My hand flew up to my comm. "Barry, you there?" Nothing. "Alex?" Static. "J'onn?" No.

I urged myself to go faster. I felt myself break through the sound barrier as I neared National City.

A familiar pain rang threw my head. You thought I was gone, Kara? Hahaha please, don't flatter yourself. I am everywhere. I will control your universe. And I will kill everyone you love. But not without making you suffer first. Come back to the DEO and let's have a little chat. I have a few people who are dying to see you again.

Without any hesitation, I crashed through the roof and left a large crater in the floor. Everything was dark and the only source of light was from the hole I made. Standing in the middle of the room was Shade.

He was smiling at me with his crooked teeth. He had his cane in his hand, and his clothes looked freshly pressed. "Nice suit. I fancy it more than that drab thing you wore before. Shows your curves better." He purred darkly. I tightened my fists and took a step to him. "You disgust me." He smiled wickedly. "You move, they die." Shade spun the cane around and smiled brighter. He waltzed over to me. "I see that you are in a better condition than the last time I saw you. And you have your powers back. Feels good, doesn't it? To think that you have power over me." He walked in circles around me, taunting.

"What have you done with them?" I asked. "Who? Oh, yes, your loved ones. Well, let's say that they are just- indisposed for now. Don't worry, they are still alive. But it all depends on how you act."

He stopped in front of me. "If you behave like a good little alien and come back to my Earth to help me create a few little projects, then they live. You say no, then they die." I stood in silence. He leaned forward slightly. "All of them. Slowly, painfully, alone. Crying out your name, hoping that they will saved by you." He whispered maniacally in my ear. I took a breath and held it tightly.

"Come on, Kara." He drew out smoothly. "It's an easy choice, is it not? You get to save all your family and friends from death and suffering. Now isn't the time to be selfish." I glared at him with a tight jaw. He ran his finger down my jawline as he circled around me. "Yeah, sure. Save them now only to have them killed by the 'projects' that I would help you create." Shade stopped right in front of me. His smile faltered and his eyes turned cold. "Shut up." He slapped my face. My eyes started to glow, powered by rage. "Ah, ah, ah. You do anything, I will kill them and you have no idea where they are. I can tell you this, you wouldn't get to all of them in time. I scattered them."

I released my breath. "How do I know that you aren't bluffing?" He laughed. "Please. You think I would bluff with a hand so strong?"

He clicked something in his left hand and a screen behind turned on. I could see everyone I loved on different screens. They were all being held in small containment units with thick glass walls.

From some of the cameras, I could see all my loved ones. Even the Queens, Lances and all the others I rescued from Terram Two. Some were different, as I could see Maggie from Alex's camera, James from Iris', Caitlin from Winn's, and Jeremiah from Eliza's. "I thought you said they were spaced out?" I asked.

"Oh, they are, but I decided to pair up a few of them. So, when they realize the inevitable, they can scream out together." He purred and then sneered at me. "They can realize your betrayal together. Poetic, isn't it?"

"Let me talk to them, please."

He shook his head. "And let you somehow help them? I'm not an idiot Kara. But please, remind me of something."

I raised my eyebrow. "Where did Simon stab you? About here!?"

I was confused for a millisecond before I watched as he brandished his blade from the cane, and buried it into my side.

"Did you know that scars tend to be more sensitive than the rest of your skin?"

He punched my stomach. I fell to my hands and knees and I grimaced I felt the coolness of the blade sink into my core. I swallowed thickly, and before I knew it, my throat was coated in blood. I took in several breaths. I looked up to him. "H-how?"

"The knife I gave Simon was only a fraction of the metal I found in the other universe. He only believed it to be the last piece available. After our last encounter on this Earth, I fashioned myself a new blade. But let's not forget the coup de grâce." He pulled out a small device and clicked it. The room was turned an eerie shade of green. "K-kryptonite."

He laughed. "You don't think I didn't give you all this time just to get you to heal? Oh, no no no, I was planning! All of this. I want it to be perfect. I want to savor your death. But I want to make sure your city suffers first." I breathed and looked down the blade sticking out of my side. I heard Shade walk over to me. His cold hand grabbed my chin and made me look into his cold, dark eyes.

"It's okay, Kara. I know that you want to give in to the darkness. You've been fighting it for so long." I panted and pushed off the feeling of nausea and weakness.

"Just let go. Just die. It's time sweetheart." He whispered venomously and tenderly pulled a hair out of my face. I looked up to the screens. I studied every one of their faces. I noticed that J'onn had shifted into a small creature, to look like he wasn't there.

I smiled weakly. "You failed, Richard." I stated. He laughed. "What are you possibly going on about? Your loved ones will die shortly, and you are near death yourself."

"Missing someone?" I asked. Shade stood up and walked to the screen. "What, I can't be. I've planned-NO! Where the hell is he?" I noticed that he was getting ready to teleport away. I pulled myself up with the strength I had left, and grabbed onto him before he completely disappeared. I landed on the cold ground with a large thud.

The blade bit at my side. He laughed. "Clever move to get yourself away from the emitters, but I'm afraid you're still going to bleed out." I pulled myself up, now that I was feeling stronger since I was away from the Kryptonite. I pulled off the excess of the blade, however with some resistance due to the lack of my powers. I knew that if I pulled the entire blade out, I would bleed quicker.

I looked around the room and saw that Shade had been lying to me. Everyone was here, in their cells, but spread out in the warehouse. "You liar." I smiled at him. I could tell that everyone knew I made it because they were shouting my name and banging on the glass.

I took a step toward him, but he held up the device again. "I wouldn't if I were you." I paused. "I may have not planned for you to be able to get in here, but I did set up something nasty for all of them if you got out of line." He stated and pushed the button.

Suddenly, the darkened warehouse was lit up with electricity pumping through the cells. They all screamed out in pain. "S-stop it. Please." He released the button and smirked. "Now you see my power over you?"

"Y-yes, but I see something else too."
"What's that? Your death? Maybe your parents? Oh, and after that, all your loved ones too? Please elaborate because the more you are talking, the more you are bleeding out. So, go ahead. Enlighten me."

I took a breath and held my side. "You crossed a line going after them. I won't rest until you're beaten. And by beaten down, I mean dead. There isn't a place where you can hide, I will find you, and I will d-destroy you. I don't care how it happens, I don't care if you suffer or not, I just need your cold eyes extinguished of all life. Don't think I'll play by the rules either, because they were thrown out the window a long time ago."

"That's a lot of talk coming from someone who is dying."

I screamed and charged forward. My fists pummeled his face relentlessly. He took a cheap shot to my side to get some leverage. I cried out and he kicked my knees. I crumpled to the ground and he kicked my side. I gasped for air and I started choking on my blood. I turned on my other side and let the blood run out. "You barely put up a fight, Kara. I'm disappointed in you."

"S-says the o-one who needed help to d-defeat me. Like a c-coward." He kicked my side again. I coughed and gasped. There was more yelling from my loved ones. He reached in his pocket and continued to electrocute them.

I laid there, listening to them scream out. I couldn't move. My body lost its strength long ago. My mind was shattered with pain. A new feeling swelled inside me as I continued to hear them. Calling my name. There wasn't any part of me that didn't relish in the sudden rush of energy that hatred and pain supplied. The fuel ignited my heart and shocked my body. I had power.

I jumped into the air and raced over, who was completely oblivious. I screamed as I landed blow after blow. Fury blinded my sight, and the lust for revenge took over my body. Left fist. "YOU WILL NEVER-" Right fist. "-EVER-" Left fist. "HARM MY FAMILY AGAIN! NEVER!" I grabbed his collar and lifted his chest of the ground. My eyes burned and I unleashed my anger on the left side of his face. He used his powers to block most the heat vision, but I still burned his face.

He kicked me across the warehouse and I dented the wall severely. I raced back over to him. He blocked my attempts to punch him.

I took some blood from my side, and threw it in his eyes. He stumbled back and cried out in surprise. "You dirty little pest!" I took my advantage and held him by his throat. "I WILL NOT LOSE ANYONE ELSE TO YOU! NO ONE EVER WILL!"

Shade was no longer responsive and I dropped him to the floor. "You don' get 'o decide who lives o' dies. No one should-" I panted over his body. I couldn't see his chest rising and falling. Dread washed over me along with exhaustion. I fell to my knees and spat out the blood pooling in my mouth.

Blood was still seeping down my side at an alarming rate. I looked up and saw everyone trying to get out of their cells. I could hear them shouting, but it sounded like they were underwater. I grunted as I pulled myself up. My body swayed as I made my way over to the closest cell; it was Lena's.

Tears were in her eyes along with pain and anger. I could see her lips moving, but all I heard was a high-pitched ringing. I steadied myself by putting my hand on the glass. I slipped slightly and glanced down to my hand. It was coated in blood. I looked back up to the glass; I left a large bloody handprint. I grimaced and balled my fist. I cocked my arm, and Lena backed away. My fist connected with the glass, but it barely buckled. I tried again and again, but nothing happened. I fell to my knees again, and rested my forehead against the glass.

My remaining thread of strength frayed before breaking completely, I had nothing left. Hysterical sobs shook my body, threatening to tear myself apart from the inside. I fought to reclaim control over my body, and I was shocked by the sounds escaping from deep within my chest. Breaths struggled in and out. Lena bent down and her bright green eyes stared into my watery ones.

Her lips were moving again. You can do this, I read. I shook my head and closed my eyes. "N-o. I can't." I sobbed. She pounded on the glass, but I couldn't bear to look at his disappointed face. Lena knocked harder on the glass. I opened my eyes just to see myself being pulled back by my cape. I was stopped by Shade's foot on my chest. I could see him swaying. His face was coated in blood. His one eye was swollen shut. Blood leaked from his mouth. ""S not over yet, Ka-ra."

"No, not until y-ou're lying dead on the gr-ound."

I grabbed his ankle, and snapped it with my arm. He screamed out, and teleported away from me. I rolled onto my stomach and pushed myself up. "Cowar-d!"

The lights flickered and I looked over to where his body was laying moments ago. The switch was gone. Again, there were screams of agony. I spotted Shade in the corner of the warehouse. I quickly flew to him, grabbed the button from his broken hand, and threw him to the other side of the room.

When he landed, I heard a large SNAP! My stomach twisted unnaturally. I pulled myself over to him and felt for a pulse. There was nothing. I killed Shade. My stomach lurched and I dry heaved. He's dead. I coughed as more blood ran from my lips. I felt like I was suffocating on nothing. I could barely get any air into my lungs. Black spots danced in my vision.

I searched his still warm body and found another switch. I fell to the ground, and my head smacked the concrete. My vision went dark, but I was still conscious. My fingers were numb and I commanded them to press the button, but I was sure that they stopped responding. I tried to hold onto my side, hoping to slow down my death. Rapid footsteps approached me. "Kara? Oh, dear Lord! Kara, can you hear me?" I heard Jeremiah ask.

"Wh-y can't I see?"

"I don't know. Can you move your hand?" Alex asked gently. "I'm bl-eeding." I answered softly. "I know, baby girl. I just want to see it." She elaborated. "O-kay." She peeled back my hand and gasped.

"Eliza! I need you over here!" Alex shouted. More footsteps. "Keep pressure on it." I cried out as the blade dug deeper. "Kay, hang in there!" There was a pause. "What's wrong?"

"I'm bleed-ing." I repeated. Eliza pulled some of my hair from my face. "We know, sweetheart. We know, just stay strong. We're trying to help you." She soothed solemnly.

"The blade is still in her." J'onn answered Caitlin. "Should we remove it?" James asked. "No, if we pull it out here, we could cause more damage and she'll bleed faster."

"B-ar?" I asked weakly.

I felt someone grab my other hand. "I'm here Kara. I'm here."

"Cisco, try and find a way out of here." J'onn commanded. "I can't. We're sealed in and there is no technology to call out for help."

"'Y comm. I h-ave it." I felt someone reach behind my ear and take it off. "I go as quick as I can." Cisco stated. "We'll help." I felt Winn and Lena's presence disappear.

There was a tear of fabric. "Barry, can you lift her torso gently? If I can't stop the bleeding, I want to stop her from completely bleeding out." Alex stated. "No, wait. Don't move her. I can try and stop it." I heard Caitlin state. "How?" Alex asked. "I can try and freeze the wound." Caitlin explained. There was a second of silence. "Look, I know it might not work, but I'm not going to let Kara bleed out here. Not like this." She defended. "O-okay, do it." Alex confirmed. "Kay, this is going to hurt. But you can squeeze Barry's hand as hard as you can. Ready?"

I felt a new set of hands on my side. There was a small sting of cold before it increasingly got worse. Soon, it felt like pins and needles biting into my skin. I cried out. Caitlin removed her hands and the coldness stopped before numbness set in.

I panted heavily. "It worked." Barry stated. I laid in silence for a few seconds as I tried to fight through the cold. "Shit!" I heard Alex curse as another pair of hands rushed to my side. "Why did it melt so quickly? I made sure that it would've bought us a few minutes." Caitlin stated. "It must be because she is bleeding out too quickly and her heart is trying to compensate for the low blood pressure. It must be pumping extremely fast; remember she has more blood volume compared to us, and she's already lost so much. It's creating a positive feedback loop." Eliza stated.

My mind was groggy. Nothing that they were saying made much sense. Only one thought ran through my mind. "I killed h-im." Tears formed in my eyes. "It's okay Kara." James soothed. I took a shuddering breath. "I ki-lled." I repeated and my body shook. "Barry, calm her down. All this movement and stress is irritating her wound. She's bleeding out faster."

"Kara, hey. Shh. It's okay. It wasn't your fault." He ran his fingers through my hair. "But I-" I couldn't finish my sentence. I coughed and more blood spilled. I clenched my jaw as blood filled the back of my throat. "Kara. I need you to calm down."

My legs were numb, my body was freezing, and I could barely focus. "Love -ou, Bar."

He sobbed. "I love you too, Kara. Just hold on. We'll get through this together. You've been through so much more than this."

"I c-an see th- Light." I whispered. "No! Don't you dare go with them Kara! You can't!"

"'Y family, friends. Kryp-ton."

"No, Kara. Your family and friends are here with you now! You just need to hold on. Hold on. Just a little longer, babe. Then everything will be okay. But you need to hold on."

I tried to take in a breath, but what I got instead was blood running down my throat and trying to suffocate me. I wheezed.

"You're not going anywhere, you hear me? You're stronger than this! You're going to make it through this. I can't do this without you."

"Don' be scare-d, Bar. It'll be oka-."

Something wet dropped on my cheek. "No! Goddamn it! We're supposed to be together Kara. We're supposed to have a happy life. Be saving the world together! After this morning, I was going to take you to the summit of Mount Hawthorne, and propose to you."

"W-ha-"

"I want you to be my wife, Kara Danvers. I want to be a part of your life. I want to be the father of your kids. I want to grow old with you. I want to be by your side as we fight the evils of this world. I want to be yours."

I gagged as I felt Eliza's hand press down again. "I w-" I released my breath as my eyes rolled back. "NO!"

Soooo, yeah, that happened. It was kind of more intense than I wanted it to be, but then I thought back to all the fights/emotional scenes that Kara had in the past two seasons, like fighting Red Tornado, fighting Non after the Black Mercy and in the desert with Indigo, lifting Fort Rozz, saving Alex and all the other aliens, and fighting Superman. Those scenes were powerful and emotional. Her emotions influence the way she fights and the potency of her powers. Kara was fighting for her family, for justice, and yes, maybe even a slightest bit of revenge.

On another note, we only have two chapters left. *cries* It's okay, I'm fine. Any waaaayy, thank you all for the support and I guess I'll see you in the next chapter! ~Raya Kor-El