Chapter 03

If you see someone asking for help, do you help them? Or, do you look away? We always have a choice, even if most of the time we completely ignore the consequences of our choices...

"I can't believe I'm doing this. You know Lex, of all the crazy things I've heard you say, this is the craziest one!"

"C'mon, Lena. Do you really think I'll be such an awful parent?"

Lena chuckles, drinking her whiskey as she reads all the medical reports she got from the tests she did to Kara. Lena doesn't think that this version of Lex will be a bad parent, but, they are Luthors after all, so, her expectations for them, to be skilled parents are very low. Even then, she's willing to help her brother to expand his family.

"She's really something..."

Looking at the photo of the blonde, the one that's attached to the medical file, Lena can't figure out how this girl got her into this mess. But...

"Kara has a strong will. When she has something in mind, she goes for it, with everything she has."

And, it was true, she has a strong determination to go for it till the end. Maybe that's why she thought she would be a good reporter someday, but those dreams seem to be from another life because right now, her biggest dream is to give Clark & Lex a ray of hope.

The Kents are getting old, the farm is not doing well. Everyone might believe this is the worst moment to bring a baby to the family. But contrary to what most of the people think, Lex really believes this is the best moment to add someone else to the family. They need a good thing, and that good thing, it's gonna be the baby that will be carried by...

"Kara Danvers"

"Yes? Is there something wrong with Kara?"

"No. She looks healthy, but I want to speak with her before doing any procedure. I want to make sure she completely understands about what she's signing in."

"You already spoke with her on the phone the other day. You know she's the one who put this into motion. She's the one who offered to be our surrogate mother and even talked with you about it without saying a word to me or Clark, so why are you questioning her decision now?"

"She's very young, Lex. A very young, impressionable mind that..."

"That you think I manipulated to get something I want, right? Because after all, that's what Luthors always do to get what they want, isn't it?"

Lex looks upset. Lena can understand why he's upset, after all, she feels the same each time that someone thinks the worst of her. But, she's a Luthor, and Lex is a Luthor. And if there's one thing you can be sure of, it's that you cannot trust in Luthor Not at 100% and certainly not without doing your homework first. So...

"Lex, you want my help. You need my help. I'm the only person with the technology and the resources to help you. So, let me talk to Kara. Alone. And then, maybe I'll do this for free"

"Free? Wow, how honored I am to be your next charity work"

Lena rolls her eyes, Lex is being sarcastic and difficult, but, can you blame him? After all, his own sister believes he's forcing Kara to carry a baby against her will.

"I'll ask Kara to meet you, alone. I don't believe she will be against it"

"Great..."

"But Lena, I don't want Mother to know about this"

Lena nods. She also has no intention to let her mother know she's helping Lex in bringing life into this world. After all, they know their mother well enough to know that she would make their lives a living hell, trying to stop them.

"I need to go into the office now, Lex. Ask Kara when it's okay for her to meet. I believe that meeting here, at my penthouse, would be best. This is a safe place where no one will hear what we discuss"

Lex nods, he puts on his disguise so no one knows who he is and gets ready to leave as well as Lena, but, before leaving, he says that he has another favor to ask too. Lena frowns, she wonders if he's finally asking her for money, but, to her surprise, all he wants it's to look into old files of Luthor Corp.

"Why do you want to look into Luthor Corp?"

Lex doesn't give her a real reason. To be honest, he's not sure what he's looking for, but he promised Kara to help her to find what happened to her father. Giving Kara some peace of mind on the subject, it's the last thing he can do for the woman who's willing to carry his child, that's what Lex thinks. And, that's what he plans to do while Lena and Kara meet alone at the penthouse...

"Please, come in"

Lena welcomes the shy blonde in. Some hours after her meeting with Lex, Kara steps into the luxurious place, it's imposing, so, keeping her stare down, Kara finds her way to the white couch. She looks afraid. And, Lena wonders if it's because of her.

"You know, you shouldn't believe everything you read on the news about me. I mean, I'm not any witch who eats men just for fun"

Lena jokes while she serves herself a drink. But, the blonde makes no reaction to the joke at all, so Lena's smirk fades and the CEO puts on her business face. If Kara wants to be formal, she can do that.

"Can I offer you something to drink: Vodka, whiskey...?"

"I don't drink. Thank you"

Lena nods, and sits besides the girl. They sit in silence for a brief moment that felt longer than what it really was. And, if there's something Kara doesn't have, it's the patience to wait for things to happen, so, she goes straight to the point, getting Lena off guard when she starts talking...

"What is your problem?"

"Excuse me?!"

Kara sounds irritated, and now, Lena feels the same when Kara set the tone of this conversation.

"You have the opportunity to help your brother. To do something good for him. And you hesitate? Why? I thought Lena Luthor never hesitates."

"I don't hesitate. I just want to make sure that you know what you're getting into."

"I know what I'm doing..."

"You say that, but I'm not so sure..."

"And, what do I need to do to make you believe that I can do this?"

Was that a challenge? Lena smirks, she must admit that she's surprised to realize that Kara has the guts to talk to her like this. The fear that Kara was showing when she first arrived at Lena's home is no longer there. She looks strong, determined, ready to face anyone... even someone as terrifying as Lena Luthor.

But, as Kara is ready to face Lena without fear, she's not ready to face the past as well...

"You're a runaway, Miss Danvers. How do I know you'll not run away with this baby too...?"

"What?! What do you mean?"

Lena walks away to bring a file she has about Kara. The blonde gulps hard when she sees the main chapters of her life, put together in a file...

"I'm sorry for the death of your parents. I can't imagine what must feel like to lose them at such a young age"

Lena has no intention of bringing back painful memories for the blonde. But, she's not sure if this girl is emotionally stable enough to commit to this. After all, any pregnancy comes with a hormonal roller coaster. And, looking at Kara's life, the blonde doesn't seem to be the best fit for the job, if you ask Lena.

"Why do you want this, Miss Danvers?"

"Do you believe I have a secret agenda? Really?"

"I'm a Luthor. I don't 'believe'. I search and make my own conclusions on the facts that present to myself."

Kara drops the file into Lena's lap, challenging her to say out loud what conclusions she got from her private investigation. And, Lena doesn't hold back, she makes very clear she doesn't believe this is a good idea. She believes Kara is too young and naive to do this. She's too broken, emotionally and financially, to do this. Lena says all she gets from the file of Kara, nothing good to be honest, and Kara should feel offended, but she smiles. She just smiles, and Lena frowns because of all the reactions she was imagining, a smile wasn't one of them...

"Miss. Danvers, are you smiling?"

"Yes..."

"Why?"

"Why not?"

Lena's frown deepens. Maybe Kara is more emotionally unstable than she thought. But, Lena gets rid of those doubts when the blonde expresses what she thinks about herself...

"You're right. I was a runaway before I found Clark. I left my adoptive family. But, it wasn't because I wanted, I did it because it was what they wanted... what they needed from me..."

Lena gulps hard. She feels sad for Kara, and angry at the same time. Who would have the heart to kick out a child? The blonde was a teenage girl when she walked away from the Danvers. Maybe Eliza would have asked her to stay, but Kara wasn't going to be a breaking point between Eliza and Alex.

Alex lost her father because of Kara, that's what the blonde really believes, so she wasn't willing to make Alex lose Eliza too.

Eliza would have never chosen between the two girls. She loved them too much to do such a thing, so Kara had to be the bigger person and leave, for the well-being of Alex.

"My life has been more pain than joy. Always surrounded by Death. I don't expect you to understand what this baby will mean to me. It's not just about helping Clark to make a family. It's about settling a bet with Karma. And, finally makes the Universe understand, that I can bring more than Death to this world. I can bring joy... I can bring hope... I can bring life..."

Kara looks Lena in the eyes, exposing her soul & heart, letting her know, she was speaking with nothing but the truth.

"I'll bring Clark & Lex's baby into this world. With or without your help. But, from what I heard from Lex about you, I believe you need this just as much as I do. An opportunity to show to the world that we are more than what any file can say about us"

Lena has no words. All her conclusions about Kara's personality were wrong. The blonde might have a dark past, a sorrow to carry. But, she's strong, she's tough, and she's the perfect choice to carry a Luthor.

Lena gets on board with the idea.

In secret they make all the preparations in Lena's lab. No one knows about their little project. But the project gets its first obstacle when they find out that Lex can't have kids.

"I'm sterile?"

Lena nods, she's as shocked as Lex when she got the data of Lex swimmers. He cannot help to procreate this child. And, Lena decided to give the news to Lex in person, just to him while Clark and Kara weren't around.

"Clark is not sterile, Lex. So, my suggestion is that we use Clark swimmers and the egg of a donor"

"We wanted the baby to have our DNA... the DNA of the two of us..."

Lena feels sorry for her brother, she can see how thrilled he was with the idea of having a child who carried his blood, but, that doesn't seem an option anymore. Science doesn't lie, there's nothing Lex can do to bring life to this world. But, he's not the only Luthor on Earth, right...?

"We could use one of your eggs...?"

"Excuse me?!"

Lex looks at Lena in the eyes, he knows he might be crossing a line to even consider this, but he wants this, and he really hopes that Lena will grant him this wish.

"Lena. I know I'm asking a lot. But, would you... could you donate one of your eggs, so I can have a child with the love of my life?"

Choices... we have so many choices in life. And, some of them change the course of our life in the most unexpected way possible...