"Hey Alex!" MJ called as he and his sister entered his cousin's apartment. Only his loud call woke the adult Kara and her daughter, who had been sleeping on the couch.
"MJ?" Kara asked confused as Chewie ran into the apartment and jumped onto Alex's lap.
"Sorry. Kinda thought you'd be up." MJ said.
"What time is it?" Kara asked as Alex sat up and tried to wake herself up, with the help of Chewie.
"Seven thirty." MJ said.
"What are you doing up so early on a Saturday?" Kara asked confused.
"We're going out. We wanted to know if Alex still wanted to come?"
"Can I?" The teenage Alex asked looking at her mother.
"Of course." Kara smiled.
"I'll go get dressed." The teenager said walking off to her bedroom.
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"You look like crap." The adult Alex commented as her sister walked into the lounge, Chewie at her side.
"Alex had a few nightmares last night so we didn't get much sleep. Then Kara and MJ came in ten minutes ago and woke us up."
"I did tell you giving my kids access to your apartment was a mistake." Alex pointed out.
"Because you thought they'd hold parties there, not because they are walking alarm clocks." Kara countered.
"How's Alex?"
"Stressed." Kara said.
"What was last night about?"
"She heard us talk and was annoyed that I had put myself in danger to save her." Kara explained before adding. "She thought I'd been killed."
"I'm sorry." Alex said.
"For what?"
"I should have seen it. I should have reassured her more."
"It's not your fault. I was the one who got hurt, again. How is it that I have all these powers but the ones I love the most I can't protect?"
"I was going to ask how you were doing, but I think you just answered." Alex said.
"I am trying so hard to keep it together. But I feel like everything I do at the moment is letting Alex down."
"You aren't letting Alex down. You have done everything possible to keep her safe." Alex reminded her.
"But she keeps getting hurt." Kara said miserably. "And what if they come after her?"
"If they do we will protect her." Alex said wrapping an arm round Kara. "Whatever happens you aren't in this alone."
"Thank you." Kara said, taking comfort from the hug.
"There's something we need to talk about though." Alex said.
"What?"
"I know this is going to make you mad, so I need you to stay calm."
"What?" Kara asked sitting up and looking at her sister.
"I needed to know how much danger you were in so I looked at the DEO files on the planet Dakran. It took a while to find as we call it a different name. But I did find it."
"Are we in danger?" Kara asked.
"They are capable of space travel, but they don't have a history of wars." Alex said. "If you don't want to know what I found I can bury the information, but there is something you may need to know."
"What?"
"They have several mental powers, including telekinesis. But some had a projection power."
"Projection?" Kara asked lost.
"Apparently some can project memories into peoples minds."
"And change their memories?" Kara asked.
"No. More like it let's them share images of their memories with others."
"Okay." Kara said not sure where her sister was going.
"The thing is, after we found you Alex was telling me what had happened. She was obviously very upset. But as she spoke I suddenly felt a pressure in my head and then it was like I could actually see what happened to you. It maybe nothing, but it might be another power coming through." She then noticed Kara's expression and she asked. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Last night, well this morning, Alex was having a nightmare. When I went to wake her I suddenly had this image in my head that I was drowning. It was so vivid."
"It might be a coincidence." Alex said.
"And if it wasn't? Her nightmares are terrifying." Kara said worried.
"She's strong. She will be okay." Alex said stated before saying. "But if it is a new power she needs to learn to control it quickly or she might share things she doesn't want to."
"I'll talk to her." Kara said.
"If you want it, everything we have on Dakran is on this disk." Alex said passing her a thumb drive.
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"Hi guys." Alex called when her kids entered the house. Immediately noticing her daughter wasn't there Kara asked.
"Where's Alex?"
"She went back to your place." The teenage Kara said.
"Why?"
"She thought you were there." MJ explained.
"I'll head over." Kara said standing as Chewie ran to the front door. As she walked past her niece and nephew she asked.
"Was she okay today?"
"More cranky that normal." MJ said as his sister kicked him.
"She was only cranky with you. And you deserved it." The teenage Kara said to her brother. She then looked at her aunt and said. "Until Martin came she talked a lot about what happened. She's more worried about you than anything else."
"Thanks." The older Kara said before leaving.
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"Are you okay?" Kara asked her daughter when she entered the apartment with Chewie a couple of minutes later.
"I wasn't the one tortured." The teen pointed out.
"It wasn't torture." Kara said. "And I am fine now." She said hugging her daughter. "Where have you been all day?"
"We went to a theme park." The teenager said.
"Was it fun?"
"I guess."
"Kara said Martin was there to."
"Yes."
"Okay, what's wrong?" Kara asked fed up of the short answers.
"Why did they want information?"
"What?" Kara asked.
"The man who took me and hurt you. Why did he want the information?"
"They think your father was murdered, they wanted to find out by who."
"But why now? And who sent him?" The teenager asked.
"He told me that your father's family had been searching for him for years. When they discovered he was dead they hired him to find out what happened."
"Did they know how he'd get information?"
"I don't know. Probably." Kara said.
"So I'm related to people who use torture?"
"They wanted answers. And I'm pretty sure your aunt has done plenty of the wrong things for the right reasons. Especially when it comes to protecting family. But it doesn't make her a bad person and I still love her." Kara countered.
"I guess."
"Speaking of your aunt doing things, she was really worried when we went missing. And she was worried we might still be in danger, so she started to look for information about your father's planet. It turns out the DEO had some information about it. And Alex gave me this." Kara said holding out the thumb drive. "If you want to know about the other half of you it is on here."
"Like what?"
"What the planet was like, culture, religion and powers."
"There's more than just telekinesis?"
"There is. That doesn't mean you develop them though."
"Have you looked at it?"
"No." Kara said. "And if you want to throw this away we can do that. But of you want to read the contents everything Earth has on them is here."
For a moment the teen looked at the disk before looking back at her mother and asking.
"Will you look at it with me?"
"Of course."
