A/N: Here it is! The final chapter of Supergirl! I'm so excited to wrap this one up. I've definitely rewritten parts of this chapter a few times and I'm a lot happier with how this one ended up than I am with chapter 9. This chapter is also really long, so sorry about that.

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"Kara, we need to go now," said my mom. I only had one shoe on. Dad was standing in the doorway of my bedroom, with a look on his face I didn't see very often. Fear.

"Alura we don't have time," he said putting everything in his hands into hers before picking me up. We were moving quickly and I was still tired. I wanted to be in my nice warm bed, not out in the cold morning air.

"Daddy where are we going?" I asked, trying to rub the sleep out of my eyes. Mom looked at me worriedly from behind us.

"We're going to your uncle's lab, Kara. We'll be there soon, don't worry, just go back to sleep." I yawned and snuggled into his shoulder. Maybe I could fall back asleep.

Suddenly, the world began to shake. My mom tripped behind us, everything she was carrying scattering across the ground. She called out my father's name and he turned around to help her to her feet. They held their hands together tightly and began to run. I was bouncing around too much. People were screaming all around us. I started to cry. My dad passed me into my mom's arms, hoping to soothe me but it didn't work. I continued to scream and kick until we entered my uncle's lab.

"Jor-El!" called my father into the dark space. Everything shuddered around us. "Jor-El are you here?"

No response came and my parents rushed toward the stairs, taking us to the top floor of the building. Something boomed not too far from us. My mom put me on the ground and my parents rushed around, trying to prepare what looked like a tiny spacecraft. My mom tore a banner off the wall and wrapped it around me like a blanket before picking me up and putting me in the craft.

"Oh, my little sun, I love you so much," she cooed, tears filling her big blue eyes. Her golden hair was a mess, but she still looked incredibly beautiful. She brought her hands to her face and tried to wipe away the tears. "Your father and I love you more than anything you could ever know, my sun, never forget that."

"Why're you crying," I asked, trying to reach for her. I needed to feel her warmth underneath my fingers. I wanted her to feel safe.

"Alura, we don't have much time," said my dad. I couldn't see him from where I was. Everything was so loud and happening so fast.

"What's going on?" I cried out. My mom looked off to the side before reaching into the craft and pulling me back out into her arms. She started sobbing as she held onto me for dear life and I bawled with her. I felt my dad's arms fold around us but I didn't feel safe this time. My dad peeled off of us and my mom gingerly put me back in the craft. She cradled my face in her hands and smiled at me before placing a warm kiss on my forehead.

"Mommy, I'm scared," I whispered, searching her eyes for comfort.

"I know," she whispered in return, "but I promise everything will be alright,"

She stepped back into my father's arms as a shield of glass rose up between my parents and I. As it clicked closed and red lights began to flash, my mom pressed her face into my dad's chest. Everything started to feel groggy but I tried to keep my eyes open. A few silent tears rolled down my dad's cheeks, an unspeakable sadness filling his eyes. He mouthed an 'I love you' to me before my eyelids fluttered closed.

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The world around me suddenly flashed back into place as I woke up. Gasping for air, my eyes darted around the room. I was home. Pale pink walls, clutter on my desk, and a ceiling full of stars. Tucking loose strands of hair behind my ears, I tried to remember how I got back to my room, but my mind couldn't quite find it. Everything had been happening so fast. I had no idea where to start.

I pushed the comforter away and swung my legs to the side of the bed. A dull ache started up in my left foot as it brushed against the floor. What did I do to hurt it? I crossed my left leg over my knee to inspect it but there was no evidence of anything being wrong. Rubbing my eyes, I fully stood up only to drop back down from the pain in my foot. Gritting my teeth, I tried again, half limping out of my room in search of my parents.

My attempt to hobble down the stairs didn't go well. I tumbled down them and crashed into the front entryway. Before I could get back up, my rushed in from the kitchen, my mom kneeling down next to me with my dad right behind her.

"Sweetie, are you are okay? Did you trip?" I nodded my head as she helped me sit back up. I thanked her as I pulled myself to a standing position, leaning on the wall so I didn't put any weight on the sole of my foot. My dad quickly took notice of my awkward standing position.

"Does your foot still hurt, kiddo? You had some pretty gnarly glass stuck in there." I remembered stomping on Dr. Kane's needle. Had that been with my left foot? It must've been or else it wouldn't be the one that hurt. "Kara?"

My dad's voice pulled me from my own head. I sunk down onto the stairwell. "Sorry. Yeah, it still does."

"Kara," said my mom, sitting on the step next to me and squeezing my hand between hers, "What's going on?"

I squeezed back and took a deep breath. Everything felt weird and wrong, and from what I could remember from the past few days didn't even seem real. The last few weeks didn't even feel real. I took another breath.

"Hadley is really hurt because of me." My voice was already starting to break. "We were all being stupid and trying to play detective. Something went really wrong and now she's in the hospital."

"It's not your fault, sweetie," cooed my mom, trying to pull me into an embrace, I pushed her away and stood up, fire in my voice. "Yes, it is. She only got hurt because Dr. Kane wanted to hurt me. I'm just a huge freak and Kane figured it out. She hurt Hadley and she killed Thea and Josh and it's all because of me-"

"You gotta calm down kiddo." My dad grabbed my shoulders and I realized that I wasn't on the ground anymore. I tried to slow my breathing but it just kept coming faster and faster. The world was starting to turn red and my heart was trying to jump out of my chest. "You gotta slow down, Kara. Everything is going to be fine. We talked to the Matthews' this morning Hadley is going to be fine. You're going to be okay, I promise."

I tried to choke back a sob. Collapsing into my dad's arms, I let the dam break. He rubbed my back in slow circles as I tried to calm down to no avail. I felt my mom's arms wrap around us and we all held on to each other for a long time.

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The hospital waiting room wasn't as bland as I remembered it to be. I had come a lot as a kid when my dad hurt his back in a work accident. The receptionists were practically angels, dealing with me when my mom was talking to doctors, always trying to sneak back into places I wasn't allowed to be. That had been back when I could barely talk straight and communicated mostly through repeatedly hitting the person I wanted to talk to and pointing towards what I wanted.

I nervously twisted a strand of my hair, watching the entrance to the patient wing. Mrs. Matthews was supposed to come out and tell me when Hadley was ready to see me. She'd gone in ten minutes ago. I had considered listening in on them but I wanted Hadley to have her privacy. It wasn't my place. I didn't know if she remembered what happened but I wouldn't blame her for not wanting to see me if she did. Being kidnapped and seeing your best friend fly is a lot to take in. Still, waiting was hard. Strange circumstance or not.

"Kara?" said I voice. My eyes shot up to see Mrs. Matthews standing in the open archway, a soft smile trying to uplift her tired features. I frowned. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah," I stood up, brushing on existent dust off of my lap. "Yeah, I'm ready."

Mrs. Matthews lead me through the halls to a blue door that looked no different than all of the ones around it. She opened the door and I stepped inside. Hadley was laying there, half sat up by the pillows around her. Her red hair dye was much more grown out than she'd ever let it been, natural strands taking up too much of her scalp. She didn't look very good and the hospital lights weren't helping much. The gash on her forehead was stitched up. It looked a lot less severe when it wasn't gushing blood.

"I'll let you two talk," said Mrs. Matthews, stepping out behind me. Hadley smiled weakly at me and I smiled back. I opened my mouth to speak just at the same time as her. SHe awkwardly laughed and patted the bed next to her. "Quit standing there with your mouth open, you look like an idiot."

I closed my mouth in surprise and she laughed. A real laugh. That was nice to hear. I watched her with a smile as she continued to look at me. God, I was glad she wanted to see me.

"Kara," she said breaking my concentration.

"What?" I looked away from her face to see her gesturing to the bed next to her again. "Oh, right. Sorry."

I moved to sit next to her, unsure of what to say, I spit out the first thing that came to mind. "You look terrible."

My eyes went wide and I covered up my mouth as she laughed at what I said. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I don't know why I said that-"

"You are such a dumbass Kara Danvers," she got out between giggles. As her laughs ceased, a more serious expression overtook her face. "Now, are you going to tell me why our science teacher tried to bash my skull in?"

"Hadley-"

"Kara, I know it's been rough between us recently but I'm kind of done with the bullshit. My mom told me that you were the one that brought me to the hospital and reported Kane to the police, so I know you know something about what's going on."

"You don't remember what happened down in the bunker?" She shook her head. I took a moment to think about my words before I replied. "It's a lot to explain. I barely understand it myself, Hads." She stayed silent and I sighed. I knew I was going to have to talk to her about this. I just didn't think it would be this hard.

"She killed Thea and Josh."

"I know."

"She did it because of-" I stopped myself from throwing blame directly onto me. I'd done that enough already. "Ten or so years ago an alien pod crashed around here. She was hired to come out to Midvale and find whoever was inside. That's why she took Thea and Josh, they fit her profile."

"What? Are you serious?" She asked, eyebrows raised.

"She told me herself."

"Okay, so she thought that Thea and Josh were aliens, which I still don't buy, by the way. Then why do I have a permanent scar and a mild concussion?"

"Her hideout really was a bunker under the barn. She had just figured out who her actual target was and was on her way to the barn when we were there investigating. You ran right into her and she realized you presented the perfect opportunity to get the person she was looking for."

"That makes no sense, Kara. I don't know any- any aliens. That's ridiculous." I couldn't speak. I couldn't even meet her eye. I just stared at my hands in my lap. "Kara?"

This was that moment. The reason my parents had told me not to come. They knew Hadley was an inquisitive girl and there was no way I was going to come out of her hospital room without her finding out. Even though I knew this going in, somehow I hadn't gotten the idea to figure out what I was going to say. "Kane was crazy. No sane person can do what she did, but she was right. An alien pod really did crash in Midvale. My parents saw it happen and drove the truck out to investigate."

I looked back at Hadley. She had already put the pieces together but she let me continue. "I dream about my old life most nights. My birth parents were both gorgeous, let me tell you. My mom was practically made of sunshine. I'm not sure what they did, but my uncle was a scientist. I had a baby cousin, a super cute kid. Something was wrong though. With the planet, I mean. There were earthquakes all of the time and everyone was really worried about them. One day the earthquakes just didn't stop and we went to my uncle's lab. Everything happened so fast, I'm not sure how it all happened but I ended up in a pod and they didn't."

It was quiet for a few moments before Hadley said anything. "I didn't know."

"Neither did I. At least I didn't put everything together until yesterday when I told my parents about Dr. Kane."

She grabbed my hand and rubbed her thumb over mine. We sat like that for a long time before she posed a question. "What're you gonna do now?"

"Well Dr. Kane is still MIA and I'm pretty sure several people saw me flying when I brought you here-"

"You can fly?" she asked, hazel eyes wide as she looked at me in awe.

"Did I not mention that?" I tried to laugh it off, rubbing the back of my neck. "It's not a big deal."

"Kara Danvers, only you could be a flying alien and say that it's not a big deal."

"What can I say, it's my superpower." We both laughed at my stupid joke. "Seriously though, I don't think it's a good idea for me to stay in Midvale for much longer. My parents want me to at least stay until I graduate, but a lot can happen in two years."

"Where would you go?"

"I was thinking Metropolis. My Aunt Lana lives there and I'm pretty sure it's the only place where I'm going to be able to find out more about who I am."

Hadley cocked her head to the side, looking at me quizzically. "What's in Metropolis?"

"It's kind of stupid," I replied, not really wanting to say. It was probably the craziest part of everything I had learned in the past few days. Hadley folded her arms and stared at me defiantly. I sighed. "Superman. I think that he's- I think that we're from the same planet."

"What?" Hadley practically fell out of the bed. "Flying alien I can buy, but seriously? Are you okay? Do you have a fever? Do you even get fever's?"

I grabbed her hands away from my forehead and held her still. "Yes, I'm okay. No, I don't have a fever and I'm not sure if I can get one."

"Then what makes you think you're related to- to the strongest alien guy on the planet?" She asked loudly. I winced.

"Will you talk a little louder? I'm not sure the entire hospital heard you."

"Sorry."

"Anyway, when my parents found me, I was wrapped up in a banner that was the same symbol superman wears on it. I wouldn't have believed them if they didn't get it down from the attic and show me yesterday."

"Wow," said Hadley, leaning back against her pillows. "That's a lot to process."

"I know. I'm sorry for throwing it all on you at once." Hadley smiled at me and I smiled back and stood up. "I should probably get going. Lots of stuff to work out with my parents. Plus your mom probably wants to see you."

"You aren't going to skip town without saying goodbye, are you?"

"Of course not, we'll see each other again. Plus I owe Gavin an explanation about all of this too." Hadley nodded in agreement and I started to leave. I was reaching out for the doorknob when I turned back around. "I hope it goes without saying that this knowledge stays in a tight circle. You, me, Gavin, and my parents for now, okay?"

"Yeah, I get it. Don't want to ruin your secret identity."

"I don't have a secret identity."

"If you say so, Danvers." I smiled at her. She was already looking much better than she had when I first came in. The smile she was sporting definitely helped a lot. My eyes caught the stitches on her hairline. "I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. Maybe some of this could have been avoided."

Hadley frowned a little at my words before replying. "Don't get too worked up over it. We make mistakes. You had your reasons to be secretive."

I smiled in thanks and waved goodbye before finally leaving the hospital room feeling a lot better than I had when I first went in.

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The Midvale bus station was a fairly dismal place. The early February sun was peeking out from behind the clouds, lighting up the dull gray paint on the side of the building. I was sitting on a bench outside the bus depot with my parents, waiting for Hadley and Gavin to arrive. They had promised to race there after school so they could say goodbye to me before I left. My last official day had been the day before last and I had been spending all of my free time trying to get all of the odd jobs my dad had always asked me to do done before I left. We all hoped I wouldn't be gone long, but I barely had any idea what I was doing, let alone how long it might take.

Finally, Gavin's pick up truck came around the corner and I excitedly jumped up, my purple backpack snagging on the bench and yanking me back down. My father's laughter rang out as I angrily tried to tug myself free. My mom lightly smacked him before turning back to me and simply separated me from the bench and thanked her and sent my dad a playful scowl before turning to greet the twins.

Hadley got to me first, jumping into my arms and wrapping her legs around my waist. "Oh my god, Midvale is so boring without you, are you sure you can't just fly back here every day for school?"

I laughed as I put her down. Her forehead was looking much better now and she was acting like her old self. "I wish, but I'm already enrolled at the high school near my Aunt Lana's apartment."

"Forgetting somebody?" asked Gavin. I smiled wickedly before grabbing him around the middle and spinning him around like a princess, lifting us just barely off the ground as I did.

"I'd never forget about you Gav," I replied as I put him back down. He stuck his tongue out at me and Hadley and I laughed at him. "I'm glad you guys came."

"We wouldn't miss it for the world fly-girl."

"Yeah, you're, like, the coolest person we know," joked Hadley and I rolled my eyes. I suddenly perked up as I heard the bus in the distance. "What's wrong?"

"The bus is going to be here in a couple of minutes," I replied with a frown. Hadley and Gavin lost their smiles. Hadley quickly pulled me into an embrace and Gavin quickly joined the group hug. We stayed like that, holding onto each other tightly until the bus turned around the corner and I pulled back. "We have phones guys. Pus, I'm only a few hours away and I'm pretty sure I can cover that distance pretty quickly if I need to."

Hadley nodded and Gavin patted me on the shoulder. "Go say goodbye to your parents fly-girl."

I smiled in thanks and turned to see my mom and dad standing there watching us say goodbye to each other. Running up, I pulled them into a hug, not wanting to let go of them. "Thank you. For everything. I love you guys so much."

"We love you too, sweetie," said my mom pulling back from the hug and wiping the tears from her eyes. "I'm gonna miss you so much." I gave another tight hug before turning to my dad and giving him the same treatment.

"You don't want to miss your bus, kiddo," he said handing me my suitcase. "I love you, Kara."

"I love you too, dad!" I said, kissing him on the cheek.

We all passed around another round of "I love you's" and "I'll miss you's" before I started up the bus steps, showing the driver my ticket and moving down the aisle. There were only a handful of people on the bus. An old woman was knitting near the front and a teenager with a hoodie was listening to music in the back. Thankfully it would be a peaceful trip.

Picking a seat in the middle, I put my luggage in a compartment and slid into the window seat. I placed my backpack on the seat next to me to ward off any boarding passengers from sitting next to me before I spotted my family waving at me. I waved back and blew kisses until we drove away when I finally rested back in my seat. Hadley and Gavin had made fun of me for taking the bus instead of just flying or running but my Aunt Lana was under the impression that I was a normal kid coming to stay with her so I could go to a better high school in the city so I needed to have her pick me up at the bus stop.

Opening my phone, I set myself a timer to wake me up before the ride was over before leaning against the window. I hadn't dreamed of my past since the night where I dreamed of my parents sending me to Earth. It was nice to be able to sleep peacefully for once, but I missed being able to see them. Still, I closed my eyes and hoped I might dream up a happy memory.

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A/N: That's (almost) all folks! There is a little epilogue I have written up so I hope y'all enjoy it. Thank you so much for coming on this ride with me. It's a little hard for me to go back and read the chapters from the beginning because I just want to tear my old writing apart, so I might go back in and re-vamp some old chapters at some point but nothing story wise is going to change there. Thank you all so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed it!