It cost me to return to consciousness, fighting the pain in my head and opening my eyes, blinking in confusion as I realized I was in the DEO.
"How are you, Kaelah?" I heard Maggie's voice, so I turned my head to her.
"Kara?" I wondered why my sister was not here, worrying when I saw her sigh, I had a feeling that I would not like what she was going to tell me.
"She's fine, I can assure you that." she sais. "Rhea made her confront your cousin, she won, then she took him and Alex and they went to the Fortress of Solitude," she explained, making me frown, confused, trying to understand the situation, but there was something I did not quite understand.
"What's going on?" I questioned, for having been locked in a ship for months, only coming back to reality once a week, had made me live in ignorance.
"Reah wants to conquer the Earth, she has got all the daxamites here," she replied to my astonishment, How did I not know about this?
Maggie stroked my face, wiping my tears, trying to calm me down, but I was not sure if that was going to be possible, however, when I felt my hand grabbed, I looked for that person, Mon-el. I watched as he smiled at me as he stroked my hand, wanting, like Maggie, to keep me as calm as possible.
"I have to pick it up," she announced the moment her cell phone rang, allowing Mon-el to take her place. "What's up, Danvers?" I heard her ask.
"Where is he?" I asked, knowing that someone was missing.
"Outside, he's looking for a way to get back to the ship," he replied. "I'm sorry, honey." He stroked the bridge of my nose, making me want to respond, but I was interrupted by Maggie.
"They're on their way here, are you okay enough to meet them?" She asked me, making me nod, allowing Mon-el to help me straighten up.
I leaned on him to get there, because I had to admit that I was still feeling bad, coming to notice the force with which the little boy hit my belly, frightening me, because it was the first time I felt this way. This made Mon-el turn to me as I clung to him with more force, but I only smiled slightly to calm him, even knowing that something was not very good.
However, I waited beside them to arrive, hugging my sister the moment I stood in front of her, feeling like the desire to put me to start crying was present, but I restrained myself, separating myself from her to approach my cousin.
"How are you, Keaks?" He asked me, which made me smile and nod. "I'm glad you're okay," he grinned.
"Princess," I heard Kon-el, so I turned to him. "I know how we can go back, we'll go," he said, and my sister grabbed my arm. "Say goodbye," he ordered, other than to do so, hugging my sister for a few seconds before separating from her and advancing towards Mon-el.
The truth was that the words were not necessary between the two of us, because he grabbed my face, stroking my cheeks before hugging me, being aware that he was holding himself back from being disrespectful and, indeed, me too, so before I could do anything, I went to Kon-el, allowing him to grab my hand before we were teleported to the ship.
We were only a couple of minutes back when my sister made a connection with the ship, altering me with her proposal, knowing that there was a chance that she would lose, which made Kon-el have to catch me so I would not scream at her that she was crazy, but I ended up crying over his shoulder.
I did not calm down, because when I did, I realized that Rhea was not there and what was supposed to be happening, so I could not help but be surprised when she returned to the ship, altering me again when she said that we were leaving in a hour.
I watched it all one last time before covering my face with my hands, wanting to avoid crying, feeling his arms around me.
"We must go, princess," he whispered in my ear and I managed to shake my head. "I know you're not ready, but the sooner the better," he said.
"I can't" I separated from him.
"Yes, you can, it's our destiny." He grabbed my face.
"It's yours, not mine, much less theirs· I caressed my belly wanting to tell the truth once and for all. "They don't have the rights to the throne of Daxam" I continued watching as his gesture changed.
"Mon-el, right?" He arched an eyebrow at the same time I nodded. "Okay, no one needs to know about this, we can cover it," he said.
"I have to go," I whispered, releasing myself from his grasp to the control, watching the buttons strangely, not knowing which one to press.
"Don't do it, Kaelah," he warned, getting me to look at him, finding the pity in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." I ducked my head again, pressing the button I needed, watching him looking at me, so I closed my eyes until I knew I was in another location.
I was on the outskirts of the DEO, that meant that they were here too, which made me feel better, because I needed to be with them.
I went in search of him, heading for the lab in search of someone, turning at the sound of his voice calling me, making me want to run to him, but I was completely still when I realized that I was in labor.
"Hey, weren't you leaving?" He asked as he came to my side.
"He let me go," I whispered, clutching at his arm as I felt the contraction, trying to relax, so that was why I had been finding myself wrong.
"Are you okay?" He asked me worriedly.
"The babies are coming," I replied, placing my hand on my belly.
"Now? But ... we don't have anything prepared, what are we going to do? "he asked me, making me nervous." Have your water broke?" He asked as I grabbed his arm again.
"What do you think?" I looked at him the moment I could breathe normally. "Call Alex, please," I begged.
"I think we should clean this before ..." he began to speak, but was interrupted by the pressure I exerted on his arm. "Okay, hey, you don't have to leave me without an arm" he smiled, but I did not smile back, if I suffered he would do it with me.
"What's going on here?" J'onn asked, approaching.
"She's in labor," said Mon-el.
"And what are you supposed to do here? Go to the infirmary," he pointed. "Alex is there" he assured, causing Mon-el to end up holding me and moving there.
"Alex" Mon-el called her as we entered.
"What happened?" She asked as I closed my eyes tightly.
"The babies ..." I tried to speak, but I was not able to continue.
"Okay, hey, breathe," she said. "Mon-el, leave her here." She pointed at one of the stretchers. "Are they regular?" She asked.
"And very often" I answered grabbing his hand.
"I'm going to get Kara, if anything happens, let me know," she said.
"Kaelah" Mon-el called me, causing me to look at him. "How are they supposed to be called?" he questioned but did not give me time to answer him because he spoke again- I know that you love Kaia, but, for the boy?" he questioned at the same time that I was looking for that answer in his own mind, smiling when I got it.
"Kyron, that's the one you like, is perfect for him," I replied, watching him smile before kissing me, indicating that he agreed with the election.
Three hours, it had been three hours since this began, I could not take it any longer, I was not capable, besides the nervousness of my sister and Mon-el was enough to disturb even more than I already was.
It was obvious that I was also worried that it would have been so hasty, that we had nothing prepared, since none of us counted on the fact that I was going to be here. So, yes, this also disturbed me, rather I was worried, because I was not sure if he was not going to come back for me, because I had escaped, so why would not he?
I gripped their hands tightly, doing my best for that contraction, knowing it was time, they were going to be born.
"Alex ..." I called, attracting everyone's attention.
"Kaelah, it's time, okay?" She smiled at me.
He glanced at Kaelah, unable to avoid the smile, watching her, feeling proud of her that she had gone through all this without losing her smile.
It was obvious that the eighteen-year-old was exhausted, so despite her pleading not to let her fall asleep, he could not, because he knew she needed to rest at the moment.
He kissed her forehead before turning to the new members of the small family they had just created, approaching the incubator with curiosity, for every time he saw them it was as if he did it for the first time.
He stroked the bridge of her nose as he smiled at her, looking for who she looked like, and even though he was aware that it could not be drawn exactly, he would risk saying she was like Kaelah, he had the feeling that when she grew up, she would be like her.
"Who are you going to look like?" he asked with a smile, stroking her cheek. "And you, little one?" He grabbed the boy's hand.
He could not stop smiling as he continued to watch them, raising his head toward the door when noticing that there was someone, meeting with Kara, who smiled slightly.
"Hey, I came to see Kaelah, but I see that she is asleep" she smiled approaching the incubator. "Oh, Rao, they are precious" she commented caressing each face as he nodded. "You are proud of her, right?," she said.
"Of course I am," he replied with a smile. "She has been through so much and there hasn't been a moment when she hasn't released joy," he said. "She wanted to be awake now, but obviously she needs to rest, I can take care of the babies" he assured her, laughing slightly before adding," How I won't be proud of her when she has brought our children to life."
Kara smiled at his words as she picked up the baby girl to continue watching her, however, a couple of seconds later, she began to cry, so she tried to cradle her.
"Kaia" Kaelah's whisper scared both of them, who turned to look at her. "I want my baby" she demanded.
Her sister left the child in her arms before saying goodbye to them and leaving.
"And Kyron?" She asked in a whisper.
"He's asleep," he responded to what she nodded slightly. "Thanks, for everything." He smiled before kissing her.
"You're welcome, I suppose," she laughed as she cradled the little girl, grabbing her hand. "They're perfect," she said, starting to cry.
"Hey, Kaelah, do you still have hormones?" He questioned, getting her to laugh. "I'm going to have to go do a few things, Kara says she stays with you, okay?" He looked at her as she nodded. slightly.
"What are you going to do?" She asked curiously.
"You'll see, no cheating," he warned before kissing her forehead. "I love you," he said good-bye before leaving.
Where was he? He had told me that he was going home, but that he would stop by to pick us up, where was he supposed to be?
I looked at my sister with some concern about it, since I was already hesitating that something had happened to him.
"Mon-el told me to go home, so if we're all ready, Alex is waiting for us downstairs," she explained taking Kaia's chair as I took Kyron's, watching them stay asleep despite the movement.
After assuring me about five times that they were both safe in the car, I get inside, unable to help myself to laugh at my sister's exasperation.
When we arrived at the apartment, Mon-el opened the door, holding us in the living room, making me look at him wanting to know what was going to happen.
"Come, Kaelah," he grabbed my hand to guide me, before covering my eyes and continuing. "Ready?" He asked, pulling his hands away.
I had to blink several times to get accustomed to the new amount of light, watching everything carefully, unable to avoid releasing the tears that were stored in my eyes. The one that had once been the guest room, was now painting in gray and with the furniture in white, with the names of the little ones above the cribs.
"Thanks" I hugged him without being able to stop crying, because with the short time he had had done much.
"Hey, calm down," he hugged me. "I'm glad you liked it." He kissed my forehead. "I haven't had much time, but hey ... it's not that bad," he said with a half smile.
"It's perfect, Mon-el, I love it," I smiled, looking back at everything.
When we were alone, between the two we changed the little ones, smiling at the realization of the scared we were, because we treated everything with insecurity, maybe too much.
I finished sleeping Kyron before sitting in the armchair beside the cribs, watching them both smiling, being truly grateful that everything had gone well, that both were healthy. I closed my eyes, relaxing, eventually falling asleep.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin