You're All I've Got
Summary: Nearly a year after Superman's near death everything is routine. Clark works while Superman saves lives, Lois struggles with her feelings, and Jason starts the first grade. So, how does a teenage girl on Clark's doorstep, an arson in Gotham City, Jimmy's new neighbor, and a new girl in school change it all?
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the OC's... It kinda sucks...
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AznIngetra- Yay normalcy! At least for Mylie. Yes, she will freak out when she remembers what she did and Clark will have to talk to her, be it comforting or not. He will probably mention his experiences with Red K and what it does, but she'll still feel guilty. It didn't change her inside, after all, just her outside. Apologizing will be a must and Mylie will be ecstatic that Hayden saved her. Thanks!
mochasnicker82288- There is no need to feel stupid because Leigh has never been mentioned before. We will learn more about her as everything goes on because she has quite an interesting past. Thank you!
SuperPup92.0- I'm glad that you think that the ending was great. It seemed like the only way to end. Leigh will be mentioned more later, so we'll find out a bit more about her. Yeah, Hayden knows Bruce's secret… The plot thickens. Yes! I love knowing what other people interpret differently from me, particularly if it's something that I am writing. Yes, Leigh has some connection to Gwen and Tyson is indeed Gwen's last name and she is trying to get her hands on Bruce's money and company. She did orchestrate the Granville's murder and the Wayne's murder and she sent her sons to do some dirty work. How Gwen and Anastasia know each other will be revealed soon, as will the reason behind Anastasia's spying. Good job!
Thank you so much to beauty7890102 and VeltaIO!
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It had been a couple of days since Superman had rescued Hayden and Donovan, Saturday to be exact. They had both spent their time either at school or at Wayne Manor and neither had seen Mylie. Donovan, however, was tired of walking around like an idiot with no answers, particularly when it seemed that Hayden had them all and refused to share. All of his frustration caused him to pull his sister out of bed at 7:45 in the morning, shove her into his car, and speed towards Metropolis.
"What the hell is your damage?" Hayden asked indignantly as Donovan sped down the back roads between Gotham City and Metropolis; he couldn't be bothered with the beginning of rush hour traffic. There were more important things that he had to deal with.
"Drive now, talk later." Donovan grunted.
Hayden, fearing for her life, scoffed, "So now you've devolved to caveman?" She asked, "Or was that George of the Jungle?" Donovan turned sharply, causing Hayden to scream.
"Look, little sister." Donovan replied. The use of 'little sister' made Hayden know that Donovan was completely serious about whatever was going on, "I know you know a lot more about what the hell was going on with Mylie then you are letting on…" Hayden tried to protest, "Don't interrupt me. Anyway, if you won't tell me, then I am going to the only other source that I have, and you're coming with me."
"Like I have a choice now!" Hayden shot back.
"Point." Donovan stated as he drove on. The two didn't talk any until they screeched outside of The Daily Planet, "Out." Donovan said bluntly. Hayden sighed in confusion, but she got out and followed her brother to the top floor.
"What are we…?" She began to ask as they rode the elevator.
"Not now." Donovan said as the doors opened and they got out. Donovan looked around and found exactly what he was looking for. Clark was sitting at his desk and typing at top speed, "Hello."
"Donovan?" Clark asked, pushing his glasses up on his nose, "Hayden? What can I do for you?"
Hayden shrugged, "I don't really know to be honest. I was pulled out of bed and shoved into a car. Why are we here, Donovan? I do believe that I have asked this question a fair amount of times."
"You have answers." Donovan said, "I want them."
Clark raised his eyebrows, "I have no idea what you are talking about and at the moment I'm very busy, so…"
Chuckling, Donovan replied, "You know, to be honest, I don't give a flying fuck about what you're doing right now. I hate being out of the loop and you can get me back in it. Let's go." Despite the fact that Clark was much bigger then Donovan, he pulled the man by the collar to his feet, "We need to talk." Gaining much attention for what he was doing, but not caring about it, Donovan pushed Hayden and Clark into the elevator and quickly closed it.
"Have you lost your damn mind?" Hayden asked incredulously, "What the hell is going on with you?" The elevator opened and Donovan stepped out onto the roof, allowing the other two to do the same as well.
Staring at Clark, Donovan bluntly asked, "You're Superman, aren't you?" Clark gaped and tried to think up an excuse, "And don't try lying to me. I have had a bad week and you lying to me would piss me off more then I am."
Clark sighed, "How'd you find out?"
"Mylie." Donovan replied causing Clark to clench his jaw, "She didn't tell me anything, but if you look at the relationship, it's obvious."
"Donovan, please don't say anything to anybody." Hayden begged.
"You knew and you didn't say anything?"
Hayden scoffed, "I kind of promised not to!" She retorted.
"And what's next?" Donovan asked, "Bruce is going to turn out to be Batman?" Hayden faltered for a moment, "Are you fucking kidding me? Bruce is… Oh my god." Hayden sighed and Clark attempted to think of something comforting, but nothing good was coming to him, "Where's Mylie?"
Clark sighed, "She been unconscious since we got the necklace off of her."
"Can we see her?" Donovan asked with a strange look in his eye. He had said 'we', but Hayden knew for a fact that he was just asking for himself.
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"Richard!" Lois called loudly as Richard pulled his suitcases out of the attic, "What are you doing?"
"Moving." Richard replied, "I got a job at the Times and I'm moving to New York." Lois stood in silence, "Lois, I saw you and Superman on the roof, I know you still love him and that's okay."
Lois shook her head, "You saw it wrong, then. I love you, I want to marry you." Richard shook his head, "What about Jason?"
Richard sighed, "He deserves to get to know his birth father." Lois stared at him angrily, "Lois, I still love him and you and I do want to come and see him sometimes, but getting married just to forget about the man that you love more is not what I had in mind."
"That is not why I want to marry you!"
"It wasn't." Richard said, "But now it is. I'm not playing second fiddle to anyone, Lois. Not even Superman." Lois tired to protest, but Jason stopped her by running into the hallway and hugging Richard, "Hey, munchkin. Did you have a good day?"
"Uh-huh!" Jason replied, "Hey, why do you have your suitcase? Are we going on a trip?"
Richard sighed and stooped down to Jason's level, "No Jason, we aren't." Jason furrowed his eyebrows, "I'm moving to New York. I have a new job there."
"We're moving to New York?" Jason asked, "Why?"
Richard shook his head, "No, not we. I am moving to New York alone."
"Why?" Jason asked.
Richard knew that this was going to be hard, but he also knew that he had to do it, "Jason, your mother and I aren't going to live together anymore. We both love you more then anything, but we don't love each other like we did before."
"Why not?" Jason asked.
"I don't know." Richard lied, "It just happened." Jason stared at Richard with his big blue eyes close to tears, "I still love you very much and I want to see you as much as possible, but I can't stay."
Tears feel out of Jason's eyes and he sniffled. Richard felt his heart breaking and pulled the small boy to him a comforting hug, "I don't want you to go, daddy."
"I know you don't munchkin." Richard said, "I don't want to leave you either."
"Then don't go!"
"I have to, Jason." Richard said, "I have to go." He pulled back so that he could look at Jason in the eyes, "Hey, I have an idea. Why don't you go put all of your things into your room and then I will take you up in the plane before I go and then everytime I come back and see you, we'll go up in the plane? I could be something that we always do together."
Jason thought for a moment, but nodded, "Okay." With that, he ran towards his room.
"This is mistake Richard." Lois said.
"No, it's not." Richard replied, "Lois, I love Jason and I love you, but things are different now." Lois scoffed, "They are, Lois. No matter what you say, they are. Besides, Jason deserves to know Superman and Superman deserves to know Jason."
"I told Superman and Supergirl to stay away from our family!" Lois replied.
Richard scoffed in disbelief, "That's cruel, Lois." He said, "They know the truth about Jason. You can't just let them know that and dangle him in front of them like bait. They don't deserve that kind of treatment and neither does Jason." Lois stopped dead. She thought that Richard would have appreciated what she had done. After all, he was the father that Jason needed and had and she didn't want anyone getting in the way of that, "I'm leaving for good, Lois. You can feel free to keep the house, but I want Jason to get to know Superman and Clark Kent as his father."
"You know?" Lois asked. Richard nodded, "How?"
"I put together the pieces." Richard replied, somewhat telling the truth.
"Oh." Lois managed, "Well, you can't expect me to keep this house, can you?" She asked, attempting to change the subject, "After all, this was your house and I can't stay here without you. Memories, you know."
"Yeah, I do."
"Funny, you got to say that after all."
Richard smirked, "I did, didn't I?"
"I'm ready!" Jason called as he ran up to Richard. Richard smiled and picked Jason up, kissing him on the cheek. Lois watched with anger as the two left her sight. How could Richard do that to her? She didn't want him to go, she needed him to stay! She needed him to marry her so that they could have the perfect normal family. Normal… How could she be normal with Jason's dormant powers and Superman around the corner?
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Hayden and Clark were in the kitchen while Donovan stood in the dark room that Mylie had occupied while she lived with Clark. She was occupying it now, but at the moment she was unconscious. Despite her trying to break him on his own bedroom wall, he felt a deep attraction and connection to her. Her beautiful face seemed so peaceful when she slept. Donovan walked up to the bed and gently stroked her face and hair.
A miniscule movement caught Donovan's attention, but he thought he just imagined it. However, another movement reached his eye, "Mylie?" He asked, gently, "Are you okay?"
After a few seconds, Mylie shot up and nearly knocked Donovan back, "Holy shit!" She cried, making Hayden and Clark rush into her room.
"What?" Hayden asked.
"What day is it?" She asked.
"Saturday." Hayden replied knowingly.
Mylie groaned, "I have a date with Victor Chance today!"
"What?" Donovan asked indignantly.
"Yeah, you do." Hayden replied, looking at her watch, "All the way across the city in 20 minutes."
Mylie sighed, "Shoot!" She said, rushing out of bed and opening the closet, "I think I left some clothes… Here they are!" She said, pulling out a short-sleeved red and blue shirt and a pair of dark wash blue jeans.
"Do you remember much of what happened?" Hayden asked.
Mylie nodded, "Yeah, it's a little fuzzy, but for the most part, I get the gist of it."
"Then you know that you have a lot of apologizing to do." Clark said. Mylie nodded and Clark continued, "Starting with Lois."
Mylie chuckled, "Um… No." She stated bluntly.
"What?" Clark asked.
"Clark, I wasn't under the influence of whatever the hell I was under the influence of when I chewed into Lois." Mylie admitted, "She's a self-serving bitch and she got what she deserved." Clark tried to protest, "Clark, she can not tell you to stay away from your own son just because she's a little miffed at you. I mean, if you were a criminal or a lunatic, sure. But come on…" With that, Mylie left the room to change.
"She's right you know." Hayden replied, "Lois has no reason to keep Jason from you, other then she's PMSing."
"How do you know about this?" Clark asked.
"Mylie confided in me." Hayden admitted, "We're friends, it's what we do."
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Lana had come to Wayne Manor on yet another one of her messenger-girl routines that her job continually required. Ginger was, as always, with Alfred and Lana felt it important to get in an out as quickly as possible. It's not that she wasn't comfortable around Bruce when it was strictly business, but whenever she came into his home, 'strictly business' seemed to change somewhat.
"Lana?" Bruce's voice asked behind her, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin, "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you heard me."
"Walking silently is a necessity for your 'second job'." Lana joked, "I'm not surprised that I didn't." Bruce chuckled, "I… uh… I brought you some of the files on the new department that you asked for and I finished your schedule… Just don't use it to make me look like an idiot in front of Lucius Fox if you want to speak with me."
"Right." Bruce said, "About that, I'm sorry. I don't recall if I ever told you that. It was not my intention."
"I know." Lana replied. Bruce took the files from her outstretched hand. An uncomfortable silence feel over them as they both did nothing but stand there for a few minutes, "Um…" Lana said, trying to break the uncomfortable silence, but only succeeding in making herself sound like a moron, "I should…"
Lana turned to leave, but stopped her by tenderly grabbing a hold of her wrist, "Lana, please. I hate feeling like you are uncomfortable in my home." Lana sighed, she had hoped that they would not get into this particular conversation, "It seems that when ever you're here, you want to leave as quickly as possible."
"I'm sorry it seems that way." Lana replied. Bruce, however, noticed that she did nothing to insist that the case was far from what he felt it was, "How are Hayden and Donovan?"
"Fine." Bruce replied, somewhat happy for the change of subject, "They're fine. We have no idea what that woman wanted with them other then what she told them and Hayden's been looking at me weird ever since she got back and I have no idea why."
"Really?" Lana asked. She knew perfectly well why Hayden would be looking at Bruce weird, but he didn't need to know that.
Bruce, on the other hand, noticed full well how innocent Lana was trying to look, "Lana?" He asked, "Do you know anything about Hayden?" Lana shook her head, but Bruce didn't buy it, "Lana…"
Lana sighed, she should have known that she wasn't going to get away with anything, "Hayden… Well, you see, she… What I mean is… Hayden knows the truth about you. She knows that you're Batman."
Sighing heavily, Bruce slapped his palms to his forehead, "Great." He mumbled, "Brilliant. This is just… How did she find out? I thought I was careful."
"I have no doubt that you were, Bruce." Lana replied in an attempt to calm him, "But Hayden is a smart girl. She noticed a few things. Clark and I didn't help either."
"What?"
Lana bit her lip, "Hayden mentioned something about you being like Batman and Clark and I accidentally…"
"Great." Bruce replied, "Thanks."
"I'm very sorry Bruce, and I know that Clark is as well." Lana said, "She knows about Clark and Mylie as well, if it's any consolation." Bruce chuckled and nodded, "Again, I should be…"
"Lana, wait." Bruce pleaded, "Please." Lana stood where she was, hoping that whatever Bruce wanted, he'd get it over with quickly…
'That sounds so wrong!' Lana scolded herself, "Yes, Bruce?" She asked. Bruce sighed, not quite sure what to say. Lana was a beautiful woman that he had increasing feelings for, but he couldn't force her into anything, "Bruce?" Lana asked. Without meaning to, Bruce did the only thing his brain would let him, he leaned forward and kissed Lana. Much to his surprise, she kissed back and wrapped her arms around his neck. 'Oh God, not again! Wait, what am I doing? I'm going to hate myself after this is over, aren't I?' Lana asked herself, unwilling to break her grip around him.
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Victor Chance sat at a small restaurant in the corner. Mylie still had 10 minutes, but he couldn't shake the feeling that she might stand him up, even if she did ask him in the first place. Mylie didn't seem like that kind of girl, but one never knew. Why had she asked him out anyway? Plenty of guys were lusting after her, even if she wasn't the typical popular girl. Besides, he was a nerd and he knew it. All A's, braces, glassed, no sense of style, and he definitely couldn't dance.
"Hi, Victor." A voice said, causing him to look up in surprise, "What? Did you think I was going to stand you up?"
"I don't know." Victor admitted as Mylie sat down, "I've never done this before." Now the Mylie in front of him was the real Mylie, not the lunatic in short skirts that he had seen over the past week and a half. Where that Mylie had come from, he didn't know, but he was glad that she was gone, "What?" Victor asked, noticing how Mylie was looking him over.
"I'm just surprise."
"Why?" Victor asked.
Mylie chuckled, "I'm surprised that you accepted my invitation."
"Why?" Victor asked, "You're pretty, intelligent, you don't take anybody's crap…"
"I'm the best friend of the girl that you have a huge crush on." Mylie added, causing Victor to go pale, "Now, if I were anybody else, then I would think that I was a ploy to get closer to Hayden."
"That's not what I…"
"I know." Mylie replied, "I said if I were anybody else that would be what I was thinking, but I am not anybody else, I am me." Victor nodded, "Why haven't you asked Hayden out yet?"
"Oh no." Victor said, shaking his head, "I can't do that. I get all clammy and nervous and I start giggling like an idiot. Besides, the football team has already marked me for dead. What would it look like if I attempted to ask the quarterback's sister out? And I'm sure that Hayden wouldn't want to even if I did ask."
Mylie shook her head, "You give Hayden much less credit then she deserves. You have a brain and you're a nice guy. She knows this and she likes it in guys. And I can get the football team off of your back."
"I still don't think I can." Victor protested.
Sighing, Mylie stared at him, "You can explain Advanced Statistics and Physics to a crowd of 200 scientists and mathematicians, but you can't ask out the girl that you like?" She asked.
"Yeah, that's about it." Victor replied.
"Oh my god." Mylie mumbled, "You're going to make this exceedingly difficult, aren't you?"
Victor chuckled uncomfortably, "Trust me when I say I'd rather take on counting to infinity then ask someone out."
Mylie sighed and thought for a moment, "Well, if that is the case then I think I can work with it." She mumbled, "I can change the way you think."
"How?" Victor asked.
"You'll see."