He opened his eyes in confusion, not quite sure where he was, looking for Kaelah with his eyes, for the last thing he remembered was to go with her when they were attacked.

He found her crouched on one of the corners, her head on her knees, which she held in her arms. He watched her warily for a couple of seconds, as if he was waiting for her to move, but she did not, so he approached her.

"Kaelah," he whispered as she lifted her head, allowing him to observe the pallor she had. "What have they done to you?" He asked, genuinely concerned.

"Kryptonite," she replied in a whisper.

"I thought it didn't affect you as such," he said confused.

"They injected her three times," she explained, turning her head to show the bruised area of her neck.

He stroked the area with his fingertips, noticing that it was icy, so he placed his hand on the face of the girl to verify it and, indeed, it seemed that she was losing all her body heat.

"Are you cold?" he asked, receiving a statement on her part, so he took off his jacket and placed it on top of her. "Better?"

Kaelah shook her head, making him to look at her, not knowing what else to do about it, trying to find a solution, but not doing so, for he could not think of anything. He sighed, ducking his head, trying to find another idea different from the one he had, for he did not want to disturb her, but it seemed the more reasonable to help her.

He sat down beside her, hugging her, allowing her to rest her head on his chest, genuinely surprised that she had not tried to pull away, that she had voluntarily positioned her head on his chest.

"You've been unconscious all night," she said, pulling him out of his thoughts.

"Is it morning?" He asked back.

"It was dawning," she replied.

"You haven't slept at all?" He asked worriedly.

"No, when I woke up they took me to a room and ... they tried to get information, but it's too obvious I'm not going to give it to them, I'm not going to endanger my family for saving me, I'd rather die," she explained, keeping silent for a couple of seconds. "They knew who I was from the beginning, my uncle exchanged information for Kryptonite. They know everything about me, absolutely everything, even about the powers in Krypton, although they didn't expect me to have them here. "She paused again." However, whether I have them or not, they never manage to kill me, "she said.

"They don't because you're invincible, you're one of the strongest people I know," he assured her, making her to shake her head.

"No, I'm not," she denied. "We all have a weakness and they know mine." She looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"Your weakness only makes you stronger, Kaelah" he smiled. "Anyone else would not fight to prevent something that happened to the people he loves, he would just stay there, watching how it happened" he looked at her wiping her tears. "Yesterday you could stay on the sidelines, but I have dragged you to all this, "he said.

"Better fight the two together than one, right?" She asked looking straight at his eyes.

He nodded, the truth is that it was much better to have company than to be alone. The girl returned to her starting position, so he hugged her trying to bring her warmth, to keep her alive. He stroked her hair, entertaining himself with her curls, while she closed her eyes as if she was trying to fall asleep, but she opened them again, showing the tears.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked worriedly, causing her to shake her head. "Kaelah..."

"Today ... today is my birthday and my sister was so excited," she replied before continuing. "I just wanted to spend the day with her, nothing more, I didn't need any celebration, but she was so excited," she began. "She said that we had to celebrate it, it was my first birthday on Earth." She smiled slightly. "And now that I'm not with her, I'm missing her so much," she said through her tears.

"Shh, calm down," he asked, increasing the force of the embrace. "It's normal to be excited, you're a year older on a planet that is not yours," he said, smiling at her.

She nodded slightly as she controlled her sobs before she closed her eyes again, so he stroked her hair again until her breath caught up, signaling that she had fallen asleep.

"Happy Birthday, Kaelah," he whispered before kissing her hair.

The girl moved the moment she was deposited on the floor, as if she was looking for that person who had held her in a previous time, opening her eyes as she struggled between consciousness and unconsciousness, beginning to cry. She screamed helplessly as the needle was drawn into her neck, moving in an attempt to break free of the one holding her, yet she stood still the moment she heard him speak.

"Shh, I'm sorry, sweetheart," he said, stroking her hair. "I really do, I know it hurts, but I can not let you die," he explained. "Your sister needs you alive, your cousin too," he said, wiping away the tears that were sliding down her cheeks. "You look so much like her," he said, getting her to open her eyes.

Her blue eyes watched him closely, trying to find something familiar in him, yet he closed them again as she moved her hands to her neck.

"It's going to hurt," he whispered before pulling the needle from her neck, causing her screams again before she began to sob. "It's all done, little one, shh," he wiped away her tears. "I'm going to keep you alive until I find a way to get you out of here," he promised to the unconscious body of the young girl.

When she woke up she did not know where she was exactly, so she sat up in a daze feeling herself observed by someone, causing her to turn around looking for that person.

"Mon-el," she whispered as she identified him sitting on the floor hugging her sister's body.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine," she said getting up, she had to get out of there. "What have they done to her?" She asked, slamming the bars in an attempt to break them.

"You can't break it," he said, getting her to turn to look at him, kneeling beside the bars that distanced them. "They have injected her Kryptonite," he finally answered.

She watched her sister carefully, noting that she did not have the same pallor as on previous occasions, which seemed to be fine, only asleep, however, if there was something that troubled her was the rhythm of her heart, it seemed to be losing strength according to the time passed.

She placed her hand on her sister's cheek, caressing her as tears welled up, for she felt so guilty about this situation that her sister was there, struggling between life and death. She was fully aware that the two of them had only been a means of luring her and getting her there, but why? What did they need from her?

"Kaelah, hey, do you know that I haven't forgotten what day it's today?" She whispered to her sister's unconscious body. "This may not be the best way to celebrate a birthday, but I promise you that when we get out of here, we will do something special" she said "But I need you to promise me one thing, that you will not leave me on the same day we celebrate that you're a year older," she asked. "Kaelah, please, you have to be strong, you have to fight" She pleaded with tears, watching as her sister's eyes struggled to open. "That's right, sweetie, you have to fight" she encouraged her until her eyes opened.

"What are you doing here?" She asked altered. "You surrendered to save us? But ..., they're going to kill you, not ... "she tried to continue talking, pulling herself away from Mon-el.

"Kaelah, calm down," she asked. "We're going to get out of here, everyone, I promise," she assured her.

Her sister ducked her head as the first tears began to slide down her cheeks, rising to her feet, moving closer to the doorway as she stared out into the dark hallway, as if she was waiting for someone to appear.

"You read my thoughts, didn't you, sweetheart?" Asked a woman approaching, but Kaelah did not move. "What am I thinking?"

"Do not hurt her," she replied.

"I'm sorry, sweetie." She smiled.

She watched her as she approached her cell, realizing that she recognized her, exactly she had seen her in Lena's office.

Thanks for reading,

Ayrin