Different World [1]

Chapter Twelve

The door opening caught the Kryptonians attention quickly, turning their heads to see Emma panting as she stopped to catch her breath. Jordan and Jon ran in behind her, curious to know what was running in Emma's head.

"Who has a lighter?" Emma asked, stunning everyone in the house. "What!?" Sienna exclaimed at her niece. "Lighter. Now" Emma repeated, before walking past the adults and rummaging through the drawers for one.

Lois looked at the girl as she mumbled incoherent nonsense. "Emma, explain why you want a lighter" She told the girl. Emma kept rummaging as she took a deep breath. "Back on Mars, before White Martians eradicated the Greens. There were underground caverns of sorts that Greens would use to hide, but Whites would infiltrate. So they came up with a solution. Fire. It reveals their true skin. J'onn and Kara used it when a White infiltrated the D.E.O" Emma explained before turning around with a lighter.

"What happened with Tal and Mal?" Clark asked her, seeing the fear in Emma's eyes. She looked at everyone, unsure of who she could really be seeing. "Something impossible. I hav- need to be sure that you're all...you" Emma spoke shakily, pressing on the small button to light the lighter in her hand.

"Hand to the flame, please" She asked softly, holding it out for everyone. Lois was the first, giving the teen a soft smile. She raised her palm close enough no to burn herself. Nothing. Then Clark. Nothing. Sienna. Nothing. Jon. Nothing.

Jordan walked up to Emma, copying what everyone else did. "Nothing" Emma breathed out, releasing her grip on the lighter as the flame disappeared. She slumped her posture before resting against the kitchen island.

"Conner, I saw Conner at EdgeCorp and in Tal's Fortress. He's alive... I think" Emma told everyone, her voice cracking as her knuckles whitened by her grip on the island. Everyone was in shock. Conner was supposed to be dead. From Emma's words, murdered by their own mother. "That's why you wanted to make sure we weren't Martians" Clark spoke softly as Emma nodded.

"It's a possibility but...I don't think he is" Emma shrugged, wrapping herself in her own arms. "But I saw him die. I was there, I saw his last breath, it isn't possible" Emma stated, trying to convince herself of the fact. "How did he die?" Sienna asked her, walking up to her niece slowly. "Heroine overdose. I thought it was Mal but...it wasn't, he chose to ..." Emma couldn't finish her sentence. The mere thought of Conner doing what she saw was...hypocritical.

Emma shook her head. "That's not the point, he told me something about the box" Emma spoke, picking up the object from the table. "It can tell us why they need my blood"

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After vague explanations to convince Sam and the other parental figures in Emma's life, the girl was in the school gym with the box in her hands. Jordan and Sienna stood on either side of her as the rest were behind. "So what now?" Jordan asked Emma, seeing as she was leading the reins on this one. Emma opened the box for the first time, remembering Kara's words.

The blonde hero looked at Emma with a smile. "Don't open it yet" She told her. Emma looked at her confused. "Why?" She asked back, seeing Kara's own curiosity hitting her. "Your grandmother said you'll know when" Kara answered with a shrug.

A small crystal was on the box, along with something Emma could only describe as a mini podium for it. As Emma took them out, a slip of paper followed as it fell to the floor. Sienna picked it up, curious to the condition of the paper.

Emma cocked her head as Sienna read the words written. "Is that English? What's it say?" She asked her. "Your knowledge may be rooted in ink but your true passion is in the melodies" Sienna read out loud, turning to her niece. Instantly, the teen knew what it meant, without another question, she put the crystal on the small podium.