Silence gripped the entire room, only listening as her heart beat hard because of the image before her, wanting to run to him, without success, as the guards exerted a greater force in her arms to stop her.
She shook her head in panic, terrified at the thought that Mon-el might be worse than she was able to perceive, reminding herself which was her main goal at that moment.
"Where is my daughter?" She asked demanding an answer, just watching Rhea shake her head with a mocking smile.
She sigh. She had to start acting on her own if she wanted to get something, because it was obvious that the Queen of Daxam was not going to help her, but that she was going to complicate things more for her not to achieve her goal. However, she could not help but distrust when she saw her gesturing towards the guards, she tried to back away a few steps when she was not sure of what was going to happen, although she soon regretted, wanting to move towards her, but again, they held her.
"Kaylee," she whispered as she watched the little girl grab Rhea's hand without even thinking.
She could not stand still, not when she saw Rhea crouching at the height of the child, holding her face, which made her remember everything that Mon-el had always talked about his childhood, his parents, so no, she denied that she could hurt her daughter. She went to take a false step, wanting to observe the reaction of the guards, noticing how they barely looked at her, which is why she continued to advance, slowing down the moment Rhea raised her hand before allowing the kid to complete the rest.
The little girl's arms hugged her legs as she lifted her head to look at her, finding fear in her eyes, which made her crouch down to her height, grabbing her face as she smiled at her.
"Are you okay?" She asked, receiving an affirmation from her daughter before she took her in her arms to embrace her.
"I want to go home" she heard her whisper when she buried her face in her neck.
"Let's go home, okay?" She kissed her forehead, trying to keep her calm by noticing the tremors that ran through her tiny body.
"And daddy?" Kaylee pointed, at which time she looked at her, noting that at this time she was not Kara Danvers, she was Supergirl and, therefore, who her daughter trusted to win, but she was not sure if she was going to do it right now.
"I'll come back for him, okay?" She responded seeing her nod. "Everything will be fine" she promised trying to keep her calm, without hardly getting it.
"Who said you can go?" She heard Rhea speak. "You know I'm not going to let you go unless I get something in return" she said as she left the little girl on the floor and turned to look at her. "You know what my objective is, kryptonian" she looked her straight in the eyes, Aiden.
She shook her head, she was not going to do it, she was not going to give up her son and it did not matter that she started to make a line of succession indicating that he should be the heir, because she was going to have to find another person who would aspire to be the next king of Daxam.
"Why not?" She asked mockingly. "It's a simple thing, the boy for your freedom." She smiled. "It's his destiny, it's been since he was born, you can not take away his rights to the throne," she said while she tried to control herself.
"I'm not going to do it" she said placing herself in front of the little girl in a protective way. "It could have been his destiny, but not here and much less I will allow you to take him" she shook her head again. "And now leave us go" she demanded grabbing the hand of her daughter.
"Again, I'm not going to do it, not until the deal is fulfilled," Rhea denied, she was beginning to get impatient.
It was not going to be easy to convince her, so she was going to have to start looking for her own means, however, she did not have to do it, because soon she heard the DEO agents, her sister, so she let them take the little one away.
"Kara" Alex called her making her turn towards her. "We have to go" she grabbed her arm, but her gaze was still on Mon-el, she could not leave him there.
"No ..." she barely murmured wanting to approach him.
"There's no time" her sister pulled her. "We will go back for him, okay?" she assured at the same time that they started to walk, moment in which her sobs became stronger. "Shh, everything will be fine" she whispered the moment they met at the DEO, trying to reassure her.
"I can't lose him" she sobbed allowing her sister to hug her, breaking into her arms.
"Shh, you have to calm down, we'll bring him back" she assured her again.
She lowered her head as she separated from her sister, wiping away her tears before switching to her Kara Danvers clothes before going to meet her children, trying to be as calm as possible, but it was not easy.
Kaylee played with Winn oblivious to what was happening, while Aiden did not hesitate to run to hug her, which only made the tears return to take over her eyes.
"And dad?" He asked, looking her straight in the eye.
"Eh ..." she had no answer to give him about his father's whereabouts. "It's going to be fine, okay?" She caressed his face trying to convince herself of her own words. "Everything is going to be like before" she hugged him again.
The little boy nodded slightly as he snuggled closer to her, watching the tears in his eyes before they started to slide down his cheeks, so she dried his tears with her heart clenched into a fist, feeling guilty for what had happened, but without wanting to start crying, too.
"You should stay here tonight" she heard J'onn speak. "It's not safe at home" he said at the moment she went to refuse.
"Thanks" was the only thing able to whisper.
They spent days without knowing anything about him, without having the slightest information about whether he was okay or not, although, in truth, she was afraid of what they were going to say, because it was possible that the news was not good.
During this time she had not taken her eyes off any of the children, without even allowing them to go to school, because she could not assure that Rhea would not do the same thing again, but this time, achieving her goal, Aiden. She flatly refused for him to be harmed, to be taken to Daxam, to be given the same education she gave Mon-el, the one in which the rulings were penalized, because she was aware that Rhea was not going to hesitate to hit the child if he failed.
"Have you found something?" She asked Winn when she got to where he was.
"Actually, yeah" he answered her showing her the tablet. "I'm not sure if we can get him out of there" he said in a whisper.
She watched it carefully, of course they were not going to get it that easily. The security of the ship had improved, they could not enter through the portal as they had done the other times, so they had to find another way to get it.
"Could you modify it?" she asked.
"I can try, but I can not say it works," Winn replied, making her nod before asking him to try.
From this conversation more days passed, during which she could hardly concentrate on anything other than finding him, in having him back with her, without being able to imagine what Rhea could be doing to him. However, the good news came when Winn reported that he thought he had found a way to enter that ship and, only asking him to warn the rest in case she did not return, she left.
"Again around here" she heard Rhea talking making her turn to her. "Have you thought about my offer?" she asked.
"You know I'm not going to do it" she answered. "Where is Mon-el?" she questioned, rather, she demanded an answer.
"Why was I going to answer you?" she asked back. "You know what, it doesn't matter, take him if it's what you want" she said indicating the guards to bring him to the room.
She looked at her knowing that there was some kind of trap, that she was not going to give Mon-el so easily, but while she discovered what it was, she was not going to waste time and take advantage of the situation to get him out of there. She was not surprised to see him unconscious, approaching him to take him, she had to take him back to the DEO, so, without looking one last time towards Rhea, she left.
They did not take long to give him a treatment, indicating that she had been torturing him during these last days, presenting burn marks on his arms, back and chest. She ended up sitting next to the stretcher just like many other times before, watching him carefully as she grabbed his hand.
"You're going to be fine, Mon-el" she kissed his forehead noticing how he started to open his eyes." Hey, how are you?" she asked stroking his cheek.
"How did I get here?" He asked as he watched the room. "I shouldn't be here," he murmured.
"What?" She asked confused at his words.
"This was not my mission" he continued speaking even though she did not find sense in what he was talking about. "Aiden, I have to find him" he looked at her for a few seconds as if he expected her to give an indication of the child's whereabouts, but she denied beginning to be scared. "He has to reign" he said.
"No, he doesn't have to reign." She looked at him terrified. "Mon-el, you're scaring me," she whispered, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Are you going to help me?" He asked seriously.
"To what?" She questioned back, truly confused at his question.
"Go back to Daxam," he answered.
"No, you know I'm not going to do it." She shook her head before adding. "You know we have fought a lot, to give up now."
"You don't leave me another option" she heard him mutter.
She just looked at him without saying anything else, without having time to foresee the moment when he grabbed her by the neck, just as he did the first time he woke up on Earth, so she tried to fight against him, feeling like every breath was becoming more and more expensive, being accompanied by the tears that began to slip down her cheeks. However, there was a time when she preferred to let herself be carried away by unconsciousness.
Hi guys!
It's been almost a month since I published the last time, but I've been so busy with exams and homeworks... But I'm back and I hope to publish once per week.
Have you seen episode 3x09? 'Cause OMG that last scene was epic.
From this chapter, What do you think Rhea has done to Mon-el?
I hope you liked it, thanks for reading,
Ayrin