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"I don't know Kal-El, I think they're broken." Lor-Ex said, turning his head slightly while looking at them.
"You idiot, they can't break!" Fot-Ell argued.
"How do you know? You've never met one!"
"The book said so!"
"That book is a load of crap!"
"Is not!!!"
"Is too!!!"
Kal-El shook his head and walked over towards the Kent's. He tapped Jonathon. "Uh...excuse me, just to clear up something...uh...you're not broken, are you?"
Jonathon, regaining his self-consciousness..."No, we're not broken."
"Oh, good to hear it. My name is Kal-El." He held out his hand to shake his. Lor-Ex and Fot-Ell were still arguing.
"Jonathon takes his hand, hesitated..."I'm J..J..Jonathon. Jonathon Kent."
"Nice to meet you, and those two...are idiot number one, and idiot number two."
"Hey!!!" Lor-Ex and Fot-Ell turn around. "We're not idiots!" Lor-Ex called.
"Well maybe you are..." Fot-Ell said, laughing.
"Yeah that's true...hey wait! I AM NOT!"
"ARE TOO"
"ARE NOT!"
"ARE TOO!"
Kal-El sighed. He glanced over at the spaceship. It was badly dented but still functional. At least for short distances. The cargo hold of the ship however, was smoldering. And so was everything inside most likely. Their clothes, books, his room... "My room...MY ROOM!" Kal-El sprinted over to the spaceship and flung open the travel chamber. All the pods were burning. He frantically began opening them to see if anything had survived, but all he found was ashes. He began to trudge out of the ship when he stumbled upon one he had missed. Although he felt no need to open it, he did anyway. Inside he found a picture, of him and his parents. The edges of the frame were scorched, the photo still intact. He slid the it out of the frame and stared at it for a long time, his eyes watering slightly, before folding it up and stuffing it down into the bottom of his pocket. He tossed the frame back inside the pod, the with all the strength he could muster, hurled it back to the bottom of the ship. In frustration and anger, but mostly depression that his parents are gone. He crawled back outside, wiping his eyes on his sleeve so no one would notice he almost cried. Fot-Ell and Lor-Ex had finally stopped arguing. They probably hadn't settled it, but at least they had stopped. All three of them walked back over towards the Kent's.
"What happened to you guys, why are you here?" Martha asked with curiosity.
"Well..." Fot-Ell looked over at Kal-El. Can we trust them? He mouthed. Kal-El glanced over at them, and Pete, who had slowly made his way out of the truck and stood behind Jonathon.
"I think we can." He said aloud. Fot-Ell nodded and continued.
"Well, you see, we're from the planet Krypton. Our sun, from which we receive our energy, drifted to close to us and got overheated, or something along those lines. I don't know much of the matter. Our parents did, though nobody would believe them and they were forbidden to leave. So they saved us."
"All of our friends, family, everyone, died in the explosion when the planet sort of...blew up." Lor-Ex finished. Kal-El was silent during the entire explanation. He couldn't bring himself to say anything. Since this was actually the first time either of the three of them had talked about it.
"That's so horrible! Where are you planning on staying?"
Kal-El thought.
"Actually, we have no idea. We don't know anyone in particular. I guess we'll have to roam around and find someplace to stay."
"You can't just wander around by yourselves! You can stay with us for now." Jonathon glared over at Martha
"Martha!"
"Jonathon!"
"Martha!"
"Jonathon!"
"Martha!"
"Jonathon!"
"Fot-Ell!" everyone looked over at Fot-Ell. "What?" While the Kent's negotiated, Pete walked over to the three of them. He wanted some excitement in his life, and he wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. He cautiously tried to introduce himself.
"Uh...hi, I'm Pete Ross." He stumbled slightly on his words.
"Hi Pete, I'm Kal-El."
"Lor-Ex."
"Fot-Ell." Kal-El detected his nervousness.
"You don't need to be afraid of us, we're nice, we won't bite." Pete laughed slightly. The Kent's had finally come to a mutual decision. The boys could stay with them, but just until they find somewhere to stay. Martha wanted to keep them permanently but Jonathon wouldn't hear of it, but she figured if they stayed for a little while, maybe they'll grow on him. Martha approached them.
"You kids can stay with us if you'd like until you get back on your feet."
"That would be really nice. I mean if you're sure, I don't want you to feel obligated to give us a place to stay."
"No, of course it's ok. I don't feel obligated whatsoever." Kal-El smiled. "Pete is staying with us too. At least for tonight." Kal-El zapped the ship into it's portable travel size carrying pod (ten years can lead to many more useful inventions. Lol) and he, his friends and Pete climbed into the back of their truck. As they drove, Martha asked them if they'd like McDonald's for dinner. Pete quickly agreed, but Kal-El, Lor-Ex and Fot-Ell exchanged extremely confused looks.
"What's dinner?" Lor-Ex asked.
"Or a McDonald's?" Fot-Ell added. Pete's eyes widened.
"You know, food."
"Food?"
"What you eat?"
"What's an eat?"
"It's something you do. You don't eat?"
"No."
"Where do you get your energy from then?" Jonathon asked.
"The sun."
"Well then I guess you're in for a treat." Martha laughed as they pulled into the McDonald's parking lot. They all got out of the car and walked inside. Kal-El and crew stared up at the menu. "What do you guys want?"
Pete ordered the McChicken sandwich. Kal-El finally decided on a quarter pounder with cheese. Fot-Ell got the 8 piece chicken nugget meal, and
Lor-Ex got a Big Mac. Once their food came and they sat down, the three kids just kind of stared at it. They didn't know what to do.
"What do we do?" Kal-El asked. Jonathon thought for a moment, it was surprisingly hard to explain how to eat. It was just something you did.
"Well I guess you bite off a piece, chew it up, and swallow it."
"Why?"
"That's just how you do it." Kal-El turned his sandwich this way and that, he opened his mouth and took a bite, chewing slowly. It was the longest recorded McDonald's outing ever.
Finally after they returned home from the eventful experiment, the Kent's, Pete, Kal-El, Lor-Ex, and Fot-El, flopped down on the couch, though the younger children was forced to opt for the floor. Exhausted and confused from that day's events, even if it was only 8:30 pm, they all decided to hit the sack. But now with four extra people spending the night, and only one guest bedroom...
"Martha, where is everyone going to sleep?"
"Well, two of them could sleep in the guest bedroom..."
"What about the loft?" Pete suggested. Martha looked to Jonathon.
"I guess that could work..."
"Guest bed!" Fot-Ell called out.
"Right behind you!" yelled Lor-Ex.
"Do you two mind sleeping in the loft?"
"No, I don't, but I'm not sure I know what one is either."
"I don't care either. I'll show him where it is." Said Pete. By the time they had found extra sheets blankets, and something for the kids to wear to bed, it was nine o'clock. They all said goodnight, and Pete led Clark out over to the loft. But, even though they were both tired, they stayed up talking into the late hours of the night. "Kal-El..."
"Yeah Pete?"
"What was Krypton like?" he paused a moment before answering.
"It was beautiful. Snow and ice crystals everywhere you looked. Hills rolling on for miles."
"Do you miss it a lot?"
"I suppose I miss it, but it's best not to dwell in the past."
"I can only imagine the trauma you guys are going through. Did you see it blow up?"
"Yeah..."
"Was it cool?!" Pete stopped, embarrassed. He hoped he hadn't offended him. Kal-El could sense Pete's tension.
"Once you get past the part about everyone dying, actually it was pretty neat." Pete smiled, gratefully. "Would you mind if we changed the subject for a little while?"
"Sure."
"What do you do on Earth?"
"Well, on weekdays we have to go to school..."
"What's school?"
"It's where you go to learn. About math and science and stuff."
"You mean like lessons?"
"Yes, exactly."
"I hated those! You mean I didn't escape them?" Kal-El groaned. Pete laughed.
Kal-El was running down a long narrow hallway. It seemed to be getting tighter and tighter the more he ran. His parents stood at the end of the hallway, smiling and waving at him. He began to run faster. But they never got any closer. He called out to them, but their happy and unchanging
expressions didn't move. He raced faster, he could feel someone breathing down his neck, as if saying tick-tock, tick-tock. He reached out to them, almost there, when there was an explosion. Their shattered remains falling all around him. He screamed, yelling as loud as possible, when the hallway disappeared. He was falling...falling...when...
Kal-El sat up bolt right in his bed, sweating and shaking. It was still dark out. He glanced over at Pete, who was asleep. He was still breathing heavily, he rolled over and tried to return to his slumber. The dream however came back.
Kal-El was a wreck. He had slept fitfully through the entire night. Fot-Ell and Lor-Ex showed no sign of having one of those awful dreams, so he chose not to mention it. Martha had been up for at least an hour and had breakfast waiting on the table.
Pete's parents returned home and picked Pete up around nine. Her mother had not made it, and they were driving to Metropolis to see family. Once they had departed, Martha offered to take the boys shopping for some clothes that they would blend in in more. Fot-Ell and Lor-Ex went, but Kal-El stayed back at the house. He was still pondering the dream he had had . Jonathon went out to work in the field, and Kal-E plopped down on the couch. He rolled over still thinking, when gunfire broke out and Jonathon's cries filled the air.
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