Jonathan and Martha Kent immediately stopped their conversation when they heard Clark yell for them. They ran into the barn and up the steps. The Stopped when they saw Clark standing over the young girl.
"Oh my god." Maratha said, looking into Clark's eyes.
"Where did she come from?" Jonathan asked looking at Clark and then the girl.
"I have no clue. I just came up here to get my bag and there shy was lying on the floor unconscious. The weird thing is that she has some ID bracelet on her wrist so maybe she was in the hospital or something."
The young girl began to stir and everyone stepped back a bit. They watched as she slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes. She moved her neck from side to side, cracking it.
"Are you all right?" Clark asked bending down next to her.
The girl got startled in out of basic instinct she punched him in the chest sending him flying over the banister and down to the floor. Martha and Jonathan raced over to the top of the steps to see if Clark was ok. Clark quickly stood up and dusted himself off. He looked up at his mom and dad with a look of shock on his face. Martha and Jonathan turned back to the girl and saw that she was inching her way back into the corner. Martha gently took a few steps towards her.
"It's ok you don't have to be afraid, we're not going to hurt you." Martha said.
The girl looked up in shock when she saw Clark walk up the steps completely fine after just taking a pretty nasty punch and fall.
"How are you not hurt?" She asked in amazement, looking at Clark.
"How did you do that?" Clark asked her.
The two stared into each other's eyes for a long moment before Jonathan broke the silence.
"Where did you come from?" Jonathan asked the girl.
The girl just looked at him and didn't answer.
"What's your name sweetheart?" Martha asked.
Martha's warmness took the girl by surprise. She was not used to anybody calling her sweetheart in a motherly tone of voice. Her defense fell and she stepped away from the corner.
"My name is Alexis." She replied softly.
"Ok Alexis would you like us to call your parents or someone from your family?" Martha said to her.
"I don't have any parents or a family." She answered sadly.
Martha looked at Jonathan and then at Clark.
"Where you being treated for something at the hospital?" Jonathan asked motioning his head to the ID bracelet on her right wrist.
Alexis looked at the bracelet and covered it up with her other hand. Then she looked up at Jonathan and said, "I was at a hospital but not the type you're thinking of. It was horrible. The things they did, it was…" She stopped herself, not wanting to reveal where she was being kept.
"Ok well you look hungry sweetie. Would you like to come inside and have something to eat? We have plenty of food." Martha said to Alexis.
At hearing the word food Alexis's eyes widened.
"You have food."
"Of course we do." Martha replied.
"Like actual food."
"Yes actual food." Martha answered, letting a small laugh of disbelief escape her lips.
Martha put out her hand and Alexis took it. The four all walked back into the Kent's house and Martha fixed a plate of bacon, eggs, toast, and a glass of orange juice and handed it to Alexis. Without even picking up a fork Alexis used her hands and starting picking up the food, shoving it into her mouth. Her mouth was half full with bacon and eggs when she picked up the glass of orange juice and chugged it all down. She stopped eating and looked up at Jonathan, Clark, and Martha who were all looking at her in amazement.
"What?" She asked confused at the looks she was getting.
"Honey when was the last time you ate?" Martha asked refilling her empty glass with more orange juice.
"Well I eat everyday but it's not regular food. They injected everything I needed to keep me going into me through a needle."
Clark, Martha, and Jonathan looked at her sadly.
"Where exactly where you?" Asked Jonathan.
Alexis looked into his eyes but wouldn't answer him.
Clark sat down next to Alexis at the table and said to her, "I still want to know how you did that to me."
"Well I can do a lot of things. And I really didn't mean to do that to you, it was just out of basic instinct.
"What other things can you do?"
Alexis got up from her seat and walked out the back door. She walked over to the truck that was in the driveway. Without even straining herself she picked the truck up lifted it over her head and placed it back down on the ground. Then she casually walked back into the house and sat back down at the table.
"Is that all you can do?" Clark asked.
At that Alexis looked over at the dying flame on the stove and fire shot from her eyes sending the flame flying up. Martha rushed over to the stove and quickly beat out the flames with a rag. Then Alexis looked through the wall and saw a car coming up the driveway. She immediately shot up from her seat and hid behind the counter.
"What's wrong?" Clark asked worried. Then he heard the engine of a car turn off and a car door slam shut.
Clark walked to the door and smiled in relief when he saw that it was only Chloe. He had asked her yesterday if she would give him a ride to school. Chloe saw him and a warm smile lit up her face. She came through the back door and into the kitchen.
"Morning Mr. Kent, Mrs. Kent."
"Hi Chloe." Martha greeted her warmly.
Alexis slowly rose up from behind the counter when she realized that there was no real threat. She stopped and studied Chloe for a few moments. When Alexis saw Chloe something inside her went off and she had the feeling that somehow she knew this girl from somewhere.