The five year old looked at her cousin trying to understand what was happening, why Kara had packed a few things in a bag before grabbing her hand and taking her out of the apartment.
At first she didn't know what was going on, but at the moment they were at the streets she could understand the reason why her cousin was in a hurry, embracing tightly Saffire while gripping Kara's hand not wanting to get lost.
Last night Rhea opened a portal calling for every daxamite that was wandering through the space, however, when she heard about it, she didn't think about an invasion, but at that moment, watching troops march on the streets, it really looked like it.
Kara led her to a dead-end street, seeing that Alex was waiting for them at the door, which relaxed her a little, but not enough when she saw that Winn was already inside that bar along with others DEO's agents.
Maggie and James came a few minutes after they did, everything was a chaos outside that bar, which was the reason why they were all there, so no daxamite would know they were there, not even Mon-El as he had been kidnapped by his own mother.
Her heart skipped a beat the moment she saw Lillian Luthor there, hiding behind her cousin, not understanding why the leader of CADMUS would want to join Supergirl, not even when she heard that Lena was up there as well. However, her cousin denied her proposal, making Lillian leave.
"Halley, baby, I need you to listen to me" her cousin crouched to her height. "You have to stay here and not leaving unless we tell you so, okay?" Kara told her making her nod. "I know you're scared, but it's going to be okay, sweetheart, I promise" the superhero kissed her forehead before embracing her tightly.
They stayed like that until her cousin sat her on a chair and gave her a notebook and some crayons for her to color, Kara smiling at her while ruffling her hair before approaching the rest.
She knew that her cousin was trying to distract her, so she wouldn't know what was really happening, but she knew that it was bad and that Rhea wasn't going to let Mon-El stay without using all of her options against them.
Winn, Alex and Kara were watching attentively the conversation between Rhea an the President, Cat Grant also participating in it as her cousin realized the queen's next move, so the hero flew away from there as she just stared at Alex trying not to panic.
"Well, Mrs. Grant, we worked for a clandestine government organization, the DEO" she heard her cousin answering, so she turned her head to look at them.
"And you think this is the best place to babysit a child?" Cat asked pointing at her. "Where's Kira? Shouldn't she be here with her cousin?" she questioned.
"She left her with me" Alex answered. "This is the safest place for her right now" the agent explained, seeing Mrs. Grant nod.
"She's right, a child shouldn't be at the DEO" the President commented.
"I know, but she's my cousin" Kara answered shortly after Cat Grant left to answer a phone call. "I have to keep her safe" her cousin stated.
Even though she was drawing, she was listening to their conversation with the President, staring at her surprised when she heard that she was an alien. However, she was forced to close her eyes when she heard the order, they were supposed to shot the ship not matter who was up there, even if it meant that Mon-El would die.
She spent the whole day sitting there, at that moment she was with her head resting on her cousin's lap, being wrapped in a blanket as Kara stroked her hair.
"Will he die?" she asked looking directly into her cousin's eyes.
"Umm..., no" her cousin answered not being sure about it. "Everything will be alright, baby, don't think about that, okay?" Kara tucked her brown hair behind her ear as she nodded.
She closed her eyes embracing tightly her soft toy, the one she kept close to her face, ending up to fall deeply asleep.
She woke up to find that she was at one of the DEO rooms by herself, what made her panic as she sat in the bed looking around the room.
"Kara!" she called her cousin not daring to get down of the bed and look for the hero.
She covered herself with the bed spreads when she saw the door opening, fear seized her as she tried to remain as calm as possible.
"Hey, shh, it's okay, kiddo" Mon-El whispered while taking the bed spreads away. "It's me" he said as if he wanted to reassure her.
"Mon-El" she smiled jumping into his arms, feeling how he was embracing her tightly. "You're back" she pulled away from him to observed him, trying to prove that he was really there.
"I am, kiddo" he smiled kissing her forehead.
"Where's Kara?" she asked after a few seconds of silence, being worried about her cousin's whereabouts.
"She's at the Fortress with Clark and Alex" Mon-El answered, but for a few seconds she couldn't believe him.
However, she decided not asked about it, just resting her head on his chest, over his heart, listening to his heartbeat as she go back to sleep.
She woke up in Mon-El's arms wrapped in a blanket, fresh tears in her eyes because of a nightmare, but calming down when she realized that it was early in the morning, sun rays over her face.
"They're coming" she heard Winn say, so she turned her head just to watch her cousin, Superman and Alex landing in the balcony.
Mon-El handed her to Kara, so she couldn't avoid hugging at her cousin while closing her blue eyes not wanting to start crying, but feeling how Mon-El was hugging them both, which made her smile, they were finally together.
"Hey, kiddo" Kal-El ruffled her hair when Kara pulled away from Mon-El.
"You okay, baby?" Kara asked her making her nodded.
"I was scared" she admitted in just a whisper.
"It's okay, I'm here with you" her cousin kissed the top of her head.
"Winn, what's happening here?" Alex asked.
"Oh, uh, yes. J'onn is still unconscious, unfortunately, but he's stable" Winn answered. "Uh, we've cleared all Daxamite soldiers from the building" he added.
"We might have found a way to get rid of the Daxamites in the archives at the Fortress of Solitude" her cousin said, but as if she didn't want to do it.
"What?" Mon-El asked just as scared as she was of her answer.
"Dakam Ur." her cousin said.
"No. No, no, no. No way in hell" he shook his head and by his expression she could tell that it wasn't good.
"It's the only option we've got" Kara told him, seeing how he wanted to answer something else, but not saying anything.
A loud beeping spread out though all the building, Rhea was getting ready to attack, which made her cousin to leave her on the floor while waiting to talk with the Queen.
She could see how Mon-El face was changing while listening to his mother accept the Dakam Ur, which was scaring her, really believing that she would lose her cousin in that battle.
She observed how her cousin left to the training room with Mon-El following her while trying to reason with her, but Kara was only trying to find a way to get everything to be as before the invasion.
All of them got reunited again because of the news Kara had, staring at Mon-El with tears in her eyes, that device would only kill him.
"What... except for Mon-El, right?" Winn asked trying to be hopeful.
"Mon-El might be able to survive a little longer than the others, he's been exposed to our yellow sun for a few months" Kal-El explained.
"Well, if it comes down it, you use it " he said." I won't be the reason this planet suffers" Mon-El stated.
"No. No, it's not gonna come to that" Kara looked at him. "I told Lena to start working, but I want to be very clear about something" she paused a little. "We will not have to use that device and I'm going to beat her. Your mother is going to leave. For good." she assured all of them.
However, she could tell that all them were nervous about that, even her cousin, who was still trying to put on a brave face and do what was the right thing to do.
An hour later she watched how her cousin was getting ready to leave, Mon-El with her, so she just stood there for a minute, observing both of them, not ready to lose them.
"Kara!" she called her cousin while running towards her, making Kara to kneel down. "Don't go" she said when she got to her. "Please" she begged as tears ran down her cheeks.
"It will be okay, I will come back" her cousin held her face in her hands. "I love you, little one" Kara kissed her forehead before embracing her tightly.
"I love you, too" she whispered bowing her head.
"Hey, don't be sad, your cousin is a fighter" Mon-El crouched beside Kara, who was also looking at him. "She's going to beat her and tonight we will be celebrating it with ice cream and planning your birthday party" he gently tucked her hair behind her ear as she smiled. "Everything will be as always, okay?" he said making her nodded. "Come here" he whispered embracing her. "You need to have faith in Kara, she'll get it, Okay? I love you, kiddo" he kissed her cheek before pulling away from her as she whispered back "I love you".
"We should get going" Kara said standing up.
They both just looked at her for a few more seconds before flying again from there, Alex holding her, so she wouldn't fly away with her cousin. However, though she wanted to go with them, she stopped fighting, letting the agent to picked her up and bring her to the main control.
Alex sat her down in a chair while everyone watched carefully everything that was happening, her attention focused on others things, trying not to watch that battle, the one that she felt it was lost for her cousin.
She kept her head rest in her arms, not even wanting to hear what was happening out there, feeling her eyes watering when she listened to Mon-El's voice begging Kara to use the device.
"He doesn't have too much longer, Kara, I'm sorry" Alex answered to her sister pleadings.
"I... I need you to do something for me, bring my pod to the field" Kara asked as she felt her tears streaming down her cheeks. "I'm sorry, Mon-El" she heard her cousin almost crying.
She watched how Alex started giving orders to take the pod to the place Kara had asked, so she followed the agent wanting to go there as well.
"Can I go?" she asked as Alex looked at her with sadness.
"I'm sorry, kiddo, but we have to do this quick" the agent picked her up to embrace her, which made her break up, sobbing on Alex's shoulder.
The agent kept her embrace during the whole process, tears still flowing from her eyes as she tried to cover her sobs, Mon-El was leaving and she wasn't even sure if they would see him again, if she would be with her best friend again.
When Alex had to help it was Winn who held her, keeping Saffire close to her as she hoped for him to be fine, but to be back to them as soon as he could, however, she knew that it wouldn't be possible, he wouldn't survive.
She could watch how Alex embraced her sister, Kara crying in her big sister's arms as she tried to calm down, but not really getting it, not when she realized that she had lost someone else in her short life.
"Halley, baby, it's okay" Kara whispered taking her from Winn's arms. "It will be okay" her cousin said as she put her her tiny hands on her shoulders to pull away from her a little.
Kara was also fighting to believe her own words and she couldn't avoid feeling her heart sinking as she sobbed, not wanting to ever let go from her cousin's embrace.
She woke up late in the night alone in bed, Kara had laid down beside her until she had fallen asleep, only for a few hours though, the memories of that day still in her head not letting her go back to sleep again.
She got up to walk to the living room, her cousin was sitting near the window, the trail of tears being visible on Kara's cheeks, who was looking at the night sky.
For a moment she thought about going back to bed, letting her cousin time to be by herself, but she knew that both of them needed comfort, they needed each other.
"Kara" she whispered getting her cousin to look at her, quickly wiping her tears.
"Did I wake you up?" Kara asked as she got closer to her, shaking her head.
Kara sat her on her lap, so she settled into her embrace, her head resting in her cousin's arms while her gaze was focusing on the city, everything was so quiet that night, destruction still being visible, but she knew that most of the people of the city had celebrated that night their hero's victory. However, what they didn't know is that Supergirl had had to sacrifice the love of her live for them, for Earth.
She looked up to the sky imagining where Mon-El could be at that time, but knowing that, wherever he was, he was safe at last.
Mon-El hadn't lost his faith in Kara, always believing that she would win, but it hadn't been so simple and his words, his promises wouldn't ever be fulfill because everything would change after that day.
"Will he be okay?" she asked turning her head to look at her cousin, who sighed as if she was looking for an answer.
"He will, baby" Kara answered.
"I'm gonna miss him" she admitted in just a whispered. "Maybe someday we will see him again" she hoped, seeing her cousin smile a little. "We just need a cure and the we can bring him back" she tried to sound optimistic.
"It's not that easy, but someday we'll see him again, kiddo" her cousin told her. "Until then remember that he will always be with us... " Kara looked directly into her eyes.
"In our hearts" she completed her cousin's sentence, making Kara smile while nodding.
She couldn't avoid yawning while leaning on her cousin, her eyes closing because of her exhaustion, but she managed to keep herself awake, even though with every second that passed it was more difficult.
"It's late, you should go back to sleep" Kara whispered.
"Only if you stay with me" she looked at her not wanting to be alone, for a moment scared of losing her cousin.
"Always, little one" her cousin said. "I'll always be with you" Kara kissed the top of her head, at least they had each other.
Hi!
I don't know why, but episode 22 from season 2 will always make me cry, even when I think I have get over it, so I it was really emotional to write this chapter.
Mon-El is left and Halley is hopeful that maybe someday they will see him again.
By the way, What do you think about Chris and Melissa being engaged? I didn't know how to react, I'm so happy for them, they're so adorable together. They're perfect for each other.
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin