A talk with Kara 1

[Arnold POV]

"CLOSE IT! I'll work on holding it back!" I yelled as I launched a [cleave] at the massive three-headed dog behind me. Yup, i was being chased by a cerberus. It wasn't the tribute or anything, we just ran into it while heading back from having hunted the tribute.

Despite putting in a lot of cursed energy into the damn attack, the [cleave] only managed to give the mutt a rather shallow cut.

'Damn I knew something was off! This thing is somehow even resistant to cursed energy!' I realised.

'Well no matter. The end is already here, just need to get through the door.' I reminded myself.

Behind me, wonder woman began to close the door to the nether realm, as I continued to barrage the cerberus with [cleave] while carefully moving back. And as soon as I crossed the door, Wonder Woman closed the doors behind me.

"Great work" I told her.

"Likewise" she replied.

"Now let's deal with the formalities shall we?" I said as we began to leave.

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[A few days later]

One fine evening, at around sunset, I was strolling through the massive gardens of Themyscira while enjoying the view. After the trials I was allowed limited access to roam around the island. Basically, a fourth of the island was free for me to wander around as I so desired. In the meantime, Kara had started training with the Amazons, and somehow even learned how to speak english.

And so, I spent the past few days just exploring the areas I had access to. And I gotta say, this place is stupidly beautiful. Like, take the best view you've ever seen and multiply it by 20. 

Anyways, I was just taking a stroll through the gardens when I suddenly heard a voice "NO! I don't want to do this anymore! They just abuse me in the name of helping me control my powers, but all they do is hurt me!"

 As I move towards the sound, I see Kara surrounded by Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman as well as a couple of Amazon warriors.

"Girl, you must understand that this is for your own good! Our training will only help you down the line" one of the Amazons claimed.

"You call that training?! On krypton, we call that torture!" she snapped back. Honestly, she was right as the amazon training was pretty hardcore, even for superhuman standards. Definitely not something the average teenager could go through. But it should have been easy for a kryptonian like her. Instead, she had been getting pretty much wrecked every single day by the Amazons, even the ones younger than her. Not to mention, her physical stats were barely above Batman. Monsterous for her frame, but not exactly wreck a building with a punch level where she should really be sitting. I needed to know what was going on with her.

"This is not krypton!" the other Amazon retorted.

At this, Wonder Woman stepped in, saying "ENOUGH. sister , let me talk to her. You may return."

On hearing this, the Amazons reluctantly leave the scene.

"Kara, let's calm down and talk about this." Superman began.

"NO! I don't want to talk to any of you! I didn't ask to be here in the first place! You forced me to come here, I didn't even have a choice." she berated the three heroes, before rushing off.

"WAI- KARA! Come back!" Superman yelled. But Kara was not in the mood to listen as she left the scene.

"You should leave her be for now." Wonder Woman suggested.

"I think so too. I guess we pushed her too much." he replied. The three of them then proceeded to head somewhere else as well, leaving me the only one in the area.

'I think I should pay Kara a visit.' I thought to myself. Using the [Six eyes] I found Kara sitting dejected at the edge of a cliff, staring into the horizon. I quickly warped to where she was, before starting a conversation.

"Hey there, enjoying the view I presume." I said to the girl.

"Not really. I just want silence" she said.

"I take it that you don't want the silence for the purpose of meditation." I joked.

"I can't say I do." she replied.

"So, you're upset about something?" I asked.

"Yes." she answered in a word.

"Wanna talk about what it is?" I questioned.

"You know. I could hear you nearby." she stated.

I replied "I do know. But that wasn't my question. I'll ask again, do you want to talk about it?"

On hearing this, she remained quiet for a moment before saying "I guess I'm just not happy here. My life on krypton was so perfect, and I even had a cousin that was about to come into my life. But now, my home is no more and Kal…" she trailed off.

"I get that your little cousin turning into your big cousin isn't exactly an easy transition, huh" I commented. If John suddenly became my elder sibling I'd go insane.

"Yeah. And now, he's forcing me into this training… And even though I know it's for the best, it's just so hard on me." she complained.

"I get that. Training is hard, but you'll see growth soon." I said.

"But I'm not seeing any growth. I try as hard as I can every day, but I'm not getting better. And at the end of it I feel so tired and it feels really cold. I can't warm up until the sun comes up. But when I can finally warm up, they take me somewhere underground to train my martial arts. Why do I even need martial arts?" she questioned.

'I think I know what's happening here. Now I get why she can't control her powers or why she struggles with training. She hasn't gotten enough sunlight. Unlike superman who's grown under the sun, she's gotten here recently. On top of that she was strapped to some kryptonite and constantly blasted with red sun radiation. She can't use her superpowers because she still doesn't have them all yet. On top of that she trains until sundown. If not for her tantrum today she would have still been training. That also explains the chills. She is literally starving for some energy." I concluded.

"I'll talk about this with them." I told her. 

"NO! DONT!" she suddenly yelled.

I asked "Why shouldn't I? Nothing is going to change until you talk about it." 

"Well…" she began.

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A/N: Sorry if the spacing is weird, I got a bit distracted while editing.