"What? No, Alex, I refuse to do that" she complained, shaking her head, altering herself, feeling disappointment with herself."Seriously, is there no other way?" She looked at her, wishing she answered yes, that there was other way.
"They're not going to give it to you, Kara," she replied. "It's reality, no matter how much we change the data, it's not going to come to you, but my mother," she explained as best she could.
"What about you?" She questioned more nervously.
"I can't, my work is not compatible, as yours is not either" she answered sincerely.
She sigh. She could not lose her, well, technically she was not losing her, but she could not bear her sister to be so far away from her that she could not see her every day, not now that she had just discovered that she was still alive.
She had dreamed so many times of this, of having her sister with her, of being able to listen to all her advice, that it seemed to her now completely impossible that it had happened, that her sister had gone up to a ship that had reached Earth.
However, all of this was strange for her, the fact of having to watch her sister, all because now she was the youngest, although it seemed incredible. This had been able to arouse a strange feeling in her, because she felt she had to protect her, to make sure that she was well and even if it seemed silly, this was going to be the fourth time she went into that room to check that her sister was breathing.
She stroked her hair watching her, startled at the sound of Alex's voice behind her.
"There is a way to do it," she said, getting her to turn to her excitedly, shortly before feeling panic gripping her. "If my mother has her custody, she can delegate it to you" she explained.
"Do you think that's a good idea?" she asked, watching her confused with her question. "I mean, if she's going to be safe with me. I'm afraid they can hurt her, that if they find out who I am, blackmail me with her," she began to try to explain." I'm not sure if I know how to do it," she whispered, bowing her head.
"Hey, Kara, if there's anyone who she's going to be safe with, it's going to be with you." She smiled. "You can do it, besides she's not a child, she doesn't need your continued attention," Alex tried to persuade her.
"Are you going to help me?" she asked.
"Yes, I will," Alex answered before hugging her.
I moved toward Alex with some nervousness. Today was the day, the day I would leave here, where I would see where I was going to live.
"Are you ready?" she asked me, getting a statement from me. "The truth is, I thought you were going to take longer to recover, but you can tell that you're not from here," she said, smiling.
I smiled back, really nervous, wanting to refuse to leave here, for it was the only thing I knew enough to feel comfortable.
It was only fifteen days since my ship crashed on this planet, days during which my sister's safety had remained in my head, because every time I saw her leave to fight against someone, I was disturbed, since I was terrified of losing her.
I was quite frightened to see her appear there dressed as Supergirl, advancing angrily at us.
"She cornered me," she said. "I think she suspects something about the ship," she said, making me to look completely confused at what she was saying, because I didn't understand her, yet both Alex and Hank had understood her perfectly.
"We take everything, it's practically impossible to know," Alex replied, trying to calm her down.
"No, it is not if she arrived earlier" she denied much more altered than in the beginning.
Everyone was in silent at my confusion, because, seriously, I did not understand anything about what was happening, who they were referring to, but especially what was the biggest problem if that person knew of my existence.
"She said something that nothing could protect her," my sister said, making me to look at her much more surprised than before.
"Who wants to hurt me?" I asked in a whisper, catching the attention of everyone, who looked at me, not knowing what to answer.
However, it only took a couple of seconds to return to the previous conversation, being completely paralyzed when I heard her name.
"Is she alive?" I asked, trying to avoid showing my nervousness.
"Oh, yes," my sister answered, while she stared at me. "When my ship arrived on Earth, Fort Rozz too, so all the prisoners are here," she explained.
I nodded even more confused than at first, terrified by what could happen if they found me. I ... I had sent so many of them to that prison that they could take revenge against me, even I had done it to my own aunt, I had condemned her by myself, so I would not be surprised at all if they. The only problem, I could not defend myself as they could, I was not in the same conditions.
"All Fort Rozz?" I asked, swallowing hard at the same time my sister nodded. "They're going to kill me," I murmured, wanting to avoid being heard.
But that was not possible, since she looked at me too worried as she approached, hugging me against her, not allowing me to move.
"I don't know what happened when you were making the trials, I was never there, but you did and apparently it is not something you feel very proud of it" she said separating me a little from her. "I want to understand you, but if you don't explain, I will not be able to do it, Kaelah" she looked at me making me lower my head without wanting to answer for fear of what could happen if I did.
"I would only put you in danger," I whispered back.
"Okay," she sighed. "I suppose you'll do it when you think it's necessary, I'm not going to pressure you," she said, smiling a little.
I felt like the urge to cry were made present in me, as tears appeared in my eyes to remember that person who was sent there because of me, the one I never wanted to hurt, for which I had cried so many times that it seemed have been doing it all my life. In these last days I had not been able to get him out of my head. Maybe he was alive, but if he was, what would happen? What if he was mad at me? Would he hurt me?
Too many doubts assaulted my head and honestly, it made it difficult for me to focus on what they were talking about, what they planned in a way.
"You have to keep her safe" said Hank.
"No, I mean, I don't want to be on the sidelines" I complained before continuing to speak "I ... I was present in most of the trials, I even collaborated, you can do everything you want to protect me, but you can never keep me aside" I explained to everyone's amazement.
"You collaborated?" Asked my sister. "I thought you were only there to learn what they were doing," she said. "You helped get Astra in jail, that's why you're afraid."
"Kara, don't try it, I will not speak" I looked directly into her eyes, getting her to stop, watching me. "I know you're going to promise me that they will not hurt me, which I should do with you, ... I was the oldest, but no, you can not promise me that, because I will not allow you to fight this battle for me. You have nothing to do with this, you were just a child and you didn't need to know what was happening, which is why you will not know it now" I paused a little. "They want me, I did that to them and I must pay for it, Kara, and you can not do anything to avoid it," I concluded as I wiped the tears from my eyes.
It did not matter if I wanted to stay on the sidelines, if I did not want to participate in this, because I did.
I had refused too many times to do it, for I could not bear to navigate the minds of other people, to hear everything they thought, everything they dared not say, but above all what they would swear they would do if they ever left Fort Rozz. Those threats had remained in my head for days, even weeks, during which my dreams had been interrupted by continuous nightmares, however, there were only the thoughts of one person that I really liked to hear, his, reminding me over and over that he loved me. He was the only one that made me understand that there was something nice in that power.
I closed my eyes without being able to avoid sobbing, I would give my life to return to that day, to avoid by all means that that happened, however, I had to live with that pain inside me.
Thanks for reading and commenting,
Ayrin
