I was supposed to watch a movie with my sister, but the reality was that I was in my own thoughts, anticipating the events that would happen within a week, which, I could not deny, terrified me and made me wonder again if I was prepared .
I leaned my head on my sister, closing my eyes, feeling as she hugged me before laughing as a result of the scene she was seeing, however, the moment I stopped listening to the voices of the characters, I opened them, alerted.
"National City, we came in search of Mon-el de Daxam" she began to speak, which got me to look at my sister frightened. "We know with who he is, we want him at dawn" she demanded at the same time that I picked up the cell phone to call him, but he did not pick it up.
I sighed wanting to hold back the tears, being aware that at the moment he was working at the bar, but the idea that something might happen to him when he left there, upset me, because I did not understand what was happening, who they were, or why they wanted, but it was obvious that they were not going to leave without him.
I began to cry without even realizing what was happening, allowing my sister to hug me, to make an attempt to calm me down, feeling that the cry gave way to exhaustion until I was completely asleep.
Fear seemed to be present in my eyes, since Mon-el had not let me go at any moment, holding me in his embrace ever since we had reached the DEO, which had made me sob, to calm myself and to cry again, even more when he offered to surrender, pleading him not to do so. However, I had come to the conclusion that I was not going to allow him to face himself alone with everything that was supposed to happen, so after arguing with him, I got him to let me go.
We were teleported to the ship that had previously attacked my sister, watching as all those who were there, knelt at the presence of Mon-el, which made me grasp his hand without wanting to separate much from him, feeling like my heart was cringing in a fist the moment I heard a woman talking, feeling Mon-el squeeze my hand.
"Mother" I heard him whispering to him to embrace her before doing the same with who I assumed was his father. "She is Kaelah Zor-el" he introduced me, so I struggled for a smile. "Kaelah, they are my parents, Queen Rhea and King Lar Gand of Daxam" he itroduced them, who were watching me closely.
"Nice to meet you," I said in a whisper.
"Nice to meet you, too, sweetie," his mother smiled at me, who then looked questioningly at Mon-el, especially when she noticed that he had grabbed my hand again.
"Who was the Kryptonian who attacked us before?" Asked his father.
"My sister," I replied, unintentionally defending the fact that she had not attacked them, since I knew that it would not do any good, so I kept silent, ducking my head to entertain myself looking at the ground.
"You did a good job finding her, son." It was Rhea who broke the silence, which caused Mon-el to stand in fron of me as if he wanted to keep me safe. "Your brother is going to thank you, unless there is something that you're not telling us about your relationship with her, "she pointed out, but my eyes were on him, could anyone explain what was happening?
"We must go," he whispered, clinging to me to follow, but the truth was that I needed an answer to my question and I was not sure if he was going to answer me.
However, before I could object, we were back in the DEO, being greeted by my sister, who hugged me between questions, wanting to know what had happened, but had only one thing in mind and was not talking to her, for at least not until he had done it with him.
To end the endless questions of virtually everyone around me, I decided to lock myself in the training room, sitting on the floor with my back against the wall, wanting to understand why his brother was going to thank him that he had found me, Since when did Mon-el have a brother?
I shook my head as I heard the door open, getting up to leave, but I stopped in the process, staring at him for a couple of seconds before daring to speak.
"What did they refer to?" I questioned.
"Kaelah ..." he closed his eyes without wanting to look at me, what was happening? "Promise me one thing, you will listen to me no matter what" he asked me to get me to nod. "I am not the heir to the crown of Daxam, I never was , I'm sorry ... it was my brother, "he sighed, bowing his head." I wasn't the one who should marry you, it was him ... but ... he didn't want you ... he ... he would have done everything Kaelah, "he said, getting closer, but I was distant." I didn't lie to you when I told you that I knew you before, I really saw you when you were little ... He didn't care at all ... And I ... I was forced to stay on the sidelines, to observe how you were forced to be with him" he shook his head fighting his own tears . "I didn't want to hurt you and ... when I got here and I saw you ... for Rao, Kaelah, I fell in love with you, I knew it was my opportunity ... I lied ... "he finished crying.
"You were able to tell me when it happened, said Mon-el "I complained angrily, how could he have done this to me? "Why didn't you tell me this?" I asked.
"Would you have noticed me?" He questioned back.
"How do I know you're not fooling me?" I questioned him, beginning to doubt everything he had told me.
"You can read my mind," he replied.
"I will not," I answered in tears, I could not contain them any longer, I had to give him a little confidence. "I want to be alone," I said, marching from that room.
When I arrived at the apartment I was not surprised to see my sister sitting in the couch with the TV, so I passed in front of her to lock myself in my room, sobbing.
I listened as she opened the door and approached me, brushing my hair away from my face before I began to tell her everything that had happened.
"Shh, I know it's hard and right now what you're doing is trying to understand, but you have to calm down" she embraced me. "You should talk to him" I shook my head at her statement. "Okay, try to rest" she stroked my hair. "I'll come to see you later," she said kissing my forehead.
I sobbed again lying on the bed, not knowing what was right, what I should do or say about it, because everything was so strange.
I sighed as I grabbed my cell phone, obviously the last messages and calls were going to be his, was normal, right? It was I who had left the room, crying, who was disappointed with all this situation, who had decided to know nothing of the other not to continue doing harm.
I honestly did not understand it and the truth is that I did not think I could do it in time, because that was the only thing that could help me to do it, since neither his explanations nor mine had the slightest sense.
I looked at the screen of my mobile, had just received a voice message, so after thinking for three seconds, I put on my earphones and hit the play.
'Hey, Kaelah, I know you don't want to know anything about me right now and I understand you, but I need you to listen to me ... I didn't want to hurt you, it's what I've been trying to avoid all this time, but now I realize, I was stupid to believe that you were never going to find out, to think that nothing and nobody was going to separate you from my side ... Kaelah, I was afraid that you would pass from me for not being who I was supposed to be, that you didn't even notice ... you were so in love with Zyan ... it was the only way to attract your attention and yes, I know I didn't do the right thing, that I played with you, but ... '
"How could you do that?" Kara asked as she opened the door.
"I just wanted to protect her," he said, knowing that it was not going to be enough. "I adore her and the idea that he could touch her ... to put his hands on ... I don't know what I would have done and I considered that this was my opportunity, so I did and I'm sorry, "he apologized again, watching as Kara nodded slightly.
"She's in her room, I don't know if she's asleep," she said. "Mon-el, do not hurt her," she warned him, nodding before he entered the room.
The young girl lay on the bed with her eyes closed, so he could tell that she was asleep, so he went over to her, sitting on the edge as he watched her.
He removed the earphones listening to his voice, so he smiled slightly before brushing her hair away from her face.
"I can finish it," he whispered in her ear. "I could not bear to hurt you, Kaelah ... he ..." he was silent as he watched as her gesture changed. "Shh, continue sleeping," he whispered. "I love you, baby. "He kissed her forehead as she opened her eyes to look at him.
I watched him for a couple of seconds, strangely, not understanding what he was doing here, looking at my cell phone, I was pretty sure I had fallen asleep listening to his message.
"I didn't want to wake you," he said, bowing his head.
"No problem," I said. "What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I wanted to see you" he looked at me- "There's something you should know, my brother is alive, he's here and he's looking for you," he explained. "He will not stop until he finds you and believe me, you don't want to know what he has planned for you" he said. "I can not let him hurt you, but for that I need your help, you have to promise that you will not leave the house, will you? "He asked me, so I nodded slightly." I have to go, I'll call you," He hugged me, getting me to close my eyes trying to hold back the tears.
I decided to accompany him to the door, noting that my sister had left and noticed that she had only indicated that she was in the DEO.
"Are you going to be okay?" He asked before leaving.
"I'm not going out alone and he's not going to find me here," I assured him with a small smile.
He smiled back before finally saying good-bye and leaving, so I sat down in the couch, fixing my attention on the mark as I realized that it was starting to look a lot sharper in my hand, as if it were shining. However, I did not have time to react the moment I felt a presence in my back.
"I finally find you, princess," he said shortly before I pass out.
I opened my eyes confused, not knowing very well where I was, beginning to alter.
"Hey, princess" he called me making me look for him until I met him, knowing perfectly who he was, also, in case I had any doubt, my mark seemed to light up. "Are you prepared?" he asked grabbing my arm. "I should give you a special treatment, but I will not do it, because you have not known how to wait for me, what does that traitor have that I don't have?" He looked straight into my eyes, causing a chill to run all over my body. "It's time, princess" he kissed my cheek.
I wanted to flee, I knew that once this happened I would not have to go back, but how to do it ... I needed help, too much.
He took me, rather he dragged me, to where his parents were, who smiled with acceptance.
"Let's begin" he asked the other person who was in the room. "Quick."
"Well, Kon-el, do you accept Kaelah Zor-el as your wife?" He asked.
"Yes, I do," he replied, stroking my cheek.
"Kaelah Zor-el, do you agree to receive Kon-el's name to become your husband?" He asked.
"No ..." I hesitated. "I can not ..." I denied.
"I'm sorry, princess, your parents signed it." he lifted my head to look at him. "Say it," he ordered.
"I ..." I was not able to speak.
"No!" They shouted, causing us all to turn, Mon-el. "Kaelah, don't answer, "he asked when he came to my side." Don't do it, please, "he begged.
I looked at him with tears in my eyes, hugging him tightly as I began to cry, getting him to hug me back, while trying to calm me down.
"Kaelah, sweetheart, are you okay?" he pulled me away from him, causing me to nod. "Okay, you're going to the DEO and you're going to get help," he said, grabbing my face, kissing me before gave a small device. "I trust you, Kryptogirl" he smiled at me.
I did not hesitate to squeeze it, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible, because I did not want to stay within reach, searching my sister nervously, hugging her without being able to find words to explain what had happened minutes before.
"Kara, I need you to help me ..." I asked. "You and the DEO" I added.
"What happened?" She asked as we entered a room.
I explained everything that had happened, begging her to help me again, so that, in just a couple of minutes, there was a DEO squad gathered. I used the device that Mon-el had given me, coming back to the ship, noticing that there had indeed been a fight.
I ran to where Mon-el was on the floor, crouching down beside him.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Kae ..." he went to name me, but they grabbed my arm and incorporated me.
"I knew that you would return, princess" Kon-el said the moment I stood in front of him. "Let's do it fast and we can leave from here" he tried to drag me, but no, this time I was not going to let him win, so I fight against him.
"Mon-el!" I shouted the moment he fell unconscious.
"You killed him, now he can not interfere," he said victoriously.
I looked at him, he could not be dead, he could not. I ducked my head in tears trying to reach him, but his brother held me, turning me back to him, coming to hug me.
"Let me go" I asked the limit of my patience. "Please" I pleaded with tears.
"I'm sorry, Princess," he whispered, wiping away my tears.
"Let her go!" I heard Mon-el's cry to my relief.
He released me, but with the intention of finishing Mon-el's death, a fact I could not allow, so I tried to intervene.
I watched as his body hit one of the walls and fell to the floor, standing again, he was not in a position to fight.
"I'll marry you," I told Kon-el just as he was about to hit Mon-el again.
"What did you say?" He looked at me seriously.
"I'll marry you," I said. "But stop beating him, please," I pleaded.
"Kaelah ..." It was Mon-el who spoke as his brother approached me. "Don't do it" he begged me.
"I have to do it, it was what my parents wanted, right?" I shrugged as he shook his head, but I did not want to listen to his thoughts. "Well, where do we begin?"
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin