Claire Martha Kent Part II
By Arica, Princess of Rivendell
Summary: AU. What if Clark had never been born? What if the Els had given birth to a daughter instead? This is the life and times of Kaila El or Claire Martha Kent. NOT SLASH! NEVER INTENDED TO BE TAKEN AS SLASH!
Disclaimer: I own NEITHER "Smallville," NOR "Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman." I do NOT own any of the D.C. Comic Books or their characters. I do NOT own Peter Parker or Mary Jane Watson. I do NOT own any of the Marvel Comic Books or their characters. All of the characters mentioned belong to each of their own creators.
Warnings: Later on, there will be some torture, domestic abuse, some child abuse, infidelity, and some prayer.
A/N: Thank you to everyone whom has favorited, followed, reviewed, and/or Private Messaged me about CMK. I hope I haven't lost any readers with the turn the last chapter took.
Here is the second Chapter for today.
If anyone has any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them and I'll also do my best to not let my answers build up like I did in the past.
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Pairings:
Hints/mentions of past Claire/Lex
Will at some point have Claire/Oliver
Will have Kara/Jimmy
Will have Bruce/Chloe
Will have Dinah Lance/AC
Will have Victor Stone/Diana Prince
Bart Allen/Linda Park (Thank you, Kairan1979.)
Also Lana/Lex will be present at different intervals
Casting:
Claire Kent—Michelle Trachtenberg
Oliver Queen—Justin Hartley
Lex Luthor— Michael Rosenbaum
Lana Lang—Kristin Kreuk
Chloe Sullivan—Alison Mack
Bruce Wayne—Christian Bale
Kara Kent—Laura Vandervoot
Jimmy Olson—Aaron Ashmore
Dinah Lance—Alaina Kalanj
Arthur Curry—Alan Ritchson
Victor Stone—Lee Thompson Young
Diana Prince—Tia Mowry
Lois Lane—Erica Durance (But a mixture of Smallville Lois and the Lois from L&C: NAS personalities).
Bart Allen—Kyle Gallner
Linda Park—Linda Park (was in Jurassic Park III)
Cat Grant—Tracy Scoggins
Perry White—Lane Smith
Chapter Fifteen
Paid in Full
Oliver and Claire were not stupid; both of them knew what Lex Luthor wanted Claire to do. Oliver was furious; "How dare he! How dare Lex Luthor ask Claire to give herself to him so that she can keep her farm?"
Claire could see the pain and horror written all over Oliver's face; he wasn't even trying to hide it. Her arms wrapped around Oliver in a tight embrace; "I won't go to him. I'll figure something else out; but I won't go to him."
Oliver closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around her, as she buried her head into his neck. Every instinct in his body was telling him to go kill Lex Luthor; but he couldn't leave Claire; his brain still had enough control to know that if he killed Lex, Claire would consider it a personal betrayal.
Oliver clung to Claire, and she to him; no one tried to separate them. In that moment Oliver's team (Claire's brothers) could see that Claire needed comfort and that Oliver wanted to be the one to comfort her.
he pair stood in the living room for ten minutes but to Claire it felt like only five seconds; as soon as they separated from the hug, they clasped each other's hands.
Claire and Oliver sank onto the couch together. Claire called the Smallville Bank to find out how much money she owed. Oliver sat next to her the entire time. When the bank told Claire that she owed $100,000.00 by 6:00 p.m. the next day, Claire knew she was in more trouble than she had thought.
Oliver heard the amount and knew Claire couldn't afford it. Claire was still paying off her student loans that she had been forced to take out when she had been attending Metropolis University. If she had been there on scholarship she wouldn't have had to take out the two student loans, only one; but she hadn't gone on scholarship, so she had had to take out the two loans. Besides the two student loans, Claire also had to pay the farm bills from living here on the farm. She also needed to buy groceries in order to eat so that she could survive. Oliver quieted his voice, "Let me pay off the debt."
"Oliver—"
"Let me explain."
Claire nodded and Oliver made his argument; "First, off we're friends. Friends help each other in need. Second, Lex wants to use this as a way to make you his mistress; I can't stand by and watch that happen. Third, you still have to pay off the student loans you took out while attending Metropolis University. What money you don't use to pay off those loans goes into your groceries and bills. If those aren't paid off, you'll lose the farm anyways. I ca—"Oliver's voice wavered and he had to clear his throat, "I can't watch you be turned into—I can't stand by and watch Lex turn you into his mistress. You've worked too hard, done too much to go back to Lex and that's what he wants. You know it is. You know just as well as I do that this debt is about more than money."
Claire closed her eyes and nodded; she knew what her father's policy was; she also knew that Oliver's policy was similar. She couldn't refuse him, not when he made a logical argument like the one he had just made. Oliver got out his cellphone to make the calls.
An hour later, Lex Luthor had his money in his hands and no way of gaining the Kent Farm without offering to buy it; as the deed to the farm was now in Claire Martha Kent's name, he knew he would never get it that way. He was relieved that she had not given into his demands; but frightened that Oliver Queen might someday have similar demands to the ones he'd placed on Claire earlier that day.
All he could do was hope and pray that it would never happen; and, that Claire would always be free to make her own choices. Now that neither he, nor his father could call in the debt that Johnathon Kent had allowed his daughter to inherit.
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