"Kiara," I heared a faint voice in the distance.
Was I really dead? I tried moving my limbs, I was too stiff to even breathe. I felt as though I was drifting on an endless sea of regrets and memories. It felt calming and soothing that, no matter where I was, I didn't want to wake up. I let the, what felt like, waves carry me outward. I didn't have a care in the world. I didn't even care where I was, how I got there, anything. I just let a calming and collected feeling wash over me like a sea shore. I guess this is what heaven must feel like. But sadly, that was about to end.
"Kiara!" I heared the voice getting closer to me now.
"Whaaaat?" I sounded annoyed, because I didn't want to be bothered whilst in this state.
"Is she awake?" I heard the faint sound of Lex's voice just above me.
I opened my eyes slowly, just enough so that the sunlight didn't get too much in my eyes. I was lying right infront of the Talon, once again. I must have passed out.
"Kiara? Are you all right?" Clark helped me up.
My head seared with pain, "Agh! Yeah. I think so," I said clutching my head.
"Someone injected this into you're arm." he picked up a shot-looking object.
"What was in it?" I asked dizzily, adjusting my vision.
"If I don't know better, I'd say it was Morphine." Lex took the injection from Clark.
"A pain reliever? I don't get it," I thought about it long and hard, "Well, that could explain why I felt calm towards the end as I was waking up, but other than that, I felt pain."
Clark stared at me just enough to come up with this solution, "We need to find out who did this."
"Yeah. Thank you Captian Obvious!" I responded quite bitchy.
He gave me this look that chilled the inside of my he continued what he was saying, "Do you remember anything?"
"Um, it was a woman. I know that," I thought about this for a brief moment, "I think she was going to ask me for directions, but that's all I remember after that."
"Do you remember what she looked like? Any facial features? Anything at all?" Lex inquired.
"Yeah. She had red hair," I indicated the length, which was slightly passed her shoulders, "And she wore an old fashion sweater. I think it was blue."
Lex turned to Clark and pulled him aside, "I'll go back to the lab and see what I can dig up about this mystery person."
"Make sure you tell me exactly what you find," Clark gave Lex a serious look.
"Yeah. I will. Just keep her safe for now." He turned to me with his ice blue eyes that make me quiver everytime he looks at me. He got into his limo, and was off.
Right after that, Clark took me home. On the car ride back, I began to feel cold again. As if that thing was about to possess me again. I knew it was a dream though, right? I mean, It can't be true. It was all a dream.
"Kiara? Are you sure you're all right?" Clark asked me as he placed his hand on my shoulder.
I quickly snapped out of my trance and glanced at his hand on my shoulder, "What? ...Yeah. I'll be fine."
"Ya possitive?" Clark smiled, knowing I hate it when people don't believe me the first time I answer a simple question.
But I let that go, "Yeah." I nodded as I fell asleep going down the rural highway of Kansas.
"Kiara?" Mom was waiting impatiently by the kitchen table, "Honey, I've been worried sick!" she wrapped her arms around me and sqeezed me so tight that I had barely enough space to breathe. No joke!
"Mom!" I tried to speak, "That hurts!"
"Oh," she backed away a couple inches, "I'm sorry." she walked in the kitchen to make me some hot chocolate, "Clark told me everything that happend. You were stuck with Morphine?"
"Yeah. But it's not like I'm gonna get addicted to it now!"
Mom just gave me a blank look.
I rolled my eyes, "C'mon mom! It takes more than that to get me hooked onto something. You know that!"
"I know but I was just so scared! After Clark told me that you gave your powers up, I really had a thought in my mind that I was going to lose you," she responded with a hint of sorrow in her voice.
I let out a quiet laugh, "Well, you of all people should know that you won't be getting rid of me that easy!"
She smiled at me and reached out for my hand and grasped it, "Don't scare me like that again." she went back and handed me my hot chocolate, "Here. Now be careful, cuz it's hot." "Ok." I took a sip and walked away.
"And don't stay up too late," She called after me.
"I know!" I shouted back, "And thanks for the coca!" I closed the door to my room to go straight to my computer. I took off my coat and headed over to my desk.
"Hello, Kiara." Came a voice that sounded quite familiar.
I spun around and dropped the coca, "Shit!" I whispered under my breath as the hot beverage spilled on me.
"Oh, my, my." Someone dropped down from the ceiling, handing me a towel.
"Thank you," I took it from him and looked up to see who it was, "Jordan? What are you doing here?" "Well, after what happened I needed to make sure you're all right," He looked deeply into my eyes.
I blushed as I continued to wipe myself off.
"Are you? All right?" He came again.
"Yeah. Don't worry. I'll survive," I laughed then asked, "Hey, by the way. How did you get in here?" Jordan looked at me strange, "Well. I'm not exactly a normal human being. You know what I'm capable of."
"Right, right," I nodded as I bit my lip.
"But that's not the only reason I came tonight," he raised my chin up so we were looking eye-to-eye with each other, "I was wondering if you and I," he paused as he started to laugh a little which also made me laugh as well.
"What," I knew what he was going to ask anyway, but I wanted to play dumb with him.
He continued to smile as he spoke, "I was wondering if you and I could grab a cup of coffee sometime together?"
I laughed. I heared footsteps heading towards my room, but I ignored it, "I uhh ..."
"Kiara, have you seen my-" Clark came in at that very second.
"Hi Clark," I acted casual.
"Umm ...Jordan, what are you doing here? I didn't hear the door bell ring?"
"Oh well I came in-" Jordan started to say but then I cut him off.
"He did come in through the door! I guess you didn't hear it."
"Kiara, I would have heard it if he did come through there," he walked over to me.
"Clark! Can you just give us five minutes? Please!" I snapped. Yeah he can get too overprotective at times. It's so annoying when he does!
"Kiara, you know-" Clark tried to tell me.
"I know that, what? That I shouldn't even be talking to him cuz he's meteor infested?" I had no clue what I was saying. I calmed down a bit, "Now could you please give us five minutes alone?"
Clark glared at me for the longest time, "Fine." then he shut the door.
"I'm not meteor infested, Kiara," Jordan brushed my hair out of my face, "This is the real me."
"I know. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." I played along.
"It's fine. So what about that coffee grabbing." he smiled again.
Urgh! I couldn't resist that smile. I had to say yes, "Is Jordan Campbell asking me out on a date?"
He laughed as he blushed like crazy, "Sure! If you put it that way."
"Then I'd love to." I said romantically.
"Great! Pick you up at seven tomorrow?" He said, gleefully.
"Sounds good!" I replied.
He gave me a kiss on the cheek, "See ya then." He smiled then disappeared out my window.
I stood there for at least five minutes, not thinking about anything. I placed my hand upon my cheek where he kissed me. I blushed and smiled. He was kind of cute, I thought while stepping out of my romance trance.
"You know you shouldn't be dating someone whom you've barely met," Clark entered as a whirled around, "Especially someone who has abilities like us. Or like you used to have."
"I'll get them back." I snapped back.
Clark closed the door behind him, "Kiara, I don't know what's gotten into you today, but I don't like it."
What's gotten into me, hmm... now I was really starting to wonder if it was all a dream or not. I stared blankly at Clark for a moment.
"Well, what's your excuse this time?" he pulled up a chair and sat down.
"N-nothing," I responded nervously, "Really, I'm just fine."
Clark looked down for a second then said, "Kiara, ya know you could tell me anything," he paused, "Which seems like you haven't been doing lately." "Clark, I'm fine! Must I always repeat myself?" I choked back some tears, "I just don't understand why people don't seem to trust or believe me anymore!"
At that very second, the doorbell rang. Clark and I both stared at eachother then I got up, "I'll get it."
Clark pushed me back down, "You stay here. I'll get it." I angrily got up and followed him, silently. He went down stairs and answered the door. It was Lex. I couldn't quite make out what they were saying clearly. I'm guessing that Lex found out who injected me with Morphine. Man, I need my abilities back! I managed to make out a couple of mumbles here and there, but nothing important. I saw Clark glance at me and then back at Lex.
"All right. Thank you. I'll be sure to tell her." Clark said dully and gently shut the door behind him. He rushed up the stairs and stopped where I was.
"What? What did he say?" I asked hopeful.
"You're not gonna like this," he paused, "But..."
"What? It can't be that bad. Did he find the person or not?"
"He told me the only way to testify is to bring you in for examinations," Clark knew I wasn't going to like it, which is why he kept his head down.
I gasped, "You told him 'no' right," I asked as my heart dropped. Clark didn't respond for a minute, "You said 'yes'?"
"Well, What could I do? I love you too much!" He said, "I wanna make sure that you are really all right because lately you've been acting a bit strange." "Oh, so you think that if he experiments on me then that's ok?" I calmed down a minute, "When does he want me to come in?"
"Next week." He said, "He's really busy this week."
"Good. I'll be in my room" I ran off to my room and shut the door behind me. I sighed then sprawled myself across the bed and closed my eyes.
'What have I done,' I thought to myself as I felt a tear form at the corner of my eye. I quickly brushed it off, 'The only power I wish I had was to turn back time. I wouldn't have gotten rid of my powers and been so selfish!'