Chapter 5: Meet the Parents

Part 2

Alicia walks out towards where Johnathon and Martha are talking. She notices them, and quickly teleports onto the roof of the front porch. Eavesdropping was something Alicia hated, but she had to find out what Clark's parents thought of her.

"Do you think she can be trusted?" Martha asks.

"Well, Clark seems to like her a lot, and she is nice, but Clark's so forgiving. Plus, they have something to share deeply about, their powers."

"Yeah, you're right. She is quite pretty. No wonder Clark likes her so much."

Alicia smiles, and in a green flash, she dissappears, and reappears in Clark's loft. The place was neat and tidy, a futon sits behind a coffee table. A work desk sits next to her, and a laptop sits on it. The screensaver shows a Warrior Angel slideshow, showing him fighting several villains, Plasman, and the World Dominator. She smiles, and notices a group photo of Clark, Pete, Lana, Chloe, and another person, a young woman with long, brown hair that looks somewhat like Chloe.

Maybe it's her cousin. I hope I get to be in some of his photos.

Alicia then notices the telescope that Clark was talking about. Long, sleek, and colored in shades of red, blue and yellow. Alicia looks through the lens, and notices that it points to a system of stars that seem to be formed in a circle. In the center of the circle should have been two or three stars, but instead there is nothing.

A sound makes Alicia jump, and she quickly turns around to see Clark. He smiles, and she touches the telescope.

"Looks like you found it before I got to it." Clark states, walking over to her, and looks through it.

"Why did you have it pointed to that ring of stars?"

Clark walks over to his desk, and opens up a small drawer. He pulls out a photograph, and hands it to her. Alicia opens it up, and stares at it with keen interest.

The photo is of an enlarged copy of the ring of stars, and a white circle marks inside the exact middle of the circle.

"What you are looking at is where Krypton is, or shall I say, where krypton was. That is where I came from."

"Do you know why it is gone?"

Clark shakes his head.

"Dr. Swann told me that it could have been a plague, or it simply exploded. I may never know what happened on Krypton, but I want to."

Alicia puts the photograph down, and hugs Clark. He holds her close, and she holds him. Tears fall down Clark's eyes, and the fall down Alicia's face. She wipes them off of Clark, and they kiss again. All the bad feelings in Clark seem to simplify into one feeling. Love. Love for Alicia, and Alicia only.

As they kiss, they don't even notice as the hard, wooden floor shrinks beneath them, as Clark and Alicia start to float in midair. Alicia stops, huging Clark, and looks down. They are floating over 6 feet above the floor, and Clark opens his eyes. They float and are eye level with the rafters, just below the roof of the barn. Alicia looks at Clark, astonished that he can fly. They kiss again, but with more passion then ever. As they kiss, Clark lowers themselves, and float out the loft window, into the sky. Alicia holds on to Clark tightly, and her hair blows in the wind. Alicia's skirt dances in the wind, and soon, they teleport in a bright flash of green light.

They appear above a white farmhouse, some 15 miles away from Clark's house. They float down, until they touch ground. Right in front of the house. Alicia gives Clark her million dollar smile, and Clark continues to smile.

"I didn't know you could fly."

"Well, I flew once, but I wasn't in complete control of it. When I thought of you, all my problems went away, and I felt weightless. You are the reason why I can now fly."

Clark and Alicia have graduated from hand holding, and each had one of their arms around the others' waist. They walk up the steps, and Clark opens the door. He lets Alicia enter first, and then walks inside.

The house is quiet, except for talking coming from in the kitchen. A man's voice, and a woman's, arguing about the mortgage.

"Mom? Dad? I'm home. I brought someone special..." Alicia states, and pulls Clark into the kitchen.

Alicia's dad sits on a chair, reading the Daily Planet. Alicia's mom finishes the last of the dishes in the sink, and turns around smiling at her daughter and the handsome young man standing next to her.

"Hello, My name is Lucy, and this is my husband, Greg. And your name is..."

"Clark Kent."

"You must be a friend of Alicia's right?" Lucy asks.

"Actually, mom, Clark's my boyfriend." Alicia states, smiling at the thought of the word.

Greg moves his paper down, and stares at Clark. Clark catches notice, and smiles at him. He nods his head, and returns to reading his paper. Lucy starts to interupt, but Greg stops her.

"Don't harrass Clark, Lucy. The boy looks like he hasn't eaten since lunch. Am I right, Clark?"

"Yes sir."

"See Lucy? I told you he was hungary. So Clark, are you in any sports?" Greg asks, still looking at his paper.

"Well, I used to be on the football team, but I quit. After a while, it became quite nerve wracking."

"That's quite understandable. The team in Smallville is pretty tough to beat."

"Yeah, they practice a lot."

Lucy looks back at Clark. She smiles at him, and Clark smile back.

"So, Clark, do you know about...Alicia? What she can do?"

"Mom! No! Don't ask him that!"

"Yeah, I know what Alicia can do, and I think it's really cool."

Greg looks up from his paper, and raises one of his eyebrows. Alicia smiles at Clark again, and holds his hand.

"Well...Alicia, sweety, what would you like for dinner? Pizza?" Greg asks.

"Yeah, pizza sounds great."

"Clark, would you like to stay for dinner?" Lucy asks.

"Sure." Clark states, smiling.

"Uh...daddy, we're going outside for a while."

"Ok, Alicia."

Alicia leads Clark outside, and they walk down her driveway. The sun starts to set, and the ambience of twilight sets in. Alicia's hand holds tight, and Clark smiles at the touch of her skin.

"Your parents, they don't like your ability?"

"You could tell that?"

"Yeah, your dad looked at me weird."

"Oh, sorry about that. They're scared of my ability. And I think they're scared of me, too."

"They don't need to be scared of you." Clark simply states, but it strikes a cord with Alicia. She hugs Clark, and he puts his hands around Alicia's waist.

"Take me flying, Clark."

"Okay, but where do you want to go?"

"New York City. I've never been there, and we could do whatever we want."

"Okay, we could meet up with Dr. Swann. Maybe he has some of the answers I'm looking for. But first, lets have some pizza. I'm hungary."

Alicia smiles, and holds Clark tight. They walk back to Alicia's house, and as they walk inside, Alicia's parents stand in fear. Two men, wearing dark clothes, and sunglasses, are pointing two pistols at Alicia's parents.

"There they are." One of the men says, and points the gun he's carrying to Clark's face.

He directs Clark and Alicia to stand where her parents are. Alicia, hiding behind Clark, squeezes his hand hard, and Clark stands in front of her parents. Alicia lets go of Clark's hand, and holds on to her parents' hands. Suddenly, she teleports with her parents, leaving Clark alone with the two men.

"Where'd she go!" One of the men yells, but Clark just smiles.

"To find them, you'll have to go through me." Clark states, and starts to smirk.

Suddenly, the men start shooting at Clark. The bullets meet their target, but break apart upon impact with Clark's skin. The men stand, astonished, and out of bullets. Clark simply walks up to them, and grabs them by their necks.

"Who are you two working for!" Clark screams.

The man being held by Clark's right hand mumbles something.

"What!" Clark screams.

"Go to hell, freak."

"Oh, I don't like that word."

Clark X-rays the men's clothes, finding one thing they have in common. A business card, and a cell phone. Clark throws the guy in his left hand, and he is knocked unconcious upon impact with the wall. Clark reaches into the pocket of the second guy, pulling out the cell phone, and the card. Clark throws the second guy, impacting him with the refridgerator.

The card simply states a number: 555-0136. Clark opens the cell phone, and dials the number. It rings two times, before someone picks it up.

"Did you finish the job?" A man asks, a voice very familiar.

"Hello? Who is this? Did you get them yet?"

The man's voice was none other than Lionel Luthor.

"You better get yourself in the most protective place you can get, Lionel, 'cause I'm coming for you. If you ever step into Smallville again, I'll find you, and rip you to pieces. And don't bother with your goons, their incompasitated right now, so they can't answer the phone."

"What have you done, Clark?" Lionel asks.

"What do you want with me and Alicia!" Clark yells.

"I know your both special, Clark. All I need to get is your genetic information, and where you came from, and then I can find the answers I have been seeking for so long." Lionel says, causing a chill to ripple through Clark's spine.

"I'll find you, Lionel. And when I do, I'll kill you!" Clark states, closing the cell phone. He smashes it easily in his hand, and walks over to the men. He breaks both of their necks, and walks out of the house.

Once outside, Clark immedietly flies into the air, and heads for his house. He knows this is where Alicia teleported her parents. He sees the house, and no black vans are around. He falls to the ground in front of his house, and runs inside. Thankfully, Johnathon, Martha, Alicia and her parents are sitting in the kitchen, and Johnathon and Martha run over to Clark and hung him. They release their grip, and Alicia runs over and wraps her arms around Clark.

"Who were those people, Clark?"

"They were agents working for Lionel."

"What do they want?" Greg asks, fearful of the answer.

"He wants my genetic information. We need to get you all out of here."

"Where are we going to go?" Johnathon asks.

"To Swann's place. It's the only place Lionel won't find us."

Alicia motions for her parents to stand with the rest of them, but they don't move.

"We'll stay here. Alicia, go with Clark and his parents, we'll be okay." Greg says.

"But, Daddy-"

"Alicia, Clark is the safest person to be with, so go, we'll be fine."

Johnathon looks at Martha, and puts his hand on his son's shoulder.

"We'd better stay here too, son. We'll keep an eye on your friends, and Alicia's family."

Clark looks at Alicia, and she holds his hand.

"We'll be back soon." Alicia states, and in a glimmer of green light, Clark and Alicia dissappear.

Date: August 15, 2007

Two years in the future...

Clark's Journal- Entry 2

Hello Journal.

Another sighting of a meteor enhanced person has been reported from Luthor-Corp. If Alicia were here, she'd tell me to stop this, but I can't. This is my job now. If I don't do this, innocent people would be hurt. The cops can't stop these people, and I am the only one who can help them. It was my fault that it happened. She was the only person that I loved, and she loved me back. The world I live in is gone to me now. Johnathon and Martha don't speak to me, after what I did. Not that it matters. They weren't my real parents, anyway. They didn't know what pain I went through. If they did, the'd understand why I did what I did. I wish Alicia was here. I miss her so much...