Hi guys! I'm back! As I promised, the next few chapters will be coming in real fast. I've been writing a lot recently, mainly for this fanfic. I'm so glad that you guys are enjoying this story and I'm looking forward for what is to come. I've never been much of a public writer but thanks to your support, I'm willing to publish more of my work. For right now though, I'm really excited to bring you Kara Zor-El, the Kryptonian who... chapter 2!
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Chapter 2: Survivors / Surviving and Escaping the DEO
After being released from his cage by Kara, Mon-El spent all of his time in the DEO. She introduced him to Winn Schott, a tech savvy, super genius guy. In his opinion, he was a bit too awkward but he seemed like a nice guy. He also met Alex, Kara's adoptive sister and member of the DEO. As soon as he saw her, he recognized her as the one who cornered him when he first escaped the DEO. J'onn J'onzz or sometimes known as Hank Henshaw, he found was the easiest to meet. From what he heard from Kara, is that he too was an alien. A Green Martian to be exact. He had heard stories of the wars between the Green and White Martians but to meet one in real life was a completely different experience.
Like Kara, they asked him what happened the day that he escaped Daxam, and so, he told them the story as he wanted them to know it while picturing the moment in hid mind.
The planet was red, smothered my smoke and flames from crashing debris. Other Daxamites ran for cover as pieces of Krypton showered onto their home planet.
"My prince, you can't stay here" Mon-El said as the crashes almost drowned out his comment "Come on!" he yelled as he pulled the prince with him as they ran, dodging the crashing pieces of rock as they collided with the ground underneath their feet, causing it to shake violently. To his despair, some of my fellow Daxamites had already been struck down, covered in the debris. Explosions erupted everywhere. It was complete and utter chaos.
For a moment, Mon-El realized that he lost his companion. Luckily, he was not too far away as he ran back for him
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah" the prince answered as Mon-El supported him as they walked until they stopped at an odd ship. It certainly wasn't one of Daxams but by it's similar structure and the situation that we were now in, Mon-El assumed that the ship had crashed from Krypton.
"This is a Kryptonian ship" he said "The emissaries?"
"Dead" the prince answered "And so is their planet. All of this is Krypton's doing"
And he agreed as he looked around him, the destruction, pain, agony, it was all caused by had to do the right thing and get the prince far from Daxam and the harm that could come to him if he stayed.
"We need to get you out of here" he said pulling the prince to the ship but he stopped in his tracks
"I can't fly one of these" he answered "Can you program the destination?"
"Yes" Mon-El answered him, recalling that the technology that the Khryptonians had were not so different to those of Daxam.
Thank goodness that I was granted education about our technology.
Quickly, Mon-El jumped into the pod and pressed several buttons. "Launch countdown started"
He was about to get out of the pod when the prince pressed a button, causing the entrance to the pod to close, trapping him inside the pod. Realizing what was going on, Mon-El smashed his hands against the glass, looking at his friend on the other side.
"No. No!" he yelled "you can't"
"You need to save yourself." he interrupted "For once in your life, obey me. Those are my people out there. Let me share in their fate. Beyalat Daxam!" his friend said as he backed away from the pod.
Soon after that the ship started and shot off into space where Mon-El evidently crashed onto Earth.
"So anyway, that's how that happened" Mon-El said as he came back from his vivid memories. He pushed up the bar one last time before sitting up to face Kara, Winn, Alex and J'onn.
"So you were a palace guard?" Alex asked
"For the great royal family of Daxam" the Daxamite answered
"Ugh, they were the worst. And their son, the prince, he was rumoured to be the worst of the worst. Frat boy of the universe" Kara exclaimed.
I mean I didn't hate Kara anymore but still... I mean, Kara at least be a little nice.
"Uh, he-he had his good moments too" he replied recalling the prince and some of the great things he had done.
"Hmm" Kara scoffed
"Oh yeah, your planets didn't get along so well, did they?" Winn asked, looking between him and Kara.
"No" they said at the same time
"Yeah, I know it's a long shot, but any chance there was a response to that signal I sent to Daxam? I mean, I can't be the only one left, right?" Mon-El asked, hoping that he would get a positive answer.
There is a moment of silence before Alex spoke up
"I'm sorry, but, no."
And just like that, even his minuscule amount of hope is crushed. "Right, uh... Anyway, enough go those-those dreary thoughts, right? So what do you guys do for fun around here? Do you drink or dance or... Oh, hey, do they playa Garata here?"
"What's Garata?" Alex asked
"It's like soccer" Kara answered "with dragons"
"No, not that" Winn said in response to his question "Uh, we have PlayStation"
"Great. So when do we get out of here and do that-that thing you just said" Mon-El said
"Actually, you have to say here in the DEO" Kara interrupted
"Until we can assess the full range od your powers, your gonna have to stay in this facility. For your own protection" J'onn added
Knowing that if he didn't do what they said, he would get his ass whooped. Mon-El simply answered with "I will do as you ask"
"Good" J'onn said in response "Now, I have somewhere I need to be" he said he walked out the room
"Where are you headed?" Alex asked him
"It's personal" he answered before finally exiting the room.
Once he left, Alex turned to Kara
"I didn't know he did anything personal"
Seems like J'onn doesn't do much for himself.
Winn suddenly pulled me aside and we started to talk about his Play-PlayStation thing before they get started on Mon-El's assessment.
Mon-El did so many tests with did all sorts of tests for speed, strength, agility, everything really. Winn decided that it would be interesting to see how strong Mon-El was by breaking blocks, which he did with ease in one swift move.
"We're going to need a bigger block"
"This is awe and some" Kon-El said trying to use the slang that Earth used
"No, its-its just 'awesome'" Winn corrected"You gotta put those two words together and you'll be golden"
"Awesome" Mon-El replied, testing the word out before setting up more blocks as Winn and Alex talk about some job that she had him do.
After Winn helped Alex with her problem, he and Mon-El continued to assess the latter's powers. Winn studied him for hours, along with giving the Daxamite some lessons on Earth's slang, like 'babe' and sick'.
"Winn, could we take a break?" Mon-El asked, rubbing his sore muscles
"Yeah sure, we can chillax for five" he responded
"Chillax for five what?"
"It's a-Oh never mind. Just go" Winn replied
Upon, his request, Mon-El left the room and began to wander around the DEO. It's long metal corridors seemed to run for miles and the Daxamite felt utterly and completely lost. The DEO may as well have been a big metal maze for aliens. Suddenly, Mon-El heard chattering in a nearby room and decided to approach it. Looking into the window of the door, he saw Kara talking to a beautiful woman. Without knowing what he was doing, the youn man opened the door and stepped into the room.
"Oh, hey. What's this place?"
"It's-it's private" Kara responded
"Oh-oh. I'm sorry . I didn't..." he said as he felt a weird feeling in his chest. Guilt maybe?
"Shouldn't you be testing your abilities with Winn somewhere?" she asked
"Yeah, Winn said we-we could 'chillax for five'. Whatever that means" he answered and soon an awkward silence dawned upon them. Luckily, Mon-El spoke up and broke the eerie silence "So who's that woman?" he asked, approaching the hologram.
"It's my mother. She's not really her, but she's a hologram of her with her thoughts and knowledge"
"Yeah, we had constructs like these on Daxam"
"Daxam. Sister world to Krypton." the hologram said "A race of bullies and hedonists, committed only to their own pleasures"
"Bye mom!" Kara said frantically
"They are selfish..." the hologram said before shutting off
"Sorry about that" Kara apologized
"No, it was..." he laughed and paused for a moment "an apt description"
"Sometimes I just like to come in here and tell her about my day" Kara said, sighing "I know it's not really her, but I... Just makes me feel less-"
"Alone"
"Yeah" Kara responded
"She is a babe"
Kara gave him a funny look, almost as if it was of disgust
"Excuse me?"
"Well, your mother I mean"
"Oh, okay..." she replied still with the weird look on her face. Catching on to her facial expression, Mon-El realizes that he's done something wrong,
"Winn told me that 'babe' is what you call a beautiful woman on Earth. I'm sensing that's not right"
"Maybe don't let Winn teach you too much about women on this planet" Kara said as she walked past him
"Yeah. Well, perhaps you can" Mon-El said, turning to face her
"Me?" she asked, shocked
"Well, Hank said I had to stay in the DEO for my protection. What if you were to accompany me outside? Surely, I'd be safe from humans with the most powerful woman in the world right?" Mon-El said, trying to sweet talk his way out of this big cold metal maze
"I don't think that's a good idea" she answered
"Because you're from Krypton and I'm from Daxam"
"No. I just..." she said, trying to find her words but only ended up with "I'll see you later" before she walked out the room and suddenly, that feeling that Mon-El never noticed he got when he was with her, disappeared and he suddenly felt sad and alone.
After Mon-El's encounter with Kara and her holographic mother, he returned to assessing his powers with Winn.
"No heat vision, no X-ray vision..." he sayid, looking at his light up paper thing as the alien punched a metal dummy, creating a dent in it "But you're strong"
"As strong as Kara?"
"Ha! No, not even close" Winn answered "Uh, let's see... No freeze breath, which is kind of a bummer right? Not flight either but your eating is fantastic. I'm-I'm talking about like 'tall building in a single bound' kinda stuff. Yeah, yeah. We definitely have the makings of a superhero here."
Did he just say what I think he said?
"Uh, a superhero?"
"Yeah" he answered, a bit of shock to his response, as if he was thinking that Mon-El was questioning his suggestion, which he was. "You know, you... You go out there, you fight crime, save people, wear a costume... Superhero"
"Speaking of going out there... I'm, uh... I'm going crazy in here" Mon-El said, which wasn't a lie, by the way. Being trapped in the DEO, 'sucked' as Winn would put it. "I could really use some fresh air"
"Yeah, you heard Hank. I mean, you got to stay here in the DEO" Winn responded
Suddenly, something clicked in Mon-El's mind and he thought of a plan to get out of the DEO.
"You know I'll bet if I were outside, I could fly like Kara"
"Nice try buddy" Winn scoffed. "No, we got to stay here. Them's the rules. I mean, I'm new here. I'm trying to make a good impression"
"Uh, I'm also new here and trying to make a good impression"
"Dude, no. Sorry, I can't"
'Damn it'.
But then, another idea pops into the Daxamite's head. One that he knew would work.
"So, when I become a superhero, I'll need a costume right? Something awesome like... Like Kara's"
"I mean, not to brag, but, uh, I actually designed Supergirl's costume" Winn sayid with obvious pride.
My plan was actually working! Let's hope he doesn't catch on to what I'm doing
"Huh. And these names... 'Super girl'... Who-who coins these names?" Mon-El's
"Oh yeah, that ones not me sadly" Winn replied
"You-you- You can think of one for me"
"Wait really? You would let me do that?" Winn replied shocked by the Daxamite's proposition
"Ye-yeah, and make me a costume" he replied with a small smile, which may have given his plan away because Winn started t make a weird face.
"Okay... Uh-huh. Okay, I see what you're doing here" Winn sayid as he walked away
"Sorry, me? Was I-was I doing something?" Mon-El said, trying to act as innocent as possible.
"'Oh me? Was I?...'" Winn mocked "Yes! You think that if you appeal to my vanity and let me make your costume and name you, that I'm just going to let you out of the DEO."
Crap.
"That hadn't even crossed my mind" the alien said
"Uh-huh"
"Us just sneaking out for a little bit, you know just two new friends, right, running a-running a couple field tests, living out our dreams, not getting in trouble. Hm... Not bad" Mon-El said convincingly
Winn groaned in internal pain before he said
"Damn you, Mon-El of Daxam. I'm so weak"
Yes! I'm getting out of this metal maze!
So, the two men went out and explored the city.
The two of them found themselves in a pub called Fine Food Spirits and decided to stay there for a while. They had been in the bar for a solid ten minutes before Winn had lost his new alien friend. He searched, and luckily found him and Mon-El approached him with two drinks in his hands.
"No, no, no! No, you said we were gonna test your powers!"
"Yeah, yeah, we will, we will. After this"
"Argh!"
"Winn, for a Daxamite, it is the height of insult to refuse a toast" Mon-El said as he handed one of the drinks in his hand to Winn
"Well I wouldn't want to be culturally insensitive" Winn said taking the glass "One drink!" and they clinked their glass and drank.
Oh no it wasn't going to be just 'one drink'... They are going to have plenty of drinks
Several minutes later, both Mon-El and Winn were the stars of the bar. Everyone cheered for them as they gulped down their beverages and played darts. Both of them were having a great time, a drunken good time, but a good time nonetheless.
At some point during the night, Winn had momentarily passed out as Mon-El arm wrestled another man in the bar. Mon-El, being super strong beat the man, but broke his arm in the process.
Winn snapped out of his sleep as soon as he heard the cracking of the bones and rushed to Mon-El's side.
"Time to go!" Winn said as he forcefully pushed Mon-El out of the bar and onto the streets of National city.
The two of them walked for a while before Winn started talking
"Oh I'm going to be in so much trouble! We never should have left the DEO. Hank's going to kill me! Stupid! Stupid me!" he said as he hit himself in the head
"Hey! Look, Hank, Kara and Alex are never going to find out if we don't tell them right? So let's just keep out mouths shut" Mon-El suggested
"Okay. Yeah. Let's just keep our little bail time to ourselves" Winn muttered as the pair continued walking until they reached the DEO.
The next day, Mon-El was in the med bay, being checked on my the doctors when Kara walked into the room. As soon, as Mon-El saw Kara's face, he knew that she knew what happened last night
"It's not Winn's fault. Hey, I tricked him-"
"Winn will be fine. And those guys you hurt will recover. But you shouldn't have been out there" Kara scolded
"Hank told me I needed to stay here because it wasn't safe. But he didn't mean for me. He meant it wasn't safe for humans. From me"
"After I first got to Earth, I went to my junior prom... and Scott Klein asked me to dance. I stepped on his foot and I broke three of his toes. It's just gonna take some time to get used to having these abilities and living in the world"
Mon-El laughed, not at Kara's advice but at the small story she had just told him
"I know it's not easy for you to be nice to me. Where I'm from and all"
"That's not why I've been standoffish, and don't say I haven't been. My parents gave me so much. And I was so loved" she said as sat next to him on the medical bed "My dad was a scientist and my mom fought for justice. They were proud, strong people. Good Khryptonians, and even better parents. And that's the way I want to remember them."
Mon-El became confused. If her parents were so good that why did she have that look on her face? That look of disappointment and guilt
"And why shouldn't you?" Mon-El asked
"Because... they weren't perfect. And no matter how smart they were, or how hard they tried, they couldn't save us"
Wow. That must've really hurt, to think like that of her parents.
"Yeah you never met my parents. They weren't exactly role models"
"But mine saw the end of the world coming, and didn't do anything about it"
This hurt her. Mon-El could see it in her eyes. It hurt her to think of her parents that way. That they had failed her and that they weren't as perfect as she must've thought they were.
"Hey... it's not- it's not your parents' fault. It's not even Krypton's fault. Okay, we shared a star, that's all." Mon-El said, trying to help her with her emotions. He liked talking to Kara actually, she was the only one who really understood what it felt like for him, to have their planet's destroyed, their home, gone. He felt comfort and less alone when he was around her. Almost to the point where he thought that they could be friends. He suddenly felt the need to please Kara, by living to her standards and expectations of him on Earth
"I promise that I will do as I'm told from now on." he said giving the girl next to him a smile, in which she returned before heading out the room. Mon-El didn't want her to leave just yet so he suddenly blurted out
"Hey, I uh... I heard you survived Draaga. I once saw him fight on Warworld when I was, uh, guarding the royal family. Drag took a blade to the right leg. It hit a nerve cluster. He's favoured his left leg ever since."
"Thank you" Kara said before walking out the room.
Mon-El felt great, appreciated, just from those two words that she said to him. It brought a sense of pride in him, like he did something useful and helpful for once on this world.
Mon-El wanted to train a little bit more so he went to the training room and started to work on a dummy went Kara came down the stairs.
"Hey" she said
"I heard you took out Draaga"
"Yeah. Thanks for the tip" she said
"Yeah, I though it would be fun to have these powers."
"It can be. It will be" Kara assured him "I'm going to teach you how" she said as she approached him.
"I got the impression that you didn't want to spend time with me"
"Oh, you're right. I didn't. But I asked the DEO to release you into my custody"
"Really? Why?" Mon-El asked. The only other person to do such a kind thing for him was his friend on Daxam, the prince. Mon-El knew he didn't deserve to be released after everything that he'd done
"I wasn't sent to planet Earth to be a hero. I was sent to protect my cousin. To teach him and keep him safe. And I never got to fulfill that purpose. So in a weird way, helping you, it gives me another chance to do that."
Mon-El was conflicted. He didn't know what to think.
What if he let her down in his training? Why him? He didn't deserve anything.
Kara began to walk away just as Mon-El said
"Who would have thought. A boy from Daxam and a girl from Krypton, working together"
"Why? Is it because you come from a planet of partyers?" Kara teased
"No, because you come from a planet of snobs." he teased back and they both laughed.
"I'm in your hands, Kara" he said to her and she simply responded with a nod.
With that, Kara left the training room, leaving Mon-El to work harder than before because now he knew from this moment on that he didn't want to disappoint her, the girl from Krypton, and his most unlikely friend.
So that's it! It took me a bit longer than I had expected to write this chapter but I got it done. I just wanted to say thank you for the support and follows and favourites for this story. It means the world to me. Like I've mentioned several times before, I plan on catching up to the episodes that I've missed so more chapters will be uploaded as quickly as I can write them.
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