She and Kara had been invited by Clark to the farm, her cousin needed a break from everything that was happening back in National City, because a few days ago the President had demanded Supergirl to tell her real identity, to which her cousin had denied.
At that moment she was helping Lois at the barn while her cousin and Clark were talking outside. The woman grabbed her hand when she tripped with her own feet and a hay bale.
"Hey, Hal, careful" Lois told her shortly before a wormhole appeared in front of them, the woman putting herself in front of her as she observed cautiously the persons that appeared there. "Who are you?" the reporter questioned, but she smiled knowing who they were.
"Barry, Ollie!" she exclaimed happily running towards them as her cousin and Clark got there.
"Hi, kiddo" Oliver kneeled down to embrace her, Barry ruffling her hair.
"You've grown a lot, huh?" Barry commented as she smiled, she had lost her upper front tooth a few days ago. "Oh, look at that, you've lost a tooth" he said.
"Who are they?" Clark asked.
"They're Barry and Oliver, they're friends" her cousin answered.
"So you know that I'm Oliver and he's Barry?" Oliver asked standing up as Barry took his chance to embrace her.
"Yeah, w-why wouldn't I?" Kara asked kind of confused. "Um, you guys, this is my other cousin Clark" her cousin introduced him.
"Your cousin. That cousin? The super cousin?" Barry asked.
"Oh, please, call me Clark" Kal-El asked making both of them to nod still looking at him.
"Are you puffing your chest?" Barry questioned to Oliver, who nodded making them smiled slightly.
"Why did you guys think I wouldn't recognize you?" Her cousin asked as Oliver did use of one of Barry's powers, which made her frown.
"We could use your help" Barry whispered.
It didn't take longer until they explained what was happening in Earth-1, observing how both of them were testing each other abilities.
However, she couldn't avoid being attracted about holding one of the archs, taking an arrow as well, being curious about if she was was able to shoot or not.
"Halley!" her cousin exclaimed. "Don't shoot that arrow!" Kara told her, but she just focused her gaze on the paint can that was in front of her before shooting.
The arrow hit directly into the center, everyone looking at her surprised as she took a new arrow and shooted again, hitting the target perfectly.
She turned her head to find her cousin by her side kind of mad, so she left the arch on the grass while frowning, it was kind of relaxing.
"Did you teach her?" Oliver asked approaching them. "That was perfect, kiddo!" he exclaimed ruffling her hair.
"No, it wasn't. It was cold" her cousin answered. "Why would I teach a seven year old how to shoot?" Kara questioned.
"Well, you should, she's good" he commented with a smile.
Her cousin just shook her head before grabbing her by her hand to take her to the house, but stopping at the porch, so she just sat down in one of the chairs before calling Comet, seeing how the puppy ran over her, putting his paws on her knees.
She smiled petting the dog, starting to play with him, but standing up the moment they observed a new wormhole forming at the farm.
Cisco was the one who appeared that time there, to recruit them, moment in which her cousin looked at her as if she was thinking what to do.
"I wanna go" she begged looking directly into Kara's eyes.
"I know, baby, but it might be dangerous" her cousin told her. "You're staying with Alex, okay?" Kara gently brushed her hair away from her face as she pouted. "No, not that face, I'm sorry, kiddo, but it's for your own good" her cousin kissed her forehead before embracing her slightly.
She said goodbye to everyone before leaving from there, her cousin had called her sister to tell her what was happening, so she wouldn't be surprised when they appeared at her door.
"I'll be back soon, okay?" Kara kneeled in front of her as she nodded not even bothering to ask her to stay, she knew that her cousin wouldn't do it.
"Be safe" she asked while hugging her, Kara keeping her close.
"I will be" her cousin kissed her forehead. "Have fun, girls" the young superhero smiled before leaping into the sky.
Comet approached her, sitting beside her as she closed her eyes for a few seconds. She didn't like when Kara left and she didn't even know what was happening, it was a horrible feeling, as all she could think about was her cousin getting hurt.
"You okay, kiddo?" Alex asked kind of worried, so she nodded.
"Can we go to Kara's apartment?, I left Saffire there" she asked looking at the woman that was standing by her side.
"Yeah, sure" her cousin's sister smiled.
She took Comet leash before grabbing Alex's hand and start walking, taking a long walk before going to Kara's loft, they had to water the plants as well.
However, the moment Alex opened the door, she stood by it only observing the person that was in front. It was Kara, but part of her mind was still keeping her alert as she knew that her cousin had left to an other Earth.
"Kara? What are you doing here?" it was Alex who asked. "I thought you were leaving" the woman commented.
"Oh, I was, but I left my... My journal" her cousin answered as she frowned, Why would Kara want that notebook? "What are you doing here?" Kara asked observing them both.
"You told me to water your plants and Halley left here Saffire" Alex answered, moment in which her cousin's face changed a little bit, observing that she was confused.
She walked toward the two sisters, her attention still focusing on her cousin, something was off, but she just shook her head before approaching the couch to take Saffire and bring it close to chest, closing her eyes when she heard a different heartbeat inside the apartment.
"Halley, come on, we should get going, Kara has to go back too" Alex called her the moment she starting walking over the place where she was hearing it.
However, she just turned around while nodding, maybe it was just her imagination, so she did run to hug her cousin's legs, only wanting to wish her luck with whatever mission she would have in Earth-1, but frowning when she felt the woman hesitating about embracing her, finally crouching down to her height.
The moment her eyes met her cousin's, she knew that the person she had in front looked like Kara, but it wasn't her, it wasn't her cousin, it was like being in front of Overgirl again. However, she didn't have time to react when the woman pulled her into a hug, embracing her as tight as possible.
"Behave, okay?" the woman told her, to what she nodded shortly before her cousin kissed her forehead and stood up.
She took Alex's hand again to leave, her whole body shivering at the thought of another Kara again, that couldn't be happening.
"What's wrong, kiddo?" the agent asked as she shook her head not really knowing how to explain it, maybe it had been her own imagination.
It was only a few days after Kara's returned when Colonel Haley learned about her cousin's identity and had threatened her with reveal it.
At that moment they were at J'onn's office, Alex explaining that everyone at the DEO who knew about Kara being Supergirl would be mind wiped, seeing how her cousin nodded slightly at that.
"I have to be mind wiped, too" Alex's voice was barely a whisper, but loud enough to be heard.
"What?" her cousin turned around to look at her sister as she just observed the scene with so much sadness.
"Even if I beat the Truth Seaker, there would still be a danger that I would slip up" Alex explained as her cousin frowned, a crinckle forming on her forehead.
"If Alex mind isn't wiped, there is a 100% certainty that Haley would still discover your secret identity" Brainy commented as she sat up from the couch to approach both sisters.
"Who am I without you?" Kara asked at the edge of crying. "The whole reason I became Supergirl was to save you" her cousin said in tears as she hugged her, Kara gently stroking her hair as if she was trying to keep her calm.
"I'm still going to be that reason, I will still be Alex, your sister" the agent moved closer to her sister. "It's just that I won't know you're Supergirl" Alex explained as Kara started crying while gripping at her firmly.
"I will have to lie to you everyday" her cousin said.
"It won't be lying, it will be keeping a secret and I'm giving you permission" Alex embraced her little sister. "Let me save you this time, both of you" the woman whispered, caressing her cheek as she just looked up at her.
"Will you remember me?" she asked in just a whispered.
"Of course I will remember you, kiddo" her cousin's sister used her thumb to wipe the tears that were starting to run down her cheeks.
Alex embraced them both as she just closed her eyes in tears, that was heartbreaking, knowing that everything was going to change, it was going to be hard for her cousin.
They stayed liked that as long as possible, Alex picking her up once she pulled away, so she hid her face on the agent's neck.
"Can you do one thing for me?" Alex whispered to her. "Can you take care of Kara for me? She's going to need you" the woman asked, to what she nodded. "You're the sweetest child I've ever met" her cousin's sister kissed her forehead.
"I love you" she whispered snuggling closer to her.
"I love you, too" Alex hugged her tight before leaving her on the floor to approach Kara, who had her head bowed still crying.
When the time came, she stood right next to her cousin, her hand gripping hers while not being able to look at Alex, noticing that it was being hard for her cousin as well.
"It will be okay" Alex smiled trying to reassure Kara, but her cousin just shook her head.
"I... I can't" Kara whispered. "Come on, baby, let's go home" her cousin told her before starting walking and she couldn't blame her for not wanting to be there, she didn't either.
Once at home Kara broke down in tears, sitting on the couch as she sat beside her containing her own tears, she hated seeing her cousin that way, so she couldn't avoid hugging her.
"Come here, sweetheart" her cousin whispered while sitting her on her lap, embracing her tightly. "Everything will be alright, okay?" Kara whispered kissing her forehead, her cousin's chin staying upon her head as Kara cradled her.
She found herself just closing her eyes while listening to her cousin's heartbeat. Maybe she was right and it wouldn't be as bad as they thought, Alex was still the same person, right?
MONTHS LATER
HALLEY'S P.O.V
I looked around me confused, everything seemed to be different, my gaze focusing on a newspaper that showed a photo of Ben Lockwood. 2019, that wasn't my time, at least not at that moment, because it had been when I was seven.
I closed my eyes trying not to panic, How did I get here? I asked myself for the tenth time, but the answer was so obvious that I preferred not to answer it. Kara was going to kill me or, at least, punish me for the next few months.
Me being at that time would only get something to change in the future, which I didn't want to, because everything was so perfect that I wouldn't like for something to be different... Except for a thing.
I stopped walking when I heard a scream, titiling my head to that direction as I tried to identify from where it was, changing myself to the suit Winn had made for me a few months ago before leaping to the sky.
My heart was beating as fast as possible as I flew there, Kara was still saying that I wasn't ready, but at that moment all the adrenaline pushed me to confront the danger that I was getting myself in.
I clutched my fists while observing that a few Children of Liberty had surrounded two aliens, who were as scared as I was whenever I had been in that position, so I didn't have other choice than to hit the agents until it was me who stood in front of the Children of Liberty, the two aliens behind me.
"Who are you?" one of them asked pointing at me with a gun.
"What makes you think that it's gonna work?" I asked with mockery.
"And what makes you believe it won't?" he questioned back, making me frown when I saw him shoot, only wanting and hoping for the bullet to jump off of me.
However, the bullet pierced my skin next to my right ribs, getting me to fall to the ground as the pain and nauseas appeared. Kryptonite.
I tried to get up to keep fighting, but I fell again while observing in horror how the Children of Liberty took them away in a van. I thought they would do the same with me, however, they left me there, probably hoping that I would die.
For a few seconds I observed the wound, the kryptonite was visible under my skin, fear seizing me as I realized that I didn't even know what would happen if I died in that time, how that would affect the timeline.
I got to stand up after trying again, my hands over the wound as I thought where I could go, which one of them would believe me, but I knew that that one wouldn't be Kara. Still there were places were I couldn't go, such as the DEO, my cousin wasn't working there and Alex didn't remember anything, but I didn't have much more options.
My vision was starting to be blurry, I didn't have a lot of time, so I started walking to the only place where I knew I could be trusted or, at least, I hoped.
The way there was being one of the longest of my life, because it wasn't too easy to walk trying to stop the bleeding while being watched by the citizens of National City. At that moment my suit was completely covered in blood and I was using my cape sort of a bandage.
I knocked in the office's door trying not to let myself fall to ground in tears, I couldn't let the kryptonite win that battle.
"Hi, How may I...?" J'onn stopped talking as he observed the wound. "Are you okay?" he asked confused.
"It's kryptonite" I whispered as he grabbed me by my arms and guided me to the couch, helping me to sit down. "I'm sorry, I didn't know where to go" I told him, seeing how he shook his head.
"No, it's okay,..." he looked at me as if he waited for a name, so for a few seconds I thought about not telling him the truth.
"Halley" I finally whispered, bowing my head after observing surprised in his face, it hadn't been a good idea to tell him the truth. "It's really me, Halley, I'm from the future" I tried to explain, tears running down my cheeks when I felt the pain coming from the wound. "I know it's weird, but I need you to believe me, I can't die in this time" I begged for him to believe me.
"Okay, I'm going to ask for help, first we need to remove that bullet, then we can confirm it's really you" he explained helping me to lay down.
I started to feel dizzy, tears still pouring from my eyes as I closed my eyes wanting to let myself be carried away by unconsciousness.
Hi!
This chapter is where the good stuff starts!
CF2 gave me the idea of introducing teenage Halley in season four and, at first, I wasn't sure about how to do it, but now I'm really enjoying writing the scenes with her in them.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin