The Way Home, Part 1 of 4 [ARC series]
Content Warning: claustrophobia, extended entrapment, grievous injury, and⌠Iâm not sure how else to tag this. L-Corp collapses with Lena still inside. Anyone alive when 9/11 happened will probably see parallels. I kept the gore to a minimum, so itâs not too graphic, but even so, itâs heavy.Â
There are moments when time seems to stretch between Karaâs eyes. A pressure builds as the universe yawns and expands, leaving her to stare down the barrel of infinity. It coats her dreams in a muted silence, a specter of the decades spent in the Phantom Zone.
It clings to her limbs when Non sends four of her friends plummeting off the side of the CatCo building.
It fills her nose and mouth as a timer ticks down to her sisterâs death, floods her lungs at the sight of Alex floating in a prison of water.
It stops her heart when she sees Lena dying in Alexâs arms, in a place out of time, before adrenaline snaps the world back into motion.
It creeps over her senses when Kara enters Metropolis airspace with her sisterâs voice in her ear.
L-Corp shudders on its struts, shrugging its last breath. The top plummets straight down, like an elevator with its brakes cut.
Kara zeroes in on Lenaâs heart beat and darts in, locking her arms and legs around the CEO in a cage of steel just as ceiling and floor slam together.
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