"The four year old sat down on the floor with her head buried in her tiny hands, tears streaming down her cheeks as she asked for mercy, her father was about to scream at her.
She looked up only to see him approach to where she was, her fear getting worse as she tried not to make things worse for herself.
Her father's eyes locked up with hers, flames burning in his, which made her bowed down her head not wanting to start sobbing, but not really getting so when her dad grabbed her by her skinny arm to pick her up from the floor.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to enter in that room?" her father asked while putting her on her feet on the floor, grabbing her by her shoulders. "Answer me!" he shouted scaring her, her eyes closing in fear.
"I'm sorry" she barely whispered as a sob tried to escape her throat.
"That's not enough, Halley" her father said letting her fall to the floor. "I've told you so many times and I'm telling you now that it's the last time I do it" he grabbed her chin up. "Don't go inside that room ever again, understood?" he asked so she nodded hoping for him to let her go. "I said, Understood?!" her dad shouted waiting for her to answer.
"Understood" she answered seeing him nodded before letting her go. "Could I see mommy?" she asked.
"Not now" her father answered before turning to leave, so she just sat down again on the floor with her knees close to her chest.
She calmed herself down before getting up and decide to look for her mom, not finding her anywhere, which made her believe that her mother was inside the room her father didn't let her to get inside. However, she opened the door with caution, peeking inside the room to see her mom sitting on the floor with her hands over her abdomen, a pool of blood where she was.
"Mommy?!" she called running to her.
"You shouldn't be here, little one" her mom's voice was weak. "Go to your room before you father finds you here" her mom asked her, but she shook her head kneeling beside her, holding her mom's left hand between hers.
She observed her mother, no wound to be found on her abdomen, but still a pool of blood under her, so she frowned not understanding what was happening but only wanting her mom to be fine.
"Are you hurt?" she asked with concern. "Does your tummy hurt?" she questioned after her mother complained, seeing her nod. "I'm gonna get some help" she told her mom trying to reassure her.
"No, Halley, go to your room, I'll be fine" her mom told her but she shook her head. "Please, little one" her mom pleaded brushing her hair away from her face.
She got up still looking at her mom, tears starting to fall down her cheeks as she walked away, only to be stopped by her father, who appeared in front of her.
"Didn't I told you not to come inside?" he asked grabbing her arm.
"Don't, Non!" her mom screamed.
"I told her not to do it and you expect me not to punish her, Astra?" her father asked still holding her.
"She wanted to help" once more her mom tried to convince him not to hurt her.
"I don't care" he said pushing her to the floor.
She couldn't avoid sobbing hearing her mom screamed for her to run to her room, doing so without looking back, locking up the door when she got inside.
"Open the door, Halley" her father asked knocking on the door. "Open the damned door!" he shouted as she covered herself with her blankets still sobbing.
After a while everything went silent, her father wasn't at the door anymore and she could feel herself relaxed, but still concerned not knowing if her mom was alright."
Her little cousin was screaming, sobbing while kicking the bed spreads with all the strength she could, her face all wet because of the tears that were still pouring from her closed eyes.
She sat down on the bed to hold her, having Halley close to her chest while whispering reassuring words in her ear, getting the child to relax slightly, but not enough because her cousin kept crying, so she tried speaking to her in kryptonese.
"It's always like this?" Mon-El asked making her to turn her head to look at him, she had forgotten that he was having breakfast on the kitchen. "I mean, Does Halley always have nightmares?" he asked watching them with concern.
"There's a lot you don't know about her" she sighed still keeping her cousin close to her. "Her father used to physically abused her and that's what she normally dream about" she tried to explain. "Everything went worse when her mom died until he died too and I took her in" she looked down at the child she was holding.
"She's so little to have suffered that much" Mon-El commented. "She's really kind-hearted, though" he said looking at the child making her nodded.
Her cousin was a friendly little girl just scared of being hurt by someone she trust, but kind and loving with everyone who protected her.
Halley moved in her arms, words forming in her throat while moving her head to lean better on her shoulder, the little one speaking in kryptonese being that the first time she had ever listened her using that language.
Her cousin was begging not to be harm, getting more agitated by every second that passed, tears streaming down her cheeks once more before the child's big blue eyes opened as Halley hug at her with even more strength while sobbing.
She just sat there with the kid sitting on her lap, embracing the five year old while rubbing circles on her back to calm her down, letting her cousin to cry until the child would be feeling better. However, when Halley turned her head and saw Mon-El there, the child hide her face on her shoulder afraid.
"Hey, shh, It's Mon-El, baby" she told her cousin wanting to calm her down, but the child just whimpered a little. "I thought he was your friend and that you wanted for him to tell you about dragons" she said trying to distract Halley. "He's not your friend anymore?" she asked tickling the kid, who moved with a slight smile.
"He's my friend" Halley finally answered rubbing her eyes before looking straight at him and stretching her arms for him to hold her.
She smiled when she saw how Mon-El picked up Halley, the child melting into his embrace with her tiny head leaning on his shoulder. It was amazing how the little one didn't have any prejudices, but she had to remember herself that her cousin hadn't been taught as the same way she had on Krypton, for Halley there was no difference between kryptonians and daxamites.
"Okay, baby, it's time to get you ready and have breakfast" she said as Mon-El handed the child back to her before leaving them alone.
She help her cousin to get ready, picking some overalls for Halley to wear before doing two high buns, kissing the child's forehead and letting her ran to the kitchen.
Halley sat next to Mon-El waiting for her to give her the pancakes but already asking him about dragons, smiling at her when she gave them to her, which made her smile too.
"Alex is coming to pick you up, sweetie" she told the kid.
"Why? Where are you going?" Halley asked confused.
"We're going to CatCo, because today is Mon-El's first day of work, I'll be at the DEO for lunch, okay?" she explained watching her cousin nod.
A few minutes later her sister entered the loft making her cousin to run to hug Alex's legs, which made the woman to pick up the kid.
"Hello, little monster" Alex hugged Halley tightly making the child laugh. "Are we ready to leave?" her sister asked so she nodded handing her the backpack.
"See you later, baby" she kissed her cousin's forehead right before they left.
Halley looked up after hearing loud voices, realizing that no one beside her was talking, which made her frown, but having to put her hands over her ears to block every sound when it got really loud, which was making her head hurt.
Fresh tears started forming in her eyes when she realized that it was getting worse with every second that passed.
"Hey, What's wrong, kiddo?" asked Alex embracing her.
"It hurts, my ears" she cried as the agent covered her ears with her hands.
"I think your powers are developing, sweetie" Alex told her while picking her up. "It's going to be annoying, but it'll get better, okay?" the woman kissed her forehead. "You're burning, kiddo" Alex said before taking her to the med bay.
After making some exams Alex concluded that it was because of her powers, so the woman took her home with the intention of getting her to rest. However, she just laid down on the couch with her eyes close while crying, her head was still hurting.
Alex managed to distract her with movies, falling asleep by the end of the second one, finally having a moment of silence. By the time she woke up, Kara and Alex were talking in the kitchen, but approaching her when they saw her move.
"How are you feeling?" her cousin asked as she frowned still been able to hear every single noise, so she covered her ears. "It's okay, it'll get better soon" Kara picked her up when someone knocked on the door. "Lena" her cousin tried to acted surprised while opening the door, making her whimper because of her tone of voice.
"Hi, I'm sorry I... I recognize your face, you saved me" Lena said looking at Alex.
"Agent Alex Danvers, FBI" Alex introduced herself.
"She's my sister" Kara pointed as she put her tiny hand on her ear. "Shh, it's okay" her cousin kissed her forehead while being concentrated into the conversation.
She didn't even reach to understand the conversation, there were so many noises to know which one she should pay attention, closing her eyes, only moving when Lena whispered softly for her to get well soon and stroked her hair.
When the woman left, her cousin sat down on the couch, sitting her on her lap before taking her glasses and putting them on her face, moment in which she calmed down, no noise being heard.
"That's better, right?" Kara asked making her nod. "Alex, could the DEO make ones for her?" her cousin asked.
"Yeah, maybe some earrings, in that case we'll be able to know if she's developing others powers" the agent explained.
Ever since she had been wearing the earrings, she was feeling better, not being able to listen to any of the noises that were far away.
She was coloring in a room while Alex was working, but following her after seeing how the woman face changed when an agent told them that Supergirl and J'onn had been injured.
She couldn't avoid panicking when she saw them like that, both of them completely drained, Mon-El holding her outside the med bay to prevent her from entering inside, but as soon as she could get rid of his grip she ran to Alex, who picked her up.
"Are they going to be alright?" asked James.
"Kara will be eventually, but J'onn has lost a lot of blood" Alex answered keeping her embrace.
"And how to get a transfusion when your the last son of Mars" commented Winn.
"He's the last son, but he's not the last" Alex pointed out handing her to Winn. "I'll be back soon, kiddo" the woman tried to calm her down.
"No, Alex..." she called her while watching the agent leave, Winn hugging her tightly.
She lean her head on Winn's shoulder as she observed her cousin, just praying for Kara to be fine, she couldn't think about her cousin being hurt.
When Alex came back, the agent let her sit next to Kara, holding her cousin's hand between hers while waiting for her to wake up. However, when Kara woke up, even though she thought that her cousin was going to rest, the young superhero decided to go out and stop the same alien that had injured her before.
She stood in the same room until Mon-El came back after defeating Parasite, learning that she was supposed to be staying there with him until her cousin was able to pick her up. They spent most of the time drawing while talking about dragons, Mon-El answering every single question she had.
"Mon-El, Can you take Halley to Kara's loft?" Winn asked making the daxamite nod. "Okay, I'll text her to tell you're on your way" her cousin's best friend said as Mon-El was helping her packing everything in her backpack.
"Okay, Are you ready to go?" Mon-El asked offering his hand for her to grab it, so she nod before doing so, hugging tightly with her other arm the little blue dragon.
Mon-El stopped walking when they found a man laying on the ground, crouching down in front of him to help him. However, the man attacked Mon-El by giving him a discharge, which made him fall to the ground as a van parked in front of them, two men dragging him into the van as she screamed.
"No, Mon-El!" she screamed letting her backpack and stuff toy fall to ground only to run up to them, trying to pull them away from Mon-El, but they pushed her away.
"Run, kiddo" Mon-El told her, but she shook her head, she wasn't going to leave him. "Go" he looked directly into her eyes.
However, before she could make any decision, one of the men grabbed her and threw her inside the van with Mon-El, who hugged her wanting to keep her safe as she started crying in his arms, scared of not knowing what was happening.
"Welcome to CADMUS" was the last thing she heard before falling unconscious.
Hi!
I don't know if it's clear what's happening on Halley's memory, but in case is not, Astra is suffering a miscarrage, but obviously by the eyes of a four year old that's not a possibility.
Halley has started to develop her powers, but CADMUS has kidnapped her and Mon-El, so that's not really good. It's not going to be good news for Kara.
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin