Lori was three years old, crawling around on the floor and chewing on her toys. Lena saw the mischivious look in her eyes as the toddler crawled towards the coffee table. The Luthor quickly walked over to where she was headed, scooping the toddler in her arms, smiling. The small child smiled back at her.

"What are you doing little one? You don't grab things off the table, do you?" Lena smiled, using a soft voice. She was worried that the small child wasn't yet walking, but she guessed that she was just slow at developing. Although her speech was coming along.

"Mama!" Lori laughed as Lena kissed her cheek.

"Dinner time." Lena announced as she put the little one at the table, "Then we can read lots of books!"

"Books?! Thomas?" Lori asked her.

"And Thomas." Lena beamed as she walked over to the fridge, "You need to eat dinner first though, and maybe we could have pudding."

Lori laughed as Lena placed a plate in front of her with four little squares, "Jam?" She asked.

"Yes, your favourite."

"Thank you mommy." Lori said to Lena as she sat opposite her with her own sandwich, "You're very welcome. Now eat up, because then you can have pudding after."

"Yogurt?" Lori asked.

"If you like, or cake." Lena replied with a firm smile on her face as Lori began eating her sandwiches, somehow managing to get jam all over her face. It made Lena chuckle with how messy she was, but it was easy to clean.

Once Lori was in bed and in her pyjama's, Lena pulled out a book from the shelf of many other books, "Thomas the Tank Engine?" Lena asked in a soft tone. She saw that Lori was already really quiet, meaning it wouldn't be long until the tiny blonde was asleep.

The child nodded slowly. Lena took the book and sat beside her on the bed. She never questioned her child's taste in books or interests. If she liked anything no matter how girly or boyish it may be, she didn't mind. She was just a baby toddler and all Lena wanted was for Lori to be happy.

A sleepy Lori leaned on her mother's shoulder when she opened the book. Normally she would be ecstatic but tonight, she was too tired and that was okay, "Here we go, you ready?" Lena asked Lori softly.

She merely nodded as she got comfortable on her mother's arm.

"It was a busy day for all the trains, especially Thomas and Percy…" Lena began reading. Before long, Lori was in a blissful sleep. Lena closed the book slowly and looked down at the peaceful toddler. At that moment she realized that she never wanted to let this child go, not ever. Even if it was selfish, to her Lori was hers and that was the end of the matter. After all, Kara gave her the job of looking after her and yes it had taken a while to adjust. Lena never thought she would be a mother and yet here she was.

As she placed the book down on the small desk beside her, Lori moved to get comfortable. Lena placed a small kiss on the top of her head, before gently moving so she could put Lori's head down on the pillow. Once stood up, she put the book back on the shelf before returning to tuck Lori in. Further down the bed, there was a teddy bear and she tucked this in with Lori.

Lena smiled to herself, she was handling this so well. She had done better than she had ever imagined. Slowly, she leaned down and kissed Lori's cheek before going to the door. As she placed her hand on the light switch she looked down at Lori and whispered to herself, "Sweet dreams." And with that, she turned out the light and closed the door gently, leaving Lori in a peaceful slumber.

Present day.

"You aren't going anywhere near her." Lena sneered at Lilian as the elder Luthor walked around the lounge eyeing the small trinkets and photographs that were placed around the living room. Lilian stopped at a particular photograph on the mantle. A wicked smile spread across her face, "You really think you are mother material? Everyone knows that you cannot possibly handle being a mother."

Lena kept a stone cold expression, but somehow fear crept into her voice, "I've managed so far. It's been thirteen years and I have the life that I have always wanted. A husband, a daughter-"

Lilian cut her off, "You think you have it all planned out. Does she even know the truth Lena?" Lilian sneered, "You have done many things throughout your life but…" She trailed off before her face lit up.

Lena was so terrified right now, and the moment Lilian's face lit up she knew that she was in trouble, "You need to leave." Lena growled at her mother.

"Out of all the people to come to you with a child, of course it would be her…Supergirl." She almost spat, venomously, "And out of all the times you betrayed, taking on her child was the worst. I'm here to rectify that." There was a moment of silence when Lilian walked over to her, "You mentioned a husband…Isn't he meant to be in Moscow?"

Fear crawled its way up Lena's spine, and unexpectedly, tears filled her eyes, "He's away on business."

"What if I told you that he was home early?"

"What have you done with him?!" Lena growled.

Lilian's two henchmen stepped forward, forcing Lena's arms behind her back, "You leave my daughter alone! Please, I will do anything I beg you."

Just in that moment, the door opened, and Lena's husband, Robert was being dragged inside. His suit which was brown with a red shirt was coated with his own blood while his own face was black and blue. Lena was horrified, "Robert!"

"Now, all you need to do is tell the kid the truth." Lilian said to her with a smirk, "Or your husband dies." With that, she pulled out a shiny hand pistol from her pocket and pointed it at Robert.

"Lena." Robert gasped, "She can't know. You know she can't!" He breathed.

Tears ran down Lena's cheeks, "But I can't let you die either. No, I promised. I made a promise Robert." She was struggling in her captives arms.

"And so did I, to you when we got married." Robert gasped as he got kicked in the ribs.

In that moment, Lori appeared in the longe doorway. When Robert looked over in that direction, so did Lena. She had never seen her child so terrified.

"Mom?! Dad?!" Lori screamed.

Lena suddenly had lots of adrenaline, "Lori, you need to run. Get out of here and don't turn back! Do it for me, please!" She pleaded with her. As she did, two gunshots were fired and Robert was lying dead.

Lori screamed, "DADDY!"

"GO!" Lena screamed at her.

Lori looked at Robert's dead body on the living room floor and did exactly as her mom asked, the only problem was that she didn't know where she was running to. She just kept running. Her powers had still not developed and she was still effectively human. A terrified human child running in the streets of National City away from all of the danger.

"I gave you a chance and you both foolishly told the child to run." Lilian sneered at Lena. Lena was heartbroken, she just hoped that Kara would find Lori before her mother did. As for herself, she didn't care what happened, she just wanted Lori to be safe and cared for.

In the corner of her eye, Lena saw the gun being raised to her. She swallowed the lump in her throat and accepted her fate for what it was.

Then the trigger was pulled.

Everything suddenly ceased.