HALLEY'S P. O. V

"We have to go to the school now" I said getting up from the chair, Kara shaking her head.

"No, Halley, sit down" she grabbed my arm, concerned about the people that were observing us.

However, before I could reply anything, her phone started ringing, Emily's name appearing on the screen as I covered my face with my hands being really frustrated.

Kara's face changed the moment she heard the girl talking, glaring at me with worried eyes, a crinkle forming on her forehead as she tried to calm down the young woman she was talking with.

"What's wrong?" Nia asked after observing both of our faces, Kara was trying really hard not to get up and run away from there to look for my younger self.

"The Children of Liberty took Halley away" Kara answered, her eyes on me as if she was waiting for me to give some information, but I just looked away.

"This is getting worse... If they know she's an alien, they may know who you are" Nia commented as I shook my head.

"It's not Ben Lockwood who is behind all of this, is Lex Luthor" I whispered bowing down my head.

"So it's to get to me?" my cousin asked as I shrugged my shoulders, I wasn't sure. "If you're here, it means that I did save you" Kara pointed out wanting to keep herself calm. "We have to find her soon" she said as I nodded, we had to.

I didn't have good memories of everything that had happened after being kidnapped, nine years after those events I still had nightmares about them, panics attacks every time I was exposed to any similar situation, and the constant feeling of being watched.

My face might had changed because my cousin didn't hesitate to pull me into a hug, keeping me close to her as if she was afraid of me disappearing, well, maybe it was also because it was a way to remind herself that I would get alive out of that.

I didn't know where they took me after kidnapping me, but I knew that they changed me from the first location to another one, where everything went even worse.

"My necklace... I know how we can get the location" I pulled away from her, my cousin frowning confused by my words. "After all of this, you changed my necklace, just like the watches, it has a button that emits a frecuency of sound that only we can hear" I explain showing her how it worked. "That's why I always wear it, everytime I'm in trouble or just..." I looked down, I didn't want to tell her about the panic attacks. "You come to save me"

"But Halley's... It's not modificated, I don't see how it's going to work what you're saying" Kara said still confused and I knew that she wouldn't like what I was going to say next.

"I'm going to surrender myself to the Children of Liberty, they will take me to Lex" I told her being confident, seeing how she shook her head.

"No, you're not doing that, Are you crazy?" she asked, but continued talking. "We don't even know if they will take you to Lex and..."

"They will, I'm a Kryptonian, he's not going to waste this opportunity" I interrupted her. "It's the only chance we have" I looked directly into her eyes.

"I said no, Halley" she said seriously. "Having you in this time it's already changing things, but you wanting to be killed by a psicho... That's other thing, he will kill you" she pointed out. "Tell me, What would happen if you die in this time?" she questioned, but, again, she didn't let me answer. "I want her back, but I also have to protect you, you're not doing that under my watch" she shook her head again.

"Kara, it's the only way... I can do it, he won't kill me" I protested as she sighed.

"It's still a no" she answered. "This conversation is over" she told me before getting up from her chair and start walking.

I sighed. That last conversation was kind of similar to every single one I would have with Kara everytime I wanted to help, everytime that she would tell me that I wasn't ready to be out in the field.

There had been just a few time when I didn't listen to her and that day wasn't going to be different, I knew it was our best chance to get to him, so, at least, I needed to try.

I walked to the roof, sitting there as I observed the city above me, imagining how everyone's life was. The views were so beautiful, everything was so quiet that night.

"What are you doing up here?" Kara asked scaring me, which made her laugh lightly while sitting beside me.

"I'm just observing the city" I answered with my gaze focusing on everything that was visible from there. "I'm sorry, I should have told what was going to happen" I whispered without daring to look at her.

"No, no, Halley, it could have changed the time line, you did try to warn me" my cousin denied while brushing my hair away from my face. "I don't know what he did to you, but I know there's something you don't want to tell me" she commented as I sighed.

"I was diagnosed with PTSD" I barely whispered, Kara's eyes opening widely. "I still have panic attacks..." my voice cracked as tears were contained in my eyes.

"It's okay, sweetheart" Kara embraced me tightly, so I rested my head on her shoulder trying to avoid crying.

"It was a horrible" I murmured.

My cousin didn't say anything else, she just kept me embrace against her, tears running down my cheeks as I tried not to let myself to revived those old memories.

"Promise me you won't do it, Halley" she pulled me away.

"I promise" I answered.

"Good, I need you to be safe" she kissed my hair before hugging me again.

After a few more minutes, once I was calmed enough we went back to the office, my cousin still trying to find Lex without even resting for a few minutes.

"God, it just sucks out there" Nia complained while approaching us. "I wish we could do your "Aliens of National City" story with every alien. Then the humans would know that they don't need to be afraid of them" she commented sitting on a chair.

"Maybe they just need to get to know one alien" Kara whispered. "You and I have been so focused on fighting and reporting that maybe... maybe we forgot the most important part of being a hero is inspiring hope" she said with a smile.

"So Supergirl's coming back?" Nia asked as confused as I was.

"The world doesn't need to hear from Supergirl right now" Kara answered. "They need a hero who can speak to the conflict society is struggling with. Someone who is both alien and human. Someone who can bring them together" she explained as we both were still looking at her confused. "I wanna interview you. An exclusive. I wanna introduce the world to Dreamer" my cousin finally said.

It was a few minutes later when my cousin started interviewing Dreamer, as I just standed right there observing them.

Nia's speech was brilliant, I really hoped that it would calm down everything that was going out there, but by the moment that it was over, a group of Children of Liberty and Agent Liberty himself appeared looking for Dreamer.

My cousin stood in front of me while having a firm grip on my arm as we all observed quietly everything that was happening.

"Run to James' office and stay there, okay?" she told me once the lights were off and we were about to start running.

I did listen to her words, I did run to the office, but I didn't notice that I was being followed, so when I turned around and I saw the child of Liberty that was in front of me, I knew that it was going to be difficult to convince them that the alien they fought yesterday, it wasn't me, even if it was.

I tried to fight him, using every single movement my cousin had taught me, using his own strength against him, but a part of me wanting to let myself go, it was a way to fulfill the plan I had in mind.

"I thought you would die, so what should I do to you now?" he asked with a kryptonite dagger in his hand. "Should I kill you?" he questioned approaching it enough for me to feel nauseated as all my energy was being drained. "Or should I take you with rest of roaches to give your life a meaning?"

At that moment my legs stopped supporting my weight, almost falling to the floor, but being grabbed by him.

When the lights were on again, he pulled from me to bring me to where the rest were, Kara observing me before shaking her head.

"Well, we might not have Dreamer, but we have a Kryptonian" the man said as Ben Lockwood approached us.

"Let her go" my cousin demanded getting closer.

"Why do you care about her?" Ben asked gripping both of my arms, the kryptonite dagger still close to me.

"It will be okay" I whispered as she shook her head.

"No! Don't take her!" Kara screamed being held by James when they took me away from there.

They pulled me inside a van, my hands in my back with handcuffs that were inhibiting my powers, but, even though I thought thay were going to knock me out, they let me remain awake.

"Everything is ready, he will receive her on the other side" I heard Agent Liberty say.

I wasn't surprised when I saw a portal, being obligated to walk through it, so I did, only to find that I was face to face with Lex Luthor.

"Wow, today must be my lucky day" he commented while approaching me. "Two kryptonians in the same day, that's amazing" he grinned as I bowed my head. "What's your name?"

"You don't need my name" I answered looking directly into his eyes.

"Okay" he sighed. "Take her. We will start tomorrow, I suggest to rest, Kryptonian" he said as two agents grabbed me to pull me into a room, my wrists being handcuffed to a bed as I closed my eyes.

How was I supposed to get in touch with Kara? I couldn't move my arms and I didn't have any other options.

"Oh, one more thing, I'm taking this with me" Lex grabbed the necklace as I tried to stop him. "I know what it does, but I'm still not ready for Supergirl, yet" he smirked as I looked away.

All the people in the room walked outside, locking me inside as if I could break the kryptonite handcuffs.

Without the necklace I wouldn't be able to get to Kara, I had just put myself in danger as well as the future, more than it already was.

KARA'S P. O. V

She was pacing from side to side of J'onn's office, her hands on her face as she tried to think clearly, but not being able to imagine anything different from her cousin being tortured by Lex.

"So they took Halley from the school and then..." she nodded before J'onn could finish his sentence. "Are you sure she didn't offer herself?" he asked.

"I'm sure, that agent was threatening her with a kryptonite dagger" she explained. "I can't believe this is happening" she sat down on the couch.

"We're going to find them, they will be fine" J'onn tried to calm her down.

"They kidnapped them both, I can't imagine everything they're going through" She commented while shaking her head. "He's going to use Halley as bait, he knows I'm going to try to save her... But teen Halley..., I'm not sure what he has on mind for her" she explained with tears in her eyes. "I can't live knowing that my cousin is going to die at some point because of this stupidity" she couldn't avoid the tears that were running down her cheeks. "I couldn't do anything when they took her away..."

"Who took who away?" Alex asked entering in the office, but when she didn't answer, her sister talked again. "Who was that girl that was with you today at CatCo?"

She frowned looking at her sister kind of confused, not understanding how Alex knew that. However, she knew that she had to start telling a different story apart from the truth.

"Nia found her in the street, she had lost everything she had because of the Children of Liberty" she tried to explain, changing the story she had planned, that one was more credible. "We wanted to help her, but after what happened this night... They took her away" she bowed down her head in tears.

"She looked familiar... Like As.." her sister was trying to find the same name she didn't want to pronounce. "Astra" Alex finally say it as she looked at J'onn asking for help.

"That girl was her daughter" J'onn commented getting Alex to look at him surprised by the information.

"I... I didn't know she had a daughter" her sister said, sadness in her eyes.

She just nodded. It was obvious that Alex didn't remember Halley's real mom and how responsible she had felt after learning everything Non had done to that child.

"I have to go" she whispered sitting up.

"Do you want me to go with you?" Alex asked as she shook her head.

"No, I have to go to CatCo first" she denied the offer before leaving, they needed to find them soon.

LITTLE HALLEY'S P. O. V

When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the same room as the other time, but she couldn't feel the burning from the kryptonite, her hands were free.

However, she stood in silence listening to the voices that came from behind the door.

"Why did you do it?" she heard a man asking.

"It was hurting her" it was a woman with an accent, which she could barely understand.

"Well, it's keeping her from attacking us" the man said.

"She's scared" the woman pointed out. "And she's hurt, she's just a child" she complained.

"Whatever. Maybe you get her to talk" the man said sounding mad. "I'll come later, don't do anything stupid" he warned.

When the door opened, she looked away, afraid of whom was going to walk inside the room, her heart beating as fast as it could. She just wanted to go back home.

Her eyes met a pair of blue ones that she knew or, at least, she thought she knew, they were Kara's. However, the person that was standing in front of her wasn't her cousin, it was the same woman that was at her cousin's apartment a few months ago.

"You're Halley, right?" the woman asked sitting at the edge of the bed, making her to move away. "I'm Linda"

She just observed her a little bit closer, that woman looked just like Kara, but, again, she could observed so many differences between them.

She didn't understand how anything of that was possible, how her cousin turned out to have a clone.

"Here, you must be hungry" the woman said while handing her a package of cookies.

However, she looked away, not really trusting her and, even though, she was hungry, she just stared at the door, but Linda tried again, that time leaving the package in of her hands.

She moved her hand at the sudden touch, holding the cookies before looking back at the woman, who was observing her cautiously.

"Okay, I know it's not your blue dragon, but it can be your soft toy while you're here" Linda commented while showing her a little teddy, which the woman placed it by her side.

She couldn't avoid taking it in her arms, embracing it as tight as possible, her face buried in the teddy as she closed her eyes.

"Thank you" she barely whispered, but observing how the woman smiled.

"You're so much welcome, little one" her cousin's clone smiled.

Linda seemed to be leaving her a little time to adjust at everything that was happening, just observing her from time to time, a huge smile on her face when she offered her one of the cookies.

For the first time, she smiled back, maybe Linda wasn't as evil as she thought, maybe she wasn't like Overgirl, but there was something that was still off.

The woman dared to brush her dark hair away from her face, so she stayed still, just looking at her eyes, she couldn't find evil in them, just worry and joy.

"Oh, such a sweet scene, what a pity that it's over" the same man as yesterday entered the room. "Get out of here" he told Linda, who shook her head while gripping her hand. "I do not repeat it once more, get out" he pointed to the door as the woman looked at me before doing as told. "Okay, you're ready for today?" he asked as she shook her head, she didn't want to learn what he had planned for her.

He didn't say anything else, just approaching a TV screen to her, so she stared at it kind of curious about the video that was playing. However, that was her time to say something as tears ran down her cheeks.

"No! Mommy!" she couldn't avoid screaming between sobs, the same scene playing all the time.

She closed her eyes in tears, watching her mother's death over a over again was horrible, the whole image repeating in her mind as she felt as hand holding her face.

"Open your eyes" he asked, so she did. "Next video"

She looked away not ready for anything that she was going to watch, just mourning her mother's death once more, not understanding why he was doing that, but knowing that it was going to be the longest hours of her short life.

Hi!

I didn't know how to write Red Daughter, but since it was a part of Kara I didn't think that she would let Lex hurt Halley. Red Daughter had a soft spot for Mikhail, so Why not protecting Halley? Plus, once Kara was dead, she was supposed to impresionante her.

Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,

Ayrin