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Timeline 35
Kara wanted to punch something when she returns to CatCo the very day the email scandal happens. She honestly wanted to just grab Dirk Armstrong, drag him to Cat’s office and scream ‘This is the man that did it!’ But she knew she couldn’t. This was, unfortunately, a situation where she had to follow the script.
She smiled at all the well wishes and people coming up to her to tell her they were happy she was better. Alex told her that the story was she had been in a car accident before the destruction around National City. The accident happened outside of National City and that’s where she was in the hospital.
Kara arrived at her desk, waving to Winn before quickly entering Cat’s office as she spoke to her lawyers. Kara kept quiet as they tell her she couldn’t just sue everyone, Cat eventually dismissing them before turning to Kara.
“Kiera, should you be up?” Cat asked.
“I’ve been given a pretty clean bill of health Miss Grant,” Kara said, keeping her face passive. Cat nodded and waved her over.
“May I ask what you are planning to do?” Kara asked, already knowing the answer.
“I need to get ahead of this, contain it before it gets worse, but I don’t know who I’m fighting,” Cat muttered. She was quiet for a few moments before looking at Kara again, “Schedule a meeting with the board. And also, go through every single one of my e-mails and flag anything that can be used against me. If there is something damning, I want to find it before the world does.”
“I may need help,” Kara said as she typed in what she needed to do, “It’s a lot of emails after all.”
“Only people you trust. James Olsen and that handsome little Hobbit who has more cardigans than you do,” Cat said and Kara raised an eyebrow.
“You mean Winn? Who’s been working here longer then I have,” Kara said, her voice flat.
“I can hear your irritation, I just don’t care,” Cat said as she put on her glasses and waved Kara out of her office.
Kara rolled her eyes and headed to the printers.
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They pretty much did the same thing as the first timeline. Kara and James went through the emails while Winn tried to trace the hack. This time, however, Kara speeded through almost all the emails, while she waited for the meeting, knowing Winn wouldn’t find anything till then.
After the meeting she wavered near the elevator this time, making her ‘overhear’ what Armstrong said more plausible. She honestly didn’t want to go through the whole ‘Kara is Supergirl’ thing with Cat. She then told Winn and James and they talked to Lucy again before planting the bug.
Astra doesn’t come to talk to her.
Neither does Non.
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Kara sighed as she sat down at her desk, even though she wanted to do nothing more than fall into it her chair and just sleep. The whole scandal was annoying, not just while it happened, but the cleanup of it all.
News agencies were still releasing emails, some with even more prejudice since Armstrong had been arrested. While Cat was handling that with the board and the lawyers, Kara had to take care of everything else.
She met with people to determine layouts. She needed to go over several articles for editing and even more she sent back to rewrite completely. She had to make sure the website was updated and then talked to the IT team to make sure no one can post things for the next few days till everything calmed down.
Then there were all the things she still needed to do for Cat.
“-Lena Luthor has officially been declared missing today when, after a week of no contact, the polices found her home broken into-”
Kara looked up as the news played out, the station showing a photo of Lex Luthor’s younger sister. Kara had vaguely heard of the woman before. She had never participated in Lex’s schemes against Superman, nor has she done anything to make Kara assume she wanted to get revenge for her brother’s incarceration.
“Um, Kara,” Winn said, drawing Kara’s attention from the news.
“Winn?” Kara asked.
“You bag is glowing,” Winn whisper harshly.
Kara blinked and looked down, freezing when she saw the Kryptonian communicator.
“Damn it,” Kara said as she grabbed her bag before turning to Winn, “I have to go.”
“Be careful,” Winn called and she just raised her hand at him.
She slipped into the little office Winn made for them and changed, making sure the door was locked before speeding her body up, wincing as she did so. She didn’t lie to Cat really. While completely healed, overuse of her powers did hurt somewhat.
She flew out of the window and headed towards Lord Industries.
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The DEO wasn’t there. She knew they were on their way, she could hear them, but also knew they would be too late.
Lord didn’t confront the Kryptonians this time, leading any of his employees still working out of the building.
“Max,” Kara said softly as she landed next to the back door. One or two people hesitated upon seeing her, but the security forced them to move.
“Kharha,” Max said, “They’re still inside. Two of them are circling the building.”
Kara looked up, unsurprised to find Non and Astra flying around. While on earth, generals and such only gave orders, it was different on Krypton. The strongest fighters had the highest ranks, but were almost always the bait. They there the ones that were in the thick of battle. It was only when the squadron had a Verh Hasrah that the General didn’t fight on the front lines.
Non was a Verh Hasrah.
“Is everyone out?” Kara asked.
“Yeah. I shut down everything, pulled the power and turned off the backup generators. You said they might want to use my technology…” Max said, leaving the sentence open.
“I see them,” Kara told the man, “They're trying to get into your computers. They already got the power back.”
“Damn it. I was hoping that would slow them down more,” Max muttered.
“They brought an outside power source,” Kara told him.
“Really?” Max said, interest easy heard in his voice.
Kara suppressed a laugh and shook her head, “Down boy.”
Max frowned at her, “I thought you’re not supposed to say that.”
“It was a joke, but your right-sorry,” Kara told him, “Get to safety… and I’m sorry.”
“For what?” Max asked.
“Breaking your stuff,” Kara said and pushed off into the building, ignoring Non and Astra.
She sped into the computer room, finding several Kryptonians. They stopped and turned to her, the guards immediately moving to attack her. Kara grabbed two and swag them through a computer terminal before allowing herself to be punched into a second computer, making sure to break that as well.
“You cannot fight here! Get her out!” one of the Kryptonians called.
“Get the General!” another shouted.
One- Hel-Ul- grabbed and lifted her, moving them out of the room, and into the main lobby. He pushed her off and she crashed into the floor. Kara opened her eyes just in time to see Non crash through the roof towards her.
Kara rolled out of the way and stood up. She could see the others back of as Non held still across from her.
“One chance,” Kara said, “Stop this and leave.”
“You do not command us, M’Lady,” Non said, the last word dripped like venom.
“So be it,” Kara said and charged at him. He charged back and they grabbed each other, spinning from the two forces trying to best one another.
Kara kicked him away, making sure they stayed over the building. She knew she couldn’t take this fight to the city, there were too many opportunities for loss of life that way. She also needed to give Max time to get all the people away.
Non sneered at her and charged at her again. She ducked and moved to punch him in the back. She hit him, but he still turned around and grabbed her and pushed her to the ground, slamming her into it. Kara sped up her body, recovering from the fall quickly and getting out of the crater.
She turned to him as he stood up. He held still, waiting for her to attack. Kara reached up to the cape and released it swiftly. She bundled it up and threw it to the side before getting into the Kryptonian fighting stand.
Non’s eyes swept over her before staring into her eyes, his face expressionless- no, he was studying her, trying to figure her out. He copied her stand and Kara took a deep breath.
And they ran to each other.
Kara could close her eyes and match the man. She knew every punch and kick. She knew that sweep he did with his arm when he falls to one knee. She knows how he would purposely leave himself open to attack.
She also knows he would match her power, dragging the fight out as long as he could.
Block. Block. Punch. Swirl. Drop. Roll. Jump. Punch. Block. Block. Kick. Jump.
And repeat.
Kara grabbed one of his fists, trying to get him into a headlock while he tried to do the same to her. She pushed away before speeding up and reappearing behind him. She jumped slightly and hit hard on his back, causing him to fall to the ground. He rolled on his back, his heat vision active.
Kara activated her own and their beams connected. He stood up, intending to push her away from him. But Kara wouldn’t let that happen. She took steps forward as she pushed more power into her eyes. She could hear him take a few steps back.
She needed to break the connection. Slowly she started to push her power into her speed-
Pain. Heat. Her muscles seizing up.
Kryptonite!
Kara immediately pulled all her power and pushed it into her speed. She dropped drown, out of the way of Non’s continued heat vision before pushed from the ground towards him. She grabbed him by the waist as the green light started to fill her vision.
She slammed him to the ground, her body forced to return to normal speed when the kryptonite energy blast flew over them. She turned her head, one hand keeping Non on his back, to see DEO agents moving toward them.
Kara looked back to him, her eyes wide, “Get your men out of here.”
Non struggled for a few seconds, but stopped when he heard her tone. His eyes moved to the DEO agents before returning to her. She watched as he tithed his arm, making a show of putting his force into his next attack.
“Fly up,” Non murmured softly and punched her. Kara used the rather weak attach to propel herself into high into the air. She watched as Non quickly got up and follow her. He grabbed her shoulders, pain ripped through her, and pushed them higher into the air.
Then stopped. Non let her go, hovering near as he brought his wrist to his mouth, “Retreat.”
Kara rubbed one shoulder before going to the next as she listened to the reply, “The scientists are still in the building. They are pinned down!”
Kara cursed in English before looking down, trying to find the scientists. She couldn’t find them specifically, but she did find the lead room they were in, DEO agents around them.
“Found them. We can crash into the area, give them time to get out,” Kara said.
“Why would you help us?” Non asked, her eyes narrowed and his body tense.
“Because I’m not a fan of kryptonite,” Kara said.
“Kryptonite?” Non asked.
“The green glow. The heat and pain,” Kara explained.
Non nodded, “I felt my body seize up.”
“Low grade can leave us weak, but the concentration the DEO is using, it could kill in one hit,” Kara said, “I will not allow that.”
“Shall we?” Non said and charged her, pushing her down before she could even answer. Kara maneuvered them so they would hit just in front of the DEO agents, scattering them.
Kara struggled to get up, making a show of it. Non got up and punched her and she flew into the mass of agents. She got up and smashed into Non. He ended up on his back and Kara punched him a few times before he pushed her off.
She stepped back as Non got up. Taking two steps to the left she ran towards him, angling her body so that Non knew to grab her wrists and spin her around before throwing her toward the agents.
Kara coughed as she sat up, watching as the last scientist got out through the hole she and Non made, Non using large slabs to stop the Kryptonite blasts-
“No!” Kara yelled as he was hit in the back. She winced as the agents ran towards him, cuffing him as the broken kryptonite weapons around her drained her strength. She took a deep breath, moving towards him, but knew she couldn’t free him.
Not without being labeled a traitor-
And going back into that kryptonite cell.
Kara’s body tense as she backed away, still looking Non in the eyes. She forced herself to look away before turning and getting away from the green glow.
She looked around the main entrance as people threw covers over the dead. She recognized all of them, both human and alien. She looked up as J’onn walked towards her.
“Astra took Alex,” J’onn told her and Kara felt her blood freeze.
“We have one of the Kryptonians,” one of the agents said, running up.
“Good. Get it back to the base,” J’onn said and turned, heading back to the exit.
“I’m coming with you,” Kara said and J’onn paused, turning slightly.
“Why? I thought you didn’t approve of the DEO,” J’onn said.
“I don’t. But My sister is missing and I’m the only one Non will talk to,” Kara said, “You need me.”
“Fine,” J’onn said and walked away.
Kara rubbed her head. Everything was wrong, different. Astra had Alex and Non was in custody. Lane was no longer part of the Military and…
She caused it all.
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Kara walked into Non’s cell room, stopping when she saw the green light surrounding him. She knew about it, but still seeing it made her testy. She squared her shoulders and walked further into the room.
Non looked up from his place on the floor, but didn’t actually get up.
“I would ask you where Astra took Alex, but I doubt you will tell me. I would ask you how to contact Astra, but I doubt that would be necessary. She will contact us once she realizes we have you. No doubt she took Alex in case something like this happened,” Kara said as she walked around the cell, “And if you do say anything I’ll take it with a grain of salt. Because you will no doubt lead us into a trap.”
“Then why are you here,” Non said as he closed his eyes.
Kara stopped and swallowed, “They’re bringing in someone to strike a deal. A Dirhanve… I ask that you meet with them and cooperate.”
“You were right,” Non said and stood up. He turned to her and held up his hand, pushing against the glass. Kara looked away. The humans wouldn’t see it, but she could already see how the skin on his hand was being destroyed and regenerated continuously, “It burns.”
“I’ve tried to convince them to switched to red sun radiation, but they wouldn’t hear it,” Kara said, looking at the panel on the wall.
“They are afraid of me,” Non said, “Like you are afraid of them.”
Kara turned to him sharply, “I’m not afraid of them.”
Non looked at her silently for a few moments, “One, two, three… one, two, three,” Non said, actually counting something. Kara narrowed her eyes at him, concentrating on his face so not look at the green light everywhere.
“You rub the base of each finger three times before moving to the next. You refuse to look at the cell around me and when you realized they were using those weapons you moved me out of the way… you are afraid Kara, more then you want to admit,” Non said softly.
Kara looked down at her hands, staring at the red skin at the base of her fingers as she rubbed them raw. She separated her hand immediately, crossing her arms and looking at the floor.
“What did they do to you?” Non asked.
Kara ignored him as she closed her eyes-
(She cries silently at night, wishing the pain was gone. She gets used to it, learns to move normally, act normally under the green light. During the days she can ignore it. When she moves she can pretend it’s not there, but lying still, trying to sleep? All of it just presses onto her.)
- When she opened them she walked right up to Non, staring at him without blinking, “I will get Alex back. She is the most important thing in my life. More than my fears, more than my wants. More than Astra. More than you.”
Non frowned at her, his eyebrows pulling together at her last statement before backing away. Kara did the same, turning to the exit and leaving without another word.
Kara walks past several agents, moving straight through and making them half jump out of her way. She could tell they turned to her when they assumed she couldn’t see or hear them insult her to their fellow agents, forgetting- or not caring- that she can hear them.
She enters the command center, watching J’onn order the people around him as one of the screens showed Non constantly. Kara glanced at it, staring at Non as he sat on the floor calmly facing the door, not moving.
“Will he cooperate?” J’onn asked her, drawing her attention to him.
“It’s complicated-” Kara started, her sentenced interrupted as the screens fuzzed out before Astra appears on them.
“This is General Astra-Zee of Krypton. We each possess someone of great value to the other, I purpose a trade,” Astra said, looking at Kara.
(Kara feels unnecessary as Non doesn’t even look at her, speaking only to Alex. It hurts, him not even acknowledging her and it makes her feel unsure of what to do with herself.)
“I am Lady Kara-El of Krypton. Forgive me if I do not take you at your word, dear Aunt. I demand to see my Shesurie,” Kara said, ignoring J’onn’s glare at her, his expression changing as he hears the Kryptonian word.
Astra moves out of the way and Kara sees Alex strapped in the same chair J’onn had been in the first timeline.
“Kara. Don’t do it. You can’t release Non. It doesn’t matter what they do to me,” Alex half screams, but Kara ignores her. Instead, she presses a finger on the plan metal band around her wrist, a see-through badge hologram appearing above it. Kara pressed on the hologram and eventually an image of Non appearing on it, causing J’onn’s eyes to widen. Whether it was because of the technology or the casual way she hacked into the DEO computers, she wasn’t sure.
“Is he harmed?” Astra asked.
“Nothing permanent,” Kara answers honestly, “The green glow is a substance that is radioactive to us. The percentage being emitted is enough to horribly limit his powers, most of his energy being traversed to regenerate skin tissue constantly.”
“I see,” Astra said, “How long till permanent damage?”
(Kara trains every two days, giving her powers time to properly heal her body and get her energy to full reserves…She notices the rashes on her skin the days between Lane coming to her. They only heal semi-completely when they put her under the sun lamp to recharge her powers… Kara takes a skin sample and exposes it to both sunlight and kryptonite at the same time. It takes about a week for the kryptonite to full overpower the sunlight. The skin starts taking in the energy slower and slower, the Kryptonite destroying the parts of the DNA that converts the sunlight into energy.)
“At that intensity, he can stay in there for another 87 hours and 21 minutes before permanent cellular damage,” Kara tell both Astra and the DEO agents around her.
“Then you have 72 hours to make the exchange. I will send you the co-ordnance,” Astra said, “But be warned, dear niece. If any harm befalls my mate, you will not get your soul sister back in one piece.”
“I will personally ensure his safety,” Kara said.
“Agreed,” Astra said and ended the transmission.
Kara let out a breath, looking at her the hologram as numbers and letter appeared on the screen. Kryptonian mapping, she realized.
Krypton didn’t have a north and south pole, the planet’s electromagnetic energy in complete balance. Thus, instead of north and south points on the map, the planet was divided into Kanhes – segments. There were 345 Kanhe, starting with the planet’s capital, Kandor, which was later turned into Argo. In each Kanhe you started in the middle of the area and moved in out circles like ripples in water. A Kanhe had between 20-30 ‘ripples’, called Ferreda. And each Ferreda was divided into 20-degree segments called Gret, with zero degrees starting from the linear direction from the first Kanhe.
Kara looked through the data, realizing Astra probably counted Fort Rozz as the first Kanhe.
“You had no right-” J’onn started.
“Astra wasn’t talking to you,” Kara told him, “She took Alex because of me and she knew that she had a better chance of getting her mate back if she appealed to my connection with Alex rather than yours. Also, by taking the Ladyship and ailing myself with you I am saying I am the person to deal with. I set myself as an important person in the eyes of the Kryptonian people. They would rather deal with someone they knew will have the same morals as them, since they will be able to predict my actions.”
“We have Non,” J’onn told her.
Kara turned to him, “And if anything happens to him, I’ll take him from you,” Kara said, turning off the hologram while moving to face J’onn completely, “Let’s use this as an exercise in trust. If you can prove to me you can handle this situation without resorting to unethical actions, I might be more willing to work with you and provide more information.
“That would be something the American Government wouldn’t mind having Lady El,” a voice said from behind her.
Kara turned, her body freezing up when she saw Colonel James Harper standing next to an unknown man. The unknown man walked up to her, holding out his hand, smiling at her, a strange glint in his eyes.
“Pete Ross,” Pete Ross said as Kara took his hand and gave a firm handshake, “I’m been asked by the president to attempt a truce between the Kryptonians and the Earth.
Kara raised an eyebrow, “All the Kryptonians?”
Pete Ross frowned as they released hands, “You don’t believe that is possible.”
“While the situation around Astra, Non and their squadron are difficult, they are not the only Kryptonians that were sent to Fort Rozz,” Kara said.
“I read the report concerning the situation around their incarceration- the information you gave us,” Pete Ross said, “But from what I understand Astra had taken command of most of the Fort Rozz criminals.”
“Yes, but not everyone is loyal to her. Many only listen to her because they have been promised something,” Kara tells them.
(Anya-Nar tells her to stay away for very specific people. Tells her they wouldn’t hesitate to kill her. Kara is reminded of the three that attacked her. She sees them around a few times, but they don’t approach her. Others look at her, and she sees things in their eyes that make her skin crawl. She is reminded of Lane and men that look at her like she was an object to own.)
“And how do you know that?” Harper said as he moved closer. Kara looked at him and he held out his hand, “Colonel James Harper, United States Marine Core.”
Kara doesn’t take his hand and her eyes don’t leave his face. She knows he is part of Project Cadmus, something she still needed to research fully, maybe find Jerimiah-
She can’t believe she forgot about Jeremiah.
“I’m here to extract any information from the prisoner that I can-” Harper said as he lowered his hand.
Kara couldn’t help but laugh suddenly, causing everyone to look at her. She shook her head, her smile grim as she spoke without looking at them, her eyes trained on the small screen that showed Non, “You’re talking about torture - it will not help you. Non’s been tortured dozens of times, nothing you do is going to make him talk. Despite that,” Kara turned to him, looking him in the eyes, “You’re not going near him.”
She could feel the air change around her. Harper looked at her with narrowed eyes and the men he brought with him, who entered while she was talking to Pete Ross, shift their weight as they gripped their weapons tighter.
“Excuse me?” Harper said, taking a step towards her, trying to intimidate her.
“You’re not excused,” Kara said turning away and waving a hand in his direction, “You will not take a single step inside Non’s cell. You will not interrogate him. You will not force him to reveal any information- you will not do anything to him.”
“You do not order me,” Harper said, his voice switching from the present tone he used earlier.
“I don’t care,” Kara said, looking him in the eye, “You do anything to that man, and you will regret it.”
Harper smirked at her, like he wasn’t scared- no- like he knew he could stop her from doing anything. Kara narrowed her eyes and turned to Pete Ross.
“As for the truce. You will have to talk to Astra if you want to come to an agreement. You can’t do it through Non,” Kara said.
“Isn’t he her second in command?” Pete asked.
“Yes, but it’s not a situation of command,” Kara said, “It’s a situation of skills. Non isn’t trained to be a mediator. Astra is. If you want a truce Pete Ross, you will have to observe Kryptonian customs to do it.”
“I see,” Pete Ross said as he pulled out a tablet from his bag, “And how will that work?”
“Since we already have a prisoner exchange scheduled, no other agreements can be presented till it is done-” Kara said.
“We will not return the prisoner to them,” Harper said.
“That is not your choice,” Kara said.
“And how does the prisoner exchange work. Does that need, what did you called it, ‘mediator skills’?” Pete Ross asked.
“It depends who you make the agreement with. Since Astra talked to me, it’s an emotional connection. If she addressed Director Henshaw it would have been skill. That’s why she didn’t send an ultimatum- she knows the exchange will happen,” Kara said.
“And if it was only skill?” Pete Ross asked.
“She knows there would a possibility that Non will be killed,” Kara said, “Keeping him, and Agent Danvers alive would be counterproductive to winning. If we didn’t have Non… Alex would already be dead. She’s extremely skillful, removing her is… strategy.”
“So why haven’t they tried with you?” Pete Ross said, “Why haven’t they recruited you or killed you?”
“Who says they haven’t?” Kara said, smiling humorlessly. The tense feeling returned as several people shifted, “I declined obviously.”
“She’s your Aunt. Would she really kill you?” Pete Ross asked.
Kara laughed-
(Astra begs her to listen. She doesn’t want to hurt her, not really. She’s already tried to intimate her through power, but it didn’t work. She uses emotion now and it almost works. But they’re both headstrong, trying to get the other to their side. They still care, they still love each other, but they are both so set in their beliefs.)
-“Yes,” Kara said, “If she doesn’t see any other way- If she honestly believes I can’t be converted to her cause, then yes, she will kill me.”
“So why hasn’t she?” Harper asked.
Kara turned to him, “Like I said the situation around them is complicated.”
“You don’t believe they’re guilty,” Harper said.
“I believe they were forced into making their decision due to circumstance-”
“And would you have made that decision?” Harper asked.
Kara kept quiet and just looked at him. He already knew her answer, they all did.
Pete Ross cleared his throat and she turned to him, “So after the prisoner exchange?”
“You will send your request through Non. The place needs to be neutral ground, in this situation a place without buildings and you will need a red sun lamp. There will be two people from each faction, the mediator and the soldier. Each soldier is allowed one weapon, but the mediator is allowed none. The weapon will be placed in full view. Agreements can only be done during the day, religiously under the watchful gaze of Rao, the sun god.
You will both present what you stand for, or what your end goal is. This means Astra will tell you her plan and why she wants to execute it. In response, you will tell her why you want to stop her. Most faction disagreements result in the same end goal but different methods.
Here is where diplomacy comes in. You have to find stable ground. Or something you can both agree on.” Kara tells them.
“And do sides stop fighting while this goes on?” Pete Ross asked.
“Depends on the first meeting. If you come to the agreement of stopping, it stops, but if you don’t,” Kara said shrugging.
“And what kind of things stop the truce all together?” Pete Ross asked.
“Double Crossing, trying to attack the meeting area, and most importantly, any disrespect to any female,” Kara told them. She watches as Pete Ross notes down what she said while Harper rolled his eyes.
“So what do you plan on doing?” Harper asked.
Kara sighed, “I need to find the meeting place, which I should have by the end of the day at the earliest. If I do, then tomorrow I’m exchanging Non for Alex.”
“I am ordering you not to,” Harper said as he walked towards her, stopping right in her face. It was amusing, watching him try and intimidate her with his height.
“I don’t take orders from you,” Kara said and patted him on the cheek condescendingly. She then turned to J’onn, “I’ll be back tomorrow. If anything happens to Non…”
Kara left the threat open before heading to the exit.
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Extra:
“What do you plan on doing with me,” Alex asked Astra when Astra ended the transmission.
“With you?” Astra asked, stepping closer to her, “Nothing. I have made an agreement with my niece. She will ensure Non is unharmed and I will allow nothing to occur to her Shesurie.”
“Shesure-y. What does that mean?” Alex asked.
“Soul sister, or soulmate if you prefer,” Astra told her.
“Soulmate?” Alex asked, trying to hide her surprise. She knew she and Kara were close, but it wasn’t like that.
Astra rolled her eyes, dramatically and obviously, like she was doing the action forcefully, “Humans. Obsessed with the sexual. A soulmate is hardly even sexual on Krypton. It is the person you know well, the one that thinks like you, yet is your opposite. They complement your personality and they strive to make you better, to help you succeed. They are the one that would willingly lay down their life for you, yet you are the reason they will fight to live another day… that is why it is more common to call you platonic soulmate, soul sister or soul brother.”
“Oh,” Alex said, looking away. She knew that was everything Kara was to her, but the fact that Kara accepts that Alex was all those things to her that she would even label it…it made it feel…more.
“Do you deny your connection with my niece?” Astra said, bending down to place her hands on the armrest of the chair, next to Alex’s arms, putting her face less than an inch from Alex’s
Alex looks her in the eyes, “No.”
“Good,” Astra said and stood up, walking back to the glowing circle.
“What about you. Are you going to deny your connection to her? You’re her Aunt, but you’re trying to kill her,” Alex said.
“Do you honestly believe I want to kill her… I have thought of her as my daughter. I would never wish her harm,” Astra told her.
“And what about Non?” Alex asked and she saw several emotions flash through Astra’s eyes.
“Non… Kara was still young when Non left her life. He is a soldier; he will do his duty-”
“You’re lying,” Alex interrupted.
Astra glared at her and looked away, refusing to talk to her again.
So, something was going on with Non… something that makes even Astra doubt Non will do what he needs to do-
Kara was also acting different, has been for some time… were these two incidences connected?