Kara didn't even remember what had happened, but the feeling of not being able to breath was still there, opening her eyes only to find that she had some kind of helmet, which only increased her panic.
Claustrophobia. She had never admitted it before, but ever since she spent so many years inside that pod, alone, it was like if she couldn't breath, that she couldn't move, paralized by the fear.
"What's... what's happening? Why am I in here? Get me out!" she freaked out as her sister appeared in front of her, gently pushing her back to the bed.
"Hey, it's okay. Just breathe, I'm here" her sister tried to calm her down, but not effectively. "Mercy fired kryptonite into the air" Alex finally explained.
"God, I can't breathe. I can't breathe." she stated panicking once again, her sister trying to calm her down, which she did after a few seconds. "I'm okay. Tell me everything" she asked before realizing that her baby cousin had to be affected by the kryptonite as well. "Halley? Where is she?" she questioned.
"I didn't have a choice, she's safe, I took her to Argo" her sister answered as she felt the panic raising again, not being able to imagine how Halley should be feeling.
"She has to be afraid" she whispered knowing that her cousin wouldn't deal well with everything that was happening. "You did the right thing" she told her sister after observing the worry on her face.
Halley was probably scared of what was happening, not understanding why it was her the only one to be sent there.
"Dev-Em is in Argo as well, you weren't... Supergirl can't dissappear like that" Alex said as she nodded, they were going to find a way to clean the atmosphere, so everything would go back to normal.
The sun was hitting directly into her face as she opened her tired blue eyes, taking deep and sharp breaths while observing her surroundings, she wasn't at home, in her room, but she knew where she was, Argo.
"Hey, How are you feeling, sweetie?" her aunt asked entering the room as she tried to remember why she was there.
"Kara?" she questioned, observing how Alura's face changed. "Why am I here?" she asked having the feeling that something bad had happened.
"Someone fired kryptonite into the air" her aunt explained as she frowned worried. "Kara is fine, she's still in Earth, apparently Lena Luthor created a suit that is filtering the kryptonite out of her body" Alura explained as she bowed her head down. "It's okay, sweetie, you're going to be back with them as soon as they get rid of the kryptonite" her aunt gently brushed her hair away of her little face.
She nodded slowly. Tears being contained in her eyes, blinking to let them fall as she tried not to break down, but it wasn't easy, not when her cousin was in Earth surrounded by kryptonite and her best friend was in a coma, she couldn't be alright with all of that.
Her aunt embraced her tightly and she didn't avoid it, leaning into the embrace as she started sobbing, afraid, she couldn't lose her cousin.
"Hey, how... You're awake" Clark smiled from the door, observing her. "Are you okay, kiddo?" he asked, but she didn't nod.
She observed how her aunt and Clark looked at each other as if they were worried about her, about how she was reacting, but, honestly, What were they expecting?
They both convinced her to get out of the room, even if she didn't want to, Lois was waiting for them at the living room, a new worry gaze that stared at her as soon as she appeared.
A little smile was drawn in her lips as soon as she saw little Comet running to her, so she dropped herself to her knees so she could embrace the puppy.
"Hi, Comet" she hugged him tightly.
"He's not so little anymore" Lois commented crouching down beside her, gently petting the dog. "You okay?" the woman looked at her, but she shook her head. "It's okay, kiddo, everything will be alright" the reporter embraced her.
She stayed like that for as long as possible, grateful of being loved by so many people that wanted the best for her.
After getting ready the four of them went for a walk along with Comet, who was pulling from his leash to run towards a park, so she did not hesitate to run with him.
"You have a puppy?" someone asked, getting her to look up only to find the same kid that Mon-El introduced to them. "I'm Val" the kid smiled as she was grabbing Comet leash protectively, relaxing little by little.
"I'm Halley and he's Comet" she petted the dog, feeling observed by Val, who didn't seem to be sure about touching the puppy. "You can pet him, he's good" she told him, observing how he was barely touching Comet.
Little by little both of them started playing with Comet, answering all his questions about how was life on Earth, but not wanting to go back home when her aunt told her so.
However, after promising that they would meet the next day, they took a walk around the market, remembering that time she had done the same with Kara and Mon-El.
At that moment she bowed down her head in tears, she missed them both, but the worst thing was not knowing how they were.
"Mommy!" she exclaimed getting loose from the officer's hand to run towards her mother, who picked her up to embrace her.
"Hi, my sweet angel" her mom kissed her forehead before she turned her head to look at her father, who wasn't even looking at her, he was mad.
"Thanks for taking care of her, we were really worried" her father said, obviously lying, he wasn't worried at all.
"It wasn't a problem, she's a good child" the officer answered.
The way back home was silent, none saying a word, her head resting on her mother's shoulder as she kept her eyes closed, not wanting to imagine what was going to happen as soon as they got to the spaceship.
"Why did you follow your mother?" her father asked demanding an answer.
"Non..." her mom said still embracing her tightly. "You shouldn't have followed me, sweetie" her mother gently brushed her hair away from her face.
"Do you think that's enough?" Non questioned. "She's not going to learn with you being so soft" her father commented as her mom left her on the floor.
"I'm sorry" she murmured looking at her feet.
Her parents just looked at her for a few seconds, her mother getting herself in front of her before grabbing her hand to take her to her room.
"Don't walk away from this, Astra" her father exclaimed. "She needs discipline" he said.
"No. She's four, she needs to be a kid" her mom turned around. "Go to your room, baby" she told her.
She barely nodded, but stopping at the hallway when she heard them arguing, her gaze focusing getting blurry as she tried not to cry. It had been her fault after all, so she turned to go back inside that room.
Her father was about to slap her mom, moment in which she run to push him away, getting it, her father observing her surprised.
"You didn't" he shook his head as her mom grabbed her arm to pulled her away from him. "No. I'm done with all of this" her father said taking her by her arm to practically drag her out of the room.
At that moment she was sobbing, hearing her mother's screams begging him to stop, but knowing that it wouldn't matter how much she tried, there was nothing that would stop him.
He pushed her inside a room, her eyes closed as she didn't want to know what was going to happen. Her father kicked her directly into her ribs, her mom trying to push him away, but that only got from him to kicked her on her stomach, the taste of blood starting to appear in her mouth.
She opened her eyes slowly before trying to sit up, she needed to rid off of that taste, but she ended up throwing up instead of spitting it.
"Shh, baby girl" her mom took her in her arms, she was crying as well. "Someday it will be just you and I, I promise" she kissed her forehead.
She tried to nod, her whole body hurting so much that she couldn't even move, just closing her eyes as she hoped for that day to come soon."
She opened her eyes startled, tears falling down her cheeks as the room's door was opened, her aunt appearing in front of her.
"Hey, hey, What happened?" Alura asked sitting on the edge of the bed, but she didn't gave her time to react before sitting up looking for her embrace. "It's okay, kiddo" her aunt hugged her tightly.
It had been a long time since she had dreamed about him, about everything she had lived in that prison that she used to call home.
She hid her face in her aunt's neck, sobbing while gripping with her tiny hands the dress that Alura was wearing.
"It hurts" she sobbed.
"What does it hurt?" her aunt pulled her away for a little bit as she pointed at her stomach. "Your tummy?" Alura asked as she nodded. "It's okay, baby girl" the woman rubbed circles over her tummy as if she was trying to comfort her.
Alura didn't say anything else, just holding her close as she kept crying, wanting to forget all the memories that were assaulting her at that moment.
She closed her eyes once again just wanting to be carried away by unconsciousness.
Kara walked with Clark into the living room, Earth was free from kryptonite, so she could finally pick up Halley to bring her back.
"Kara?" her mom asked as she smiled before walking up to her to embrace her. "You're okay?" her mother pulled her away.
"I am, I'm here to pick Halley up" she replied before adding. "Thanks for having taken care of her" she smiled.
"Don't worry, she's an amazing child" her mom told her before grabbing her hand to guide her to where the seven year old was. "She had a rough night"
Halley was asleep on the couch with Comet curled up by her side.
Only looking at her mom she could tell what the child had been dreaming about and the truth was that it was a long time ago when her cousin had had the last nightmare.
She kneeled down by her side, gently brushing the hair that was falling over the kid's face, Comet opening his eyes after her movement.
"Hi, Comet" she took the puppy in her arms. "You've been taking care of her, too, huh?" she questioned caressing the dog, which didn't hesitate to turn his face so he could lick her face. "That's a 'yes'" she smiled.
"He's been laying beside her all morning" her mom commented.
"Did she tell you about what it was?" she asked.
"Non" her mother answered.
She nodded slightly before looking at her cousin with sadness, still not understanding how someone was able to hurt a child that way.
The seven year old stirred, opening her eyes slowly, so she smiled while gently brushing her cousin's hair away from her face.
"Hey, baby" she whispered observing how the child looked at her confused. "How are you?" she asked.
However, her cousin didn't answer anything, just looking at her for a few more seconds before throwing herself into her arms, so she couldn't avoid embracing her as tight as possible.
Halley buried her face in her neck, her tiny hands clinging from her cape, so she couldn't pull her away, not even a little.
"We're going back home, kiddo" she told her, the child pulling herself away.
"Mon-El?" Halley asked practically begging for news about him.
"He's awake, I talked to him yesterday, I'll take you to the DEO tomorrow, okay?" she answered before kissing her forehead. "And now, come on, Alex is dying to see you" she commented with a smile.
She stayed holding Comet's leash while her cousin said goodbye to everyone, Lois keeping the child close while embracing her, Kal-El just tickling her a little to make her laugh, but she had to contain her tears when she observed the huge smile that appeared in her cousin's face when her mother embraced the child.
That child was loved by everyone there, so she couldn't be happier knowing that it would always be someone who would look out for that child if something happened to her, that her baby cousin would never be alone.
Hi!
It's been a long time since I published a chapter, but I've been having exams, I still have. However, I hope to be able to publish soon.
This chapter is not my favorite one, but it will get better next chapters.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin