Bruce
Chapter Three
The reaction to his statement from his wife and Chloe was pretty much what he had expected. Martha seemed to be grieving for her lost son and Chloe was trying to think of ways to get Clark back. She seemed to have correctly worked out than the spirit or whatever of Jor El had used the fake Kryponian "Kara" to get to Clark. She told them that 'John' had told her that he had discovered traces of subspace fields in the wall of the cave and that he believed someone had travelled to another dimension. The kid also thought it might be possible to bring them back.
"It would mean trusting him with Clarks secret, his far to smart to keep in the dark, if he help, and I think we can trust him. He did save both our lives Mr Kent. Although the point of bringing me here was to keep me safe from Lionel Luther, he might not want you take me near a Luthorcorp facility."
"Yes" said Martha "it would mean trusting him, but I think we can"
"Good" said Chloe with a smile "because I think he'll probably figure it out anyway"
"Agreed" said Jonathan "but for now you look like you need sleep and food. Come in to the house"
The trio went into the house and shut the door.
Meanwhile Bruce Wayne was parked near the caves. He was using the car's onboard computer to access his main computer at home. He was checking up on a suspicion he had. As he read the information on the screen he got more and more worried. He had been right.
A Wayne Enterprises communications satellite had picked up a signal from deep space about ten years ago. Bruce had since checked and found out that Dr Virgil Swann had also pick up the signal. Bruce read on, there had been several messages in the signal. The first was to whom ever received it, saying that the spaceship that had arrived carried a child called Kal El of the planet Krypton. The second message was for Kal El it, said he had been sent to conquer and rule Earth. Both massages were apparently from Kal El's father Jor El. Bruce did not believe this because of a third and buried massage. Which Bruce believed was the true massage. This massage appeared to be a sort of history lesson telling Kal El about his former home world. The Kryptonains seemed to be a benevolent culture that had been destroyed by some cataclysm. Jor El seemed to have seen the end coming but was unable to convince anyone else. He had only managed to save his son. The true massage had ended with the phrase "They can be a great people Kal El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good I have sent them you. My only son."
Bruce suspected Jor El's main rival had sent the fake massages, a rouge general called Zod. If he was right this had been done as revenge to corrupt Jor El's son, if so Kal El was in great danger. However if Bruce was right about the DNA sample that he had found, he though was Kal El's. Earth was in danger to. Bruce also suspected that Chloe's and the Kents' secret was that Clark Kent was Kal El.
A sudden beeping brought Bruce out of his thoughts. He stopped the beeping with the press of a button on the car's dashboard. The computer's analysis of his cave readings was ready; he brought it up on the screen. It was not good, the readout indicated that someone with a very dense molecular structure had both entered and exited though the wormhole he had detected in the gave wall. Whatever Clark had been turn into his DNA indicated he would be very, very powerful and if he was really under Zod's control, very dangerous. Fortunately it also showed a weakness to Chloe's meteor rocks.
Bruce's research showed than although long term exposure of more than an hour and a half would be fatal any less than that would not. Bruce Wayne did not want to kill anyone. It was not part of the Plan. He needed to find some meteor rock, there was some in the cave at home but Gotham was far away even at the car's speed. "The car" that didn't sound right, he would need to find some better, but that could wait till Chloe was safe and Lionel Luthor was behind bars permanently. Speaking of Luthor, thought Bruce, he had meteor rock. He had found then in a safe at Luthorcorp while looking into an attempted take over.
Bruce decided that Chloe might be able to help. Although he was not happy about the idea of taking Chloe to Luthorcorp but he would be there to protect her. Beside he was starting to enjoy her company, he also thought he would have a hard time making her stay put, Especially because he did not want to hurt her. Putting the car into gear Bruce turned the car and drove back to the Kent farm.
Chloe had just woken up and was having coffee with the Kents when they heard the kid's car drive towards the farmhouse. They all went out to meet him. When they got outside the Kid was already walk towards them.
"Mr and Mrs Kent I think I have news about your son" said the Kid "I think we should discuss this in-doors"
So they all want back into the house. Once there the kid took what looked like a small portable hi-fi out of his pack and switched it on. However no sound came from it at all.
"It broadcasted "whitenoise it's too low for us to hear but if will prevent Luthor or anyone else from listening in, said the kid "Now I think a political rival of your son's natural father is trying to corrupt him. I also think he may have succeeded at lest temporarily. I also think you know the danger this poses as well as I do.
"I take it you know all about Clark then," said Martha.
"No, but I know most of it." said the kid "I expected you to try to deny this"
"No" said Jonathan "We had actually just decided to trust you and tell you everything."
"I am honoured," said the kid "but why"
"You saved my life and Jonathan's," said Chloe "you also seem to be very capable we hoped you would help save Clark"
"I can and will, but first I need something and I need your help to get it Chloe."
"What do you need?" asked Martha
"Some meteor rocks from Lionel Luthor"
What!" screamed Martha "you want to kill our son?"
"No I don't" said the kid " the rock are not fatal for short periods and he will be far too powerful to stop without meteor rocks"
"OK" said Martha "but we call them Kryptonite now"
"After the planet Clark came from" said the kid "I like that"
"You want my help to break into Luthorcorp, you have it, lets go" Chloe said to the kid as she got up the to the Kents she said "Clark will be OK, we'll bring him back."
As they left Jonathan hugged his wife and said "He'll be OK"
"I know," said Martha "I trust them both"
"Me too"
"John" said Chloe as they got into the car "why do you need me. You're more than able to take care of yourself"
"I need you because you know Clark and might be able to help bring him out of the hold Zod has him under."
"Zod?" asked Chloe "Who is Zod?"
"Zod is the political rival of Clark's father I mentioned, his name was Jor El you know"
"Yes I know"
Bruce Wayne then started to car and they started towards Metropolis. As they drove they talked about Chloe's "Wall of weird" and Bruce felt himself liking and respecting Chloe more and more. So much in fact he wanted to tell her everything about himself and his plan. Perhaps after he had helped her save her friend Clark and save her from Lionel Luthor. He was sure he could trust her. She had kept Clark's secret. Making her worthy of the trust Clark had not even given her.
Chloe found herself liking and respecting the kid too, dispite seeing the same lack of trust Clark had always shown her. However she sensed atleast a part of him wanted to trust her. She decided at that moment that if he did trust her she would never betray him.
Later in the journey the kid contacted his friend Alfred to let him know what was happening. Afterwards they let her speak to her farther who was doing fine. He had been as worried about her, as she had been about him.
Chloe and her father spoke for almost an hour, Bruce was slightly envied but glad Chloe seemed to appreciate her father. By the time they had finish saying their reluctant goodbyes it was night and they were almost at the Luthorcorp building in Metropolis. As they stopped Chloe asked the kid where her father was; the kid would only say that Alfred had taken here father home. Chloe thought this was odd because her father had said he had been taken to a cave but had been drugged so he did nit know where the cave was. Who lives in a cave? She thought with a small laugh, bats?
"How do we get to into the building?" Chloe asked as they got out of the car.
"Grapple" said the kid as the pull a sort of gun and a remote control from a strange looking belt he had just put round his waist. The belt had a lot of compartments in it.
The kid pointed the remote at the car and pressed in a code; armour plates quickly and quietly covered the car like the plane earlier. The kid then put the control back into the belt and pointed the gun at the top of the building and fired. Just like earlier a long thin rope shot out and attached itself to the top of the building. After checking the rope was secure he gently took hold of Chloe in a gentle but firmly grip and pressed a button on the handle of the gun. Suddenly the rope started to retract, pulling them up. Once again the kid's huge muscles and strength struck Chloe.
"You seem to give no problem getting in here. Why do you need me?
"My research have told me that there are at least four types of Kryptonite that effect your friend in different ways. Some of them will make this problem worse. I need your wall of weird knowledge to take the correct type of Kryptonite.
As they spoke they had reached the top. The kid helped Chloe onto the roof then climbed up himself. He then pressed another button on the rope gun, then what Chloe saw was a dart detached from the wall allowing the rope to fully retracted into the gun. The kid then put the gun back on the belt and told Chloe to follow him quietly. They made their way to a door. The kid to Chloe amazement quickly disabled the alarms on the door. He then quickly picked the lock. Then he took two balaclava type masks from he backpack. He put one on and told Chloe to put the other on, when she had he opened the door and they were inside Luthorcorp.
TBC.