The Beginning
"You're crazy." Yuogi said looking up at Xod. Her dark brown hair curled about her face in unruly curls and Xod grinned down at her.
"I may be crazy but you're chicken." He replied flashing his white-toothed smile with a twinkle in his dark brown eyes.
"Is that a challenge?" She replied her green eyes flashing.
"Of course it is." He retorted. She sprang from the ground took a flying leap and landed in the hay thirty feet away from the barn.
She shouted in triumph. Right before a pair of hands were clamped over her eyes.
"Clark." She said knowingly.
"Not fair." He grumbled.
"Where's your shadow?" She asked, plucking hay from her hair.
"Amelia? She's around. I think Mom took her shopping."
"She's starting to get to you then?"
"It's just I didn't know I had a sister until four days ago and now I have to take her everywhere."
"Where'd she come from?"
"We found her huddled in a corner we did tests though and somehow she's my mom and dad's child though neither remember her."
"Strange." Yuogi replied.
Clark nodded in response. "Yeah. What's Xod doing?"
"He dared me to jump out the barn window into that pile of hay." She gestured to the pile a few feet away.
"Let me guess he's too chicken to do it himself?" Yuogi nodded and both smiled.
"Come on Xod!" Yuogi yelled. "Let's see if you can do it!" Clark shouted some taunts as well until Xod finally jumped out of the window. The pile of hay shifted just out of reach and Xod landed hard on his butt.
"That's cheating Yuo!" He screeched pointing an accusing finger at her.
"What are you talking about?" Yuogi asked, blinking innocently.
"We agreed no use of our abilities right?"
Yuogi shook her head. "You didn't want me to cast any spells. I just used telekinesis." She stood almost on tiptoe very proud of herself.
"That's still not fair." Xod pouted.
Clark laughed. "You two are far too casual with your abilities. I've had to hide mine very carefully."
Yuogi stared at him, "We're not casual with them we've just had more time to get used to them." She replied.
"Most of them anyway." Xod added.
The three of them had been going through adolescence with some trouble because they were continually finding new abilities to control. That's how they'd originally become friends, the recognition that all three were different from the rest of Smallville. Xod and Yuogi were twins but were good friends as well. Clark wasn't really sure of the two's heritage but neither did they know all the details of his. He was only vaguely aware he had a family and that they lived and worked in metropolis while they lived on the old family farm.
"So whatchya wanna do today?" Yuogi asked throwing one arm around Clark and the other around Xod, being more than six feet around those two had some advantages.
"Want to catch a movie?" Xod offered.
"What about Chloe and Pete?" Clark asked.
"If Pete's not practicing and Chloe can take a break from her wall of weird they're welcome to come." Yuogi replied sticking a piece of hay in her mouth. "But I want to drive."
If there was one thing the people of Smallville knew about Yuogi it was that she liked to drive, fast. It'd taken Clark awhile but he'd realized she wasn't reckless just speedy and he never screamed about it anymore. They pulled to a stop in front of Chloe's house, their hair windblown despite the fact that they were driving a truck.
"Chlo?" Yuogi said walking in the door, another habit she had.
"Hey Yuo, what's up?"
"You wanna go see a movie?"
"I'm broke."
"We'll buy." Xod offered.
"You mean I'll buy." Yuogi retorted with a grunt. "You don't have any money left."
"I'm really into this article I'm working on right now. You know how all the baseballs on the campus have been disappearing? And the tennis balls and the golf balls, almost anything round."
"Chloe do you have any idea how weird that is? Who would run around stealing everything round?" Xod commented in disbelief.
Chloe shrugged, "I don't know who's taking them or why. It's really weird though. I'm asking the same questions and I'm finding dead ends."
"We'll keep our eyes open." Yuogi replied and they headed out the door.
"Didn't you take all those balls, Yuogi?" Xod asked.
"I was trying to get them to come from far away… footballs are too funnily shaped I didn't want to steal them. I'll return them." Clark glared at her. She shrugged meekly. "At least she'll have another story to write."
No one was in Pete's house so they shrugged and went to the movies.
"That was an awesome flick!" Yuogi exclaimed and danced around in front of the two guys imitating scenes from the movie.
"Nice impression."
"Uh oh." Xod said with feigned concern.
"Hi Lex." Yuogi said turning to face him. "What're you up to today?" She asked, smiling brightly.
"Just thought I'd grab some coffee." He replied. "Care to join me?"
"Sure." Yuogi replied. Both Clark and Xod were shocked, her usually hostile behavior was gone, the enmity almost as if it had never existed.
"There's something with her." Lex whispered to Clark.
"Whatever happens," Clark replied, raising his hands. "I wasn't involved with it."
"You're crazy." Yuogi said looking up at Xod. Her dark brown hair curled about her face in unruly curls and Xod grinned down at her.
"I may be crazy but you're chicken." He replied flashing his white-toothed smile with a twinkle in his dark brown eyes.
"Is that a challenge?" She replied her green eyes flashing.
"Of course it is." He retorted. She sprang from the ground took a flying leap and landed in the hay thirty feet away from the barn.
She shouted in triumph. Right before a pair of hands were clamped over her eyes.
"Clark." She said knowingly.
"Not fair." He grumbled.
"Where's your shadow?" She asked, plucking hay from her hair.
"Amelia? She's around. I think Mom took her shopping."
"She's starting to get to you then?"
"It's just I didn't know I had a sister until four days ago and now I have to take her everywhere."
"Where'd she come from?"
"We found her huddled in a corner we did tests though and somehow she's my mom and dad's child though neither remember her."
"Strange." Yuogi replied.
Clark nodded in response. "Yeah. What's Xod doing?"
"He dared me to jump out the barn window into that pile of hay." She gestured to the pile a few feet away.
"Let me guess he's too chicken to do it himself?" Yuogi nodded and both smiled.
"Come on Xod!" Yuogi yelled. "Let's see if you can do it!" Clark shouted some taunts as well until Xod finally jumped out of the window. The pile of hay shifted just out of reach and Xod landed hard on his butt.
"That's cheating Yuo!" He screeched pointing an accusing finger at her.
"What are you talking about?" Yuogi asked, blinking innocently.
"We agreed no use of our abilities right?"
Yuogi shook her head. "You didn't want me to cast any spells. I just used telekinesis." She stood almost on tiptoe very proud of herself.
"That's still not fair." Xod pouted.
Clark laughed. "You two are far too casual with your abilities. I've had to hide mine very carefully."
Yuogi stared at him, "We're not casual with them we've just had more time to get used to them." She replied.
"Most of them anyway." Xod added.
The three of them had been going through adolescence with some trouble because they were continually finding new abilities to control. That's how they'd originally become friends, the recognition that all three were different from the rest of Smallville. Xod and Yuogi were twins but were good friends as well. Clark wasn't really sure of the two's heritage but neither did they know all the details of his. He was only vaguely aware he had a family and that they lived and worked in metropolis while they lived on the old family farm.
"So whatchya wanna do today?" Yuogi asked throwing one arm around Clark and the other around Xod, being more than six feet around those two had some advantages.
"Want to catch a movie?" Xod offered.
"What about Chloe and Pete?" Clark asked.
"If Pete's not practicing and Chloe can take a break from her wall of weird they're welcome to come." Yuogi replied sticking a piece of hay in her mouth. "But I want to drive."
If there was one thing the people of Smallville knew about Yuogi it was that she liked to drive, fast. It'd taken Clark awhile but he'd realized she wasn't reckless just speedy and he never screamed about it anymore. They pulled to a stop in front of Chloe's house, their hair windblown despite the fact that they were driving a truck.
"Chlo?" Yuogi said walking in the door, another habit she had.
"Hey Yuo, what's up?"
"You wanna go see a movie?"
"I'm broke."
"We'll buy." Xod offered.
"You mean I'll buy." Yuogi retorted with a grunt. "You don't have any money left."
"I'm really into this article I'm working on right now. You know how all the baseballs on the campus have been disappearing? And the tennis balls and the golf balls, almost anything round."
"Chloe do you have any idea how weird that is? Who would run around stealing everything round?" Xod commented in disbelief.
Chloe shrugged, "I don't know who's taking them or why. It's really weird though. I'm asking the same questions and I'm finding dead ends."
"We'll keep our eyes open." Yuogi replied and they headed out the door.
"Didn't you take all those balls, Yuogi?" Xod asked.
"I was trying to get them to come from far away… footballs are too funnily shaped I didn't want to steal them. I'll return them." Clark glared at her. She shrugged meekly. "At least she'll have another story to write."
No one was in Pete's house so they shrugged and went to the movies.
"That was an awesome flick!" Yuogi exclaimed and danced around in front of the two guys imitating scenes from the movie.
"Nice impression."
"Uh oh." Xod said with feigned concern.
"Hi Lex." Yuogi said turning to face him. "What're you up to today?" She asked, smiling brightly.
"Just thought I'd grab some coffee." He replied. "Care to join me?"
"Sure." Yuogi replied. Both Clark and Xod were shocked, her usually hostile behavior was gone, the enmity almost as if it had never existed.
"There's something with her." Lex whispered to Clark.
"Whatever happens," Clark replied, raising his hands. "I wasn't involved with it."