Never Be Alone
Chapter 2: Discovery
Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross were all decked out for the Homecoming Formal. All of the parents were at the Kent Farm, taking pictures of their children. Clark and Lois had announced that they were dating to everyone a few days earlier, and Pete had asked Chloe to go as friends.
Clark looked down at Lois, smiling. He was closer to her than anyone else. And they had their own wonderful secrets. The fact that they could both run almost faster than the eye could see. Clark was stronger and tougher than Lois, but she was stronger than most people.
They danced. The music was beautiful. Lana Lang was crowned Homecoming Queen, but Clark only had eyes for Lois. They danced for a few songs, but then Lois grabbed Clark's hand and dragged him outside, thinking of kissing her boyfriend, but instead they were faced with a 15 year old boy dressed in Jeans and a sweatshirt. Clark went to ask him if he could help the boy, when the boy grabbed his arms and Clark felt electricity flow through him.
Lois screamed, as the white light of the electricity was hitting Clark. She watched as not only did Clark not succumb to the electricity, but he pushed back and the next thing, Jeremy was on the ground. He looked up and asked, "Where am I?"
A little time later, Clark and Lois were back at the Kent farm, sitting on the front porch, "I have no idea how that happened. I show no signs of an electric shock, how is this possible?"
"What happened, son?" Jonathan's voice came behind them.
"I was hit with, I don't know how many volts of electricity tonight, I don't even have a burn on me. How is this possible?" Clark said facing his father.
Jonathan sighed, he knew that this time would come, when he would have to tell his son the truth, "Lois, I think it's time you go home now."
Lois moved to get up, but Clark stopped her, "No, that's okay dad, she knows everything about me, I'm not about to start keeping secrets from her now, Dad, now what do you know that is so secretive about me?"
"Come with me." Jonathan led them to the storm cellar. "It's time for the truth. You two actually found this when you were about 10, but you probably didn't know what it was at the time. Your real parents weren't from around here."
"Where were they from?"
"Well, I'm not really sure, but this," Jonathan pulled the tarp off, "is what we found you in twelve years ago."
Clark and Lois's eyes both popped, but then Lois jumped, "Wait I remember, we were playing down here, hide and seek..."
Clark continued, "Yeah, and we found some kind of crystal." And then the memories came flooding back. "Holy crap!" He swore, "We were in the arctic and we created some kind of ice fortress, Dad, where's the crystal?"
Jonathan froze, "What do you mean, you went to the Arctic?"
Lois and Clark then explained what happened, "but for some reason after we got back, we didn't remember, but now we do, he said that we would remember when we were ready."
"So you both went, Why?"
Lois sighed, "He said that I have some Kryptonian DNA, that explains how I can run as fast as Clark."
They went back into the house, where Martha had hid the crystal. "What are you going to do?"
Clark sighed, she and Lois had changed into boots, jeans and their winter coats, "I want to find out more, and this Jor-El, he has the answer. But don't worry, we'll be back." And then the two of them grabbed the crystal and disappeared in a flash.
Clark and Lois appeared in the Fortress by the consul. As they appeared the lights came on and a voice appeared above them, "Kal-El my son, you've returned."
And they talked. About Krypton, what had happened, and what was coming in the future, "My son, you are a gift that I give mankind, the last son of krypton. I would begin to train you, my son, on our history and to help you reach your potential. And you, Miss Lane, we had not anticipated meeting anyone on earth with a Kryptonian ancestor, but I believe that you should join Kal-El in his training. What have you two experienced out of what is humanly normal?"
Clark thought, "Well, we can both run much faster than anyone else on earth, we tracked it to almost 100 miles per hour. Lois is able to bench, what is it now 300 lbs? And I can bench press the tractor... My skin is pretty much invulnerable, but Lois's isn't she gets bruises and paper cuts like everyone else."
"Interesting, my son, You have begun your journey. Both of you." And so the plans were made, during the school year they would spend every other Saturday up here. Jor-El wanted them to just stay up there, but Lois and Lara insisted that was unacceptable. They agreed to come up here for weeks at a time during the summer and parts of the other vacation times. "But you must remember, that your place is to protect the innocent, not punish the guilty." Lara said before they left.
Martha and Jonathan were pacing. It was 2 am, where were they? Then they saw a flash come from the kitchen...
TBC...