Supergirl had called her sister while coming back to the DEO, her cousin unconscious in her arms as she tried to be as fast as possible, knowing that they didn't have a lot of time to save Halley.
The child had lost too much blood and the kryptonite wasn't helping, a greenish color spreaded out in her veins and arteries, the five year old was having a bad allergy reaction.
"Oh my God!" Alex exclaimed the exact moment she landed on the balcony. "Leave her in the stretcher" her sister told her, so she did, kissing the kid's hair before letting the doctors take the child to the med bay. "She'll be okay" Alex whispered hugging her as she nodded still watching how they were taking her cousin away from her.
"What happened?" J'onn asked approaching them.
"Rhea was about to kill us and Mon-El sacrificed everything to save my life. Now we have to save his" she answered as tears were being contained in her eyes.
"I can't let you do that" J'onn shook his head.
"No, I'm... I'm okay" she said hoping that he would let her help.
"It's not that" He shook his head again. "We're under strict orders not to engage. I'm sorry" he told her as she was feeling the urge to cry.
"This is Mon-El's life, please" she begged, but J'onn denied the idea again, which was starting to make her panic, she couldn't lose him. "I have to save him. I know you understand. Once that ship leaves, he's gone forever" she couldn't avoid tears from escaping her eyes.
"He's made his choice. He's with his people, Kara" J'onn tried to convinced her.
"Mon-El did not choose this" She stated. "This is not like M'gann, and if we wait for president's orders, Mon-El and his parents could be light years away. We have to go now!" she exclaimed. "I'm the one that convinced him to do this. To try and reason with his mother" she blamed herself. "He's up there because of me, please, J'onn, I can't lose him" those words were just a mere whispered.
However, even though she thought that she wouldn't get it, J'onn nodded giving her permission for going back to get Mon-El, but she wasn't in a good shape at that moment, not after the fight with Rhea and the kryptonite, so that's why they came up with a plan.
J'onn and Winn where the first ones to go up to the ship, listening to everything that was happening from one of the DEO's room.
She turned to look at her older sister, who had just come inside the room giving her a concern look, something wasn't right with Halley.
"How is she?" she asked hoping for her sister to tell her that the child was fine.
"They're taking her into surgery" her sister answered.
"What?!" she exclaimed feeling a heavy pain in her chest as she tried to keep breathing normally, she couldn't even think about losing her baby cousin.
"Everything will be alright, okay?" Alex tried to cheer her up. "She's tough, she's gonna be fine, Kara" her sister hugged her as she let all her tears run down her cheeks.
The moment she knew that J'onn was losing the fight, she decided to go to that ship, fighting Rhea in an attempt to get Mon-El out of there.
Rhea managed to get her in her knees as she tried to held the Queen's arms to prevent her from hurting her with the kryptonite dagger, not only fighting for herself but for her baby cousin. Suddenly one of the windows broke making her to fly while watching how everyone else where holding to the ground to prevent themselves from falling through the window. Everything went back to normal shortly after that, everyone getting ready to fight again.
"Enough! Enough!" Mon-El's father got himself between her and his wife. "He has made his decision, I can see now that this is your family" he said looking to his son, making Mon-El to walk towards her.
"You came after me" he whispered embracing her.
"Every time" she whispered hugging him as tight as possible.
"Krypton has taken everything from me and now you take my son" Rhea commented looking at them
"I'm glad you're both alive, but this is the last time we'll ever see each other" Mon-El told his parents after pulling away from her.
Alex was waiting for them at the other side of the portal, noticing a worry glance from her sister, what made her sighed not being sure if she wanted to know the information.
However, her sister didn't tell her anything, only asking her to follow her to the med bay, Mon-El walking beside her, both of them scared of what the agent would tell them.
"The surgery went fine, she's fine, still unconscious, but the sun lamps seem to be helping her" Alex said as they walked inside the infirmary, her cousin was still having a greenish color. "But she's still having kryptonite in her body, which is complicating the recovery and what makes me to ask you to stay away from her" her sister looked at her.
"She's my cousin, I'm not leaving her" she shook her head.
"The kryptonite will weak you and you're not in shape for that" her sister told her as she shook her head again.
"I know you don't want to, but I agree with Alex, it's the best for you and for her, How do you think she will react if she knows that has hurt you?" Mon-El asked her making her sigh. "I'll stay with her, everything that have happened it's been my fault, let me help" he said.
"It wasn't your fault, Mon-El" she denied his idea. "When will I be able to come inside?" she asked looking at her sister.
"I'll let you know, just try to rest for now, okay? Halley is going to need you" her sister smiled softly at her, so she just barely nodded, observing her cousin one last time before walking outside the room.
Mon-El sat down on a chair right next to the five year old, observing the child cautiously as he kept blaming himself for everything that had happened that night.
He knew that he should have suspected from his parents at first, but when he had talked to them, he wanted so bad to believe them that for a moment he couldn't even think about them kidnapping Halley or even hurting Kara.
However, when he heard about what had happened at the park, everything clicked, for his mother being with him at the bar was the perfect excuse for having someone else kidnapping the child without none being able to accuse her.
Kara and Halley could have died that night, both of them because of his mother and sincerely, he didn't know what he would have done if that had happened, he couldn't lose them, he wouldn't have forgiven himself.
He looked at the child when he heard her whimpered in pain, tears streaming down Halley's cheeks as she fought to open her eyes, but he could tell that it was being difficult for the little girl.
"Hey, it's okay, kiddo, I'm here with you" he whispered softly while grabbing her tiny hand in his.
Halley seemed to relax after hearing him talk and just as the same way she had tried to wake up, the five year old went back to be deeply asleep. That fact, confused him, not knowing if it was something normal or if he should call Alex, so he chose calling the agent wanting to be sure that everything was alright with the child.
"What happened?" Alex asked entering the room.
"She tried to come back to consciousness, but she fell asleep again" he tried to explain, seeing how the agent nodded. "Is that normal?" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah, it is" Alex answered him. "She's going to come back to consciousness little by little, maybe at first only a few seconds, then a few minutes until she's fully awake, okay?" she explained. "Don't worry, she's fine and her waking up means that she's recovering" the agent told him, making him smile, at least the child was fine. "Call me if she wakes up" Alex asked shortly before leaving the infirmary.
He looked at the five year old for a few seconds before promising that he wasn't leaving her there all alone, that everything would be alright.
A few hours later, just as Alex had told him, the child stayed awake for a few minutes, opening her blue eyes to look around her, but not really focusing on what was happening or where she was, because she closed them again and went back to sleep.
He could observe that child wasn't as pallor as before, not even with that greenish color, what indicated that the kid was free of kryptonite and Kara could be inside that room as well, so at that moment the two of them were waiting impatiently for the child to finally wake up.
"I'm so sorry about everything that has happened this night" he apologized after watching how Kara was brushing her cousin's hair.
"It wasn't your fault" Kara shook her head.
"But she almost killed you both, I can't even imagine that" he pointed.
"We are fine, Mon-El, you saved us with your sacrifice, maybe you're becoming a hero" she smiled making him smile as well, maybe he was, but he still had a lot to learn from her.
It had been five hours since they had been waiting for Halley to wake up, Mon-El had fallen asleep in the other stretcher as she stayed awake waiting for her cousin to open her eyes.
Kara laid her head over her arms while closing her eyes, wanting to stay awake, but not fully getting it, falling in a light sleep.
She woke up startled the moment she felt her cousin moving, the five year old was awake but moving while whimpering because of the pain.
"Hey, hey, it's okay" she tried to calm her down, but Halley just stared at her before starting crying.
"It hurts" her cousin sobbed as she nodded.
"I know it hurts, baby, but you need to stop moving and it will be better" she held her shoulders to stop her, Halley looking directly at her eyes, stopping her crying. "That's better, right?" she asked seeing her cousin nodded.
"Why didn't she like us?" Halley asked after a few seconds of silence, which made her look at her. "Mon-El's mother, Why didn't she like us?" her cousin asked again.
"Well..., you know that Krypton and Daxam never got along" she started explaining.
"Why?" the child questioned because she had never told her the whole story.
"You're still too little for that, but someday I'll tell you about it" she told her. "It has to do with that and with the fact that she doesn't want to lose his son" she stated making Halley to look at Mon-El before looking back at her.
"But he wants to stay here, he's happy here" her cousin commented making laugh. "And he's my best friend" the five year old said with a smile.
"Of course he is" she laughed. "Am I not your best friend as well?" she asked.
"Yes, you are, you're like a mommy for me and I love you" Halley giggled. "But he knows a lot about dragons" the child pointed out still giggling.
"He does" she giggled embracing her cousin. "So I'm like a mommy for you, huh?" she questioned laughing as the child nodded. "I love you, too, little one" she kissed her cousin's forehead, the kid leaning into her embrace.
"Saffire" Halley whispered missing her soft toy.
"Umm, Saffire is at home, sweetheart" she answered seeing how the child looked sad.
"Can you hold me tight? I'm scared" the five year old admitted, feeling her heart breaking.
"Sure, I'll be here with you until you wake up, okay?" she told her while laying down beside her and embracing her.
"Do you think she will hurt us again?" the child asked resting her head on her shoulder, looking at her.
"I hope she won't" she answered sincerely. "Now, try to sleep, it will be okay" she said.
A few minutes later the five year old was asleep in her arms, moment at which she relaxed, letting herself to fall asleep too, but thinking about Halley's last question, Would Rhea attack again?
Hi!
Halley will be alright and fully recovered for next chapter, which is going to be the last two episodes of season two with Mon-El leaving and everything else.
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin