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I don't own Lois, Clark, etc. I'm not using this for money. Yatsa, Yatsa, and Yatsa.
Claimer:
I own Bella Noel and Jesika Love.
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The Truth
Part 3: Run & Hide
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Bella opened her eyes and looked around. She focused in on the clock. 'Two A.M. Great! What the hell do I do now?' She thought as she sat up, stretched and got to her feet. She thought for a second, before walking into the kitchen. Bella sighed as she made her way in the dark to the fridge and opened the door. She picked up a can of soda and drank most of it. Putting the can into the sink, she walked to the stairs and went up to her room.
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After changing into her favorite pair of black leather pants and her skintight black V-neck Lycra shirt, Bella carefully walked into her parents' room. She felt around the dark room until she found her mother's purse, and dove her hand into it. She eventually pulled her hand out, in it she held Lois' wallet. From that, she took the money that was in it – almost two hundred dollars. 'Not enough.' She thought, and then began feeling around for Clark's wallet. Her fingers brushed across it, pushing it to the floor. Quickly, she picked it up and grabbed the money, before running down the stairs. She grabbed her jacket and made her way to S.T.A.R. Labs.
Her watch read 2:36 by the time she arrived at the building. From past experience, Bella knew that Dr. Klein would be working late and he would be one of twelve working at night.
"Hey, Cory!" She said, cheerfully to the security guard.
"Morning, Bink." He replied, using her nickname.
She walked into the Labs and made her way to Records and Information. Lucky for her, she didn't meet any people on the way to the department, and from memory she knew the code for the lock. '1-9-7-4-4-0-5.' The green light on the panel flashed and she entered the room, just as Dr. Klein came down the hallway.
"Okay…K." She murmured looking for the K section of the huge room of filing cabinets, "K…" She murmured again, and then came to the K's. Ka…Ke…Ken…Kent… She yanked the draw labeled Kent open, and began looking for anything that could explain what the green rock was.
Then her
eye spied something. A file was devoted
entirely to Kent, B. N., which she knew was what she was partly looking for,
but beneath her own file was another. One that was titled – Kent, A. C. Jr. She picked it up curiously, 'Who is Kent, A. C.?' To satisfy her mind, she opened it and
looked at the name, 'Andrew Clark Kent?' She continued to read through the file. 'Andy died three months after he was found in the Kent
home. Official cause of death was found
to be exposure to green kryptonite by an individual with a vendetta against the
Kent's.'
"Green kryptonite?" She whispered, "Superman can't be exposed to kryptonite. From the planet Krypton" She said to herself, trying to remember all she could about the gem. She sighed and picked up her file. There had to be something in it.
Bella Kent is the daughter of Lois and Clark Kent (AKA Superman).
Bella threw the file to the ground. She'd been lied to. She'd never been told that she had a brother.
She'd never been told that her father was Superman.
Bella was broken out of her reverie by the sound of someone pressing the keys to open the door. As fast as she could, she shoved the files and the papers back into the cabinet.
'SHIT!' She thought, as Dr. Klein and several security guards entered the room.
Cory saw her right away, "Bink?"
"Thanks, Corsen Joel O'Rielly!"
She yelled, climbing onto one of the shelves.
"Bella, get down from there!" Dr. Klein called up to her, "Come on Belle! You could fall!"
"I didn't know I could get hurt!" She spat, and then looked down at him, "What didn't you tell me? You or them?" She cried, knowing Dr. Klein would understand, before jumping down behind Cory and running out of the room.
Cory turned around and tried to go after her.
"Cory! Let her go." Dr. Klein said, "She needs some time to think. She'll go home when she's ready."
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Bella ran down the sidewalk, through Main Street. She passed Jesika's house, but it didn't register as she ran into her favorite haunt – a warehouse that was now used for Raves.
Weaving
through stoned and drunk teenagers and young adults, Bella's friend, Gabriel,
saw her, "BELLA!" He yelled, noting where she was headed. He began to chase after her. "BINK! BELLA!" He yelled, and then realized she was ignoring him. Finally he caught us to her, "What the hell
is up with you?"
She looked up at him. He normally shiny blue eyes were dull and
depressed, "Nothing's wrong. Just
finally in the mood to try the supply." She smiled, devilishly.
"Really?"
"Really."
Gabe laughed, "I never would have pinned you for the trying type."
"Well, there's a first time for everything." She purred, leaning up against him.
He pushed her back, "Not now." He wasn't going to take advantage of her while she was this vulnerable, "So what ya' gonna try?"
"Don't know. Want to try some E, maybe Angel Dust while I'm at it." She replied, making her way to the staircase that led to the basement.
Following her, he wanted to ask if she'd lost her mind, but knew she'd go nuts, "Don't do both."
"Why?"
"I don't want to be the one to drag your lazy ass all the way back to your house while you're floating."
She
grinned, "A'ight." She stepped off and walked to the door labeled - Daniel
J. –
"Seriously, Bella, are you sure about this? The effects might be visible by the time the party ends."
"It's…" She stretched out her arm to look at her watch, "…3:29. Doesn't end until six. I can pull it off."
Gabe shook his head, "Okay. It's your body."
Bella walked into the room where several kids were buying drugs. Another friend, whom Bella only saw at the Raves and during lunch, watched her.
"Bella, what in the name of God are you doing here?" Brittanie said, amazed to see the teen.
"Same as you, Britt." She replied, getting aggravated that people were asking her why she was there. She pulled out her money and looked at the dealer, "Morning, Dan." She said to the Metropolis High senior.
"Well, well. One person I doubted I'd ever see down here." He said, as she handed her money over.
She smiled, "As I told Gabe – There's a first time for everything."
"So I'm guessing you're going with what Britt's getting?"
"No. E."
"E? Brave. Don't let your 'rents find out."
She took the drugs from him, "Aye, Captain."
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Back upstairs, Gabe watched as Jesika walked into the Rave, "JESS!"
She looked up to the second floor walkway, and hen walked to the ladder. She came up right beside Gabe, "You seen Bella?"
"Yeah. I'll give you two guesses where she was headed."
"I hope she wasn't going where I think she was going."
"She went to see Dan." He looked over the rail and noticed Bella coming up the staircase, "There she is." He immediately climbed down the ladder, followed by Jesika and the two made their way to their friend.
"Please tell me you didn't!" Jess begged.
"Didn't do what?" Bella giggled, smiling at her two friends. She popped a pacifier into her mouth.
Gabe and Jess looked at each other, before Jess sighed, "Come on, Bella. We need to talk." Jess dragged Bella out of the building and down the street. Gabe stayed with them, as they walked around the back of Jess's house. Jess entered the back door and went to the basement, while Gabe pushed Bella from behind.
Eventually,
the three sat down, and Jess dove in, "So what's up?"
"The sky." Bella answered and
launched into a laughing fit.
Gabe looked at Jess, "I say we wait until the E wears off."
"That won't be for a few more hours." Jess rubbed her forehead, "She'll never make it home. Aunt Lois and Uncle Clark would most certainly notice."
"Good point. So what are we gonna tell them? She only went home a day ago."
Jess thought for a minute, "I'll call over to her house and tell them Bella was upset so she came over here and that we're having a sleepover. I'll tell them you're here and Bella can stay for as long as she'd like since my parents are out of town on that assignment. Today's Saturday so we don't need to worry about school."
Gabe nodded, "I'll run home and grab some clothes."
"Alright." She replied as she picked up the cordless. He ran up the stairs, while Jess stared at her now-sleeping friend for a moment. She sighed once again and dialed the Kent's number. A few rings later, Clark picked up. It was obvious that he'd just woken up.
"Hello?" Clark mumbled.
"Uncle Clark?"
"Jess?"
"Yeah. Umm…I assume you or Aunt Lois haven't noticed that Bella's not home." She said, and heard the sound of Clark rousing Lois.
"Hold on a second, Jess." He repeated what she'd said to her aunt.
"Okay. I'm assuming you know where she is."
"She's with me. She was kinda upset, so she came over here. My mom and Dad left this morning on that story, but Gabe is here and the alarm is on so we're safe. And today's Saturday so she can stay."
Clark relayed the information back to Lois again, and then turned back to Jess, "Thank you for calling. When she gets us tell her to call us, okay?"
"Okay."
"Bye, Jess."
"Bye."
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Bella sat up from her spot on the couch, her head pounding. "What happened last night?"
"You mean this morning. It's only ten o' clock." Jess replied, "And nearest I can figure you were pissed about something and did some E. Gabe and I dragged you over here because you were too high to go home."
Then it
came back to her.
Her
father was Superman.
"Oh god." She moaned, and her head fell into her hands.
"Oh god what?"
"Nothing." Bella said, wiping her eyes.
Jess shook
her head, "It's not nothing, Bink. You
did a drug last night. You stole money
from your parents because I know you aren't that rich. On top of that, you broke into the R&I
department of S.T.A.R. Labs."
Bella looked up at her friend,
surprised, "How'd you know that?"
"Because Cory came over here
this morning looking for you. He was
worried as hell since you didn't go home last night like he thought you would. So you gonna tell me?"
"No."
"What if I guess? If I guess right, will you tell me?"
Bella nodded – how the hell
could Jess figure out that Bella was half-Kryptonian and she had a dead
brother? "Sure."
"Okay." Jess began to think of the worst things possible in the teenage world, "Are you pregnant?"
"No."
"Failing?"
Bella
glared at her, "You've seen my grades."
"Okay…Depressed? Suicidal?"
"No."
"Umm…One of your grandparents died?"
"No."
"Then what is it?"
Bella sat
back, "Nothing you could ever guess."
"Then tell me. I promise – Cory, Gabe, Britt, none of them
will ever know."
She sighed, "Alright. But you have to promise me you won't tell."
"Sure, I promise."
"No, Jesika. I mean a promise that you'd take to the grave."
Jess leaned forward and held out her hand. The two went through their secret handshake, and then Jess spoke again, "I promise I won't tell a soul. Not even my future husband."
Bella breathed in, "My dad is Superman."
"What?!?!" Jess exclaimed.
"I went into S.T.A.R. Labs to find out what my parents weren't telling me and the files said that my father is Superman, which makes me half-Kryptonian. And while I was looking through the files I noticed that I had a brother. He was about a year old when he was murdered."
Jess looked at her friend, "That explains it then. That's why you were out for so long and why that rumor went around school that you got sick from a green rock."
"Yes, it would." Bella sat back and sighed, "So I guess I should call my parents."
"It would be nice." Lois said, walking into the basement.
"There's an emergency exit, right?" Bella asked Jess.
"Yeah, but I think your mother would kill me if I let you out it."
Lois looked
at the red-head, "Jess, you think you could go upstairs and tell Gabe to go get
Uncle Clark from the car?"
"Will do." She said, running
up the stairs.
Lois turned her attention back to her daughter, "So you know now. We were going to tell you, but…"
"But what?? You couldn't find the words to say 'Bella, you're half-Kryptonian and you had a brother named Andrew who died when he was a baby'?"
Lois was taken aback, "Well…"
"Well, what?!?!" Bella shouted.
"Bella Noel Kent!" Clark scolded, as he came down the stairs.
"Oh, great. The Man of Steel himself." She rolled her eyes.
"She knows?" He asked Lois.
"Yeah."
He looked
at his daughter, "How'd you find out?"
"I kinda got access to the
Records And Information Department at the Labs. Dr. Klein knows I was there. 'coz he found me, but I ran away
from him."
"And Cory." Lois murmured.
"You knew?" Bella asked.
"Yes. Dr. Klein called me."
Bella
glared at her parents and got up. She
suddenly remembered where the emergency door was and mad a dash for it, but was
cut off by her father. "Let me pass."
"No. Not until you tell me why you stole money from us."
"Because I
needed it."
"For?"
"Nothing."
Clark looked into his daughter's
eyes, "Did you use it for alcohol, drugs, a fake ID?
"If I told
you, what would you do?"
"Be disappointed, upset, maybe
a little mad that you did something you know we don't approve of."
"Then why should I tell
you? You don't understand." Bella
replied and then slowly made her way to the stairs, "I'll be at PartyNight."
She said, as she disappeared out the door.
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To Be Continued…
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