The stars had never been prettier. Lori stood out in the garden with her very own telescope that she had gotten on her tenth birthday a few weeks ago. She marveled at the stars, wonder lit up her eyes as she looked up at the galaxies and different constellations.
"What have you found?" Lena's voice was soft as she came out of the house bearing two cups of coco on a tray. She had her hair in a bun, while she was also in her nightgown.
Lori shrugged, "The moon…It's like a big crater in the sky…Big, grey and…Pretty." She looked back up at the dark sky, her blue eyes glistened as she looked up, "Aliens exist…I know that for certain. We can't be the only ones floating on this rock."
"What do you call Superman and Supergirl? Aren't they also aliens?" Lena asked her daughter as she cradled her hot mug in her hands.
"Well." Lori shrugged, "They have super powers but that's…That's just them. Superman was raised on Earth, so he may as well be human just with…A little extra, and Supergirl…I'm…She is his cousin."
"You don't like using the term alien very much, do you?" Lena asked with a frown.
"They are still people. They shouldn't be called anything less. For example, Supergirl and Superman are Kryptonians and yet society chooses to call them alien. I think that's wrong." The young girl said before turning back to her telescope, "They try to fit in and all humans do, not all, but some…They treat them in a way that isn't very nice when all they try to do is help. Some people." She huffed, "Some people are mean."
"That's just the way the world is honey. You can change some people, but you can't change all of them." Lena said softly.
"I wish I could." Lori sighed.
Lena went quiet and thought back to the days when her and Kara were super close. She missed those days…She missed her.
"…Some people can be brought back Supergirl. Krypton may not be alive, but my daughter wants a mother." Lex sneered. He unbuttoned his jacket and threw it to the floor. He then seemed to take a moment to think, or contemplate something. The hero wasn't sure what he was doing.
Seconds later, Lori landed beside Kara. The young girl came out of nowhere.
"I heard your distress becon." Lori said pointedly to Kara as her mother frowned.
"I don't have a-" Kara began before glancing back at Lex. He eyes widened, "Lori you need to get out of here. Now." Fear laced Kara's voice, but she was too late to do anything when out of nowhere she was struck over the head with something.
"Mom!" Lori shouted, running to Kara's side. When she couldn't get Kara to wake up, she glared at Lex, "Who are you and what do you want?" The young girl was so afraid, but she had nothing else left to lose other than Kara.
"You grew up to be quite the hero." Lex said to her with a smirk, "Lori, isn't it?"
Lori frowned, "Who wants to know?" She straightened her spine and stood up straight, taking what she had saw from Kara and putting it into action. Stand tall, be confident.
"Me." Lex growled, "I am your father after all."
Lori's heart dropped in her chest. She didn't see a father figure, she saw pure evil. This guy had killed her mother and now she wanted him to pay. The teen tore off her glasses and started to activate her heat vision when Lex stopped her by holding up a finger, "You do that, we won't get anywhere."
"There is nowhere to go." Lori growled, "My mother is dead, she is dead because of you!"
There.
Lex laughed and turned around, looking behind himself. From the darkness, two henchmen appeared. They held Lena by both arms, and removed her blindfold.
Lori felt her legs trembling beneath her. She turned when she heard Kara groaning. A tear found it's way down Lori's cheek, "Please stop this." The teen begged, "Please stop it. I can't keep living like this."
"Use my name." Lex growled.
Lori could not believe the words that were about to leave her lips.
"Dad, please." Lori begged.
Lena looked down at the floor, her fight seeming to be gone. She knew that Lori was hurting, but she was just too exhausted to even try begging.
"Mom was dead, what the hell did you do?" Lori asked Lex.
"I made it look like she was dead." Lex sneered, before giving Lori a gun, "Now, it's up to you. There is a normal bullet in there and a Kryptonite bullet."
In that moment, Lena found some fight from deep inside, "You cannot ask her to do something like this! Lex, she is a child!" Lena looked back at Lori and saw the child contemplating something, "Lori, no. You can not come around to his ideals. If you kill anyone today you won't ever be able to live it down."
"All she has to do is pull the trigger. After all, the kid only needs one mom." Lex growled at her.
"Lori…" Kara gasped, wincing in pain as she tried to move. Her back was still on the floor, her head feeling heavier than what it normally would, "Lori…Listen to me. Only me."
Lena frowned as she looked over in Kara's direction. Lori wasn't listening.
The teen had so much anger and hurt inside of her that she just wanted it all to stop. She just wanted the hurt to stop.
Silence filled the area.
The echo of a gun being cocked made everyone turn their heads toward the young child. Lori pointed the gun at Lex, "If anyone is going to die today, it's you. You keep hurting my family, hurting me. You killed my father and made me believe that mom was dead. There is only one place where you are going!" She snapped at Lex.
As the henchmen loaded their guns, Lori fired warning laser shots at them.
Lena and Kara glanced at each other.
Would Lori really go that far?
"Go on, prove me right. Prove that all aliens are dangerous." Lex sneered.
Lori scoffed, "I'm not an alien. I'm half human, half Kryptonian and believe me. I don't get my human side from you. My humanity comes from my mother. Lena Luthor , the best Luthor. She is the one that is my hero. Everyone else can have Superman and Supergirl, but my hero is my mother and one thing you never ever do Lex? You never harm a child and her mother because that, everyone knows is a disaster waiting to happen." The girl held the gun tightly in her hand and shot him twice.
One bullet for each knee. The girl then pulled out her phone, "Agent Vasquez, track my location. We are bringing Lex Luthor in." Lori walked over to Lena and burned her ropes that were tied behind her back, "He set me up. I set him up." Lori gasped, hugging Lena tightly, "I knew he was out here I just…I thought he was going to hurt Kara."
Lena held Lori tightly, "I thought I was going to die. You have made me so proud Lori." The Luthor smiled, kissing her cheek, "I'm not going to leave you ever again, do you hear me? Not ever."
"I had no idea what he was going to do, I just….I had to protect Kara." Lori gasped, beginning to cry from relief, "I wanted to protect my family."
"And you did honey. You did, we're here thanks to you and your strength. Hey." Lena said softly, fighting back tears, "Today, you were a hero."
Lori giggled, "As much as I don't want to be."
"You can be whoever you want. As long as you are happy, that's all that matters." Lena smiled, looking up as Kara walked over, "Are you okay?"
"I'm going to have a very big headache, but I'll be fine." Kara chuckled, before tapping Lori's shoulder, "You were amazing back there. Thank you."
"That's what friends are for." Lori smiled.
Both Kara and Lena chuckled.
"I wonder who taught you that." Lena said to Lori.
Kara smiled sheepishly.
"Lori." Lex growled, picking up the gun that was beside him. Kara and Lena watched the young girl with concern, as she walked over to the man.
"Fire it. I dare you." Lori sneered, kneeling down and grabbing his collar, "It's not only you that will feel my pain. I will make both you and Lilian suffer."
"How very narrow minded of you. What makes you think that there aren't consequences to all of this?" The man said to her, pinning the point of the gun to Lori.
"I haven't done anything wrong in any of this." Lori sneered, punching him in the face, breaking his nose, "Now leave my family alone or I promise, I will kill you!"
Just then DEO trucks all pulled in to where Lori was. The Luthor began to walk over to her moms. She looked down at her knuckles and noticed that they had begun to bruise. She winced slightly as she rubbed her hand.
"Hey Lori!" Lex called back to her.
Exasperated, Lori turned around, "What else could you possibly want?!" She snapped, her eyes glowing.
"Watch your back." He growled.
Lori frowned at him, confused by what he meant, "Enjoy prison."
Later that evening, Kara was sat with Lena on the couch, enjoying a pizza that they had ordered. Kara was dressed in pyjama's, looking rather snuggly, while Lena was in her own nightgown.
"I'm glad that it's over." Lena laughed. A sigh of relief followed, "You know…I felt like I was dying in her arms. I thought that was it. I just…I had never been so scared."
Kara's eyes were soft. She placed a hand on her friend's knee, "You don't have to be afraid anymore. Lex is in jail and he can't bother us. Lilian is in whatever pit she is in and Lori became a hero today."
"She was always a hero." Lena said pointedly as she drank her orange soda, "She is our hero."
There was a moment of silence between the pair of them. They had both been to hell and back, and now everything was almost back to normal it felt great. Kara leaned on Lena's shoulder, "We have a daughter." She laughed.
"We do." Lena smiled. She glanced down at Kara and looked into her eyes. She leaned forward and kissed her. Kara smiled into the kiss, putting her hand on Lena's cheek, pulling the woman closer.
Lena placed her glass down on the table before putting her other hand on Kara's cheek and kissing her in return. It had taken a while, but both of them found each other.
Meanwhile, Lori was getting ready for a shower. Once she was undressed, she noticed something odd on her ribs. Bruising, or was it? At this point she figured out that she wasn't bullet-proof. She didn't mind because she wanted to be human anyway. It hurt, but that was okay.