HALLEY'S P. O. V
Oliver's funeral was one of the hardest places I had ever been, my gaze on my feet as I barely listened to what the rest were saying, just remaining by my cousin's side.
"Hey, thanks for coming" Mia forced herself to smile while approaching us.
"It was the least we could do" I tried to smile back at her, my younger self hugging to her legs, which got the young woman to crouched to the kid's height.
"How is that you're back in this time?" she asked once the little one had pulled away from her, only to grab my hand. "Did you come...?" I shook my head before she could keep asking.
"I don't know how I got here" I told her. "I can't remember anything after the Crisis, my memories are blocked apparently" I explained wanting to make sense.
"That's why you look so different, huh?" she asked, getting me to nod. "But I love you're new hair, It really suits you" Mia commented.
"Thanks" I smiled.
"It kind of reminds me of the Halley I knew" she said, to what I frowned slightly. "Although, you weren't as dark as you were before" she pointed out, but I was still confused.
"Hey, girls, we should get going home" Kara said while getting closer to us, moment at which I embraced Mia.
"I'll see you both in the future" Mia smiled before pulling away from me and embraced my younger self.
I smiled back at her, wondering if in the future I was being able to remember was different from the one that I was supposed to come from.
I stared kind of confused at the man that was standing in the stairs, trying to understand why he looked so much like Winn, but it wasn't just me as my cousin and Alex were as stranged as I was.
Kara was the first one to move, ready to take that bullet, however, before she could approach him, the bullet was already knocked off trajectory as the Legion's ship appeared in front of us.
"Winn? What are you doing here?" my cousin asked as he stepped out of the ship.
"Saving Chester Dunholtz and my future. Have you seen Toyman?" he asked, not giving us time to answer as we were still a little bit confused. "The shooter! The guy wearing my face!" he added, starting to panic.
"I've got him" Kara said after seeing him, speeding to stop him.
When Kara came back, she was alone, Winn shaking his head angrily before he started pacing back and forth as we observed him not understanding why was so important for him to catch Toyman.
"Okay, Winn, stop, just breathe for a minute" Alex asked him. "We're going to find the other you and we're going to stop him, okay?" she tried to reassured him, but that didn't seemed to stopped him from being nervous.
"I came to this time to catch him!" he screamed as he stopped walking.
"You should have" Brainy pointed out, getting us to look at him worried about how he was behaving.
"He's right, I should have caught him" Winn claimed. "He could have hurt someone and if he hurts someone..., I don't think you understand" he shook his head. "My life is over. I'm gonna lose everything!" he exclaimed again pacing back and forth. "My wife, my daughter..."
"Wait, you have a wife and a kid?" Alex asked as I frowned.
In the future I was able to remember, Winn had come back when Mon-El did, he was married, but, instead of a daughter, he had a son. The timeline was already different, which made me closed my eyes while wondering how much of my other life, the one I was hoping to go back soon, I would have lost.
I observed how my cousin and Alex was hugging him as I stood there, trying so hard not to let my own feelings betrayed me.
"But wait, I thought you're cousin was supposed to be eight, not to be a teenager" Winn pointed out while observing me, Alex trying to work along with Brainy to find Winn's doppelganger.
"There's a lot to explain you, she kind of time traveled" Kara explained as he smiled, approaching me, only to pull me into a hug.
"You don't know how much good you're going to do to the World, Flamebird" he whispered, getting me to smile. "You taught her well, Kara" he commented, to what my cousin laughed.
"She turned out pretty awesome, I can't be more proud of her" Kara said while embracing me slightly, softly planting a kiss on my hair, so I couldn't avoid smiling.
"No, no, I don't want Lex anywhere near the Legion's ship" Alex said, getting the three of us to look at her.
"Wait? Lex, the hero?" Winn asked a little bit confused as I quickly shook my head, Kara making a disgusting face.
"Lex is not a hero" my cousin finally answered.
"We're gonna have to ask J'onn to explain to you exactly what happened" Alex said, Winn barely nodding, it was going to be hard for him to learn everything that had happened.
LITTLE HALLEY'S P.O.V
She held to her cousin's hand nervous about the surprise Kara had been telling her for the whole day, only wanting to finally find out.
At that moment they, Nia, her cousin and her, were in a secret elevator that took them to The Tower, the new operation room for whenever they would need it, especially with Lex owning the DEO.
When the doors opened, everyone turned to look at them, but she had her eyes only in one person, so she didn't hesitate to run to hug Winn's legs, who kneeled down to embrace her, it had been so long since the last time they had seen each other.
"Hi, kiddo" Winn smiled while observing her. "Look at you, you're so big, huh?" he tickled her, getting to giggle before embracing herself at him again.
"I've missed you, Winnie" she whispered using her cousin's nickname for him, the one that he would never let anyone use except her.
"I've missed you, too, Hal" he answered, still keeping her close to him. "I was afraid that you wouldn't remember me" he commented, which made her laugh, she was not going to forget him.
She finally pulled away from him after a few more seconds, hoping to find the other person she had missed the most during those last years, but frowning when she realized that he had not come back.
"Why didn't Mon-El come back?" She asked, Winn staring at him as if he didn't know what to answer as everyone else just remain in silence, observing them. "Doesn't he want to see us again?" she felt tears being contained in her eyes, her best friend was not there.
"Oh, no, no, sweetheart" Winn quickly denied her question. "He couldn't come, but he wants to see you so bad, he misses you every single day" he tried to calm her down, but she had hoped for him to be there, that it was really hard to stop her own tears from running down her cheeks.
"Hal, baby" Kara picked her up as she hid her face on her cousin's neck, sobbing.
"What did I do wrong?" she heard Winn asked, her cousin's friend concerned about her.
"You did nothing, she just wants to see him again, to hug him, isn't that right, baby?" her cousin asked while gently stroking her hair, getting her to nod.
"Well, I have a really cool device that we can use not only to talk to him, but you will be able to see him" Winn explained as she pulled away from Kara.
"Really?" she asked while looking directly into his eyes, seeing him nodded.
"Once we catch the evil me, we'll talk to Mon-El, okay?" Winn told her, to what she nodded excitedly.
"Why don't you do it know as we continue the investigation?" Alex asked, Winn about to answer the question. "It's going to take a while, and I know she is impatient" her cousin's sister pointed out.
Winn nodded before starting to get everything ready, hoping for Mon-El to answer his call, but she couldn't wait for longer, it had been so long since the last time she had seen him.
She sat next to Winn once her cousin left her on the floor, a huge smile on her face when she saw who appeared in the image.
"Hey, buddy, How's everything going? Did you catch him?" Mon-El asked, Winn was trying not to show her, wanting it to be a surprise.
"We're still working on that" he answered. "He escaped, so we're trying to track him down, but with Superfriends anything is possible" her cousin's friend explained while looking around him. "How's everything there?" Winn asked.
"Everything is fine" Mon-El answered. "Ayla and Mary were here a few minutes ago, they're both fine, but they miss you so much" he told Winn, who nodded before staring at her.
"I'll be back as soon as I catch him" Winn whispered. "And now, there's someone who wants to see you, someone who is really excited, isn't that right?" he asked her, so she nodded as Winn embraced her a little. "Look who is here with me" he finally turned the device so Mon-El could see her.
"Halley!" Mon-El exclaimed as she couldn't avoid smiling. "You look so big, kiddo" he commented.
"She was a little upset because you didn't come" Winn explained, to what she nodded slightly.
"Are you coming back someday?" she asked him.
"I promise I'll go back to visit you, kiddo" he answered. "How is school going?" Mon-El asked, getting her to frown while barely answering 'fine'. "What does that mean?" he questioned confused.
"From what I heard she was espelled from school for a day" her cousin's friend answered as she looked away.
"What? Why?" Mon-El asked in disbelief.
"I pushed Lex Luthor" she answered in just a whispered, the daxamite frowning kind of confused.
"He's not as good as we thought, Lex kidnapped and tortured Halley" Winn explained for her, her whole body shivering. "A Crisis happened and it changed our memories, he's no hero, Mon-El" he said while increasing the strength of the embrace.
"Who would hurt a child that way?" Mon-El asked while observing her as if he was making sure that she was okay.
"Someone who is obssed with Kryptonians" Winn answered. "Kara is really overprotective with her now" he added, her cousin was afraid of Lex being able to hurt her again.
"He is evil and everyone believes he's good" she commented angrily, she didn't trust him at all. "Kara thinks that he's planning something, Alex does it, too" she whispered.
Her cousin had not talked to her about what she thought Lex was planning, but she knew that Kara susppected something and that that was the reason why the young superhero did not want her to spend time in the room that Lex had decorated for her.
"I'm so sorry to hear that" Mon-El said while shaking his head, he seemed upset, for a moment his gaze was focused on whatever that was happening behind where they were sitting. "Is that Flamebird?" he asked.
"Yeah, she kind of time traveled" Winn answered as she observed how her older self was working with everyone else to find the new villain. "Apparently, it's not the fisrt time" her cousin's best friend commented.
"Lex hurt her as well" she added, getting Winn to stare at her. "She wanted to prevent it from happening, but she got hurt" she explained, admiring how brave and strong that girl was, being amazed while thinking that she would be her in the future. "She's brave, she has fought him" she told them.
"You'll be like her, kiddo" Mon-El smiled at her. "You just need to grow up a little bit more and you'll be out there fighting along with your cousin" he commented, to what she smiled, she couldn't wait to be like her, to finally be a hero. "But, Winn, look after Flamebird" the daxamite asked, getting her to frown, she was sure that her older self did not need protection.
"I will" Winn answered.
"I have to go. It was so nice to see you, Hal" Mon-El said. "We'll talk soon, okay?" he asked, so she nodded. "I love you so much, kiddo" he smiled.
"I love you, too" she smiled, waving goodbye as he was doing until the call ended. "Thank you, Winnie" she embraced her cousin's friend, who welcomed her in between her arms.
"You're so much welcome, sweetie" he kissed the top of her head.
She had missed him a lot. During the first days she had hoped for Winn to be waiting for her at the DEO ready to play with his nerf guns, to get him out of his nerves, so she was going to enjoy the little time he would be staying at the present.
HALLEY'S P. O. V
"What did he mean?" I asked Winn while approaching him in the balcony, observing how he frowned a little. "Mon-El. What did he mean?" I questioned him again, to what he sighed.
"I don't think I should be answering that question, Halley" he shook his head as I stood there, staring at him while trying to understand what was going on.
"It can't be worse than the future that I remember" I commented, hoping that he would answer my question.
"Remember I told that you would make so good to the World?" he asked, to what I nodded slightly. "Your sacrifice will make it" Winn barely whispered as I looked away, trying to understad his words.
"I died" I murmmured to myself.
"You did it to save other aliens, including your cousin" he told me, which only got me to close my eyes, Kara would never forgive herself something like that.
"When will that happen for me?" I asked him, even though I wasn't sure if I wanted to know.
"You have a few months, I guess, you were nineteen" he answered while observing me, tears filling my eyes as I felt a lump in my throat. "When we learnt , Mon-El time traveled wanting to stop it from happening, but he was late. He saw you die in Kara's arms and he blamed himself for that" Winn explained, not being able to keep staring at me.
"But it wasn't his fault" I pointed out, not bearing the fact that Mon-El was going to blame himself for something the destiny wanted to happen.
"I know, but he felt as if he had failed you" Winn sighed. "He spent days without talking to anyone on The Legion, just mourning you" those last words were enough for me to stop breathing.
I did not care about dying if it was going saver other aliens lifes, including Kara's, but it was to much to take.
From what I was able to understand Mon-El did not come back when I remember he did or, at least, he did not stay in the present. And Kara wasn't dead as I thought she was, which was reassuring, but at the same time I knew that she was not going to overcome my death, that she would never forgive herself and that she would take my place in a heartbeat.
"You have to breathe, kiddo" I heard Winn whispered while embracing me against him.
"Does Kara has a family in that future?" I asked him, seeing him nod. "Don't tell her, please" I looked directly into his eyes.
"But..." he was about to replicate, but I interrupted him.
"She will took my place, I can't let her do that" I told him.
"Okay, I won't tell her" Winn tried to calm me down. "But you really need to breathe" he grabbed me by my arms as I tried to forget the pressure I felt on my chest.
I would lie if I say that wasn't scared, because I was, but maybe not for myself, but for the rest, mostly for how my cousin would react to all of it.
"Guys, we think we got him" Kara announced while approaching us. "I need you to take Halley home" she asked me, but I was about to complain. "I know you can fight, I'm really aware of that, but I need her... Both of you safe, so please" she begged, to what I finally nodded. "Thanks" she kissed my forehead, my eyes closed as I tried to remain calm. "I'll see you later" she whispered pulling away from me.
"Be careful" I asked her.
"I will" she smiled, getting me to force a smile shortly before they left.
I sighed. I turned to meet my younger self observing me, smiling at her as I tried so hard to be even stronger than I actually was.
When we were back home I decided to order some food, even though Kara had left dinner for us, but, being honest, I needed comfort food and I was making making my cousin a favor, since she was going to order it for the game night once she came back.
We both sat on the couch covered with a blanket while eating ice cream, watching a movie, which was kind of helping to distract me from what I had learnt.
The eight year old fell asleep in between my arms, so I tucked her in bed, making sure that Saffire was right next to her.
"Comet, boy, come here" I patted the spot next to the child, the puppy jumping onto the bed. "Good boy" I smiled while petting him. "Good night, kiddo" I kissed the kid's forehead, hearing the apartment's door getting opened.
"Did you order food?" Kara asked while walking inside the loft, one of her coworkers, William, by her side. "I made dinner" she complained.
"There are potstickers" I told her while giving her the tray.
"It's okay, then" my cousin smiled. "Is Halley on bed?" she asked, to what I nodded.
"I didn't know you have other cousin" William commented while observing me, I wasn't a different cousin, but he didn't know that.
"Oh, yes, she's Luna, Halley's older sister" Kara quickly answered. "She's here to stay with us for a while" she explained. "Luna, he's William, my coworker" my cousin introduced us.
"Nice to meet you" I smiled while shaking his hand.
"You too" he smiled back.
"Are you staying up for game night?" Kara asked, getting me to nodded.
Being there during the game night made me remember about the future that I knew, really having fun.
"No! That's cheating!" I exclaimed after observing how William stopped the tower from falling when Kara knocked it over.
However, I lost my smile after observing the looks my cousin and William were sharing, shaking my head slightly while sighing, that was how the future was going to change.
"I think I'm going to go to bed" I said while standing up.
"Already?" Kara asked while frowning.
"Yeah, I'm tired" I answered. "Night" I forced a smile before walking toward the room.
I laid on the bed after closing the door, my face buried in the pillows, a few tears trying to escape my eyes, even though I tried so hard to control them.
Everything was going to change and I couldn't stop them from happening, but things were hard as the days went by, I missed my family even more.
"Can I come in?" it was Alex the one that knocked on the door, opening it after not hearing an answer. "Are you okay?" she asked as I turned to look at her, tears already streaming down my cheeks. "Hey, hey, What's wrong?" she questioned me while sitting in the bed.
"Nothing" I answered her, Alex shaking her head, she wasn't going to buy that answer. "I've just realized that I've lost my future..., my family" I told her in between sobs.
"Oh, kiddo" she sighed while embracing me. "You're future is not going to be as you remember, but it doesn't mean that you've lost your family" Alex tried to calm me down, but I shook my head.
"I did" I debated her.
I sobbed in her arms. Alex not asking anything else, just trying to keep me as calm as possible, but the thing was that I missed everyone in that future with all my heart and that I would do anything to have my siblings back, to embrace them, at least one last time.
Hi!
Winn is back! I can't wait to watch the next to episode, I would lie if I told you that I didn't miss that character.
Little Halley and Mon-El, I missed writing scenes between them, so I thought that it would be really sweet for them to be able to see each other, like FaceTime.
On the other hand, Teen Halley's future is going to be a lot more different than she thought.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin