Chapter 13: The World at New...
The three figures, Zor-El, Jor-El, and Exe-Lo look down at the four kryptonians, including Krypto.Jor-El smiles, seeing his son, his niece, and his son's Life Partner.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE DEFEATED DARKSEID, KAL-EL. BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE HELP.
Jor-El looks at the other astonished people. Zor-El stares at the camera.
YOUR VIDEO EQUIPMENT WILL NOT WORK HERE. WE CANNOT BE CAUGHT ON WHAT YOU CALL 'FILM'.
TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS, I AM JOR-EL, THE FATHER OF KAL-EL. WE ARE VERY ADVANCED HOLOGRAMS THAT WERE PROGRAMMED TO TELL KAL-EL AND HIS COMPANIONS A CERTAIN MESSAGE.
"What was the message!" Kailey asks.
THE MESSAGE STATES: ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY OF KRYPTON, AND IT'S NOW PERISHED CITIZENS, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FULLY REMEMBERED IN THE KNOWN GALAXY. ESPECIALLY YOU, KAL-EL.
"Father? I have 2 requests." Cara asks Exe-Lo.
YES, CARA? WHAT ARE THEY?
"The first one, I would like all this destruction to be gone, and have this nice town the way it used to be."
VERY WELL. IT SHALL BE DONE.
At once, the town of Smallville started to rebuild itself. Buildings, like the Talon, and the Public Library were having bricks pile on one another. Several buildings rose back up. The streets that were cracked under the weight of the millions of ogres repaired themselves. The lava seeped back into the ground, miles below the crust, and the fires were put out. Even the buildings were given new paint jobs. Kal looks around at the several burned cornfields that suddenly unleashed a wave of fresh new cornstalks. Suddenly, Kal punches his fist into the ground, and pulls out a blunt object about 4 feet long. Kal breaks the charred rock and reveals the golden axe of Darkseid. Kal flys up to Jor-El's face. Jor-El holds his hand over, and Kal sets the axe in his father's outstretched hand. Jor-El wraps his hand around it, and sets it in his robes.
THANK YOU, KAL-EL. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THIS AXE WILL NOT FALL IN THE WRONG HANDS. I THINK THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE IT IS IN THE FORTRESS.
Soon, Smallville is back to the way it was, a clean, small town. No lava, volcanoes, ogre parts, and no Darkseid. Exe-Lo looks down at his daughter.
WHAT IS YOUR SECOND REQUEST, CARA?
"I was wondering, how are Kal and I going to preform the Ceremony?"
AH YES, THE LIFE PARTNER CEREMONY. JOR-EL? WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS OLD FRIEND?
YES, OF COURSE. KAL-EL AND CARA, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS CEREMONY?
Cara and Kal look at each other.
How about Monday, Kal?
Monday's great, Cara.
MONDAY IT WILL BE. THE ENTIRE TOWN IS INVITED, AND OF COURSE, YOUR GROUP.
"Yes Father."
WE WILL GO NOW, BUT WILL BE THE SPEAKERS ON MONDAY.
Kal smiles, and hugs Cara. The parents of Cara, Kara and Kal dissapate into mist. A loud siren cuts through the quietness. A prerecorded voice starts talking.
IT IS NOW SAFE TO ENTER THE TOWN OF SMALLVILLE. REPEAT: IT IS NOW SAFE TO ENTER SMALLVILLE.
Kal looks at the group that stares back at him. Justin, Adam and Kailey are bruised and Justin is leaning on Adam's shoulder. Alicia and Shane look badly beaten up, Alicia mostly dirty, and Shane, who has also been scortched by a 4 ton tanker. Eric is tired, hiding the box containing the last known Kryptonite ores into a ditch to the right of Kal. Krypto is panting heavily, and Kara's bruises heal slowly, already turning from black-blue to a dark yellow. Cara's bloodshot eyes from the choking she just endured start to turn normal. Kal looks the worst out of all of them, wearing nothing but his scortched metallic shorts, and various bruises all over his body. His hair is all riled up, and full of dirt, both earth and venusian.
"Let's meet up at the Kent place. They have several extra beds, and I know you are all tired."
They all nod, and teleport with Alicia. Kal picks up Cara and launch into the air with Kara and Krypto. Several cornfields pass by, and soon the Kent farmhouse is seen. The group with Alicia is seen, and When Kal, Kara, Cara and Krypto land, Lara runs over to Kal, and holds him in a very tight hug. She then grabs Cara and Kara, and hug them. Tears run down Lara's face joined in with Kara and Cara. Kal is let go, and he notices Johnathon and Martha kent looking at the group in front of them. Kal walks up to them.
"Hello, Johnathon and Martha. I hope we didn't cause too much trouble."
Johnathon laughs, and looks on to the group.
"Let me guess, you guys need a place to stay?" Johnathon asks.
Most of the group nods, and Kal smiles. Martha walks down the stairs, and hugs Kal.
"I'll go pitch the tents. Some of you guys will need to sleep in the loft. There's enough room."
Martha lets go of Kal, and grabs the attention of the large group in front of her.
"Ok, everybody? No offense, but you all need showers. So, we have two, and you will all need to take them. Are there any couples here?"
Kal and Cara raise their hands, along with Shane and Alicia, and Kailey and Adam.
"Ok, you'll need to either take showers together, or not. But I don't want any hanky panky going on!"
"Or I could just spray down the guys, and the girls can take theirs inside." Johnathon asks.
"I agree on that. Cara and I can't see each other, 'formally' until we have our ceremony, anyway." Kal states.
Shane groans, along with Adam, who both get punched playfully in their arms.
Martha motions the girls over, While the guys walk around the house with Johnathon. Adam slowly walks behind the rest of the group, and by the time he gets to the back, Eric is already getting hosed down. Everyone is wearing old swimming shorts that used to belong to Johnathon when he was 18. Soon, Eric is clean, and Johnathon tosses him a towel. Justin is now getting drenched, and is soon clean, then Shane, and then there was Kal and Adam left. Adam goes, and soon his human skin is clean. He transforms into his cyborg form, and is completely clean. Kal is next, and if he had looked up, he would have seen Cara looking out the window at him, watching every muscle of Kal's get drenched in the freezing cold water. Of course, Kal doesn't feel the coldness, but Cara can most certainly feel the heat. She licks her lips in anticipation for Monday night, when they complete their ceremony.
Kal finishes with the hose hitting directly on his scalp, washing off whatever remained in his hair. Johnathon throws him the last towel, and starts giving Krypto a bath, spraying him with the cold water. Krypto anticipates it, and along with his hair drenched, he strarts drinking from the hose. As the rest of the guys dry off, they make their way back to the front of the house. The group of guys walk inside and are greeted by Martha, who gives them all clothes that were Kal's and Johnathon's. They all walk into the kitchen where Lois and Steve are finishing putting the tapes into their containers.
"You guys want anything?" Johnathon asks.
Milk is the main answer, and Johnathon pulls out a gallon of milk and grabs some cups. Soon, everyone has a glass, even Steve.
The girls enter, wearing some of Martha's clothes, Kara wearing a yellow dress with red flowers, Alicia wearing a light green sundress, Kailey wearing blue jeans and a purple tank top, and Cara wearing blue jeans and one of Kal's flannel shirts. Johnathon gets them glasses, and soon the milk jug is empty. The group moves into the living room, and everyone sits down. Cara sitting on Kal's lap, and they hold hands. Martha and Johnathon look at Kal, who has been staring at a medium sized paperweight, the perfect shape of a sphere.
"If you don't mind me asking, but what happened Kal?" Martha asks.
"I fought Darkseid. I even sent him into space, and still he lived. We kept fighting on that second planet from Sol, Venus, and still he lived. But It really wasn't me who was fighting him. It was the entire spiritual power of Krypton that fought him."
"Then how did he die?" Johnathon asks.
"Eric takes the credit for that. He made some sort of golden ore of Kryptonite, that he threw into Darkseid's hands. It made him lose the immense strength he had, and I was able to break through his rock-hard skin. I punched my fist into Darkseid's chest and pulled out his heart. Then I burnt it, and burned the rest of his body into ashes that spread with the wind."
Cara grabs hold of Kal with her other hand, and holds it tighter. Johnathon looks in astonishment.
"Thank God you killed him. We couldn't of done anything to stop him."
"Your welcome. But you owe all of Smallville to the rest of us. I couldn't of done it without you guys."
"We have a favor to ask." Cara says.
"What is it?" Martha asks.
"We need a place to have our Life Partner Ceremony. Could we use your yard?" Cara asks.
"Sure, but what is it?" Martha asks.
"It's sort of like what you call a marriage, but it's more spiritual. And we'll need to use the loft Monday night." Kal explains.
"Oh, ok. Yeah, that's fine," Johnathon states. "It's the least we could do for what you did to save the world."
"Let's go set up those tents, then." Shane states.
Three Hours Later- 9:00 pm
Three large tents fill the front yard, the light in the loft, showing that Shane and Alicia are up there, getting ready to go to bed. Alicia lays down on the fold out couch, while Shane has a sleeping bag unfolded on the floor. Kal's light is on, and Cara sleeps in his bed. He turns out the light and climbs in with her. She exhales softly, lays her arm on his chest, and lays her head on his chest. Kal lays awake, thinking over the last fight he had with Darkseid.
Don't do it, Kal-El. If you kill me, you'll be a monster. You'll be like me, a killing machine. Plus, you'll be killing a fellow living creature.
Could it really happen? He thinks.
"No. It will never happen." Cara answers his own thought.
Cara raises her head, her blonde hair flowing over her left eye.
"I know it won't. I hope it won't." Kal states, unsure of what he said. Cara sets her head back on Kal's chest, and soon, both fall asleep.
All the lights turn out, including John and Martha's. Martha slowly eases into next to Johnathon, and he puts his arm around her.
"What are we going to do after the Ceremony? Where are Kal and Cara going to live?" Martha asks.
"I don't know. Maybe they already have a plan. They seem to know what to do in the loft after the Ceremony." Johnathon laughs.
"Oh, but Cara seems like she wanted to do that for a long time. I saw her watching Kal getting drenched with all that cold water, and she wanted him. I could tell."
"Well, I guess no matter where ever you are in the universe, teenagers are still teenagers." Johnathon states. Martha laughs slightly, and falls into a dreamless sleep.