I returned to consciousness, noting that I was in the room, identifying Mon-el sitting on the edge of the bed, watching me.
"Are you feelling better?" He asked me with concern.
"Is it true?" I asked, starting to breathe with agitation. "Is she here?" I asked.
"Calm down," he caressed my face. "Do you want her to come in?" He said, not sure, making me nod. "Okay ... hey, shh, easy." He grabbed me the moment I tried to sit up.
He kissed my forehead before going off in search of her and returning, causing me to close my eyes, trying to finish relaxing.
"Mom," I whispered as I looked at her.
"Hey, sweetie." She came up to me, getting me up and hugging her, starting to cry.
"Kaelah, I'm going with the twins to your sister's apartment so you can talk, okay?" Mon-el said, making me nod. "Let me know if anything happens, I'll see you later." He smiled before leaving.
I turned my attention back to her the moment I heard the door close, watching as she smiled slightly as she brushed the hair off my face.
"Mon-el and you ..." she whispered. "I knew something was going to happen between you, since the first time I saw you interact with each other, the way you looked at him ..." she said with a small smile.
"But he was not the one, was he?" I raised an eyebrow. "He wasn't the heir," I said.
"Kaelah, that was the only way to get you out of Krypton," she said.
"Delivering me to an abusive husband, that was the way" I bowed my head. "You know that he handled me as he wanted, he hit me every time I refused something, he tried to poison me on various occasions ..." I explained. "I killed him, I had to," I sobbed, hiding my face in my hands.
"I didn't want you to leave with him, and if I had known what he was like, I would have denied myself even more," she said.
I shook my head without wanting to imagine what it would have been like if we had met in Krypton, rather in Daxam, since I would have been obliged to move there. However, I wiped my tears wanting to change the subject of conversation, since I did not want to continue remembering that event.
My mother stroked my hair to try to calm me, which was getting gradually, as I calmed down, allowing all the doubts I had in mind assaulted me, looking at her for a couple of seconds before daring to speak.
"How ... how did you survive?" I questioned without being able to avoid curiosity.
"Jor-el had a plan of escape, but since we did not know if it was going to work, we decided to let you go" she explained, which made me understand that not only was she alive. "Your father is with your sister, she has told us more or less everything," she said making me nod, not wanting to say anything about it, since I was not sure which parts she had decided to skip.
I smiled slightly after mentally reviewing her words, as they indicated that my father was here, that I would have the opportunity to apologize to him in person and not to his hologram as I had done previously, so I wanted to get back to him, take me away for all the guilt I had since I learned the truth.
"Can we go see him?" I asked.
"Do you want to go?" She questioned as if it were hard to believe to what I nodded slightly. "All right, let's go, then," she smiled.
When we got to my sister's apartment, I heard Kaia's babbling as she opened the door. The little girl came up to me, stretching her arms for me to take her, which I could not deny, lifting her.
"You wanted to see me, baby?" I hugged her.
I kissed her cheek before leaving her in the floor, watching as she walked awkwardly to where Kara was sitting on the floor with Kyron, standing next to her brother determined to be a participant in the game.
"Where is my little prince?" I asked as I approached to pick him up.
"Here," I heard Mon-el's laugh, which made me turn once I had the baby in my arms.
"Baby, I think he wants to be you" I said caressing his face. "Mon-el, you stopped being the prince a while ago" I watched him watching as he narrowed his eyes.
"Maybe." He shrugged. "That would explain why you are my Queen," he whispered, kissing my lips.
"Oh, for Rao, get a room," exclaimed my sister, which made me laugh still with my lips over his.
When I left him I left the little boy on the floor, feeling as he grabbed my hand to guide me to the one who had been watching us from the couch, facing me.
"Grandpa," he pointed to what I smiled slightly.
"Yes, little one" I crouched beside him. "Go with your sister, baby," I said before getting up. "Father" I sat next to him to hug him.
"My child, look at how you've grown," he said, hugging me. "I'm so proud of you," he whispered, holding me close.
I began to cry without being able to avoid it, feeling as the strength of the hug increased, trying to calm me down, but, honestly, it was so difficult to get it. For the last year in Krypton I had not allowed him to hug me, indeed, I had hardly talked to him, for the anger had blinded me, and though I still had reason to be angry with both of them at the moment, I preferred to keep it inside at least for now.
"I'm sorry," I whispered with my head on his shoulder. "I really do," I sobbed, feeling the slight detachment from him, gripping my face.
"Hey, why?" He asked, wiping my tears away.
"For everything I said, to think that you were the bad in all this" I looked at him. "I was wrong, you were just protecting me," I whispered.
"Don't worry about that now, Kaelah," he hugged me again. "I didn't expect that when I saw you again you would have children, but they are adorable," he commented at the same time as I smiled.
"Yes, they are." I smiled, watching them.
"And he must be a good boy when you're with him" he said to what I laughed, because he was, but he still had his moments of madness, which at times had led us to discussions.
"Someone to help me?" Kara chuckled, who had been reduced to the ground by the children, who had lain on top of her with laughter.
I laughed as I approached her, raising the little ones, however, they both ran into my arms, which destabilized me and managed to throw me to the ground with them on top, causing their laughter.
"I was hoping to help your auntie, but I see that I'm the one who ends up like this." I said laughing. "Go with daddy" I whisper, helping them to sit up, watching them go awkwardly towards Mon-el, hugging his legs with the demand of being pick up.
I smiled the moment I saw him with both little ones in his arms, approaching him to help him, but I did not get it, since neither of them wanted to separate from his father, although Kyron finally stretched his arms towards me to catch him, for which I did not deny, embracing him for a few seconds. However, soon it was Kaia who wanted me to catch her, threatening to start crying if I did not hold her in my arms, so I ended up just as Mon-el had been in the past.
"They have found them, we have to go to DEO" I heard my sister speak, which made me look at her, but soon I knew who she was referring to, which made me bow my head, for the doubt of what to do was present in me "Kaelah?" she called me out of my thoughts. "It's understandable if you don't want to go," she said, looking at me, but I shook my head. "You don't have to do it, seriously, it's understandable, you don't have to pressure yourself" she looked at me seriously and for a few seconds I just looked at her back.
"I don't know if I can," I finally whispered.
"Okay, you have to take your time, when Kal-el I pushed you, I don't want anything to happen now," she said, and I ducked my head, changing my mind about it, maybe it was better if I did it already.
"I want to go," I said, but this time it was Mon-el who made the attempt to persuade me.
"Kaelah, you have to be sure," he approached me, at which point I noticed how he and my sister looked at me, not to mention the concern in my parents' face, which made me close my eyes again thinking what to do, what I wanted to do or, rather, what they wanted to do.
"I'm tired of being treated as if I were going to break up," I complained sincerely, angry, leaving the little ones in the stroller determined to leave, feeling like Mon-el was trying to grab my arm, but I let go.
When I arrived at the apartment, I made sure to change them both, give them dinner and put them to sleep, because moments later I decided to go to bed, listening as the door opened, so I was not surprised when I felt Mon-el's hand on my back, but I could not move.
I looked directly into his eyes as he stroked the bridge of my nose, telling him to lie down next to me, which he did, moment when I pressed my back to his chest, hugging the arm with which he was hugging me, determined to sleep in his arms.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin