"Where are we going?" she asked Kara after watching her packing a few clothes into a suitcase.
"We're going to Earth-1, to Barry and Iris' wedding" her cousin answered. "Alex is coming, too" Kara told her making her smile while approaching her. "Do you want to take Saffire?" her cousin asked making her shook her head.
"What if I lose him?" she questioned when Kara looked at her surprised.
She helped her cousin to get everything ready, running to the door when she heard Alex entering the loft, hugging tightly to the agent, who had kneeled down.
"Hi, kiddo" Alex smiled tickling her. "Are we ready to go?" the woman asked to what her cousin nodded.
She grabbed her cousin's hand tightly as they walked through the portal, observing everything when they appeared at STAR labs.
"Kara!" Barry exclaimed before hugging her cousin. "Hey, kiddo" he ruffled her hair as she smiled. "You must be Kara's sister, right?" he said shaking her hand.
"Alex Danvers" her cousin's sister introduced herself.
"I thought you wouldn't come" he commented. "I'm glad you three are here, she looks a lot bigger that the last time I saw you" he said as Kara brushed her brown hair away from her face.
"She's six now" her cousin smiled.
"I've had started school, too!" she exclaimed making him laugh.
"That's amazing, kiddo" Barry ruffled her hair again, before tickling her.
The four of them turn to look at every one that was entering in the room, gripping her cousin's hand tightly
"Kara, you've came!" Iris smiled approaching them.
"Hi, guys!" her cousin smiled waving her hand.
"They're Alex, Kara's sister, and Halley, her cousin" Barry introduced them as she hid behind her cousin's legs when the other two persons, a woman and man approached them.
"She's a little shy" Kara commented picking her up. "Hey, it's okay, they're friends, too" her cousin told her. "Look, she's Felicity and he's Oliver, say hi" Kara asked her, but she just looked at them for a few seconds before hiding her face.
"I know Oliver might look a little intimidating, but he's not, you don't have to be afraid of him" Barry commented while laughing, getting her to look at him. "See, he's nice" he said patting on Oliver's shoulder, making Kara laugh.
"Hi, kiddo" Oliver smiled at her showing her hand for her to high five.
She smiled a little while clapping his hand shyly, getting everyone else to smile, Kara kissing her forehead before embracing her tightly, that trip would be interesting.
She never thought that going with her cousin and Alex to Barry and Iris' wedding would end up like that, because at that moment she was under a bench after having listened to her cousin's screams, trying to stay hidden from every Nazi that they were fighting.
However, when the bench that covered her flew across the room, she couldn't avoid looking in panic at the Nazi she had in front of her, her cousin screaming her to run, but when she was about to do so, he grabbed her arm pulling from her as she tried to fight back, eventually falling unconscious.
She opened her eyes barely being able to distinguish where she was because of the small amount of light that entered in the room, observing that one of her foot was chained to the wall.
For a moment she just stayed still, memories from the last thing she remembered on her head, still being able to hear her cousin's screams as she tried to stay hidden under a bench.
Tears ran down her cheeks as she looked for a way to get out from there, her tiny hands finding a door, so she tried to pull from the doorknob, but it was locked.
She was afraid, those people had kidnapped her in a Earth she didn't even know, so she let herself fall to the ground between sobs, her knees up to her chest to rest her head on them.
She felt herself trembling as the door opened, her eyes opening wide when she saw the person that entered the room, her words not getting out of her mouth while shaking her head, it couldn't be true.
"Who do we have here?" the woman asked crouching in front of her.
"Kara" she finally was able to whisper.
"Yeah, I presume you're Halley, right?" that question made her look at the woman, not knowing what she should do.
"You're not Kara" she commented, observing her, that woman was exactly like her cousin.
"I am, not the one you know though" the woman told her. "I'm from other Earth, you can call me Overgirl"
She frowned staying away from her, not truly believing her, but feeling even more afraid when she saw the woman standing up.
"You know, in my Earth it was you who died, not your mother" her cousin's evil twin told her as the door opened again and at that moment she couldn't avoid sobbing. "I'll leave you two to catch up" Overgirl said before leaving.
"Little one" her mother's voice made her cry while closing her eyes to avoid looking at her.
"Mommy?" A sob scaped her lips as she felt a caress on her cheek.
"It's me, little one" Astra whispered as she opened her eyes slowly, looking directly into her mother's eyes. "It's mommy, baby" her mother smiled.
Halley just looked at that woman kind of terrified, she might looked like her mom, but she wasn't, that wasn't even her home.
Her small body shake with so much nervousness, which made her moved away before Astra could touch her face again.
"Don't be afraid, my child" Astra whispered putting her hand on her face. "It's all right" the woman kissed her forehead.
The child surrendered herself into her mother's arms, letting her held her as she leaned her head on her shoulder and started crying again.
Protection. That was all she could feel in her mother's embrace, feeling that none would ever hurt her again. However, even though what she was feeling, her mind was keeping her on alert, she needed to know what had happened with her cousin, really having a bad feeling about it.
"Kara..., Is she okay?" she asked while pulling away from Astra.
"Not really, but it's gonna be okay, she just needs a new heart" her mother told her, making her step away.
They wanted to kill her cousin, Kara was in danger and that woman in front of her wasn't her mother, even if she felt good in her arms, she couldn't stay there with her.
She observed how the woman removed the chain from her foot, what made her sighed in relief, but being curious about why she had done it.
"Do you come with me?" Astra offered her her hand.
"No" she shook her head. "I want to go home" she whispered.
"You're home, little one" the woman told her as she tried to keep the distance between them as much as possible, but Astra scooped her up no giving her time to react.
She tried to kick against her, but not getting anything, so she ended up surrendering with her head leaning on the woman's shoulder.
She hid her face when she saw Overgirl, really scared from her, but observing cautiously where she was and who was there as well, her gaze focusing in a man that looked like Oliver, but that she could presume that he wasn't the same one she had met.
"Supergirl is ready" she heard them talking, which made her close her eyes, she couldn't loose her cousin.
"Okay, then it's time for the child to say goodbye to her" Overgirl said taking her from Astra's arms. "Don't worry, you'll see your cousin soon" the evil version of her cousin told her.
She didn't say anything, just resting her head on Overgirl's shoulder while observing cautiously where the older kryptonian was taking her, tears streaming down her cheeks when she saw her cousin laying on a stretcher tied at it.
"Wake up, Supergirl, I brought a surprise" Overgirl said as her cousin opened her eyes.
"Halley" it was just a whispered, but it made her to start sobbing.
She stretched her arms towards her cousin, but Overgirl increased the strength of the grip making her whine.
For a moment she stayed still just looking at her cousin and back to Overgirl, seeing both of them in the same place was being really confusing for her, only wanting to hug her cousin and seek for her protection, she wanted to go back home.
"Let her go" her cousin asked. "She's just a child, she doesn't need to go through all of this" Kara said looking for compassion, but her evil twin just laughed at that.
"Well, she has a family now, she has her mother" Overgirl answered as her cousin frown, finally sitting her on the stretcher.
She was aware that her cousin couldn't embrace her, but that didn't stop her from leaning onto her, hugging her while resting her head on Kara's shoulder only to listen to her heartbeat as she started crying again.
She felt how Kara struggled trying to embrace her, noticing how her cousin started sobbing as well, but whispering reassuring words into her ear to calm her down.
She looked up to meet her cousin's eyes when she heard her speaking in daxamite, she was glad to be able to understand her, barely nodding to what Kara was asking her to do before kissing her cousin's cheek.
"I love you" she whispered.
"I love you, too, baby" Kara tried to smile at her.
She waited for the exact moment when Overgirl was distracted to jump from the stretcher and start running only trying to reach someone she could knew.
However, she freezed when she ran into the exact same person of her nightmares, shivering as she heard his voice.
"Where are you going, kid?" Non asked crouching in front of her as she tried back up.
Her heart pounding heavily in her chest, fighting against her own tears while walking backwards ready to run away, but he was faster and he grabbed her right arm to prevent her from moving.
"Don't hurt me, please" she begged barely looking at him.
"Then don't run away" he told her making her nod. "Let's go, I bet your mother is looking for you" Non picked her up to start walking.
She rested her head on his shoulder as she close her eyes, feeling hungry and really tired, she wasn't even sure when was the last time she had eaten, breakfast? How long had she been unconscious?
The way back to the place where her 'mother' was, was taking longer than before, at least it felt like it for her, maybe it was because of her tiredness.
"I'm hungry" she couldn't avoid complaining.
"You will eat when we get there" he answered her.
"How long will it take?" she asked getting impatient, after she was just a six year old and she wanted to stay as far as possible from him.
"I don't know, stop making questions, Halley" Non answered sharply at her.
She nodded not wanting to make him angry, feeling relieved when he left her on the floor in front of her 'mom', making Astra to look at both of them for a few seconds before smiling slightly and kneel down to embrace her.
"You scared me, I thought something bad had happened to you" Astra whispered keeping her close. "Don't ever do that again, okay?" the woman asked her, but she couldn't nod because she would do it again if it was necessary.
She spent the rest of the day being guard by Astra and Non, not being able to go anywhere without telling them, feeling observed every time she moved.
She turned to watch how Dark Arrow and Overgirl were talking, silently tears falling down her cheeks as she bowed down her head, they couldn't kill her cousin, she couldn't lose her.
"Hey, it's okay" her 'mom' approached her. "You don't have to be sad, it will be okay, little one" the woman kissed her forehead making her sob.
All of that was too much for her to understand, because every time she looked at that woman she saw her mother, but not the same one she would recognize. She hadn't found the same warm eyes that would look at her with so much compassion, or those arms that would keep her safe against everything that could hurt her.
"They can't kill her" she whispered between sobs. "If they kill her, it will be as if they were killing my mommy again" she cried looking for compassion.
"That's not true, you have me now" Astra told her to what she shook her head.
"You're not my mom, you will never be" she told her while shaking her head. "I just want to go back home with my cousin, don't hurt her please" she begged looking directly into her 'mother's' eyes.
She could observed how Astra was thinking about an answer to give her, only wiping with her thumb the tears that were streaming down her cheeks.
Without saying anything, the woman just picked her up and started walking away from that room, which confused her as she didn't understand what was happening, but she wasn't going to discuss it at that moment.
"I need you to stay here, okay?" Astra told her leaving her in the floor. "I'll be back, you're cousin will be fine, just stay here and don't make any sound" the woman said shortly after leaving her alone in what looked like a storage room.
She walked backwards when she heard the door opening, her heartbeats increasing as she observed the person who had stept in, Green Arrow. However, she stayed still not knowing if she should believe that it was really him.
"Hey, What are you doing here?" he asked kneeling in front of her. "It's me, Oliver, Do you remember me?" he questioned, but she didn't answer, still not trusting him. "I need you trust me, kiddo, I know you trust Barry more, but I'm here to help too" he said making her nod, it was really him. "Okay, come with me, I'm going to take you somewhere safe" he told her picking her up.
Oliver kept her close to him the moment he walked inside a room, forcing her not to look to whatever that was happening there.
She turned her head slowly, observing the scene, her gaze focusing on her cousin for a few seconds before looking at Astra and Dark Arrow.
"You're a traitor, Supergirl won't leave alive" Dark Arrow spoke.
"We're not hurting her, that child need her, there has to be another way to do it" Astra answered standing in front of Kara.
She saw how Dark Arrow shot her 'mom' directly into the heart as she started crying, hiding her face in Oliver's neck not being able to look at the scene, but he leave her on the floor to fight his evil self.
At that moment she ran towards her cousin, hugging her legs, barely looking at the body that was laying next to them, feeling sick when she saw her 'mother's' lifeless eyes, which brought back too many memories.
She couldn't avoid stepping away from Kara to throw up, she couldn't bare being there for longer, tears still running down her cheeks when she looked at her cousin, who was trying her best to comfort her.
"It's okay, kiddo" Kara whispered picking her up, embracing her tightly. "You're safe" her cousin kissed her hair.
"You?" she asked in just a whispered.
"I'm fine, I'm better now that I'm with you, baby" her cousin told her holding her as tight as possible.
She nodded before resting her head on her cousin's shoulder, her eyes closed, at least both of them where safe for now.
It had been difficult, but they were really a team and they had managed to defend their Earth, defeating the Nazis.
She could still remember how scared she was when Kara and Alex went out to fight, fearing of losing them both, but they made it safely, at least that's what they told her and she wasn't going to argue because the only thing she wanted now was to go back home.
"Take care, guys" her cousin said. "Say goodbye, baby" Kara told her before doing it herself.
"Do you give me a hug?" Oliver asked crouching to her height, to what she smiled while hugging him.
"Oh, that's a hug" Kara laughed.
"What about me?" asked Barry, so she pulled away from Oliver to hugged him for a few seconds.
She said goodbye to Felicity and Iris before grabbing her cousin's hand to walk through the portal along with Alex, they were finally going back home.
Hi!
It's been a while since I published the last chapter, I'm sorry it took me so long, but I this chapter was like really hard to write because I been having writer's block.
I read that some of you asked for Halley to misbehave and I may be exploring that in next chapter. Tell if there's something you want to see about that, somenthig Halley could do or how Kara could react.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin