VI

Clark's POV

"Let me go… please,"

I heard her voice over and over...

"Let me go… please,"

"Let me go…

The fear in her eyes as she said…

"...please…"

I needed to get away from her. I ran away from her as fast as my legs could take me without causing a sonic boom.

"Shit," I cussed as I felt myself cool night arm.

Taking to the sky I made my way anywhere but here. What matter of underworld kingpin was I? I'd conquered most of the underworld in this city. Every crime boss outside of the city feared me, yet I couldn't take a weak rejection from her. How long have I waited to find an equal? Most of my fucking life. Lois was a pain in my ass, not my equal. After all my searching I finally had her within my reach and I fucking scared her. Her whole body was trembling just at the thought of my touch.

"YOU BROKE HER..."

I stopped flying as heard her voice. I'd know that cackle anywhere. Looking around I noticed where I'd stopped. 'Home' right. The bright white letters on the sign had faded over time, but the letters made of wrought iron still taunted me, 'The Kent Farm'. A farm... HA! Why of all places did I fly to my first prison. To her, my warden…

"Martha," I shouted.

The old rickety letter shook as I bellowed my 'mother's' accursed name. The dark days I spent here came flooding into my mind the longer I remained here.

The Kent Farm, 15 years ago

My eyes were stuck on the dusty floor of the barn. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw her hovering over me . I saw the tail end of her green chain trailing behind her. She was walking around me dragging it behind her. She knew I knew what it meant.

"You were supposed to be gentle with her 1938!" she hissed as she swung the chain at me.

"I tried," I screamed back

I felt my flesh rip from my bone.

"YOU FAILED!" my mother yelled back at me. "WE NEED THE LANGS TO JOIN US AND YOU BROKE THEIR DAUGHTER!"

Martha swung the chain back, readying herself for another assault.

"I didn't mean to," I said back as I flinched. "I just wanted to kiss her…"

"KISS HER?!" She bellowed as she swung the chain against my neck.

It wrapped around my neck. I immediately reached for my neck.

"YOU ARE A FUCKING WEAPON BOY!" she added harshly. "A WEAPON AT MY DISPOSAL! DID YOU THINK SHE REALLY WANTED YOU? HA! YOU ARE A FOOL BOY."

I gasped for air as I felt the chain burning my flesh.

"She loved me!" I gasped.

Martha got all close in my face. I felt her every breath.

"THEY WANTED YOU TO JOIN THEM," she said with a smirk on her face. "THEY USED HER GINGER CUNT…."

The Kent Farm, The Present

"No!" I hissed.

The clinking stopped.

Martha's shierking stopped.

I stood alone in front of my 'home'.

"You know she's been looking for you?" I heard J'onzz voice ringing in my ear.

I let out a sigh, "So she can kill me…"

J'onzz scoffed, "Oddly enough she was worried about you. She said that she was sorry…"

"What?"

"Maybe if you didn't run away you'd knew that she…."

The next few words out of J'onzz's mouth became mottled as I rushed back to