I don't normally divide my chapters into parters, but I liked the name I had, and I've got a lot planned for this section of the story. But anyway, let's begin.
Chapter 8: As Time Goes By Part I
"Krypton?" Barry asked. "As in the planet you're from?" Kara nodded.
"Well, that's a lot to take in." Oliver stated.
"Understatement of the century." Von remarked. "I would kill you two," Von said referring to Barry and Oliver. "but I need your help repairing the Waverider."
"I hate to say it, but Von's right." Oliver agreed. "We need the Waverider to leave."
"Leave?" Kara asked, still entranced by everything that's happening.
"Yeah, leave." Von told Kara.
"I can't. Not yet at least, I need to see my family."
"Yeah... no." Von replied.
"How can you not want that?"
"Because this planet doesn't mean the same thing to me as it does you."
"Look, Von's right." Barry said, to Kara's disappoint. "If you go and meet your family, there could be temporal backlashes."
"I don't care." Kara responded. "I need to see them."
Von rolled his eyes. "Well, we do need some help with the ship, and kryptonians aren't half bad in that area."
"Well, unless you speak English on this planet, me and Barry are going to have some translation problems." Oliver pointed out.
"I saw some ingestible translators on the ship, we could use those." Barry suggested, getting a glare from Oliver. "Just saying."
Oliver sighed. "I still think that this is a mistake."
"Noted, now let's go." Kara said, eager to go.
"By the way, what's the name of the city?" Barry asked.
"That would be Kandor, the capital city of Krypton." Von answered.
Streets of Kandor
Kara, Barry, Oliver and Von were walking through the streets, looking for someone willing to fix their ship.
"I feel like I'm in some bad Star Wars movie." Oliver commented.
"The only bad Star Wars movie is The Phantom Menace." Barry replied.
"Nerd." Von said.
"Will you three stop!" Kara yelled. "Can't you see that this is kind of emotional for me to be back here?"
"Yeah, you and be both. But I'm beyond feeling petty emotions." Von responded.
"Your beyond feeling much of anything." Oliver muttered.
"I heard that Robin Hood." Von yelled.
"Wait, how do you intend to pay for the ship?" Barry asked.
"Shit!" Von said, realizing Barry was right. "I don't have any credits, and I doubt they'll take American currency."
"Then how are we going to pay for the repair?" Oliver asked.
"My family has a considerable amount of money." Kara suggested. "We could..."
"No!" Von interrupted. "Even if I agreed with you, lightening bolt guy said we can't meet our family."
"Actually, I'm not exactly an expert on time travel, I just sometimes do it when..." Barry stated.
"Don't try to counter my point!" Von yelled.
"So we can go?" Kara asked with a smile.
"No!" Von yelled, refusing to budge on his stance. "I can just hypnotize someone to..." He then heard a whoosh behind him, turned around and saw that Kara, Barry and Oliver were gone. "Rao damn it!"
House of El
Barry then appeared in front of a house, with Kara and Oliver.
Oliver then began to feel dizzy, and uneasy. "Next time, give some warning." Oliver asked.
"Sorry, but we had to hurry, or else Von would've caught up to us." Barry responded.
"He'll be here soon." Kara stated. "He knows where my family is." Kara then hugged Barry. "Thank you so much." She said beginning to tear up.
"No problem." Barry replied.
Kara then ended the hug, and starred at the door. She breathed in, knocked on the door, and someone opened it. The face she saw, only made her tear up even more.
"Mother." Kara said, unable to stop herself from hugging Alura.
Confusion and shock appeared on Alura's face. "Mother? I only have one daughter, and last I checked, she's ten."
Kara sniffled, and replied. It's me, Kara." Alura's eyes widened upon hearing this. "I know it must be hard to believe, but it's true." Kara then separated from the hug and began embracing her mother. "You said I was ten right?" Alura nodded, still in disbelief. "Alright, I've got a few good memories by then. Um... you and dad would take me on vacations to Starhaven and Dedenach. Growing up, you told me that I had the heart of a hero, and that made me want to grow up and become a judicator like you."
"Honey, who is it?" a voice came from inside.
Kara looked over her mother to see her father.
"Father." Kara cried running to him.
"Kara?" Zor-El asked, confused by the whole situation.
Kara then engulfed her father in a hug. "I can't believe it." she stated.
"You, you can't be Kara." Zor-El believed.
Kara then looked her father in the eyes, and starting listing some of her memories of him. "When I was eight, I made a statue of a bird, but I couldn't get the wings right, but you told me that they were perfect, and that you loved it, and me. You and Uncle Jor-El would always give me piggyback rides, but after like 20 seconds, you'd complain about your back hurting you. "
"Zor-El." Alura said. "I think it really is her."
Kara then grabbed both of her parents, and hugged them with all of her strength, still crying.
Oliver and Barry smiled at seeing Kara reunited with her family, but were interrupted when they heard Von's voice from behind.
"Why did you bring her here?" he asked.
"She deserves this." Barry stated. "Besides, it's the place she wants to be the most."
"Yeah, well this is the last place I want to be." Von stated.
"You've made that pretty clear." Oliver replied.
Von rolled his eyes at that comment.
"Who are they?" Alura asked Kara.
"Um, that one is Barry." she said pointing to Barry. "And that's Oliver." Kara pointed to Oliver. "They're my friends from Earth."
"What about him?" Zor-El asked, pointing to Von.
Kara didn't know how to answer, knowing the awkward situation.
"I'm... uh... friend of your daughter's." Von said with tears beginning to brim in his eyes. "I'm Von." he said shaking both Zor-El and Alura hands.
"That's a kryptonian name, right?" Alura asked.
"Yeah, I'm kind of from Krypton too."
"How can you be here?" Zor-El asked Kara.
"It's a long story." she responded.
"Speaking of which, we need help." Von interjected. "Our ship crashed, and we need someone to repair it."
"Well, I could arrange to have someone take a look at it." Zor-El responded.
"But that's not the only thing we have to tell you." Kara stated.
"Kara..." Von began, afraid of what she might say.
"Krypton is dying." Kara continued. "And in about three years from now, the entire planet will be destroyed."
Alura and Zor-El looked at each other, with great concern.
"They were right." Alura said.
"Some of our scientists predicated what you just described." Zor-El explained. "But we might have a solution."
Lab
Kara, Von, Barry and Oliver were being lead through a kryptonian lab by Zor-El.
"This is incredible." Barry commented, looking at everything in the lab.
"Nerd." Von stated.
They then reached a large computer, and Zor-El began typing on the keyboard and explaining their plan. "After we heard our scientists predications, me and my brother began working on possible ways to avoid our destruction, and we might have found one. We've created a computer AI capable of examining and analyzing different worlds and races. We believe that given enough time to do this, the AI can create a solution to Krypton's problem, we call it Brainiac."
"Brainiac?" Barry asked. "Cisco would not like that name."
"With all due respect Zor-El, me and Kara have seen the future, and not once have we heard of anything that could save Krypton." Von said.
"We have to at least try." Zor-El stated.
"And you're right to." Kara agreed. "This planet is worth saving."
Von rolled his eyes, grabbed Kara and pulled her away from the group.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." she responded. "It seems like you don't care at all about Krypton."
"That's because I don't." Von replied, getting nothing but shock and horror from Kara.
"You're telling me that while you were under the Black Mercy, you didn't dream of having a perfect life on Krypton?"
"That may have been you dream, but that wasn't mine."
"This is your home."
Von scoffed at the comment. "Home is somewhere you feel safe and loved. On Krypton, I was beaten more often than not by the woman who was suppose to love me the most. The only good memory I have of this place is when it died, because it gave me the chance to leave for good."
"Look, I now you had it tough..."
"No you don't. You may have seen a few of my memories Kara, but you have not truly felt what it was like to feel utterly alone and unwanted. Unlike you, my mother hated me, and our father wanted nothing to do with me, so forgive me if I'm a little sore from being back here again!" Von sighed. "I'll be waiting close to the ship, if you're not there by the time it's repaired, I'm leaving you and your friends behind."
Von then left the lab.
"What was that about?" Zor-El asked.
"It's... complicated." Kara replied.
"You're not in a relationship with him are you?"
Disgust appeared on Kara's face. "Ew. Father trust me, you have no idea how... I don't even know what words to use, just no."
Meanwhile
Oliver and Barry were looking around the lab, when Oliver came across a glowing green shard.
"Kryptonite." he said to himself.
"What was that?" Barry asked, walking over to Oliver and seeing the kryptonite in his hand. "Why do you have that?"
"Lex Luthor said that he needed a pure, unexposed kryptonite sample to make his weapon for Von. If he can do it, we could rob Von of his powers."
"I don't know if that's such a good idea." Barry replied.
"Why do you say that?"
"Look, I may not know Lex Luthor that well, but Clark and Kara certainly don't trust him, so I'd rather not put our faith into him."
"I'm not saying he's a good guy, I'm just saying he could help us."
"Take it if you really want to, but you should probably ask Kara about it too." Barry suggested.
Oliver sighed. "Alright, I'll talk to her. But I'm still taking it just in case." he then put the kryptonite in a bag. "Alright, let's go."
Later
The lab was empty, and the computer was still analyzing, until it beeped.
"Analysis complete. World solution... ineffective. Expanding to other possibilities." a few seconds later. "Process complete, only option for saving Krypton is by exterminating the problem, the kryptonians. However in order to do this, Brainiac must evolve."
The machines in the lab then began constructing a metal body.
When they finished, the computer continued speaking. "This shall serve as one of many instrument for Brainiac's salvation of Krypton."
Wanted to continue writing this chapter, but it would probably take too long for what I had in mind. If you enjoyed, leave a review, fav, follow and I'll see you in the next chapter.
