Chapter 87

Alura Zor-El took a deep breath as she walked out of her home in Argo City as it hurtled through space, since while Krypton had been destroyed, her husband Zor-El had managed to use a combination of a rock called Harun-El and technology leftover from when Krypton had been invaded by the alien menace known as Brainiac to create a protective dome that had shielded their home city Argo when Krypton exploded.

The only reason they, along with her husband's brother Jor-El and his wife Lara had sent their children to Earth was because they didn't know if the shield would work, while sending the kids to Earth was a guarantee of their kids surviving. But by some miracle, the shield had worked and while it had been rough to adapt to their new environment at first, now, nearly 30 years later, Argo City had finally resettled. She and Zor-El had even had more children not long after things had stabilized. Twins, Sam Zor-El and Zak-El. Jor-El and Lara, who'd also survived on Argo, had also had another child, a son, Tim-El. Though these new children did not fill the void that had been left in Alura's heart as she thought of her firstborn child. Kara. The last time Alura had seen her oldest daughter, it was right after she'd sent her pod away, only to see it knocked into the phantom zone. The same place that her sister Astra was locked away. Alura wished that she could change things with both her sister and daughter, since they had no way of accessing the phantom zone anymore, since all projectors were destroyed with Krypton.

Meaning they had no way of retrieving any of them from the zone.

Anyways, Alura was heading for the spaceport, since they had managed to salvage Argo City's space port after their planet was destroyed and it was now the headquarters for the exploration guild, which sent out scouting parties to nearby star systems Argo passed as it floated through space in the hopes of finding an uninhabited world that they could settle on as New Krypton, since Argo would not last forever. Eventually the city's population would become too large for it to sustain, since their resources were very limited. And, to Alura's great pride, her daughter Sam, who was now a full grown woman, was one of the lead explorers for the guild and she was returning from her latest mission to investigate the newest star system they were passing. The Sol system to be exact and the Milky Way galaxy. A star system that revolved around a yellow sun, which made Alura hesitant about approving the mission in the first place, since she wasn't sure it was a good idea that New Krypton was established on a planet that orbited a yellow sun considering the powers Kryptonians gained under them.

But now she was going to the high council chamber to hear her daughter's report, since it sounded like Sam had found something important in her duties, beyond the usual negative reports.

When Alura arrived in the high council chamber, she found the rest of the members waiting, along with her daughter.

"Welcome home Sam. Your transmission on your way back indicated that you had something urgent to report, but that it needed to be done in person." the leader of the council, Dax-Ur, said.

"Yes, in the course of my duties, I discovered something significant about one of the planets in this system, specifically the third planet away from the sun." Sam said.

"What about it?" Alura asked.

"It's Earth. The planet that Kal-El was sent to before Krypton exploded. I got close enough to pick up some interesting broadcasts." Sam said.

"What do you mean?" Selena said.

"Maybe it's better if I show you." Sam said as she had the hologram player project the broadcasts and Alura was stunned at what she saw.

Images of two people, a man and a woman wearing blue and more importantly wearing the crest of the house of El on their chests and most importantly, they were both using the powers kryptonians got under a yellow sun. But it was the younger woman that really got Alura's attention.

"It's impossible." Alura said.

"It is. I don't know why she looks younger than me right now, but that's my older sister, Kara Zor-El. She and Kal-El are alive on Earth." Sam said.

"Which is why the house of El is going to be preparing a ship to take to Earth to see them." Alura said immediately, since that was not up for debate.

"Agreed. But did you find any planets in that system that we could settle on?" Dax asked.

"No sir. Only two of the planets in that solar system would serve our needs, Earth and Mars and both are inhabited, not to mention the whole White Martian Crisis on Mars. Not to mention I don't think it's a good idea that we settle in a star system with a yellow sun, since that kind of power could be corruptive." Sam said.

"Agreed." Alura said.

"All in favor of restricting our explorations to star systems with red suns only, raise your hands." Dax said as he, Alura and a majority of the council did so with only a few holdouts.

"If that is all, I need to inform the rest of our family about this development and start preparing for the trip to Earth." Alura said.

"Of course." Dax said as he ended the meeting.

"Are you okay mom?" Sam asked her mother.

"I've spent the past 30 years thinking that your sister was dead. That I'd failed her. And now I find out that she's alive and thriving on Earth. How am I going to face her after I gave up on her?" Alura asked.

"You thought she was dead, just like how she no doubt thought that you were dead." Sam said.

"That doesn't exactly comfort me." Alura said.

"Then focus on the fact that she's alive and we're going to get her. Even if she won't leave her life on Earth, she can at least come and visit." Sam said.

"The question is, are you going to come back to Argo after we go to Earth, since I know the look in your eyes. You see Earth as an escape." Alura asked, knowing her daughter well.

"I never exactly felt like I fit in here. I don't know why, but it's just not home for me the way it is for everyone else." Sam admitted.

"And if that's your choice, then we'll honor it. But for now, it's time to go make our family whole again." Alura said and Sam nodded as they headed to gather the rest of their family.

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