Take me away
What day is this? How long have I been standing here? I don't care… faces all these sad faces looking at me… it starts to rain slowly… good… that way they will think I'm crying… I can't cry… the priest keeps talking about stuff that never truly mattered to me… only her… no… I won't cry… I will not feel sad… Chloe beside me squeezes my hand supportively… I think she's confused by my cold emotionless expression… everybody is…but I refuse to feel sad… it's as if all this will become real with the drop of a tear… and I know it's not real… it can't be… but why am I not waking… I won't cry… I have to keep it together… Laura… she can help me… where is Laura? … Pete is standing right beside me… he is crying like a baby… I guess he feels that he had something to do with all of this… and Lois… she is also crying… everyone is… except for me… Nell can't even watch the coffin… she is crying on the shoulder of her husband… But they don't know yet… they don't know that it's not real… they'll see…
How long have I been standing here? … No… they can't do this… they lower her into the ground… Come on… why am I not awake yet? … No… they can't do that… I want to jump in there rip it open take her and fly off… away from here… that's what I'll do… but why am I not doing anything… No… No… I mustn't cry! No… Why am I crying… My heart aches… I… I think I will be sick… Come on Clark… it's time to wake up… wake up damn it! Wake up!
No… Chloe is trying to lead me away from here… No they won't take me away from her… But why am I not doing anything? Why does my body refuse to do what I want… I don't want to go… I'll stay here with her… with her…
I… I refuse to believe this is happening… people are giving their condolences to Nell… me and Chloe are sitting on the side as I cry… I can't deal with them right now… I can't deal with any of this… There's nothing more left for me… just this vast emptiness… that's all I see in front of me… and this damned blue light… Chloe wraps her arms around me as I start to sob violently… Everyone turns and looks at me… they all stare at me… these faces… but all I want to see is her… I can't find her anywhere… why is this happening? … I just want to lay here and sleep for ever… next to her… Laura? … where is Laura?
My head is spinning… I think I'm drowning… I can't breathe… maybe that's best… yes… I'll let go and just drown here… that way I'll be with her… yes that's what I'll do… ah… it feels better already… yes… just let go…
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"Mr. KENT!" said the doctor a bit louder as he lightly shook Clark.
Clark gasped and opened his eyes as he took in a deep breath. He looked around him for a bit bewildered.
It was a dream… Calm down… it was just a dream…
"Mr. Kent…" said the doctor again, as Clark saw something that made his blood freeze.
He saw on the corridor, Nell, Chloe and Pete standing there with tears in their eyes looking at him.
No… this can't be happening now…
"Mr. Kent… I'm afraid…" started saying the doctor, as Clark felt his heart literally stop beating. "we're losing her… Now is the time for anything you want to say to her…"
Clark stood up and pushed the doctor away.
No chance in Hell.
He marched with determination towards her room. Chloe caught him before he went in.
"Clark wait… what is wrong with you?"
"I'm not letting this happen Chloe…"
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm taking her out of here." Said Clark with grim determination in his face.
"But Clark… How are you going to explain it to everyone?"
"I don't care!" shouted Clark a bit too abruptly. He then softened his voice. "I'm sorry Chloe… But I really don't care… I'm taking her out of here and that's that… Keep the others busy for a while…"
As he said that he entered the room.
He walked in slowly towards the bed. Lana seemed awake but just barely.
"Hey you…" she whispered weakly as she saw him.
It tore Clark inside to see her like this, but he managed to put a smile on for her. He approached her and leaned in to place a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Clark… I know I don't have a lot of time…" started saying Lana softly.
"No Lana… you'll be ok… I promise…" said Clark looking at her smiling.
Lana smiled weakly at him. "Lying never became you Clark… I heard the doctors… It's ok… I…"
"No Lana… when I say I promise… I mean it. You will be ok. But to do that, I'm going to have to take you away from here… do you think you can handle that for me honey?"
Lana looked at him not sure what to make of what he was telling her. "Clark… please… don't make this harder than it is…"
"Lana trust me… please… besides I want to show you something…"
Clark removed the wires and the tubes carefully, and really gently picked her up in his arms, as Lana winced from the pain.
"I'm sorry sweetie…" said Clark softly kissing her head. "Just hold on to me and try to hang on for a little while more. Ok? Can you do that for me?"
Lana closed her eyes and leaned her head against his chest as she nodded her head. "Clark… what do you want to show me?"
As Clark moved towards the window and opened it, he looked down at her and smiled. "My home…"
And with that he flew out towards the night sky.
To be Continued…