Stubborn

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Taylor climbed the stairs up to the loft with her arms full with blankets and pillows.

She reached the loft and dumped them on the ground and looked at her friends.

Kyle, Rachael and BJ were there again and it looked like they would be staying the night. They had arrived before Clark and Lois got back from work but after Taylor and Dick had got home from school.

After they had filled the other three in on why Dick was in the past, Taylor had told them that they would have to stay in the loft; it was too dangerous for anyone to see them.

Especially since BJ looked just like his father and Kyle bore a striking resemblance to his dad also. Rachael didn't get off either; she looked like her mother with her dad's eyes.

Chloe, Jimmy and the rest of the future Justice League was in the farm house at that minute; all of them over for a family dinner.

"Here you go," Taylor said, as her friends picked up the blankets and pillows.

After a tense match of rock, paper, scissors Rachael had gotten the couch while Kyle and BJ had to take the floor.

"How long are they staying for?" BJ asked motioning towards the farm house.

"Well, first there is the dinner, then dessert and then coffee. Then they'll talk for hours and they'll all probably leave at something in the morning," Taylor explained.

"So…just like family dinner in our time?" Taylor nodded and walked over to the telescope where Dick was standing.

He was looking though it and up at the stars.

"My dad used to look through at that thing all the time," Taylor said smiling.

Dick looked at her and said, "I can see why. This thing is amazing. It's nearly as good as the one at Wayne Manor."

Taylor grinned and replied; "Now that is a cool telescope!"

"If you two space cadets are done we would like to get to sleep," BJ interrupted.

Dick snorted and said, "Calm done Lana! We're going to go into the house now."

BJ narrowed his eyes but a warning look from Taylor made him keep quiet.

"We'll see you guys in the morning. Stay in here unless it's an emergency," Taylor said and she and Dick walked out of the loft and towards the house.

-Later-

Dinner was finished and the dishes had been washed, dried and put away.

Taylor was used to these family dinners; they were a weekly event in her time.

But it was new to Dick.

Although Gotham was a few hours away, if they used the Bat plane then it wouldn't take that long. Bruce and Dick could easily come over every week for dinner. But of course, something was always in the way.

Being a billionaire playboy and a caped crusader didn't leave much time for dinner at a farm house in Kansas.

They were all seated around the dinning table chatting and occasionally sipping their coffee.

There was some light left outside…but no one noticed the black car that sneaked its way up the drive way and parked outside the house.

No one noticed the man, dressed in black, get out of the car and walked up the steps of the porch.

But the man was noticed when he burst through the door, a gun in one hand, and a hunk of kryptonite in the other.

"Sorry to break up the happy family moment but Lex Luthor just had to say hello."

The Justice League all stood up but stopped at the sight of the gun.

Clark was forced to sit down again when he felt the kryptonite take affect.

A stunned silence filled the room and then Bart said, "Nice entrance but I would have said something smarter."

"What do you want?" Clark asked.

He was already feeling the effects of the kryptonite and he couldn't get any closer. The gun was everyone else and the kryptonite was for him.

"I want the girl and her friends. Well actually Luthor wants them."

"Luthor is dead," Chloe said eyeing the gun.

The man chuckled and said, "You really think a man like Luthor stays dead for long. He barely survived but now he's back and he wants the girl and her friends."

Clark looked around at the others. All the other superheroes weren't affected by the kryptonite but they couldn't do anything with Lois and Jimmy there and they didn't want this guy to know too much.

But what did Luthor want with Taylor and Dick? Why did he say 'friends' and not 'friend'?

He looked at the two teenagers now and they were exchanging glances.

Taylor stood up shaking, the kryptonite taking its toll on her too.

Dick stood up and stood near of Taylor.

Everyone looked at him confused. Taylor was the one that was bullet proof; not him.

But Dick knew what he was doing.

"I wouldn't go near her with that rock if I were you," Dick advised the man.

The man sneered and took a step forward, affecting both Taylor and Clark.

"And why would I do that?" the man said.

Taylor felt her eyes heating up, she had to blink to try and make it go away; although it never worked before.

Her ears started to ring, sounds echoing though them.

She reached out for the glass of water that was on the table hoping it would help like it sometimes did. But as she touched it the glass shattered; making nearly everyone jump.

She counted them off in her head, "Heat beams, super hearing and super strength. We are all screwed if I don't get away from the damn rock!"

"What the hell is wrong with that girl?" the man asked, confusing passing over his face.

"Kryptonite has a weird affect on her. But you already know that!" Dick said.

The man frowned at him and said, "Call your friends."

Taylor replied, "There's just us here."

The man frowned and said, "We've been monitoring the sonic waves that come out when your friends travel to this time. We know when someone arrives and goes. Now call your friends."

Dick tuned and looked at Taylor.

She sighed and said in a cracked voice, "Guys-it's-it's an emergency."

She though for a moment that she hadn't said it loud enough but then Kyle, BJ and Rachael came in the door.

Kyle immediately pushed Rachael behind him, ignoring her protests that she could look after herself, and BJ looked over at Taylor and Dick. He was smart enough to pull his hood up, blocking his face.

"Now that we're all here, I want the kids to come with me and the adults to stay put. Unless you want a shoot out."

Suddenly a chuckle was heard in the room. Everyone turned to see Kyle smiling.

"What are you laughing at?" the man asked venom in his voice.

"You really haven't though this plan through have you. Didn't Luthor fill you in?"

The man's confidence came back and he walked up to Kyle. The kryptonite obviously had some affect on him.

"Oh Luthor filled me in just fine. I know who you are. I know who all of you are in the future," he said looking at the kids.

He turned back to Kyle and said, "You're Kyle Queen, son of the famous Oliver Queen."

His news had the reaction he wanted.

Oliver gasped quietly and started at Kyle.

But the boy kept his eyes on the man.

"And you," the man said, pointing to BJ, "are Bart Allen Junior, your father being Bart Allen Senior."

BJ took off his hood and said, "Really, how long did it take you to figure that out?"

Bart looked at BJ and then turned to AC. "I'm drunk right," he asked, "Please tell me I'm drunk."

The man frowned and then looked over at Rachael.

"And this pretty little thing," his words made Kyle push Rachael further behind him, anger flashing in both their eyes.

The man smirked and continued, "She is Rachael Olsen I believe, daughter of Chloe and Jimmy Olsen."

"What a smart little henchman you are," Rachael said, her voice dripping with distain.

Jimmy reached for Chloe's hand as they both tried to concentrate on the task at hand and not their future daughter.

The man turned and looked at Dick and Taylor. "You're Robin, your family is dead. Poor pathetic orphan, aren't you?"

Dick smirked and replied, "At least I'm not a poor pathetic grown man like you."

The man was about to replied when he spotted Taylor again.

His face twisted into a snarl and he said, "And you're the one Luthor's really interested in."

"Leave Fate alone before I shove that gun somewhere unpleasant!" Lois threatened.

The man looked confused and then he caught on. "Is that what you told them your name was?"

Everyone looked at Taylor for answer but she was concentrating on keeping upright and her powers under control.

"Actually I think your name is Taylor. Taylor…Fate…Kent."

Through the pain of the kryptonite, Clark looked up at Taylor.

How could he not see it before?! She had his hair, his mouth and a kindness about her that was a trait in the Kent family.

Looking at her like he had never seen her before, he took in every detail about her.

She had told him all about himself in the future and he didn't catch on.

The man smirked, "Daughters really shouldn't lie to their fathers."

Taylor glanced at Clark and then back to the man.

It was getting harder and harder to keep her powers in check.

Once again, Kyle just laughed.

The man turned back to him, holding both the gun and the kryptonite in front of him.

"What are you laughing at?!" the man growled.

Kyle cleared his throat and said, "The gun is to threaten everyone right? Ya that could work. And the kryptonite is for the rest of us? Well you see there's a flaw to this plan. I get my powers from my mom and she has trouble with kryptonite. But her powers were weakened and that means that my powers aren't anything like Taylor's. This means that although kryptonite hurts me…"

Kyle bent the barrel of the gun back, crushing it.

Then he picked up the kryptonite, winching, and threw it out the door using his super strength.

It disappeared over the horizon and Kyle turned back to the man and said, "I can still use my powers. You can go get it back if you want. But it's probably in Canada by now."

The man paled, realizing that he was in a room full of superheroes and he had no weapons. He ran for the door pushing passed Kyle, Rachael and BJ.

Kyle smiled and said, "I love it when they run. It's so much more fun."

He took off his jacket and threw it on the kitchen counter. "Come on, BJ. Let's go take care of this guy."

BJ nodded, smiling and they walked out.

Rachael sighed and said, "I'm going to make sure they don't hurt him too much."

Dick nodded at her as she walked out the door and Taylor collapses on her chair and felt her powers going back to normal.

"What was that?" Victor asked as he walked over and picked up the useless gun that was lying on the floor; getting ready to throw it away later.

"Although I get affected by kryptonite in the normal way, it has another side affect on me," Taylor said, stopping to take a sip of the new glass of water that Dick gave her.

"When I'm around kryptonite for too long my powers go crazy. It like a volcano; the bubble up until I have to let go of them. And then I can't control them. We figured out that it was because I'm the oldest; I got most of Dad's powers…too much."

Clark looked at his future daughter, not believing the emotional strength she had.

Taylor looked at Clark, smiling at said, "Would it have killed you to have had kids before me. At least that way the powers could be even. Johnny and Maratha get jealous because of all the power I have."

Clark frowned and said, "Johnny and Martha?"

Taylor nodded, "Ya, my little brother and sister. I told Lois our house was the loudest in the state and the three of us are half the reason."

Victor nodded and then said, "You do know that I wasn't taking about the kryptonite right?"

Then Kyle, Rachael and BJ came back in the door and walked over to Taylor.

"Are you ok Tay?" Kyle asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Taylor nodded and smiled at her friends.

Oliver, Bart, Chloe and Jimmy were silent, not knowing what to say.

But it was obvious that BJ was Bart's kid.

BJ looked at his dad and said, "This is so creepy."

Bart nodded and replied, "I'm with you there dude."

Oliver looked Kyle up and down, a sense of confidence coming to him. This boy was defiantly his.

All the way down to the smirk that graced his face.

Rachael sat beside Taylor telling her to eat something. Chloe and Jimmy watched her with fascination.

The thought of kids had been in their minds and it seemed all too real now that they saw the girl in front of them.

Victor, AC and Dinah looked at each other not knowing what to do. Their future kids hadn't just appeared in front of them.

Maratha had snapped into full grandma mode, fussing over Taylor, getting her food and saying something about a blanket.

But Lois was standing in the middle of all this at a complete loss.

For some reason her eyes were trained on Taylor.

"So the Farm boy has a family. He finally found a girl who stayed around long enough to marry him."

But there was an aching pain in her chest and although her tough shell refused to let them go, tears were threatening to come.

Why did she care? So Clark has a family in the future, a…wife. Why did that matter to her?

But Lois knew why that was.

Taylor hadn't mentioned her in Clark's future.

"Luthor must be an idiot in this time," BJ said, "Sending one guy in to kidnap us? He must have known that it wouldn't work."

"He did," Taylor said, getting everyone's attention, "This was a scare tactic. He wants us to know that he knows all about us."

"We'll take care of Luthor's plans when we get to them, but right now we all need some time to rest," Maratha said.

They all agreed and then Lois said, "I just have two questions?"

She turned to Clark and said, "What the hell is kryptonite and why does it affect you?"

There is going to be a lot of one-on-one talks in the next chapter.

Just to let you guys know, I know that some parts in this chapter may seem far fetched but please bear with it.

Plus I know it may seem that Kyle doesn't have any weakness but he does. He and his sister still get hurt by kryptonite but not as much as Taylor would.