Lena sat alone in the med bay of the DEO, whilst waiting for Kara to return. The med bay was incredibly silent, and Lena felt like she had just had her heart ripped out. What did she do to deserve this? All she wanted to be was a parent. If Nia was from the future and indeed her daughter by DNA, she knew that she could be a mom if she truly wanted, but now she had seen her daughter die in front of her. Maybe it was time fixing what went wrong in the first place, but it still hurt like hell. If she wanted, she could kill someone with the rage that she was feeling deep down. That would be a Luthor way of doing things and she wouldn't give Lillian the satisfaction.
Just as she was getting lost in her thoughts, the door opened, and Kara walked in. Her pride and happiness seemingly gone. Today Kara lost someone incredibly important to her too, but with the way Lena looked at her, she could see who she really blamed for this.
"There were two of you. Two strong Kryptonians, yes, the glass had Kryptonite within it, but you both could have smashed it together." Lena snarled, "You could have saved her." She got to her feet and walked over to her, "You chose not to help her, and she drowned."
"Time was repairing what was wrong." Kara replied quietly, "If I could have saved her, I would. Lena she's-was…She was our daughter and will be in the future. While all of this will hurt, we can have her one day. You and I." Kara's voice chirped up as she took Lena's hands, "I love you Lena, and whatever happens, I'm there for you."
Lena yanked her hands away, "Are you serious? Kara, we have only just met. I might fancy you, but this? This world you live in? All of this is too much, and I'd appreciate it if you backed off." Lena walked to the other end of the room. She ran a hand down her face, wiping any tears away she felt coming, "On Thursday you and I will go back to work." She then turned around, "And we will forget any of this ever happened. If my daughter was right, I need time. Time to get to know you. Time to fall in love with you." She sighed.
Kara nodded slowly, "I understand." And she did, she understood that Lena needed time to understand, comprehend this. If Kara was honest with herself, she also needed time to deal with this too and rushing into a relationship was the last thing that either of them wanted.
Lena cleared her throat, "Miss Danvers. I'll see you soon." She nodded slowly, before leaving Kara alone.
Kara stood alone in the room and held back tears as she listened to Lena's heartbeat. She knew the both of them had lost something very important, but perhaps this event, despite how tragic it was, it could bring them together.
Nia's funeral- Two Weeks Later
It was a very long two weeks. Kara was struggling with work and only just managing to do classes. Lena kept in contact with her about funeral arrangements, other than that, when they saw each other in a morning at the university, there was a quick 'Hi' between them and nothing more. Despite Kara emailing Lena about lunches, Lena never responded.
Today was the worst, there weren't many people there at all. A church was full with four people, Alex, Kara, J'onn and Eliza. Just as the funeral was about to start, Lena walked in, her heels echoing on the stone floor. As soon as Kara looked at her, Lena decided not to do this at all. Lena turned and backed away from the church and left.
Kara chased after her quickly, "Lena, Lena."
Lena sighed in frustration, "I'm not doing this."
Kara frowned, "You haven't spoken to me in two weeks and all I wanted to know is if you were okay." She pleaded with her, "I know this is a really bad situation, but I needed to know that you were fine."
"What did you think Kara?!" Lena snapped, "I watched my daughter-our daughter drown. She came here to warn us about the future and my mother of all people ended up killing her!" Lena snapped in frustration, "By the way, I've been doing good without you. The reason I don't reply to your emails is because I'm with Sam!"
This stunned Kara, in what way? Platonic or more?
Kara questioned that, but remained silent.
Lena got into Kara's personal space and lowered her voice, "I don't know you Kara. Idon't." She said honestly, "When we met, it was harmless flirting and you went along with it. That kiss we shared? It meant nothing." Kara could hear the trembling in Lena's voice, as if she was fighting an onslaught of tears. Yes, they didn't know each other at all, but they both knew their future.
Didn't they?
The Kryptonian spoke up eventually, "S-Sam." She stuttered, "When you say 'with', what do you mean?"
"Is that any of your business?" Lena said bitterly. In all honesty, she hated Kara for what happened and while Kara understood that, Sam had the same powers as her so why did she hate Kara more? Then it clicked. Kara took a deep breath, "The only reason you aren't with me is because you're scared of the future even happening. You're taking Nia away from me. My chance-our chance to be moms." Kara so desperately wanted to be Nia's mom, but with the way this was going, Lena was trying to avoid her own fate by being with Sam.
"Or maybe it's because I'm in love!" Lena hissed.
Kara snorted at that, not meaning to. Lena narrowed her eyes and quirked her brow, making Kara go serious again, "Is there a problem with that, Kara?" Lena snarled.
"It's been two weeks. Two weeks and you're already having sex with her!" Kara snapped, gesturing her arm towards Sam, who was walking up the lawn to them.
"Whoever said anything about sex? More to the point, why would it be any of your business? Do me a favour Kara, stay away from me." Lena snarled, "And Nia isn't going to be yours, she will be mine and Sam's."
Sam finally caught up to them, and she could see that the fight between them was intense with the way Kara all but glared at her. Kara then looked at Lena, "I did all I could that day. If I could have saved her, I would have and you know it." She sighed, "I love our daughter, and that's all I want." Kara was now fighting back tears that she felt coming, "I want our daughter back."
Sam sighed heavily and looked at Lena, "Lena, maybe she is right. Maybe you are trying to avoid what happens in the future and I get why you're blaming her, but I was there too and I have her powers. If this is how you're doing this relationship, just trying to avoid the future, then I can't be with you."
Lena laughed, "Wow, really. This whole thing is pathetic." She sounded cold as if nothing was left inside her but pure grief and maybe that's what she needed. Time alone to think things through, to get her life right.
Sam knew Lena was scared. She feared having Nia to then leave her on her own in the middle of a war to never see her again. From what Lena knew, she raised Nia on her own with the help of Sam. That's the way it had to be. Deep down, they all knew it.
Lena looked down into Nia's grave and forced a lump down in her throat, "I don't want to fail her again. Knowing that I will, none of you have any idea how that feels." She snarled, looking back at Kara, "And if the Supergirl thing wasn't the big secret in the future, what the hell was it?"
Dread crept up Kara's spine, even she didn't know. Time would make something else up to split them apart, after all, the Supergirl card couldn't be used any more. They'd just have to wait and see.