Chapter Three: More Secret Lives
"Now that you are all a part of this, I need you all to swear to me that you will never tell anyone else." Jonathan said, looking at them. Everyone silently nodded.
"Now that that is out the way, what are we going to do to get Clark back?" Pete said. He had been sitting outside of the circle of everyone else, silent and restless.
"Where do we even begin looking for him? And even if we do, they would just come for him again." Jonathan seemed to have lost hope; like the situation had completely drained him in the same way the Kryptonite had drained his son.
"But, Jonathan, we have to get him back. I can't bear to think of the things they will do to him. We could get Lex to help us. He has connections that could lead us to Clark. He also—"
"No. I will never trust a Luthor with Clark's secret. No, Martha and I will go to Metropolis and look for him, the rest of you will return to school and work and not let on that anything is wrong. As far as anyone else knows, Clark is out of town, visiting a...distant cousin."
"His cousin from California?" Lana asked, remembering Clark's 'cousin' that was visiting before she left for Paris.
"Sure, we can tell people that, --what do you mean, from California? Clark doesn't really have a cousin." Jonathan asked, having his turn being totally confused.
"Last summer, before I left for Paris, I saw a girl on the farm, and Clark said she was a cousin from California." Lana explained.
Understanding spread across Mrs. Kent's face as she realized who Clark's 'cousin' must be. "Her name was Kara, or Lindsey. Jor-el took her into the caves when the meteors hit, and changed her, to be like Clark, so she would be able to lure Clark to him."
"Look, I can help look for Clark while I'm in Metropolis with my mom." Pete volunteered.
That night at the caves
Jason had watched Lana quietly excuse herself, and leave. He knew he didn't want to be alone after the information they had just been given, so he followed her. He had a pretty good idea of where she was headed; she had gone there often.
Lana now fully understood why Clark was so interested in these caves, because according to Mr. and Mrs. Kent, the symbols on walls told all about him. Which made her wonder even more about the symbol on her back and on the cave wall.
She was glad that she had told Jason about it. There was something comforting in knowing that he knew and he still was at her side. She found the now familiar symbol again...but this time, when she looked at it, it wasn't just some weird, unknown symbol...
Just then, her thoughts were interrupted.
"I thought this is where I would find you." Jason said, making his presence known.
"I feel so guilty for always pressuring Clark to tell me the truth. I can only imagine what it must have been like for him all these years. That was one of the major reasons that it didn't work out between us. I just...I don't regret being with you, I just..."
Jason walked up to her, trying to think of what to say to help her feel better.
"Lana, I think he knew that you only wanted to be a bigger part of his life; it sounded like he was just tired of hurting, and disappointing you."
"Thank you, Jason. You don't know how relieved I was that you just accepted me, after everything I told you the other day. I understand why Clark could never tell me, I mean...I hate to think of how I would of reacted, how I would have treated him if he had ever told me." Lana said, sort of thinking out loud.
"You would have accepted him, and you would have been there for him; just like you are now." Jason explained.
Lana turned from looking at the wall, "Jason, there's more I need to tell you, about the other night. Tonight, when I first came down here to look at the symbol, I understood what it means." Lana hesitated to continue.
"Lana, you can tell me, what does it mean?" Jason waited.
"I need you to take me back to the Kent's. After they told all of us the truth, I think that they deserve the same in return. Jason, the symbol is my name."
