Hey guys! Wow guys, I'm so happy for support that you guys have given me. I'm so glad that you guys are enjoying this story. I never really have much to say in these little introductions, so I'm just going to jump right into it. This chapter is obviously based off of "Changing" (S2xEP06).
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Chapter 4: Changing / I Might Want to Start Changing
After Mon-El was fired from Catco, he spent most of his time either in the DEO or looking for a job. Luckily, he was able to find one. It paid well, gave him enough for the things he needed the only thing he didn't like was how much time it took. Whenever he was working, he couldn't spend time with Kara, which was something he missed. True she continued to be his mentor, but he didn't see her very often, even when he was at the DEO. Even if he had the opportunity to see her, he would turn around and walk away, not knowing how he was going to tell her about the job he had gotten
One night, Mon-El arranged for them to meet at the alien bar he had discovered when he first arrived on Earth. She needed to loosen up a bit, and getting a few drinks was the perfect way to do that.
M'gann, the bartender, came up to their table and placed two drinks down.
"Aldebaran rum. Deadly to humans, but a refreshing cocktail for the two of you" she said
"Did-did you order this thing?" Kara asked Mon-El as she inspected the glass of alcoholic liquid
"Did I order this thing?" Mon-El asked
"No, it's from Giggles" the bartender said, motioning to a young alien with blue lines covering her pale head
"Oh, she's blue" Mon-El said as he waved to the smiley alien
"This is unbelievable" Kara exclaimed "That's the fourth round of drinks some girl has sent over"
Mon-El couldn't hear anything that Kara said as he looked at another alien sitting just a few tables over from them.
"Hey, hello? Can you stop flirt-drinking for one second?"
"Kay" he responded
"You have been been dodging me for days. You promised me we would take about a job"
Not this again.. Mon-El thought as he groaned out loud
"Even if it's not Catco, you have to work." Kara said
"I've found work." he replied
"That's great!" Kara exclaimed "What is it?"
"Um... Various things, and odds... Odds and ends"
"At least let me train you" Kara pleaded "You have all these powers and you're not learning how to control them"
"I can control things" Mon-El protested
"That's dangerous! You have to know how to-" she was interrupted by the shattering of the glass in Mon-El's hand
"This was not the prime example of that" Mon-El said, motioning to the shattered glass on the table as Kara sighed "I'll make a trade with you. You drink this drink, and I will train with you"
"I don't think so..."
"You scared?" Mon-El said as Kara stares back at him sternly before taking the glass in her hand and drowning it down. "Oh my god! That was very quick. How do you feel?"
"Floaty" she answered as Mon-El offered her a high-five "But I'm not floating"
"No you're sitting" he responded as the pair erupted into fits of drunken laughter
"And ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You have to train with me now!" Kara exclaimed, a little louder than she should have" she says before groaning because of an upset stomach "Tomorrow"
"Anything you say" the Daxamite replies
"Woah. That hits you fast"
"I'm going to get us two more drinks" Mon-El said, getting up from his seat and walking over to the bar
"I'm going to clean up while you're gone" Kara said as she collected some of the broken glass shards
When Mon-El returned with several more drinks, the two of them talked. Or at least they tried to talk, most of their conversation was filled with laughing fits and drunken words which didn't have any meaning. Soon the night had ended, and the two of them returned home.
Mon-El slept soundly in his room at the DEO. He hoped that unlike his other nights at the DEO, he would get a good sleep to help with his hangover but that obviously didn't happen because as soon as the sun peeked through the windows in his room, Kara came rushing in.
"It's time to train!"
"What? No way. It's too early" Mon-El groaned as he threw his pillow over his head to drown out her voice
"Come on Mon-El get up. You owe it to me" she said as she pulled him out of his bed, literally, and dragged him to the training room.
The next thing Mon-El knew, he was being thrown into the door, which broke from its hinges and fell over.
"Okay... I slipped" Mon-El groaned
"Better. Again" Kara yelled from the other side of the room
"Yep. Okay" he said as he got back up.
Without a thought, he charged towards the Kryptonian, throwing a punch, which she gracefully dodged and used to throw him into the other wall. He smashed into the metal with a clang and groaned.
"Less better. Again" Kara commanded and the Daxamite rose to his feet and got into a fighting stance "Come on"
The Daxamite threw several punches, all of which Kara dodged. Mon-El caught hold of her shoulder
Ha! I've got you now!
But she turned around, sending him running into the wall as she ran up the wall and did a back flip off of it.
"Too hard?"
"No, I'm fine"
"Again" she said walking away.
Seeing an opportunity, he charged for her while her back was turned but somehow, she knew it was coming flying to the ceiling as he crashed into a pillar
"Okay" the Daxamite grunted "Is this because I got you drunk?"
"Let's never discuss that again" Kara said returning to the ground "You need a break?"
"Okay I accept your surrender" he joked
"Ha, ha. This is serious. You have to learn how to defend yourself"
"How often do are you planning on attacking me?"
"i'm training you. So that, one day, if you are so inclined, you can make a difference."
"And what if that's not me?"
"Sure it is" the Kryptonian said
Suddenly, the door swung open and Alex peeked her head into the room.
"Kara, hey... Can I talk to you? Alone?"
Mon-El took that as his sign to leave and so he did. He had to go to work anyways.
A couple days later, Mon-El was finally called in to do some 'real' work. He searched through National City until he found his target, Brian, a blue alien that didn't manage his money well. He had found Brian wearing a suit, so Mon-El supposed that he was on his way to work. Quickly, the Daxamite pulled the blue man into an alley and threw several punches at him.
"Hold it! Hey!" a females voice yelled behind him and he turned around
Oh crap...
Mon-El thought as he saw Kara with a look of disbelief and disappointment on her face.
"Mon-El?"
"Uh, okay, before you say anything, you should know that this gentleman here... Stand up Brian."
"Hi there" the blue alien waved weakly
"Brian here has a bad habit of not paying back his debts promptly."
"I do" the alien confessed
"And, if his bookie wants to pay me to help him improve his habits... I mean who am I to say no. right? I mean who's the victim here, really?" Mon-El explained
"Run along Brian" Kara said
"Yes ma'am" Brian said as he scurried his way out of the alley
"Are you kidding me? This is how you're using your powers? As muscle for hire?" Kara said
"It's a living" Mon-El stated but upon seeing Kara's face he changed his answer "A temporary living"
"You're supposed to help people. You cannot use your powers for money"
"Why? Don't you?"
"Absolutely not!"
"Well that's a missed opportunity, because-"
"This goes against everything we stand for!" Kara objected strongly
"Um, everything you stand for... Look, I never said I wanted to save the world. Things in this world cost money, and if I can make a few bucks using my powers, why shouldn't I?"
"Okay, I get it"
"What?"
"No. Don't. You are so selfish"
"Okay" Mon-El said walking away
"I don't know what else I should have expected from a..." she paused
"From what? From a Daxamite?"
"I didn't say that"
"Yeah, but you were going to, Kara. Okay, I may have your powers but I don't have this... This innate desire to go leaping into trouble. But that doesn't make me a bad person, all right?"
"It kinda does"
"No! It doesn't! You're no saint, Kara Zor-El!"
"Excuse me?"
"You fly around, rescuing people, like you're just pure of heart. But that is crap. Because you love that attention. You love people loving you. You are not selfless"
"And you are no hero. I thought you could be, but I was wrong." she said
Mon-El saw the look on her face, the face of disappointment, the face that he didn't want to be the cause of and he immediately regretted everything that he had just said.
"Kara..." he called out for her but she was already up in the air, flying away from him.
The next several hours went by in a blur. All of Mon-El's memories of his and Kara's fight replayed in his mind. Somehow, he had ended up at the alien bar and had already drunk several glasses of alcoholic beverages as he tried to suppress the images that flashed in his mind.
"Thirsty?" a female voice, that he recognized to be Alex's, said from across the bar
"Not particularly. I've just found that drinking is the fastest way to get drunk. So..."
"The city could really use a hero right about now."
"Fighting rampaging features isn't on my resume"
"Oh, that's right. Kara told me. Uh, beating people up for money is though, right?"
"Hey, here's an idea. Why don't you go believe in somebody else, Alex? Thanks"
"I don't believe in you, Mon-El." she said as she approached him stopping right next to him "i suspect you're a coward, and that you would run at the first sign of danger. My sister, she's the one who believes in you. That's why she's so upset with you all the time. She thinks you have potential. To make a difference, like she does. To be a hero."
There was a pause for a moment until Mon-El said
"I don't know how"
"You can start by standing up. Like the rest of us" Alex said before walking away and out of the bar.
Oh hell. Now I really have to go don't I?
Upon making his decision, Mon-El got up from his seat and ran his way to where he heard the attacks from the giant alien parasite was coming from. When he arrived at the scene, he saw the large hideous creature approach a business man who lay on the floor.
"Stop!" he yelled as the monster turned around and roared at him "I regret this already"
The Daxamite pulled a street pole out of the ground and threw it at the hideous monster, who swiftly smacked the piece of metal away before grabbing Mon-El and lifting him into the air.
"We are Parasite" it said before a mouth emerged from the one it already had, reaching out to Mon-El's flailing body.
This is the moment that I'm going to die
Suddenly, something started beeping and an explosion followed, causing the purple parasite to drop the Daxamite onto the cold, hard street. Mon-El got up to see a man in a full black body armour appear through the smoke
"Please tell me you're on my side" he said to him "Who are you?"
"Guardian" the man replied
Both Mon-El and Guardian fought Parasite out in the streets for as long as they could, but they knew that they didn't have much time until they wouldn't be able to fight any longer. The large monster lifted a car before chucking it across the street, directly toward a little girl. Without a second thought, Mon-El ran in the girls direction and caught the car just in time
"Get her out of here!" he yelled at a woman, who he assumed was the girls mother, as she pulled the child away from the fight.
Mon-El was just about to give up, he didn't think that he could fight any longer. Suddenly, a large gust of wind nearly knocked the Daxamite over and Kara stood in the middle of the street. He watched as she fought Parasite with bravery and courage until it exploded.
"Is he..." Mon-El said to Kara as she approached him and she nodded in response
"You showed up"
"Nobody's more surprised than me"
"Thank you" she said with a smile.
It was in that moment that Mon-El knew that he wanted to change, to become better, to become the person that Kara believed him to be.
"Both of you" Kara said as she looked over Mon-El's shoulder at the Guardian.
Mon-El stood back and watched as she and the Guardian exchanged a few words before he rode off into the night on his motorcycle. Kara then turned to Mon-El
"You did great."
"Thank you"
"Does that mean you're going to be a superhero?"
"I don't know. But I want to be better. I want to change" Mon-El replied
"I'm glad. I'll see you later?"
"Yeah" the Daxamite answered before Kara flew away and he began walking towards the DEO.
The next day, Mon-El did everything to become better and stay true to the promise that he had made to himself. He quit his 'job' and went out to look for jobs where he could use his talents for good. That night, Mon-El decided that he wanted to walk back to the DEO. Along his journey, he passed many people but he didn't look twice at them until he walked past a man, who was crouching on the cold, cement sidewalk. Feeling sympathetic towards the man, Mon-El retraced his steps and stopped in front of the man.
"Hey, can I help you? I'm trying to be better. So I'd love to help out" Mon-El said as he crouched down
Suddenly, the man sitting on the side walk took out a weapon and shocked him, causing the Daxamite to fall to the ground. The last thing that Mon-El remembered was being hauled into a vehicle and a female voice saying "Welcome to Cadmus"
So that was it! How did you guys like it? I'm sorry that it isn't as long as the other chapters but I couldn't find any opportunities to write many of my own scenes in here. I'm going to be writing the fifth chapter of Mon-El vs Earth, but I'm not quite sure how long it will take me. Generally, I give myself a few days to write out a chapter, but it varies on the episode and the amount of content I wish to put into the chapters.
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