My biggest 'hate moment' from the entire is indeed the moment, Clark leaves to fly with Jordan shortly after making promises to Jon and Jon is left behind to do all the chores alone. Clark just proved with this act that he favorizes Jordan. I really hate Clark and Jordan for this. No matter that Jordan learned to fly, but for his brother it was just one more reminder that nobody cares about him. This chapter is dealing with this moment.

Shame on you, Clark! You don't deserve Jon! You deserve a Timmy Ryan, or a Jimmy Cutter as your powerless son! Let's see how you deal with them!

Sam was nervous. He knew that everyone was mad on him. At all, he was not the picture-perfect grandfather, he sometimes thought he was, or his grandson's needed.

There were his reservations against Clark as always as he knew about Clark's identity. Then there was his bad attitude to seek for Clark's help and his assistance always. Even in the most inappropriate situations. Like when Jordan's powers were out of control or like on the day of Martha's funeral.

His relationship with Jonathan was always better then with the others. Jonathan was the one who always came fishing with him. Jonathan was the one who trusted him most. And he knew, Jonathan would have come to him if there is any trouble with his parents of if he needs a place to stay.

When Sam got told that the boys will never have powers, or that it is unlikely, years ago, he was kind of relieved that they got the chance to have a normal life. Never needing to hold themselves back, going to the doctor without trouble, and always blend in perfectly as normal, average humans.

Their move to Smallville changed everything. Sam remembered very well when he told Clark that it is going to tear his family apart. And he realized that he was giving his part to it, too. When he told Jonathan that his father and brother have powers to be afraid of, he should had think better that these words affected him worse than expected. When Jordan got all his father's attention and Jon felt left out, he just guessed that it was not that bad. Jon is a strong and supportive boy. Things will calm down.

But then things became more difficult. People gaining powers, Jonathan feeling more and more left out, Morgan Edge, the sudden appearance of Lara (Jon doesn't get to meet, too), teammates taking X-K to have advantages they don't deserve… When Jordan asked him for training that evening, Sam was happy to get a chance to bond with him. Their relationship was always a bit rocky and Jordan always accused him for being reserved just because he is alien.

Sam didn't dare to believe that training Jordan would be another prove for Jonathan that everyone only cares for his brother's powers. He saw it in his face when he figured out: Jon was jealous! He was mad. He thought his retired grandfather comes and listen to him but he came only to train his powered brother. Sam knew, if his grandfather would had done that, he would had been hurt, too.

And today, after cautiously analyzing the whole story around the football team, the X-K, Jon's previous experience and Lara's accusations to see Clark and Jordan as useful weapons for the DOD, let him realize how much Jonathan must bothering about himself and his position in the family.

Lara said, Sam thinks like every human that being Kryptonian is only about having powers and that nothing else matters. And that Sam, as the father in law of a Kryptonian, should know better. He only supported the rift between Jon and his Kryptonian heritage.

"Hello!" Sam said with a calm voice when he stood in the living-room.

Jonathan looked on his grandfather and studied him cautiously. Sam was wearing civilian clothes, looked like a scared and lost elder man who aged a decade since last week and held a bag with sweets, Jon used to love when he was little, in his hands. Jon only crossed his arms and looked on his grandfather with a death glare, not even Lois was able to give.

"Speak!"

"I am here… to apologize. To all of you!" Sam said. Jon rolled his eyes in way Sam guessed was annoyance. He seemed not to be the first one who apologized today.

"For what?"

"For… for everything! First of all I want to apologize for letting you feel left out, Jonathan. I know, hiding my training of your brother must have been hurtful for you. Then I want to apologize to everyone for telling Jonathan to be afraid of you and Jordan, Clark. That was not okay and instead of denigrate everything I should have supported all of you better after the move. My reservations against Clark and his… ehm… different heritage should not affect you."

"You told me to hide behind my brother because he has powers, after you told me to be afraid of him!" Jon said annoyed.

"I know and that was not right from me." Sam continued. "And, that might sound now hypocritical but… I think I understand now why you were so mad about me training your brother! And why you said, I am training the wrong guy. You trusted me and I gave you the feeling that I care more about your brother's powers. I can't turn back time and reverse my mistakes. But I can only hope that you believe me this time and give me a chance to prove that I love you. I love you all! You are my family. And I hope you can forgive me."

Jon lifts up from the couch and walked a bit up and down. Obviously thinking about everything and trying to find the right words. Then he turned to his family to look on them angrily.

"Do you think I am that stupid?" Jon said reproachful. "Do you think I am coming back here, listen to the same apologies I use to hear for months and forget the past?"

"No, we understand that?" Clark said with lowered head.

"I tell you something: I know the whole X-K fiasco was the biggest mistake I ever made. I did everything in my power to make up for it. To you, to the team, to everyone. I did everything you wanted to show you that I am not the loser-junkie everyone saw in me."

Then he made a break. Nobody said a word.

"Normally now comes the moment you cut me off and don't listen to me to tell me something that I don't need." Jon said, again very reproachful.

"I will try to never let it happen again. That evening when you said…" Clark began, but this time it was Jon who didn't let him finish.

"Don't tell me anything about promises. I know how much your promises are worth!" Jon said, keeping his voice as calm as possible. "You made promises to me, my whole life. You made promises when we moved out here, after I had trouble to adapt here, after my scenes I made on the harvest Festival… by the way sorry for that again, Jordan!"

"I am not mad about it. And Sarah wasn't eighter." Jordan told, remembering that evening too and how mad and disappointed Jon was. It was just one of many cries for help, everyone ignored.

Jon continued: "You made promises to me over and over again! And every time I believed it. I know what comes after the next promise: You go and make your thing together! And I stay behind and do chores!"

Suddenly everyone remembered that day again. Everything else that happened that day was forgotten. The fact that Jordan learned to fly, that Ally merged, or that Clark and Sam almost died…

The most important event that day was when Clark and Jon talked in the barn, Jon told him about his feelings and Clark left him alone for hours only a minute later. Instead of proving his son that he will be there for him, too, he just proved him that he doesn't care for him. Leaving him alone, doing chores while having fun with Jordan. One of the biggest mistakes in his life! And something that will probably haunt him for the rest of his life and what Jon will use for a very long time to remember him about how terrible he feels.

He had terrible nightmares about that day. In his nightmares, he returns with Jordan only to find Jonathan dead in the barn with a suicide note. Apologizing that he is not able to fly. Or he dreams of the woman from the child protection, confronting them up there, after he and Jordan cheer. Telling him that Jonathan will be taken into foster care because Clark is not able to accept the fact that his 'second son' can not fly…

There were a lot of more nightmares, Clark doesn't even want to think about. But he was well aware that he made an unforgivable mistake that day and never really apologized to his son properly for it.

"Yes, Jon. That was more than crappy from me." Clark said. "And I am very sorry for…"

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE APOLOGIES!" Jon yelled. Then he took a deep breath to not freak out and keep control over his own feelings. "What did you say to Jon-El when you visited him? Bad support system or anything like that? Sounds so familiar!"

"Where do you know that?" Clark asked shocked. Jonathan asked him what he and his doppelganger talked about. But Clark never told him to 'don't bother' him. And now he understood the irony: Jon-El and Jonathan had both very bad support systems. He was a bad support to Jonathan and his inverse doppelganger was a bad support to Jon-El. And he pretended to be better. But he was just as bad as him.

"When he and bizzarro-Mrs. Cushing attacked you that memory swapped over." Jon moaned. "I go now, unpacking my things. And when I come back we talk about that stupid Instagram-post. Because I know that this is more important than anything else now."

After these words, Jon grabbed his suitcase and went upstairs to his room…

The rest of his family in the living-room looked on each other in sorrow.

"I expected that!" Jordan moaned and prepared to leave, too.

"Jordan, you know that I am…" Sam began to apologize again. But Jordan cut him off.

"I should normally say now that I regret that I ever asked you to train me in secret. But that would only be ridiculous. I am the one who lied to him and I am the one who got everything while he got nothing. He was right! I don't care about that he told it under the influence of X-K, but I agree that you have trained the wrong guy. Jon is the one, everyone wants to kill and we all let him feel like a useless bystander, ever since we moved out here!"

After that Jordan left the room to get into his room, too. Like his brother, he needed a moment to calm down.

"Oh, god… what did I do?" Sam asked devastated.

"What did we all do?" Clark wailed.

Lois looked up to the ceiling and was sad. "This issues will not be easy to get solved."

Jon opened the door to his room and was surprised that his door (Jordan broke a week ago) was repaired. Much more surprising was that all his old trophies, his posters and his stuff, he angrily put into a trash bag and threw out of the window before he got knocked out was all back. Everything was cleaned and back on it's place like nothing happened. As if his family tried to show him that he belongs here.

Jon threw the suitcase into the corner and let himself drop into bed. The bed was much more uncomfortable than his bed in Timmy's house in Metropolis. He took his smartphone to text his friend that they arrived. And Timmy answered quickly…

'News, gas-station. Super-fail!'

'Yeah! My father was so distracted that he almost missed it.' Jon wrote back before he added: 'Not on WhatsApp. We arranged that!'

'Robber escaped. It's in all news!' Timmy wrote back. 'Super-fail for Superman! All the best and good luck with your dad!'

Jon was confused. He opened a news-page and found a report about the robbery at the gas-station his dad prevent earlier. The robber somehow escaped out of the locked broom closet. Ten witnesses could confirm, that they saw nobody leaving. The only way out of the room was a water-drain on the floor or a narrow air-vent up at the ceiling, big enough to get a hand through.

Suddenly Jon remembered that he saw the robber 'dissolving'. Maybe a metahuman? Jon shacked his head, put the phone away and rubbed his eyes again. This was not the right moment to get distracted.

He was on a mission. He wanted to figure out if his father really means it. But if he liked it or not, first he had to discuss with his family how to deal with the world and their rumors since that Japanese man took a photo of him, while was wearing his father's old suit and had the greatest fun of his life.

With his new supervision, Jon checked the house. His father was sitting on the couch brooding. Obviously about Jon's accusations. Lois was collecting some documents in her office and was close from bursting out in tears. Sam was walking up and down the porch (no matter that there was still a storm outside). And Jordan was in his room, talking to someone over his phone. He guessed Sarah. Who else he would call to cry out his feelings.

Jon realized that his brother was very sad and full of guilt. He should talk to him later! He was not mad on his brother for 'motivating' him to try to fly by himself at the fortress. He knew, if Jordan lost his memories, he would have done the same. His brother wanted to make him happy. And true happiness was something Jon really needed, for a really long time.

Jon focused his vision back to normal after Jordan hang off and left his room to go downstairs again. Then he stood up, checked himself in his mirror. Putting on his most serious face. Took a deep breath and went downstairs.

Jon found his family in the dining room. Lois spread some documents across the table and Clark brought a jug of self-made ice-tea (a receipt from Martha). Everyone could feel the mood in the room being so weird and so mad, like never before. After everyone sat down, it remained silent for a couple seconds. Nobody dared to start. This was a matter, everyone knew will sooner or later be need to discussed…

"Okay!... Well… ehm… here we go…" Clark was stuttering in his common 'Clark-Kent-dorky-clumsiness' like a little child that was too shy to talk in front of the whole class. "Before we begin, I want to say that I am taking the whole responsibility for the picture. I was uncareful, distracted and too far away with my minds. So, if there is someone to blame for it, it's me."

"Faster and higher than a jet airliner! Jon, you have powers!" Jordan smiled. After getting another death glare from his brother his smile vanished. "Sorry, forgot that it is a matter you don't like."

Clark thought about it too and guessed that Jon was not as sensitive as he thought. Born to fly! Will make it a lot easier to go to the fortress with him. If he allows him to carry him ever again.

"Well… ehm… we all knew, sooner or later, something like this could happen."

"Just that you always guessed it will be Jordan who gets a billion likes on Instagram one day." Jon moaned with crossed arms.

"We… we are all in this together, Jonathan!" Clark said, his face blushing a bit. It was true, they never dared to think that it will be Jonathan who gets exposed to the public. But that was not the right moment. "Well… first of all we should talk about it. As we all saw it in the media, the public opinion is actually pretty good. The people… love the thought that Superman has a son."

"Superman needs to give a statement! It's a matter of fact. The people come up with the weirdest theories." Lois explained. "While I was pregnant with you two… I wrote this statement, just to be prepared one day."

Lois shoved a piece of paper with a brief statement to them, so Jon and Jordan could read it. Lois once wrote it with an old typewriter to never have it saved on a computer where it could have been stolen by hackers.

"I wrote this long before I knew that I get twins. So don't be surprised that it only mentions one." Lois added to keep sure that Jon doesn't feels offended or left out again.

Jon read his mother's prepared statement...

Superman confirmed to the Daily Planet in a brief statement that the boy/girl, spotted on (day) at (time) using (power) in (location) is his son/daughter. The boy/girl is the child of Superman and his long time human partner and was born on Earth. His/hers existence was never published by Superman because it was uncertain if he/she inherited powers and to make it possible for the child to have a normal childhood.

Superman and his family apologize kindly to everyone who get the feeling that the boy/girl is a thread and ensure that they just want to live a normal life without the public attention. Superman is willing to give further statement about his son/ daughter at a later moment.

""""

"I know this is very outdated." Lois confessed. "What are your suggestions?"

Jordan pushed the paper to his brother to let him decide. And Jon took a red pen and made some corrections. Lois opened her laptop and start to type.

Sam, as the retired leader of the DOD, gave suggestions, too. Clark asked both his sons if they are fine with the reveal that they both exist.

"Why any more lies?" Jon moaned.

"I can imagine that it must be very confusing when everyone is talking about you."

"Why? Why shouldn't the people know everything?"

"I mean… I could cause a lot of public pressure!" Clark suggested. "Especially when they demand more information, or expect both of you to…"

"You going to tell me they expect from both of us to have powers and fly around to safe lives?" Jon said.

"It just means… ehm… it…" Clark began. He actually feared that Jon might feel awkward if the people figure out that one child is powerless. With everyone knowing, it could be that he feels more stressed than he already does. "People can be mean and…"

"Meaner than the people in Smallville?" Jon moaned.

Clark sighed again. "Okay… I understand!"

Ever since Jon left and he was aware of his struggles, one of his nightmares was that the press reports about Jon's powerlessness and that he turns into the worlds laughingstock and turns into a villain. But now they had to discuss this matter first.

Clark wrote his own statement, while Lois began to write a report based on that statement…

Superman confesses the existence of two sons, he has with his long-term human partner. That both were developing differently and that the 'flying-lesson' the people are discussing was not planned to get spotted and that he only accidentally near that plane and that it was not planned to reveal their existence, as he always guessed that they were powerless and that they would be able to live a normal life. For safety reasons Superman is not willing to publish further information yet, but assures that there is no danger coming from eighter of his son's.

Clark put everything into the red envelop he prepared, closed it, and left at super speed to drop it at the Daily Planet in the secret 'Superman-letterbox' that was there ever since Superman's first appearance. Tomorrow by this time, everyone will know that Superman has two sons. And that both will remain out of public for their own safety.

After that, Jon felt so relieved that he stood up and left to go to his room again.

"Would you like to…" Lois began. But before she could finish her question, Jon was already gone. Jordan lifts, too. "Jordan, would you like to…"

"No!" Jordan responds. Not even knowing that his mother only wanted to suggest texting their father to get some pizza on his way home. He just wanted to get to his brother.

"Jordan, I am really sorry!" Sam said again. "I never meant to create a rift between you and your brother!"

"That is only my fault. I would have been jealous, too. But let me tell you one thing: I never ever ask you for training again!"

"Accepted! But what if…"

"I have only two words for you: Golden Kryptonite!" Jordan said with a poisonous glare and left.

Golden Kryptonite! Nobody dared to believe that Jordan really considered destroying his powers, just to get to the same level as his brother again. Just to make everyone stop bothering about his powers and be normal like his father wanted them to be. And not 'better' that Jon.

Jordan left his stunned parents alone and followed his brother upstairs. Jon was in his room, texting Timmy again about the developments and what to expect tomorrow, or even tonight in the news. Jordan went to his own room, got a little box from under his bed and went to his brother's room.

"Jon, it's me!" Jordan said after he knocked.

"Okay! Come in!" Jon said. A sound of reluctance in his voice.

Jordan entered to find his brother had already unpacked everything and laid in his bed to stare on the ceiling. In truth Jon used his x-ray vision to watch the dark sky outside. It stopped raining, but it was still very unpleasant outside. When his brother entered, Jon turned it off to face his brother.

"Can we talk?"

"About?"

"About… ehm… everything!" Jordan said. It was a lot he wanted to talk about. Jordan went closer and sat down next to his brother. "But mostly, I want to say sorry again! I know you don't want to hear any more apologies but, I want to say sorry for everything what happened in the fortress!"

"You mean, when you lied to me that I have powers, that we use to fly together all the time, and that I love to be Kryptonian?"

Jon was mad. Jordan saw it.

"I never meant to fool you. Or to make fun about you. When I saw you in dad's old suit I… I had to think about that day again. When we learned the truth!"

"Why?" Jon was suddenly curious.

"I was… when I stormed away from everyone, after they guessed that you might have powers, I was disappointed. Disappointed that I don't have powers, that you will always be better than me… that they love you more than me…" Jordan told. "I ran upstairs and hid in my room. I wanted to yell the crap out of everyone. But suddenly I found this…"

Jordan opened the box. It was his private box, not even Jon was allowed to ever open. Taking out two old Superman-action-figure out of it.

"Remember those?"

"Yes. Grandma gave them to us when we were little."

"I found them in the closet. I was so mad. I start to imagine you, flying together with dad around the world, doing all that awesome stuff together. I feared to ever look anyone of you into the eyes again. Feeling like a fail… I… the reason I ran away that evening to meet Sarah at the party, was because I feared you!"

"Me?"

"Yes! I was afraid that. Everything changes. That… that suddenly everyone is not the same anymore. That we will drift apart or… that they love you more. I found that action figure and thought about that this is you one day! That you fly with dad away and leave me alone to deal with my problems. I ran away… went to the party to get it out of my head."

"You could had at least told me you are leaving!"

"I know. That was stupid! When I turned out to be the powered one and you were so… understanding and fine with everything I was so relieved. You… you gave up everything for me and you helped me to deal with all that mess so well. I… was so glad to have you. I wouldn't have come so far without your help and your support. That's why I… I… regret a lot of things you had to endure. Your broken arm… your lost friends… or… that I and dad spend so much time together while you…"

Suddenly Jon went closer and gave him a hug. Jordan, who was so close from crying was more than confused. Jon realized that the sun came out right in the moment he hugged his brother. It had to be a sign: That the storm passed and that it really gets better with everything…

"I am not mad on you! It is not your fault that you can fly, while I must do farm-chores. I admit it… I am jealous on you. And I was so furious on you when you learned to fly! I was alone! And you got everything you wanted! I wanted to yell on you when you two returned that day I wanted to tell you an asshole, and our father an son-of-a-bitch. Our father told me to be there for me more, but he left to teach you to fly. I don't blame you… You not only destroyed my life, but you also saved it."

"Oh, Jon…" Jordan starts to cry. "I was always jealous on you, for being able to get along so well with others. For having so many friends and for being able to be good. I never wanted you to get jealous on me. I know how shitty that is! When we were in the fortress I… I only wanted to see you smile again. You were so happy! I really want it: I really want to fly side-by-side with you! I am sorry that you feel so embarrassed by it! And I feel like the biggest idiot!"

"You're not an idiot! I am the idiot! I should have open up with my feelings much earlier. Or run away to live with Timmy much earlier!"

"Timmy… I understand that he is mad on me! Those idiots from the team scared the shit out of him, I guess. How is Timmy? He seemed so… traumatized when I talked to him?"

"Well… about Timmy… ehm… honestly… I think I am fault for his bad mood. You know… when I…" Jon began.

But suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Clark, who was back, entered the room. And right in this moment, Jon's smile vanished again and the sun outside hid behind a dark cloud again…

"What?" Jon asked annoyed. Jordan let out an loud frustrated groan. He was so close from getting the truth about Timmy from his brother. So he could stop pretending he doesn't know that Jon told him everything.

"Ehm… Jonathan, now that everything is arranged… there is something that I need to talk to you about."

"Don't you need to fly somewhere?" Jon asked condescendingly.

"No!" Clark could hear the frustration and the scornful sound in Jonathan's voice. "About something else!"

"I don't have any powers, now!" Jon said annoyed. It was a lie, but in his eyes a necessary one.

"Not that! Just… talk to me when you are ready to." Clark wouldn't be surprised if Jonathan hides them from him just to test him. He knew it from Jon's conversation with Timmy. "About… something that I should had done with you long before. Jordan could you…"

"He can stay!" Jon moaned.

"Okay… ehm… I thought a lot about that day, when I flew your brother to the fortress for the first time and… that you never got a chance to know your grandfather."

"Suddenly?" Jon moaned again. "Why I should had been mad? Being Kryptonian is only about having powers. Every human knows that!"

Clark sighed. It was untrue! It was a human bias, but Jonathan was right to be mad.

"But it isn't true! There is so much more. I shouldn't have waited for any powers to appear. And when it was too late, I didn't even asked you if you are fine. But… It's time to make up for it!"

After that sentence, Clark opened the little box he carried with him and presented him a crystal.

"What is that?" Jon had a clue but didn't dare to say it.

"Your grandfather!"

Please review and keep well!

I work hard to publish updates regulary. My story gets longer and longer than expected. So far I don't know if I continue that subplot around Jay Nakamura and the metahumans that will be mentioned in this chapter as they actually not helpful for the main-plot and only extend the story unnecessesarily.