Unfortunately Jonathan was dead, the crash had broken his neck, she was sobbing her heart out when a child grabbed her hand and smiled at her, he was completely naked, 'Where's you parents, cutie?' she asked, he simply smiled at her and she went into mother hen mode wrapping the child in a blanket and carrying him toward the tracks he had made and back where he had come form until she saw the spaceship. Luckily they were still on Kent family land so all she did was push it into the storm cellar and mad her way back to the child, they looked around and saw another small child this one was wearing clothes, posh clothes and looked in need of a hospital. Without thinking she deposited the small boy into the nearby tractor and picked the other child up too. She drove to the hospital and called for help directing the medical staff to the bald haired clothed child.
As she waited at his bedside with her perfect brown haired child sat on her lap holding the other child s hand, a man staggered in, it was Lionel Luthor, 'My boy, my beautiful baby boy' he whispered in shock, 'who are you?' he asked turning towards Martha and the other boy, 'I...I'm Martha Kent...I found your son lying in a field, I brought him here, this is my son...Jonathan,' she said deciding on the spot to name the child after her late husband.
'Thank You' he said in shocked and handed her a card 'If there is anything I can ever do for you make sure you give me a ring.' With that they departed.
Months after the meteor shower and Martha and Jonathan had had Christmas in their flat above the Talon, Martha had been forced to sell the farm after struggling to juggle work and family. They loved their flat above the Talon which was a derelict cinema owned by Luthorcorp. Lionel was letting it out to her and Jonathan but she had started to struggle and had arranged a meeting with Lionel to discuss a different payment plan, her only money coming in from the sale of the family farm, unable to get a babysitter or even pay a babysitter for her son who cannot speak they would soon be running out of money.
'Martha Kent what a pleasure to meet you, My son Lex is down the hall on the left if you want to drop Jonathan off with him, he would enjoy the company.' Martha did as suggested and returned to the office. 'Martha Kent, what can I do for you today?' Lionel asked. Martha started slowly, 'I have been renting out the apartment above the Talon for a month and a half now and I have been paying for it using the money from the sale of our old farm. That money has run out and until I can find a job I was wondering if I could stop payments, just for a couple of months.'
'Martha, the apartment above the Talon, that place is tiny there is not room to swing a cat in there, and your son lives there too?' Martha nodded 'That is no place to raise a child Martha, I helped you adopt him. Look I have a section of the Luthor mansion where the cooks and cleaners stay you and Jonathan are welcome to stay there for free and will pay you for any cooking or cleaning work which you do.'
That was final and she moved in on the Saturday. The cleaner had two kids of her own so one of them would work whilst the other babysat the three children. The two single mothers got on great and so did the kids.
After another month Martha had moved into the main house and Martha and Lionel were engaged to be married, Lionel had always held her in highest regard and she reminded him deeply of is late wife Lillian. The boys had got on well too and he did find something about Jonathan very intriguing, the way the child would only trust those in their tight nit family. Around others he was the shiest child that anyone had ever met.
Lionel loved the small town life Smallville had to offer and was desperate to relocate back to Metropolis. 'Martha, I want to pose a suggestion to you.' Lionel started as they lay in bed one night. 'I would love to move back to Metropolis, I still have property there and offices which are currently unused, I would love it if you and Jonathan would come with me and Lex to Metropolis.' he finished and Martha burst into a big grin, 'Lionel we would love to come to Metropolis with you, I have missed it terribly ever since I moved out here to live with Jonathan, when are we going?' she asked excitedly, 'Two days from now, is that going to be OK?' he asked 'Sure,' she replied, I'll start packing things tomorrow.' she responded before turning out her bedside night and snuggling into Lionel die with her head on his chest.
'Morning sweetheart' Martha whispered to Jonathan after waking up to find Lionel gone and Jonathan waking up beside her squirming and kicking with the bed covers. He opened her eyes and beamed at her before enveloping her in a hug, Martha kissed the top of his head before lifting him onto her lap. Lex came padding in just as sleepy and confused, since they would be moving in a couple of days Lex was told he did not have to go to school as he would be enrolled in a new school on Monday. 'Lex, morning sweetie, you wanna jump into bed with JJ and I?' she asked, Lex grinned and leapt onto the bed pretending to be a lion to make JJ giggle, he was a great big brother to Joanthan. ' JJ, Lex' Martha started one boy under each one of her arms,looking at them it would be hard to believe that no one them were blood relatives to anyone else lying in that bed.
'Boys me and your father have talked and we have both agreed that the best thing for this family would be to go back to Metrolopolis, to live in a big city, there we can be a whole new family, no funny looks in the streets, and you two will also be able to have a lot more fun, there's a swimming pool at the new apartment and a gym and a playground, and...and a cinema, and theres a huge library full of great books,' she said trying to cheer up the boys who appeared to be against the idea of Smallville. Lex was sad, he loved Smallville, being able to go for miles seeing only but fields, not meeting another person, JJ saw Lex's sullen expression and copied it not really understanding what was going on.
'I guess I 'll get used to it' Lex mumbled trying too cheer up for Martha's sake he smiled and so did J, 'That's the spirit' she said, tickling her boys who squirmed and giggled. 'Right then boys, to breakfast we have a busy day a head of us.' As they all climbed out of the big bed and mad their way down to breakfast. It was a huge feast of pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs and toast.
After breakfast they were all sent to various rooms and Martha left Lex to help JJ pack all his toys whilst she went to pack all of her and Lionels belongings. After a while Lex gotten bored and figured JJ would be fine left on his own to pack up, he had done a good job so far. As Martha went to check on JJ and Lex before lunch she walked into JJ's room to find him sitting on the floor, he had discovered the fun he could have with his paints and he was head to foot naked and blue. So was the floor and some of the walls with hand prints and smudges everywhere.
'LEX' she called angry at the state of her son 'yes Martha' he said as he came around the corner only to be met with the mess. 'Uh oh' he said aloud. 'Yes Uh oh,' Martha was angry that was for sure. 'Lex what part of 'watch your brother' did you not understand?' Martha asked, Lex however answered 'The watch part.' Martha looked at him 'Very funny mister, but ow look at the mess, take your brother into the bathroom and wait there for me.' Martha said as Lex half heartedly held out a hand for Lex only to have the little boy grin and hug him, 'great' he said as he led his brother down the hall towards the family bathroom. As they stood there JJ was getting bored and trying to escape leaving yet more blue paint marks everywhere. Lex lost his temper and screamed at the boy 'JJ, are you stupid, the more you try to get out the worse trouble, WE are gong to be in, why can't you just be normal for a change.' Although JJ was unable to understand the word he understood the sentiment and started bawling with his legs drawn up to his chest and his back against the wall. That was the point where Martha burst in ordered Lex out and went to attend to her sobbing son.
'J sweetie, what's wrong?' she soothed as she stood there in her swimsuit which she wore to bathe her son. He could not explain he haden't said a word in the months since he had entered her life. 'Lara,' he sobbed, Martha was surprised she hadn't met a Lara and neither had JJ,the name had never cropped up anywhere before. How id he know it, she held him and rocked him until he calmed down at which point she filled the huge bath with warm water and bubbles and his favourite bath toys. It took several clean water fills and several hair washes which JJ screeched at each attempt, but finally he looked a lot less blue, although he still had blue paint under his finger nails which just refused to budge, she wrapped him up in a fluffy towel when he got out and dressed him before putting him down for a nap in the lounge where she could keep an eye on him whilst she had lunch with Lex. After Lex had finished eating Martha took their plates away and grabbed his hand sitting opposite him, 'Wanna talk about it?' she asked, he simply shook his head looking down.
She persevered and continued to ask questions about what he had packed which all illicted one word answers. Time was running out JJ would only be asleep for another 45 minutes and she wanted to sort out his problems.'Look Lex, I know there is something wrong, yesterday you would never have left JJ on his own without telling someone and I know you would n''t have shouted at him like that. I'm not angry with you Lex I just wanna know what's going on with you.' Lex gave in, 'I don't wanna start a new school. What if the kids there don't like me, I like living here, I like going on walks in the countryside and spending time with everyone, where Dad doesn't work all hours like he did when we lived in Metropolis before, I never got to spend time with my family like I do now.' Martha suddenly understood, Lex associated Metropolis with his father working all hours and him never getting to see his mother as he was looked after by nanny before they had relocated to Smallville.
'Lex, Lex,' she tilted his head so that she could look him in the eyes. 'Lex I promise you that I will make your father spend time with you if he starts getting caught up in his work, but you, me and JJ we will be there, J doesn't start school for another couple of years yet and I'm going to be looking after him, no nannies all the time, no spending time on your own, I will be there for you forever, never forget that. With that Lex stood up walked around the table and gave her a big hug. Martha pulled him away after a while, 'Right I believe it is time to get your brother up, fed and packed up, you want seconds?' she asked as he nodded loving when Martha let him have cookies while they sat at the table whilst JJ ate after his nap.
When JJ had finished she smiled at her boys.'Right' she started to gain the boys attention. 'I have a great idea, how about we all pack up J's room, then we pack up Lex's room and then my room. That way we can get it done much quicker and we have no more paint accidents.' she said letting JJ and Lex giggle and the mention of paint. After putting their dishes in the sink they headed up to J's room, where the paint had been cleaned of the floor to the best of the cleaners abilities although the walls remained painted.
They spend the majority of the afternoon packing boxes full of their belongings to load up the first moving truck which would leave ahead of them and would meet them there. JJ spent most of the afternoon trying to unpack them and play in empty boxes making them into space ships and racing cars whilst Martha and Lex played small parts in his fantasy games when he dragged them into them. After a tiring day of playing, packing or unpacking in J's case and having fun with one another they had a small dinner with Lionel when he retuned home and sat down in front of the telly. Martha and Lionel sat on the long couch whilst Len and JJ sat on the floor by their feet under a duvet which JJ had insisted on bringing down screaming when Lionel tried to take it upstairs. After a while JJ had fully fallen asleep on Lex and Lex looked set to join him, Lionel suggested bed although Lex insisted he wasn't tired. They all went up to bed, Martha carried JJup and tucked him in kissing him goodnight and Lex was carried up by Lionel who lay him in his bed ad Martha came in and tucked him in and kissed him goodnight, his father was never going to show emotion but he was just glad he had Martha in his life, he was his favourite of all his fathers women after his mothers death.
As they sat in bed Martha asked about what would happen to the cleaners and their kids when they left, 'I thought you might ask me that?'Lionel smiled, I bought them and you a gift,' he said pulling out the keys which read Kent Farm 'I bought your old farm, they can stay there whilst we are in Metropolis and if we need a holiday then we have that place, to stay in and this place as an office. Martha smiled and kissed him. 'Lionel that was so kind of you, I love you you know?' she said for the first time. He smiled back 'I love you too Martha Kent.' the lights were then turned off although sleep was not what was occurring.
The next morning Martha awoke to find herself in the middle of two small bodies, J's small one on top of her and Lex's hairless body both still fast asleep. She was also shocked to find Lionel in-between Lex and the edge of the bed, she gently moved JJ's small form so that he was not likely to fall off and smiled at her family, Lionel rolled over and smiled sleepily at Martha before he started tickling his son and Martha started ticking JJ's, within a short time they were all awake and tackling the big rooms, they tackled each room as a family with JJ still trying to be helpful by slowly unpacking everything and playing in the empty boxes. They were done before lunch and as the second moving truck rolled off Martha put JJ down for a nap and the others started boxing up more rooms and laughing as a family. It was their last day in Smallville before tomorrows move so they agreed that they would spent it together, they picnicked on the hills, shopped in town and gone for walk with their dogs through some of the fields.
JJ had fallen asleep completely tired out from the day before. They had hoped this would happen so had encouraged him to race the dogs, fetch sticks and set him a treasure hunt whilst they had lunch letting him skip his nap time, he had got incredibly cranky and Lex had wondered what was going on but when they had got home Lionel put JJ to bed and had they had a huge dinner with all of Lex's friends from school as his surprise leaving party. Lex loved it and had had a great night. At midnight they had all gone up to bed and slept in their very empty rooms.
The morning came and Martha and Lionel were awakened at 6am with JJ bouncing up and down on their bed with a great big smile on his face. 'Morning JJ,' they grumbled. Martha got up and carried an excitable JJ downstairs where she let him draw at the table before breakfast, they were not going to pack his pencils and paper it was about the only thing that kept him quiet on car journeys.
Slowly each one of the Luthor's had stumbled down the stairs and poured themselves a coffee. Once Lionel had finally woken up and Lex was draining his second coffee Lionel noticed JJ's drawing. 'JJ thats wonderful he commented 'Who is that?' he said pointing to a squiggle which was obviously meant to be JJ. 'AYE AYE' he shouted causing all of them to immediately stop and pay attention, Lionel was dumbstruck and sat watching the child as Lex and Martha stood up and stood behind JJ. 'And this one?' Martha asked pointing to the one with no hair. 'EX' he shouted. She continued 'This one? 'Momma' that was exactly what she wanted to hear, J that's excellent, you can talk well done, Martha praised through tears, Lionel regained his composure and took the drawing again to JJ who was in Martha's arms smiling and giggling whilst she and Lex congratulated him. 'JJ, Whose this?' Lionel asked pointing at the black scribble with long brown hair, 'Dadda' he said as Lionel held JJ in his arms and swung him around smiling hugely.
The family were happy sat in the back of the limo as the left Smallville and headed to their new life in metropolis. JJ sat pointing excitedly out the window shouting their names for the first half of the journey but around the half way mark had fallen asleep of Martha's lap and was now snoozing in her arms as they stepped out of the car into a sea of press who were waiting and walked into their new apartment, Martha deposited J on his new bed pulling the covers over him to let him nap and went to have a look around. They were living in a luxurious apartment with great views over the city and it was equipped with the most fabulous things, one floor was a swimming pool, one was a spa, one was a games room, one was a gym at the top five floors was the Luthorcorp offices and on their two floors they were in the middle of the apartment block one of very few people who actually lived there and most didn't live there full time. A scream woke her from her thoughts, she went to JJ. She then realised her mistake, he ha awoken on his own in a brand new place he had never been before. 'This is our new house JJ' she told him, 'Let's go exploring!' she carried a still sleepy and upset JJ around their new apartment showing him all the different rooms and the views.
He had perked up considerably as Lex came back from the games room, 'Martha, they have play place can I take JJ, please?' Lex asked as Martha nodded JJ grabbed Lex's hand and they went to explore the different floors, Martha began making the place look more homely and started cooking dinner whilst Lionel had gone up to the offices to check on how things had been since he left for Smallville. He was pleased with the success and as he came home he was met with the smell of fresh pies and roast chicken, which she was keeping warm whilst she waited for the boys to come back.
She was surprised when they did, JJ was dripping wet after apparently falling into the swimming pool, it appeared they would have to teach him to swim fast as he had a fascination with the pool, after a thank you to the lifeguard who had saved him and some dry clothes JJ and Martha joined Lex and Lionel sat down to Martha's home cooking which was as excellent as they had remembered.
The next day the papers arrived she and her son were front page news with questions on how long they would last and the story of JJ's adoption, death of her partner in the meteor shows and JJ apparently being a spoiled prince who wore expensive clothes, bathed in baths of diamonds and other ridiculous lies about his temperament and where he had been adopted for, according to the inquisitor, they adopted him from Malawi after hearing that it was what was fashionable and Martha died her hair red to look like the star for Sex in the City. The papers filled with this nonsense everyday.
Over the weeks the family routine had been established and Martha was working part time for her father at the law firm whilst Lex was at school, Lionel would pick Lex up form school which he argued could be done by a nanny but upon Martha's insistence he had done. JJ stayed with Martha all day and when they returned they would venture up to the top floor to collect Lex and they would go swimming in an attempt to ensure that JJ would be safe and not drown in the large swimming pool downstairs.
As Martha took JJ upstairs with her to collect Lex fro their swimming lesson he was prepared in his swim shorts and arm bands, he ran out of the lift towards the receptionist, he stopped when he got there and waited for Martha, 'Hiya Debbie, is Lionel busy at the moment.' Martha! Hang on i'll just check. She looked at the computer and typed furiously before announcing that he was on the phone and would let her know when she could go in, Debbie notice JJ's strange attire, 'Hi JJ, you going swimming?' she asked. 'Uh huh wim, Lex, aye aye, momma, wim, fun' he announced speech still not really all there. 'That sounds exciting,' she said looking at Martha then back at JJ. 'I like the arm bands.' she commented aiming her comment at Martha for letting her son wear nothing but swim gear in December. 'He refused to get dressed and insisted that since we were going swimming, he had to wear his arm bands to collect Lex.' she explained. 'Dadda' he called as he tried to push his way through the office door, Martha managed to restrain him before he had opened the door too much and explained 'Daddy is busy at the moment so if we leave him to it the quicker he will be done and then we can go swimming.' Martha tried to explain although JJ really didn't understand, Lex came out of the office and went to see JJ. 'Lex' he shouted before hugging him, 'Hi fish boy' he joked seeing JJ dressed for swimming, 'Dad says he might be home late, some problem with the plant in Smallville.' Martha looked cross. 'He did say that he has organised a break this weekend, we are going to the Queens mansion in Star City this weekend as a surprise.' he gulped knowing his mistake. 'That's OK Lex I know you didn't mean to. It gives me more chance to go outfit shopping tomorrow anyway.' They were interrupted by JJ's impatience trying to drag them to the elavtor, 'wim, wim, wim now.' he was demanding. 'I think someone wants to go swimming' Lex joked.
The weekend had arrived and they would soon be arriving at the Queens mansion after a less that quiet flight. After take off JJ had looked out the window and had started screaming and crying, shaking with fear, it appeared he was afraid of heights, even after the short drive to the Queens mansion JJ was still screaming into Martha's shoulder. The Luthors were shown to their host and Martha and the Queens were introduced. After another half hour of crying Martha had managed to rock him to sleep and he was asleep on her lap being cooed over by the Queens, the Teagues and the the Swanns, they all had kids around Lex's age. They played together and when JJ woke up still groggy Lex had taken him off to play by the lake which JJ had taken a shine too and the kids had made a game out of keeping him out of the water.
It was at this holiday where Martha and Lionel first discovered that JJ had powers far beyond belief. The older children had been taken out for the day to the beach but JJ was still fascinated with water and with them having to stay for a conference on the Veritas project Lionel had studied all his life they decided to keep him with them. He sat on Martha's lap or coloured for most of the meeting before falling asleep on Lionel. The meeting went quickly, Martha thought it was strange, they believed that a traveller had come through space in the meteor shower and that they had to protect him, momentarily thinking it may be her son, then deciding that was impossible, he just looked far too human she dismissed this though and carried on listening.
After the meeting the families were going into town for dinner and a shopping trip. They could not take JJ and did not want to leave him in a strange place beside a lake, with a nanny he had never met before. They stayed at the mansion and Martha went back to their room to start her beauty regime for their meal out later, Lionel decided to tire JJ out for another nap before they went out so he would be able to stay awake through their evening.
They played tag until JJ ran s fast off towards the woods it was like he had become a blurr, me and Martha immediately went out looking for him, they eventually called out the police when it reached 8 pm and all the kids and adults had been searching for hours. Lex was distraught and so was Martha and Lionel but the parents tried to keep strong for the kids. The police were called although were unable to search throughout the night the resumed the search in the morning with helicopters and heat and motion sensors all over the place.
Eventually at 10:30 the following day JJ was found shivering, tired, hungry and wet. They sorted him out and put him to bed, the evening would be a celebration of the weekend and of JJ's survival. They had been able to reschedule the dinner and they would have it on their final night together, the kids all took naps after their long night as did the parents.
That evening the adults and children got dressed in posh gowns for the ladies and suits for the gentlemen and the children got dressed similarly with the Swanns daughter Patty looking beautiful in her gown. JJ had a lot of help from Martha and had a huge pout on his face at being made to dress smart and not be able to wear his jeans and overalls. He hated his tie and only the bribe of ice cream kept him from throwing a huge fit.
Thankfully they all stayed awake, even JJ and the evening was great fun, they had dinner at an expensive restaurant in Star city and all was going well. The Queens made a toast announcing that it should become a yearly event and announced the next dates for their get together. Then he introduced Lionel to stand up, Martha was unsure why but sure it was just to make a buisness speech or sya thank you to the Queens but what occurred was unexpected. 'Thank you to the Queens for a truly marvellous weekend, we have all had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend here as have all the children. Let's just hope the Teagues can match it next year. I have been thinking about doing this all weekend and today I finally ad the courage after last night's realisation that I would not know what to do with myself if anything happened to either Lex, Martha or JJ. It led me to realise that sometimes life can be too short and that I needed to do this tonight, so here goes nothing', he kneeled down beside Martha much to her surprise and reached into his pocket pulling out a small jewellery bow, he opened it and it contained a ring, 'Martha Clark Kent, would you be my wife?' he asked she nodded immediately and as the table applauded Lex realised he had never been happier, JJ didn't know what was going on and piped up 'Ice cweam now, momma, daddy?' Martha turned and nodded 'yes sweetheart you can have ice cream now.'