One year. They had needed a year for the nightmares of his son to disappear, although they still persisted on those nights when the child stayed awake.
During the first months none of the four were able to sleep at night, or even for the day, because the fear that Rhea could reappear remained in them, which made her have to remember that the Queen of Daxam was dead
Aiden enjoyed learning the Kryptonese and the Daxamite, speaking in either language as long as his sister was not present. Kaylee, on the other hand, seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened, only having memories of it in her dreams, those who had chosen to say it were her own imagination. However, she could not deny it, she was afraid that the little girl would discover that she had been lying, even if it had been with the sole intention of protecting her.
As for her, there was a moment in which she considered that her relationship with Mon-el was going to be broken again, since each one wanted to face the consequences in a different way. And she had to admit it, they had a moment of crisis, but they managed to overcome it and come back stronger from it.
She observed her daughter asleep in the couch covered with a blanket, only her face being visible, daring to place her hand on her forehead, the kid still had a fever. She turned to the door when she heard it open, smiling at Mon-el, who approached them.
"Is she still having a high fever?" he asked with concern after looking at his daughter, which made her nod slightly. "Alex told me that she wanted to talk to you, I don't know about what" he told her to what she frowned, what was her sister supposed to want.
After making sure that Mon-el would stay with the little girl, she went to the DEO, looking for her sister, but without finding her, because she needed Winn's help to do so. Alex was in the training room playing with a white dog that, sincerely, she was able to recognize from that precise moment, without even calling him.
"Krypto," she shouted, getting the dog to turn to her before he ran. "Hey, boy," she bent down to meet him, speaking to him in Kryptonian. "Where did you find him?" She asked her sister.
"Inside a pod, it was actually J'onn who found him" Alex explained. "We assumed that you would know who he was for his necklace" she pointed it out, he was wearing a plaque with the House of El's symbol.
She smiled embracing the dog with strength, remembering her childhood, each and every time she had played with him, that she had trained him along with her uncle, but in her memories was also the one in which she discovered that she would never see him again, that the dog had been sent to space.
Krypto's ship was the first ship sent with the intention of reaching Earth for when both she and Kal-el had done it, but, again, this was no more than a mere demonstration that nothing had happened as expected.
She had to call her cousin, because after all this dog was his, it must be him who decided what to do, although, after listening to Kal's allegations that she was the one to keep him, she had to do it. However, this decision did not stop being precipitated, because whenever Mon-el had asked her to have a pet, she had refused, so it was going to be interesting the conversation they were going to have.
She was afraid to take Krypto from the DEO because she did not know if the dog would have powers, but she had finally decided to carry him in an attempt to fly with him, because, at least in that way, she would prevent something from happening.
When she got home, it was Mon-el who greeted her at the door, watching the dog she had just left on the ground and did not hesitate to approach him to play, watching as the confusion was reflected on her husband's face.
"Surprise?" She smiled.
"Where did you get him?" Mon-el asked confused, stroking the dog starting to play with him. "Are we going to keep him?" He questioned showing all his excitement about it.
"He's Krypto, it's my cousin's dog, but I was the one who raised him and trained him" she explained, observing the surprise on his face. "He's going to stay with us" she smiled after observing how he hugged Krypto.
When Kaylee woke up, the little girl did not hesitate to react in the most sincere way to this new stranger who had appeared at home, completely terrified, staying behind her father until little by little she was gaining confidence with him.
Aiden's reaction was full of surprise and excitement, without hesitation in playing with the dog, in helping in everything that they allowed him.
It was hard not to think about how everything had changed, not them, but the children, their children, those who they would protect without hesitation.
Aiden was the most vivid image of his father and, at his eighteen years old, he was beginning to question what he wanted to do in the future, because the teenager was hesitant about his multiple possibilities, even knowing that his parents would support him in each of his decisions .
On the other hand, Kaylee, the girl with the big blue eyes, her father's little girl, was beginning to discover the true meaning of the word freedom, since with fifteen years they could not keep her forever held in spite of what they would want, but mainly Mon-el.
"Mom, can I take Krypto out for a walk?" she heard her ask from the distance.
She looked at her daughter questioningly, not sure if she had heard her words correctly, since ever since the child left behind the childhood to enter the adolescence, everything seemed to have darkened around her and the one who was a happy girl stopped being, although perhaps the events were the culprits of that.
The nightmares that they chose to deny their reality became clearer, becoming memories of the child, who at thirteen years old had to ask about it. They tried to ignore the reality at that time, but they could not, which only got their daughter to sink into the darkest period of her short life, not wanting to have anything to do with them and only trusting her brother for everything.
However, Kaylee, unlike Aiden, had not yet acquired her powers, a fact that, in a way, worried them, but at the same time it relieved them both.
She looked at her again, Had she really asked her permission to take Krypto out for a walk?
"What do you want?" She asked observing how Kaylee was frowning decided to lie.
"Why would I want something?" her daughter questioned back. "Don't tell dad" she asked her, which helped her understand what was happening.
"Connor?" She asked, unable to help laughing when she noticed her daughter's pink cheeks, who bowed her head in shame. "Of course you can, but at seven o'clock at home," she said, seeing her nod before leaving in search of Krypto.
In just a few minutes both were ready to leave, which made her smile slightly as she watched them leave the house.
Even though she knew perfectly the words that Mon-el would use to describe that boy, she had to let her. Connor had always been with her daughter for the past two years and was the only person who, along with Aiden, knew her well enough to know what she really was like, so she could not deprive her of being with him.
"Did I just see Kay with Krypto? Or was it a mere hallucination?" Aiden asked as he entered the house, laughing lightly. "I just received the letter from the university."
"Open it" she incited to realize that he sat on the couch hesitating what to do, so she sat next to him to calm him down.
Little by little he began to open it, watching as he began to read it carefully, stopping for a few seconds as if he really was afraid to discover the end, but he ended up doing it and she too, feeling the tears come flooding into her eyes full of pride of his little boy.
"I'm in" she heard him whisper as if he did not believe it while she was hugging him. "Mom, why are you crying?" he asked with concern, which made her laugh lightly.
"I'm proud of you, that you're going to make your dreams come true, Aiden" she answered still holding him in her arms. "We have to celebrate it!" she exclaimed.
Her son quickly shook his head at his proposal, which only made her laugh.
Honestly, she could not believe that Aiden was going to go to study at Metropolis, or rather, she did not want to do it, because part of her was terrified that something could happen to him being so far away from them. However, the other part was proud and less concerned about what would happen when he was there, quiet to remember that Clark would watch him and help him in everything he needed.
Kaylee returned shortly before the hour that had been said, confused by the news she received from her brother, because, although at first she was happy for him, there came a time when her gesture changed.
"Metropolis?" She heard her question her brother. "Why not here, Aiden?"
Aiden tried to answer her, but her sister had no interest in hearing anything more, because she went to her room truly upset.
Although Aiden tried to follow her, she did not allow it, since she was the one who did it, entering the room of the teenager, only to find her lying on the bed, sobbing.
"Kaylee?" She called in a whisper as she sat on the edge of the bed. "What's up, sweetheart?" she stroked her hair, getting her to look at her.
"Does he have to leave?" The girl sat up while asking. "I don't want her to leave" Kaylee sobbed hugging her.
"Hey, I don't want him to leave either" she recognized hugging her against her. "But your brother is fighting for his dreams, for his future" he spoke with delicacy wanting to calm her down, knowing that something was happening beyond the departure of Aiden. "Did something else hapen?" she asked separating her daughter a bit from her.
Her daughter just bowed her head in tears, not wanting to answer anything about it, just looking again for the protection between her arms, so she held her close until she began to calm down.
"Connor is leaving too" she heard her murmur. "His father is having a job in other city, he has to leave" she dried the tears that fell down her cheeks. "I ... I wanted to sincere, but I couldn't ..., Nothing has come out from my mouth" the teenager looked at her with blurry eyes.
"Shh, it's okay" she dried her tears with her heart clenched into a fist, because she did not want her daughter to regret not saying what she felt in the same way she did it when Mon-el left. "You can try it before he leaves," she tried to cheer her up, seeing how she shook her head.
"I don't know how to do it," Kaylee admitted in a whisper.
"You just have to trust yourself" she brushed the hair off her face. "You can do it, I'm sure of that" she smiled getting Kaylee smile slightly before whispering "tomorrow" and leaning on her shoulder, so she hugged her again .
She continued in that position until the fatigue was present in the youngest, when she lay down on the bed to sleep and, despite not wanting to let her fall asleep, she did so, staying there until her daughter was sound asleep.
Both Mon-el and Aiden looked at her worriedly, so she smiled at both of them, trying to indicate that Kaylee was fine, but it was not enough for either of them, mainly for Aiden, who felt guilty that her sister had reacted like that.
"She's okay, it's just that she doesn't want you to leave" she looked at her son noticing the sadness that stored his gaze. "Connor also leaves and she has learned everything at the same time" she explained.
"She feels that she will be left alone, right?" Aiden questioned. "I can stay, I can ask for a place here ..." he offered.
"No," she interrupted him. "Your sister doesn't want you to leave your dreams aside, Aiden, don't make her feel responsible for binding you to this city," she said, seeing him nod.
Although the conversation was terminated shortly after that, the worry about how the teenager would face all these changes terrified her, because she was not sure if it was going to be positive.
On the other hand, she was terrified that this boy would be able to destroy her daughter's heart, since she was aware that there would be no turning back the moment he did and that Kaylee would no longer be the person they knew.
She stopped in front of her daughter's room, opening the door to make sure she was okay, unable to avoid smiling when she noticed the stuffed animal that the girl held between her arms, the one that her brother gave her when she turned six, of which she had never separated since then.
"Kara?" She heard Mon-el calling her, which made her turn to him determined to ask what was happening, but stopped after observing the concern in his eyes, yes, he also seemed to be suffering all this. "Everything will be fine," he whispered in an attempt to make a promise that made her shake her head, no, he could not promise. "Nobody said that being a parent was easy," he said approaching her.
"It's not that, it's more the fact of seeing them like that and not being able to do anything" she pointed towards the young girl looking at her again. "Aiden leaving is hard, but so does Connor ..." she looked at him. "Everything we don't know about her, they know, and losing both of them, it's going to be difficult," she explained, noting how he was preparing to speak. "I know, I know you don't like him for her, but she's fifteen, she's in the age of falling in love" she smiled slightly.
"She's my little girl, I wish that at some point she had stopped growing" he said as he averted his gaze towards Kaylee.
She could not help but smile slightly when she heard him say that, without a doubt there were moments when she too would like to return to the past, when both were children with such purity and innocence.
"She recognized Aiden that she felt weird for not having powers, for not being like us" she spoke again.- All I want is for her to have a normal life and maybe this is the best for her" she shrugged her shoulders as Mon-el hugged her, so she did not hesitate to bury her head in his chest.
"We'll figure it out as we've always done" he whispered before kissing her hair.
She nodded slightly, together they would be able to solve it, they had always done it and it was not going to change now, because they were stronger together.
The twenty-five-year-old girl loved her job, even though she had needed to figth to get where she was right now.
She had always felt the different from her family because she did not have theirs powers, because she was not the same as her parents and brother, but she learned to accept it and overcome it thanks to her goal.
Since she was a little girl she had known that she wanted to help people, maybe like her parents, but when she could not, she had to find other ways to get it and that's how she discovered that she wanted to be a doctor.
She had to admit that this job was sacrificed, but that it was worth it, at least for her.
Her gaze was fixed on a five-year-old boy who had a cut on his forehead, so she approached him with a smile when she wanted to calm him and show him that nothing would happen, and that was the moment when her hands touched his forehead, making the wound to close without leaving the slightest scar.
She smiled, looking at her hands, grateful for that gift that made her unique, the one for which her parents had no explanations, but neither did she need them, she had never done it and that was not going to change.
Although it would have been difficult to accept herself at first, now she did it and she could not help but feel proud of the person she had become.
Hi!
I know it's been so long since the last time I published here, but I really didn't have enough time and I wanted to give this fanfic a proper ending. I've been writting this chapter since I ended the last one, but I didn't know how to end this.
Since the name of the sequel is "Gifted" and it was going to be focus on Kaylee's dreams, I thought that this last chapter should go about her and the differences between her and her family, reason why she has that amazing gift.
Anyway, I really hope you have liked this whole story and this last chapter. Thanks so much for accompany me in this amaizing journey as writter and for reading every chapter.
Have a nice day,
Ayrin