Kryptonian Nights 5
By Deanlu
Supergirl is the property of DC Comics and the CW. I am just using them for entertainment purposes. I'm exploring the many faces of love. A big thank you to , Comic Vine, DC database, Arrowverse WIKI which gave a more detailed explanation of "Prisoner #2445" from Supergirl.
"For decades, science popularizers have said humans are made of stardust, and now, a new survey of 150,000 stars shows just how true the old cliché is: Humans and their galaxy have about 97 percent of the same kind of atoms, and the elements of life appear to be more prevalent toward the galaxy's center, the research found." -
Professor Alphonse Luzano
"I had not expected to see you tonight." The professor commented as he walked over to the viewing platform where a young lady stood dressed in grey slacks, a striped button down covered by a navy blue sweater. Her blonde hair fell across her shoulders as she turned to see Professor Luzano make his way over to where she was standing near a telescope.
"I wasn't sure I would be able to attend. I love your lectures, but lately work has been all consuming." The young reporter responded even as the professor pointed to a set of nearby chairs. Both took a seat and Kara stared off into the night sky.
"You've been unhappy lately? Lost almost it seems,"Luzano said watching as Kara rose again from the chair and moved to the nearby rail to look out toward the night sky.
"I've learned I have to choose. I can't have a normal life and be a Supergirl. So if I choose, I choose the one that protects everyone." Kara's low voice resounded into the empty night sky. "Maybe I was reaching to far and too high. Maybe like Icarus I've flown too close to the sun."
"Maybe. I doubt it though." Kara turned to stare at the professor. Professor Luzano rose and walked over to where Kara stood. He looked up to the sky. "What would you be doing right now if Krypton had survived?" Kara took a deep breath never hearing the door behind them open or the footsteps come near and hesitate.
"I would have been a member of the science guild. Most likely I would have married by now to Kil-Gor the second." Kara smiled softly and then a soft chuckle escaped her lips. "Kil-Gor's great, great grandfather was a creator. Somewhat of an inventor or tinkerer. He was always coming up with these crazy inventions. My Kil followed in his footsteps. He reminds me of my Lena. I remember this one time, we had left home one day to do some exploring. My parents didn't know. But Kil said I would be safe with him. Just like Lena. Just like Alex. I trusted him." Professor Luzano smiled nodding to encourage the young Kryptonian to go on. "He took me to Meteor Valley. The valley had been created by a meteor glancing off the planet long before life appeared on Krypton. We explored for most of the day. When we stopped to rest in the mid afternoon he pulled this crystalline opaque ball from his pack." Kara's voice had gone soft and warm as the memory was pulled from the distant past. "He handed it to me. He said, 'I made this for you because you're so beautiful. I wanted to make something to match that beauty and for you to know how much a care about you. Just make a wish and softly blow over it.' " A gentle tear fell from the Kryptonians eye. Kara turned away briefly wiping her face. The memory of the day so bittersuite now.
"What happened?" Alphonso asked softly seeing how deeply this affected Kara. Kara turned back to look at him with a gentle smile of joy and wonder on her face.
"I made a wish and blew. The ball transformed into these white, small, delicate beautiful flowers that seem to dance on the afternoon wind. Then they transformed into these blue luminescent insects, similar to butterflies. They just flew away into the sky. It was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen. When I looked down in my hand there was the opaque ball again." Melancholy seeped ever so deeply into the young reporters voice. "To this day I understand the mechanics he used, but have never understood how to create it. His imagination was amazing."
"You miss him." The professor asserted. "You loved him." Kara shook her head.
"No, I didn't love him. At least not in the way one loves a lover. He...he was my friend. Perhaps I would have grown to love him. Miss him...yeah. Everyday." Kara stared up at the sky. "All of them. Every moment." Alphonso gazed into the stars and cosmic dust.
"Me too." Alphonso whispered looking at the young Kryptonian. "But you have friends here. A career as a reporter seeking out truth. A heart dedicated to justice and love. Isn't there anyone like Kil-Gor here? Anyone who brings out that wonder and joy for you now?" Kara nodded smiling.
"Lena and Alex." Kara answered without hesitation. "Alex has made me feel normal, accepted, and loved. She made me part of a family again." Supergirl's voice suddenly filled with such delight. "Lena...oh god, Lena has Kil's ability to invent the incredible, the amazing. She can create this innate astonishment and curiosity that I haven't felt since Krypton. She makes me feel love in a way I never have before. When I'm with her it's like I can do anything."
"So Kil is still with you. He's given you a greater gift here on earth by providing you with parts of him. He must have cared for you greatly if he begged Rao to place pieces of him into those you have come to love here on Earth. Rao must love you greatly to grant this wish of Kil-Gors." Alphonso said with certainty and emotion. "Little pieces of stardust spread throughout the galaxy for you. Traced from Krypton to Earth to protect and care for you. So really you aren't lost at all." Kara looked at him smiling when she heard the scrape of a shoe across the platform. Alphonso and she turned to see Alex and Lena approaching.
"I may have called them. Remember, you will wear many hats in this life Kara Zor-El. Hero, reporter, friend, and sister. Probably a few more I don't know about," Professor Luzano smirked while looking at Lena Luthor, "but one thing I can tell you Kara is that even if you weren't here." Alphonso gestures toward the heavens. "Even if you were still on Krypton you would never be lost. We are all made of stardust and we are right where we are suppose to be." Luzano said with a certainty that would not be denied. Professor Lozano stepped back as Alex wrapped Kara in a hug.
"I was worried.I thought you said you were staying in tonight." Alex whispered as Professor Luzano conversed nearby with Lena. She and Lena had been looking for Kara for a while that evening until they received Professor Luzano's text.
"I was..but I didn't want to be alone. I was feeling out of sorts tonight. I've been feeling out of sorts for a while." Kara said hugging as tightly as possible to her sister.
"You are never alone. We are here for you." Lena responded to over hearing Kara's words. "Kara you know you just need to call." Kara nodded releasing Alex as Lena drew her into a hug and then a soft kiss.
"Thank you Professor Luzano." Alex said while shaking the professors hand. "I appreciate your concern for Kara."
"We all need acceptance agent Danvers. We all need those places we fit." Alphonso mused. "Kara it was good to see you tonight. May Rao's light forever guide your path and bring you home." Professor Luzano uttered nodding quietly leaving the way he had come in.
"How about a movie night back at my place?" Lena questioned the two sisters. Alex nodded while pulling out her phone. She quickly sent a text off to Jonn letting him know they had found Kara and they were heading back to Lena's for movies. Lena drew Kara along with her toward the door as Alex joined them.
"You never told me the story of Kil-Gor before." Alex stated while they moved through the building and into the parking lot where Lena's car waited.
"It hurt too much before. The CODEX had picked Kil out for me at a young age to marry. I would have been happy with him, but I would never have loved him as complete as I love you both." Kara responded as they seated themselves in the back of the car. Lena's driver headed off toward his employers home as the three women spoke.
"I love you Kara. Alex loves you. You have both of us. You are not lost." Lena said as Kara cuddled into both women.
"It's like Professor Luzano said. We are all stardust connected. You will never be alone." Alex asserted as the limousine carried its precious cargo home. Hours later after being fed wrapped in blankets Kara laid between Lena and Alex on the young Luthor's couch while Stardust played on the television. The young reporter reflected that Alphonso had been right. While the loss of Krypton and the last few months had been hard on her. Family and friends made it bearable. She wasn't lost. She was right where she should be. She would rise and balance the roles of her life. She looked out the balcony into the darkened night sky sending a thank you up to Kil-Gor for his love and friendship as she hugged Alex and Lena a little closer.