Strength
Clark sat upstairs in his room looking outside his window; he had just finished his chores after getting back from the hospital.
Martha knocked on the open door and Clark turned around.
"I just wanted to know if you are alright." Martha asked in a concerned voice, "Your father and I wanted to make sure you knew what happened and everything."
"Sort of, I mean, some of the stuff that happened is a little fuzzy but it's becoming clearer through my dreams and stuff." Clark said
"Even when you shout your biological mothers name in your sleep?" Martha said.
"That happened?" Clark said with wide eyes confused.
Martha nodded her head yes. He then walked over towards her and embraced her.
"Mom, I don't even remember dreaming anything, but if I'm shouting stuff out in my sleep especially with Lana around she's going to start asking questions." Clark said.
"Don't worry about that. Your father and I have that pretty much covered I think." Martha said.
Clark breathed a small sigh of relief and gave his mom a small Kent grin and headed downstairs.
When Clark bounded the last step he saw his father sitting at the island going over paperwork.
"Dad, is everything alright?" Clark said.
"Yea, son everything is fine, I'm just going over some details about the tractor." Jonathan said.
"What's wrong with the tractor?" Clark asked.
Jonathan walked over to him and placed his hand on Clark's shoulder and replied, "I'm afraid it's nothing I can fix."
"Dad you're looking at the guy with all the abilities, the doctors told you not to do heavy work around the farm anymore." Clark said.
Jonathan gave Clark a small smile and replied, "Actually, the tractor is fine, and I just need you to do some chores in the far back fields close to the woods, putting in new fence posts." Jonathan said.
"Sure Dad, I can do it." Clark said.
"I'll just help you load up the truck and then you can get started." Jonathan said.
Jonathan and Clark headed out to the barn. Jonathan walked towards the truck and drove it in reverse to the open door of the barn. Then he got out and he and Clark grabbed the tools and started putting the fence posts in the back of the truck. When they were finished Clark got into the truck, Jonathan then told him where to go and Clark headed off to the back fields.
When he arrived he got out of the truck to survey the land that he would have to put a fence around, he thought to himself that it would only take about two hours with his abilities so he started to get to work. About an hour of the way in Clark sat down in the dirt to survey his accomplishment.
"I did that faster than I thought." Clark said.
Clark then wiped his face from the small amount of sweat on his face and began to hear a horse galloping towards him in the distance. He turned around and saw that Lana was coming towards him on Dartanian, Clark's horse.
Lana hopped off the saddle and tied the horse's reigns around the newly finished fence.
"Hey how are things going, your mom told me that you were out here fixing the fence." Lana asked.
"Well I finished the fence, and I was just thinking about heading back." Clark said.
"Oh, I wanted to ask you something." Lana said.
"Sure, Lana ask away." Clark said.
"How exactly did you end up in the caves?" Lana asked.
Clark then thought for a moment about how to ask the question, then turned away from Lana with the farm tools in hand and headed back towards the truck and then turned around and looked back at Lana.
"Have you been sitting on that question awhile or did you just think of it now?" Clark asked.
"I've been thinking about it since we found you." Lana said, "I'm just concerned."
Clark stopped packing up and took in a deep breathe, "I really have no idea. One Moment I was captured by this guy the next moment I realize I'm in a dark cave and I have no idea how long it's been or where I am."
"Alright, you know I'm totally here if you need me right. I'm just trying to decide when to head back to Paris." Lana said.
"Thanks Lana, and don't feel pressured about the whole Paris thing, when your ready to go back don't decide not to go because of me." Clark said.
"Ok, well, I'll see you back at the house." Lana said.
Lana then got back on Dartanian turned him around and started to gallop back towards the house.
Clark then finished putting the tools back in the truck and opened the door to the driver side of the vehicle. He was about to get in and turn the truck on when he heard a high pitched noise which affected not only his regular hearing but his super hearing and he then covered his ears and collapsed onto the ground.
In the distance Lana heard a similar sound which was just as high pitched, Dartanian bucked backwards and Lana had to get the horse back on four feet and gallop to where the sound was coming from.