AN: Ok, since my reading other peoples stories, I've discovered that
Clark's real mother's name is spelled Lara, so I guess I'll start writing
it like that. I would go back and change the last 2 chapters to the correct
way, but I'm just too lazy to bother. Anyway, where we left off, Lara just
broke her promise to Jor-El, how will KAL-EL handle it?
Also, this time around, I'm going for at least 4000 words. And I will NOT
give in to DD's pleads for me to HURRY UP! Anyway, enjoy chapter 4, and I
hope this made a dent in my 4000. lol Ok, stopping now, the chapter should
always be longer than the AN.
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, DO NOT, own anything, or am I affiliated, with SV. Because if I were, I wouldn't be wasting my time writing fanfiction. {145 word count.}
"What... do you mean... not Jor-El?" KAL-EL sputtered. He felt dizzy. That would explain a lot. A whole lot. But even so, it has to be Jor-El, he looks exactly like him!
"Please don't hurt me." Clark whispered. He was still terrified at the thought of what KAL-EL was going to do with him. He was suddenly very glad he had lived on Earth his whole life.
"He won't hurt you KAL-EL." Lara gave him a small hug. She turned back to his Grandfather. "KAL-EL... meet your grandson, KAL-EL jr." Lara took a step back. She put her arm around Clark.
"My...what? But if..." all his fear came flooding back to him. Then where's Jor-El? Is he hurt? Is he dead? Is he coming home? Will I ever see him again? Oh no, he's dead isn't he. Or worse, he hates me so much, he's never coming home!" KAL-EL was panting heavily.
"Whoa, calm down." Clark said.
"Yeah, you're blowing this WAY out of proportion." Lara added. "We just talked to Jor-El, he's fine. He has been trying to get home this whole time, but the oracle's broken. But he's in good hands."
"You talked to him?! Well, I want to, let me use your oracle please." KAL-EL said. Still not feeling quite convinced.
"You can't talk to him right now." Clark said, there was still a note of panic in his voice.
"Why not! You both did! I'm his father!" KAL-EL said, he was starting to feel a little angry.
"You can't talk to him, because he's taking my final. Which I'm sure he failed, he can't read any English." Clark said.
"Well when can I?" KAL-EL asked.
"Approximately, 12:30 Earth time, that's his lunch hour." Clark replied.
"How will we know when that is?" Lara asked.
"I'm not sure." KAL-EL said.
"I had, a watch that could tell us, but it's in my real clothes pocket." Clark said.
"Then let's go get them." Lara said.
"But what about lessons?" Clark asked.
"You two can skip the rest of the day, this is more important." KAL-EL said.
"Awesome! No lessons!" Lara said.
"Don't get used to it, I want Jor-El home by tonight." KAL-EL said, though he didn't sound entirely sure. They walked into a little glass box that reminded Clark of an elevator, inside a room labeled EXIT. After the door was sealed shut, the box began glowing a faint green. Clark felt slightly sick. Soon his whole body began feeling tingly, he looked over at Lara and his Grandpa, their bodies looked like they were slowly dematerializing. He wondered if he was doing it to. Soon afterward, Clark found himself standing on the exact same, barren snowfield he had been standing on about an hour ago.
"Ok, where did you put my real clothes Lara? These are getting uncomfortable." Clark said.
"I zapped them back to Jor-El's house."
"And that's exactly where we are heading." KAL-EL said. "Follow me" They began walking. "So KAL-EL, since I never will really get a chance to get to know you, maybe I can now. So, how is life on Earth?"
"Well, it is definitely different than here. But I like it a lot. I have a couple of really good friends and great parents. And one perk there is food. I miss food." Clark said. They all laughed a little bit.
"So what are your hobbies?" Lara asked.
"Well, me and my friends hang out at the Talon a lot, that's a coffee house my friend Lana owns. I help my friend Chloe write the Torch, which is our school newspaper. And I guess if you call it a hobby, Pete kind of helps me stop the meteor freaks."
"Meteor freaks?" KAL-EL asked.
"Well, Kryptonite makes us sick, physically and mentally. Well, on humans, it gives them some of our extraordinary powers, some even we don't have, depends on the accident they have, witch involves Kryptonite. And I always feel responsible, because I kind of brought the Kryptonite to Earth in the first place."
"Well here we are." KAL-EL said.
"Hey, are we going to tell Jor-El's mom, Jor-El didn't even want us to tell you, but we kind of had no choice." Laura said.
"Well don't you think we owe it to her? I mean, she'll never get to spend time with KAL-EL either." KAL-EL said.
"I guess." Lara said. "But Jor-El won't like it." They walked inside. A lady wearing a long white dress came up and started hugging Clark. Clark looked a little freaked out. Lara started to giggle.
"Oh Jor-El, I was so worried about you!" she stopped hugging him and slapped him across the face. "Where were you?!!!!!!!!"
"Uh...sleeping." Clark said nervously.
"Uh sweetheart, maybe you should come in the other room for a minute." KAL-EL took his wife, Lily, into the next room. Clark and Lara sat down on their couch.
"Prepare for screaming." Lara said. She laughed a little bit.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH(we interrupt this screaming for a special announcement. During this entire time Clark and Lara were covering their ears, wincing in pain, and hysterically laughing during this entire time. We now continue with her screaming clears throat.)HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
"I see what you mean." Clark said. Still laughing.
"You don't think," ha ha ha ha ha, "She fainted? Do you?" HA! KAL-EL and Lily walked back into the room. Clark and Lara tried to stifle their laughs. Lily looked like she had been crying a little. Clark and Lara didn't feel much like laughing anymore. Clark stood up and walked over to his Grandma.
"Uh...hi?" He said. She still looked in shock. After a few minutes went by, they all found themselves sitting around talking and laughing together. (Note: the few minutes, was more like 10) "That's a good joke. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Hey, so you're supposed to be an advanced race right? How about a little Earth riddle?" Clark said, with a sly look on his face.
"Ok mister smart, lay it on us." Lily said.
"Ok here it goes...
This is a four-question riddle that will test your intelligence.
Question number 1
How do you put an Elephant in your refrigerator?" Everyone had confused looks on their face. "Ok, history lesson first. KAL-EL went and got a book on Earth from his Library. Once they had looked up all the things in the joke that they may not know, Clark tried again.
"How do you put an Elephant in your refrigerator?" Nobody seemed to knew. "Open the door put the Elephant in, close the door." Everyone laughed a little. "Question two, how do you put a giraffe in your refrigerator?"
"Open the door, put the Giraffe in, close the door." Lara said. Clark laughed a little. "No, open the door, take the Elephant out, put the Giraffe in, close the door." Everyone started laughing even harder.
"Ok, number 3, if all the animals have a meeting, which one doesn't come?"
"Uh... the Elephant?" KAL-EL said.
"Nope, the Giraffe, because he's in the fridge." Everyone was laughing so hard by now, Clark almost felt right at home.
"Ok last question, if you have to cross a man-eating crocodile infested river, and there's no bridge or boat, how do you cross?"
"No idea, just tell us already KAL-EL!" Lily laughed.
"Ok, you swim, all the alligators are at the meeting." Everyone started laughing so hard, Lara fell out of her seat.
"That's a good one KAL-EL, hey what about your watch, what did it say?"
"Oh yeah," Clark pulled it out of his pocket. "It says 11:55. So we have about 35 minutes left to kill."
"So what should we do?" Lara asked.
"Don't ask me, I've only been here a couple of hours now." Clark said. This was cool spending time with his real family like this. He wished he could do it more often. But of course, when he returns home, they'll all be dead. Clark suddenly felt very sad, He felt really attached to these people. He sighed a silent sigh. He didn't want to ruin the only time they'll ever have together.
"What if we play a game of cards?" Lily said.
"That sounds great! But, what kind of card games do you guys play here?" Clark said.
"Well, we still have a couple of your modern day card games around, how about poker?" Lily asked.
"That's sounds cool." Lara said.
"Awesome, I love poker." Clark replied. Little did they know he was the winner of the last 4 poker tournaments he and his friends had. Of, course, he did cheat a couple of times. X-ray vision defiantly has its perks. KAL-EL returned from the other room.
"Here we are, my anti-x-ray poker cards. What style should we play, 3 card, 5 card, 7 card? Draw or stud?"
"5 card." Said Clark
"I prefer draw." Said Lara.
"Ok, 5-card draw it is." He shuffled and dealed.
"Hey, let's make this a tournament, winner can have all the money they won. Oh and here." She handed Clark some money. Here's some for you to play with."
"You're on!" KAL-EL said. He got out a computer looking item. Clark soon found out it was an automatic score keeper. He entered their names, and poker chips popped out of a small compartment near the bottom of the machine. About 30 hands later, the score went as this...
KAL-EL sr. - 8
Lily - 5
Lara - 4
KAL-EL jr. – 13
"Ok, pay up." He now owned, 52 Glorbulocks. That's more money than he's ever owned at one time in his life. He smiled. A true genuine smile. He glanced down at his watch. "Oh my gosh! It's 12:45! Jor-El only has fifteen minutes left in his lunch hour. We have to call him now or wait till after 3:00." Laura took out her oracle and began to look up Jor-El.
Pete, Chloe, Lana, and Jor-El, were all seated around the table at lunch. Jor-El barely stopped to say anything. He was too busy eating. Why would Krypton ever stop using this? Pete tapped him on the shoulder. "Uh, dude," he whispered in his ear. "Your pocket is glowing." Pete said. Jor-El took out his oracle.
"It's Lara and Clark." He whispered back.
"Excuse us ladies. We have to do something, uh... real important. We'll catch up with you guys later." Pete and Jor-El ran out into the hall.
"Come on, we'll use the classroom, it'll be empty." Pete said. They went inside. Jor-El answered it.
"Hey Lara! I miss you a lot! So how are things going?"
"Well, I kind of had to, break our promise. Sorry."
"What?! Lara how could you?"
"Jor-El, he was going to kill KAL-EL! You never would have known what could have happened! Besides, your parents are perfectly fine with it. They're also a little happy that they got to spend time with KAL-EL. But they miss you a lot, and they want to talk to you."
"Ok, put them on."
"Jor-El sweetie, are you ok?" Lily asked. A note of concern in her voice.
"What you're not yelling at me? I mean aren't you furious, aren't I in trouble? Oh, and yeah I'm fine."
"Oh sweetie...of course you're in trouble. But we care about you so much! We love you and just want you to come home right now."
"Thanks mom, I miss you too."
"Jor-El we will always love you. Way much more than we will ever be angry with you." KAL-EL said. The bell rang for Pete and Jor-El to return to class. "Call us after your lessons, and maybe you and me can discuss how to fix the oracle."
"Ok, bye dad, mom, I love you."
"We love you too sweetie." The oracle fazed out.
"Come on Jor-El, let's go to class." Pete said. Jor-El looked upset. Pete could tell he really missed his family. Just then, the principal started to make an announcement over the loud speaker.
"Attention students. Due to the fact, that the school has sprung a gas leak, school has been canceled for the rest of the day. That is all." There was a loud eruption coming from the lunchroom area.
"Awesome! No school!" Pete said. "Now I don't have to take my Math final."
"So, what do we do now? I personally don't quite feel like fixing the oracle right now. It's too much work."
"Hey, how would you like to see the Kowachi caves?"
"Sure I guess. What are they?"
"They sort of explain how Clark came to Earth and stuff. Maybe you could read what it says for me. Clark never actually told me."
"That sounds cool. I'll try to read it, but I can't guarantee it."
"Come on, I'll drive." Pete and Jor-El got into Pete's car and began driving. "You know, Clark spends a lot of time in these caves. They're one of his favorite places. But I guess he is sort of biased because they're all about him." Pete said. He felt kind of awkward. Sitting there talking to Jor-El. But still, in a weird way, it wasn't awkward at all. Jor-El is a lot like Clark. Pete thought as he parked outside of the caves. They walked past the security at the entrance. Because of course, Clark was allowed in, even though it wasn't really Clark. Pete laughed a little at this. Pete began to explain all that he knew about what the caves said to Jor-El. Jor- El seemed deeply interested. Then Jor-El noticed a spot on the wall with an octangular engraving. He took out his oracle. It was exactly the same size. He started to put it in the slot, but Pete held him back "Last time Clark tried that, he nearly killed himself."
"How did he get a hold of one of these?" Jor-El asked. A practically pleading look was in his eyes.
"Ok, if you really want to, you can try. And he didn't have one of those. He had the key to his spaceship Shaped exactly like that. Looked a lot like that too..." Pete's voice trailed off. Jor-El stuck it in the wall. Pete took a few steps backwards. There was a blinding flash of green light. Then, it all stopped. The oracle fell to the ground. Still glowing the vibrant green
"The oracle! It's fixed!" Jor-El exclaimed.
"Well than, don't you think you better be heading home then?" Pete said.
"You're right. Thank you Pete. For all your help." Jor-El said something into the oracle. Pete had NO idea what it was he did say. But before he could even blink, Jor-El had vanished. And then... he was back again. Only not alone. Clark, Lara, and Jor-El, all stood there in the caves, next to a very confused Pete.
"Jor-El, what went wrong?" Pete asked.
"I don't know." Jor-El said.
"Maybe it had something to do with the fact that you tried it in the Kowachi caves." Clark suggested.
"Well whatever happened we have to..."Lara started but her voice went dead. There, standing before them, was a very large, (literally, he was like, 11 foot!) stood there with a sword, made of Kryptonian metal, pointed at their chests.
"KAL-EL, last son of Krypton. The overlord of the galaxy Fernom, wants you! You will come, or I shall take you by force." He noticed Jor-El, Lara and Pete, standing there with looks of utter terror on their faces. "And these people are?" He took out a round looking item. He held it out in front of him, pointed and Jor-El, LARA AND Pete, and a purple light began shooting out of it. It looked like he was scanning them somehow. "Let's see, a worthless human, and oh, the Prince's parents, what an unexpected, yet satisfying bonus." There was, once again, a blinding flash f life, and for the second time that day, Pete stood alone in the Kowachi caves, but this time, no one came back to him.
AN: I know it's not 4000, but I love leaving you hanging. I haven't got barely any reviews at all. The only person who seems to be consistently reading this, is my good friend, DD. Please take the time to review. I always do. Thankx! (
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, DO NOT, own anything, or am I affiliated, with SV. Because if I were, I wouldn't be wasting my time writing fanfiction. {145 word count.}
"What... do you mean... not Jor-El?" KAL-EL sputtered. He felt dizzy. That would explain a lot. A whole lot. But even so, it has to be Jor-El, he looks exactly like him!
"Please don't hurt me." Clark whispered. He was still terrified at the thought of what KAL-EL was going to do with him. He was suddenly very glad he had lived on Earth his whole life.
"He won't hurt you KAL-EL." Lara gave him a small hug. She turned back to his Grandfather. "KAL-EL... meet your grandson, KAL-EL jr." Lara took a step back. She put her arm around Clark.
"My...what? But if..." all his fear came flooding back to him. Then where's Jor-El? Is he hurt? Is he dead? Is he coming home? Will I ever see him again? Oh no, he's dead isn't he. Or worse, he hates me so much, he's never coming home!" KAL-EL was panting heavily.
"Whoa, calm down." Clark said.
"Yeah, you're blowing this WAY out of proportion." Lara added. "We just talked to Jor-El, he's fine. He has been trying to get home this whole time, but the oracle's broken. But he's in good hands."
"You talked to him?! Well, I want to, let me use your oracle please." KAL-EL said. Still not feeling quite convinced.
"You can't talk to him right now." Clark said, there was still a note of panic in his voice.
"Why not! You both did! I'm his father!" KAL-EL said, he was starting to feel a little angry.
"You can't talk to him, because he's taking my final. Which I'm sure he failed, he can't read any English." Clark said.
"Well when can I?" KAL-EL asked.
"Approximately, 12:30 Earth time, that's his lunch hour." Clark replied.
"How will we know when that is?" Lara asked.
"I'm not sure." KAL-EL said.
"I had, a watch that could tell us, but it's in my real clothes pocket." Clark said.
"Then let's go get them." Lara said.
"But what about lessons?" Clark asked.
"You two can skip the rest of the day, this is more important." KAL-EL said.
"Awesome! No lessons!" Lara said.
"Don't get used to it, I want Jor-El home by tonight." KAL-EL said, though he didn't sound entirely sure. They walked into a little glass box that reminded Clark of an elevator, inside a room labeled EXIT. After the door was sealed shut, the box began glowing a faint green. Clark felt slightly sick. Soon his whole body began feeling tingly, he looked over at Lara and his Grandpa, their bodies looked like they were slowly dematerializing. He wondered if he was doing it to. Soon afterward, Clark found himself standing on the exact same, barren snowfield he had been standing on about an hour ago.
"Ok, where did you put my real clothes Lara? These are getting uncomfortable." Clark said.
"I zapped them back to Jor-El's house."
"And that's exactly where we are heading." KAL-EL said. "Follow me" They began walking. "So KAL-EL, since I never will really get a chance to get to know you, maybe I can now. So, how is life on Earth?"
"Well, it is definitely different than here. But I like it a lot. I have a couple of really good friends and great parents. And one perk there is food. I miss food." Clark said. They all laughed a little bit.
"So what are your hobbies?" Lara asked.
"Well, me and my friends hang out at the Talon a lot, that's a coffee house my friend Lana owns. I help my friend Chloe write the Torch, which is our school newspaper. And I guess if you call it a hobby, Pete kind of helps me stop the meteor freaks."
"Meteor freaks?" KAL-EL asked.
"Well, Kryptonite makes us sick, physically and mentally. Well, on humans, it gives them some of our extraordinary powers, some even we don't have, depends on the accident they have, witch involves Kryptonite. And I always feel responsible, because I kind of brought the Kryptonite to Earth in the first place."
"Well here we are." KAL-EL said.
"Hey, are we going to tell Jor-El's mom, Jor-El didn't even want us to tell you, but we kind of had no choice." Laura said.
"Well don't you think we owe it to her? I mean, she'll never get to spend time with KAL-EL either." KAL-EL said.
"I guess." Lara said. "But Jor-El won't like it." They walked inside. A lady wearing a long white dress came up and started hugging Clark. Clark looked a little freaked out. Lara started to giggle.
"Oh Jor-El, I was so worried about you!" she stopped hugging him and slapped him across the face. "Where were you?!!!!!!!!"
"Uh...sleeping." Clark said nervously.
"Uh sweetheart, maybe you should come in the other room for a minute." KAL-EL took his wife, Lily, into the next room. Clark and Lara sat down on their couch.
"Prepare for screaming." Lara said. She laughed a little bit.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH(we interrupt this screaming for a special announcement. During this entire time Clark and Lara were covering their ears, wincing in pain, and hysterically laughing during this entire time. We now continue with her screaming clears throat.)HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
"I see what you mean." Clark said. Still laughing.
"You don't think," ha ha ha ha ha, "She fainted? Do you?" HA! KAL-EL and Lily walked back into the room. Clark and Lara tried to stifle their laughs. Lily looked like she had been crying a little. Clark and Lara didn't feel much like laughing anymore. Clark stood up and walked over to his Grandma.
"Uh...hi?" He said. She still looked in shock. After a few minutes went by, they all found themselves sitting around talking and laughing together. (Note: the few minutes, was more like 10) "That's a good joke. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Hey, so you're supposed to be an advanced race right? How about a little Earth riddle?" Clark said, with a sly look on his face.
"Ok mister smart, lay it on us." Lily said.
"Ok here it goes...
This is a four-question riddle that will test your intelligence.
Question number 1
How do you put an Elephant in your refrigerator?" Everyone had confused looks on their face. "Ok, history lesson first. KAL-EL went and got a book on Earth from his Library. Once they had looked up all the things in the joke that they may not know, Clark tried again.
"How do you put an Elephant in your refrigerator?" Nobody seemed to knew. "Open the door put the Elephant in, close the door." Everyone laughed a little. "Question two, how do you put a giraffe in your refrigerator?"
"Open the door, put the Giraffe in, close the door." Lara said. Clark laughed a little. "No, open the door, take the Elephant out, put the Giraffe in, close the door." Everyone started laughing even harder.
"Ok, number 3, if all the animals have a meeting, which one doesn't come?"
"Uh... the Elephant?" KAL-EL said.
"Nope, the Giraffe, because he's in the fridge." Everyone was laughing so hard by now, Clark almost felt right at home.
"Ok last question, if you have to cross a man-eating crocodile infested river, and there's no bridge or boat, how do you cross?"
"No idea, just tell us already KAL-EL!" Lily laughed.
"Ok, you swim, all the alligators are at the meeting." Everyone started laughing so hard, Lara fell out of her seat.
"That's a good one KAL-EL, hey what about your watch, what did it say?"
"Oh yeah," Clark pulled it out of his pocket. "It says 11:55. So we have about 35 minutes left to kill."
"So what should we do?" Lara asked.
"Don't ask me, I've only been here a couple of hours now." Clark said. This was cool spending time with his real family like this. He wished he could do it more often. But of course, when he returns home, they'll all be dead. Clark suddenly felt very sad, He felt really attached to these people. He sighed a silent sigh. He didn't want to ruin the only time they'll ever have together.
"What if we play a game of cards?" Lily said.
"That sounds great! But, what kind of card games do you guys play here?" Clark said.
"Well, we still have a couple of your modern day card games around, how about poker?" Lily asked.
"That's sounds cool." Lara said.
"Awesome, I love poker." Clark replied. Little did they know he was the winner of the last 4 poker tournaments he and his friends had. Of, course, he did cheat a couple of times. X-ray vision defiantly has its perks. KAL-EL returned from the other room.
"Here we are, my anti-x-ray poker cards. What style should we play, 3 card, 5 card, 7 card? Draw or stud?"
"5 card." Said Clark
"I prefer draw." Said Lara.
"Ok, 5-card draw it is." He shuffled and dealed.
"Hey, let's make this a tournament, winner can have all the money they won. Oh and here." She handed Clark some money. Here's some for you to play with."
"You're on!" KAL-EL said. He got out a computer looking item. Clark soon found out it was an automatic score keeper. He entered their names, and poker chips popped out of a small compartment near the bottom of the machine. About 30 hands later, the score went as this...
KAL-EL sr. - 8
Lily - 5
Lara - 4
KAL-EL jr. – 13
"Ok, pay up." He now owned, 52 Glorbulocks. That's more money than he's ever owned at one time in his life. He smiled. A true genuine smile. He glanced down at his watch. "Oh my gosh! It's 12:45! Jor-El only has fifteen minutes left in his lunch hour. We have to call him now or wait till after 3:00." Laura took out her oracle and began to look up Jor-El.
Pete, Chloe, Lana, and Jor-El, were all seated around the table at lunch. Jor-El barely stopped to say anything. He was too busy eating. Why would Krypton ever stop using this? Pete tapped him on the shoulder. "Uh, dude," he whispered in his ear. "Your pocket is glowing." Pete said. Jor-El took out his oracle.
"It's Lara and Clark." He whispered back.
"Excuse us ladies. We have to do something, uh... real important. We'll catch up with you guys later." Pete and Jor-El ran out into the hall.
"Come on, we'll use the classroom, it'll be empty." Pete said. They went inside. Jor-El answered it.
"Hey Lara! I miss you a lot! So how are things going?"
"Well, I kind of had to, break our promise. Sorry."
"What?! Lara how could you?"
"Jor-El, he was going to kill KAL-EL! You never would have known what could have happened! Besides, your parents are perfectly fine with it. They're also a little happy that they got to spend time with KAL-EL. But they miss you a lot, and they want to talk to you."
"Ok, put them on."
"Jor-El sweetie, are you ok?" Lily asked. A note of concern in her voice.
"What you're not yelling at me? I mean aren't you furious, aren't I in trouble? Oh, and yeah I'm fine."
"Oh sweetie...of course you're in trouble. But we care about you so much! We love you and just want you to come home right now."
"Thanks mom, I miss you too."
"Jor-El we will always love you. Way much more than we will ever be angry with you." KAL-EL said. The bell rang for Pete and Jor-El to return to class. "Call us after your lessons, and maybe you and me can discuss how to fix the oracle."
"Ok, bye dad, mom, I love you."
"We love you too sweetie." The oracle fazed out.
"Come on Jor-El, let's go to class." Pete said. Jor-El looked upset. Pete could tell he really missed his family. Just then, the principal started to make an announcement over the loud speaker.
"Attention students. Due to the fact, that the school has sprung a gas leak, school has been canceled for the rest of the day. That is all." There was a loud eruption coming from the lunchroom area.
"Awesome! No school!" Pete said. "Now I don't have to take my Math final."
"So, what do we do now? I personally don't quite feel like fixing the oracle right now. It's too much work."
"Hey, how would you like to see the Kowachi caves?"
"Sure I guess. What are they?"
"They sort of explain how Clark came to Earth and stuff. Maybe you could read what it says for me. Clark never actually told me."
"That sounds cool. I'll try to read it, but I can't guarantee it."
"Come on, I'll drive." Pete and Jor-El got into Pete's car and began driving. "You know, Clark spends a lot of time in these caves. They're one of his favorite places. But I guess he is sort of biased because they're all about him." Pete said. He felt kind of awkward. Sitting there talking to Jor-El. But still, in a weird way, it wasn't awkward at all. Jor-El is a lot like Clark. Pete thought as he parked outside of the caves. They walked past the security at the entrance. Because of course, Clark was allowed in, even though it wasn't really Clark. Pete laughed a little at this. Pete began to explain all that he knew about what the caves said to Jor-El. Jor- El seemed deeply interested. Then Jor-El noticed a spot on the wall with an octangular engraving. He took out his oracle. It was exactly the same size. He started to put it in the slot, but Pete held him back "Last time Clark tried that, he nearly killed himself."
"How did he get a hold of one of these?" Jor-El asked. A practically pleading look was in his eyes.
"Ok, if you really want to, you can try. And he didn't have one of those. He had the key to his spaceship Shaped exactly like that. Looked a lot like that too..." Pete's voice trailed off. Jor-El stuck it in the wall. Pete took a few steps backwards. There was a blinding flash of green light. Then, it all stopped. The oracle fell to the ground. Still glowing the vibrant green
"The oracle! It's fixed!" Jor-El exclaimed.
"Well than, don't you think you better be heading home then?" Pete said.
"You're right. Thank you Pete. For all your help." Jor-El said something into the oracle. Pete had NO idea what it was he did say. But before he could even blink, Jor-El had vanished. And then... he was back again. Only not alone. Clark, Lara, and Jor-El, all stood there in the caves, next to a very confused Pete.
"Jor-El, what went wrong?" Pete asked.
"I don't know." Jor-El said.
"Maybe it had something to do with the fact that you tried it in the Kowachi caves." Clark suggested.
"Well whatever happened we have to..."Lara started but her voice went dead. There, standing before them, was a very large, (literally, he was like, 11 foot!) stood there with a sword, made of Kryptonian metal, pointed at their chests.
"KAL-EL, last son of Krypton. The overlord of the galaxy Fernom, wants you! You will come, or I shall take you by force." He noticed Jor-El, Lara and Pete, standing there with looks of utter terror on their faces. "And these people are?" He took out a round looking item. He held it out in front of him, pointed and Jor-El, LARA AND Pete, and a purple light began shooting out of it. It looked like he was scanning them somehow. "Let's see, a worthless human, and oh, the Prince's parents, what an unexpected, yet satisfying bonus." There was, once again, a blinding flash f life, and for the second time that day, Pete stood alone in the Kowachi caves, but this time, no one came back to him.
AN: I know it's not 4000, but I love leaving you hanging. I haven't got barely any reviews at all. The only person who seems to be consistently reading this, is my good friend, DD. Please take the time to review. I always do. Thankx! (