I DON'T OWN THE CHARACTERS OF THIS STORY, BUT I DO OWN THE PLOT, WHICH I'VE WRITTEN JUST FOR FUN.
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JUST ONE SHOOT
WASHINGTON DC
– Friday
– 21.35h
"Working until last minute again, Senator Kent?" the security guard said while she left to the elevator.
"Yes, Mr. Stuart… Today it's been one of those days that time seems to never pass in the office…" she smiled and when the elevator's door opened she went in "See you on Monday!"
Except from Martha's car, there were just a few more cars still in the parking… She didn't use to work until late on Fridays but there were an important meeting soon and she wanted to have everything well prepared. Suddenly she listened to some voices coming from behind a dark van parked at the other side. They were to men arguing.
"It seems Senator Fletcher" she thought and did a few steps back just to see what was going on. Apart from him and another Senator, there also were a couple more men standing there… She was going to ask if everything was fine because they were beginning to yell too loud when she listened to a shot and she screamed.
The three men who still standing there turned round and noticed her looking at them.
"Go for her!" Senator Fletcher shouted.
Martha run back to the car, her things felt to the floor, and her hands trembled… but she finally could go inside and speeded out of there.
– 11.45h
Martha had just told the police everything she'd seen and they told her that Senator Mayer had been found dead in the Senate building parking and that Senator Fletcher had been arrested.
"Because it's a known person, the most probable is that the trial will take place very soon… but meanwhile you should find a place to go to be safer, Senator Kent… Is there anywhere you could hide for a few weeks?"
"I guess I could take some vacations to come back home…" she told to the officer.
So taking just her passport, some money and a few clothes, Martha left her apartment under police escort, and went to the airport to buy a ticket for the sooner flight to Kansas.
SMALLVILLE
– Saturday
– 5.05h
Martha went down the taxi and paid the driver for the journey. She was carrying just one bag with her, especially because the police hadn't found her purse in the crime scene. She carefully went into the house, using the key hidden under the flowerpot next to the door, and left her bag and jacket at the hall.
Clark and Lois might be sleeping and she didn't want to wake them up, so she went into the kitchen… her dear old kitchen, and decided she would surprise them with a delicious breakfast.
When Lois came down still wearing her pajama and with sleepy eyes, she couldn't believe that smell could came from Clark's daily breakfast pancakes, but when she stepped into the living room and met the table served with toasts, juice, muffins, a cake, hot chocolate, tea and… recent made coffee… she understood she must be dreaming.
"Oh my gosh! Are we celebrating anything?" she asked.
"What are you talking about?" Clark asked coming downstairs.
"Wait… you didn't make this?" she wondered when he came into the living room.
"I've just come out of the shower…" he passed across her and took a muffin "Mmm"
"What?"
"I just know one person able to do this… but she's supposed to be at the other side of the country"
"Who's her? Because I'd like to know who stole my recipe" Martha said coming into the house from the garden with some tulips on her hand.
"Mom!" he exclaimed running towards her and elevating her from the floor in a strong hug "What are you doing here?"
"I took some free days to come back home" she smiled "Have you eaten without waiting everybody to sit down?"
"I'm sorry…" he said taking her back to the floor.
"Lois! Look at you! You look great with dark hair…"
"Thanks, Mrs. Kent…" she said, and both women embraced each other.
"You know you can call me Martha… come on… let's have breakfast" she left the tulips into the jar of water in the middle of the table and they sat down.
"When have you arrived?" Clark asked "When have you done all this?"
"I took a night flight, so I came about five in the morning and I didn't want to wake you up…"
"How long are you staying?" Lois asked.
"I'm not sure… maybe a couple weeks… maybe longer…"
SMALLVILLE
– 8.15h
"Are you sure you don't care that we leave you alone…" Clark said taking his things.
"I didn't advise you that I was coming… I can't ask you two not to go to work just because I'm here… we'll spent some time together in the evening… don't worry" she kissed her son's forehead.
"Ok… but what are you going to do the full day alone in the farm…"
"Well… just what I used to do during the twenty years I lived in here…" she giggled and he smiled.
"Bye, Martha… I'll be looking forward to the dinner" Lois said kissing her cheek and following Clark to the car.
Martha closed the door and looked around her… she was back at home… How nice that sounded! Back at home… She breathed hard and took her bag to her bedroom before began to clean up the kitchen.
She was finishing to washing up the dishes when a shadow appeared at the window in front of her.
"Lionel?" she asked, and walked to the door to let him come in "What are you doing in here?"
"I think I could make the same question…"
"I came for vacations…" she lied "Would you like some tea?"
"A coffee"
"Ok…" she took a couple of cups and served some coffee with a few sugar and some milk for Lionel and some tea with lemon and sugar for her. "So… did you come to see Clark?" she wondered.
"No" he said.
"Lois?"
"No"
"So?"
"I came to see you, Martha"
"I arrived this morning, how could you…?" she asked while her voice began to tremble.
"People don't use to buy their holiday tickets at midnight…" he told.
"Do you spy me? Because I haven't known anything about you in weeks…"
"I don't spy you…" he raised his eyes and noticed her look "I was told about the murder in the Senate… I get worried so I called my contacts in the FBI… they told me you had taken a plane to Smallville tonight… I'm sorry…" he held her hand.
"I haven't told Clark… please… he would get worried…"
"I won't… but if you need to talk…"
"Peter…" she told with tears on her eyes "…Senator Mayer… he had five kids… and her wife was pregnant again… he was a very nice man, he invited me to his home for dinner a couple of times… I can't understand how… why…" she broke down "I know Ray too… Ray Fletcher… He's also married, and has two teen daughters… How can a family guy kill another father, Lionel? How is anyone able to take another life…?"
"I don't know… but I can tell you that the wish of power can blind you sometimes…"
"If I had said anything… if they had seen me before… maybe then Peter would still be alive…"
"…or maybe you would have had the same luck than him…" he told leaving the cup on the table and standing up.
"Are you leaving?"
"I just wanted to make sure you were fine…"
"Clark and Lois are spending the day in the city and… I don't feel like to spend the day alone…" she told "Would you like to stay for lunch? If you haven't any important meeting, of course"
"Anything I could have planned for today can wait… if you ask me to stay…" and he sat down again on the chair looking at smiling at her.
– 19:45h
When they came into the house, Clark and Lois were welcomed by the delicious smell of the dinner that Martha had been making.
"How was your day?" Martha asked serving the plates.
"Busy and tired" Lois said sitting down and tasting the sauce "Oh… this is delicious!"
"Thanks" Martha smiled.
"How have been yours in the farm, mom?" Clark wondered.
"Nice" she blushed "Lionel came by to visit me…"
"Lionel Luthor?" he wondered
"Yes… he… called me at the office and they told him I was here…" she lied.
"Oh… Did you listen there was a murder in the Senate yesterday? It was today's first page" Lois told to Martha. "Maybe you knew the man… his name was Peter…"
"Peter Mayer… yeah, I heard it on TV… what a pity… poor Gloria" she said, talking about his wife.
"What did Lionel want?" Clark interrupted them.
"What? Uh… I told you… just visit me… we hadn't seen since I left an… we hadn't talked for a few weeks… so I invited him to stay for lunch"
"Why?"
"Clark!" Lois exclaimed.
"Because we're friends… and I don't think I need to give you any reason…" she said smiling and beginning to tidy the table, right when the door bell rang "I'll open it" she said with an annoyed tone of voice and going to the door.
"You shouldn't have talked to her like that" Lois pointed.
"I don't like her being close with…" the sound of a shoot interrupted him and they quickly run to the door "MOM!"
The door was opened; Martha was lying on the floor, bleeding a lot… Clark looked outside, made a step to follow the car that was running away, but when Lois said "I'll call an ambulance" he realized he couldn't leave her mom like that. He carried her on his arms and when Lois had gone into the kitchen to pick the phone, he run away with her.
– 20.50h
A doctor came out and walked to them.
"Are you Mrs. Kent's family?"
"We are" Clark said "How's my mother?"
"She's fine, right?" Lois wondered.
"I'm sorry, but… we couldn't…"
"Oh my…" Lois said broking down and beginning to cry. She looked at Clark, he had frozen and suddenly he turned round, grabbed one of the chairs from the waiting room and threw it against the wall.
"NO!" he cried out.
TO BE CONTINUED…