Kara was sitting in the corner of the couch with her knees up to her chest while sobbing, what made her to walk towards her cousin not really understanding what was happening.
"Kara" she called her cousin in just a whisper, only to listen to Kara talking in Kryptonese.
She frown, because she wasn't fluent yet, so she couldn't understand everything her cousin was saying, but she could hear her apologizing repeatedly.
Her cousin's breathing was agitated, still sobbing, not listening to anything she was saying as she was really trying to calm her down.
She tried to approach her, but her cousin tried to protect herself, what made her to distance from her not knowing what else to do, only thinking about calling Alex, so she took her cousin's smart phone and run through her contacts.
"Hey, What's up?"Alex answered as she sighed relieved. "Kara?" the woman asked after a few seconds.
"Alex..." she whispered, staring at her cousin, her voice trembling because of the fear.
"Halley? Hey, what's wrong?" Alex voice sounded a lot more serious than before.
"Kara's crying, she doesn't listen to me or let me get closer to her" she explained as fast as she could, tears being present in her eyes.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, but she's not, come fast, please" she begged as tears started to stream down her cheeks.
"I'm on my way, don't hang up, okay, kiddo?" the woman told so she nodded as if Alex could see her.
Her gaze focused on Kara when she saw her standing up from the couch, following everything she was doing, so she couldn't avoid panicking when she watched her cousin about to jump from the living room's window.
"Kara!" she yelled getting her cousin to look at her, she could tell that the hero was having a really bad time. "Don't go, please" she begged.
"Halley, what's going on?" she heard Alex asking.
"She wants to leave" she answered.
"Get the phone closer to her, I want to talk to her" Alex told her, so she started walking towards Kara.
However, shortly before she could reach her, her cousin defended herself again, that time using her heat vision, so she crouched to avoid it, but not knowing how, she managed to use hers to fight back.
She felt herself getting weaker, it was the first time she was using her heat vision and she knew that wouldn't last for a long time, so there was a moment in which she turned her face, feeling the burning in her left arm.
She couldn't avoid screaming in pain, tears flooding her eyes as she let herself falling to the ground, Alex's screams being heard from a long distance and the truth was that she had dropped it away from her.
"Oh my God!" Alex exclaimed as she a Maggie entered the apartment. "Get Halley, I'm going to try to calm Kara" the agent said.
"You okay?" Maggie asked kneeling in front of her before taking her in her arms.
"It hurts" she answered still looking towards her cousin and Alex.
"I know, kiddo, it's okay" Maggie whispered while rubbing circles in her back. "She's just having a panic attack, she'll be fine" the woman told her making her nod as she kept her head resting on her shoulder.
She watched how Alex was calming Kara little by little, her cousin accepting to sit down on the couch still breathing with agitation, but going back to herself while listening to her sister's words.
Alex glanced at her worriedly while embracing Kara, both sisters staying like that until her cousin pulled away from the agent only to look for her, tears forming in her eyes while observing her.
"Oh, Rao, I've hurt Halley" her cousin whispered in realization, getting up to approached her. "I'm so sorry, baby" Kara apologized while crying.
"It's okay" she whispered still being held by Maggie.
"No, it's not, I could have killed you" her cousin shook her head before taking her arm to observe the burn.
"I could have hurt you, too" she whispered clinging to Maggie's t-shirt when her cousin's fingertips touched the burn, but getting Kara to look at her.
"You used your heat vision" her cousin said remembering what happened, which made her nodded. "Oh, kiddo..." Kara sighed.
"We should be going to the DEO, I need to take a look at that burn" Alex commented making Kara to pick her up from Maggie's arms, feeling how her cousin embraced her tightly.
When they got to the DEO, she was taken to the med bay, where she laid down on a stretcher as Alex was curing the wound, the sun lamps above of her.
She closed her eyes, holding tightly her cousin's hand while clutching her teeth trying not to scream because of the pain that was caused everytime Alex touched the burn.
"I'm almost done" the agent told her making her nodded. "All done, I'm going to put a bandage" Alex said.
"How long is she going to be here?" Kara asked while gently brushing her brown hair away from her face.
"I need to test her abilities, so until she's completely recovered from having used her heat vision" Alex answered. "You may want to try to sleep, kiddo" the agent caressed her cheek.
However, she just looked at her cousin with a little smile, moment in which Kara smile back before kissing her forehead.
"I'm so sorry, little one" her cousin whispered. "You did the right thing calling Alex" Kara told her. "Try to sleep, baby" the hero caressed the bridge of her nose as she closed her eyes, starting to fall asleep.
She woke up sweating, tears running down her cheeks as she continued to remember the nightmare that had caused her to wake up in distress.
She looked around, finding that she wasn't at the DEO, they hadn't tested her abilities as they had said, but she didn't care about that, because she could get some more rest.
For a few seconds she laid on the bed staring at the ceiling, observing the white stars that were glued at it, getting calmer by every second that passed, however, she decided to get up to look for her cousin.
"Kara" she called her cousin while entering in the living room, everyone staring at her.
"What's wrong, baby?" Kara gestured her to sit down in her lap, so she did while whispering that she has had a nightmare. "Shh, it's okay, you're safe" her cousin kept her embraced.
"She's little Halley, huh?" the woman she didn't know who it was asked.
"She is" Kara answered. "She's Sam, kiddo, say hi" her cousin told her, so she just looked to the woman whispering a shy "hi".
"Oh, I missed when Ruby was that little" Sam commented. "Enjoy every little moment with her, Kara, she's going to grow up so fast" the woman told her cousin.
"I will" Kara smiled before kissing her forehead. "Go back to sleep, kiddo, I'll be here" her cousin whispered as she looked at her arms, she didn't have Saffire with her.
"Saffire" she looked at her cousin.
"I'll bring him" Alex said getting up to go to the room, returning with the blue dragon. "There you go, sweetheart" the agent smiled giving her the soft toy.
At that moment she closed her eyes snuggling closer to her cousin only seeking for protection, eventually falling asleep in Kara's arms.
"Can I take it to school?" she asked Kara while showing her the book Mon-El gifted to her.
"Halley..." her cousin sighed. "I'm sorry, sweetheart, but you can't take it" Kara told her as she frown.
"Why not?" she questioned upset. "I want to show it to Levi" she commented.
"I know, but it's from Daxam and you know you can't..." Kara started talking, but she interrupted her.
"Tell anyone that I'm an alien" she added seeing her cousin nod. "Okay, then, Can I take this one?" she asked picking other book.
"Yes, you can, baby" Kara answered making her smile. "Let's go, you're gonna be late and I have to go to the DEO" her cousin commented grabbing her hand shortly after she hung on her backpack.
"You're going to a mission?" she asked excitedly as Kara nodded. "What is it about?" she questioned being curious about it.
"Umm... I'm not sure, I guess a long lost space ship" her cousin answered unsure.
"Will there be people? Other aliens?" she looked at her cousin.
"I don't know" Kara said. "I'll tell you later, okay?" her cousin told her. "Have a nice day, baby" the hero kneeled down to embrace her before kissing her forehead.
She smiled slightly to her cousin, only looking at her one last time before walking into her classroom, her mind still focusing in Kara's mission.
For the rest of the day she kept thinking about it, but getting herself distracted from time to time, so at that moment she was reading the book with Levi, both of them talking about dragons, her hands holding one of her figures, playing with it.
"Halley, kiddo, it's time to go" miss Taylor said approaching her, so she turned looking for her cousin, but finding Alex at the door.
"Alex!" she exclaimed running to hug her legs.
"Here is her backpack" the teacher gave it to Alex, who nodded still hugging her.
"Where is Kara?" she asked once they were outside.
"She's at the DEO" Alex answered. "Are you ready to test your abilities now?" the agent asked her making her nod.
Kara was already waiting for them at the training room, so she couldn't avoid running to hug her, her cousin kneeling to embrace her and pick her up, kissing her forehead.
Alex explained to her what she would be doing for the next few minutes, test that consisted in flying, punching, hearing and using her heat vision.
"Okay, one more time, baby" Kara said as she nodded. "Go!" her cousin told her so she started using all of her powers. "Punch!" Kara exclaimed, so she did, ending up to use her heat vision.
"It's all done, you can stop now, kiddo" Alex told her as let herself fall to the ground, sitting while trying to breathe as normal. "You okay, Halley?" the agent asked making her nodded.
"You did so well, kiddo" her cousin sat beside her rubbing circles in her back to relax her. "It's normal for you to feel tired, but eventually you'll be more resistant, okay?" Kara tucked her brown hair behind her ears. "Come here" the hero picked her up, so she rested her head on her cousin's shoulder while closing her eyes.
"Maybe the sun lamps help a little" Alex commented as she felt her cousin tensing.
"We're going home" Kara said.
"She needs to recover" Alex pointed out as she just tried to understand why both sisters were arguing.
"Not yet, Alex" her cousin shook her head while embracing her tightly.
She felt herself feeling dizzy, breathing with agitation as Kara pulled her away a little to observe her, so she just stared back at her wanting to hold her head, but she couldn't.
"Are you okay?" Kara asked so she tried to nod, but she ended up passing out in her cousin's arms.
When Mon-El woke up, he was alone at the med bay, so for a few seconds he tried to make himself sure that he was really alone. However, he found Halley asleep laying on the other stretcher under the sun lamps.
He couldn't avoid approaching the child with tears in his eyes, but a little smile on his face as he observed how she was embracing tightly the blue dragon.
For those past seven years he had thought that he wouldn't see them again and, for a moment, he thought about staying there just taking care of the six year old, but he remembered that he had to leave to the ship if he wanted to make himself sure that everyone else there was safe.
"I've missed you, kiddo" he gently brushed Halley's hair away from her face, before kissing the child's forehead and leaving that room ready to save the rest of his team.
Hi!
Kara is having panic attacks just as it's showed at the first episodes of season three, but she has attacked Halley and she felt so responsible for what happened. However, Halley has learned how to use her heat vision and soon she'll be developing the next ability.
On the other hand, Mon-El has finally come back! But Halley don't know, Kara doesn't want to tell her, so it will take a little longer for her to know. She's going to be so excited!
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin