"Kara!" she heard her cousin exclaimed, seeing the six year old running to her, Levi following her close.
"Hey, sweetheart" she kneeled down to embrace her. "How was school?" she asked.
"So fun!" Halley exclaimed excitedly.
"Hey, Levi, you should have told me where you were going" a woman said while approaching them. "Hi, you must be Halley's mom, I'm Claire, Levi's mom" the woman introduced herself as she stood up.
"I'm actually her cousin, I'm Kara, nice to meet you" she smiled shaking the woman's hand.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were her mom, I've only seen you picking her up" Claire apologized.
"It's okay, I'm her guardian" she tried to explain, seeing how Claire looked with pity towards Halley, who was happily playing with Levi.
"Kara?" her cousin called her, so she looked at her waiting for the question. "Can we stay at the playground with them?" the six year old asked practically begging her to stay.
At that moment she just stared at her cousin not knowing what to do, because she had thought about going to the DEO to see how things were going with Mon-El and maybe tell Halley that he was back. However, she knew that she couldn't say "no" to her cousin, not when the child was almost pouting, Halley's blue eyes looking directly into hers, that child was definitely her weakness.
"I guess we can stay for a little while, baby" she finally answered seeing the kid smile.
"Yay!" Halley exclaimed giving her the backpack before running with Levi to the swings.
She couldn't avoid smiling while watching them, it was adorable to see them playing together, to see how her cousin was really excited about having a friend of her age.
"They seem to get along" she commented still looking at them.
"They do" Claire smiled. "He has never have a close friend, but I guess they have a lot in common" the woman said.
"Yeah, they both love dragons" she laughed, frowning when her phone started ringing, her sister was calling her. "Alex? Is everything okay?" she asked.
"Not really" her sister answered. "He's gone, Kara, Winn, too" Alex told her as she felt how she was getting angrier by every second that passed.
"We'll be there soon" she tried to control herself, she couldn't just fly away at that moment. "Halley!" she called her cousin once she had hung up.
The six year old looked at her for a few seconds before approaching her as she thought a excuse for them to leave.
"We have to leave, sweetheart" she told her seeing the child frowning.
"Why?" Halley asked.
"I have to go back to work and I need to leave you with Alex" she answered trying to make her cousin understand that it was a Supergirl job.
"Okay" the child sighed, so after saying goodbye to Levi and his mom, they both left that place.
She didn't understand how it was possible that Mon-El had escaped from containment, part of her still hoping to see the same daxamite she put in that pod, but he was different and she couldn't avoid thinking that, even though he was back, never would be as before.
She looked at Halley, who was holding her hand, her heart breaking for not being able to tell her what was going on, but she didn't want to hurt her.
"Alex!" the six year old exclaimed running to the agent, who take her in her arms.
"Hey, kiddo" her sister smiled hugging tightly the child.
"How long has they been gone?" she asked.
"Half an hour or so" Alex answered as she clutched her hands into fits. "Go, I'll stay with her" her sister told her still embracing the child in her arms.
She nodded, kissing her cousin's forehead before flying away from the DEO to the place she knew she would find them.
Kara looked mad and Alex worried about whatever was happening, but it didn't matter how many times she asked the agent the same question, that her cousin's sister wouldn't say a thing. That fact, the one that it was becoming a secret, was worrying her as well, Why wouldn't they tell her?
"Alex, they need you at the med bay" Winn said barely entering in the room, Alex looking at her as if she didn't know what to do.
"Halley, stay here, okay?" the agent told making her frown.
"I wanna go, too" she stated folding her arms.
"I know, kiddo, but you need to stay here" Alex said as she shook her head. "I'm sorry, sweetie" the agent ruffled her hair as she just looked away without saying anything else, it wouldn't matter anyway.
She stayed inside that room for a few more seconds before following them into the med bay, she really wanted to know what was happening and why they didn't want to tell her.
Tears welled up in her eyes when she saw the person that was inside that room, a wide smile on her face as she tried not to trip with her own feet while running towards him.
"Mon-El!" she exclaimed getting everyone to look at her, but she didn't care, because all she wanted to do was to get to him.
Between excitement and happiness she reached to hug his legs, tears now falling down her cheeks as he picked her up to embrace her, her tiny face buried in his neck while clinging to his shirt trying to confirm that he was really there.
"I've missed you" she whispered pulling away from him a little.
"I've missed you, too, kiddo" Mon-El smiled before she hugged him again still crying. "Hey, I'm here, it's okay, sweetheart" he whispered soothing her.
She stared at him for a few seconds, he looked different, maybe it was the beard, but she could tell that Mon-El had changed during that time, which broke her heart still hoping that he would be the same person she knew.
For a moment her gaze focused on the woman that was laying on the stretcher, all of them were looking at her, but she could affirm that she didn't know her.
"Are there any updates?" Mon-El asked leaving her on the floor before turning towards Winn and Alex.
"She's stable for now" Alex answered as she approached her cousin.
"Well, we're still analyzing her genetic makeup so we can treat her properly. I mean, is there anything you can tell us to help?" Winn asked Mon-El.
"She's from Titan" he answered. "Without power to the ship, she may have been off life support longer than we think" he commented.
"Who is she?" her cousin asked.
"Her name's Imra" Mon-El said without looking at her. "Winn, will you let me know if her condition changes?" he asked shortly before leaving the room, making Winn nod.
"He's from the future" Kara commented making her frown, What was she talking about? "Stay here, Halley" her cousin asked her, so she nodded before she left the room, moment in which she looked at Alex.
"Mon-El is from the future?" she asked confused.
"Umm... He is" Alex answered picking her up.
"But he's back" she commented with a huge smile.
"Apparently he is, you're excited, huh?" the agent tickled her as she nodded while giggling.
Shortly after the woman woke up confused, but asking for Mon-El, so Alex tried to contain her inside that room, but Imra, as Mon-El had called her, ended up running away from there.
When her cousin came back, she could see tears in her eyes, which made her frown, sad of seeing her cousin crying in her sister's arms.
"Come on, baby, we're going home" Kara told her once she was calmer.
She said goodbye to Alex before grabbing her cousin's hand ready to leave, knowing that for the first night both of them would finally sleep, Mon-El was back at home.
"Pleaaaseee" she begged as Kara sighed. "I want to stay with him for a little while" she tried to convince her.
"Okay, okay" Kara finally answered smiling.
Both of them walked to the DEO, the book on her backpack as she kept Saffire in her arms, a wide smile when she saw Mon-El.
"Mon-El!" she exclaimed getting him to look at her, crouching to take her in his arms, embracing her tightly.
"Hi, kiddo" he whispered.
"She has everything in her backpack, Alex will pick her up" her cousin told him. "I'll see you later, baby, have fun" Kara ruffled her hair before flying away.
"What do you want to do?" he asked while walking to same room they had spent so many days drawing and playing together, sitting her on a chair.
"Dragons" she smiled pulling out the book, she had so many doubts about them that she didn't know what she should ask first.
Mon-El smiled while sitting next to her, answering to each of her questions, explaining her everything she hadn't understand and curious facts about each kind.
She could see a sad gaze when she showed him the picture that was inside the book, she could assure that he missed his beloved dragon and the truth was that she would have liked to meet Saffire.
"Saffire was beautiful" she commented, Mon-El still staring at the picture longingly, so, not wanting to keep seeing him sad, she hugged him, her head resting on his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.
"You know, I've missed all these little moments with you, kiddo" Mon-El whispered kissing her forehead.
"Kara said you're from the future" she pulled away from him a little.
"I am, I've been in the future for the past seven years" he answered as she frown.
"But it's only been seven months" she looked at him confused.
"I know, it's complicated, sweetheart, but what matters it that now I'm here with you" Mon-El brushed her hair away from her face. "Hey, I've heard that you started school, Do you like it?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm learning a lot of things and I have a best friend, Levi, he likes dragons, too" she answered excitedly, she really liked going to school.
"That sounds cool" he smiled.
"What are you two excited about?" Winn asked entering the room with Imra. "I was showing her around, but I guess she will stay here, right?" he said to what the woman nod.
She kept herself close to Mon-El her face hidden in his neck, making him laugh a little while hugging her for a few seconds before trying pull her away, but she resisted.
"She's a little shy" he explained while tickling her, so she couldn't avoid giggling. "Halley, kiddo, she's Imra Ardeen, my wife" Mon-El told her as she observed the woman. "Imra, she's Halley, Kara's cousin" he introduced her.
"She's little Halley?" Imra asked making Mon-El to nod. "Oh, hi, kiddo" the woman smiled at her.
"Are you from the future?" she asked her just being curious.
"I am" Imra answered her.
"Wow, that's so cool!" she exclaimed making both of them to laugh.
She continued to ask questions, that time about the future, not getting an answer for every question, but being really excited for all the little things Mon-El was explaining her.
She ended up in Mon-El's arms with her head leaning on his chest and her eyes closed, listening to his heartbeat while relaxing, soon falling deeply asleep as he continued to stroke her hair.
Hi!
Halley finally knows that Mon-El is back! I love their relationship, they're so adorable and it's so nice to write those little moments of them.
Next chapter will be the Earth-x crossover, Halley is going to be shocked to see another Kara.
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin