The five year old sat down beside her cousin, her gaze focused on Clark, who was sitting at Kara's other side, still no fully comfortable with his presence.
She was barely listening to their conversation, at least not really understanding what the two kryptonians were talking about, so she just looked at Kara for a few seconds before tugging her cousin's arm.
"Hey, What's up?" Kara asked looking at her, concern all over her face.
However, she didn't say anything, she just looked back at her feeling alone even though at that moment she wasn't, her cousin wasn't paying her attention.
Kara caressed her face before embracing her a little and continue talking with Clark, moment in which she tugged her arm again.
"Can we go outside?" she asked her cousin.
"Sure, Where do you want to go?" Kara asked her to which she shrugged her shoulders. "What about the park?" her cousin suggested.
She couldn't avoid bowing her head for a few seconds, knowing that there would be kids, but she had never met another child, so she wasn't that sure about it, she was scared.
"Will children be there?" she questioned.
"Um..., yeah" Kara answered her kind of confused because of her question.
"Then I don't want to go there" she said starting to panic.
"Why?" her cousin asked as she breathed with agitation. "Hey, it's okay, calm down, baby" Kara sat her on her lap before embracing her.
She just got herself distanced from her cousin to look straight to her eyes, resting her head against Kara's shoulder before closing her eyes to calm herself. Her cousin's heartbeat being the reason why she was feeling calm and protected at that moment.
"What about going to get some ice cream?" asked Clark making her to look at him, Kara nodding excitedly.
After thinking for a few seconds her answer, she ended up nodding to Clark's suggestion, so right after that they were ready to leave her cousin's loft.
She walked holding Kara's hand, not wanting to go by herself, which made her refuse the idea of being separated from her one of the times when Clark got himself in the middle. At that moment she ran to her cousin's side desperately to grab her hand, smiling slightly to her.
"Hey, look at you, you're covered in ice cream" her cousin laughed before kneeling down and wiped her mouth, well, face. "Was it yummy?" Kara asked making her nodded.
"I think I should get going" commented Clark. "See you tomorrow, Kara" he hugged Kara before crouching down to her height. "Bye, kiddo" he hugged her, so she hugged him back.
When they got apart she watch how he waved as he left them alone, her cousin grabbing her hand to start walking back to the loft.
"Are you going to tell me about Krypton?" she asked getting Kara to look at her and smile. "Pleaseeee"
"Of course, baby" Kara picked her up to embrace her, her head resting on her cousin's shoulder as she closed her eyes feeling as protected as when she was with her mommy.
"Hey, you should be in bed" commented Alex tickling her, which made her laugh out loud before embracing the woman.
"What are you doing?" she asked rubbing her eyes.
"We're having sisters' night" Alex told her. "Well or sisters-cousin's night, Clark is coming as well" the woman explained her.
"Can I stay too?" she questioned pouting.
"Oh, kiddo, I don't know" Alex picked her up. "Hey, Kara, we have a new guest" the agent told her sister, who turned to look at them.
"I see..., you should be sleeping, missy" Kara pointed out with a smile on her face.
"I'm not tired" she complained looking at her cousin straight in the eyes, her big blue eyes shining while her lower lip trembled.
"Oh, no, don't look at me like that" Kara laughed brushing her hair away from her face. "Okay, okay, you're staying" her cousin kissed her forehead.
She stayed with Alex in the room when Clark came because of his request, both of them paying attention to whatever they were talking about, hearing how Kara shouted that they were leaving before doing so.
That was the reason why they went to the DEO, Alex picking her up when she panicked after watching her cousin about to die, tears running down her cheeks as she hid her face on the agent's neck.
"Kara!" Alex exclaimed scaring her.
"I'm okay, I'm just dizzy" she heard her cousin talking, so she turned to look at her, stretching her arms towards Kara. "It's okay, baby, I'm okay" her cousin kissed her forehead after picking her from Alex's arms.
She whimpered when Superman shout at J'onn, her eyes closed as she clung to her cousin's cape not wanting to look up. Fresh tears being contained in her eyes, a slight sob escaping her lips when she heard J'onn talked about her parents, her cousin embracing her tightly.
"Shh, it's okay" Kara whispered.
However, when everything seemed to calm, the screens were all black before showing a video, which frightened her, Kara just hugging her with all the strength she could.
"It's over, sweetie" her cousin kissed her hair.
She just kept her eyes closed as tears fell down her cheeks, remaining like that until she fell completely asleep.
She followed Alex, the agent's hand holding hers while walking after her cousin, who was a few steps ahead of them, reaching Kara at the loft's door, moment in which she hugged her cousin's legs getting the woman to look at her with a smile on her face.
However, everything changed when they stepped inside the loft, because her cousin sat down on the couch while complaining, Alex sitting beside Kara as she just stared at her cousin confused.
Both sisters where soon arguing, which made her sat on the couch with her eyes closed and her hands over her ears in an attempt to not listen their shouting.
The truth was that she had never liked arguments, she used to hide when her parents where arguing and cry whenever someone would shout at her, only being able to remember everything she had passed.
A few minutes after she felt someone embracing her, which scared her, but calming down after realizing that it was Alex the person who was hugging her, so she stayed like that until she felt completely relax.
"Why were you arguing?" she asked confused, looking at Alex.
"Kara wants to move to Metropolis with Clark" the woman answered her making her frown.
"You don't want her to leave?" she questioned in just a whisper, seeing how Alex shook her head.
She bowed her head not knowing what to say, because she didn't want to leave either, but it was her cousin decision and if it was for the best, maybe they should move to Metropolis.
She looked back at Alex before hugging her with her little arms, a smile on the woman's face while hugging her back.
"I want to stay here with you" she told her.
"I want you stay, kiddo" Alex kissed her forehead. "And we should be heading to the DEO" the agent got up before grabbing her hand and start walking.
Alex took her to the DEO, to the room where Winn was working on a design to improve Supergirl and Superman's suit.
She was sitting on a chair watching him work while Alex was talking to him, kind of explaining him what had happened previously, which was putting Winn even more nervous than he was before.
"Winn, I need you to look after Halley" said Alex before crouching down in front of her. "You have to stay with Winn for a while, okay?" the woman told her as she looked at Winn, she didn't know him at all.
"Where are you going?" she couldn't avoid asking grabbing Alex's arm to prevent her from moving.
"I have to go, but I'll be back soon" the agent answered her. "It's going to be fine, sweetie" Alex caressed her face before smiling and getting up. "See you later, kiddo" her cousin's sister waved from the door.
At that moment she bowed down her head feeling watch by Winn, but she didn't bother to look up, not until she decided what to do.
"I have to go to the bathroom" she told him.
"You can go by yourself, right?" Winn asked making her nod. "Okay, go, I'll be waiting you here" he told her.
She nodded one last time before running after Alex, following wherever the agent was going, curious about it, but not wanting to be discover, so she flew giving her enough space for Alex not to see her. She hid after a few containers, watching how a woman stepped there with a few others agents, which made her frown afraid of Alex being hurt, but listening to their conversation without making a noise.
"I've killed a Kryptonian before" Alex said. "I stabbed Astra of the House of El with a sword made of kryptonite" the agent admitted.
At that moment her heart skipped a beat, fresh tears started to be contained on her eyes as she flew from there without being able to believe that it was true, that one of the persons who she trusted the most was the reason why her mom was dead.
Alex. Alex murdered her mother and she couldn't avoid feeling betrayed because she really trusted her, she really did and now..., She couldn't trust her anymore.
When she arrived at the DEO she was already crying, sobbing, hearing Winn calling her while running to her, so she didn't deny him to embrace her, her head leaning on his shoulder when he picked her up.
"What's wrong?" Winn asked trying to pull her away a little, but she turned her head so he couldn't see her face. "Did something happen?" again the answer was only silence. "Hey, kiddo, I need you to tell me what's wrong so I can help you" he said rubbing circles on her back trying to calm her down, but she kept sobbing.
"Halley? Oh, Rao, Is she okay?" it was Kara who asked entering the room where they were.
Soon it was her cousin who held her, which made her look at her trying to know if Kara knew about what Alex had done, but closing her eyes as she continued crying.
Kara tried to calm her down, to make her talk, but tired of trying her cousin sat down with her in her arms, keeping her as close as possible.
"Hey, we're all ready, it's time to go" said Alex making her tiny her body to tense in her cousin's arms as she started crying with more strength than before. "What happened?" the agent asked concerned while approaching them.
"No, no, no" it was the only thing she was able to say as she tried to get away from Alex.
"It's Alex, baby, it's okay" Kara tried to calm her, but she kept crying while seeing how Alex was getting even closer to her. "Halley, What's wrong?" her cousin asked brushing her hair away from her face.
"She killed my mommy" she finally acused Alex between sobs.
"I'll be outside" Alex bowed down her head and walked outside the room as Kara hugged her with all the strength she could.
She sobbed with her head on her cousin's shoulder, her eyes closed as she clung to Kara's cape not wanting to let go.
"Kara, we really need to get going" said J'onn from the door, moment in which her cousin nodded before kissing her forehead and getting up.
"Don't go" she tugged her cousin's cape. "Please" she looked straight into her eyes.
"It's okay, baby, I'll be back" Kara said wiping the tears from her face. "Winn, stay with her, please" the young superheroe asked her best friend.
"What I'm supposed to do?" asked Winn approaching her.
"Just comfort her" Kara told him shortly before leaving.
"Okay, sweetheart, What do you want to do?" Winn asked her, but she couldn't answer him anything, she just kept crying afraid of her cousin's safety.
She sat on the chair with her head bowed deep in her own thoughts still not knowing how she should react, not knowing if she should trust anyone else.
When she saw Kara arrived she couldn't avoid running towards her, which made her cousin to pick her up and hug her.
"She killed my mommy, Kara" she cried looking straight into her eyes.
"I can't lie to you" her cousin sighed. "She did, baby, but she didn't mean to" Kara held her chin to keep her head up. "It was a war between your parents and us, that night Alex wanted to protect Papa and she... Well, she stabbed your mom to save J'onn" her cousin tried to explain her.
"But she killed her" she repeated not being able to forgive her.
"I know, baby, but she didn't want your mommy to die and she's really sad about it" Kara hugged her. "You know, I was mad too at first, but I forgave her and I'm sure you will be able to do it too" her cousin kissed her forehead.
"I wish mommy was here" she couldn't avoid start crying again.
"Your mommy will be always with you, sweetie" Kara told her.
"Where?" she asked confused.
"Here" her cousin pointed to her chest. "In your heart"
She put her hand on her chest, looking back at her cousin as she was calming down, her mom would always be with her, at least in her memories.
Kara started walking until a room there at the DEO, where she sat down putting her on her lap to keep her embrace.
She closed her eyes resting her head on her cousin's shoulder, silent tears still escaping her eyes until she fell deeply asleep in Kara's arms.
"Did you call me?" Alex entering the room where her sister and Halley were, seeing the child asleep on the bed as Kara sat beside her caressing the kid's hair.
"Yes, I have to go to CatCo" her sister answered. "Can you stay with Halley?" Kara asked pointing to her little cousin.
"I don't know... How is she?" she asked knowing the child didn't trust her lately.
"She's hurt and right now she doesn't trust you, but it will be fine, she just need time" Kara answered smiling slightly at her.
She nodded watching her sister leave before staring at the child for a few seconds, daring to approach her and sit on the bed, which made the kid to move slightly without waking up.
Guilt. That was what she was feeling the most at that moment, Halley had her rights to be mad at her, to not trust her anymore, even if that broke her heart more than anything.
She cried silently not wanting to wake up the child, she was the reason why that child didn't have a mom and no one could say otherwise. However, during those last days she had tried to do things right, enjoying everything single moment she had spent with that child and at that moment she couldn't avoid feeling sad not knowing when she would be able to do it again.
"I hope that someday you can forgive, kiddo" she kissed Halley's forehead really hoping that.
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Halley learnt how her mother died, which made her not trust Alex anymore. Their relationship will be tricky because Halley is just a child dealing with her own emotions and Alex will be feeling guilty because of the child's suffering.
I hope you all have liked this chapter, let me know what you think.
Thanks for reading,
Ayrin