Kveðja (Greetings in Old Norse language)

Fanfic was a mess this week and I fight with it and published chapter 4 twice. So sorry for that.

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VALHALLA

Chapter 5 - "In my life I've loved them all"

"…But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compared with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I'll love you more." (*)

First, the soft background music, the intermittent beep, the darkness. Then, the shadows, until they slowly became clearer images. She smiled weakly, seeing the absolutely happy face looking at her.

"Al—"

"Shhh! Don't speak. I'll tell you everything, but you have to stay still, okay?" Alex felt a weak pressure in her hand.

"That's it. Let's do like this. One squeeze is a 'yes', two is a 'no'. Do you understand?" two squeezes.

"Really funny. Are you in pain?" three squeezes.

"Kara, you're killing my perfect code," complained the oldest Danvers, but she was happy to see her sister in such good mood.

"Too much pain? I can increase the painkiller," two squeezes.

"Do you want to go back to sleep?" two squeezes. "Thirsty?" one squeeze.

Alex saturated some gauze in water and dripped it into her sister's lips. She did it again and again until Kara indicated that she was satisfied. Alex continued.

"I'll get straight to the point. The bad news is that you're all broken... well, not all, but a lot. Your body is a mess. It was too much even for you. The good news is that you will recover. We aligned your bones, stitched here and there, and now all we have to do is wait. It's gonna take some time, but if you were human there'd have been nothing left… lucky girl."

"And if you want to know about your job, Winn said to Cat that Kara Danvers was hit by a bus," Kara began to laugh, but her ribs hurt really bad… all of them.

Alex waited until her sister recovered her breath, "Of course, Cat didn't believe him and finally she revealed that she already knew the obvious. Then, she demanded to meet our 'Agent Mulder' and she didn't calm down until she got authorization to visit you. She came here, sometimes. Winn and James also did. Hank said that he's going to buy a new stock of hoods, only to bring people that want to visit you. Eliza came from Midvale as soon as it happened and she was here hours earlier until I was finally able to convince her to go to your apartment and rest."

Alex stopped for a while. She caressed her sister's face and came even closer. The memory was painful, but she couldn't wait to say what was in her heart anymore.

"When everything collapsed I waited for some time, thinking that you'd make one of your spectacular appearances, tearing the sky with your red cape, but nothing happened. My God, Kara, I never thought that I could feel a pain as strong as the one I felt when I realized that you weren't getting out of there. Five days... they searched the rubble day and night for five days. We lost all hope. Hank took me to your apartment, but I didn't want to speak to anybody. I wanted to be alone. Hours later the phone rang, informing me that they finally had located where you were, but there was still a lot of work to do. I ran from there and, after much insistence, J'onn and I were authorized to join the rescue team."

Kara was listening carefully.

"Even with you buried by the stones and dump, I could get your hand. I was ready to take your body out of that place and to do whatever I needed to take you to Rao. Until I felt a very weak push and I thought I was imagining things. I wasn't. You didn't leave me alone."

Kara kindly wiped her sister's tears that now ran freely.

"How lo—"

"How long?" one squeeze. "Thirteen days since the building collapsed. It's already new years, Kara. And we are going to take you home. As long as you stay still and rest a lot, there is nothing that you need from DEO med bay that we cannot take to your apartment. You are going to have a real sun and we will all have our Christmas party. Including gifts."

Alex winked and Kara smiled. After taking a break, the agent took an object from her pocket.

"When we found you, one of your hands was closed and we didn't notice until later that you were holding something. It seemed like you didn't want to drop it and it took some time to open your hand. I don't remember having seen this before."

Alex gave her sister the small rustic carved stone. Kara looked and her heart seemed to jump. The girl pressed the object close to her chest and at the same time she closed her eyes which filled with tears. The oldest sister was worried when the beep of the heart monitor intensified.

"What is it, Kara? Did the pain increase?" she said, already raising the medication dose. She heard the beep of the heart monitor coming back to normal while her sister quickly fell into a deep and restful sleep. Alex leant forward, kissing her on the forehead.

"Sweet dreams, sis."

On a hill full of green grass, the Norns observed National City until somebody stepped in front of them.

"We were waiting for you to say goodbye."

"It was real, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

"And I won't remember, will I?"

"No… not really."

"One thing intrigues me. My wish was that Kara Danvers had never existed. Did you cheat?"

"Of course not. Freyja was very clear when she said: '…you should follow my orders strictly and as soon as she is ready, do what she wishes.'" It was Urd who answered. "Your true wish, the one you want deep inside, is to be Kara Danvers. And to be Kara Danvers, you need to be with those you love, here on Earth."

The girl laughed.

"Urd, Verdandi, Skuld," Kara opened her arms and gave a tight hug to each one of the three women, "thank you for everything. And thank Freyja for me."

"Goodbye, Kara Zor-El," they took a breath, shaking their heads, before continuing, "no… goodbye, Kara Zor-El Danvers."

"That is definitely me," Kara smiles. "Will we ever see each other again?"

"Maybe in your dreams. But when your time comes, we will be at Valhalla's gateway, waiting to guide you to the hall of the heroes."

Author's Note:

(*) As always the song is Bette Midler's version (1991) for In My Life (Lennon & McCartney, 1965)

Lykð (end in Old Norse language) or "That's All Folks" :'(

Thank you for reading, review, fav, follow and sharing this journey with me :D

(**) Now, BiaZor-El's message: "Hi guys! Missed you all! Did you liked Valhalla so much that you didn't wanted it to end yet? I'm pretty sure you did. Based on my desire to read more of this story when Towanda sent me this last chapter I decided to write a sequel. It's just a little piece of fluff called "The Christmas of Valhalla" but I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy yourself reading it. I'm already working on it so when it's ready please give it a try. Love you all :)"