The Girl Of Stage [English]

27. The Quest

It was dark outside, but Kara didn't want to stop moving. They didn't have enough time for that. Sara catched up with Kara. ''Hey, slow down. I know you want to find that cure, but look at her, look at Marley. She's exhausted. We need to rest'' Sara said. Kara looked at her doppelgänger. She knew Sara was right, but she didn't want to admit it. She exhaled and said: ''Fine, we can look for a place to sleep.'' That was good news for Marley. Her feet hurt so bad she could barely walk. ''Do you want a piggyback ride?'' Sara asked. Marley doubted. She didn't want to bother Sara, but on the other hand, her feet were killing her. She accepted it. She jumped on her back and wondered if Sara could take it. Marley had heard from the others that she was an assassin, so she was probably very strong.

''Look, there, we can sleep there'' Kara said. Marley was relieved. It was a little hotel and they could sleep there for the rest of the night.

Marley fell in sleep the moment she lay down on her bed. "We should get some sleep too" Sara whispered. Kara nodded.

After they ate breakfast, they left the hotel. It was still a long way to go.

They had walked whole day. "We made it!" Kara smiled excited. Marley wasn't as excited as her doppelgänger. Of course, they could save her sister now and it was good news, but Kara was an alien. She wouldn't get tired that fast as she did. Marley was tired, her feet hurt and she knew she was going to fall asleep. But she didn't want to be annoying for the others. She didn't let the others know that she was dying inside. "We can eat first" Sara said. Because she did keep an eye on Marley. "Sure" Kara agreed. "That's not necessary, right?" Marley asked. She was panicing, but tried not to let the others know. "Why? We're all hungry" Sara said. She noticed something was up with her and promised herself that she'd keep an eye on her.

They were in a restaurant. Kara ordered a lot of food. "Remember the limited money" Sara whispered. Kara smiled as the waiter brought her food. Sara looked at Marley. She barely ordered food. "Aren't you hungry from the long walk?" she asked. Marley shook her head. "No, I ate a lot in the hotel" she lied. She hadn't eaten breakfast either. She couldn't. She hadn't eaten since.... since.... she couldn't even remember. Ever since Kara told her the truth, she felt like everyone was always lying to her. Was something wrong with her? Was that the reason everyone was always lying to her? It made her even feel worse when she though about it. "You still have to eat, who knows when the next meal will be?" Sara tried to encourage her, but it didn't work. Marley was not gonna eat tonight. And if it was her choice, not ever.

"It should be here" Kara said. "How do you know?" Sara asked. "I saw it once before. I held it, but I was too young to understand what it could do. That moment, I was still on Krypton. I will never forget it" Kara sighed. They stood in front of a cave. And now Kara entered it. "Are you sure?" Sara hesitated. "Definitely" Kara yelled. Sara followed her into the cave and helped Marley. "Wait for us" Marley yelled. "I can see it, with my x-ray vision. It's that way, follow me" Kara said as they catched up.

It was very dark. Marley and Sara had to follow Kara on her voice, which  was harder than in sounded. Suddenly Sara hit her head. ''Ouch, that is seriously bad'' Kara said. ''Yeah, I can feel it'' Sara sighed. ''How are you not dying of pain right now?'' Marley asked. ''I have experienced a lot of pain in my life. This is nothing'' Sara sighed. ''What the hell'' Marley mumbled. ''Yeah, you're bleeding really bad'' Kara said. ''What are we going to do?'' Marley was desperate. ''It's okay, we'll just wait for it to stop'' Sara said calm. Marley was the one who needed to calm down. She breathed heavily. ''Are you okay?'' Kara asked. ''This is bad, this is bad'' Marley kept saying. ''Hey'' Marley felt Kara's hand on her shoulder and she spoke calm: ''It is going to be all right.''

Marley prayed she was right. Time passed as they waited for the wound to stop bleeding. ''How long have we waited now?'' Sara asked. ''About ten minutes'' Kara said. She used her x-ray vision and checked the wound. ''I think we're good'' she said. ''Are you sure?'' Marley asked. ''Yes, I think we can continue, but it still looks nasty. Good for oyu that you can't see it'' Kara said. Sara stood up and they followed Kara again. 

''Is that-?'' Marley couldn't finish her sentence. ''Yes it is, you see that light? That is the substance I was talking about. It glows in the dark'' Kara smiled as she ran towards it. ''You forgot something'' Sara yelled after her. Of course. The others couldn't see the dangers in the cave. She needed to help them. It was okay, the cure wasn't going anywhere. Kara went back to the others and helped them. But she saw something. Something unusual. ''Someone's here'' she whispered and Marley and Sara held their breath. Because suddenly the light disappeared and Kara was the only one who could see him now.

~

They all held their breath. Cisco was gone a long time, 3 whole minutes, but it felt way longer. ''What could be wro-'' Oliver said, but got interrupted. A breath appeared and Cisco and Felicity jumped out. ''Thank the lord'' Oliver sighed relieved and hugged Felicity tight. ''I'm okay, I just needed to lock the Bunker, ya know?'' she smiled. ''We need to stop the Anti-Matter wave that is destroying the Multiverse'' Barry said. ''Yes, I'll go get the others'' Caitlin said and walked upstairs. 

A minute later she returned. ''They're gone'' she said dramatic. ''What?'' J'onn didn't understand what was going on, as did the others. ''The window was open, they went away'' Caitlin said. Everyone was confused. They didn't know what to do. How could they stop this without the Kryptonian and the Assassin. ''We need to stick to the plan. We still have some great power here and J'onn is also an alien'' Felicity tried to calm everyone down. She was right. They needed to stick to the plan.