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A/N: Hello this chapter is a little shorter than the last one but I liked the way this ended and didn't want to spoil it by droning on any longer. R&R
985 AD, The Galactic Core, Oa
A lone piece of crystal hung dangling in space. Guardian Ra'thl sat in the watchtower examining space. He hated getting stuck on monitoring duty but the Guardians could not rely on their Lanterns to redirect the debris from Krypton. The first Lantern that found a surviving chunk of the planet had sent it into the phantom zone. Ra'thl sat back and drank his Thanagarian tea. He had just started to get comfortable when his proximity alarm went off. He shot up and ran a diagnostic, a large piece of Kryptonian crystal was floating toward the Core. Once his diagnostic had completed he uploaded to the crystals command functions. His findings were exactly what he and his fellow Guardians had feared. A survivor had tried to launch from the planet too late and had been caught up in Core's gravitational pull. Ra'thl activated the watchtowers tractor beam and pulled the escaped pod from the core. The ship seemed perfectly functional. He read off the ships course and destination, "earth!" Why in the name of the core would anyone want to go to a backwater planet like earth. Space sector two-eight-one-three, had yet to be fully charted. Ra'thl checked the ships trajectory again and saw that it was set to fly slow and would take nearly a millennia to reach earth. Ra'thl shrugged his shoulders. If Earth is where the Kryptonian wanted to go then far be it him to disregard their wishes. He reprogramed the command crystals and pushed the ship on it's way.
September 2018 AD, Smallville, Kansas
Lois made her way to the Kent farm. The afternoon was crisp, she needed to pick up Martha so they could go bridal shopping with Chloe in metropolis. Lois turned on the radio to see if the world had gone to hell on her day off. The disc jockey was going on about some meteorite that had just been discovered. Lois didn't pay much attention until the radio changed over to an emergency channel. "This is an emergency broadcast from the united states meteorological agency. All of Kansas has been put on alert. A large meteor is head straight for the heart the states. Possible cities to be affected are; Huntsville, Smallville, and Greggersville. This large chunk of rock is traveling near the speed of light impact could cause earth quakes that reach as far as coast city." Lois flipped off the radio and floored the gas pedal.
Lois had just reached the edge of the farm when her car began to shake. She looked up out of her window and saw a massive piece of rock flying over head. Lois got out of her car and looked up at it, the rock seemed to be slowing down. How could it do that, she wondered. The rock split into three pieces and she suddenly understood. The piece in the middle looked like a piece of Clark's fortress in the arctic. The middle piece slowed even father and impacted in the middle of Martha's corn field. Dirt was throw every where and Lois had to duck out of the way to keep from getting buried alive.
Lois sprinted through the corn. Once she had reached the meteor it's origins were doubtless. Lois stepped up to the large mesh of crystal. There was a long flat surface that seemed translucent. Lois reached out her hand and touched it, as soon as she did it fogged up and began to breakdown. Inside the ship was a girl no older then fifteen. She had shoulder length blond hair and her eyes looked like deep pools of blue just like Clark's. Lois picked wrapped her in the blanket she laid on and pulled out the command crystal. She hefted her up in both hands and carried her the her car.
Less than a minute later Lois climbed the front porch of the Kent home. Martha ran outside and held the door open. Lois walked inside and set the girl down on the couch.
"Where did you find her Lois?" Martha asked.
Lois pulled the crystal out of her pocket and handed it to Martha.
"What is this?" Martha said looking at the crystal for a second. "Surely not."
"I'm afraid so." Lois said pulling out her cell phone. "I'm going to call Clark he'll know what to do and he bury her ship." Lois dialed the house number and waited. 'Hello Kent residence.' "Clark its Lois we have a problem." 'Problem, what do you mean Lois?' "Clark did you hear about the meteor that was headed toward Kansas?" 'Yes I did but by the time I got in the air the reports side it broke up.' "Well not all of it broke up. A large piece of it was a Kryptonian space ship." There was a pause on the line before it went dead. "Well I'd say he's on his way." Lois looked at the girl. "I suppose we should get some cloths on her." Lois ran upstairs to her and Clarks bedroom. She rummaged through all of her old cloths. Unfortunately she wasn't as thin as that girl when she was in high school. She found a pair of Sweat pants and a loose T-shirt and ran down the stairs. "None of my bras or anything are going to fit her but these should be ok."
Martha and Lois set to the task of getting her dressed, it wasn't as easy as they had thought it would be.
"Jeez this girl must weight a ton." Lois said after they had finished. "I don't remember her being that heavy when I carried her in."
"That's because her body is starting to get used to the lower gravity." Came Clark's voice from the door frame. "I couldn't find the command crystal in her star ship."
Lois handed him the crystal. "I pulled it out in case some decided to check out the crash site before you got there."
"I'll take this to the fortress, I already know who she is though." Clark said pulling out a piece of cloth from his back pocket. "I found this in the ship, its the symbol of the house of Zor-El my cousins."
Lois took the cloth and looked at it. The symbol looked just like Clark's except the symbol in the center was crooked and looked more like a bolt of lightning than and 's' the back ground was also a different color instead of the red 's' being set on a field of yellow the background was black. "Why is it so different?"
"Because the word 'Zor' stands for 'not of'. So their names 'Zor-El' mean 'Not of Rao'. It is a designation that was originally meant to imply that they were not the first born but it became a reason for war. The Zor-El became unstable prone to outbursts of anger at their true El brothers and sisters. This lasted for generations until finally one of my ancestors founded Kryptonian Logic. This belief in nothing but science swept Krypton like wild fire and his brothers were forced to accept the fact that violence was no longer an acceptable means of battle. Instead they strove for political dominance over Krypton." Clark explained still standing in the doorway. He turned to his mother. "Mom would you take her blankets and make a Kryptonian tunic out of them. And use one of my spare emblems of El. I'll take the Zor-El symbol with me to the fortress." He turned and left without another word.
"It's going to take me awhile to get her measurements and start on the 'tunic'". She said using her fingers to empathize the word. The Kryptonian idea of what a tunic was looked more like spandex.
"I'll make some tea and keep an eye on our little visitor." Lois said heading for the kitchen.
Three hours passed and Martha made her way down stairs. "How about we put this on the chair here so she sees it when she wakes up." Martha said spreading the 'tunic' out on the arms chair next to the couch. "What do you think?"
Lois stood back and looked at Martha's creation. It was two pieces, there was a blue skirt that looked like it came about mid thigh it had a dull gold colored belt and red bloomers. The second piece looked like it would fit about three inches above the navel and had long sleeves that came slightly past the wrist. "Where's the cape?"
"It's upstairs I bonded a felt lining to leather and I'm waiting for the leather to set, same with the boots." She said smoothing out the uniform.
"It certainly doesn't look very Kryptonian." Lois said examining the set of cloths.
"Yes well that doesn't mean she can't act like a girl and still be Kryptonian." Martha said in all seriousness.
Lois just laughed and Martha joined in uncontrollably. "Well I suppose we just sit and wait."
The two woman sat on the love seat and sipped at cups of tea. They sat there for nearly an hour before the girl stirred. Her eyes fluttered and she slowly moved her head. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, when she saw Lois and Martha she start to speak very fast and in a language neither of them could ever hope to understand.
Lois tried to think of something appropriate to say. "My name is Lois Lane-El." She said pointing to her chest.
The girl stopped and stared at her and then shifted her attention to the set of cloths on the chair.
"Those are for you." Lois said pointing to the girl.
The girl pointed her own finger at her self and stood up from the couch. She reached over and picked up the top piece running her fingers along the emblem of El.
"You are El." Lois said understanding why Clark had taken the girls symbol with him. He wanted her to feel accepted and the only way to accomplish that was to make sure she understood that as far as the true son of El was concerned she was just as pure as he was.
"No I am not." The girl said looking over at Lois.
"You used your super hearing to learn English didn't you?" Lois asked standing up.
"Yes you called your self Lane-El is that a designation of his followers?" She asked setting down the top.
"No, I am El because I am his wife and the mother of his son." Lois said she certainly didn't like this high and mighty attitude.
"Of course how callus of me. I only assumed that he would follow in the ways of our ancestors. But I find now listening to the voices of this planet that many call him savior but none call him lord." She said a small tear fell down her cheek. "I so wanted a reason to hate him."
"I understand Kal-El has taught me a lot about Kryptonian culture. But he was not raised as a Kryptonian he was raised as a human." Lois said pointing to Martha. "This is Martha Kent she found Kal-El's ship when it crashed and she has spent the past thirty years raising him like he were her own child."
The girl bowed her head. "You must be quite the mother to tame the wilds of a Kryptonian's heart. You as well miss Lane you must be some woman indeed to capture his heart." She said picking the top back up. "I suppose the symbol was his idea yes?"
"It was I think he wanted you to know that you are welcome within our family Kara Zor-El." Lois said remembering what Jor-El had said so many years ago. "I want you to know that I do not care about petty historical blood feuds. As far as I am concerned you are just as much my cousin as my other cousin."
Kara smiled and hugged the top the her chest. "You have no idea what this means to me."
"I think I just might. you know Martha made that for you by hand. She also mad a cape and boots that are sitting up stairs they should be ready by now." Lois said pointing to the stairs. "Maybe some fresh air and a tour around the globe would help you feel more at home."
Kara smiled another tear slide down her cheek. She scooped up the suit and jogged up stairs a second later they could both hear a distinctive sonic boom off in the distance.