FUTURE HALLEY'S P. O. V
The three of us were still staring at him kind of confused, not knowing if we should believe him or not.
"Okay, I'm sorry, I'm confused. This is your all-powerful Fifth-Dimensional stalker?" Alex was the first one to talk while pointing at him.
"No, I don't know who this is" Kara shook her head as I kept observing him, Mxyzptlk was a trickster, it could be perfectly him.
"I am Mr. Mxyzptlk, just as I'm sure that you, Kara Danvers, are Suuuuuuu..." he started talking, to what my cousin pulled him inside before he could finish the sentence. "Thank you so much" Mxyzptlk smiled. "I can't just come in anymore, I have to be invited" he explained.
"Tell me who you are and what you want, now" my cousin demanded as he snapped his fingers, our first encounter with him on the TV screen.
I couldn't avoid frowning while watching the scene, I could still remember the fear I felt at that moment, afraid of him coming back during the night, which had led me to clung to Kara for hours, no being able to sleep.
"But now I can't use any of my powers except to help those whom I have wronged" he explained as I kept looking at the TV, Kara had never told me how she had tricked him.
"Oh, how sad for you" Alex commented sarcastically. "Yes, a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions" Mxy added. "But great news you're the last one" he said while pointing at Kara.
"What could I possibly need your help for?" my cousin asked as the image of the TV changed.
I sighed staring at Kara, that moment had been hard for both of us, but mostly for her and I could tell that she wasn't having a good time while watching it.
"What's your point?" Kara asked him
"I am offering you a do-over" Mr. Mxyzptlk answered. "I can send you back in time" he explained, to what I shook my head, I wasn't liking the idea. "Wouldn't you like to be able to tell Lena that you're Supergirl on your own terms? Wouldn't you like to see... what the world would look like if you controlled the narrative?" the imp asked, my cousin really thinking the answer. "Okay, I know you don't trust me" he said appearing behind us, which scared the three of us. "But now by fifth dimensional law, I'm required to give you this recorder of me saying my name backwards in case you ever need..." Mxy didn't have a chance to keep talking, since Kara had already used the recorder.
I could tell that Alex was still confused about everything that had been happening during those last minutes, looking from time to time to her sister as if she was waiting for Kara to say something.
"Hey girls, What's going on?" J'onn asked entering in the apartment.
It wasn't easy to explain that Mxyzptlk was back and that that time he was trying to help, but still I couldn't trust him, not after everything he did the last time.
However, listening how my cousin was really thinking about doing it was even worse, I couldn't understand how she was able to trust his words.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked her, seeing how she nodded. "What if he tricks you to do something you don't want to?" I looked at her while panicking.
"The recorder worked, I'm going to be fine, Hal" she answered while embracing me. "Don't worry, I'll use it if I need to, I promise, kiddo" Kara kissed my forehead.
"Okay" I sighed. "Just be safe" I asked her.
"I will be" she whispered while pulling away from me. "How do I...?" she started asking as the fridge door was getting opened, Mxyzptlk appearing inside.
"Thank Zook you changed your mind" he said as we all stared at him. "Yes, I'm still working on eavesdropping, that's a problem" Mxy commented.
I frowned when he said that it was better for my cousin to be alone with him, Kara staring at me so I wouldn't protest, which I was trying too hard not to do it, only wanting to make sure that my cousin was going to be alright.
KARA'S P. O. V
Her heart wrenched seeing how she died, but not being prepared for the next scene, fresh tears being contained in her eyes.
The seven year old was kneeling on the ground, her head in between her hands while sobbing, which managed to break her heart.
All she wanted to do was to take the little girl in her arms and promise her that she was never going to leave her, but she couldn't do it, so she stayed still, not being able to keep looking at the image.
"Halley! Hal, kiddo!" it was her sister the one that screamed calling the child, who didn't even answered.
She observed how Alex approached the kid quietly, kneeling beside her shortly before pulling the little one into a hug.
"You promised me you weren't going to run away" Alex pointed out while brushing Halley's hair away from her little face. "You've scared me" her sister told the child, who barely mumbled a 'sorry'.
"I needed Kara" the child said.
"I know, kiddo, I need her, too" her sister whispered while keeping the little girl in between her arms.
"If she had been at the DEO, she would have come with me to Argo and she would be still alive" Halley pointed out in between tears. "I hate that she was Supergirl" her baby cousin sobbed in the woman's arms.
Those words broke her. It was hard to believe that the little girl, the same that used to worship her, had admitted her feelings.
She knew that her baby cousin was hurt and that she didn't truly mean those words or, at least, she hoped for the child not to hate her.
"You're not meaning that" her sister shook her head, the kid closing her eyes.
"It got her killed" Halley answered kind of harsh. "I want her back!" the child screamed as Alex tried really hard to shush her, but her cousin's sobs were turning into pleading screams for her to come back.
"Stop! Stop this! I can't keep watching!" she asked Mxy, who did as told.
At that moment she bowed her head in between tears, being completely broken because of seeing her cousin like that, not really wanting the little girl to go through that moment.
"I think you should know that the child is in the room" the fifth dimensional imp told her, to what she looked at him kind of confused about it. "I knew that you would prefer to have her here" he explained as she didn't waste any more time before running to take the eight year old in her arms.
She held her cousin as closed as possible, tears streaming down her face as she embraced the child, kissing repeatedly Halley's cheek, just being relieved of being there with her.
The eight year old started to stir in her arms, her blue eyes staring at her a little bit confused about what was happening.
"It's okay, baby" she whispered, her cousin pulling away from her only to fix her gaze into Mxyzptlk.
"Hi there, kiddo" the imp smiled, waving to the little one, who's hands gripped tightly to her jumper.
"Do you remember Mxyzptlk?" she asked the child, seeing her nod. "Well, it's him" she said, not sure of how the kid was going to react.
"You've grown up a lot" he commented while getting closer to them, her cousin trying to keep the distance between them.
"He's not going to hurt you, baby" she tried to calm her down. "He's here to help, okay?" she told her, kissing her forehead. "Do you want to go back to sleep?" she asked the child.
"No" her cousin answered.
She nodded slightly before returning to the living room with her baby cousin in her arms, hugging tightly the eight year old as she prepared herself for everything they were going to watch.
LITTLE HALLEY'S P. O. V
"Kara's hand was gripping hers tightly as they run through the woods, not really understanding what was going on, but being able to listen to all the people that was looking for them.
Ever since her cousin had revealed her identity to the world, the Children of Liberty had been targeting every single one of Kara's friends and family, but at that moment they were looking for Supergirl herself.
She panicked when Kara tripped, looking at her with concern, only to find that the superhero's right leg was bleeding, however, that didn't stop her cousin, who continued running until her legs failed, falling to her knees.
"Kara" she called her, pulling from her hand, they were getting closer. "Are you okay?" she asked while observing her.
Her cousin's skin was completely pale, being able to see her veins all painted in a greenish color, Supergirl had been poisoned with kryptonite.
"Hal, baby" Kara pulled from her to get her closer. "Run, don't let them find you..."
"But, What happens with you?" she couldn't avoid interrupting her, fresh tear filling her blue eyes. "They're going to kill you" she pointed out after her cousin had asked her the same thing, but she couldn't leave her.
"I'm going to be fine, Halley" the young superhero grabbed her face in between her hands. "Run, try to get back to the DEO and then go to Argo" her cousin pulled her into a hug, both of them crying in each other's arms, she couldn't abandon Kara there.
"But we can still make it, both of us" she told her, pulling from her cousin's arm to help her stand, Kara barely being able to do so as the woman fell to the ground again. "No, Kara, come on, just try" she begged, holding her sobs when she saw how Supergirl shook her head.
"I'm sorry" her cousin whispered while brushing her dark hair away from her face. "I need you to be safe" Kara kissed her forehead as she threw herself into her cousin's arms, scared of being that the last time she was going to see her alive. "It's time to go, they're getting closer" that whisper was enough for her to start crying.
"But..." she was about to complain, their footsteps and voices getting a lot louder.
"I'll always be with you, I love you, baby girl" Kara pulled her away as she couldn't find her voice to talk, just looking into her cousin's eyes one last time before finally letting go of her. "Go, run!"
She did as told. She ran. Tears blurring her eyes as she tried so hard to focus on keep her legs working, which was harder than she thought, mostly because of being able to listen to her cousin's screams.
At that moment she stopped, she knew that she needed to go back, it didn't matter if it made Kara angry, she had to save her cousin now more than ever.
"Where is the child?" she heard a man asking her cousin.
Kara was surrounded by agents, all of them pointing with kryptonite weapons to the superhero, there wasn't a way in to get close to her cousin, so, even though she knew that Kara was already aware that she was there, she flew only to land next to Supergirl.
"What are you doing here?" it was barely a whispered, her cousin wrapping her arms around her.
"You need help" she answered.
"Surrender the child and you won't be harm" the same man demanded, Kara increasing the strength of the hug.
She looked at her cousin confused. If she surrendered herself, Kara would be safe, but if she didn't do it... Was that what they meant with sacrifice?
"Don't do it" her cousin told her. "She's a child, I'm not going to let you hurt her in any way" Kara answered him. "If you want a Kryptonian to experiment on, take me, but she's staying unharmed" the superhero said, to what she panicked.
"Why would I want you when I have a Kryptonian child?" the man asked, Kara shaking her head.
"Then you will have to kill me to take her" her cousin answered while looking for a way to keep her safe.
"With pleasure, Supergirl" he smiled, pointing to Kara with a gun.
She screamed while getting herself in front of her cousin, her bright blue eyes becoming red because of her anger, not having control over her heat vision, just knowing that she wanted to protect Kara.
A few minutes later she fell to the ground, her heart pounding heavily in her chest as she tried to gain control of herself. She was completely drained, but she didn't care, only wanting to make sure that her cousin was fine.
Kara was laying on the ground just as everyone else, still breathing, which calmed her down a little as she got closer to her, not being sure if the agents were dead or just injured.
"Kara, wake up" she shook her cousin's shoulders, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible. "Please, wake up" she begged as tears filled her eyes.
"Kara! Halley!" she was able to heard someone calling them, which only got her to try to embrace her cousin's body protectively.
She jumped scared when she felt a hand on her shoulder, being aware that without her powers they didn't have any chance, but her blue eyes met a greenish ones that she was able to recognize. Lena.
"I need you to step away from Kara so they can help her" Lena told her as she observed how a few agents were surrounding them, increasing the strength of the embrace. "They're not going to hurt her, kiddo, they're agents from the DEO" the woman explained, but she didn't believe her words. "It's okay, you're safe, both of you, sweetheart" the CEO dared to wipe the few tears that had managed to stream down her cheeks.
She pulled away from her cousin slowly, Lena wrapping her arms around her as she couldn't avoid sobbing, only hoping for her cousin to be alright. "
She hid her face in her cousin's neck, sobbing, scared of the scene they had just seen, Kara trying really hard to calm her down.
"Shh, it's okay, I'm here with you" her cousin whispered while stroking her hair. "Hal, baby, look at me" Kara asked her, cupping her little face. "It's over, we're safe, that wasn't true" the superhero told her, which made her nodded.
However, she threw herself again into her cousin's arms, seeking for protection, calming down a little when Kara tightened the embrace.
"It doesn't matter when I tell Lena the truth, it always makes things worse" her cousin commented still embracing her. "I think I've been to scared to admitted to myself, but..." Kara sighed, not really finding her voice. "I think Lena would be better of if she and I were never friends" those words made her pull away from her cousin, studying her face.
"Is that a world you wanna see?" Mr. Mxyzptlk asked.
"No" Kara answered. "But show me anyway" her cousin asked as she held tightly to her.
She felt how Kara kept her embraced as tight as possible, her cousin was scared, but which managed to break her into tears was the fact that Mxyzptlk couldn't pull them out of there.
Kara left her on the ground shortly before they were attacked, hiding behind a car next to Mxy, who grabbed her hand just in case they needed to run away.
"This world sucks!" her cousin exclaimed as Nia appeared there.
"You don't know the half of it" Nia commented while observing them. "I'm so glad that both of you are fine" the young woman said as Kara picked her up. "Let's take you to The Tower"
She was barely listening to whatever Nia was saying, her head resting on her cousin's shoulder, only wanting to go back home, but without Mxyzptlk's magic they were stuck there and she was hating it.
"Look who I've found" Nia said as the elevator door was getting opened.
"Thank God you're both okay" Alex approached them to embrace them, but her gaze was fixed in the only person she hadn't seen for years.
"Mon-El!" she exclaimed with a huge smile on her face as her cousin left her on the floor, running to him, who was kneeling down to take her in his arms.
"Hi, kiddo" he smiled embracing her tightly, leaving a few kisses on the top of her head. "Are you okay?" he asked while gently pulling her away a little, to what she nodded. "That's good" Mon-El embraced her again.
At that moment she didn't care about what was happening, she was only focused on him, wanting to remember that moment with him, every single detail of it.
She rested her head on his chest, eyes closed as she listened to his heartbeat, not being able to stop smiling.
However, it didn't last long, her little hands holding onto his cape while watching Lena's announcement, fear seizing every cell of her body as Mon-El tried to keep her calmed.
"It's okay, kiddo" he whispered, rubbing circles on her back. "You're safe here" Mon-El kissed her forehead.
It all happened so fast, they were all sent against a wall, Mon-El taking the blow, protect her body with his.
"You okay?" she heard him asked as she observed how Reign was attacking them, nodding slightly.
"Get the hat!" she heard her cousin exclaimed, getting Mxy and Winn to start running to get away from there, Mon-El staring at her.
"I have to go with them" he told her while pulling her one last time into a hug. "Be safe, I love you, kiddo" he kissed her hair.
"I love you, too" she whispered shortly before he ran away from there.
It was confusing, panicking when her cousin left while wanting to follow her, but Alex stopped her before she could do it, asking her to hid.
She did as told, sitting on the floor, her knees up to her chest as she remained with her eyes closed, waiting kind of impatiently to go back home.
KARA'S P. O. V
It had took her travel to few realities to finally understand that it wouldn't matter when she would have told Lena, there would always be consequences and, honestly, she preferred to stick with the ones she already knew.
However, there was something that she still needed to do to feel in peace with herself, so once she was sure that her sister, J'onn and teen Halley were back to take care of her baby cousin, she left to her former best friend's penthouse.
"Let me guess, you're here to tell me once again that I should forgive you or maybe that I shouldn't work with my brother?" Lena asked while approaching her.
"Not this time" she shook her head. "I recognize that I made a mistake in hiding my identity from you for so long, but the past is the past, and I can't change it" she told her. "Forgive me or not, that's your choice, just like it's your choice to work with Lex. I 'm done blaming myself for your bad decisions" she finally said, she couldn't take it anymore, it had been months blaming herself for everything Lena had been doing.
"Then why are you here? Did she told you?" the CEO asked as she frowned, her heart skipping a beat when she understood the woman's words.
"Halley?" she questioned her, seeing her nod. "What happened?" she asked.
"You should ask her" Lena answered. "Why are you here if it's not for that?" her former friend asked.
"To tell you that from now on you're accountable for your own actions" she answered still a little bit confused. "If you decide to forgive me, I will be there for you, but if you continue to work with Lex, if you go through with whatever it is the two of you are planning, I will do everything in my power to stop you" she assured her not mattering how hard was being for her. "Just like I would with any other villain" she added shortly before flying away from there, a lump in her throat, tears threatening to escape her eyes, it had been so hard.
She tried to calm herself down before finally going home, not wanting to alarm anyone, but knowing that she needed to ask her baby cousin about what had happened.
"Hey, How did it go?" her sister asked, but she was only looking for Halley, the child asleep on the couch.
"Um, good, I guess" she shrugged.
She had lost her best friend and, even though she was aware that she had made the best decision, there was a still a little bit of guilt about having to fight Lena if it was needed it.
FUTURE HALLEY'S P. O. V
I sat on the bed a little bit nervous, I knew it was late, but I really needed to talk to him, so I waited patiently for him to pick up.
"Hi" I smiled when I saw Mon-El appearing.
"Hi, Flamebird" he smiled kind of confused.
"I needed to talk to you" I told him, who nodded
"You alright?" he asked concerned as I tried not to meet his eyes.
All of it was weird, for both of us, I guessed. I couldn't stare back at him without thinking about what I might have lost in the Future, not when I knew that he was one of those persons that wouldn't be there when I would come back.
He was worried, I could sense it, and I was desperate to seek for my best friend's protection, but, for a few seconds, I could not move or talk, just looking away as I tried to keep myself calm.
"Winn told me" I was finally able to say, still not looking at him.
"Told you what?" he asked, even though both knew what I was talking about, he was tensed.
"That I'm going to die in a few months" I answered, for the first time meeting his eyes, Mon-El sighing. "That I'm going to sacrifice myself" I added as he looked away for a few seconds, it was being hard for him to talk about that.
"He shouldn't have told you" he shook his head.
"I know, but I insisted. I needed to know" I told him. "He also told me that you blame yourself" I studied his face, he was staring back at me with sadness. "But I don't want you to feel like that, it's okay that you didn't save me" I looked directly into his eyes, really trying for him to feel at peace with himself.
"I could have done something" he complained, tears forming in his eyes. "You're too young, Halley" he whispered.
"When Winn told me, I was scared. Not anymore" I admitted, not truly being sincere, but trying to. "You know, I never understood the meaning of sacrifice until I saw my cousin sending you away. Everyone cheered her for saving Earth, but none knew at what cost... I did" I observed how he closed his eyes, knowing that none had ever told him any of that. "I watched for months how she lost her hope, hearing at her saying that she should have been selfish... But we both know that she wouldn't have, that she knew it was the only option and she did it" I explained, a lump in my throat, remembering Kara's dark path was hard. "I'm okay with what I'm going to do, I don't care if I'm too young if I'm going to save Kara and all those innocent people" I assured him while trying to sound confident. "I'm proud of being able to make that decision" I told him, seeing how he smiled a little.
"I didn't get there in time, Kara had already found you, there was nothing she could do and she was so angry..." he looked away. "We lost you, I did" he barely whispered.
"But that's what makes us heroes, we make sacrifices even knowing the risks" I pointed out, getting him to smile.
"When did you grow up so much?" Mon-El asked, getting me to smile a little. "You're so much like Kara, kiddo" he commented. "Winn left something in your... Halley's room, under a book or something, it's a note" he said, to what I frowned.
"I'll look for it" I told him, already doing it.
"I am so proud of you, don't ever forget that, Flamebird" he asked. "I love you so much, Halley" he smiled.
"I love you, too" I smiled back at him., "I think Hal is going to be calling you tomorrow" I told him, seeing him nod.
"We'll talk tomorrow then" he said shortly before hanging up.
I sighed. Talking to him had made me believe that I was in the future, missing all the little conversations we used to have whenever I would have a problem. He had always been there for me.
I got up from the bed to get to the desk, finding that note under one of the books, which was risky place to hide it since Kara could have found it easily.
I unfolded the note nervously, not knowing what I was going to find, but recognizing the handwriting, which managed to bring tears to my eyes.
Hi Halley,
I don't know if you're ever going to read this, but daddy said that it would help me to say goodbye to you, he's helping me right now.
It has been a month since you left us and I miss you every single day, not only I, daddy does it too and mommy… She went to a mission right after you d… were gone. I don't know where she is, but Auntie Alex says that she's looking for you and that she will come back with you by her side, even though I don't think it's possible. I think she needed time for herself, kryptonian mourning is longer, you know.
I'm sad that Jules isn't going to remember you, but I promise that I'm going to tell her everything about you so that she'll be proud of her big sister, just as I am.
Love you,
Leo
ps: I've drawn Saffire so that he will be with you wherever you are.
I brought the letter to my chest in tears, just wanting to hug that sweet innocent boy even if it was for a last time.
I needed a second time to fully understand the content of the letter. He had written it after my sacrifice, which meant that my future wasn't as different as I thought or, at least, I hoped. My siblings were fine and that was all I really cared about at that moment.
However, if there was something that had confused me was the fact that Kara was in a mission instead of being with her family, that was unlikely of her and even if she did it, it wouldn't be for so long.
The tears that I had tried so hard to contain were starting to stream down my cheeks, not sure of how I was feeling because part of me was happy that they were fine, but my other part was sad of not being there with them. I was going to do everything I could to get back to them.
KARA'S P. O. V
She stood in front of Halley's room without knowing if she should walked inside or not, the teenager needed her space, but she had been hearing her cry for an hour until the girl finally calmed down.
She knew it was being hard for Halley to be there, not having memories of anything except for the Crisis, the teenager was lost, just looking for answers.
"Hal?" she knocked on the door, but after not hearing an answer she opened it.
The girl was asleep on the bed, the trace of the tears still marked on her cheeks, but focusing on the paper her cousin was holding close to herself.
She smiled a little while approaching her, gently caressing the girl's hair before taking the paper from her hands, which made Halley to frown a little.
"Shh, it's okay" she whispered, brushing the teen's brown hair away from her face.
Her cousin curled up over herself still asleep, so she couldn't avoid tucking her in with the bed spreads as she continued to observe her.
"Sweet dreams, baby" she kissed her forehead before finally reading the letter.
Her heart skipped a bit while reading it, closing her eyes as she tried for everything to make sense, her breath hitching while not knowing how she should be reacting to everything that was written there.
The teenage girl she had in front of her was dead. Halley was dead. She didn't want to believe that, Had her cousin known and didn't tell her?
She was confused. There were a lot of things to process. Did she have kids in the future? A son and a daughter, Leo and Jules, which she was sure it was a nickname of Juliet, understanding why her cousin had refused to chose that name.
"Kara? You okay?" her sister asked her while entering inside the room as she hid as quick as possible the letter, not knowing what she should answer.
"Umm... Yeah, I was just making sure that she was alright" she answered.
"That's all?" Alex questioned her, being aware that she had been frowning while answering.
"Actually, no" she shook her head. "I'm afraid that I might not know how to communicate with her" she said, her sister staring at her kind of confused. "I mean, I keep treating her like a child, but she's not a child anymore and everytime I try to talk to her it's like if we don't know what to say" she tried to explain, which had been a real issue since the teenager arrived.
"She's scared" her sister told her. "She doesn't remember anything from the future, she doesn't even know if it's going to be like the one she remembers" Alex explained as she gulped, Did her 'mission' have anything to do with Halley being there without memories?
"She has opened up more to you than me" she pointed out, trying to understand why her cousin had been acting like that.
"Why don't you plan something just for you and her? Like tomorrow afternoon, I'll stay Halley" Alex commented, to what she nodded, it wasn't a bad idea.
"Do you think she will open up?" she asked, needing answers to her questions.
"Yes, she will, that girl loves you and it doesn't matter if she's eight or eighteen, that will never change" her sister assured her, getting her to smile a little. "Come on, let's watch a movie" Alex said shortly before leaving the room.
"I'm so sorry I haven't been there for you, but I love you so much, don't ever doubt that" she whispered in her cousin's ear before kissing her hair, just hoping for the teenager to finally open up to her.
Hi!
I loved the 100th episode and because of that I had so many ideas, so it took me a few days to know which ones I wanted to put in this chapter.
I already had a few scenes written from before the episode, but they don't fit with the plot, so I might be publishing them along with other ideas I didn't include so it wouldn't be so long.
The letter. There is something that gives a little idea about why Halley is at that time. Also Kara learning about her future... I can't wait for their conversation, it's going to be a little bit uncomfortable for both of them.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin