Her gaze was still on him, waiting for him to be able to tell what he was seeing, what she was not able to identify, and that at the moment it seemed to be starting to disturb him, so she placed her hand on his shoulder wanting to be patient and wait for him to be ready to speak, but she only heard him whisper without even understanding what he had just said.
"It is impossible" this time he looked at her and, again, she could see the panic in his eyes, which only managed to alter her, because she still did not understand what was happening. "It can't be her" he buried his face in his hands.
"Who?" She asked, but the moment their eyes met again, she knew who he was referring to, which made her shake her head as she tried to find the right words to speak. "She's dead, it's impossible..." she could not finish talking.
"What if it was a trick? What if it has never been her?" He interrupted by starting to breathe with agitation, which managed to alarm her.
"Hey, calm down" she asked hugging him. "What if it is not her?" she asked. "We can't assure that, we hardly distinguish anything, it may not be her" she tried to reassure him, to take that idea away, despite the fact that these last days it was her who had been completely obsessed with finding out who it was. "In case it's her you must join my cause" she whispered with a small smile as she took off her cap to put it on him and hand him the ball, but he only covered it with one hand before looking at her.
"We're together in this" he whispered to which she smiled.
She could not help nodding, yes, they were together in this, they had always been, but now more than ever, because the fear for who could be, the desire to provide protection to the little ones and the desire to end all this, had united them both.
They had decided to deliver that video to the DEO, rather Winn, hoping that he could get something in particular, but after waiting for a response, they were starting to get impatient, which is why they went there, determined to receive some kind of information.
"I don't have good news" Winn spoke at the moment he saw them enter. "The image is very dark, I can't find out who it is, I'm trying, but I don't get anything" he explained.
"There is no way to do it?" She asked waiting for him to answer yes, but she just saw his best friend shaking his head, which made her look at Mon-el before asking the next question. "Do you think it can be Rhea?" she questioned.
"I don't know," he answered sincerely. "It may or may not be, I'm trying to find a way to find out who it may be." He said, "Anyway, she died, how can she be back?" He looked at them questioningly.
"Because it wasn't her who fought, she knew the risks, it should not surprise me that she had used someone else instead" Mon-el replied while shaking his head. "I am practically convinced that the person who sneaks into our house is her, it has logic with Kaylee's dreams, she has kryptonite and she knows that lead is our weakness" he explained to what she could not help nodding, since it was true what he had just said. "If it is her, I want to finish as soon as possible all of this, because after the other time, I don't want to wait until something happens," he said shortly before turning and starting to walk.
She wanted to go after him, but she was aware that he needed some time alone to finally calm down, so she remained in that place counting the seconds until she could go looking for him, to show her support in all this.
"I'm going to continue investigating, I'll let you know if I find something" Winn said to which she nodded slightly whispering a "thank you" while her eyes fixed to where Mon-el had gone.
She decided to advance in his search, finding him inside the training room with his face buried in his hands, he was crying, it was something quite obvious, so she approached him, sitting next to him while placing her hand on his back, getting him to look at her. She tried to smile at him, but she knew that it was not going to be useful at the moment, because Mon-el was completely angry with himself as well as upset, since she would risk saying that he felt guilty for the situation, despite not knowing if it was her.
The truth is that she hated these situations in which she did not understand what was happening to him, in which he locked himself in and refused to speak, because it prevented her from being able to help him, to calm him or simply to promise him that everything would be fine, even if it was an empty promise, because it was something that could not be guaranteed. However, she only asked for one thing, for him to speak, she needed to understand him.
"Guilty. That was the only word that remained in his mind at this time, it was the way he felt after what happened on this last day, but it was not easy to admit, knowing what words he would hear from Kara, those that were going to indicate that he was not guilty of anything and that he should not feel that way.
He sighed as he watched her, noting how she kept her attention on the movie that they were both supposed to be watching, though he seemed to distract her, as she looked at him questioningly as if she did not understand what he was doing.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing" he answered without being able to look away from her, still looking for the signs of the kryptonite, without finding them, because they were no longer present and he knew it, but the image of the cut on her cheek and the greenness, was still present in his mind.
He could not help but lift her face, moment in which she questioned him with her eyes, waiting for an explanation as to why he distracted her from the movie they were watching, but he was spellbound watching her, stroking her right cheek, hoping to find something different, a scar, but nothing, there was still nothing.
"You're starting to scare me," she said worriedly.
"It's just ... I'm sorry," he whispered, noting how she was frowning, trying to understand him. "Everything that's happened ... it's been my fault," he wanted to admit, making Kara shake her head.
"Mon-el, I was the one who gave you the idea of talking to her and maybe I was wrong, but that does not mean you're to blame for what happened." She looked directly into his eyes, as she had done earlier when they had had the first conversation and, yes, he understood what she wanted to say, but he was not able to get rid of that feeling.
"But my mother has been the one who has done this, she could have killed you, Kara" he commented with his hand still on her cheek. "I have the feeling that everything would have been much simpler if we weren't together" he assured no matter how hard it was, because he did not want to lose her.
"Do you think I would have allowed you to leave even if we weren't together?" She asked him, getting him to nod, it was what he believed. "I would not have done it, you are my best friend, I couldn't have let you go knowing that you are unhappy there" She placed her hand on his, getting him to smile slightly.
"When I look at you I'm not able to take that image out of my head and I think that, maybe, if I had gone with her from the beginning, that would not have happened" he explained without knowing how to do it.
"I'm fine," she smiled. "There's no kryptonite anymore, the wounds are gone, Mon-el," she whispered, trying to calm him down.
He nodded slightly despite the fact that inwardly he kept thinking about the issue, continuing with that feeling of guilt, because it was not what his mother had done with him being present, but everything she had done and denied, like having put a reward for ending with Kara's life, since he still remembered how she had denied it, offended to be considered guilty, but it had been her, always it had been and on the one hand he had wanted to believe her, but on the other hand he knew that her word was not trustworthy.
"Mon-el, hey, look at me" Kara asked him, for what he did. "Nothing, absolutely nothing, of what has happened is your fault" she grabbed his face as if to make sure he was looking at her. "I'm fine, we are together and I thank you again for everything you have done for me today, for having sacrificed yourself, but that has already happened." She looked directly into his eyes." It's something that in the future we can remember like that day in which we saved each other, but now the best thing we can do is to stay with the good and it's being together" she said ending with a smile, which made him smile too.
He hugged her against him helplessly, feeling with trying to settle on his chest, resting her head on it while refocusing on the film, undeterred that he was watching, but the truth is that he could not leave to do it.
He had to admit that every day he was surprised by the capacity she had to sacrifice everything to be Supergirl, in addition to the ease she had to empathize with people, to get a smile from a person who was having a bad day, that was something that Kara was able to do and, without a doubt, he wanted to learn from her. "
Mon-el allowed her to hug him, but without talking in the least when they parted, for he just lowered his head again as he sighed.
"We have to find her" she heard him whisper, which made her look at him for a few seconds.
"What if it's not her?" she asked, because there was that possibility.
"Then we must fight against CADMUS" he answered before adding. "I am too sure that it's her" he commented. "And I know what she is capable of, we all know, she will not stop until she achieves her goal and it is the kids, I will not let her ruin their childhood" he looked her straight in the eyes as he spoke. "We should go and pick them from school" he said to what she agreed, since she also wanted to have both of them controlled.
The way to the daycare was silent, since they were immersed in their own thoughts and were not interested in sharing it with the other, although, perhaps, that could help them. However, they had a common goal in these moments, pick up both children and talk to Aiden, because they wanted to explain him what was happening, so that he knew how to act if he had to.
They were greeted by the teacher of Kaylee, who was surprised to see them there, but soon it was them who were surprised, as she claimed that a woman had taken the little girl only a few minutes before with their authorization. However, they both were confident that they had not authorized anyone to pick the little one from school. At that moment they understood the situation, because they looked at each other, transmitting with their glanced all their hidden fears, those that indicated that the nightmare had just begun.
Hi!
Where is Kaylee? And who is she with? These might be the most important questions.
Also, Is Mon-el right? Is Rhea behind all of this? Because she should be dead.
Thanks for reading,
Ayrin