At her six years old, she hated farewells, she hated saying goodbye to the people she loved, that had taken her in after her cousin found her that day in Fort Rozz.
Every single one of them had become a family for her, so that was why she was so upset about saying goodbye to them, not knowing when they would see them again.
During those past days she had said goodbye to her friends at school, her teacher and Kara's friends at CatCo, not being able to contain her tears when her cousin's best friend embraced her, she was going to miss Lena.
At that moment they were throwing a party at the DEO to thank Supergirl everything she had done for the city, however, it wasn't easy being there, because when her eyes met Mon-El's, she started crying because it had been a few weeks since he almost left and now it was them who were leaving.
"Hey, kiddo" he smiled at her as she bowed down her head. "It's okay, Halley" Mon-El whispered picking her up. "It was supposed to be a surprise, but I hate seeing you that upset, sweetie" he kissed her hair. "I'm going with you two to Argo" the daxamite finally told her.
"Really?" she asked putting her hands on his shoulders to pull herself away a little bit, a smile on her face when she saw him nod.
"I'll be waiting the Legion there, but until they come back, we'll have a lot of time to spend together, okay?" Mon-El ruffled her hair before kissing her forehead.
She nodded at his words. He was going to leave eventually, but until that happened, they would be together.
Mon-El left her on the floor after her cousin called her, Alex beside Kara, which made her wiped the tears that were starting to fall down her cheeks before walking towards them, her arms wrapping Alex's legs.
"Oh, sweetheart" the agent whispered while picking her up. "I'm gonna miss you so much" Alex said embracing her tightly.
She sobbed keeping herself close to the agent, who was crying as well, her cousin hugging both of them.
When she first found out that Alex was the reason why her mom was dead, she thought that she would never be able to forgive her, but at that moment she knew that she couldn't imagine her life without Alex, because the agent had always been there for her even in the toughest time.
"I love you" she whispered.
"I love you, too, kiddo" Alex kissed her forehead.
She tried to smile the rest of the afternoon, that wasn't a farewell, she would see them again, but until then she would enjoy learning from the kryptonian culture.
She was nervous, anxious to finally arrive, but at the same time she was battling her own tiredness, eventually falling asleep in her cousin's arms.
She woke up when she felt that someone was picking her up, her head resting on Mon-El's shoulder as she tried to remain awake, but closing her eyes, her arms holding Saffire as close as possible.
"Hey, baby, we're here" Kara gently brushed her hair away from her face. "Okay" her cousin whispered before they walked out of the ship, the sun hitting straight to her face as she tried to hide it in his neck.
"It's so good to have you back, Kara Zor-El" she heard someone talking.
"It's good to be back" her cousin said.
"Welcome home" she heard a different voice.
"Hey, kiddo" Kara whispered taking her from Mon-El's arms, what made her open her bright blue eyes meeting the woman that was in front of them.
That woman looked exactly like her mother, so she couldn't stop the tears that were about to run down her cheeks, turning her head to the other way as she tried to calm down.
She knew that her mother and aunt were twins, but at that moment it was hard looking at Alura without thinking about her mom, about how she had lost her.
"I think it's too much for her" her cousin commented rubbing circles on her back trying to comfort her. "It's okay, baby" Kara kissed her forehead before pulling her away a little to look at her eyes. "Oh, sweetheart, I know, Do you remember what I told you?" her cousin asked to what she nodded, her mother would always be with her.
After calming down she turned her head to look at her aunt, Alura smiling softly at her while daring to caress her cheek, putting her hair behind her ear as she observed her.
"Hi, sweetie" Alura smiled making her smile shyly.
"She's a little shy at first..., well, except with Mon-El" Kara commented. "Do you give her a hug?" her cousin asked as she just stayed still for a few seconds without knowing what to do, but nodding eventually.
Her cousin left her on the ground as her aunt crouched to her height so they could hug each other, doing it slowly, but letting herself being embraced by Alura, who held her as close as possible.
She rested her head on her shoulder while letting all the tears to come out of her eyes, feeling safe in her aunt arms, just as she felt in Kara's, but being overwhelmed by the fact that Alura looked exactly the same as her mom.
"Welcome to Argo, Halley" her aunt pulled her away, grabbing her face in her hands.
"She was really excited about coming, right, baby?" her cousin whispered gently caressing her hair as she nodded.
After getting themselves into comfortable clothes, she sat besides her cousin, her beloved dragon resting between her arms as she observed quietly the objects that were inside a wood box.
She looked at her cousin for a few seconds before daring to take the book that was inside the box, caressing with the fingertips the cover as she read the title in kryptonese.
"You know how to read in kryptonese?" Alura asked surprised while approaching them.
"Mommy taught me" she answered, before returning to read the book.
"It's really you!" someone exclaimed entering the living room.
"Thara?" Her cousin asked in disbelief while getting up.
"We all thought you were dead" The woman commented before hugging Kara. "I can't believe my eyes"
"Neither can I" Kara smiled embracing her friend. "Thara Ak-Var, this is Mon-El of the Legion of Superheroes and she's my baby cousin, Halley" her cousin introduced them, so she smiled shyly.
"Hi, sweetheart" Her cousin's friend smiled at her. "I'd love for you to meet my family" Thara told her cousin.
"Your... your family?" Kara asked.
"My husband, Lir-Al, and our two kids" Thara answered. "I think my daughter is the same age of your cousin, they could get along" the woman explained to what she looked at her cousin, having a friend in Argo didn't sound like a bad idea.
"Okay, we really need to catch up" her cousin laughed.
"You've lived on another planet all these years, a planet where you can fly?" the woman questioned excitedly.
"Yes. Uh... there's... there's so much to tell you" Kara answered.
"We'll have to climb up onto the roof, fill each other in" Thara commented to what her cousin nodded.
She observed how her cousin left the room along with Thara, wanting to follow them, but being stopped by Mon-El, who grabbed her hand in his so she couldn't run after Kara, making to look at him, worry in her eyes.
"It's okay, kiddo, she's okay" Mon-El picked her up, embracing her tightly.
"What's wrong?" Alura asked getting closer to them.
"She's afraid of something happening to Kara, they're really close" he answered as she looked at her aunt.
"Oh, sweetie, it's okay, you're all safe here" her aunt caressed her cheek. "Who's your little friend?" Alura asked pointing to the blue and golden dragon she kept between her arms.
"Saffire" she answered with a smile, showing the soft toy to the woman. "It was Mon-El's dragon and it was beautiful!" she exclaimed making both of them to laugh at her excitement.
"She loves dragons" Mon-El commented as she nodded, she loved them so much.
Halley had requested for Mon-El to read her a book before bed, being able to observe how the child had her head over his chest as he embraced tightly while reading her the tale.
She smiled slightly towards her mom, who was approaching her to observe the scene as well, because it was really tender and she had to admit that she had missed seeing it, how her cousin used to sleep at Mon-El's arms everytime she refused to go to bed, but wouldn't make it till the end of the book.
"She's a happy child" her mother commented making her to look at her.
"Well, she has needed a lot of time to recover from the pain" she explained, knowing that her cousin was still healing.
Her mom just looked at her worrily before returning to observed the six year old, who was starting to fall asleep in her best friend's arms, her bright blue eyes fighting to remain opened.
Halley had grown a lot during her time with her, the child had become even stronger after everything she had passed, but she knew that it was a long process and that the kid would still be mourning her mother for the time she needed.
"You saw the marks, didn't you?" she asked her mom, who nodded with pity. "She has changed a lot, she was a scared little girl" she commented observing the child.
"Well, I'm glad she has you, you're doing great taking care of her" her mom told her as she smiled.
"I... I just want for her to have a normal childhood, I love her so much that I can't see her hurt" she explained knowing it wouldn't be easy because there were a lot of things that made her cousin different from the rest, but they should try at least.
Her cousin didn't last so long asleep, running at fast as possible to the room only to find her mom and Mon-El already there, Halley being embraced by Alura, tears streaming down the face of the youngest one.
The six year old opening her blue eyes to look at her as she approached them, her tiny arms reaching out to her the moment she sat on the bed, her mom letting her to get closer to the child, who didn't hesitated in wrapping her arms around her.
"Do you want to tell what it was about?" she asked holding her cousin as close as possible.
"Demons" the child whispered getting her heart to skip a beat after hearing that. "I don't want them to be back" Halley sobbed snuggling closer to her.
"They're not, Reign is gone, remember?" she rubbed circles in her cousin's back wanting to calm her down. "You're safe, baby girl" she kissed her forehead.
"It felt so real" the six year old whispered with fear in her voice.
She just stared at her cousin for a few seconds, only embracing her tightly as she knew that there was nothing that would make her cousin calm down, not after dreaming about those creatures again.
She didn't understand what was happening because the child hadn't had a nightmare for weeks and that night everything seemed to be starting again, which was scaring her, it could mean that Reign was still out there even if they believe that she was dead.
After insisting for hours, the six year old finally fell asleep in her arms, just the two of them in the room by that moment, the child sleeping peacefully as she remained awake still thinking about what could be triggering those dreams again.
She woke up startled when she heard a nock on the door, her mom coming inside the room, observing both of them before sitting on the edge of the bed.
"How is she?" her mom asked gently brushing the child's hair away from her pale face.
"I don't know" she answered honestly. "She's been dreaming with demons ever since Reign appeared, but everything seemed to be back to normal... Now... Something is wrong, I... I just know that something is off" she tried to explain as the child started to stir. "Hey, baby" she whispered softly, Halley snuggling to her. "What do you think if we have breakfast and then we go for a walk so you can see the city?" she asked to what her cousin nodded. "Then we have to get you ready, kiddo" she tickled the kid.
After having breakfast, she went for a walk with her cousin and Mon-El, the child really happy about being able to see the city, asking about everything around her.
She couldn't avoid smiling while observing her cousin, finally she could feel normal again, not having anyone to save or having that feeling of everyone around being in danger.
"Why are you smiling?" Mon-El asked curiously.
"It just feels amazing to be normal. I'm actually relieved I can't fly, no one to save" she answered holding her cousin's hand. "Do you hear that undetectable sound in the distance?" she asked as he shook his head. "Exactly" she smiled.
"Mon-El!" she saw a little boy running towards them, Halley, pulling from her hand.
"Oh, hey, How you feeling, buddy?" he asked the kid.
"Good" the kid smiled.
"Hey, Kara, Halley, this is... this is Val" Mon-El introduced the little boy, her cousin looking down.
"Nice to meet you" she said before turning to Mon-El. "New friend?" she asked getting Halley to look at Mon-El, what made her laugh.
"Mon-El saved his life. Healed him with the device from his belt" Val's mom commented.
"It's a development from the future" Mon-El explained.
"Saving people without telling me, huh?" she questioned as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Is she your kid?" the woman asked pointing to Halley, getting both of them to shook their heads.
"No, no, she's my cousin" she answered. "She's a little shy, isn't that right, baby?" she ruffled her cousin's hair.
"Kar..." her cousin whispered pointing to a tower that was about to fall, only giving her a few seconds to react, picking up Halley as Mon-El did the same with Val and pushing his mom just to get somewhere safe.
Her cousin hid her face on her shoulder in tears, whispering that it was because of the demons, that they wanted her death, however, even though she would have liked to keep hearing what her cousin had to say, she managed to calm her down, not thinking it was the perfect timing for that.
Kara and Mon-El had gone out to have dinner with Thara and her husband, so she had stayed at home with Alura.
At that moment she was sitting in the porch observing the stars in the night sky, being so concentrated in that that she didn't realize that her aunt sat beside her.
"What are you doing, sweetie?" Alura asked getting her to look at her.
"Seeing the stars" she answered in a whisper.
"Your mom loved studying them" her aunt commented as she smiled a little.
"I know" she nodded. "That's why my name is Halley, it's a comet" she explained, getting her aunt to smile as well.
"It's a beautiful name" Alura commented daring to embrace her tightly.
She couldn't deny it, letting herself being held by her aunt, her head resting on Alura's shoulder as she closed her eyes.
She had to admit that she missed Earth, but she was really adoring being able to be in Argo, finally meeting that city she had only seen in pictures.
They remained like that until they heard another voice coming from the living room, both of them turning to see who it was, the woman that had welcomed them the other day along with Alura was there, her heart beating as fast as possible, she had a feeling that something was wrong.
"Selena" her aunt got up to approach the woman. "Everything okay?" Alura asked.
"I heard what happened today at the market, I wanted to make sure that no one was hurt" the woman answered, her tiny body shivering when she her gaze met hers.
She looked away quickly, not being able to avoid screaming when she distinguished a demon behind that woman, tears streaming down her cheeks as she hugged her aunt's legs.
"Hey, You're okay, sweetheart?" Alura asked brushing her hair away from her face. "I think you're having a fever" her aunt commented placing her hand over her forehead. "Can you stay with her for a moment?"
Selena nodded shortly before her aunt walked away from the room, leaving her alone with the woman, who was observing her cautiously, which was starting to get her nervous.
"You're the child of the prophecy" the woman said getting her to look at her surprised. "I know that you've been able to communicate with demons and I might need your help, little one" Selena grabbed her chin as she shook her head in fear. "Well, I don't think you like your cousin getting hurt, right?" the woman asked to what she shook her head again. "Smart choice, sweetheart"
She didn't move or even flinched when the woman touched her face, tucking her brown hair behind her ear, a sob wanting to escape her lips as she looked at the woman's eyes.
However, when her aunt returned to the room she couldn't help but ran towards her to hug her legs, only wanting to feel herself protected.
"Caretaker, measure her temperature" her aunt asked to the robot that was behind her.
She stared at the robot without even blinking not knowing what was supposed to happen, seeing how her aunt nodded after the robot spoke.
"It's okay, you're just having a low fever, sweetie" Alura told her. "I think it's bedtime" her aunt said.
"No" she whispered.
"You need to rest, sweetheart" her aunt looked at her while grabbing her hand.
"I'm letting you two rest, I see you tomorrow" Selena said before leaving, feeling how she needed to collapse, so she started sobbing without being able to control it.
She was scared. Selena had to do with the worldkillers and she could assure that Reign was still alive, maybe asleep, but the Kryptonian would reappear somehow.
Kara felt her heart racing while running back home, her mom waiting for them outside, fear seizing her as she expected for the worst.
"Where is Halley?" she asked after not finding her cousin there.
"She's... They took her, Kara" her mom answered barely looking at her.
"What? Who?" she questioned, but she already knew the answer. "Selena" she whispered.
At that moment she cluncht her fist feeling angry with herself, she had put her cousin in danger during those past days. She didn't know that Selena was a part of the Daughters of Juru, but at that time she could understand that it had been all a trick, that that woman had been waiting for the perfect time to kidnap Halley.
Tears soon appeared in her eyes, so she blinked knowing she didn't have time to cry, that the fastest they found their way back home, the fastest Halley would be back with her. She wouldn't let her cousin down, she could assure that she would fight against everything to bring her back.
Hi!
The Children of Juru has kidnapped Halley, finally moving forward to the season finale, just like the TV show.
By the way, What are your thoughts about last episode? I think it was a really emotional scene the one in the woods between the Danvers sisters, I cried a lot.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin