Abandoned (A Post Fortress Story)

Caregivers and Phone Calls

"Kara?", Nia yelled, "Where's Kara?"

"Nia, calm down, she's upstairs, she had a bad dream, and she went to sleep with Eliza.", J'onn gripped the young woman's hand.

"Oh, okay, sorry, I panicked."

"It's good to see you so protective, you've come a long way from the shy reporter you were almost a year ago."

The young hero smiled at the compliment. "Will she be okay?"

"Her mind is closed to me right now, she is full of chaotic thoughts, more than anything she blames herself for what happened, and she is fearful that it could happen again."

"What do we do?"

"We show her patience and kindness, but above all things, we have to be here for Kara. Supergirl is not who she is, it's only what she does. Kara's greatest strength has always been her empathy for people and her ability to see the good in anyone. I saw Kara at her best the night her Aunt Astra died. Even after everything she had done, Kara's last thought was to remind Astra what a good person she was, that she was family." J'onn said sadly, "She may not ever be the same Kara, but as members of her family, we have to support her throughout this entire crisis."

"Shouldn't Superman be here?"

"He and Kara are family, but I'm not sure he could relate to what has happened. He is less human than Kara, she remembers what it is like not to have powers, to just be a child. He doesn't remember her as family, except what she has told him. He came to this planet as a baby, just a few months old, so he doesn't see what she sees. He judges based on human actions. I'm not sure how to say this, Kara saw the good in Lena, she never cared about her last name or her family, only what was right in front of her. Kal, he only saw her last name, the curse of that family. He compared her to Lex immediately, and even though he didn't mean too, he judged Kara for her feelings about Lena."

"So, the only person on the planet who she could relate too, the only Kryptonian, is probably the worst person for her to talk too."

"Unfortunately, that sums it up perfectly."

"That just sucks.", Nia said sadly.

"I agree Nia, completely."

"Where's Kara?", Alex asked, coming down the stairs, a bit of panic in her voice.

"She's with your mom, bad dream.", Nia responded.

"Okay.", Alex took a deep breath and padded over to make coffee. Time for a new day.

As the smell of coffee spread through the house, everyone started to stir. Brainy was next down, asking the same question as everyone else. The answer satisfied him, and he got a glass of juice from the refrigerator and went out to sit on the porch.

"Is Brainy ok?", Nia asked.

"I'm not sure, he idolizes Kara, to see her like this, it's probably unsettling for him. Lena's scheme scared him as well, he deleted all of it, he didn't even keep any of the information himself, he deleted it from his memory."

"Do you think he would talk to me?", Nia asked.

"Couldn't hurt to try, it would be good for him."

Nia hopped up from the couch, made herself a cup of coffee and headed out to the porch, Alex and J'onn could hear her as she asked, "You want some company?"

"That would be nice Nia, thank you."

"Anytime, we are a team."

They started to talk, and Alex smiled just a bit. J'onn looked over at her, "How are you holding up?"