Title: Survival of the Species
Author: Jedi-Bant
Beta Reader: Jord-El
Rating: Teen
Fandom: Superman
Summery: Not knowing about Jason, and still standing firm about Kal-El not forming any relationships with the humans, Jor-El and Lara take desperate measures to continue the species, whether their son likes it or not.
Warnings: Male and Forced Pregnancy (Not rape)


Chapter 4


The next day, no one annoyed Clark or asked him to do any menial tasks, some brave souls approached to congratulate him for standing up for himself. Henry, one of the senior reporters even said to "Get Well Soon" which was greeted with a smile and thanks, which helped everyone else to relax around him, but he was still mainly left alone.

Lois had yet to approach him. Although she still looked worried by Clark's frequent visits to the restroom, she made no move to follow and made no comments, instead quickly returning to her work, as if simply looking would set him off again.

Eventually Clark's guilty conscience got the better of him and he started towards Lois's desk.

"KENT,"

Clark changed direction back to his desk to collect a notebook and the story he had finished earlier, then headed to Perry's office.

"Where's that…" He stopped when Clark handed him what he was looking for, "ah good now I want you to do a follow up from the New Krypton incident, I want you to go find out what the government is doing to find Luthor, how they feel about him being out. Find the judge that let him out of jail and see what he thinks, if you can, find Superman and talk to him about it."

"Yes chief," Clark turned to leave the room.

"Get back here, I'm not finished with you. Now I don't know what's been wrong with you lately, frankly its none of my business, but I don't want you giving it to anyone else. If it's contagious you can go home 'till it's gone, but if its life threatening I would appreciate it if you informed me. You're a good reporter Kent, I don't want to lose you."

"Thank you sir. I know that it isn't contagious, and the chance that I will die from it is very slim," Clark informed him.

"But there is a chance?" Perry pushed.

Clark gave a small sigh, "yes there is a chance," he clarified.

"Alright then, like I said it's none of my business,"

"I'll get on that story now," Clark said, turning his upper body in a questioning way.

"Yeah go, and Kent, if you even think about apologising to Lois I will fire you before the words can leave your mouth, is that clear?"

"As crystal sir."


Clark had quickly discovered that morning, more like all day, sickness was very disrupting to his day, especially when he was trying to conduct an interview. He had thrown up twice while on the phone to the Minister of Defence's secretary, had to call the judge back three times because he was always in the bathroom when he was taken off hold, and had ended up making use of the waste paper basket next to his desk when he got fed up of having to call back 5 minutes, much to the disgust of the occupants of the desk next to him.

He had tried reading a few pregnancy books to see if he could get some idea of what to expect, after all his mother had said it would be similar to a woman's pregnancy, but he had yet to find one that said anything about 'morning' sickness this bad. He was about ready to stop eating, in the hope that he would stop being sick for lack of things to bring up, but the books also said to eat well and have a balanced diet, and even though he didn't want to be pregnant, he would never do something to hurt the innocent child.

Lois was still avoiding him, which was partly a blessing, partly depressing. It meant that she had stopped stealing his stapler and asking him to spell check her work, which took ages even for him; but she was also stopping Jason from talking to him. He had heard her on a few occasions call him back from heading in Clark's direction, with different excuses, usually that Clark was feeling ill, a few times that he was working and not be bothered, and another time that he was grumpy and didn't want company. The company of the young child would have made him feel a lot better but Perry was still keeping an eye on him and would give him a warning look every time he approached her looking like he might apologise. Jimmy had reasoned that Lois would eventually forgive him. Most likely when she desperately needed something done, Clark thought. Richard had also offered his congratulations for standing up for himself and assured him that she would cool off eventually.

However, currently Clark had bigger problems, he still had to tell his mother about his condition but he couldn't seem to get the words out. He had purposely gone to dinner to tell her, and had ended up extending his hearing to find anything which he could rescue. He had ended up flying to Australia to help put out a bushfire, which took moments, but he chickened out of going back to Smallville, opting instead to swim around the island continent then back to Metropolis via the Pacific Ocean. He felt slightly better for it but he still had the problem of how to tell his mother that her only son was pregnant.