Leo had jumped in his Lexosuit and flew as fast as he could toward the center of where the fighting had taken place. He landed with a thud and emerged from the Lexosuit. "Kara! Kara!" He ran toward the blonde who was collapsed on the ground. "Ida, give me a scan of Kara's condition!" Leo franticly asked his A.I.
However the A.I's response was grim the Irish voice was filled with sadness. "Mr. Luthor, internal bleeding, broken bones, her organs are failing."
Leo knelt next to Kara and slowly pulled her up into his arms. "Kara." He swallowed hard as he looked down at her broken body, she had been beaten, bleeding and bruised. Her super suit ripped and torn. His hand pressed firmly against one of the open wounds, desperately attempting to stop the bleeding. Kara's eyes opened slightly and she smiled weakly. "Leo…" She barely spoke. "Are they safe…"
Leo nodded, "They're safe… you and Clark saved everyone. Save your strength… you're going to be fine. You just… just need to hang on Kara."
"It's… too late, Leo." Kara struggled and began to cough blood coming up out of her mouth.
Leo shook his head. "No, Kara… don't say that." Tears were dripping down from his eyes. The coughing soon stopped and her eyes soon began to close. "Kara! Stay with me! You can't, you can't leave like this!" His hand cupped the side of her cheek. "Please." Leo began to beg but Kara's body went limp. "No… dammit no. Kara, wake up!" Not like this she couldn't be gone. She couldn't, the sun could heal her she was probably fine. "Ida! Give me Kara's condition!"
"She's gone, Mr. Luthor." Leo gripped Kara's limp body tightly against his own and began to sob. "No… please Kara… please wake up… please come back. It can't end like this." Leo's tears falling onto her lifeless body.
Leo awoke with a jot his hand clenched his chest as he began gasping for air. He felt Marvin standing over him and to be honest he didn't hear the robot the first few times. His teeth clenched his one hand grasping toward the robot's arm. "Mr. Luthor, breathe just relax. You're having an anxiety attack." Dammit of course he knew that, he hadn't remembered falling asleep but he had been exhausted and it was the first time in weeks where he actually got some sleep. He gasped eventually calming himself down panting for breath, sweat dripping from his brow before he stood up. "I was going to ask if you'd slept well but apparently not."
"I don't sleep well anymore…" Leo replied slowly and wiped his brow. He was plagued by nightmares or memories of Kara's death. He didn't know when or if he'd ever be able to sleep soundly again. Before he could reply he could hear a yell, it sounded like a male's voice. It took a moment for him to distinguish what the yell was but he soon recognized it. They were yelling his name.
"Luthor! Where are you Luthor! Luthor!" It was none other than their prisoner yelling at the top of his lungs.
Leo tilted his head toward Marvin. "Weren't you supposed to be watching the prisoner?"
Marvin gave a nod. "Yes, but Mrs. Danvers-Luthor said I could take a break. Humm well she isn't Mrs. Danvers-Luthor yet but my programming requires that I listen to her." Leo sighed and began to head down to the lower level to see their prisoner. Well he couldn't fault Marvin for listening to Kara. He was just doing what he was programmed to do and he was in fact supposed to listen to Kara. He headed down to the lower level to find his prisoner.
Kara was there already her arms crossed across her chest. Leo's prisoner smirked flashing his fangs. "While I do enjoy chatting with you I require your husband's presence. You're so young and vibrant."
Kara raised an eyebrow. "What are you?"
Leo came in standing beside Kara. "He's nothing but a snake, just a pawn in a larger game."
"Mr. Luthor you have become an annoyance that just won't die. I request to be released immediately and if you're lucky I won't make your death as painful as I could." The wolf man didn't seem concerned that he had been captured. In fact he treated it as something temporary.
"As touching as that offer is, I'd have to decline."
"You are fool!" He snarled and spat. "You better start praying to your gods to save you. Nothing can save you now. Not you're Justice League or your Kryptonians there is no escape. There is no hope! He will destroy you all, any who resist with be bled dry. You will beg to die."
"How dare you! You disgusting meat bag! One world from Mr. Luthor and I shall rip you limb from limb!" Marvin was the first to come to Leo's defense as sweet as the thought was, it wasn't necessary.
Leo extended his hand out toward the robot to silence him. "Draven, that's not going to happen." He pressed a few buttons on his gauntlet and removed a small cylinder. It was in fact a futuristic syringe filled with just enough to put Draven unconscious.
"It's a shame I wasn't the one to kill your wife. Don't worry in due time your whole family will be dead…" Before Draven could speak another word Leo gripped Draven by the collar of his shirt his eyes hardened.
"Don't you dare speak about my family again! Your master will fail and you will forever rot in a prison!" He slammed the syringe in his neck and within moments Draven was unconscious. Leo let his grip go on him and turned to look at Kara.
"How exactly do I die?" Kara asked the words were strange coming out of her mouth but if she knew how now perhaps she could prevent it.
"Kara… I've already told you more than I should. Changing the future isn't easy, one wrong misstep and everything could come crashing down." Leo sighed he wanted to tell her. He would give anything to change her fate but he'd almost lost Alura and Jeremiah when they attempted to save her and they almost died.
"I understand that but if there's a chance to change things maybe we should. It couldn't hurt to know the details." Before Leo could respond Leo heard someone call out, "Dad!"
Leo's eyes widened. "Kara, could you stay here for moment. I just need a moment alone with Alura and then…then you can meet her. Marvin, stay here." Leo stated before headed back up to where Alura and Jeremiah were resting. The moment his eyes rested upon his daughter standing beside Jeremiah's bed his eyes softened. "Dad, why are we in the Tower? I don't remember much except carrying Jeremiah away and getting into the ship and I lost consciousness." Leo hugged Alura tightly and she wrapped her arms around her father her head burying into his neck. "It's all my fault… he's broken and I-I couldn't stop it from happening. We couldn't beat him… we tried and failed again."
"He'll be fine, your brother is alive and so are you. I know Doomsday is a monster you two were not prepared to fight." Leo sighed softly. He was glad they were just alive, he couldn't bear to lose anyone else.
"If we hadn't gotten involved in the first place mom wouldn't have to come save us. I thought we had him, for brief moment I thought that we were going to kill him and then he was just enraged and next thing in knew he…." She sobbed. "He tore off Jeremiah's arm and it took everything I had to get us to safety. If only I stronger then this wouldn't have happened. What good are my powers if I can't even save my mom!"
"Alura, you are a very strong woman. You got your brother to safety. I miss her too and I wish that I can have her back. Sometimes you can't save everyone. Your mother knew exactly what she was doing when she went to go fight. She knew the risks, we both knew the risks. She fought for the people she loved. For her family for her friends. If you really believe that your powers are what makes you a hero then you haven't paid attention to what your mother stood for. It wasn't her powers that made her a hero. Your uncle and your mother strove to be a symbol to people. They inspired people, and yes right now there isn't a lot of hope but she proud of you. I know your hurt and I feel that too, I miss her so much. She's always with you, right in your heart. You remember every memory, every feeling and you hold onto that tightly. Never forget who you are, never forget what she stood for. I lost your mother I can't lose you. I can't lose any of you. I love you so much and I am so proud that you are my daughter. You are so strong Alura, you are beautiful, strong young woman. I see a fire in you and I know that you will survive no matter what the world throws at you." Alura slowly pulled back looking at her father and nodded sniffling before she slowly began to clean her tears away from her face using her sleeve. "Draven, followed you two into the past and attempted to kill you, he fired on your ship while you were making the jump back home. You crashed into the past. Your mother is downstairs but this is years before we were married. She would like to meet you." All Leo had to do was mention Kara and she quickly turned using her x-ray vision to find out where her mother was. She found her instantly standing in a room one level down, she made her way with haste downstairs with Leo following after her.
Kara had decided on asking the robot questions the Leo didn't want to answer. She had to know, "Marvin…" The robot tilted his head toward Kara. "How did I die?"
The robot was frozen as he seemed to be considering his options. "Mr. Luthor informed me that I was to under no circumstances was I to reveal any information about the future. However, there is a directive that I listen to your order Mrs. Luthor. Upon analysis I am required to follow the higher authority. Mrs. Luthor, you died in a battle with an alien being, which we referred to as Doomsday, Superman and Doomsday died as well in the battle."
Kara was stunned, "Clark? Clark died too?! What else happened? Is there a way to prevent it? Maybe some weapon?"
Marvin shook his head. "The circumstances regarding your death are complicated. Mr. Luthor analyzed every bit of data. Doomsday has impressive strength, his bones are able to pierce Kryptonian skin. His constant state of rage makes him a formidable foe who isn't afraid of anything or anyone. With no fear you take risks, unlike others he isn't concerned about the pain he feels or the risk of his own death. Mr. Luthor did theorize that Superman could have defeated him on his own yet both you and Superman were constantly trying to minimize the damage to the surrounding area. Preventing any loss of life to people who were near the battle. You were not going to get involved in the battle however when you saw Jeremiah and Alura attempting to help you jumped in saving them. The younger Luthors blame themselves for your death."
Kara sighed arms on her hips while she gently bit her bottom lip as she consider what Marvin had just informed her. It definitely seemed to be a very difficult battle from the sounds of it but the fact that her two oldest children blamed themselves for her death wasn't what she wanted to hear. How could they think that? She always knew her choice to being Supergirl could very well get her killed. She took that risk because she couldn't live with herself if she didn't do all in her power to help others. It was then that Alura and Leo walked in the room and Alura froze as her eyes rested upon Kara.
Her mother looked so young, so strong and she wondered if she'd ever be able to live up to her legacy. When she was younger she'd always wanted to be a Superhero just like her. Granted being a half-Kryptonian didn't make things easy. She didn't start developing any powers until she began puberty. Her mother was a full Kryptonian and had years absorbing the yellow sun energy. While Alura was only twenty years old she just got her ability to fly and she could use her x-ray vision but not for long periods of time. It drained her energy, the unfortunate side affect of being half human. "Mom…" Alura's voice cracked.
Kara smiled warmly her blue eyes twinkling as they rested upon her future daughter. "It's Alura isn't it? I'm really happy to meet you under the circumstances, I never thought I'd be meeting my future children."
Alura smiled, "It is a bit strange. You don't know how glad I am to see you again…" Kara walked over toward Alura and Alura wrapped her arms around Kara hugging her tightly.
Kara pulled back her arms on Alura's shoulders and she smiled as she looked her daughter up and down. "Tell me everything. Well everything you can tell me about the future and yourself. How old are you?"
Alura smiled hearing her mother asking to know more about her was heartwarming to hear. Some things never did change, Kara's kindness was a trait she had continued to show even when she was older. "I'm twenty. I started crime fighting with Jeremiah. He didn't want to at first but I can be very persuasive. The people started calling me Superwoman but Mom I always am compared to you. It's not easy having people criticize your saving skills. I mean if some of those newscasters tried to stop an out of control train I'd like to see how well they'd do with preventing damage. I was glad that no one got hurt."
"Be your own person, your own hero. You don't have to be me just be yourself." She smiled. "When I started off crime fighting I didn't do well either. Superman had to keep saving me, how was I suppose to be the city's hero when I needed saving myself?" Those were much different times.
"What'd you do?" Alura had never recalled her mother mentioning this before, Uncle Clark having to save his mother time and time again? Her mother was a strong and independent woman and she had trouble envisioning her taking Clark saving her lightly.
"Well… I was very upset I kept at it though. I had to do things my own way and while Clark might not have done things the exact way I did I made the choice I thought was right. That's all you can do is be true to yourself." Kara smiled her eyes soon rose up glancing at Leo before making their way back to Alura. She always wanted to have a family and she thought that dream would never happen. Here she was looking at their future daughter and she seemed just as special as she thought she'd be. Still Jeremiah wasn't up yet, granted his injuries were more serious. "Your brother Jeremiah, is he awake?"
Alura frowned, "No, he's not… I should have done better job protecting him… it's all my fault that he's… broken."
Leo shook his head. "Don't say that. He wouldn't blame you, it's part of the job. It's a risk and sadly there were consequences. Jeremiah is alive, thanks to you. If you hadn't gotten him out of there you both could have died."
Kara gently wrapped her arm around Alura's shoulders. "Let's go see him. When he wakes up he won't be alone."
The family made their way up to see Jeremiah still unconscious on the gurney. He wasn't bleeding anymore; thankfully his speed healing had closed the wounds. From his elbow down on his left arm there was nothing. Kryptonians couldn't replace missing limbs and sadly Jeremiah would have to live with that injury for the rest of his life.
Suddenly with a jolt Jeremiah's eyes opened and he sat up panting heavily his eyes soon focused on his missing limb. "My… my arm its… its…" Leo gently took his hands resting them on either side of his son's face.
"It's okay… look at me…" When Jeremiah didn't respond Leo repeated himself. "Jeremiah." Jeremiah locked his blue eyes with his father's green eyes. "Just breathe… you're safe. Alura's safe. Just breathe." Jeremiah took in a slow deep breath and slowly exhaled. Leo waited till he was calmer before he pressed a kiss against the top of his head. "Thank god you're alright. What on earth were you thinking?"
"I couldn't do nothing Dad. Bedsides Uncle Lex had information I needed to access the schematics at Luthor Corp. I just wanted to see her again…" His voice trailed off as his eyes soon rested upon Kara and he soon began to cry as he realized that they had failed. They hadn't saved their mother and this version wasn't their mother. Kara went over toward the young man feeling the need to comfort him she carefully placed her arm around him only for him to grab onto her tightly. "I'm sorry… I just… I just wanted to see you again and we… we couldn't even save you."
Leo frowned. "It's going to be okay. I know right now, it sucks but we still have each other." He understood why they took matters into their own hands. They both felt they could save Kara and when they failed they realized what they were up against. Jeremiah slowly cleaned his tears with his one sleeve. "Sorry… I know you're not really her but you are her."
Kara shook her head. "You don't have to be sorry." She was surprised to hear Jeremiah mention Lex. Apparently in the future he was still up to no good. Things never changed, even now they had to find a way to stop him.
Alura soon hugged Jeremiah then. "Well going back in time and meeting Mom certainly is a story for a lifetime. Think we can meet Dad when he was younger?"
Leo shook his head. "No, you'll just give my younger self a heart attack." Jeremiah and Alura laughed finding that thought hilarious. They could picture the look on their father's face if he met his future grown children. Kara smiled and seeing them together as a family just made her miss Leo. She saw what they could have and yes even though she did die, that wasn't a guarantee. This was what she always wanted, a normal life with kids and a husband. She could see it ever more clearly now.
Wow I didn't mean for this update to take so long! I apologize for it taking this long but it is what it is. Writing this chapter definitely made me consider the possibility of making a separate story focusing on the kids when they are older. If there is enough interest in that concept I can definitely do that in the future but first things first we need to work on this part. One more chapter with the future family before they take their exit and then we focus on Lex and taking him down.