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The fog of the crisis was still not vanished from the air.
National City was covered in a red glow.
It was nothing like the beautiful glow of sunrise, though it was the beginning of a new era, it felt like sadness, despair, destruction and defeat.
Kara thought it was fitting, it was exactly how she felt.
The balcony of the DEO was a comforting place, a large part of the city could be seen and it gave her mind some clarity.
Kara’s hope was needed to end the crisis. Sara had led them to their new destiny, she believed they were able to write their own destiny.
It was Barry’s love that became the main focus to rewrite the book of destiny. They were not able to restore the infinite Earths.
This city was now bound to an Earth that was Earth-1 nor Earth-38.
The paragons had to settle on a new created Earth. Many lives were lost, so many earths were lost.
Kara wasn’t able to save them all.
In fact, compared to all the billions of lives lost, only a handful of lives could be spared.
It was still an Earth full, but infinite except for one were lost.
She was not able to save Argo, her mother and all that remained of her history, of her roots, her species, they were all lost forever.
Only her and Clark remained and now the hybrid little Jonathan.
Two and a halve Kryptonians left.
A few years ago, she discovered her mother was still alive, she had family, a place she had belonged if destiny had treated her kindlier.
Destiny…
This Earth was a merged version of more than one earth, it left most people confused because they had the memory of more than one life, the history of more than one destiny…
No, it all came down to this one destiny.
This life after crisis.
Alex was one of the conflicted souls.
She joined her sister on the balcony.
At least, Alex had chosen to commit to her memories from Earth-38 because that was where she felt most at home, most useful, most at peace. It wasn’t the easiest of lives she had lived on the Earths, but it was the one that made the most sense, the one she belonged.
Her soul was supposed to be Kara’s sister, even if the pod never landed on her Earth.
J’onn had helped her to focus her mind on the life she had on Earth-38 to cancel out all the noise from the other lives she had lived.
The older Danvers had her gaze on her little Kryptonian sister with a little smirk.
The troubled blonde felt eyes poking at the side of her head, which made her escape her thoughts for a second.
She locked eyes with the brown eyed woman and couldn’t help but let out a sign of relief.
“I’m glad you chose to be my sister.”
It was the only comfort she could find in her messed up world right now.
Alex smiled and pulled her sister in an embrace and assured her:
“On every Earth, in every lifetime, I would always choose to be your sister!”
Kara was finally able to smile and let her body relax in her sister’s arms.
It was heart breaking to realize all the souls on this Earth were as compromised as Alex’s was.
Thank Rao for J’onn who had already helped most of the DEO employees, even though not all of them chose their DEO life, it was their decision to make.
Brainy had considered his choice to be an easy one.
Earth-38 was the only Earth he had lived in this period in time.
Nia also came to a decision pretty easily.
She had lived on some Earths and even though she was just starting to figure out her Dreamer status and what love between her and Brainy meant, she had never backed down for a challenge.
The young reporter was certain this was who she was meant to be.
No doubt.
J’onn was relieved Mars was saved, it was needed in this solar system.
Kara and J’onn insisted they save the Mars which belonged with Earth-38 so M’gann and Malefic would also be saved.
They succeeded.
“I couldn’t save them all, Alex. So many lives were lost. Just vanished, gone forever.”
Kara allowed herself to break down for the first time since the Crisis, save and tightly pressed against her sister.
Alex put as much pressure as she was able to around her sister.
“I do not agree” she placed a kiss at the top of blonde’s head.
“In a way, you saved us all. Yes, we are all our Earth versions combined in one body. But we are here and we have the ability to choose the life we want to live.”
The DEO director started laughing without warning and Kara looked up in surprise.
Her questioned look made Alex catch her breath.
“I’m sorry, other Earth versions of me have done some crazy shit. I can tell you all about being a pro wrestler and also about being a nun.”
It relieved a lot of Kara’s tension and she decided to go along with it, tomorrow will be a new day to deal with all the other broken souls of this earth.
This night she was going to spend with her sister and get some rest.
The Kryptonian swung her arm around her sister’s shoulder and escorted her inside
“Please, tell me all about your days as a pro wrestler.”