"Are you sure you don't want to come? He asked again as Martha rolled her eyes.
"And miss the Muppets special I have on video?" Kayla asked pretending to be shocked. "Go with Martha, you will be back in less than an hour. Besides, I would love some lilacs." She told him giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"We'll see," he told her with a laugh as Martha
dragged him out the door.
After the car had pulled away Kayla went over to the phone.
After a few rings the phone was picked up.
"Wayne Manor."
"Hi Alfred, is Bruce around?"
"Yes I will go get him in a moment. How are you feeling
Miss Kayla?"
"Better now that I am home. It's hard but I am doing ok."
"That's good to hear, hold on one moment.
She heard the phone being put down so she went back to
the couch curling into the cushions.
"I was wondering when I would hear from you."
Bruce told her without preamble. "Well you try getting to the phone when it
is all you can do to walk from your room to the kitchen.
"Where is the guard?"
"He went to town. Thank you so much for the videos."
"No problem we wanted to do something nice for you. Is
Alex going to come over?"
"If he can get away from his guard he said he would. He
should be landing in 15 minutes or so," she told him glancing at the clock.
"How many times have you gone through the videos."
"I'm still making my way through then. I mean you have
found every Muppet show every. Jon is getting sick of it though. Something
about remembering why he hated the show in the first place."
"Well I am going to try and convince Alfred to
let me come and visit soon as well. He has this idea about you not wanting
visitors."
"I love having visitors well most of the time anyway. Nasty
Nell has brought her niece Lana over here four times this week. It
drives me crazy the way she makes Martha feel and dumps poor Lana on the
couch. Like I want to baby-sit a three year old in a fairy costume.
"A what?"
"Fairy costume she wears it all the time. Martha
said I wore the dress from her wedding for a week but that was a dress not
a costume."
"Wow someone doesn't like Lana."
"Its not Lana as much as it is Nell. Lana is fine when
her mom or dad brings her over just not Nell."
"So it's the Aunt you hate."
"Pretty much." She replied as a large explosion sounded
outside the house.
"What was that?"
"There are flying rocks everywhere." She yelled into the
phone over the noises of the rocks.
"Kayla get out of the house." Bruce yelled into the phone,
which had been cut off. "Alfred turn on the TV something is happening in
Smallville." Bruce said hanging up the phone and saying a quick prayer.
"Master Bruce, what is the going on?" Alfred asked as
he turned on the news channel.
"I don't know, Alfred, all of a sudden I heard an explosion and she shouted something about flying rocks.
They both turned to the TV as a new reporter came on the air. "We have just received reports of a major meteor shower happening in Smallville Kansas. We will keep you updated as information comes in." Bruce stared in horror as a satellite picture showing the path of the meteors was shown on the screen.
"Alfred we need to help."
"Already on it Master Bruce." He replied picking up the
phone and placing several calls.
Kayla hid in the storm shelter for what seemed
forever after she heard the last explosion. Making up her mind she climbed
out of the shelter. The damage was minimal. One huge rock sat in the driveway
but other then that the place appeared to be fine.
Looking around she saw the figure of her brother running
towards the house. She motioned for him to stop. She went into the house
and got the spare keys. Going into the barn she started the old truck and
managed to make it over to where Jon was.
"When did you learn to drive stick?" Jon asked after pulling
her out of the car and making sure she was all right.
"I watched Dad for years and he would explain
it all to me. Sometimes I would sit on his lap and practice as he controlled
the brake and gas." She said as he drove the truck. "Is Martha ok?"
"She is fine we had a little car trouble," he lied knowing
that she wouldn't see the truck.
"Kayla we found someone out there and you can't tell anyone
where we found him."
"Who did you find?"
"A baby."
"You found a baby during the shower?"
"A baby and a ship."
"Cool are we going to keep him." Kayla asked looking for
Martha and the baby.
Not expecting that reaction it took him a few seconds to answer. "Yes, but Kayla…"
"I know don't tell anyone." She said interrupting him.
Once they came to the spot where Martha was waiting
Kayla leapt out of the truck. "Hey baby, I'm your Aunt Kayla." She smiled
at the boy and slowly held out her arms.
Slowly he crawled into her arms and laid his head between
her neck and shoulder.
"I think he likes me," Kayla cried with delight as she
hugged the small body closer to her.
"What is his name?" she asked oblivious to the fact that
Jon had taken the truck and left the tree of them there.
"Well, we haven't decided yet." Martha said watching the
pair of them bonding. She was so glad that he would have Kayla to watch out
for him. She saw how much Kayla loved having Jon and vice versa. "How are
things at the house?"
"Except for one rock the place looks untouched. I think
Bruce is in a panic by now I was on the phone with him when it started and
the connection was blown."
"Bruce as in the one who sent you lilacs and the Muppets?"
"He and Alex sent me those things together sort
of and yes it was that Bruce."
"Well you are almost a teenager now," Martha teased her
watching as the calming sounds of their voices were sending the baby to sleep.
Before she could respond, Jon drove up the ship hidden
beneath a tarp. "Lets go home." He said as he lifted Kayla and the baby into
the truck.
"You got me lilacs!" Kayla squealed when she saw the flowers
sitting on the seat.
Martha and Jon shared a grin as the linked hands and drove
back home.
It was the next day when a limo pulled into the
Kent's driveway. Luckily the ship had been hidden in the cellar. The baby
had attached himself almost permanently to Kayla who loved every second of
it.
They were in her room when Martha called up the stairs
for her. She came down as quickly as she could since she was carrying her
shadow.
"Bruce!" she exclaimed giving him a hug the baby sandwiched
between them. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to make sure you were ok." He answered smiling
at the boy in her arms who was hiding in her shoulder shyly. Who is this?"
"Well, Jon and Martha are trying to adopt him. He was
abandoned on the road."
"Do they need any help?"
"I am sure they do Bruce. He wasn't even named."
"I'll have Alfred make some calls." Bruce said
as he was rewarded with another hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
"How old do you think he is?" Bruce asked as he studied
the small boy.
"Three. One year younger then I was when I came here."
She told him seeing Martha watching them from the kitchen.
"Did you hear about Alex?" Bruce asked getting to the
other reason for his visit.
"Only that he is in the hospital. What happened?"
"He was in a field when the meteors hit. The doctors
don't think he will ever recover his hair."
"That's horrible," Martha said coming into the room. Leaning
over she took Clark from Kayla.
"I was on my way to the hospital to visit. Would you like
to come?"
Kayla shot a look to Martha silently asking permission.
"Be careful and don't be gone to long, or Jonathan really
will have my head."
"Thanks Martha," Kayla said giving her a big hug before
running out the door with Bruce.
"Where is your brother?" Bruce asked once they were driving away.
"He went into town to help out with the clean
up effort. Thanks for that by the way."
"How did you know?" He asked a slight blush crawling across
his face.
"You're the only rich person I know with the money to
do this."
"What about Alex?"
"He has the heart but his father would never let him.
Did you know he came to visit me at the hospital?"
"No"
"It was my third day there. The day after you
both sent me flowers. His father had found out about it and wasn't happy."
"What do you mean?" Bruce asked his voice getting thick.
"He had a black eye. Said something about walking into
a door but we all know better."
"Lionel hates that Alex has friends, people that show
him he can be different, better."
"No one deserves to be hit." Kayla said sadly.
Bruce silently put his arm around her pulling him closer
he gave her a hug ending the conversation.
Five hours later
"I can't believe we couldn't even see him." Kayla seethed as they were back in the limo.
"He was in for tests Kayla," Bruce said trying
to calm her down but not managing to keep the anger out of his own voice.
"Well at least we were able to leave him something nice.
His mom will make sure he gets it." Kayla said with a sigh.
"Want to join the club?" Bruce asked after a few moments of
silence.
"What kind of club?"
"A club for people who have lost the ones who loved them,"
he answered sadly.
"Neither one of us count then, because you have Alfred
and I have my family."
"I never looked at it that way." Bruce told her after he thought about her comment. "Then a club for friends who will always have people to love them."
"That sounds like a better club." She told him
with a smile.
"Do you want to stop for dinner?" Bruce asked as he realized
what time it was.
"Can it be fast food? We won't home till almost 11 as
it is and Jon will be flipping out as it is." She told him stifling a yawn.
Slowly Bruce put his arm around her and rested her head on his shoulder.
Within a few miles they had both fallen asleep forgetting about dinner.
Several hours after they had gotten home Kayla
woke up in a cold sweat. Sitting up she noticed the baby silently watching
her. Standing us she crossed the room and picked him up. "You should be sleeping,"
she informed the boy as he traced patterns on her face with his pudgy fingers.
A few rooms down Martha and Jonathan woke up to the sounds
of her voice carried over the baby monitor.
"Should I go get him?" Martha asked rolling over to face Jonathan.
"Let them be." He told her quieting as he heard Kayla begin to talk to the baby.
Back in the room Kayla had laid back on the bed and
the baby was resting his head on her chest. "Your lucky," she began running
her fingers through his hair. "You will never remember a before. Sometimes
late at night I do" Sighing she began again,
"There is only one good thing I remember from before."
Taking a breath she began to sing, "The stars are all my friends till the
darkness ends. And I know I'm not alone when I'm here on my own. Isn't that
amazing no one's alone not really alone."
She looked down at the baby and saw that he had fallen asleep his thumb planted
firmly in his mouth. She kissed his head before falling back asleep.
Back in the other room Martha and Jonathan had tears in their eyes.
"I never knew that she remembered anything about her life before she came here." Jonathan whispered hoarsely.
"What do you know about it?" Martha asked.
"Not much Mom and Dad never told me. I do remember how when she first got to the farm some nights I would wake up and she would be asleep on the floor of my room. She would never crawl into the bed I would always have to place her there she would just lie on the floor."
Martha said nothing only curled deeper into his arms
before falling back asleep.
A/N The spng used is from the movie Hook. More to come soon including
Baby Clark and other suprises. Please read and review.