KARA'S P. O. V
"Kara, calm down" her sister held her in between her arms. "I have a team looking for her, J'onn and Dreamer are also out there, we're going to find her" Alex whispered, but she kept crying. "Agent Dox, Do you have anything?" her sister asked.
"Umm, not really, I'm working on it" Brainy answered getting both of them to nod. "I've tried to track the necklace, but it's at your apartment and it hasn't moved from there, not even when she did" he explained as she sighed desperated to get a location.
She closed her eyes for a few seconds while wiping her tears, her head down meditating what she should do, knowing that it wasn't safe for an eight year old to be by herself out there.
"Hey, wait!" her sister exclaimed the moment she was about to leave the DEO, ready to search for her cousin again, but Alex grabbed her arm to stop her. "Going out there just like that won't help" Alex told her.
"But she's alone and I need to find her, she has to be scared" she commented just waiting for her sister to let her go, but Alex didn't release her grip.
"I know, but there are dangers and if we don't work carefully, she could get hurt" Alex explained hoping that it would stop her, but those dangers only made her to want to try to find Halley as soon as possible. "Look, J'onn's brother is out there and he might know her connection to you, but if he sees her with you, he'll know and you can't risk Halley's identity that easily" her sister said making her nod slightly, Alex was right, she couldn't put in danger her cousin's identity.
"I need to find her" she whispered.
"I know and we're going to find her" her sister assured her before pulling her into a hug. "Do you mind if I ask what exactly happened?" Alex questioned
At that moment she really wanted to fly away from there, to focus on her baby cousin, but part of her knew that they would have that conversation sooner or later, even if that meant that her sister was going to scold her for what she had done.
"Lex's diaries" she muttered under her breath, trying really hard for her sister not to listen to her words, but when she met Alex's eyes, she knew what was coming next.
"What? What did I tell you?" Alex was trying not to yell at her, getting her to look away. "Kara I told you not to do it, What if they find out?" her sister questioned her.
"They won't" she answered, she had made sure that none would know about it.
"But what if they do? If they came looking for Supergirl, What are you going to do?" Alex asked her, to what she shrugged not knowing what to answer. "And have you thought about Lena having all of that information about Halley?" her sister questioned as she shook her head.
Her best friend was working with Brainy to find Halley, it was hard to believe that Lena would hurt her baby cousin, but after everything that had been happening, she didn't know what to believe anymore.
"I don't think she would use that to hurt her" she commented.
"She has kryptonite and she has used it on Halley" her sister pointed out.
"Halley has stayed with her today and nothing has happened" she told her, avoiding the conversation her cousin had mentioned earlier that evening.
"How many times has she volunteered herself to take care of Halley?" Alex asked as she remained in silence, not having an answer for that. "I get that she has a job and a company to run, but since she knows that you're Supergirl, she seems more interested in staying with Halley" her sister said.
Lena had had offered to look after Halley a few times, but normally her friend would take the child to her office so she could keep working. However, Alex was right, since the reveal Lena had been more interested in spending time with Halley, doing the things the little girl wanted, but at the same time doing kind of a research on her.
"I know you trust her, Kara. And I don't know if she's doing because she's curious about it or because she has something else in mind, just be careful" her sister warned her.
"You think she's doing that to hurt us? That she's becoming Lex?" she asked her sister, who didn't answer. "I know her. She wouldn't do that, Alex" she assured her.
"I want to believe that too, but I don't know what to think" her sister told her.
She didn't know either. Part of her was upset, even scared about what her best friend was doing and using Halley to get any information about kryptonians. However, her other part didn't want to think about Lena being able to hurt them, to hurt an eight year old.
Both sisters turned the moment J'onn and Nia entered the DEO, walking to them while hoping that they would know something.
"Anything?" she asked, losing hope when she saw them shake their heads.
"I'm sorry" Nia whispered. "We'll continue to look for her" her friend told her.
"Thanks" she tried to smile at them.
"Guys, I think I've found her" Brainy said while getting up from the chair to approach them. "She's in Nevada?" he said kind of questioning the information.
However, at that moment she just looked at J'onn, both of them knew what had once been at that field, so before someone could stop them, they flew to the location at fast as possible.
The moment they landed there, she sighed, not really knowing where she should start searching, just staying in silence while trying to find her cousin's heartbeat.
"I got her" she told him before running there.
It was kind of a cave made with branches, which reminded her of a tree house, her cousin's name was written at the entrance with white paint and a few golden stars decorating it.
It was getting darker as she stepped inside, having to blink a few times to get used to the lack of light, barely identifying a little shape under a blanket.
"Halley" she whispered approaching the child, her baby cousin curled up on the mattress that laid at the floor, asleep. "My baby" she took her in her arms, cradling her cousin while observing her.
The eight year old seemed to be fine, no wounds or bruises that could scared her, even though it was still visible the mark of the tears on the child's face.
At that moment she tried to hold her tears, embracing the child tightly while kissing her forehead, staying like that for a few seconds, just calming herself down with her cousin in her arms.
"Kara?" J'onn called her, so she walked outside carrying Halley. "Is she fine?" he asked gently caressing the child's hair.
"She seems to" she answered observing the kid again, her cousin had placed her head over her chest, just at the place where her heart was.
Once they were back at the DEO, she let her sister run some tests on Halley, who remained asleep the whole time, even when she laid down beside her, wrapping her arms around her cousin just to keep her as close as possible.
"Hey, I sent everyone to home" her sister commented while approaching them. "You can take her home as well, she's fine, every test came out clean" Alex told her, to what she nodded.
"Are you coming with us?" she questioned her, her sister observing them. "I don't know if I'm prepared for her to have all those nightmares, not after knowing what he did" she explained.
"Sure, I'll go change" Alex answered with a smile.
Halley stirred in her arms, her bright blue eyes opening slowly, only to stare at her for a few seconds before closing them again.
She remained in silence, still embracing the child, not knowing if the eight year old would continue sleeping or not, but observing how her cousin opened her eyes again.
"I'm sorry" her cousin said looking directly into her eyes, finding tears in the child's eyes.
"You scared me, Halley" she told her, tucking her brown hair behind her ears.
"I know" the eight year old whispered while looking away. "I was scared" the kid admitted, to what she nodded, giving the child her time to talk. "I didn't want to see you upset and angry" her baby cousin told her barely looking at her.
"I'm not mad at you, sweetheart" she assured her, gently wiping the tear that was streaming down her cheek. "I'm mad at myself, Hal, I wish it would have been me, so you would have been safe" she told her trying to avoid crying, not wanting to scare the little one. "He hurt you and I couldn't do anything to help you, to keep you safe" she shook her head embracing her baby cousin.
"But you're with me now" Halley pointed out, making her nod. "I'm safe" the eight year old whispered leaning on the embrace.
"I will always be with you, okay?" she took the child's face in between her hands. "Just don't do this never again, please" she asked her.
"I won't" Halley answered before hugging herself at her. "I love you"
"I love you, too, baby girl" she kissed her forehead still keeping her close.
She stayed like that for as long as possible, because just having her baby cousin embraced was enough to keep her calm.
"That was my safe place" the eight year old said randomly, getting her to stare at her not understanding what the child was referring to. "Mommy made it for me, we used to observe the stars from there, she knew every star name" her cousin commented with a huge smile on her face, which made her smile as well, remembering her childhood. "I loved to sit on her lap and listen to her voice telling me why she had chosen my name" the kid told her before pulling away from her.
"It's a beautiful place" she commented.
"Can we go there? We can bring the telescope" Halley asked.
"Um.., we'll see, okay?" she answered her, knowing that the government was still investigating that field. "Now let's get find Alex and go home" she said picking her cousin up, being glad that the child was alright.
She woke up to her baby cousin occupying the whole bed as the child was in the middle, but Alex and her were by the edge of the bed.
However, she smiled while approaching the child, who slept so peacefully with one of her little arms hugging that blue dragon that would accompany her everywhere.
The night hadn't been an easy one, the second nightmare being the worst of all them, since the eight year old has remained an hour and a half awake while crying, refusing to close her eyes, so it wasn't a surprise that the child was so tired.
Alex stirred before opening her eyes to look at the eight year old, taking her tiny hand in between hers while looking at her.
"Have you slept?" her sister asked kind of worried.
"A little" she answered. "And you?" she asked.
"I think better than you did" Alex commented, getting her to nod, that was probably true. "I talked to Kelly and she said that Halley would start talking about it, but we shouldn't pressure her to do it" her sister told her.
"I don't know if I'm ready for her to tell us all of that" she commented because reading it was hard, but hearing it from her cousin was going to be even more horrible.
"Don't worry, I'll be here with you when she does it" her sister assured her, getting her to smile.
The eight year old rubbed her eyes while yawning before hugging Saffire even tighter, still with her eyes closed.
"Good morning, baby" she whispered the moment her cousin looked at her. "Are you still tired?" she questioned her, Halley shaking her head before staring at Alex.
"Hi, kiddo" her sister ruffled the child's hair, who smiled widely. "I think someone is hungry, huh?" Alex tickled the kid shortly after Halley's stomach rumbled.
"Can we have pancakes?" Halley asked as they were getting up.
"Yes, baby" she smiled picking her up in her arms, her cousin snuggling at her as she kissed her hair.
"I'm sorry" her cousin whispered as she pulled her away confused. "Now you don't sleep either" the child pointed out, even though she hadn't been sleeping properly ever since the eight year old was kidnapped.
"You didn't deserve what he did to you, sweetheart" she told her, gently caressing the child hair.
"But Linda didn't deserve it either" Halley commented as she frowned. "He hurt her" the child said.
"Who is Linda?" she asked confused about what her cousin was saying.
"Red Daughter" the little girl answered. "Lex killed her friend, a child" her cousin told her with sadness. "Mi... Mikhail" Halley finally whispered.
At that moment she didn't know how to explain what she felt, what that name had woken up in her, compassion, sadness and confusion, feeling like she knew him even if she couldn't remember him.
However, she just kept her baby cousin embraced at her, the child resting her head on her shoulder with her eyes closed, Saffire still in between her arms.
"I wish you could stay this little, baby girl" she whispered embracing the child tightly.
"I will try" Halley smiled, to what she couldn't avoid laughing.
"I love you so much, baby girl" she kissed her forehead, just wanting to keep her cousin as safe and innocent as possible.
Hi!
This is the second part of the last chapter. I had thought about Halley being at Kara's loft since the beginning, but then I thought that it would be nice for Astra to have built kind of tree house for Halley, a place where the child would feel safe.
We know that Red Daughter was merged with Kara, but What happened with her memories? In the show is unclear if Kara has any of those memories, but I think that it would be interesting is she could remember them or just a little bit.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin