"Aiden, no!" She shouted, trying to keep the eight-year-old from pushing the button, noticing how he raised his head, the fear reflected in his eyes as he thought about what he should do.
The boy observed the button one last time before shaking his head and running towards her as the tears began to slide down his cheeks, so she could not help but hug him tightly in an attempt to calm him, staring at the Queen of Daxam. The sobbing of the child was reduced, but not wanting to separate from her the least as if he was afraid that her would disappear.
"You had to come looking for him, you never surrender, Kryptonian?" Rhea asked apparently angry at the situation.
"I will never allow you to take my son away" she assured, increasing the strength of the hug.
"He took a decision, you should allow him to continue with it" Rhea looked at her seriously.
"He is eight years old, he isn't yet old enough to know what is the right decision" she answered observing how Rhea shook her head. "Maybe in a few years he will be able to decide for himself what he wants and decide to leave, and I will not be able to do anything to avoid it, but I will know what he really wants to," she explained.
"Don't you realize? It's what he really wants, right, little one?" the Queen of Daxam asked, feeling as her son hugged her even more.
She grabbed his face trying to look at him, but the boy seemed to want to avoid her, because he always ended up finding a way to deflect his head, so she ended up crouching in front of him, grabbing his hands while making eye contact with him.
"Why did you do it?" she asked caressing his face, watching the indecision on his face. "You can tell me, I'm not going to get angry, little one," she assured, waiting for the explanation.
"I just wanted everything to be as before" he said between sobs. "I wanted to go, so Kaylee could play with dad" he explained as she returned to hug him.
She could not believe the little boy's reason for doing what he had done, feeling completely thrilled by it, because they, his little sister, had been the reason why he had dared to leave. Nevertheless, in spite of wanting to start crying, she restrained herself, promising him that everything would be the same as before, even though she could not believe her own words.
"Mon-el is not going to change, he can not, because right now it's him" she heard Rhea speak, which made her turn towards her, placing her son behind her.
"He has never been like that, he has changed a lot during these last years" she commented watching her smile a little.
"You should have a sincere conversation with him, ask him for those seven years in which he didn't come back" she said to what she looked at her questioning, it was not seven years but nine months, but she chose not to answer her, holding her son's hand to leave.
They did not leave the DEO during the rest of the day and the truth is that they could have returned home, because with Mon-el locked up, she did not really believe that Rhea was going to attack them. However, despite trying, she could not, because she could not think of anything other than the last words that the Queen of Daxam had dedicated her, so, again, she was in that room, but, this time Mon-el was awake.
The darkness was still present in his eyes, although she had to admit that it was not the same as the last time he looked into her eyes, watching him duck her head to stop looking at her, so, after sighing and closing her eyes for a few seconds, she dared to have the sincere conversation to which Rhea had referred.
"I'm sorry I had to lock you up," she whispered, getting him to look at her again, but again, he ducked his head.
"Don't be sorry," he murmured. "It's necessary, I'm the one who should apologize." To her surprise, the brightness returned to his eyes and the Mon-el she remembered was in front of her, though, only, a few seconds.
"What does your mother mean when she said it took you seven years to return?" She dared to question in just a whisper, not knowing if she wanted to hear his answer, because she did not understand why he had never told her.
She watched him shake his head at her question, as if he did not want to answer her, which made her not want to insist and end up sitting on the floor, feeling uncomfortable because of the the silence that enveloped them both, which seemed to have no end.
"It was seven years for me, not nine months" he murmured surprisingly. "I traveled to the future" at that moment he looked her straight in the eyes before continuing talking. "L-Corp developed a cure for lead" he explained.
"You didn't need Alex's cure, you would have survived anyway, right?" She interrupted him before he could continue, seeing him nod, but allowing him to speak again.
"I spent years trying to go back, but I couldn't and I forced myself to stop trying" he turned his gaze away. "During that time ..." he remained silent for a few seconds, increasing her nervousness. "I forced myself to forget you, it is obvious that I didn't get it, at least not at all, but enough," he admitted, whispering his last words, at which point he looked at him uncertainly, less and less sure that she had known him at some point. "I'm married," he finally said, but she could not gesture the slightest grimace, not even say something, yes, Mon-el was married, but with her.
She looked away when she felt the tears in her eyes, trying to control herself, although having the look of Mon-el nailed in her did not help, of course it did not, because for a few seconds they remained silent, as if they expected that it was the other who would dare to speak. However, she was sure it was not going to be her, she could not find her voice, although inside, she kept wondering Why? Without understanding, needing some clarification about what he had just said.
For a few seconds the urge to scream that how he had been able to lie to her during these nine years, seized her, being able to control herself, she waited for him to be able to speak before she could throw something in his face.
"It was the one who received me, who helped me and I suppose ... we were together for four years" he spoke again, without looking her in the eyes.
"Why did you come back?" She dared to ask with a lump in her throat.
"Because I knew of Aiden's existence, he needed me" he paused before raising his head. "I knew that my mother would appear, that she would want to take him away and that you would do everything possible to prevent it, but you were not able and ... I saw you die ..., I saw how my mother took Aiden away, you were going to need me" he explained to what she could not avoid but she shook her head while trying to understand it.
"Did you always know that this would happen and you weren't able to tell me?" she asked with an alteration in her voice. "Every time Kaylee explained her dreams, you knew it was her and you did not say anything, what did you come back to? We could have protected them better if we had known before" each time it cost her more to contain the anger. "Do you know that Aiden has tried to surrender? You have failed in your mission, Mon-el" she looked directly into his eyes, tears sliding down her cheeks.
"You are both safe, I haven't failed" he assured showed tears in his eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" She questioned still needing answers about it.
"Because I didn't remember it, Kara, during these nine years, I have not remembered anything about it, it was not until Kaylee ..." he remained silent. "I don't want you to forgive me for hiding all this, I understand that you can not do it" For the first time he stood up approaching the glass. "I'm going to leave, I'll go back to Daxam" he murmured clear enough so that she could understand him.
"This is how you intend to solve this?" she could not help screaming between tears. "After all, this is the only thing you are able to do? Run away?" It was hard to believe that he would abandon them so easily. "What do you want me to say to the kids?" she asked, hoping he would regret it, but he seemed determined to do so.
"Tell them that I have done it for them or that I am dead, they will be able to understand it" he said, even though his voice seemed to be serious, his face did not say the same, because he seemed to avoid crying.
She shook her head even if she could believe what she was hearing, knowing that she would never be able to overcome this, so she could not wait for her children to do it. But if this was what he wanted, she was going to do it no matter how hard it was, no matter how much it broke her heart into pieces at the thought of losing him again, so she turned without even saying one last word.
"Kara, please, wait" he asked her getting it, she turned around to look at him.
"Do not try to stop me, Mon-el," she whispered. "If this is the way you want to fix it, go ahead, but don't expect me to agree." She spoke for the last time, taking off the ring of her finger before dropping it to the ground., turning to leave definitively.
Hi!
I thought it would be fun adding the tv show plot, so, this is a Karamel break up.
Thanks so much for reading, I hoped you liked it,
Ayrin