Atlas

Krypton

I start to open my eyes because I feel a tickling sensation. I start turning away from it. Why is it not stopping? I toss my arms around a little but it intensifies. I open my eyes to see Diana on top of me, trying not to laugh.

Me: Diana!!

She lets her laugh out. I let out a huff, turn on my stomach, and put my pillow over my head.

Diana: Come on, lets get up.

Me: No, I am still sleepy. I would still be asleep if you didn't decide to tickle me.

Diana: Awe. You don't like it?

Me: I don't really think anyone besides babies do.

Diana: Your family is waiting on you.

Me: They will be ok for another hour.

Diana: You told your family you would try.

Me: I am trying Diana. I will hang out with them. But I am tired. Like you said, I haven't been sleeping. Please. Half an hour.

Diana: What would you have me do? Entertain them?

Me: You can if you wish. Or you can come back to bed and be with me. I am fine with either.

Diana looks at me and I see her blush. She walks back over and cuddles up on me. We both let out a happy sigh. She is silent for all of 30 seconds before she talks to me again.

Diana: What did they do?

Me: Who?

Diana: They people who hurt you.

Me: Diana.

Diana: We don't have to talk about it now. But my mother says talking things out helps the soul. *She says while tracing my scars. I start tearing up again and gently grab her hand. I lift it to my lips and kiss it a few times before I put it back on my body* I can understand why opening up is so hard. When I first came here it took me so long to let anyone pass my walls. But when I did I loved more than I ever thought I could. Not just Steve, but all of my friends too. They are such an important part of my life. I wouldn't trade it for the world. He was my first...well everything.

I look at her glassy eyes.

Me: Would you like to talk about him?

Diana: Yes, but not now. I want to talk about you. Why do you cry when I trace your scars?

Me: Because I relive each moment I got the scars over an over again.

Diana: What happened?

Me: I was sold to the highest bidding scientist. I was an anomaly to my house hold. A disgrace to the family name. Kara didn't even know of my extra appendage until I was around 9 or 10. She didn't know about the experiments until the moment we were shipped from Krypton. She knows about it, but no one knows what happened. Except me. *I look down at her and she is giving me her full attention. Not an ounce of pity in her eyes* I um...I was sold when I was around 2 or 3. To a general named Zod.

Diana: The same one Kal-El fought?

Me: He fought Zod?

Diana: Yes, and killed him.

Me: Well I guess so. He wanted to make the strongest most durable soldier. I was just the subject for him. A reject in everyone's eyes. Besides Kara and my mom, I had no one. They were the reason I kept living. For the time we were allowed to spend together. She was the only reason I got to be out of testing. The only reason I smiled. I love her so much. *I smile. I look down at the medium length scar she is tracing on my abdomen* That one I got when I was 7. They were trying to make it so I would heal faster. They injected me with something and Zod grabbed a hunting knife. It was long and jagged on one edge. He used the jagged edge and cut me open. You could see me liver. That is why it is so thick. That one hurt the most. I have one right here. *I guide her hand to my eyebrow* I got it training with Zod when I was 5. He punched me so hard I knocked out for a couple of days. This one...*I put her hand on the scar covering my heart* I got because they were testing to see how strong my heart was after an injection. They stabbed me with a blunt knife directly in my heart. They wanted to see if it would find different ways to keep pumping and to heal itself.