Title: Secrets
Author:KalChloe1
Pairings: Kal-El/Chloe, Clark/Chloe
Rating: M
Warnings: sexual situations
Summary: AU. What if Chloe had her own secrets? Two years after fleeing Smallville she returns with a toddler. This is a prequel to another fiction {Prophecy} Smallville/Wolf Lake Cross over
Authors Note: `Kal` is red-K infected Clark, Kal is the toddler
Special thanks to my awesome Beta : lanalucy
PT 1
Chloe had been aware of the chatter in town since her return to Smallville. People wondered where she'd been for two years. The gossip only increased when they noticed her taking a toddler out of her car.
She could hear them asking: Was Chloe pregnant when she left? Who's the father? Is it Clark Kent? Did she only come back because Gabe is dying? How long is she staying?
The questions and rumors did not bother her, but she wished for a way to turn off her heightened senses. The hearing was much easier to deal with than the masculine scent of Clark Kent, though. The instant she passed the "Welcome to Smallville" sign his scent had teased her. Every time she breathed, he was all she could see, making her miss him all the more.
Chloe half expected to find Clark knocking on her door and demanding answers from her. She was almost relieved he had not shown up yet. Before she'd disappeared, Clark had tried several times to speak with her but he'd never managed to catch up with her. She often wondered if Clark believed `Kal` had ruined their friendship.
One minute she was arguing with `Kal` about returning to Smallville because his parents needed him and then in the next `Kal` had been all over her. At night she would wake up after vivid dreams of their night together, covered in sweat and aching with unquenched need. She was starting to feel that way now and it was making her restless.
'God I need a cold shower' she thought.
Glancing at Kal, Chloe determined he was sleeping soundly. She was amazed at how much he looked like Clark. Her features were there too, but not as profoundly as his father's. Kal had curly black hair and reddish-blue-green eyes. She could not help but wonder what caused his irises to have the red pigment that mixed with Clark's eyes. More than anything, she wanted to take Kal to Clark, but did not want her son to feel the pain of missing him when they would be forced to leave Smallville.
Clark sat in his fortress of solitude staring across the room wondering why Chloe had not come to the farm yet. He missed her so much his chest ached. . After she left, he'd been tempted to search for her. He'd wanted to tell her everything, and had attempted to several times before she ran away.
However his emotions were mixed, since Clark was also angry with her. She was supposed to be his best friend. If he meant as much to her as she did to him then why hadn't she bothered to contact him? He could't understand why she'd left in the first place and often wondered if she'd told him what had been going on, if he could have helped her.
His visit to the Sullivans several weeks after she left still bugged him. "Clark. Please, you can't keep coming here. She won't be back,"Mr. Sullivan had said through the small open space of the door. Before Clark could say another word, Gabe had quickly closed the door. Clark believed Mr. Sullivan was scared to the point of being terrified. If it had not been for his super hearing he would never have heard him say, ""She didn't leave because she wanted to, but because she had no other choice. If she hadn't lost that damn talisman…"
Clark breathed in and then slowly exhaled as he attempted to rid his mind of the thoughts plaguing him. 'The only person who can give me answers is Chloe,' He wanted those answers, yet could not shake the feeling that the issue was bigger than any meteor freaks he'd dealt with in the past.
Leaving the loft, Clark decided it was time to confront her. Stepping out of the barn, he gasped in pain and covered his eras with his hands trying to block out the high-pitched ringing. His attitude and demeanor changed as his Kryptonian counterpart took over his mind.
Martha had heard the rumors floating around town and wondered if Kal-El's sudden appearance had anything to do with one particular rumor. She knew Clark could hear every rumor that was being said about his best friend, and she was honestly surprised Clark had not gone to see Chloe yet. She had gone outside to ask him about Chloe when she noticed him grabbing his head in pain. Wondering what was wrong with him, she rushed over to him in concern, "Clark?" she questioned.
She blinked in surprise when he turned toward her and said, "I am Kal-El of Krypton."
Martha pounded on his chest, demanding, "Give me my son back."
Kal-El looked down at her and growled, "Clark Kent is dead."
Kal-El looked up and then suddenly he was flying into the sky. The force knocked Martha to the ground. Watching him fly away, she vowed to help Clark, but wasn't sure how she could, until the answer came to her.
Martha walked back into the house determined to somehow convince Chloe to help her. When Martha called her, she wondered why Chloe asked if Clark was home. Her gut instincts told her that Chloe was avoiding Clark, making Martha wonder even more if the toddler was her grandchild.
Chloe arrived on the farm feeling curious and slightly anxious. Pulling into the driveway, she shifted into park and turned off the ignition. Glancing around, she scanned the area to make certain she had not been followed and slowly made her way to the old farmhouse.
Martha and Jonathan continued discussing Martha's idea, apparently unaware that she'd arrived. "Martha I do n't think your idea is a good one, "Jonathan said. "Chloe vanished two years ago. She just packed her car up and left. Gabe is dying from exposure to some toxin at Luther labs. I'm willing to bet that's the only reason she's returned."
"I never thought I would see the day that my husband listened to rumors," Martha said.
"There is one rumor that did have me listening. The timing matches when she was looking into leads for us," Jonathan snapped.
"I know my idea can work," Martha said.
Chloe chose that moment to make her presence known by saying, "Sorry to interrupt. I couldn't help but overhear."
Neither Jonathan nor Martha appeared aware that Chloe had overheard all of their conversation. Now that she had their attention, Chloe continued, "If what I believe is happening. I could not be a worse choice."
Martha looked at Chloe strangely, and Jonathan knew she had not told Chloe about Clark's sudden personality change. Jonathan instantly got agitated. His main concern had always been keeping Clark safe from people who would use his secret against him.
"Relax. Everyone has secrets," Chloe said while taking a seat at the table.
Jonathan noticed the class ring the moment Chloe touched the chair. 'Martha was right,' he thought to himself.
Chloe wondered what the best way to explain was without putting the Kents' in danger. She had not sensed any of her kind around, but the presence of Clark's scent was distracting her. She figured the best way was to get right to the point. The longer she was at the farm the more dangerous it could become for all of them.
Chloe reached into her purse to pull out two items. Setting the items on the table, she said, "I know you can keep my secret because I know Clark has secrets."
Jonathan crossed his arms over his chest, clearly wanting answers. If one of her secrets included that toddler being Clark's son there was no way she could expect him to keep that from his son. Martha simply stared.
"Knowing you're good at keeping secrets doesn't matter. It's too dangerous," Chloe stated. She would never forgive herself if something happened to them. She flipped the picture over and pushed it between Martha and Jonathan.
Martha gasped. The picture left no doubt the two year old toddler was her grandchild.
"Let me get this straight. You skipped town because you were pregnant by our son?" Jonathan asked angrily. He was trying not to think about how the child's eyes were different. However, each time he looked at the ring he couldn't help but wonder. Chloe shook her head.
"Not by Clark, by 'Kal,' or at least that's what Clark insisted his name was at the time," Chloe informed him.
"You should have talked to Clark after he came back," Jonathan said as his eyes fell to the class ring again.
His continued glances at the class ring did not go unnoticed by Chloe. She wondered why Jonathan seemed to be obsessed with it. 'It was Clark's ring.'
Other than his red eyes her son was a completely healthy child, with a few exceptions, and she believed his health came from Clark – she didn't remember Clark ever being sick. She was pulled out of her thoughts when Jonathan said, "You should have told Clark."
Chloe was tempted to roll her eyes at his repeated insistence that she should have told Clark. She sighed, knowing when she'd discovered her pregnancy, that her mind was in an uproar. She'd never expected to become pregnant in the first place. According to what she was told about her kind, the only way a female conceived was during a heat. However, sex during a heat was not enough; the female also had to be in her natural form.
After discovering she was pregnant, she'd believed the part about natural form was an old wives' tale. During sex with Kal she had been perilously close to shifting due to the tremendous pleasure of their joined bodies. Her pulse raced in response to her memories. Breathing in and out, she attempted to focus on the current situation.
Jonathan stared at Chloe in disbelief. He'd always liked her, but now he wasn't sure of his judgment. Clark's judgment had been impaired during his stay in Metropolitan. He couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking about since she was being so quiet.
"Telling Clark would not have made a difference," Chloe replied.
"Clark has the right to know," Martha said angrily.
Jonathan nodded in agreement.
"What you did was selfish," Jonathan finally said.
Chloe breathed in deeply, trying to control the anger within her at those words. "Selfish! No! If I'd stayed, that would have been selfish!" Chloe snapped.
Jonathan was about to ask her what she meant but Chloe cut him off by saying, "I wrote this letter to Clark. It explains everything about me. He can tell you but I can't."
Jonathan believed Chloe had no intention of telling Clark even now. Martha continued to stare at the photo while Jonathan watched Chloe intently. His eyebrow rose when she suddenly tilted her head slightly. The action reminded him of Clark when he was listening to something far away. Studying her more closely, he noticed there were definite signs that she had matured over the last two years.
Chloe heard, "Chlo…you kept something from me."
There was no way, he couldn't possibly know about their son. She had been extremely careful before she left town, purposely avoiding Clark. Almost anytime she'd gone into town, she'd kept her son hidden at home with her father. There had been only a couple of exceptions when she'd gone to satisfy her body's cravings for coffee. One time she'd bumped into Lana at the Talon; the body signals from Lana told her exactly who she thought the father of Chloe's son was.
"My son!" Kal-El growled.
Kal-El watched his son sleeping soundly. Reaching into the playpen, he gently scooped his son up and cradled him to his chest. Kal turned his head slightly as if he were seeking out the sound of his father's heartbeat. His little hand moved to clutch tightly at the fabric of the black shirt. Gabe came into the room as Kal-El was wrapping the blanket around Kal. Kal-El had no intention of letting his son go.
"Clark, you can't take him!" Gabe pleaded. The situation had never sat right with Gabe. His fears of the others had been what had made him remain silent all these years. He was deeply aware of what could possibly happen to the Kents if his house was being watched right now. "You don't know what they'll do!" Gabe pleaded.
"I can protect them," Kal-El growled. Without another word, he headed to the door. "Tell Chloe to meet me at the caves," Kal-El demanded. Gabe started to respond, but Kal-El was gone in the blink of an eye.
Her hopes crumbled around her, knowing Kal-El was taking their son. Chloe quickly answered her cell phone.
"Clark took your son! I tried to stop him. He told me to tell you to meet him at the caves," Gabe yelled.
"Dad! calm down," Chloe said
"I have to go. Kal-El took my son. ," Chloe said in a rush.
At the door she paused when Martha said, "Chloe. I want to meet my grandson."
It was with a sad heart that Chloe responded, "I can't bring Kal here. I've been warned I've already broken their laws."
"What laws?" Jonathan asked, his brow wrinkled.
"I dared to fall in love with your son, to make him my mate, to bear his child," Chloe replied before stepping out of the house.
TBC