Lois was going over her mental checklist to make sure that she was not forgetting anything that she had brought with her on her trip to Smallville. When she made sure that she had everything she walked out of Chloe's apartment and locked the door. She went down the stairs and into the Ledger.
When she entered the newsroom, reporters and copy boys were busy trying to help get out the next edition. She walked through the newsroom and towards Chloe's office. She knocked on the door and walked in. She found Chloe sitting behind her desk with a pen in her mouth and red marker in her hand. She was proofing the next edition.
" You it's times like this that I wish Clark was here." She said.
"I wish I could help but my puncution is worse than my spelling." Lois said.
"I thought that you we still be asleep." Chloe said.
"As much as I would like to, I have to get back and show Metropolis that Lois Lane still rules the headlines." She said. Chloe got up from her desk and walked around and gave her cousin a hug.
"Just don't forget about us here." Chloe said.
"Hey as much as I want to I could never forget this place." Lois said. Then she left the office. Chloe went back to work only to have Lois peek her head back in.
"When you see Smallville, tell him I said bye." Lois said.
"Sure." Chloe said.
It had been two days since Clark had left and some how Lana found herself adjusting to his departure. At times she found herself talking to some of her friends and be mistake call one of them Clark. She had cried herself to sleep the last two nights but now it was getting easier.
She would go out to the Kent farm and help Martha with things. She also decided to open a fashion store in town to help keep her mind off Clark. She was also waiting for a letter from STAR labs from Metropolis. She was hoping to put her degree to use. At the moment she was at her store making selections on cloth. Martha walked in a moment later.
"Hi, Lana the place looks great." Martha said.
"Thank you, it's getting to how I want things." Lana said.
"Well, you'll do fine." Martha said.
"Thanks, so what can do for you?" Lana asked.
"Well I need about ten feet of red leather." Martha.
"Sure, so any word from Clark?" Lana asked.
"No, I haven't heard anything from him, but I'm sure he's fine." Martha said
"Yeah I'm sure he is." Lana said halfhearted.
"Ten feet that's a lot of red leather." Lana said.
"I'm redoing Jonathon's favorite chair I was going to give it to Clark when he gets back." Martha said.
"I wonder what he's doing right now." Lana asked,
"When I returned to Krypton all those years ago it was decided by the council that thee planet Earth as off limits to all Kryptionains. Without Earth even knowing the planet was expelled from the league of planets and all travel here was banned." Jor-El said.
"Then what about all those flying saucers?" Clark asked.
"They were scouts from other planets, coming to see if earth had changed their evil ways." Jor-El said.
"Is it possible for me to see Krypton?" Clark asked.
"It is." Jor-El said.
"I want to see it." Clark said.
"I knew that you would." Jor-El said. Clark walked over to the crystal panel and took one. He turned to find a large crystal like pod lower for somewhere above him.
"What is this?" Clark asked.
"It is a isolation chamber. In it your physical body will remain on this planet while your mind travels the galaxy." Jor-El said. Clark nodded and entered the chamber. The door slide closed behind him. Clark felt his body taken over by an unseen force. Soon a blinding white light washed over him.
When the light went away he found him traveling through space. He could see the planets of Earth's solar system passing by him.
"As you have learned my son. The fortress holds all the knowledge of all the planets of twenty-eight know galaxies. Together my son, you and I will travel by those systems. As we travel I will answers as many of your questions as I can." Jor-El said.
"How did I get these powers?" Clark asked.
"Your powers come for your cells, earth's suns and gravity. On earth you cells expanded. This gives you stronger muscles in your eyes, legs, lungs, ears, and arms. Also your body cells store and convert the enrgy in the sun's rays. The enrgy goes also helps to enhance your strength, however most of this energy creates a protective field around your body, which protects you from injury. Also when you focus some of this energy it can become ultraviolet-rays which flow through your eyes." Jor-El said.
"In other words I have powers far beyond those of mortal men." Clark said.
"You are correct, however you one more power which I can not explain and which you must master alone." Jor-el said.
"And that would be?" Clark asked.
"The power flight." Jor-El said.
"Your telling me that I can fly?" Clark asked.
"With practice yes you will be. But that is for later as we travel through time. We will discuss the various concepts of right and wrong as they are on other planets and galaxies and how they relate on earth." Jor-El said.
Martha had finished the chair that she was redoing with the red leather. She still had at least six feet of it left. She folded the leather and went to put it way when she saw Chloe's car parked out front. She went to the door and looked out to find Chloe standing at the fence talking with Ben Hubbard.
She could tell that Chloe and Ben were flirting. She smelled and walked out the door. Chloe waved at her and then handed Ben a card, which might have had Chloe's number on it. When she said bye to Ben she walked over to Martha.
"Hi Mrs. Kent I came by to give you something that Clark left at my place once. Martha eyed Chloe unsure if she wanted to know what Chloe had. Chloe set the box down and opened it. She then reached into the box and pulled out a pair of red boots. Martha was unsure if those boots were really something Clark would were.
"Are you sure that these are Clark's?" Martha asked.
"Trust me Mrs. Kent. You may not know it but Clark can have a flair for the dramatic." Chloe said.
"I hope Clark is getting the answers he wants." Martha said.
"If I know Clark, he is." Chloe said. Both Martha and Chloe looked out the window and towards the loft.
"And now my son we come to the edge of your galaxy and past it's flaming turmoil and into the red star of Krytpton. Your home as it was." Jor-El said. Clark was in awe when he saw the large red star and white planet. At last he was home.
To be conutied.