YOU Should Have Told Me.

Chapter 7: Rao's Light

Kara could feel the warmth of the sun on her skin, as she opened her eyes. She was lying in a field beside a peaceful lake. There was something familiar about this place, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She stood to her feet and began to walk down the path in front of her.

"Hello little one."

The voice was calm and beautiful. It made Kara stop in her tracks.

"Aunt Astra. How is this possible? You died 2 years ago I helped Non Send you off into Rao's light!"

Kara couldn't help but wonder if this was a trick, was she once again trapped in a world created by the black mercy? No, this was different.

"I'm here Kara. You aren't dreaming. We are together in Rao's light."

This wasn't possible. She couldn't be dead. There must be some mistake, this HAD to be a dream.

"No, no you're wrong. This is a trick, someone's put me here."

"Kara listen to me, we don't have much time. Rao has granted you with a choice. You have sacrificed so much, little one, and fought so hard. You served Him with honor and strength. But you've been gravely injured, your heart has stopped beating. As we speak those you love are fighting to save you. It is up to you now to choose whether or not you wish to continue your life on Earth or to join me in Rao's light."

Kara felt so at peace here. There were no battles to fight or loved ones to lose. She'd never be in pain again. Could it really be this simple?

"Tell me what to do, Aunt Astra! Tell me what to do!"

"I cannot make this choice for you, little one. Only you can."

Kara knew the right thing to do was to return to Earth, but how could she? The people she loved on Earth would be ok without her, without Supergirl. Wouldn't they?

No, Kara knew she had to go back. Kara embraced her aunt. Too many times she's had to make this choice, to choose between who and what she wanted and saving the world. She'd done it with Mon-El. She'd done it with Lena too, pushing her feelings down deep not wanting to...LENA! Rao, how could Kara have forgotten! It all came flooding back to her now, the Kryptonite bomb; Lena's desperate attempts to carry Kara to safety. The tears falling on Kara's face.

"Aunt Astra I..."

"Go on, little one. Go be a hero."

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The comforting warmth of the field was replaced with the cold dark room of the DEO She couldn't be sure exactly where she was in the facility exactly. She tried to move but her body was still to weak, but she was finally able to open her eyes, only to see the glass that surrounded her. She'd seen people in these before, but she couldn't remember exactly what they were called. Some sort of highly pressurized chamber. This one was different though, normally the chamber was clear, filled only with 100% Oxygen. This glass, however had a yellow glow to it. Some how, they'd designed it specifically to infuse Kara's cells with Yellow Sunlight, similar to the way they'd developed the yellow sun grenades that allowed her to have her powers on Maaldoria. Genius.

This had Lena ALL over it. She'd been the one to develop the Anti Kryptonite shield AND the one who'd helped brainy rid the atmosphere of kryptonite when the Children of Liberty had attempted to kill her with Lex's dispersion device.

Within minutes of her opening her eyes, she could feel herself getting stronger and stronger. The reality of being trapped in a tiny tube, however, had set in and caused her to go into a mild panic. She was having flash backs to being trapped in her tiny pod for more than 2 decades, causing her heart race and making it hard to breathe.

Stay Calm Kara. You're safe. Just stay calm.

She repeated those words over and over to herself like one recites a mantra, and it was helping. She was connected to leads that were monitoring her vitals, so not long after her heart rate had accelerated, she heard the doors to whatever room she was in crash open.

"Agent Dox, she's awake!"

She recognized the voice of the agent, but she couldn't quite make out who it was. Within seconds Brainy was at her side, and had disabled the scatter field that had prevented anyone from seeing in or out of the chamber.

"Great Sprock, you've come back to us! I calculated a mere 3% of your survival but once we were able to use LCorp Tech to covert this Hyperbaric Chamber to infuse your cells with pressurized Yellow Sun Radiation, it increased to a 87% Probability!"

Kara knew how close she'd come to dying, in fact she was sure she had already died. Had she not made the choice to return not even this chamber could have saved her.

"Brainy, where is she? Where is Lena?"

Brainy's face twisted with discomfort, making Kara fear the worst.

"TELL ME!"

She hadn't meant to be so loud, but between the echo of the chamber and the panic in her voice, had she not still been weakened she was sure the glass would have shattered.

"Miss Luthor, Lena, is alive. She was gravely injured in the incident, but her odds of survival are promising. I calculate a 91% chance that she will indeed make a full recovery. She is with her mother in the med bay."

Once again, Kara's heart began to race. Lillian was here. She wasn't in prison like Kara had thought. LILLIAN could have been the one to plant the bomb after all! Why the HELL would Alex Let her anywhere NEAR Lena! This wouldn't be the first time she'd tried to kill her!

"Brainy, you have to take me to her! She's in danger! Lillian is..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the door was once again open.

"I'm what dear?"

Lillian had walked through the doors unescorted, as if she was a welcomed guest and not a known criminal.

"HOW DARE YOU! How dare you walk in here after what you've done?"

In her anger, Kara hadn't noticed how worn Lillian looked. She was far from the well dressed put together woman that she'd always been. Her hair was pulled back in a messy bun, and her clothes looked like she'd been sleeping in them for days.

"Honestly Miss Danvers, you may not believe this but I have nothing to do with the explosion that injured you both."

Lillian raised her arm and it was only then that Kara noticed the baby truth seeker attached to the forearm of Lena's mother. Lillian was telling the truth. But if it wasn't her then who was it?

"Could I lie?"

Her tone was smug, but kind. Had Lillian somehow managed to grow a heart? She'd have time to process that later, right now, the only thing that mattered to Kara was finding Lena.

"Where is she? Where is Lena? I need to see her! Someone please, just get me out of this thing and take me to Lena!"

Brainy's face was contemplative. She knew this face meant that he was calculating the odds of something, this was a thing he did all the time.

"I'm afraid that there is a 74% Chance that if you leave this chamber too soon, you will not survive. However, I believe that your sister is with Lena at this moment. Perhaps we can arrange to have Miss Luthor brought to YOU."

Being told that Lena was alive was one thing, seeing it for herself was another. In her weakened state, Kara was unable to locate Lena's heartbeat over all other noise in the DEO. And until she saw with her own eyes that Lena was ok, she wouldn't be able to calm down. She needed to know she was ok, to hear the heartbeat that penetrated to her soul like the melody of the most beautiful song in the world.

Kara watched as brainy reactivated the scatter field allowing light from the Yellow Sun Radiation to be better contained in the chamber. She closed her eyes and began searching once again for Lena's heartbeat. After what felt like hours, she finally heard it.

And it was as beautiful as she remembered.