#lindadanvers

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Supergirl and Mary Marvel - finished inkwash commission. 

They had brought Red Daughter straight to the medical bay of the DEO where she could sleep everything off.

Kara sat down on a chair next to her bed, deciding to be there when she woke up.

A few hours passed by until she finally did.

"Hey.", Kara greeted with a smile, looking up from her phone and uncrossing her legs. "How are you feeling?"

"Okay. I guess.", she answered, slowly sitting up. She stared at her hands, which were fidgeting, and frowned.

"Are you sure? You don't seem okay.", Kara said, tilting her head a little to the side.

Red Daughter took a deep breath. Then she looked at Kara who was surprised to see tears welling up in her doppelganger's eyes.

"I'm sorry. For what I did. I... I shouldn't have trusted Lex Luthor. But I thought... I thought his name was the only thing I remembered. I was wrong. He just used me."

Kara smiled sadly. "I understand. I don't think anyone can really blame you, least of all me. If I had been found by someone with such ill intentions like Lex instead of my cousin, I would have been in your shoes. None of this is your fault. You were just doing what you could to protect who you thought were your people. It's not a crime to want to protect people you care about."

Red Daughter looked at her for a while, gulping and then nodding. Her lip was quivering and tears started to fall from her eyes. Kara got up from her seat and leaned forward to embrace her doppelganger into a hug.

After all, she wasn't a cheap evil copy of her. She was just a girl who had endured way too much pain and way too much betrayal in just a few months of living. She just felt scared and alone. And Kara could relate to that. It's how she felt when she first arrived on Earth, having just lost her planet and, believing so at the time, her entire family.

Kara would try anything to convince her that she wasn't alone. Because Kara knew the only thing that stopped her from going mad with grief over the years was her adoptive family. And her friends. Red Daughter just needed that too.

"Oh, hey, you're awake.", Alex, who just came in, said. She was wary, unsure what to say at the sight of the situation.

Kara looked up at her sister, then back at Red Daughter, who was wiping away remains of her tears, and brushed some of her doppelganger's hair out of her face.

"You're gonna be okay. I'll protect and care for you now. I'll... I'll be your family now, okay? Your sister.", Kara said softly.

Red Daughter's eyes lit up. "S-sister?", she whispered.

Kara smiled and nodded. Red Daughter returned the smile and let herself be hugged again.

"Two.", Alex said.

Both blondes turned to her with the same look of confusion on their faces.

"You'll have two sisters now.", Alex elaborated, happily. "A twin, obviously, and a big sister. Just so you know, the big sisters are the best sisters."

Kara feigned an offended gasp before sticking out her tongue.

And then Red Daughter laughed loudly. It was unfamiliar but a nice sight and the other two soon joined in.

"Hey, actually, what should we call you? We can't call you Red Daughter all the time. You need a normal name too.", Alex threw in all of the sudden.

"Oh Rao, you're right. I didn't even think about that!", Kara exclaimed.

Red Daughter stayed quiet for awhile. Then she said: "When I was on missions for Lex Luthor, I used the name Linda Lee. I... I like that name."

"Alright, then it's settled. From now on, you're Linda Lee Danvers!", Kara beamed.

I've been having so many feels over her recently, it's not funny.

She never found out Mikhail was still alive and it's killing me.