And here we are, the final chapter. Thank you all for commenting, favoriting, following and sticking with me and this story. I will be making a sequel to this soon, and I hope to see you all there. In the meantime, you can check out another story I've been working on (if you haven't already), When Heroes Fall. I also may start another story soon, but I'm still thinking about it. But without further ado, the last chapter.
Chapter 14: As I Lay Dying
"Don't be afraid child." Brainiac said bringing the dagger closer to Kara. "Nothing can last forever, not even Supergirl." he then lifted the dagger and brought it down on Kara.
Kara disappeared, and the kryptonite dagger along with her.
Brainiac's face was overflowed with surprise, and he looked around to see her and Von in the middle of the streets.
Von reached to grab the kryptonite dagger that was in his arm.
"Shit, that hurt a lot more than I thought!" he yelled, pulling the dagger out of his arm.
Kara got up from the ground, saw Von and said. "I thought you weren't a hero?"
"Yeah, well first time for everything." Von replied.
"So, you're alive?" Brainiac said somewhat surprised, walking over. "It doesn't matter. Your presence is merely another factor."
"Really?" Von began. "Because I disagree." He then pulled the gold kryptonite sword from it's lead sheathe and pointed the weapon at Brainiac.
"What are you doing?" Brainiac asked.
"You see, I couldn't help but wonder why you wanted Kara to kill me. But then it hit me, you wanted her to use the gold kryptonite on my so it couldn't be used on you. And I'm not usually a betting man, but I think that if I were to shove this through your heart, it would kill you."
Brainiac smiled and responded. "You're wrong."
"Then you won't mind if I do this." Von said, lunging the sword at Brainiac.
Brainiac seeing this, immediately evolved from confidence to fear, as he used Barry's speed to knock Von off his feet, causing him to let got of the sword, and have it fall to the ground.
"I may not be able to use any kryptonian powers while near the sword, but I still have plenty of others." Brainiac stated, walking up to Von.
Von tried to punch Brainiac, but he easily caught his arm, twisted it in an unnatural direction, causing Von to scream in pain, and uppercutted Von. Von then went back into a wall. And before he could react, Brainiac got the gold kryptonite sword, sped to Von and put the sword to Von's throat. Von caught the sword, but was losing his grip, and the sword was edging to his throat.
"May you find the happiness in death you never found in life." Brainiac stated, with the sword mere inches from Von's throat.
But before it made contact, Kara tackled Brainiac to the ground, causing him to drop the sword. But Brainiac quickly reacted, got up faster than Kara, and hit her head, causing her to collide with the concrete ground hard. Von tried to make his way to the sword, but was intercepted by Brainiac, and was lifted the air by his throat. Brainiac then threw the kryptonian, causing Von to hit the corner of a building painfully.
"This display was extremely pathetic." Brainiac stated.
Kara crawled her way to the sword, and almost had it, until Brainiac came from behind her, and began chocking from behind.
Brainiac shushed Kara, and stated. "It's over. Don't worry, soon everyone you love will join you in death."
Kara struggled to breath, but knew her best option was the sword. She extended her middle finger towards it, and managed to pull to blade to her. Brainiac seeing this, prepared to snap her neck instead. Kara then knew she only had time for one option.
She grabbed the gold kryptonite sword, and put it through her chest, going through Brainiac's as well.
Both of their veins glowed gold, and the two fell over, both bleeding out from their chests.
"That was for Alex." she struggled to say. Then she did the only thing she could do, she closed her eyes.
DEO
Kara opened her eyes to see herself in the infirmary bed.
"Hey." Eliza said, seeing Kara awake. "You alright?"
"What happened?" Kara asked, fighting a wave of dizziness.
"You saved everyone." Barry stated walking in with Oliver.
Kara then remembered what happened, and what she did.
"Brainiac?" she asked.
"Taken care of." Oliver responded.
"What about me?" she asked.
They all looked down, neither one of them wanting to answer.
"Um..." Barry started.
"When you drove the gold kryptonite through you, you robbed Brainiac of his kryptonian powers, making him vulnerable." Eliza explained. "But in doing so, you lost yours as well."
"So, I'm don't have my powers?" Kara asked, afraid of the answer.
"You're basically a normal human now." Eliza replied.
A tear fell down her cheek. "Oh Rao."
"You okay?" Barry asked.
"Yeah, I will be. I just need some time alone."
They all nodded, and left the room.
"She okay?" Cisco asked, with Sara beside him.
"She's been better." Barry replied.
"I think it's time to address our next move." Oliver suggested.
"Well the Legends and I should probably get back to our universe to deal with all of the anachronisms." Sara stated.
"And I'd like to return to Earth-1, or else I might have an angry girlfriend to deal with. And trust me, you don't want to see her angry." Cisco added.
"Well, I can't leave Kara the way she is. And National City might need another hero now that she's... you know." Barry said.
"Kara's been through a lot." Oliver began. "She's lost her powers, her sister's in a coma, and I can really relate to that last one. I may not be able to do much about it, but I can try. I'll stay."
"See ya later." Sara said hugging Oliver.
"You too." he replied.
"Good luck." Barry said hugging Cisco.
"I think you need it more than me." Cisco replied. "By the way, I looked at the article Lena published about you guys. And I gotta say, I approve of the name she gave you guys."
"Name?" Oliver asked.
"You'll see." Cisco added, leaving with Sara.
"Here it is." Barry stated, pulling it up on his phone.
After reading the article, Barry chuckled and handed the phone to Oliver.
"The Justice League?" Oliver asked after seeing the name.
"I gotta say, I kinda like it." Barry added.
Meanwhile
Lena was alone in a room, when Von walked in.
"You called?" he asked.
Lena turned around to face him, and began. "There's something I need to tell you."
"I'm sorry, but it's going to have to wait." Von replied.
"Trust me, it can't."
"My sister just stabbed herself with a sword that took away her powers. She's going to need... I don't even know, but it can't wait."
"Neither can this." Lena stated.
Von threw his hands in the air in defeat. "Fine, what is it?"
Lena sighed. "I thought I was crazy at first. That maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me, or maybe me feeling bad about your life. But I checked it over with Eliza who's an expert with kryptonian DNA, and it it's real."
"What are you talking..."
"I'm pregnant."
Von just stood their, with an unmoving, unreadable face.
Unknown
A man was standing alone in a room, doing nothing but staring at the walls covered with pictures of people, places and symbols.
"Daddy?" a ten year old girl asked walking in.
"I tried." he said, beginning to tear up. "I tried, but I can't do it."
The girl then walked closer to her father, and said. "Don't worry daddy, I'm sure you'll find him soon."
He shook his head and stated. "No I won't. I don't have long to live, I'll never find him in time." His eyes widened, and he turned around towards his daughter and grabbed her shoulders. "But you can."
"Dad, I don't know..."
"You can. When you grow up, I want you to seek him out. Will you do it for me?" The girl nodded. "Thank you." he said with tears coming down his eyes.
"What will I need to do?" she asked.
"You're going to need the dagger used to cut him, and thirteen lives." he then handed her a necklace. "Take this, when you're ready, you can channel the same source of power that created him, you'll also need it to capture the thirteen souls."
"But what if I need help?"
"If so, find the legion, they'll help you. Do you think you can do all that?" The girl nodded. The man then smiled, stood up, pulled out a gun and made one final request. "Honor me." he then pointed the gun to himself and pulled the trigger.
And so ends the story. Thank you all for your support from day one, it really meant a lot. Now I am planning a sequel, and I have a basic idea of what I want to do, but I still want more time to think about it. I'll try to start the first chapter at the beginning of December, but no promises. Tell me what you thought of the story overall, and what you'd like to see in the sequel. Thank you very much and goodbye.
