12 Years Old...
Kara was twelve years old when her world died. Everything that she knew and loved, exploded into pieces, leaving only her and Kal alone.
She wiped a stray tear falling down her face before looking to her right and saw Kal-El's pod flying alongside hers. She pressed her hand against the glass, reaching out to her sleeping baby cousin before she felt her ship shake and she heard a huge explosion behind her. Krypton just exploded.
That was the first time her world crumbled in front of her.
24 Years Old…
Twelve years have already passed since her world exploded in front of her and she fell to Earth when she first saw him. She was falling down a skyscraper, her ears ringing loudly, her eyes barely open, her head felt like it was splitting in half when she suddenly felt being carried away.
It actually felt really nice being carried away.
Don't get her wrong, she wasn't really a big fan of princesses always being rescued by a knight in shining armor but this story is different. She wasn't a princess and her rescuer isn't a knight in shining armor, instead, the man that rescued her was wearing a dark red suit with a lightning bolt emblem.
She later learned the name of the man that rescued her was The Flash, he also even told her his real name which Barry Allen, quite cute and unique if you ask her. Oh, he's also from another universe, a fact she is still trying to wrap her head around which is saying something since she's an alien hero.
But that's not the weirdest thing that happened that day, her heart kept beating erratically when she was with Barry and there were weird feelings inside her, not to mention her knees were weaker than usual. She thought there were traces of kryptonite on his suit or the D.E.O. were once again transporting kryptonite and forgot to contain a piece in a lead container because that is the only explanation on why this is happening.
They talked a lot, comparing the things in his universe to her's. For instance, they both have a Big Belly Burger, which Barry said to her that must be the only constant in every universe. She hasn't been this happy and content in so long, but her mood slightly sours when she hears the name of a girl he knew back in his universe, Iris. Barry described her like she was a living saint and every time he does so, there's a weird clenching ache in her chest but she doesn't let her ruin her mood completely.
When they finally figured out how to get him back home, her mood dampened. In a very selfish way, she wants him to stay stuck in their universe. With her.
She talked it over with Winn since Alex is still on the run. He told her that she was in love. That she got it bad. That she finally felt the "Wah-pow".
Tomorrow they were sending the man she (apparently) loves home with a possibility that she won't ever see him again.
She didn't sleep that night.
She tried her best to smile the day after, she spent the last night contemplating whether she will tell Barry how she feels towards him. She decided against it.
She sent him home when she had the choice to sabotage it. She let her go even if she loved him.
"Goodbye, Barry."
That's the first time she said that.
25 Years Old...
The second she met him again, he needed her help. He, his team, and other heroes have to fight off an alien invasion. She decided to help them without a second thought, the same feelings a year ago reemerging, which is bad since she also kinda like someone else now.
They also revealed that Barry traveled back in time and caused the very problem they are fighting, as well as changed the lives of some of them.
When he asks her if she still trusts him, she replies within a second.
"I'll always trust you."
And she meant it.
Still 25 Years Old…
They got stuck in a musical. She and Barry got stuck in a musical. Also, she has a boyfriend now, which makes interacting with Barry easier. It also helps that he is happy with Iris. If she is happy, she can be happy for him.
They sang and had fun, her worries began to drift away as she sang songs with him. But alas, everything went wrong. Barry, ever the hero, tried to stop a gang war and got hit by a stray bullet, and now he was bleeding on the pavement along with the two dead gang leaders and their crew.
Even though she has a boyfriend, she felt compelled to tell him her 'past' feelings. She cupped his face, her eyes filling with tears, as he struggled to breathe.
"K-Kara, I-..." He breathed out.
"It's okay. Everything is going to be okay, so hang on, okay?" Kara interrupted him, not wanting to hear his goodbyes. "I don't know if this is it, it probably is. So, I want you to know that I-"
She was interrupted by a breach opening behind her, Iris and Mon-El, her boyfriend, jumping out of it. They immediately rushed to them, kissing them and before they knew it, they were back in the real world.
When Barry and Kara finally have a moment to themselves, he asks what she was about to say to him when he was almost dying. She just laughs it off and smiles at him.
"I wanted you to know that I...am very grateful to be your friend."
It wasn't what she wanted to say but it is what they needed her to say. For the both of their sakes.
26 Years Old…
She was once again alone. Mon-El, her now ex-boyfriend, has a wife now. Long story short, she had to send him to space because Earth's atmosphere became toxic for him and when she sent him to space, he accidentally time traveled and now he's back but now he's married to someone else.
And now, Kara is alone at a wedding of Barry and Iris. At least when she got Mon-El, he helped her move on and forget about the scarlet speedster but now that he's with someone else, the loneliness is much greater this time around.
Then the nazis came and her heart almost got stolen from her and her doppelganger is married to Barry's friend, Oliver, which is so not her type of guy, plus he's taken.
Ultimately, they defeated the bad guys and it all worked out. Even Barry and Iris's wedding, which sucks for Kara but not for Barry and Iris. But she's happy for them but she can't watch another man she loves to get married to someone else, so she did her goodbyes and went back home, the clenching feeling in her chest back once again.
She hated feeling that feeling.
27 Years Old…
They were on the Kent Farm when she saw him and Oliver again. It was very confusing because Oliver and Barry swapped identities and powers and now they need her help to find out what happened.
All sorts of things happened. Barry, Oliver and her went to Gotham, they met the new protector, Batwoman, and they got arrested and thrown in jail. Then Deegan, the bad guy, changed reality again and she became a prisoner, Barry and Oliver became criminals, and Deegan took the form of her cousin and his suit but it was black.
They recovered the Book of Destiny for a second and Clark did what he could in a limited time but he didn't just change reality, he saw the future. He saw Barry and her turning to dust slowing down the world.
She and Barry shared a worried look before a steely look grazed his face and told Kara to go now without him but he promises that he will follow soon.
She nodded her head, giving him another worried look before speeding away.
"Where are you going?" Clark asked.
"Let's hope destinies can be rewritten," Barry replied before speeding off.
She didn't know then what he did but whatever it is, it made all the differences and they won.
28 Years Old…
He's dead. Barry's dead. He sacrificed his life for hers and she didn't even know why. And now she's preparing to go to a bar Oliver invited her to, apparently, it was the bar he and Barry frequently got drinks together.
"You're late," Oliver said immediately as soon as she is close enough to hear him. "How come you and Barry have superspeed but still late at things."
"I guess the super-tardiness kinda neutralizes it," Kara replied, making Oliver laugh but with a sad look in his eyes.
"Barry said the same thing. Exactly the same thing." Oliver took a sip of his beer. "I swear, I thought you two would end up together."
"What do you mean?! I didn't like him that way and he never liked me that way, it was never happening. Plus, we used to live in separate universes, it wouldn't have worked."
"You don't have to pretend to me, you know? I know that you loved him and you still do." Oliver said as Kara took a sip of her beer, grimacing at the slightly sour flavor.
"How did you know?"
"How you look at him when you think he isn't watching, the way you act differently towards him, it was obvious really." Oliver laughed at Kara's aghast face before her expression turned somber.
"I never got to tell him how I felt."
"He knows,"
Kara turned her head towards Oliver, surprised at what he said. Barry knew that she had and still does have feelings for him. But why didn't he say anything?
"You're wondering why he didn't say anything, right? Because he saw you were happy with Mon-El plus the different universes thing. And in some way and some level, he felt the same." Oliver said before he took another swing of his beer.
After taking a drunk Oliver home to Laurel, Kara went to Barry's tombstone. She bought some flowers on the way and some candles. His tombstone was easy to find, it was right beside his mother and father's tombstone. She placed the flowers and the candles in front of the tombstone, lighting up the candles with her heat vision.
She smiled as she thought that Barry had finally found his peace.
"I love you. Goodbye, Barry."
That was the second time she said goodbye to him and it was the last.
