Halley hadn't been talking to her for the past two weeks, not even saying one single word when Alex handed her the phone every night, which was making her realize that the little one wasn't going to forgive her, at least not that easily.
That night wasn't different, her sister answered to her phone call and told her how the child was doing, but Halley..., her cousin just screamed 'No!' before running away. breaking her heart as she couldn't avoid feeling guilty, she had abandoned the child.
"I'm sorry, Kara, she's still refusing to talk to you" her sister told her with sadness in her voice.
"No, It's okay" she whispered as she always did every night when that happened.
However, tears found their way out of her eyes the moment she hang up, which broke her heart as she couldn't avoid feeling guilty, she had abandoned the child.
'It was for the best' she told herself. Apparently Halley's dreams had been happening with less frequent and in those two weeks, the child hadn't been possessed, so at least something was going as it was expected.
For a moment she stood at the med bay door staring at her sister and her best friend, worriness all over her face as she remembered that they still didn't have a cure for the illness that Pestilence was spreading around the city.
She turned when she heard Halley's voice, who was holding Mon-El's hand while telling him something, however, even though it was the first time they saw each other for the first time in two weeks, her cousin didn't run at her or even look at her, just standing next to Mon-El with her head bowed.
"Hey, baby" she tried to start a conversation with her, but the child didn't say anything.
"Halley, kiddo, Don't you want to say hi to your cousin?" Mon-El asked kneeling beside the child.
"She's going to abandon me again" her cousin answered before letting go of his hand and running away, which brought tears to her eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Kara" he apologized looking straight into her eyes. "How are you doing?" he asked.
"It's hard, I'm afraid she might hate me when all of this ends" she wiped the tears that were starting to run down her cheeks.
"That child loves you, she will come around, she just needs time" Mon-El tried to reassure her, to what she smiled softly.
She didn't try to talk to her cousin, just observing the child from the distance, smiling when she saw the six year old laughing while playing with Mon-El.
Halley was right, the war wasn't over yet and until that happened, she wouldn't bring her back home, so she couldn't blame the child for being mad as her for that reason, however, it didn't hurt less.
She was ready to action as soon as she heard that they knew where Pestilence was, but stopping the moment she realized that none was staying with Halley.
Mon-El seemed to noticed her distress, because he looked at her for a few seconds before approaching asking Brainy to stay with the six year old during the time they were out.
"Me?!" Brainy exclaimed. "I'm not even sure if I'm good taking care of kids" the coluan commented.
"She's reading a book right now, just watch after her" Mon-El told him, still being able to observed how Brainy hesitated.
"You're gonna do it great, I trust you" she smiled at him. "Tell J'onn if something happens" she told him.
Brainy just stared at them for a few more seconds before leaving to the room where the child was.
She tried so hard to bring back Pestilence human's side, to bring back Grace, but it seemed to be a waste of time, because unlike the other two worldkillers, her humanity was gone, which made her realized that her plan wasn't the best and that they should come up with another idea, different from Imra's, who wanted to kill the Worldkiller.
Pestilence was holding her by her neck, seeing how her nails grow longer as she fought to be able to breathe. However, for a few seconds, her gaze met two blue eyes that she knew really well, her heart skipping a beat as she observed how the six year old punched the Worldkiller to what she found herself blinking only to make sure that it wasn't an illusion.
"Halley..." her cousin's name escaped her lips, getting the Worldkiller attention, who looked between both cousins before approaching the youngest one.
She observed in horror how Pestilence grabbed Halley's arm as cousin's fight to get rip off the grip, herself flying closer to them with the purpose of saving her baby cousin.
"Oh, Supergirl, I have something you want" the Worldkiller smiled gripping tighter the child between her arms, one of her hands over Halley's cheek.
"Let her go, she's just a child, just leave her out of this" she demanded only getting the Worldkiller to laugh.
"Why would I do that?" Pestilence asked with mockery. "A sweet little Kryptonian..." the Worldkiller caressed the child's hair. "What a pity that she won't have a longer life" Pestilence released the child from grip, observing how her cousin was falling to the ground, so she didn't have any other choice than flying to pick her up.
"I got you, baby" she whispered once her cousin was in her arms, letting herself landed on the ground to take a closer look to the child.
A scratch was presented on Halley's left cheek, which looked infected just like Alex and Winn's, also her nose was bleeding and her eyes remained closed.
"Halley, hey, stay awake" she asked her cousin, who barely nodded opening her blue eyes. "That's it, you're gonna be fine, I promise" she embraced her tightly, taking her time, because that was the first time she was holding her baby cousin for the last two weeks and she would have liked for that moment to be in different circumstances.
She knew that Mon-El and Imra were fighting Pestilence as she was kneeling on the floor with Halley in her arms.
They needed a cure, she couldn't lose her sister and cousin on the same day because of the same reason, and the fact that she couldn't do anything about it was starting to consume her.
She saw Mon-El running at them, kneeling down beside them as Imra held Pestilence inside a force-field before punctured the Worldkiller in the heart with the needle with the serum that would kill her.
Pestilence fell to the ground affected by the serum, all of them watching what was happening in front of them.
"She's here" the Worldkiller looked to the sky when Purity appeared.
"Julia" she named her, hoping to bring back her human side.
However, Purity screamed at them, creating a wave that knocked them into the ground, so she focused in protecting her cousin, who brought her little hands to her ears between sobs as both worldkillers left.
"I don't understand, she was dying" Imra complained standing up.
"Purity made her stronger" Mon-El commented getting up as well, so she did too.
"Wait..., it's hers, It's her DNA" Saturn Girl smiled picking the needle.
"Is that enough for Brainy to alter the cure?" she asked holding her cousin closer to herself.
"More than enough" Imra answered her, for the first time giving her hope.
"Did you hear that, baby? You're gonna be fine" she kissed Halley's forehead, her cousin was burning.
During the way back to the DEO she held her cousin as tight as possible, the child had fallen unconscious shortly after she leaped into the sky, Mon-El and Imra following behind her as if they wanted to give her a little time alone with the six year old.
Brainy apologized to her repeatedly because the child had disappeared under his watch, but what only mattered for her at that moment was for all of them to be cured.
Halley was put under the lamps while the cure was being injected into her blood, her eyes remaining closed as well as Alex's, it was just the two of them, because Winn as soon as he had awoke, he had gone back to work, so now she was sitting in a stool between both stretchers, just waiting for them to wake up.
"Kara?" her sister murmured as she moved closer to her.
"I'm here, you're okay" she whispered as her sister opened her eyes to look at her before observing the child that was laying on the other bed.
"Halley?" Alex questioned with so much worriness.
"She's okay, just resting" she answered not wanting to worry her sister, who just nodded not making more questions about it.
It took a little longer for her cousin to wake up, observing how the child looked around a little bit disoriented, but finally staring at her.
Halley bowed her head and looked at Mon-El, who was sitting on her other side, the daxamite had refused to leave until he was sure that the six year old was fine, which she couldn't denied, the little one would appreciate having her best friend there.
"How are you feeling?" she asked to what her cousin shrugged. "Halley, baby, talk to me... I know you're mad and I'm sorry..." she felt tears in her eyes, Halley looking straight into her eyes.
"I don't like when you're sad" her cousin murmured, her tiny hands on her cheeks to wipe the tears that had managed their way out of her eyes.
"I disappointed you, little one" she couldn't hold her tears any longer, the six year old just staring at her with sadness all over her face.
Halley didn't answer anything, she just wrapped her two little arms around her neck to embrace her, her little head resting on her shoulder as she hugged her back, keeping her as close as possible.
"I forgive you" her cousin whispered as she pulled her away a little.
"You do?" she asked seeing her nodded. "I love you so much, baby girl" she embraced her again.
"I love you, too" Halley smiled. "I have to go back with Alex tonight, right?" her cousin asked.
"Yeah, but we'll see each other every day, okay, I won't let you feel that I have abandoned you never again, kiddo" she answered seeing a wide smile in her cousin's face. "Halley, Why did you go there this evening?" she asked.
"I wanted to help, the sooner they leave, the sooner I'll be back with you" the six year old explained.
"Okay, but you know it was reckless and dangerous, right?" she questioned, seeing her cousin nod.
"I want to be a hero like you, I thought I could help" Halley bowed her head.
"Sweetheart, someday you'll be a great hero, but now you're too young" she held the child's face. "Just focus on being a child, you'll make the choice of being a hero or not when you get a little older" she told her. "But remember, you don't need a cape to be a hero, Halley and you're already are one" she looked straight into the child's eyes, seeing how they were even brighter.
Halley smiled at her, which made her smile as well, she was really thankful for having that sweet little girl in her life, hoping not to lose her as long as she lived.
Hi!
Halley did a reckless thing only to go back to her cousin. I've been having that scene in mind for a long time and at first I didn't know if it was a good idea.
I wanted to ask you something, Would you like me to continue this story with season four? Or do I skip to the future with a teenage Halley? I have some ideas about season four, but Is there something you would like to read?
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading,
Ayrin