"Clark, I swear you are a super man or something! No one should be able to lift that" A girl said. She was sitting on a hay stack and watched in aw as Clark put the cow back on the ground.
"Kellie, you can't tell any one about this. Ma and Pa know about this and now you, but no one else." He said. The girl scoffed.
"Take a chill pill would you. I am your best friend"
"I can do other things too. Like shoot stuff from my eyes. I set things on fire but I can do it." Clark was boosting, time to show off to Kellie.
"Is that why the fire started in your kitchen the other night?" She asked and pointed her finger in to his direction. Clark sulked.
"Yeah, but I was only trying to help Ma with cooking" Kellie laughed and stood up.
"Clark Kent, always trying to do good. You may have set part of your house on fire and scared your cow half to death, but you meant good out of it." Kellie said, she stood up and walked over to her friend. Another voice called out.
"Now, do I dare ask what two fourteen year olds are doing in the barn?"
"Nothing bad Ma, just showing Kellie what I can do." Clark said. Mrs. Kent smiled and nodded.
"Kellie is a good girl, I know she wont let our secret out." Kellie smiled back.
"Don't worry; your secret is safe with me. I have to get going if I want to make it home for dinner." Kellie said looking down at her watch.
"Ma, can she stay for dinner?" Clark asked
"Fine by me" Mrs. Kent replied. Kellie looked at the two of them.
"Thanks so much, but Mother is making chicken pot pie, which is my favorite, and she never makes it. So I plan on eating half of it." Kellie explained.
"You are as skinny as a stick, some meet might be good for you" Mrs. Kent said gesturing at her extremely small frame. Kellie shrugged.
"Hey, I can do my fair share of lifting still, not as much as Clark, but I can still work. You just don't see the mussels I have." Kellie said Mrs. Kent smiled.
"Well if you are going to walk you might want to start. It is going to get dark with in the hour." Kellie nodded in response. She hugged Clark and Mrs. Kent, and walked out of the barn.
"Bye Clark. See you tomorrow." She waved and was gone
Superman sat up in his bed. It has been a long time since he had a dream about her. A couple years even. Superman thought about the dream he just had. It was the last time he saw her.
Kellie never made it home that night. And when the police responded to the amber alert the next morning they found signs of a struggle. They came to the conclusion that she was kidnapped. A couple of mounts went buy and they never found her or any trace of her. There was no trail to follow in the dirt road or in the surrounding grass. The case was cold and there nothing that could be done. It has been just under six years now.
It was seven in the morning, deciding that he would get some breakfast Superman changed in to his uniform and walked down the hall. He walked in to the kitchen and grabbed a bowl for cereal.
"Who is Kellie?" Phantom girl said. Superman turned around to see Phantom girl sitting at the table with food in front of her.
"What?" Superman asked.
"You talk in your sleep, loudly really. But I herd you say Kellie often, so who is she and why have I not herd about her? Do I know her?" Phantom girl asked. She pushed her plate away and set her hands on the table ready to lesion and ask more questions if need be.
"No you don't know her." Superman said as he shook his head. "She was a childhood friend of mine."
"Was?"
"I don't want to get into that okay." Superman said and he walked over to where the cereal was. There was a pause before Phantom girl responded.
"Oh, Okay." She gave a bit of an understanding tone as she spoke those words. She had no idea what she was sounding understanding to, but it was the thought that counted. Super made his breakfast and sat at the table and ate in silence. He was not sure when Phantom girl got up but she was gone. As he ate he thought about Kellie
Why am I thinking about her? It has been six years since I saw her. I did my morning. And that has been the last of it. till now. Super man thought. But even then he knew he was lying to himself. Putting the dishes in to the sink he walked to his room. He left his bedroom door open as he shuffled through the draws of his dresser un till he found what he was looking for. Now his next quest was to find brainy.
"Good morning superman" Brainy said as he walked passed the open door. The lanky robot waved as he walked by.
"Brainy hold on a second." Superman called out. Brainy turned around and walked in to the room.
"Yes?" He asked Superman handed him a small tape. One that is used in video cameras.
"Can you make this play on the screens for me? Its old I know but is it possible?" Superman asked. Brainy looked at the tape for a second.
"Yes I can do that. I actually have nothing else to do, so ill get started on this." He said clutching the tape. Brainy turned to walk away but stopped and looked back at superman. "Can I ask what is on the tape before I start?"
"Some home videos of me and an old friend of mine." Superman spoke. Brainy nodded and walked out of the room. Hours passed superman just waited. He had nothing to do to pass the time so he wondered the halls of HQ. Until his belt went off.
"I have the video up and running. I am in the control room. The others are here as well." Super man was already flying to the control room. Why he was in a rush to see the video he did not know but he was.
"Superman, who is the girl?" Lightning lad asked. The pitcher was on the screen. It was Kellie in a baggy t-shirt, gym shorts. Her brown hair was just touching her shoulders and her bangs where grown out completely covering her right eye.
"Kellie" he said.
"The girl you where talking to in your sleep?" Phantom girl asked. Superman nodded.
"Okay she has a name. I am still confused." Lightning lad said.
"She was a child hood friend of mine. I started thinking about her lately" Superman said. Everyone took that answer and Brainy started the tape.
"Clark you got a camera!" The girl chirped. "Now get it out of my face" She said with a chuckle.
"Now why would I do that? This tape is going to be all about you and me." Clark said
"Why?" The girl asked in disbelief.
"Because Kellie, in 20 years from now when you die we will have record of your life" Clark said.
"20 years from now? We are thirteen; I would hope to live more than 33" Kellie said nodding.
"Well you know what I mean." He said.
"Do I? Do I really?" she said.
"Stop being annoying" Clark said.
"Me? Clark you are the one with the camera."
'Why hate the camera?" He asked Kellie did not look happy but she answered any way.
"Cameras add five pounds" She said "Not get it out of my face"
"Oh please, if that was true, you would look 95 pounds in stead of 90." Clark said. Kellie look mortified.
"How dare you say my weight on camera? And how do you know that?"
"How many times have I had to pick you up and carry you somewhere against your will?" Clark asked
"Stupid farm boy" Kellie whispered and looked away.
"As you wish" Clark replied
"Do not quote princess bride after me. Or I'll send the R.O.U.S.'s after you"
"Okay now you are asking for it" Clark said. The camera seemed to shake a little bit. Kellie jumped away.
"Clark you can't touch me, you have a camera in your hands" She said.
"I can shut this off." She said. The camera shook a little more.
"No" the girl wined a little then the video went to static.
"What did you do to her?" Saturn girl asked
"I tickled her" Superman said with a smile hinting at his mouth. No one responded, the next video came on.
"Clark! Clark! Check it out!" her voice sounded she ran into the room and stopped short at the camera. She had an orange streak in part of her bangs that covered her eyes "You know I really don't even care that that is on right now. Just check it out. I got a streak! It is awesome!" She yelled. The camera was set down on the table and Clark came into view. He was had a small frame similar to her but had a lot more mussel.
"Why did you die your hair orange?" he asked
"Because it is awesome!" she yelled. Clark took the chunk of hair in to his hand to get a better look at it, but it snapped off. The two of them looked in shock and the hair in his hand.
"Clark!" She yelled
"I am just going to go turn this off now" He said reaching for the camera.
"Yikes. That had to hurt." Phantom girl said.
"Nope. I had my powers then. She just did not know at the time. They continued to watch the video for the next hour commenting and laughing at the random things he got on tape.
"This is the last video." Superman said, and everyone watched the screen.
Kellie flopped down on the bail of hay and sighed. Before rolling on her side and sighing. "That was fun"
"I can't believe you got so many people to respond." Clark said. Kellie laughed.
"I am a fifteen turtle!"
"Ahoy" Clark responded. They both laughed.
"Oh Clark I have the best time around you. I am so glad you are my best friend" She said. She sat up on the pile of hay and smiled.
"Okay, best friend to best friend I have to show you something, but it is a secret thing okay?" Clark said.
"We are 14 now. I think I know the meaning of a secret. Or do I still have to pinky promise not to tell any one?" She asked.
"Okay you made your point." He said. There was a click and the video went black.
"What was it?" Lightning lad asked.
"I showed her my superpowers. The ones I knew about. I lifted a cow." He said.
"Okay"
"She was the only person that knew about my powers other than Ma and Pa at the time" Superman continued.
"You keep saying was, why?" Phantom girl asked. Superman sighed.
"Because as far as we know, she is dead."
"How? What?" Phantom girl asked.
"Latter that night she walked home to have dinner and the next day she was not home and there where signs of a struggle in the dirt road. But no tracks to follow. Like they popped out of no where and left in mid air." Super man said.
"So you think she died?" Brainy asked.
"It was 6 years ago. And there is no sign of her."
"Did you look"
"I was fourteen. I had no idea how to use the powers I knew off. And it has been so long that I forgot about it. Till I had a dream of what happened after the camera was shut off." Superman said.
"Do you remember the last thing she said? If you don't mind me asking." Saturn girl said.
"Bye Clark, see you tomorrow."
"What where you going to do?" Brainy asked
"Go back to the fair and see how many people she could get to respond to the red robin chant." Superman said. He chuckled a little bit. "She was a character. Always ready to make a fool out of her self so others would laugh."
"Sounds nice. Sorry she left your life like that." Phantom girl said.
"Like I said. I haven't thought about it in a long time. I don't know why I had that dream"
"I might be able to help" another voice chimed.
"Dream girl" Lightning lad said. Everyone turned to see her.
"May I speak?" she asked. Superman nodded. "It sounds like a for shadow. I don't think she is dead. I believe she is every much alive and that you will come in contact with her." Dream girl said.
"So the dream was a reminder" Saturn girl said. Dream girl nodded. Brainy exited the video screen and an urgent SOS signal popped up.
"We have a situation down town. Not sure what it is but it seems to be some sort of riot." Brainy said.
"Let's go" Lightning lad everyone except for dream girl flue out of the room