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Story Title: The Traveler

Chapter 25

Watchtower – Low Earth Orbit

Valor, Superman, and Supergirl checked on the others. Green Lantern, the Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman were tired but largely uninjured. The robots shut down as soon as the cyborg was destroyed. The remaining robots littered the main floor of the space station. Kara and Clark had both recovered, but the presence of Mon-El and Diana helped them recover faster. The group sat around the Founder's Conference Table. They all looked tired, except for Mon-El; he was energized and ready to go.

"So, Mon-El, what are you going to do now?" Hal asked.

Mon-El smiled, squeezing Kara's hand. "I'm going home; check on my friends and the rest of the family."

J'onn smiled. "I hope you will continue your work with the DEO."

"Of course, J'onn, I can't stop helping people," Mon-El replied reassuringly.

Clark looked at his brother with some concern. "Don't you think it a little early to go back to work? I mean you just recovered from a very traumatic ordeal." Clark's blue eyes were filled with sadness and a little fear for his brother.

Mon-El sighed. His little brother was being overprotective. "I had plenty of rest, Kal. I need to get out there. Let the world know that Valor is back and erase Henshaw from their memories."

Diana grabbed Clark's hand. "He's right, Kal, he needs to be out, helping people. You would do the same."

Clark frowned. He knew she was right. "I just got you back Mon, I… What if something happens?"

Mon-El smiled at his brother's concern. "If something happens, I have the best family and friends a hero could ask for to help me, besides, I feel more powerful than ever. I think I can handle what comes next."

"Yes, about that, what was that new power you displayed?" Kara asked.

Mon-El nodded. "It appears when Henshaw destroyed the Eradicator it did a lot more than transfer back my memories, it re-energized my body with solar energy and it gave me a new ability. The ability to absorb an energy attack, focus it into my own energy, and then project it as an energy blast."

Hal whistled. "No wonder you vaporized Henshaw. You used his own weapon against him."

Mon-El nodded. "Yeah, he was the cause of his own demise, I guess."

Kara shook his hand. "Hey, you did what you had to do. No one faults you for destroying the cyborg. It saved our lives." Everyone around the table nodded in agreement.

Mon-El forced a smile. "I know your right, but I never liked taking a life, even an abomination such as Henshaw." Mon-El's eyes were sad and a frown was set across his mouth.

"That's what makes you a great hero, Mon-El. A hero that we can all look up to," Diana said with a reassuring smile.

"Thank you, Diana; I can see now why my brother is so taken with you." Clark and Diana both blushed, making Kara and Hal laugh at their faces. "Don't make fun of them. I feel the same way about the last daughter of Krypton," Mon-El said. A smile stretching across his face. He stood up from his chair. His blue jumpsuit making him look strange compared to his mostly red superhero uniform. "Hal, are the transporters working?"

Hal looked at the screen in front of him. "Yep, working perfectly."

"Good, I need to get home. J'onn and Kara, are you coming?" Mon-El stared at his girlfriend and then at the DEO Director.

Kara stood up. "I'm ready!"

J'onn smiled. "Let Alex know that I'll be down later. I need to have a word with these members of the Justice League." The League members looked at J'onn curiously.

Mon-El nodded before he and Kara left the conference room.

DEO Headquarters – National City

Mon-El and Kara appeared from the energy beam on the balcony of the DEO Headquarters that looked out over National City. They entered the DEO; all of the agents stopped as they stared at Mon-El. He was wearing the same simple blue jumpsuit that he got from the Watchtower; however, all of the agents knew who he was. He walked through the crowded corridor shaking the hands of every agent that saw him. A few that he'd known for a long time hugged him. A few even had tears in their eyes. The hero of the DEO was alive and back. He stopped when Alex and Maggie walked out of the control room. Both of them stared at him wide eyed before Alex rushed forward to hug him. She began to cry into his shoulder. Mon-El gave a strange look to Kara, but the Girl of Steel just smiled at him. He rubbed circles on Alex's back until she finally pulled out of the hug. She wiped her eyes, but she was smiling.

"Don't ever do that again," Alex yelled at him, making Mon-El take a step back. Kara chuckled at the look on his face.

Mon-El recovered before a smile stretched across his face. "Die, yes, I think I'll pass." Maggie walked up to her girlfriend wrapping her arm around her. "Hey, Maggie, keeping this one out of trouble?"

Maggie chuckled. "It's almost a full-time job."

Alex rolled her eyes. "So, let's go to the conference room; I need to hear everything."

Kara's Apartment

Kara and Mon-El sat on the couch, both covered by a blanket as they failed to watch the television show that was on the screen; they were too engrossed in just being together. It had been a long day, but also a great one. Mon-El was back with his friends and family. He was back with Kara.

Kara smiled at him. Mon-El gave her a strange look. "What?"

"I'm just so happy that you're back," Kara said, trying not to break down into tears.

"Hey," Mon-El said as he put his hand under her chin, lifting her head up so he could see her comet-like eyes. "I'm here."

Kara smiled. "It's not just that. I never got to tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"That I love you too."

Mon-El smiled brightly. "Hey, I love you, Kara Zor-El, so very much." He leaned forward and kissed her, setting off a long night of lovemaking. They nearly lost each other and now they would spend the rest of their long lives making up for lost time.

THE END

AN: I appreciate all the reviews and support for this story. I know it's a short chapter. I might do a sequel, but that's for another time.