A/N: OK kiddies, I'm going to impart some wisdom that my mother once
bestowed upon me. Make sure you write this down because these are pearls!
Never write two fanfics at the same time, it will only end in tears! OK,
so maybe she didn't say that exactly, but it was pretty damn close! I'm
sorry that I've been neglecting this story, but I'll be better about it I
promise! Now where did we leave off? Oh yeah, the mistletoe! Look, I
think of us as family and family is honest with each other. I'm going to
be honest with you all, the only reason I wanted it to skip to December was
for the mistletoe thing! Wow, I feel so much better now that I have that
out in the open! Now that it's over we're going to skip ahead to spring.
What can I say, it's my world and I'll do whatever I want! Now back to our
program already in progress.
~Chapter 7~
Christmas came and went. The snows melted and flowers started to spring all around. Life at the Kent house was hectic to say the least. Jonathan was spending every moment preparing to plant the field. When he wasn't outside doing work, he was inside talking about what still needed to be done. If things didn't get done as he expected he'd loose his temper and be in a foul mood the rest of the day. Martha was exasperated as to what to do with him. There just wasn't any calming him down. About the only person at the Kent home who seemed unaffected by all this was Clark.
Clark's world was one of bliss. He and Lana saw each other everyday. His relationship with her was growing by leaps and bounds. It was early on a Saturday morning when he was saddling a horse to go and meet Lana.
"Hey Honey," his mother said coming into the stable. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Hey Mom," Clark said turning to greet her. "I'm just getting ready to go and meet Lana. We're going to have a picnic today by the lake."
"Clark," his mother started and then hesitated. How could she express to him her unease at his seeing Lana?
"What is it Mom," Clark turned around when his mother stopped talking and was now giving her his full attention.
"Well, this isn't easy to say," Martha started.
'This can't be good,' Clark thought, aloud he said, "Just say it, it'll be OK."
"Alright. I don't think you should be seeing Lana."
'Nope not good at all.' He just stood there staring at his mother. "What?" was all he could manage.
"Well, honey," she began tentatively, "it's just that your father and I don't think that you should be getting involved with her. It just wouldn't be right. She lives in the castle and she's under Lex's care."
Clark's mouth dropped open. He couldn't really believe what was coming out of his mother's mouth. "Are you telling me that I shouldn't be with Lana because I'm socially beneath her?"
Color rose in his mother's cheeks, "Well, it is something that you need to consider. She is above you."
Clark's eyebrows drew together in anger, "I don't believe that you are standing there telling me this! And Dad agrees? This isn't right!"
"We're only thinking about your best interests Clark!" his mother said reaching out to try and calm him down.
Enraged Clark brushed her arm aside and took a step back. "You always told me when I was growing up that I should never treat anyone like I'm better than them to and never let anyone treat me like they are better than me. This is so hypocritical of you to change your minds now!"
"Calm down Clark," his mother said in a sterner voice. This wasn't going the way she had hoped. "Look, I'm not telling you that she's better than you, I'm telling you that it isn't likely that you two can even be together," she sighed. More calmly she said, "Every morning while you saddle your horse Whitney is inside all but proclaiming the wedding day. These are things that I don't think you are aware of that affect what you believe."
"Mom, Lana doesn't care for Whitney."
"Clark, sweetie, that's not the point. Whitney is a Lord and as such he has more say in this than you do." Clark shot his mother another dirty look. He decided to just ignore the conversation and turn back to saddling his horse. His mother pressed on, "If Whitney went to the king and he gave his permission there would be nothing you could do about it. For all we know he may already have talked to Lex about it. Look, I know that this isn't something you want to hear, but I don't want you getting hurt in the long run when things don't work out."
Clark was finished with his horse and was about to get on when he turned back to his mother. "It really saddens me that you, of all people, who had given up hope of ever having a child when you found me are telling me to give up hope on being with the person I love."
With that Clark climbed onto the horse and rode out of the barn leaving his mother crying in his wake.
~~~
"Excuse me my lord."
Whitney looked up from his paper work when he heard his someone speak. He saw Chloe standing at the doorway.
"What do you want?" he replied, bending his head back to his paper work.
Chloe was more than a little agitated that he was ignoring her but knew that it would all change when he heard what she had to say.
~~~
Clark and Lana rode their way through the woods toward the lake. Lana chatted merrily the whole time and Clark had been able to catch enough bits and pieces of the conversation to keep it going on his end. When they got to the lake Clark laid out a blanket that he had with him and set put out the food they had brought with them while Lana walked to the lake.
"I haven't been out here in so long," she commented undoing the clasp of her cloak as she walked back to Clark. Sitting down she said, "Lex used to bring me out here for picnics when I was younger. They weren't that often since even at an early age he was always gone."
They started eating and it wasn't long before Lana finally noticed that something was bothering Clark. The more she tried to pull him into conversation the harder it got. He was sitting against a tree with his arms resting on the knees he'd brought up to his chest. In his hands he was holding a piece of bread that he'd been turning over and over in his hands for the past fifteen minutes.
"The cook made us a delicious lunch," Lana said.
"Yeah great," was the drab reply.
"It's such a beautiful day out today," she tried again.
"Beautiful." More drab.
"I think I'm going to take off all my clothes and go into the lake naked."
"Have fun."
"Clark!" Clark finally looked up at her. "You haven't heard a word I've said!"
"I'm sorry," he said getting up. She put down her plate and leaned back so she could look up at him. "I've just had a lot on my mind today is all."
"Well, why don't you sit down and tell me about it."
Clark looked down at her and hesitated. He didn't really want to tell her about the doubts his mother had placed in his head that morning. "No, I'll be alright."
"Clark, you'll feel better if you talk about it. It's not good to keep it inside."
"I said I don't want to talk about it," he said with more force than he intended. At Lana's hurt look Clark turned and headed down to the water.
A few moments later Lana's hands went around his waist from behind and her cheek was pressing against his back. Clark brought his hands up to cover her arms. "I'm sorry," he said.
"I know you are," she replied into his back, "I just want to help you however I can. Please tell me what the problem is."
They stood there that way while Clark told Lana about his argument with his mother.
"So that's why you've been like this all day?" She pulled her arms back from around his waist and turned around to face her. "You're worried about Whitney?" Clark nodded. "Well, let me just assure you that you have nothing to worry about there."
Clark sighed; he wished it were that simple, "But what if she's right about him having talked to Lex?"
"Clark, listen to me, I've already talked to Lex. I already told him I want to be with you. He agrees. He thinks you're a great guy."
Clark smiled down at her, "Really?"
She smiled back, "Yes really."
"Lana this is the best news I've heard all day!"
She slid her arms up around his neck, "Well, good, now come down lean down here so we can celebrate."
~~~
Whitney saw Clark and Lana kiss and then he just saw red. He stepped out into the clearing and headed to the lake.
"Hey! What are you doing," Chloe called after him. She had only brought him down there to show him where Clark and Lana spent most of their time, she didn't think that he was going to do anything while there. She stepped out into the clearing and followed him down.
"What the hell is going on here!" Whitney roared.
Clark and Lana's heads came up quickly and Lana gasped "Whitney."
Clark stood in front of Lana shielding her from Whitney.
"Just what do you think you're doing Kent?"
"Leave us alone Whitney, go home."
Whitney's eyes widened in horror, "How dare you! Who are you to give me an order! You are no one! Lana come with me, I'm taking you back to the castle where you will immediately explain yourself! You should be ashamed of yourself." Motioning in Chloe's direction he continued, "When Chloe came to me and told me how she'd seen you go off day after day with Kent I didn't believe her. I made here lead me here so I could see for myself. You are acting no better than a common whore!"
No sooner had Whitney said the words than he felt blood inside his cheeks. He stumbled back a few paces and fell to the ground. Clark had come out of nowhere and punched him. Chloe screamed and bent down to see if he was OK.
"Don't ever speak about Lana that way again Whitney. Come on Lana let's go."
Clark led her past the picnic area and straight to where the horses were. He wanted to get her back to the castle as soon as possible. Lana had just gotten back on her horse when Whitney pushed from behind Clark. Whitney had the upper advantage since Clark was caught unaware and they tumbled a little farther into the forest. Clark heard Lana call out her name before he felt the sharp pain shoot through him.
He had only ever felt this pain before when he had gone into his barn at home and found the space ship that had brought him. Around it had been green glowing stones that made him feel sick when he had picked it up. His whole body had gone weak and he hadn't even been able to find the strength to push the rock away from him.
Clark couldn't get up off the ground and before he knew it Whitney was on him punching him in the face. It was amazing, but the punch hurt. Millions of nerve endings in Clark's face exploded with pain. He tried in vain to push Whitney off of him, but he couldn't manage it.
He heard Lana and Chloe coming up behind Whitney and saw her grab his arm. "That is enough Whitney!" Using all the strength she possessed she pulled Whitney off of Clark and shoved him away. "Leave him alone!" She turned back to Clark and knelt down beside him. "Clark are you alright? Talk to me Clark."
Clark was still withering with pain on the ground and his voice was barely a whisper, "Green-glowing-stone-get-away-from-me."
"Green stone? What green stone Clark."
"Somewhere-near-please-get-rid-of-it."
Lana stood up and started looking around. Just a few feet away she saw a three glowing green stones. She stood there amazed looking at rocks she'd never seen before in her life. She snapped out of it quickly and picked up the stones. She ran back to the lake and threw them in quickly before running back to Clark.
"OK, they're gone Clark. What else can I do?"
"I-need-get-home," he managed to get out.
"Clark, listen to me," she said grabbing his face and forcing her to look at her, "you're going to have to help me out. I can't carry you out of here by myself. You need to help me, do you understand."
Clark nodded his head, unable to speak.
"Oh no you don't," Whitney said coming up behind her and grabbing her arm. "You're coming back to the castle with me!"
Lana turned around and with all her might swung her fist into his face and with her knee hit him in the groin. Whitney fell to the floor in pain and Chloe rushed once again to his side.
"Come on Clark," she said helping him stand up and walking him to the horses, "we don't have much time."
After a couple of minutes of trying to get him on his horse they were finally on their way. "Clark, you're going to have to hold on tight to the reins. I don't know where they left their horses and I want to get you home." Clark picked up the reins and wrapped them around his arm for support. Lana pulled up next to his horse and gave it a smack to get it galloping. She started after the horse looking over her shoulder for any sign of Whitney. She didn't feel relief until she saw the Kent farm in the distance. As soon as they reached the house she jumped off the horse and ran into the house.
"Martha! Martha!"
"What is it Lana?" Martha said running into the room!
"It's Clark," Lana said, "I don't know, he's weak and he can't move well, he needs help!"
"Jonathan!" Martha screamed running outside behind Martha. The two women had just gotten Clark off the horse as Jonathan came running up.
"Let's get him inside, then you can tell us what happened," Jonathan said helping bring Clark inside.
They rested Clark on the couch and Lana quickly told them what happened by the lake.
"When he told me about the green rocks I didn't know what he was talking about, but I looked around and sure enough there they were. I ran back to the lake and threw them in as far as I could. Please, he seemed to know what they were, what were they?"
Martha looked at Jonathan; they knew that the rocks were. It had been Martha who found Clark in the barn those many years ago and had taken the rocks away to save him.
Jonathan sighed and sat next to Lana. "Lana," he began, "they are from the day the rocks fell."
"OK, but why do they affect Clark that way. They didn't seem to have any effect on Whitney, Chloe, or me," she said not really following what they were trying to tell her.
"Well, that is because they are from wherever Clark is from."
"What?" was all Lana could say reminding Martha of her conversation with Clark that very morning.
She took Lana's hand in hers, "Well, dear, I know this is going to be a bit of a shock for you, but-ah-well, Clark also came down from the sky that day."
"I'm sorry?"
Martha gave a nervous laugh, "We can't explain it either, one minute rocks are crashing down next to us and the next there's a toddler lifting the wagon off of us."
"Lifting," Lana repeated stupidly.
"Er-yes, apparently where ever he's from everyone is much stronger than people here." She continued with the story, "We found a small pod near where we were and realized that he had come from the sky too. Inside the pod were some of the green rocks inside. We took Clark and the pod home and raised him as our own."
Lana tried to comprehend what they were telling her. They didn't have any reason to lie to her and she'd seen the effects of the rocks herself.
Jonathan spoke, "We didn't want to tell anyone because we didn't want anyone to think any differently of him. We just wanted him to have a normal life."
"Is he going to be alright?" Lana asked.
"Yes, he just needs to rest. His strength will come back to him on it's own."
"Mr. and Mrs. Kent, do you mind if I stay here with Clark until he wakes up? I just want to make sure he's alright."
"Of course dear," Mrs. Kent said, "I'll go ahead and make up the guest room so that you can stay there tonight. I don't think that it's a good idea for you to go back to the castle," she added.
"Thank you. Tomorrow, I'll send a message to Lex so we can get this situation with Whitney taken care of." Martha stopped short and turned around.
"Lana, you can't mention anything about Clark to Lex," Jonathan was saying, "we-"
"Don't worry Mr. Kent your secret is safe with me."
~~~
"How could you just let them ride off like that!" Whitney was yelling at Chloe as they returned to the castle.
"I'm sorry, but I was trying to make sure that you were alright!" she yelled back.
"If only I had been able to get a hold of one of those rocks! Did you see how it made him suffer! I wonder what it was!"
"Listen," Chloe interrupted, "I think I know a way for you to get Lana. All I want in return is Clark.
Whitney turned around, clearly interested. "Well?" he said raising an eyebrow.
"I want your assurance first that you won't hurt Clark."
"Yes, yes whatever!"
"Well, while Lana may have been able to get rid of the rocks next to Clark, I was able to pick up this." Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a piece of the glowing green rocks.
Whitney had never been happier in his life.
A/N: So what did you all think? Maybe Whitney will be nice and get rid of the meteor rock. What do you think? All right, I know it doesn't take a genius to see he's going to use it against Clark. Tune in next time to find out what happens! Same Superman time, same Superman channel! Please review if you have time!
~Chapter 7~
Christmas came and went. The snows melted and flowers started to spring all around. Life at the Kent house was hectic to say the least. Jonathan was spending every moment preparing to plant the field. When he wasn't outside doing work, he was inside talking about what still needed to be done. If things didn't get done as he expected he'd loose his temper and be in a foul mood the rest of the day. Martha was exasperated as to what to do with him. There just wasn't any calming him down. About the only person at the Kent home who seemed unaffected by all this was Clark.
Clark's world was one of bliss. He and Lana saw each other everyday. His relationship with her was growing by leaps and bounds. It was early on a Saturday morning when he was saddling a horse to go and meet Lana.
"Hey Honey," his mother said coming into the stable. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Hey Mom," Clark said turning to greet her. "I'm just getting ready to go and meet Lana. We're going to have a picnic today by the lake."
"Clark," his mother started and then hesitated. How could she express to him her unease at his seeing Lana?
"What is it Mom," Clark turned around when his mother stopped talking and was now giving her his full attention.
"Well, this isn't easy to say," Martha started.
'This can't be good,' Clark thought, aloud he said, "Just say it, it'll be OK."
"Alright. I don't think you should be seeing Lana."
'Nope not good at all.' He just stood there staring at his mother. "What?" was all he could manage.
"Well, honey," she began tentatively, "it's just that your father and I don't think that you should be getting involved with her. It just wouldn't be right. She lives in the castle and she's under Lex's care."
Clark's mouth dropped open. He couldn't really believe what was coming out of his mother's mouth. "Are you telling me that I shouldn't be with Lana because I'm socially beneath her?"
Color rose in his mother's cheeks, "Well, it is something that you need to consider. She is above you."
Clark's eyebrows drew together in anger, "I don't believe that you are standing there telling me this! And Dad agrees? This isn't right!"
"We're only thinking about your best interests Clark!" his mother said reaching out to try and calm him down.
Enraged Clark brushed her arm aside and took a step back. "You always told me when I was growing up that I should never treat anyone like I'm better than them to and never let anyone treat me like they are better than me. This is so hypocritical of you to change your minds now!"
"Calm down Clark," his mother said in a sterner voice. This wasn't going the way she had hoped. "Look, I'm not telling you that she's better than you, I'm telling you that it isn't likely that you two can even be together," she sighed. More calmly she said, "Every morning while you saddle your horse Whitney is inside all but proclaiming the wedding day. These are things that I don't think you are aware of that affect what you believe."
"Mom, Lana doesn't care for Whitney."
"Clark, sweetie, that's not the point. Whitney is a Lord and as such he has more say in this than you do." Clark shot his mother another dirty look. He decided to just ignore the conversation and turn back to saddling his horse. His mother pressed on, "If Whitney went to the king and he gave his permission there would be nothing you could do about it. For all we know he may already have talked to Lex about it. Look, I know that this isn't something you want to hear, but I don't want you getting hurt in the long run when things don't work out."
Clark was finished with his horse and was about to get on when he turned back to his mother. "It really saddens me that you, of all people, who had given up hope of ever having a child when you found me are telling me to give up hope on being with the person I love."
With that Clark climbed onto the horse and rode out of the barn leaving his mother crying in his wake.
~~~
"Excuse me my lord."
Whitney looked up from his paper work when he heard his someone speak. He saw Chloe standing at the doorway.
"What do you want?" he replied, bending his head back to his paper work.
Chloe was more than a little agitated that he was ignoring her but knew that it would all change when he heard what she had to say.
~~~
Clark and Lana rode their way through the woods toward the lake. Lana chatted merrily the whole time and Clark had been able to catch enough bits and pieces of the conversation to keep it going on his end. When they got to the lake Clark laid out a blanket that he had with him and set put out the food they had brought with them while Lana walked to the lake.
"I haven't been out here in so long," she commented undoing the clasp of her cloak as she walked back to Clark. Sitting down she said, "Lex used to bring me out here for picnics when I was younger. They weren't that often since even at an early age he was always gone."
They started eating and it wasn't long before Lana finally noticed that something was bothering Clark. The more she tried to pull him into conversation the harder it got. He was sitting against a tree with his arms resting on the knees he'd brought up to his chest. In his hands he was holding a piece of bread that he'd been turning over and over in his hands for the past fifteen minutes.
"The cook made us a delicious lunch," Lana said.
"Yeah great," was the drab reply.
"It's such a beautiful day out today," she tried again.
"Beautiful." More drab.
"I think I'm going to take off all my clothes and go into the lake naked."
"Have fun."
"Clark!" Clark finally looked up at her. "You haven't heard a word I've said!"
"I'm sorry," he said getting up. She put down her plate and leaned back so she could look up at him. "I've just had a lot on my mind today is all."
"Well, why don't you sit down and tell me about it."
Clark looked down at her and hesitated. He didn't really want to tell her about the doubts his mother had placed in his head that morning. "No, I'll be alright."
"Clark, you'll feel better if you talk about it. It's not good to keep it inside."
"I said I don't want to talk about it," he said with more force than he intended. At Lana's hurt look Clark turned and headed down to the water.
A few moments later Lana's hands went around his waist from behind and her cheek was pressing against his back. Clark brought his hands up to cover her arms. "I'm sorry," he said.
"I know you are," she replied into his back, "I just want to help you however I can. Please tell me what the problem is."
They stood there that way while Clark told Lana about his argument with his mother.
"So that's why you've been like this all day?" She pulled her arms back from around his waist and turned around to face her. "You're worried about Whitney?" Clark nodded. "Well, let me just assure you that you have nothing to worry about there."
Clark sighed; he wished it were that simple, "But what if she's right about him having talked to Lex?"
"Clark, listen to me, I've already talked to Lex. I already told him I want to be with you. He agrees. He thinks you're a great guy."
Clark smiled down at her, "Really?"
She smiled back, "Yes really."
"Lana this is the best news I've heard all day!"
She slid her arms up around his neck, "Well, good, now come down lean down here so we can celebrate."
~~~
Whitney saw Clark and Lana kiss and then he just saw red. He stepped out into the clearing and headed to the lake.
"Hey! What are you doing," Chloe called after him. She had only brought him down there to show him where Clark and Lana spent most of their time, she didn't think that he was going to do anything while there. She stepped out into the clearing and followed him down.
"What the hell is going on here!" Whitney roared.
Clark and Lana's heads came up quickly and Lana gasped "Whitney."
Clark stood in front of Lana shielding her from Whitney.
"Just what do you think you're doing Kent?"
"Leave us alone Whitney, go home."
Whitney's eyes widened in horror, "How dare you! Who are you to give me an order! You are no one! Lana come with me, I'm taking you back to the castle where you will immediately explain yourself! You should be ashamed of yourself." Motioning in Chloe's direction he continued, "When Chloe came to me and told me how she'd seen you go off day after day with Kent I didn't believe her. I made here lead me here so I could see for myself. You are acting no better than a common whore!"
No sooner had Whitney said the words than he felt blood inside his cheeks. He stumbled back a few paces and fell to the ground. Clark had come out of nowhere and punched him. Chloe screamed and bent down to see if he was OK.
"Don't ever speak about Lana that way again Whitney. Come on Lana let's go."
Clark led her past the picnic area and straight to where the horses were. He wanted to get her back to the castle as soon as possible. Lana had just gotten back on her horse when Whitney pushed from behind Clark. Whitney had the upper advantage since Clark was caught unaware and they tumbled a little farther into the forest. Clark heard Lana call out her name before he felt the sharp pain shoot through him.
He had only ever felt this pain before when he had gone into his barn at home and found the space ship that had brought him. Around it had been green glowing stones that made him feel sick when he had picked it up. His whole body had gone weak and he hadn't even been able to find the strength to push the rock away from him.
Clark couldn't get up off the ground and before he knew it Whitney was on him punching him in the face. It was amazing, but the punch hurt. Millions of nerve endings in Clark's face exploded with pain. He tried in vain to push Whitney off of him, but he couldn't manage it.
He heard Lana and Chloe coming up behind Whitney and saw her grab his arm. "That is enough Whitney!" Using all the strength she possessed she pulled Whitney off of Clark and shoved him away. "Leave him alone!" She turned back to Clark and knelt down beside him. "Clark are you alright? Talk to me Clark."
Clark was still withering with pain on the ground and his voice was barely a whisper, "Green-glowing-stone-get-away-from-me."
"Green stone? What green stone Clark."
"Somewhere-near-please-get-rid-of-it."
Lana stood up and started looking around. Just a few feet away she saw a three glowing green stones. She stood there amazed looking at rocks she'd never seen before in her life. She snapped out of it quickly and picked up the stones. She ran back to the lake and threw them in quickly before running back to Clark.
"OK, they're gone Clark. What else can I do?"
"I-need-get-home," he managed to get out.
"Clark, listen to me," she said grabbing his face and forcing her to look at her, "you're going to have to help me out. I can't carry you out of here by myself. You need to help me, do you understand."
Clark nodded his head, unable to speak.
"Oh no you don't," Whitney said coming up behind her and grabbing her arm. "You're coming back to the castle with me!"
Lana turned around and with all her might swung her fist into his face and with her knee hit him in the groin. Whitney fell to the floor in pain and Chloe rushed once again to his side.
"Come on Clark," she said helping him stand up and walking him to the horses, "we don't have much time."
After a couple of minutes of trying to get him on his horse they were finally on their way. "Clark, you're going to have to hold on tight to the reins. I don't know where they left their horses and I want to get you home." Clark picked up the reins and wrapped them around his arm for support. Lana pulled up next to his horse and gave it a smack to get it galloping. She started after the horse looking over her shoulder for any sign of Whitney. She didn't feel relief until she saw the Kent farm in the distance. As soon as they reached the house she jumped off the horse and ran into the house.
"Martha! Martha!"
"What is it Lana?" Martha said running into the room!
"It's Clark," Lana said, "I don't know, he's weak and he can't move well, he needs help!"
"Jonathan!" Martha screamed running outside behind Martha. The two women had just gotten Clark off the horse as Jonathan came running up.
"Let's get him inside, then you can tell us what happened," Jonathan said helping bring Clark inside.
They rested Clark on the couch and Lana quickly told them what happened by the lake.
"When he told me about the green rocks I didn't know what he was talking about, but I looked around and sure enough there they were. I ran back to the lake and threw them in as far as I could. Please, he seemed to know what they were, what were they?"
Martha looked at Jonathan; they knew that the rocks were. It had been Martha who found Clark in the barn those many years ago and had taken the rocks away to save him.
Jonathan sighed and sat next to Lana. "Lana," he began, "they are from the day the rocks fell."
"OK, but why do they affect Clark that way. They didn't seem to have any effect on Whitney, Chloe, or me," she said not really following what they were trying to tell her.
"Well, that is because they are from wherever Clark is from."
"What?" was all Lana could say reminding Martha of her conversation with Clark that very morning.
She took Lana's hand in hers, "Well, dear, I know this is going to be a bit of a shock for you, but-ah-well, Clark also came down from the sky that day."
"I'm sorry?"
Martha gave a nervous laugh, "We can't explain it either, one minute rocks are crashing down next to us and the next there's a toddler lifting the wagon off of us."
"Lifting," Lana repeated stupidly.
"Er-yes, apparently where ever he's from everyone is much stronger than people here." She continued with the story, "We found a small pod near where we were and realized that he had come from the sky too. Inside the pod were some of the green rocks inside. We took Clark and the pod home and raised him as our own."
Lana tried to comprehend what they were telling her. They didn't have any reason to lie to her and she'd seen the effects of the rocks herself.
Jonathan spoke, "We didn't want to tell anyone because we didn't want anyone to think any differently of him. We just wanted him to have a normal life."
"Is he going to be alright?" Lana asked.
"Yes, he just needs to rest. His strength will come back to him on it's own."
"Mr. and Mrs. Kent, do you mind if I stay here with Clark until he wakes up? I just want to make sure he's alright."
"Of course dear," Mrs. Kent said, "I'll go ahead and make up the guest room so that you can stay there tonight. I don't think that it's a good idea for you to go back to the castle," she added.
"Thank you. Tomorrow, I'll send a message to Lex so we can get this situation with Whitney taken care of." Martha stopped short and turned around.
"Lana, you can't mention anything about Clark to Lex," Jonathan was saying, "we-"
"Don't worry Mr. Kent your secret is safe with me."
~~~
"How could you just let them ride off like that!" Whitney was yelling at Chloe as they returned to the castle.
"I'm sorry, but I was trying to make sure that you were alright!" she yelled back.
"If only I had been able to get a hold of one of those rocks! Did you see how it made him suffer! I wonder what it was!"
"Listen," Chloe interrupted, "I think I know a way for you to get Lana. All I want in return is Clark.
Whitney turned around, clearly interested. "Well?" he said raising an eyebrow.
"I want your assurance first that you won't hurt Clark."
"Yes, yes whatever!"
"Well, while Lana may have been able to get rid of the rocks next to Clark, I was able to pick up this." Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a piece of the glowing green rocks.
Whitney had never been happier in his life.
A/N: So what did you all think? Maybe Whitney will be nice and get rid of the meteor rock. What do you think? All right, I know it doesn't take a genius to see he's going to use it against Clark. Tune in next time to find out what happens! Same Superman time, same Superman channel! Please review if you have time!