"Lois?"
"Move it Smallville, I'm in a hurry."
"To where?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yes."
She paused her frame just a silhouette, with the yellow sky behind it. Her hand rested on the door frame. If he had seen her face he would have noticed its look of uncertainty.
She pivoted on her heel and walked out into the chilled morning air. It was his turn to stand in the doorway now. Watching her walk down the driveway and break into a run.
His eyes followed her watching as she kept running, never losing speed. Finally after what seemed like hours to him and seconds to her, she collapsed beside the road in exhaustion. His enhanced vision followed her movements as she stood, breaking into a run again, this time away from the road.
She'll get lost, was his initial thought but he soon observed she knew exactly where she was going. She had done this so many times before.
Great trees loomed in front of her letting the rising sun shift and filter through their golden leaves. She glanced up watching squirrels hop branches, which would rustle under their weight.
She stopped in front of an evergreen. Sharp nettles clinging to every wispy branch. She bent before the tree recovering a silver boom box from the fallen liter beneath it.
Setting the boom box to the side she pressed play.
You drive a pretty
car
You know how fine you are
And nobody needs to say it
They
love the clothes you wear
They compliment you and
I just love
the way you play it
But the only thing you dream of
Money can't
buy for you
And in my dreams I make your wish come true
For the
girl who has everything
I bring you love, I bring you love
'Cause
the girl who has everything
Can't get enough of my love
Ncync? Clark let a small smirk float on his face, and then concentrated on his hearing and sight a bit more. He couldn't miss this! Maybe she'll start to dance, he laughed to himself.
Lois took off her shirt revealing a sports bra that said "USA ARMY" in camo letters across the front. She stretched a little before swinging a large roundhouse kick at the tree, its branches swinging back from the force then whipping back at her. She dropped to the ground branches sweeping harmlessly above her head. They made a whistling sound as they cut the air. She loved that sound.
Why do you run and
hide?
Say what you feel inside
Why must you always fake
it?
Girl you need to understand
Your heart's safe within my
hands
And I promise I'll never break it
Her moves were swift and calculated just like her father had taught her. Don't let emotions get the best of you, fight with your mind and body, never with your heart. She threw punches, her arms avoiding the swaying branches always hitting the tree's trunk.
Clarks smile fell from his face just like her tears
She growled sending a high kick into the defending tree, its sprays of nettles coming back at her much faster than she had thought they would. They hit her hard across the face sending her to the ground.
Blood flowed in small streams down her cheek.
Clark took a step forward.
I know that you
still dream of what money can't buy for you
And in my dreams I
make your wish come true
For the girl who has everything
I
bring you love, I bring you love
'Cause the girl who has
everything
Can't get enough of my love
She lifted herself up spitting out blood and threw herself at the tree fists jabbing furiously, kicks flying low and high. She didn't bother to defend any of the tree's own attacks. She felt the pain and that's what she loved. It wasn't like the dull numb inside but it was fresher more real.
Clark walked to the end of his driveway not really seeing where he was going. Eyes only seeing Lois, body soiled with sweat, dirt, blood and worst of all tears.
If you just let me
try, my baby listen
I'll help you find what you've been
missing
You gotta listen to your heart and not your mind
For
the girl who has everything
I bring you love, I bring you
love
'Cause the girl who has everything
Can't get enough of my
love