Chapter 2: A Life Unforgotten
On Earth, lays a town called Smallville. This place will be the landing pad for Kal-El, and soon, evil will awake to the world known as Earth.
On the outskirts of Smallville, sits an old farmhouse. It is painted white, and has 2 red barns, a large pasture with many cows, and a cellar in the back. A man and a woman walk outside in the morning air. They are around forty, and as the woman walks towards her car, a brilliant green flash appears in the sky. The sky above the town of Smallville explodes with a million meteors that fall and crash like fireballs from a place of frozen hell. Millions of these meteors fall across Smallville, and are leaving destruction in its wake.
One barely misses the water tower, and another one crashes into the Talon. People run like hell as the meteors destroy various stores and houses. Fire spreads like a bad flu, covering houses and stores. One man runs away as his truck blows up from an incoming meteor.
Through all the chaos, a ship almost crashes into the barn at the woman's house. It is about 14 feet long, and 7 feet wide. It is a silver colored arrowhead-shaped ship. The woman looks on in wonder, and a man runs outside. Several more meteors shoot down in the nearby cropfields, and immedietly turns to fire. The Ship stops moving, and hovers, letting out a low hum.
The ships top open's out, and a boy sits up. His hair is black, and his eyes, a deep brown, are incredibly intense and fullfilling. He stands up in the ship, wearing nothing but a pair of silver colored boxer shorts. He looks at the adults, and then jumps down out of the ship, and pushes a button. The ship closes, and the sky litterally rips open. Beyond the rip, is nothing but blackness. The teen pushes the ship through the rip in space, and it closes. He turns around, and stares at the adults.
"Who are you?" The teen asks.
"My name is Martha Kent," says the woman, "And this is my husband, Johnathon."
"Who are you?" asks the man named Johnathon.
"My name is Kal-El. I came here from a planet called Krypton." answers the alien.
"Why are you here?" asks the one called Martha.
"My father sent me. He wants me to watch your species. You are a flawed race, and we want to
know if you are friends, or foes." Answers Kal-El.
"Well, lets get you inside and get you some clothes. Come on, Johnathon." Says Martha.
Johnathon and Martha move Kal into the house. Martha notices that the kid is holding a small bag the size of a small marble bag. In his other hand, is a small metallic item, the shape of an octogan. Kal puts the items on the counter, and Martha hands Kal a blanket. He takes it in gratitude, and lets it hang off his shoulders. Kal walks over to a plastic model of the Earth's Solar System that is sitting on the kitchen table. He eyes it with great intent.
"This is your solar system, yes?"
"Yeah, the third planet is..."
"I KNOW WHERE I AM," Kal continues, "but why is your sun yellow?"
"Our sun is almost new. That's why it is yellow," Johnathon explains, "Your sun isn't?"
"No, the sun that warms Krypton is quite old. It is as red as your blood."
Kal then walks into the kitchen. He notices the fridge. He watches it inquisitivly. He points a finger at it.
"What is that machine?"
"That? That's a refridgerator. It stores food from getting bad." Martha explains.
"Bad? It keeps the food from becoming evil?"
"No, the only thing that is evil is what Martha calls her 'Omelet Surprise'." Johnathon remarks.
Martha scoffs at the bad remark.
"I should get some clothes for Kal." Martha says as she walks upstairs into their bedroom.
"You two are life Partners?"
"Uhh, we're married, if that's what you mean."
"How come you two don't have offspring?" Kal asks, inquisitivly.
"I find that none of your business."
"Oh, well, my life partner is Cara-Lo. I love her very much. It is her destiny to be with me."
"I think she decides her own destiny." Johnathon says.
"Well, To each his own." Kal quipped.
Martha walks downstairs and into the kitchen. She is holding a pair of pants, a large flannel shirt a pair of socks, and a belt. Kal looks at the clothes, and back at Martha. She smiles at him, then he picks up the pants. He slowly puts them on, and has to pull them up, for they are too big. Martha hands him a belt, and Kal stands there, confused.
"Oh, you probably don't have belts on your planet." Martha laughs slightly, and helps Kal put it on.
He picks up the shirt, and stares at the patterns on it.
Johnathon opens the fridge, grabs a bottle of milk, and starts to chug it down.
"What sort of clothing is this? It sticks to my skin."
"Those are pants, and this is a flannel shirt. You'll have to wear these so you don't stand out in a crowd. We'll have to get you measured for some of your own clothes, since you'll have to start school soon."
Johnathon almosts chokes on the milk, and stares at Martha.
"School? Don't you think you're taking this a little far?"
"A little far, Johnathon! There is an alien in front of us that says he's here to learn about Earth! What better place to learn than school?"
"School? What is school?" Kal asks.
"It is a place where students learn about human history, Earth, and various other subjects." Martha said.
This is exactly what I need, Kal thought, I'm sure father would be proud with me learning about Earth.
"I must to go to school." Kal said.
"Well, Kal, we don't really have that kind of money right now. It would be very hard to support a child in school." Johnathon explains.
"We certainly have enough money! We've saved up enough, plus Kal's probably only going to be there for three years! If he's going to stay here, he might as well go to school here, too!" Martha yells.
I wonder why these people yell at one another if they love each other so much. Kal thought. Humans are so weird.
"So, am I going?" Kal asks.
"I guess so. Atleast you'll make some friends." Johnathon says
"That reminds me, we will need to make up a name for you."
"Why? Can't I be called Kal?"
"Well, it's just that people will freak out if they find out your...different." Martha says.
"Oh, what name do you think I should have?"
"How about...Clark?" Johnathon asks.
"Hmm, Clark...I like it."
Kal smiles, and walks over to the fridge. He opens the door, and as he does, the door rips off, and Kal easily holds it with two fingers, and smiles slightly. Johnathon and Martha look at Kal, astonished at his strength.
Just like Father, Kal thought. He had super strength, heat vision, and super speed. I wonder what else I can do?.
"What the... you have super strength?" Johnathon asks.
"I guess so. My father had it, too, when he visited Earth 70 of your years ago. I should practice and see what else I can do."
Johnathon walks over to Kal, and puts his hand on Kal's shoulder. Kal looks at it and smiles. Johnathon smiles back.
"I can take you out back, where you can practice any other abilities that you may have."
Johnathon walks out the back door, followed by Kal.
A short time later, Johnathon walks out of the barn, with an old scarecrow.
"Here, practice with this."
Johnathon stabs the scarecrow into the ground, and goes back inside the house. Kal watches the scarecrow, and thinks about Cara. Kal's eyes suddenly glow red, and two rays of fire shoot out, hitting the scarecrow's left arm. It immediatly burns, and Kal just stares.
Heat vision. More like father everyday. Kal thought.
Suddenly, the world in front of Kal's eyes glow blue, and became like an X-ray. He saw through trees, one of the barns, and through a couple of cows, watching as their chewed grass moves through all four stomachs. Kal shakes his head, and everything returns to normal.
X-ray vision? Mother must have had that. Dad never talked about that one.
Suddenly, a very high pitched sound screams through Kal's ears.
"KAL-EL, YOU MUST COME TO THE CAVE QUICKLY. SPARE NO EXPENSE."
Father. Kal thought. Something must have happened on Krypton.
Kal starts to run toward the caves. He speeds up, and is soon crossing the pastures, and into a cornfield at least a mile away. Kal then speeds off into the distance, wondering what happened.