A few days later, Nia was walking down the street, with her bag over her shoulder. The day was incredibly sunny and nice compared to the day before, but there was a chill in the air and Halloween was only a week away. Nia struggled to make friends, so really the only people she had to talk to were her two moms-mainly Lena. Most of the time she didn't mind, but some days she wished she had people she could associate herself with that were her age. Today she wanted to go to the park, sit down and have a picnic, but she had no one to go with. As she walked down the street, she failed to notice the woman walking in front of her, causing them to collide with each other.
"Oh…Oh my gosh, I am so…so sorry ma'am, I didn't mean-"Nia was apologising profusely and then stopped when she saw the woman's face. She didn't like this, not one bit. The future was still very raw for her. The woman had a smile on her face, however, "It's not a problem, I shouldn't have stood in the way. I'm just waiting for my daughter, she is still picking out a cake. Kids." She laughed, "I should…Get out of your way."
"Oh-yeah, thank you." Nia said quickly, before walking away.
The woman seemed very confused as she watched her walk away. "Ruby!" She called after her.
"I'm coming mom. Sorry, there were just so many cakes and auntie Kara likes all of them, I don't know what aunt Alex would like and the same for aunt Lena." She shrugged, "I've got them now. When are we going to see them?"
"We are going to see them now. Come on, we'll be late." Sam smiled before walking with her daughter back in the same direction that Nia had just walked off in.
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Lena's penthouse
Lena was stood with Kara and Alex preparing piles of food with little snacks, sandwiches, cakes and the like along with ten bottles of various soda which were 1 litre each. They were happily chatting away about their work days when Nia walked through the door unexpectedly.
The three watched her walk in, however, they all noticed that she looked like she had seen a ghost. Kara listened to her heartbeat and noticed that it was beating a little too fast.
"Who's gonna be the first to say it?" Kara asked both Lena and Alex, whilst staring at her future daughter.
"Not me." Lena said in response.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." Alex finally said, before dropping her knife, "Nia, what's wrong?"
"Me? W-nothing." Nia said quickly, "Nothing is wrong…What's all this for?" She asked, waving her arm at all the party food being prepared on the counter.
"We have a friend coming over." Kara smiled, "I text you about it the other day when it was pouring it down with rain. Do you not check your texts?" She laughed, "Teenagers these days are always on their phones but they always ignore calls or messages from parents."
"Well, you weren't much of one anyway." Nia responded automatically. It was as if everything she had ever wanted to say to Kara growing up was just spilling out, "And I'm not a teenager anymore." She wanted to stop, but her veins were burning with what she really wanted to say, "So you don't get to talk to me!"
Lena was concerned at this point, just like the other two. Kara lowered her head, feeling ashamed for something she hadn't even done yet. Because right now she knew she wouldn't leave Nia because now she knew she could prevent it.
Lena walked over to her, "Nia, don't talk to her like that." She spoke with a stern tone, and her eyes narrowed at her, "You're blaming her for something she hasn't done yet or something that I caused. If you want to snap at someone, snap at me."
Nia took a deep breath, glaring at Lena as she did. After a moment or two, she dropped her attitude and looked at her feet guiltily, "I'm sorry." She said quietly. She then looked up at Lena, "I'm sorry mom…"
"You're alright, okay? I get that all of this is a huge adjustment. I get how hard it is for you. You lost me, you never saw me again but I'm here." She smiled sadly, putting her hands onto Nia's upper arms, "I'm here and we, you hear me? Me, Kara and Alex, we are all here to help you. We love you and we are not going anywhere. Okay?"
Nia nodded slowly, before Lena pulled her in for a hug. Nia wrapped her arms around Lena and held her tightly, taking in everything about her even her scent. After a minute or two, Nia pulled away from Lena and looked over to Kara, "I'm sorry."
Kara smiled sadly and nodded, "It's fine."
"It's not." Nia said sadly, "You, this you didn't ask for that and I'm sorry."
Alex looked between the pair of them and could see that they had potential for a really good relationship between each other, but they had to work on that together.
Kara put the knife down that she was holding and she walked over to Nia, "Like Lena said, this is an adjustment and I understand if you still hold some resentment towards me, in all honesty it probably didn't help that I turned you away the night I met you and for that, I'm sorry." She said before taking her hands, "But I'm going to be there whenever you need me, no matter what because that is what mom's do. They are there for their children. I love you Nia, with every beat of my heart, I do. After you graduate from college with your journalism degree, Lena and I will make sure you have a job at Catco."
"Thank you." Nia smiled sheepishly.
"You're welcome." Kara beamed before there was a knock at the door.
"And that must be Sam." Lena smiled, before going to answer the door, as she pulled it open, Ruby raced inside first, going straight to Alex and giving her a hug, "Aunt Alex!" She beamed.
"Hello!" Alex smiled, hugging the girl back.
"I'm sorry, she is just super excited." Sam smiled, giving Lena a hug, "It's very nice to see you."
"It's been so long." Lena laughed, "I'm so glad you could make it."
"It is very nice to see you." Alex agreed whilst Kara was fussing with Ruby.
"Thank you." Sam beamed, before noticing the stranger standing there. Or, not so stranger. "You-" She started, staring at Nia, "I bumped into you on the street."
Nia smiled sheepishly, whilst four pair of eyes stared back at her. Lena only glowed with pride as she walked over to her, "Sam, this is my daughter, Nia Nal."
"Wow!" Sam said excitedly, "Did you adopt?"
"It's a little more complicated than that." Nia said nervously to her, "But it is very nice to meet you, again." She smiled.
"You too." Sam smiled, "Gosh, if I knew, I would have gotten you something from the bakery like I did for everyone else."
"You weren't to know, it's not your fault." Nia smiled, before Lena spoke up, "Well, I have a very nice bottle of champagne on ice that needs opening and for Ruby there is soda and lots of it. Strawberry soda too."
"Yes!" Ruby smiled, before running over to where all the bottles were.
In that moment, the glass on the main window shattered, causing glass to fall almost everywhere. What lay on the floor in front of them were four cans, spewing out smoke, and one spewing out Kryptonite smoke.
Kara forced Sam behind her, almost forgetting that she was super powered like her, but it was too late by this point. First Alex fell unconscious, Ruby, Lena, Sam, Nia and Kara were all unconscious on the floor in under a minute. What followed was the sound of crunching glass beneath someone's feet, followed by several other feet.
"Take the girl." Lilian sneered, before walking over to where both Kara, Sam and Lena lay near each other on the floor, unconscious. Kara's and Sam's veins were glowing bright green. Lillian knelt down to them and looked over at Lena, "You're a traitorous bitch Lena. When I thought you'd know the truth, I thought you'd see things my way…I'll just have to make you see things my way." With that, Lena stood up as her guards carried Nia away.
…..
Lena eventually woke up, gasping at the bright light that greeted her eyes. Reality quickly came flooding back to her and she shook Kara, "Kara! Kara-" She noticed both her and Sam's veins were glowing green. She quickly rushed to where Alex was and woke her up.
Alex was quickly on her feet, looking at where Sam and Kara lie. As she quickly looked them over, she ran a hand through her hair and confirmed Lena's suspicions, "Kryptonite."
"Yeah." Lena sighed, as she carried Ruby to the couch. She then looked around and noticed something or someone missing, "Alex, not to alarm you, but where is Nia?"
Alex stood up slowly, "Nia!" She called out, "Nia!" She shouted again before pulling Kara's phone from her pocket and finding Nia's number. As she called it, it rang out. As it rang out, it was on the kitchen counter. This confirmed Alex's fears, "She's been kidnapped."
Lena's eyes went cold, "This has Lilian written all over it."
Alex walked over to her and put her arm on Lena's, "We'll get her back."
Lena nodded slowly, "We'd better."
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CADMAS Base
Nia's head ached profoundly as she woke up. She sat up slowly and something felt incredibly off. As she opened her eyes and looked around, she noticed that she was sat in about five inches of water. Then she scrambled to her feet. It soon dawned on her that she was trapped in a cube.
"Your aunt Alex was in a scenario like this a while ago, some sick twisted man trapped her in a box just like this and made Kara come to find her. Alex almost died, but she knew how to fight to stay alive long enough. From what I know about you." Lilian said, walking forward towards her, "You are from the future and you saw both Kara and Lena succumb to the flames."
Nia rested her hands on the glass, "Please Lillian let me go."
"If you die here, you never exist. That means that my daughter and that alien never happen, which would better for all of us. I've sent a message to the DEO, and now they will be looking for you. In fact, there is a camera recording this now. Your parents are probably watching." She then shrugged, "This box is lined with Kryptonite, making it harder for them to save you." She then laughed darkly, "The question for you is…" She began before snarling, "How long can you hold your breath?"
In that moment pipes began pumping out water, and that's when Nia began to panic, "Lilian, Lilian please!" She pleaded desperately, "I didn't come back here for this. Please!" She pleaded in tears.
The DEO
Everyone was stood around the computer monitors and Alex was having flashbacks herself while she watched the box slowly filling with water.
"You'd better hurry Supergirl, soon there won't be anyone to save." Lillian spoke into the camera before leaving it on the box in which Nia was stuck. Everyone watched on in horror and Alex turned to Kara, "I hardly survived the last time, the only reason I managed was because I had the training to be able to keep myself alive. She doesn't even have a tracker."
Lena watched carefully, "Even if we do find her, that box is encased in Kryptonite. That means it will be harder for everyone to get into it."
"Never mind that." Alex interrupted, "We need to find her." She said, before turning to Winn, "Can you track the signal?"
Winn typed away incredibly fast at his computer, "The signal is encrypted. I can try and decrypt it, in the meantime we can't really do anything."
"Kara and I will fly around the city." Sam said to her, "I have a costume, don't worry." She said before walking off.
Kara walked over to Alex, "We don't know her very well, but if she's my daughter, Lena will have taught her survival skills in the future."
Lena turned around with a smug smile on her face, "Oh, I most certainly would teach my daughter survival skills, and she will survive this. I have no doubt."
Alex nodded slowly at her before Kara looked at Sam coming back into the room.
"Let's go." Kara said to Sam, before leaving with her.
