A Leap of Faith (Part 2)

Chapter 267 - Lazarus Pits

Alexander now returns to Lillian and Lena in the lab underneath the house, along with his urine sample. Alexander does find this to be a bit weird, but he knows how his ma can be. Alexander knows that above all else, Lena cares the most about keeping her family safe. So, Alexander is just going to go with it, and not try and argue with his ma.

"Here.... I.... got it for you...." Alexander says, awkwardly, as he hands the jar to Lena.

"Thank you." Lena says, "Hmmm.... it looks pretty dark, have you been drinking enough water?"

"MA!" Alexander groans.

"Okay. Okay." Lena chuckles, "I'll run the test."

"Do you need any help?" Lillian asks.

"No. I think I can manage this one on my own." Lena replies.

"Okay." Lillian nods.

Lena then walks to the other side of her lab, which is out of earshot of Alexander and Lillian, and begins to run the urine sample through one of her machines. This leaves Lillian and Alexander alone.

For the first few moments, Lillian simply looks at Alexander, and as she does, she quickly notices that he's acting a bit awkward around her. This isn't the first time Lillian has noticed this either. Lillian noticed it at The Tower, when Kara and Alex told herself and Elizabeth who he is and everything. Of course, Lillian does have a few ideas why he might be acting this way, as Lillian is well aware that if Alexander is born 2 years from now, and he is about 18 years old, all of which would be low estimates, that would put the year he is from to be about 20 years in the future. Lillian knows what that could mean for her, because she is no spring chicken. However, even with that thought, that he might be acting weird because she's dead in the future, there still seems to be something else there, another reason he's acting weird.

"You....... don't know how I am, do you?" Lillian eventually asks.

"What?!" Alexander says, in an alarmed voice, "Yeah I do."

"No..... you don't." Lillian says, as she reads the expression on his face, "And..... I'm sorry about that."

Alexander now glances over to Lena, and makes sure that she isn't listening in or anything.

"It's...... not what you think....." Alexander says, "Growing up..... my sort of grandparents were..... mainly J'onn and Eliza. They were the two most involved in that sort of role in my life. You.... I uhhh...... I don't...... I need to be careful..... but you and Elizabeth..... you aren't around..... much....."

Lillian nods her head at Alexander saying that to her. Lillian knows that might mean that she dies before he is even born, and potentially Elizabeth too. Lillian knows that her past self would freak out about that, and try and come up with some crazy plan, probably with the help of Lex, to try and save herself, even if it put Lena, and everyone else in the world at risk. However, Lillian isn't that person anymore. This news does make Lillian feel worried about what the future may hold, but she also hopes that no matter what happens to her, it happens because she was protecting her family. The family that have allowed her into their lives, when in reality they would have had every right to shut her out completely, and keep her locked in a cell for the rest of her life, away from them. Lillian knows that she would do absolutely anything for them, Morgan and Alura included, who may be aliens, and may not be related to her at all, but she considers them her grandchildren, and loves them as such.

"It's okay." Lillian says, with a smile, "It's okay. I understand."

"No I....." Alexander begins, but he is cut off by Lena now walking back over to join them.