thought as he quickly assembled his armor and his old Spartan HUD.

Before anybody could register the loud metal clanking, Ethan was gone.

Ethan may not be able to fly but he was able to jump halfway towards Kara's current location.

When he got there, he saw that Kara was exhausting herself to near blackout. The Spartan 2 quickly superspeeded his way to the train and separated the cars holding the hostages by kicking the hitch. Once done, he quickly tackled Supergirl away from the rest of the train.

The hostages were exiting the car saw a man in white and blue armor and a black and white helmet. Holding Supergirl bridal style.

The man stood at a good 7 feet tall, but that was probably due to him having the armor on.

He also had Supergirl's emblem but slightly smaller and without the 'S' inside the diamond.

Just then, a platoon of CADMUS grunts were surroundings the pair. They got no idea where this guy came from but their main mission is to capture Supergirl and finish her off.

'This Lillian Luther is a dangerous woman like her son.'

Ethan and Supergirl are surrounded and Kara is tired and can't really move at the moment, so Ethan had idea.

Commando style

They were ready to fire on them both but before any of them had the chance to put their fingers on the triggers, the man in armor threw something on the ground. They thought it was a grenade and thought to themselves this guy is doing our job for us.

They couldn't be more wrong.

A ray shield of some sort appeared. Protecting Supergirl from any attack.

"Ethan?" Kara said once she recognized the helmet.

"Stay down, Supergirl!" Good voice heavily modulated from the HUD.

Emotionless.

"GIVE US THE BITCH ALIEN AND WE MIGHT LET YOU LIVE!"

One of the grunts loudly commanded them, but Ethan didn't say anything as he ran out the barrier and started towards the leader of the group.

One by one the CADMUS goons found themselves in a lot of pain. More so than Supergirl. This guy was ruthless and could've killed them if he wanted to. Ethan gave each of the grunts a bullet in either the shoulder or the knee.

No one was spared from this.

When the squad from both the DEO and NCPD arrived, they saw that the hostages were saved, Supergirl alive and well, and, for the police officers end, a new super joined the fray.

"NCPD! Defective Sawyer, we'll take it from here. Danvers, I think Supergirl needs you." Maggie says to get partner.

Ethan walked towards the blonde Kryptonian, who was struggling to stand, and picked her up. She let out a small squeak in surprise.

By then the shield disappeared and he was walking towards Alex.

"Supergirl, are you okay?" The agent asked.

"I'm fine. Just need some sun lamps. The one up there is setting." Kara said as she was placed in the unmarked DEO SUV while Alex went to the drivers side up front.

"Are you coming with us, sir?" Alex asked when she saw Ethan closing the door and walking away.

He turned around and seem to be thinking. Alex got her answer when he climbed on the side of the vehicle making it shift a bit.

When they got back to HQ, Alex was attending to her sister's needs medically and Ethan standing by the door. He was worried. So worried he blood Redhead thought he got there too late.

"Alex, I'm fine thanks to Ethan." Kara said as her big sister is fussing over her minor injuries.

"I know that but as your big sister it's my job to worry for you." Alex countered.

A minute later Cat sped walked past Ethan in a rush to hug both her daughters. Crushing them with almost everything she had into the hug.

They hugged back.

The sight was bittersweet to Ethan. Though the scene is quite heartwarming, it also brought heartbreaking memories to the surface of his damaged mind.

His damaged soul.

Cat noticed the tall male in his armor. She knew who it was standing by the door and walked up to him. She gave Ethan her thanks for protecting her little girl today. He nodded as an affirmative.

"I'm tired. I'm just gonna get some sleep. Night night."

Kara was out like a light.

Ethan informed them that he'll make sure that she'll be okay. Alex and Cat both kissed Kara on the forehead saying goodnight. When they were gone, Ethan took off his HUD and held it to his side and walked towards the chair by Kara.

He sat down with as little noise as possible. Just sat there starting at the lovely blonde for a good twenty minutes before deciding to speak low and softly.

"You were amazing today. Your family is very proud of you with all that you've accomplished." He didn't get an answer since Kara is in deep sleep.

"They fuss over you, care for you... love you. It's something we, Spartans, never received from another living being. We learned to love one another throughout the years before and during the war, and when the new batch of Spartans were created we had this... older sibling instinct inside us that we wanted to shelter the younglings from the horrors of the program. The war." Ethan knew that Kara can't hear him in her sleep.

Unbeknowest to him, Kara was not asleep but she pretended. She wanted to hear Ethan talk some more. He sounds like a mix of Scottish, British, and Australian.

It's amazing.

"After losing everything I held dear to my heart, I was the only one left on the glassed planet some called home. (sigh) It's only been a very short time since the war, but... I've fallen in love with you. Thank you, for saving me, Meshurock (Gemstone)"

Kara couldn't believe what she heard. He just confessed good love for her and she so wanted to do the same. The love Kara feels for Ethan is far greater than what she felt for Mon-El. She was about to open her eyes and confess her feelings but stopped when Ethan spoke again.

"But I'm a broken soul, A weapon no longer of any use. I lost everyone I cared about, I'm free, but what purpose do I have left in this life?"

That's when Kara's eyes snapped opened and sat up. Ethan didn't notice until Kara placed her hand on his cheek.

Shocking him.

"You are more than just a weapon. More than what those people created you for."

"Good soldiers, follow orders."

"Good soldiers follow their hearts!" Kara exclaimed loudly.

The Kryptonian hybrid was about to protest when Kara smashed their lips together in a heated passionate kiss. Ethan kissed back with no hesitation while Astra's words echoed back to him in his mind.

'... you're free'

'To do what?'

'To do whatever your heart desires.'

This was nice.

Suddenly there was cheering behind them and they broke the kiss to see the commotion.

Alex, Astra, Lena, Cat, J'onn, and Winn, were all clapping and cheering for them.

"I was wondering when y'all just kiss. Rao, I was going to kick myself in the arse."

"Alex!" Cat lightly scolded but she couldn't help but smile.

Kara laughed at she held Ethan's hand in her own. Ethan gave a bigger smile than the smaller one he'd shown.

'If this is where I feel my place should be, then this is where I belong.'

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