The Kryptonian CEO

Chapter 3: The nightmare of memory (Trusting Lena enough to reveal a truth)

Lena arrives at Kara's villa and they have a conversation. This leads to a revelation.

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A scant few minutes had passed, the sky growing ever darker as Kara waited for Lena to arrive. The CEO would refocus her mind on setting out a pair of tumblers containing bourbon on the granite countertop, for both herself and her guest was stopping by to talk about something. Lena had something on her mind, something she wanted to talk about, but Kara? She had something she too wanted to confess, to tell her friend. How would Lena react to her news? She would find out soon enough.

The ticking of the clock was loud to Kara's enhanced hearing, the noise was almost maddening. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. Needing a distraction, the blonde-haired female would turn to seek out the sound system she had installed in this property. Her lips pursed as she considered which song to choose for this night, looking through the racks, she soon decided upon "Far over the misty mountains cold". This was a song from the hobbit, a favorite movie of Kara Danvers. The song always made her think of krypton, of what she had lost... of the native creatures and the home she had once known.

"It left the world and took its flight, over the wide seas of the night. The moon set sail upon the gale, And stars were fanned to leaping light. The wind was on withered heath. But in the forest stirred no leaf There shadows lay be night or day, And dark things silently crept beneath" tears were welling up in Kara's eyes as she listened to these lyrics, the smoky sounding voice of the singer was laden with emotion.

The tone was deep and resonant as the singer hummed in the background, emotions rose and roiled within her heart, bringing forth memories the CEO had not thought in years. In living a mostly human life there was rarely anyone she could even speak about Krypton to. Sure, Alex understood how she missed her home planet, but that only went so far. Alex was wholly human, had a life of her own, had a girlfriend now, had her own family to contend with.

This left Kara alone; the one thing Kara would always have to deal with is being the one who would lose everything and everyone she cared about. The downside to all the fantastic things she could do, was that it came with the terrible price of loss and mourning. Through her eyes she would see her loved ones die and pass on, to a world she could not follow them to. Though she wished more than anything that she could die like a human, instead of knowing that she would live through countless eras, seeing the best and worst of humanity.

Wiping away the few free-falling tears Kara let her mind turn cold, her CEO persona back in place. The red puffiness of her eyes was the only hint of a crack in her emotional shields.

As Lena approached the door leading to Kara's villa, she paused for a second. Was that music she could hear? The song itself sounded mournful, the lyrics hinting at loss and pain. Why would the CEO be listening to a song like this? Had something happened? Was her friend okay?.

A knock echoed on the door as Kara turned towards the source of the sound. As far as she knew only one person was due to arrive tonight. Breaking away from her thoughts, Kara would affix a smile on her features, the mask of her choice was back in full force. In truth Kara struggled with emotions, with feeling, and so her preferred option was to ignore those pesky feelings for as long as she could.

However even the strongest broke eventually and that was what was happening to Kara now. Her strength had been honed by years of training, both physically and mentally. As strong and flawless as her body was, her mind, was so soft and vulnerable, easily pierced by nightmares and memories from long ago, memories that presented both pain and pleasure.