He opened his eyes, confused by what had happened before, wanting to discover the reasons why he was lying on a stretcher in the DEO infirmary. However, Alex's words soon made their way into his mind, at which point he tried to sit up in an attempt to prove for himself that it was true.
His gaze was on the person who lay unconscious next to him. Kara. Her name echoed in his mind as he approached, fearing that it was not true, that she was not alive.
He watched her carefully for a few seconds, daring to grab her hand as he sighed in relief at the sound of her heartbeat. Undoubtedly, she was still pale, but, unlike before, she breathed, she was alive and she was going to be fine, he would see her blue eyes full of shine again.
The tears did not hesitate to slide down his cheeks because of the tranquility of everything returning to the way it used to be, stroking her cheek while promising that he would not leave her side, that he would be there until she woke up.
He ended up falling asleep on the stretcher, although he could not say how long he stayed that way, forcing himself to lift his head when he felt a hand on his hair.
"Kara" her name was no more than a mere whisper while his eyes were caught in the tired blue eyes of her, who, despite everything, did not stop smiling. "Are you okay?" He questioned in a need to make sure that she was fine, watching her nod lightly as he grabbed her hand in his.
"The kids?" She asked and, for a few seconds, he could identify the fear reflected all over her face, which made him stroke her cheek without being able to bear seeing her like that.
"They are fine, both of them" he answered. "There was a moment of panic, but it's solved" he wanted to explain.
Kara just nodded at his words, which indicated that it was not the right time to tell her everything that had happened after her mother murdered her, but to apologize to her for everything he had done throughout the last few months, because of his behavior, the one that had led to the fact that during the last weeks they had not been able to talk to each other, not even to look at each other. Although the first weeks he was not himself, because he was controlled by his mother, even so, Kara deserved an apology.
He stroked the hand he held while searching for the right words to start talking, not quite sure how to do it.
"I know you forgave me, that those were your words, but I need to apologize for everything" he began to speak without even knowing how to continue. "I'm sorry for having lied to you for years, for not telling you when I remembered it, because I should have done it, I should have trusted you, but I didn't" he ducked his head without being able to look her in the eye while saying that. "I have hurt you during these last months, I know, so don't try to deny it, I don't expect that after all, you will forgive me and everything will go back to being as before, because I know it's not possible," he assured in a whisper, wanting to contain the tears that threatened to slide down his cheeks. "I think I didn't realize what I was losing until ..." his voice was interrupted when he remembered that scene. "I saw you die in my arms and a part of me did it with you, I couldn't help it, I fought for your purpose and I have kept them safe thanks to you" Kara's hand distanced from his, but only to place it on his cheek, drying the first tears that came out of his eyes. "If you want us to continue distanced for a while, I will understand" he looked directly into her eyes, admiring its characteristic brightness, watching as a shy smile was drawn in her face.
"Do you really think I'll prefer you away from me? Of our children?" She asked. "Mon-el ..., for Rao, I can't have you far from me, I need you with me" she assured him with her hand still in his face.
He could not help looking at her with admiration at the ability she had to forgive even after all the damage that he had done.
He smiled slightly after seeing her smile, infected, taking time to observe each other, not daring to say anything about it.
"Thank you," he dared to whisper, brushing the hair away from her face. "I love you, Kara Zor-el," he whispered shortly before kissing her.
She stayed in that room for days, barely having contact with the outside, because, even though they were going to visit her, being locked up there did not allow her to learn much about what happened.
Little by little they had gone daring to tell her everything that happened after they considered her dead. Mon-el explained that Rhea kidnapped Aiden minutes after that and that thanks to a DEO team and the Legion, they managed to save him and bring him back. However, she knew there was something else that she did not know, although she had preferred not to ask about it, because she knew it was better to let it be.
"Hey, how are you?" Mon-el smiled from the door. "The kids want to come, I can't keep them away from here anymore" he said waiting for her answer.
"Let them come" she answered without being able to hide the smile, because it would be the first time that they would see her since she woke up.
"Okay, I'm going to go get them, okay?" He communicated shortly before leaving.
She sat on the stretcher thinking about what the children's reaction would be to see her, but she did not have much time to wander through her imagination, as Kaylee's voice soon echoed in the room.
Although her sister had warned her that she could not make efforts such as picking the child up, she could not help bending over to receive her in her arms, hugging her tightly while looking at her son, who remained at the side of his father smiling.
"Hey, have you grown up, baby?" she asked making her tickles and although the little girl shook her head, for her, she had. "No?" she questioned laughing, infected by her laughter before sitting her daughter on the stretcher and smiling towards Aiden. "Hey, do you give me a hug?" she asked after observing that the child remained motionless in place.
She hugged him feeling like the little one hugged her tightly before he started to cry, moment in which her heart broke into pieces trying not to start crying along with him, although she could not prevent some tears from escaping from her eyes.
When he pulled away from her, she grabbed his face so he would look her straight in the eyes, drying his tears as she smiled.
"You're safe, nobody's going to hurt you, Aiden" she kissed his forehead before hugging him again."Everything's going to be like before, okay?" She pulled him away from her slightly to see him nod slightly.
She spent the rest of the afternoon listening to the stories of each of the children, watching them both as they talked, laughing as she had not for months. However, the tears were present when Mon-el told them that they have to leave, because Kaylee hugged her refusing to leave, a fact that made it difficult to convince her, although they finally succeeded promising that she would return the next day.
The time continued to advance and two weeks after all she healed enough to be able to leave the DEO, which was a surprise for everyone, since she thought that she would need more time due to the expansion of the Kryptonite throughout her organism. But in turn the surprise was going to be for the little ones, since they had decided not to tell them anything, not until she was at home.
She sat on the couch waiting for Mon-el to return with them from school, being able to distinguish their voices on the hall, which made her smile slightly.
"Mommy!" Kaylee was the first to react, running to her, hugging herself with all the strength she could. "Are you healed?" She asked separating herself a little from her, studying her gestures, as if she wanted to prove that it was true.
"Yes, baby" she brushed the hair off her face shortly before Aiden joined the hug, keeping her sister in the middle of both of them "How was school?" she asked them.
Both children did not miss the opportunity to explain everything they had done throughout the day, directing, from time to time, her eyes towards Mon-el, who was watching them with a smile on his face and is that the truth was that it was going to cost them to get back to normal, because she was aware that all those events had had to leave some kind of sequel, not in them, but in the children, which, sincerely, terrified her.
Her suspicions became true when she heard Aiden scream in his sleep, at which point she did not hesitate to run to where the child was, trying to calm him in his sleep, but nothing seemed to work.
After a few minutes the boy's eyes opened suddenly, showing the tears stored in them, which soon slid down his cheeks, burying his face in her neck the moment she hugged him.
"She was here," she heard him murmur as Mon-el entered the room with a glass of water, which he handed to her.
"Do you want some water?" She asked offering him seeing him nod, so she handed it to him. "Hey, calm down, do you want to talk about it?" She questioned drying his tears.
The child looked at her for a few seconds before bowing his head and looking at his father, ending by nodding slightly.
"When dad came to look for me on the ship, Rhea threatened to shoot him, she was going to kill him" he began to speak, covering his face with his hands. "I don't know how I did it, but I took off the gun and ... I killed her" His sobs were uncontrollable in those moments, causing her to have to hug him again with her heart clenched into a fist.
She knew well that feeling of killing someone even if it was the last thing you wanted to do, but, in turn, over time she had learned to understand that it had been necessary, that thanks to that decision the people she loved continued with life and that was what she had to teach his son.
"You did what you should, you can't feel guilty for it" she grabbed his face. "You arenar t a murderer, you never will be" she assured him. "What you did shows that you are and you will be a hero, Aiden" she looked him straight in the eyes as she said the last words, seeing her son smile lightly, what made her do it too, knowing that her own words would always be true.
Hi!
Kara is alive, I couldn't kill her so easily. I thint next chapcha is going to be the last one.
I hope you liked this chapter, thanks for reading,
Ayrin