Before watching the episode I didn't know how Mon-El was going to return, so I wrote this little scene.
KARA'S P. O. V.
The eight year old remained asleep on the couch, embracing her blue dragon as all of them observed her kind of curious about how the child was going to react to the surprise.
"Are you sure is okay to wake her up?" Mon-El asked her, to what she nodded.
"She's not going to forgive me if we don't tell her" she told him, which got him to laugh while kneeling in front of the sleeping child.
If Halley learnt that Mon-El was back, the child would asked during hours to see him, so it was a better idea waking her up and let her stay up for a little while before going home.
"I'm nervous" she heard him admit while gently brushing the kid's hair away from her little face, to what she smiled, she was nervous too.
"I wouldn't suggest taking Saffire form her arms" Alex warned him. "Brainy tried once and she almost melted him" her sister explained, to what she couldn't avoid laughing.
"I can do it for you, if you can't" she offered, knowing that Mon-El didn't want to wake up the little one.
"That would be easier, she's sleeping so peacefully" he commented with a smile as she approached him, taking the child in her arms, which got the child to stir.
"Hey, baby" she whispered, gently caressing the child's hair, who opened her tired blue eyes for a few seconds. "There's a surprise" she told her, Halley rubbing her eyes before looking around her.
"Am I dreaming?" the little one asked while staring at Mon-El, getting all of them to laugh.
"I believe you're not, baby" she smiled, kissing her cousin's hair, the child smiling widely before throwing herself into his arms.
Mon-El embraced tightly the eight year old, keeping the kid in between his arms as her baby cousin clung tightly to his cape.
"I've missed you" the child whispered while pulling away a little from him.
"I've missed you, too" Mon-El smiled before embracing her again.
She smiled tenderly at the scene, not being able to contain her happiness since her baby cousin's dream was coming true, the child was going to be able to spend a few days with her best friend.
She observed the city from the balcony, a few people walking through the streets as they reached the end of the day.
"Hey, What are you doing?" Mon-El asked approaching her with the little one in his arms.
"Observing the city" she answered, observing how her cousin had her little face buried in his neck, Saffire in between her arms. "She was exhausted" she commented, gently caressing the little girl's hair.
"She's super clingy" he commented while staring at the kid.
"She's not going to leave you alone during the time you're staying" she told him with as mockery smile.
"I bet" he laughed, embracing even tighter the eight year old as they returned to that uncomfortable silence.
It was weird between them. The last time they had seen each other, she had hoped for him to stay, but when he left, she forced herself into a goodbye, really trying to move on.
During the last few days she had thought that Mon-El was really in the past, her feelings for William growing as time passed, however, at that moment she wasn't sure anymore. Had she really forgotten Mon-El? What was that weird feeling she felt on her heart?
She looked away, knowing that she was blushing, trying to cover that up so that he wouldn't notice, but she was aware that even if he did, he wasn't going to tell her.
"Could I ask you about what happened with Lex?" Mon-El questioned her as she sighed, closing her eyes for a few seconds.
"He did horrible things to her" she answered, not being ready to tell him everything, but she knew that he was worried about the little girl. "Lex experimented on her, he cut her chest open as she was awake" she explained, a lump in her throat. "And now everyone believes that he's good, he even owns the DEO, so now he has fully control over my duties as Supergirl and over her" she pointed to her baby cousin, Mon-El frowning a little.
"Is there anything you can do?" he asked concerned about the child.
"I've tried, but he seems to always find a way to hurt her" she sighed. "I just want to keep her safe" she told him.
"She's safe with you" Mon-El looked directly into her eyes. "She knows that you're always there for her, that's what gives her hope" he commented as she looked away. "I'll keep her safe during the time I'm staying here" he assured her.
"Thank you" she stared back at him.
She knew for sure that Mon-El would do everything he could to keep the child safe and away from Lex. For him Halley was everything, he loved that little girl more than anything, so he was always going to be there for her.
Kara's death really gave me a lot of ideas to write, but I couldn't put everything on the chapter because it would have been really long, more that it was already.
ALEX'S P. O. V.
She was pacing back and forth inside the conferece room. Her heart pounding heavily in her chest as she waited for the news, those that implided telling a seven year old the truth about what had happened two days ago.
National City had lost its greatest hero, but she had lost her little sister, her best friend, the most kindhearted person she had ever met. Kara lost her planet being basically a child, however, that didn't stop her from being positive and kind, trying to make everyone's life better even when hers was just a mess. She was a totally ray of sunshine.
"It's done, the air is clean" Lena told her while entering inside the room.
"Okay… Thanks" she was barely able to whisper, not being ready to go to Argo, to break that little girl's heart. "Is it safe to bring her back?" she asked, needing time to calm herself down, it had been two days without sleeping, just mourning her loss.
"Yes" that answer made her sighed, she was afraid of Halley hating her. "Is everything okay?" the CEO asked her, to what she wanted to nod, but she couldn't.
"I have to tell Halley" she whispered, her hands shaking. "I don't know how to do it" she admitted, new tears filling her eyes. "Alura offered to tell her, but I have to" she needed to be there for the little one. "She's going to hate me" she tried to cotrol the tears that managed to escape her eyes.
"It's not going to be easy, but I don't think she's going to hate you" Lena commented as she shook her head.
"You don't understand" she sighed, what she had done two years ago hauting her again. "I killed her mom" she looked away ashamed.
Lena looked at her during a few seconds, frowning slightly before shaking her head, which truly made her believe that the woman was judging her.
The seven year old had already lost her mom and she wasn't sure how the child was going to react, but she knew that she wasn't going to bear seeing how Halley was going to be looking at her, with all that pain and fear.
"Then tell her that it was because of me, that I didn't get here in time" Lena finally spoke, to what she shook her head.
"That's not true, you tried to" she told her, knowing that she was hard with her during that night. "I'm sorry for what I said, I know you tried your best to be here" she looked at the woman.
"If I have stayed here in National City, she would have been alive" it was barely a whisper, but she was able to listen it.
"We don't know that" she shrugged, there wasn't a way of knowing if her sister would be there with them. "I should go" she said shortly before doing it.
She needed for a few more seconds before finally walking through the portal, her head down as she tried to remain as calm as possible.
"Alex?" she looked up to meet Kara's mom staring at her with concer.
"It's time" she said, Alura nodding slightly.
"She's playing with Kal" Alura told her while taking her to the house.
The little girl was playing in the living room with Clark, a huge smile on her face while running towards her with her little arms opened to hug at her. She kept the child embraced as tight as possible, not wanting that moment to end, knowing that Halley's life was about to change.
"How are you?" she asked while taking the little one in her arms to sit on the couch.
"Good" Halley answered, snuggling closer to her as she caressed her hair.
Everyone's gaze was focused on her, Alura sitting by her side while Clark and Lois were just standing there, wanting to help to whatever that was going to happen as soon as she would tell her the truth.
"Where's Kara?" that question made her close her eyes, tears being contained in them.
"You know why you're here, right?" she asked, not sure of how much the kid knew, but seeing her nod. "And you remember that Kara was at DC that night" she stared at Halley, who frowned a little.
"Is Kara okay?" the seven year old asked, begging for an answer, but she didn't know how she should tell her the truth.
"There... We..." her voice cracked as tears finally found their way out her eyes, the child looking at her with bright blue eyes because of the fresh tears. "We did everything we could, we... I couldn't save her" she couldn't avoid sobbing, Halley looking at everyone in that room before staring back at her, that time crying.
"Is she dead?" the kid questioned her, to what she could only nod, embracing her tightly as the child broke down into tears.
"I'm so sorry, sweetie" she kissed her hair, just wanting to comfort her.
However, Halley got rid of her embrace before running away from the room as she sighed while bowing down her head while not knowing what she should do.
It was Alura the one who hugged her and, even though she didn't like to be weak in front of others, she surrender to the embrace, trying to understand how the woman was holding up herself so well as she couldn't stop crying.
"Thanks" she whispered while pulling away from her, wiping her own tears.
"It's okay" Alura answered, getting her to close her eyes.
At that moment she understood. Alura was so grateful for everything she had done for Kara, that it was a way to return it to her, but she didn't need the woman to do it, even though she had appreciated, feeling calm during the embrace.
"We should check on her" she commented, the two of us walking toward the child's room.
Halley was crying on the bed, her face buried in the pillows as she felt her heart drop, not bearing see the child like that.
"Hal, kiddo" she whispered while approaching her, not wanting to scare her.
She slowly wrapped her arms around the seven year old, taking her closer to herself, the little girl fighting against her for a little while before finally calming down.
"What's going to happen with me?" she heard the kid asking, so she pulled her away to grab her face.
"Kara wanted you to stay with me, but if you prefer to stay here, that's okay" she told her, Halley nodding slightly without saying anything.
She didn't want to obligate the child to live with her if Halley preferred to stay there in Argo, but she was going to be heartbroken if the child decided to stay there because she was not going to be able to see her every day as she had been doing for the last two years.
"You know that she loved you so much, right?" she asked her, the kid staring at her in between tears.
"I love... Loved her, too" Halley whispered before starting sobbing again.
She hugged her tightly again, just letting her cry, knowing that it wouldn't matter if she tried to calm her down, the little girl needed to cry just as she had been needing for the last two days.
Convincing Halley to go back to the DEO was hard, the seven year old crying loudly, knowing that the kid wasn't prepared to say goodbye to her cousin.
By the time they were back, Halley had finally calmed down in Alura's arms, her little hands gripping tightly her aunt's dress as if the kid was afraid of someone pulling them away, so she just stroked her hair one last time before running to hug her mom.
"How is she?" her mom asked as she sighed, the child's eyes were closed.
"She's processing it" she answered. "Mom, she's Alura, Kara's mom and Alura, she's Eliza, my mom" she introduced them, observing how they embraces each other, to what she couldn't avoid thinking that they would have like for that meeting being under other circumstances.
She closed her eyes for a few seconds. The next day was going to be a hard one, not being ready to say goodbye to her baby sister.
HALLEY'S P. O. V
She remained sitting on a chair, Alex trying to comb her long brown hair, but the DEO's director wasn't really focused on whatever that she was trying to do on her hair, finally getting it after a few more tries.
"Come here" the woman kneeled down in front, her arms opened to hug her, so she didn't hesitate to jump from the chair and surrender to the embrace.
Both of them shifted their heads after hearing a loud noise, the Legion's ship being seen in the balcony, however, she didn't move from Alex side, not even when her best friend walked inside the DEO hall.
"Did we get on time?" Winn asked, both of them walking toward where they were, Alex nodding slightly.
"Hi, kiddo" Mon-El crouched in front of her, slowly daring to grab her hand, caressing the back of her hand with his thumb.
It took her a few more seconds before finally getting her to walk closer to him, letting him embrace her as she couldn't avoid the tears to stream down her cheeks.
Mon-El increased the strength of the hug while getting up with her in his arms, stroking her hair as laid her head on his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry, sweetie" he whispered as she pulled away to look at him, he was crying as well, so she snuggled herself closer to him.
Winn caressed her hair as if he was trying to tell her that he was also there, but at that moment she really didn't want to let go of Mon-El.
"Director Danvers, everyone is ready" Brainy informed.
"Thanks, Brainy, we should get going" Alex commented as she closed her eyes, not ready for what was going to happen.
Her whole body felt numb. It had been a while since she had closed her eyes not being able to focus in whatever was really happening, not listening to anyone's words about Kara, about her cousin, the person that had taken her in and had raised her like a daughter. She couldn't imagine her life without her.
Everyone that was there had tried for her to feel comfortable, but she had only found peace in Alex's arms and if it wasn't hers, Mon-El's. Although, part of her was still unsteady, knowing that Kara wasn't going to hold her anymore, even if it was what she needed the most at that moment.
If she had know that two days ago would have been the last time she had seen her cousin, she wouldn't have let go of her, she would have pleaded her to stay and not to go to D.C. She did though, but her cousin had managed to calm her down by telling her that as soon as they were back at home, they would watch a movie together. "Listen to Alex" those were Kara's last words to her, she didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to her.
"Hey kiddo, Do you want to say anything?" Alex asked as she opened her eyes to meet hers. "It's okay if you don't want to" the woman added, but she nodded anyway. "Okay" her cousin's sister sighed while getting up with her in her arms.
She stared at everyone that was standing there, some unfamiliar faces, but most of them her cousin's closest friends and family members, all of them looking at her with teary eyes, giving her time to talk.
She blinked a little because of the sun rays that were hitting her face, it was a warm autumn day, like those she used to spend with her cousin at the park. Kara loved to sit under the sun, the feeling of the rays caressing every single cell of her body and, honestly, she had finally understood why her cousin liked so much.
"Whenever you're ready" Alex whispered before kissing her hair, to what she nodded.
"Kara took me in a few months after my mommy died" she whispered unsure of how to start talking. "Being with her made me feel at home, safe and loved" she said looking down. "She was the best mommy that I could have dreamed of" the tears starting to fall down her cheeks, Alex rubbing circles on her back. "I wish she could be here" she sobbed, her faced buried in the woman's shoulder, who tried to calm her down a little.
A few seconds later it was Mon-El the one that picked her up, hugging her as tight as possible, so Alex could say a few words, which only made her to start crying with even more strength.
After the ceremony, more people was coming to talk to them, but she remained sitting on a chair, not wanting to hears anyone else saying 'I'm sorry for your loss'. Some of them didn't even know Kara, just being workes from CatCo.
"Hey, sweetheart" she turned her head to find Lena standing there by her side.
She couldn't avoid getting up to embrace her, which got her cousin's best friend to kneel down to her height, both of them hugging at each other.
"How are you?" Lena asked, grabbing her face in between her hands.
"I want her back" she admitted in just a whispered, observing how the woman looked away.
"I have to tell you something, kiddo" the CEO seemed to be nervous. "I had a device that could have saved Kara... I didn't get to her in time. Maybe if I had done, she wouldn't have died" Lena explained to her.
For a moment she felt anger controlling her body, that woman could have saved her cousin's life, however, after closing her eyes for a few seconds, she realized that being angry wasn't going to bring her cousin back, so she threw herself into the CEO's arms.
"I'm so sorry, Halley" Lena said while crying, tightening the strength of the hug.
"You tried" she whispered, the woman pulling her away a little before kissing her forehead.
"Lena" Alex made both of them to turned to look at her, her cousin's best friend getting up.
"I... Umm... I know that Kara would like for Halley to be safe, so I made this" Lena said while handing Alex a device. "It will help her in case it happens again" the CEO explained. "And if you ever need help taking care of Halley, I'll be here" the woman assured them.
"Thanks, but I don't even know if she's going to stay here" Alex pointed out as she embraced her legs, the director gently brushing her hair while looking at her.
"I want to stay with you" she whispered, even though she wanted to keep going to Argo, Alex picking her up to embrace her.
"I love you, kiddo" the woman kissed her hair.
"I love you, too" she whispered with her eyes closed.
She knew that it was going to be hard to adjust to her new life, but at least she was still staying with loving family, even if her heart was going to be broken forever.
Hi!
I'm so happy and excited about Melissa's pregnancy, Chris and she look so happy in the pictures. They're going to be great parents.
Now everytime that I write a motherly scene between Kara and Halley, I can't avoid thinking about that Melissa is going to become a mother.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin.