Stubborn

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the OCs.

There was chaos in the Kent house.

Both Lois and Clark were late for work and Taylor and Dick were late for school.

All four of them were running around, grabbing any food they could find for breakfast,

Lois and Clark were searching everywhere for their papers and files while Taylor and Dick were looking for their books.

If Martha Kent was still in Smallville she would have calmed them all down and pointed out that the books were stacked on the coffee table in the living room and the papers were on the dining room table; all in plain sight. But she had gone back to Washington earlier that week.

Papers and books were found and Lois said, "Now guys, I want you home in time for dinner and Taylor please be careful in gym today. If you're playing basketball I want you to keep your powers in check."

"That goes for you too Dick," Clark said, "Don't show off! And homework and chores have to be done before TV."

"Got it," Taylor said, as she picked up her bag and walked to the door.

Dick followed her and Taylor kissed Clark on the cheek.

"See you," she said as she walked out the door.

Dick walked passed Clark and said, "I don't think you need a kiss from me."

Clark playfully swatted him and Dick dodged him and walked out the door.

Taylor and Dick stopped outside the now closed door. "Did we just act like a family?" Taylor asked.

Dick nodded slowly and the two of them walked off the porch.

Lois and Clark hadn't realised anything yet and were still running around getting ready for work.

Finally they were ready and they walked out onto the porch, locking the door behind them.

Lois looked at Clark. Clark turned to her and looked too.

It was like she was waiting for him to do something but he didn't know what.

She sighed and said, "Pick me up, Smallville!"

Clark looked stunned and said, "W-What?"

Lois rolled her eyes and replied, "Well, since I don't have super speed like you, you have to carry me while you run!"

Clark nodded and took a step forward.

He hesitated, not knowing how to carry her without making it awkward.

A small smile tugged at Lois's lips.

Clark was so cute when he was embarrassed.

Lois said, "Like Taylor said Smallville, you really like carrying me bridle style."

Clark smiled and scooped her up. "You better hold on," he said quietly.

Lois smiled and replied, "I'll be fine. Let's get going."

Clark ran down the drive way and to Metropolis.

They both arrived in the alleyway near The Daily Plant. Clark put Lois down but she swayed.

Clark caught her around the waist and Lois leaned her head against Clark's chest.

"Are you ok?" Clark asked, worriedly.

Lois nodded and said, "Yup. Just waiting for the alley to stop spinning."

Clark grabbed her chin and pulled her head up to look at him. "I think we should drive from now on. I don't want you to feel dizzy every time we run here."

Lois looked into his blue eyes, eyes that were full of concern…for her.

Lois smiled and said, "I'll be ok, Smallville. I can get used to it."

Clark smiled at her and then a loud car horn snapped them back into reality.

"We better get to work," Lois said as she reluctantly pulled away from Clark.

He nodded and they walked to the Daily Plant building.

-Later-

You know the feeling you get when your whole body goes numb and your brain slows down and you just can't give a damn.

Well many students at Smallville High got this feeling.

For Smallville High students this feeling could be summed up in one word…assembly.

Yup, for half an hour they all sat in the auditorium listening to the teachers drone on and on about the lunch menus and how graffiti was not art but a crime and it would not be tolerated.

And every single one of the students, from freshmen to senior, were thinking the same thing, "Please someone, anyone, pull the fire alarm or throw up!"

But no one ever did, although the sight of Coach Person and Miss Forman making eyes at each other made many students nauseous.

Today's assembly probably topped all the boring charts in the world.

Principal Johnson was lecturing everyone that it was not a good idea to fill his office with the chocolate pudding from the cafeteria. The students did agree with this, I mean it was an awful waste of pudding.

Taylor meanwhile was weighing up the pros and cons of burning a hole in Principal Johnson's head. It wouldn't be a deep hole, just enough to make him stop assembly for a few weeks.

Dick was drawing bats in his notebook as well as sketching many the many ways that he could feed the Principal Johnson to sharks.

Yes, the man was that annoying. Not only was he boring but he also demanded attention.

He was in his late thirties but thanks to the wonderful work of the seniors he had the personality of a constipated 80 years old man who just realized that the neighbourhood kids were stealing apples from his tree.

Dick sighed and looked at Taylor. "What are you thinking about," he whispered.

She kept her eyes trained on the principal and replied, "Seeing if can burn a hole through Johnson's head. You?"

"Thinking up of different ways to feed him to sharks."

Taylor looked at him and said, "There's more then one way?"

Dick nodded and said, "Oh yes. Most of them include him being dipped in various different foods."

Taylor nodded and said, "We are very violent people."

Dick nodded again and said, "Well, I'm a teenage crime fighter who used his fists instead of powers and you…well you're half a Lane."

Taylor sighed and tried to listen to the principal. Five seconds later she gave up and went back to the hole in head idea.

Dick poked her with his elbow and she turned to him.

"I was thinking about Luthor's time machine…"

Taylor interrupted him and said, "We are not talking about this here! People might hear us!"

Dick snorted and said, "Are you kidding me? No one is paying attention! That guy is asleep, that girl is in a trance and him…well I think he might be dead."

Dick leaned forward and poked the guy in front of them in the back. He grunted but kept his eyes closed.

"It's ok. He's just in a coma. Anyway this time machine, I think we should check it out."

Taylor nearly laughed out loud and she said, "Ok, now you're kidding me! That's way too dangerous! I barely got out last time."

"True but last time I wasn't at my full strength. Now I am and you have help. Come on Metropolis, that machine is the only thing that can get me home."

Taylor sighed and replied, "Alright. But we're doing it tonight. Lois and Clark have to go to some fancy dinner thing for work so we have the house to ourselves."

Dick smiled and said, "You're parents must trust me, leaving me alone with you."

Taylor smirked and said, "That's because if you tried anything I didn't like, I would drop-kick you to the moon."

Dick looked at her seriously, "You know I wouldn't try anything you wouldn't like, right Metropolis?"

Taylor smiled and said, "I know Dick. I trust you."

Dick's smile returned and the bell suddenly went. The students that were awake let out sighs of relief and set to the task of waking up their friends.

Taylor and Dick walked out of the auditorium and walked to their class.

-That evening-

Taylor and Dick were sitting on the couch in the living room when Lois came down the stairs.

They turned and Dick let out a wolf whistle after which Taylor smacked him over the head.

Lois smiled and smoothed down her dress. It was black and clung in all the right places. She had a silver necklace on that Martha Kent had given her and her hair was in a bun with a few wisps faming her face.

Taylor smiled her approval and looked at the stairs in anticipation. She could wait to see Clark's face when he saw Lois in that dress.

And yes the face was priceless.

He walked down the stairs looking amazing in a tuxedo and was putting on his watch, keeping his eyes on it all the time.

But when the clasp fit into place and he stepped off the bottom step his eyes found Lois and his jaw found the floor.

There was a few seconds of silence and then Taylor said, "Doesn't she look nice Clark?"

Clark's brain kicked into gear for a second, letting him to nodded his head.

Then Lois frowned and she said, "Even after all this time Clark, you still mess up your tie."

She walked forwards and proceeded to straighten his tie for him.

Clark frowned, his brain now working again and said, "I wear my ties this way everyday for work and you're telling me its wrong?"

Lois nodded and replied, "Yup, its wrong."

Clark smirked and said, "And I supposed that the Lois Lane way is the right way?"

Lois just smiled and said, "You're learning Smallville, you're learning."

Taylor could only smile at her parents and their playful banter.

Lois and Clark soon left, after telling them about emergency phone numbers and they weren't aloud play with knives. Clark was seriously getting into the new parent thing.

Anyway Taylor turned on her super hearing and waited until she heard the car drive away.

Then she nodded to Dick and they quickly ran upstairs to get changed.

-An hour later-

The warehouse was quiet as Taylor and Dick sneaked their way towards it.

Taylor x-rayed the inside and saw that it was empty again.

"Why don't you listen in on any conversations," Dick whispered.

Taylor nodded and turned on her super hearing.

She heard the sound of computers working, machines going and voices.

But there was another sound.

It was slightly muffled and it sounded like it was in another room.

She tuned her ears for the sound and it suddenly became clearer.

"What is it?" Dick asked.

Taylor turned to him and said, "I think…it's crying."

Dick frowned and said, "Who could be crying in Luthor's evil lair. Except for prisoners but I supposed Luthor wouldn't have any prisoner's at his 'work place.'

Taylor sighed and said, "Let's go find out."

She got into the warehouse through the window like before but this time she opened the door of the warehouse to let Dick in.

"Are they're any alarms on the door?" Dick asked.

Taylor shook her head, having already x-rayed them and said, "Luthor's getting too arrogant. He doesn't think anyone knows he's here."

They went to the elevator and went inside.

They were lucky that there were no guards around so they were able to hide behind the barrels that Taylor had hid behind before.

"What do you think is going on?" Taylor whispered.

Dick looked over the barrels and saw that everyone was gathered around the time machine. "I think Luthor is doing a test or something. Everyone's attention should be on that for a while."

Taylor nodded and listened for the crying again.

She followed the sound towards the back wall of the warehouse.

Dick followed her and they noticed the doorway in the wall. It was well hidden and they nearly missed it.

They found a button and pressed it.

The door slide open and they quickly walked inside. They walked down the hallway and to another door.

They opened that and stepped into the new room.

When the door slide closed behind them, the only light came from the blue lights that the medical equipment gave off.

The crying was loud and clear now so Taylor turned her hearing back to normal.

Taylor and Dick stepped forward and looked into the metal beds.

The two babies stopped crying when they saw them but Taylor and Dick frowned.

"What are babies doing here?" Taylor wondered.

Dick smiled down at the one on his right and reached out his hand.

The baby grabbed his finger and Dick nearly yelled out in pain.

"What's wrong?" Taylor said.

"The kid's got hands like a vice!" Dick said as Taylor reached over and pried the child's hand from Dick.

He pulled his hand back and rubbed his finger.

Taylor looked down at the two smiling babies and handed one of their toys to the one on her left. He crushed it in his hand.

"Hey come look at this!" Dick called from the other side of the room.

Taylor walked over and stood beside him.

In front of them was a large board, that was filled with drawing and sheets filled with words.

Taylor read from one of them, "The twin specimens are showing signs of enhanced strength, hearing and speed as well as the abilities of heat beams and x-ray vision. But the specimens have also showed signs of sickness and ill heath. I worry about the effect the foreign DNA is having on them."

"These babies…they can do what you can do," Dick said amazement.

"Luthor must have gotten my father's DNA from somewhere and put it in them…this is bad," Taylor said as she turned back to the babies.

"How bad?" Dick asked.

Taylor turned to him and said, "There's a reason that Kryptonian children grow in our powers. If we are given all our powers at once, then our bodies couldn't take it. But these are human children…"

"And what does that mean for them?" Dick asked, suddenly scared.

"If Luthor keeps this up…then these children will burn themselves out."

Taylor sniffed, trying to keep back her tears and she stroked one of the babies' faces. He smiled at her and she said, "You never asked for any of this did you?"

She looked at the other baby and added, "Neither of you did."

"Do you think they're related?" Dick asked.

Taylor nodded and said, "I think they're twins."

"How can you tell?"

Taylor smiled and replied, "When you've been around as many babies as I have then you learn to tell them apart. Plus the sheet on the board said they were twins, genius!"

Suddenly an alarm went off and loud voices could be heard shouting.

"We need to get out of here!" Dick said.

"We can't just leave them here!" Taylor argued.

Dick placed both his hands on her shoulders and said, "I don't like it any more then you do, but we can't help them now. We need the Justice Leagues help. Now come on!"

Taylor sighed and ran out the door with him, not before looking back at the babies.

They ran down the hallway and through the door that lead out into the warehouse. People were running around trying to get out of Lex's way as he shouted about the time machine.

They crept towards the elevator and went back up.

They got out of the warehouse and went back to the Kent Farm.

-Later-

Taylor and Dick walked into the farm to meet the angry faces of Lois and Clark.

They didn't say anything at first but then Lois said, "Go upstairs and get changed. Then come back down and we'll talk!"

Soon they were out of their black clothes and sitting at the island in the kitchen.

After years of getting trouble, Taylor had learned that if she told her parents the truth before they even said a words, they would go easier on her. So she did just that.

"Let me get this straight. Lex Luthor is alive and he has given two babies powers like mine!" Clark said.

Taylor and Dick nodded and all the anger was gone from Lois and Clark's faces.

"And these babies…they're sick?" Lois asked.

Taylor nodded, "The powers are too much for them. They're just kids! We have to save them!"

"But how can we do it without Luthor catching us!" Lois said.

Clark smiled when he heard the words 'us.'

He and Taylor had superpowers and Dick was saved Gotham with Batman but no way was Lois being left out of the rescue mission. In fact she would probably sneak into the warehouse herself if Clark wouldn't stop her.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Lois, being the nearest one to it, walked over and opened it.

At the sight of the person at the door, Clark frowned, Dick looked confused, Lois felt her anger bubbling and Taylor said, "What's the whore doing here?"

How many of you know who I'm talking about?