6 MONTHS LATER
Clark slowly walked out of the fortress. All his life he had wanted to know who or what he was and where he came from now he had all he ever wanted to know and he was changed in a way he never thought would happen. When he came here six months ago he demanded answers to his questions.
When he came here he was Clark Kent, farm boy from Kansas, who was alien, raised by humans. His biological father was a mad man who sent his son to take over the earth. Now he was Clark Kent, farm boy, who was raised by humans. His biological father sent him to Earth to help the human race. When he came here he wanted nothing to do with his alien heritage. Now he accepted, it was apart of him and who he was. He was proud that he could say that he was Kryptonian and Human. For the first time in his life Clark Kent was whole and ready to face the world and help those that needed it.
He also knew that he had powers that needed refining and the first one of these powers was flight. Now was a good as time as ever. But how was he ever going to fly. He "needed to find the switch." As he father told him. As hard as he tried Clark could not get off the ground. Disgusted, Clark closed his eyes and cleared his head. When he opened his eyes he discovered that he was floating thirty feet off the ground. Clark could not figure out how he was flying.
Clark then tried to control his body. After a few failed attempts and crash landings, he was able to control his flight. Soon he was able to do turns and barrel rolls and loops. He was like human plane. Now that he had flight down he flew off towards home.
Martha Kent was sitting outside with her dog Shelby. She had spent the day working in the garden and help Ben Hubbard around the farm. She found that she was slowly adjusting to being a widow and living by herself. Her husband was dead her son had left to find his roots. It was hard for her to believe that it had been six months since Clark had left to find his roots. She wondered if her son would ever return to her.
She put her book down and walked toward the barn and up into the loft. She nearly fell down when she saw him. He was standing there in front of her. He now had a new aire of confidence and power about him, yet at the same time was still the boy that she raised as her own. His face was wiser, his boyish good looks replaced by feature of a handsome young man. His once shaggy hair was now slicked back and combed a small curl in the front.
"I'm home mom." Clark said.
"Clark, it's you oh thank god." Martha said. She ran up to her son and hugged him. She then took a step back and looked at her son.
"How long are you staying?" Martha asked.
"For a few weeks until I can get a job in the city." Clark said.
"Did you find what you were looking for?" Martha asked.
"Yea, mom, but right now I would like one of your apple pies." Clark said.
"Well they lets get inside." Martha said.
Martha was on her way to her room when she noticed Clark standing the bathroom combing his hair.
"What' the matter don't like the Krypton Ian look?" Martha asked.
"No, I like it just that I want it to mean something." Clark said.
"I understand." Martha said.
"So, what do you think?" Clark asked his mother.
"You look good." Martha said.
"Really, I don't look like Ritchie Cunningham?" Clark asked.
"Go to sleep Clark." Martha said.
The next morning Martha woke up to find that all the farm duties had been done by her son. She smiled; she missed the look on Jonathon's face when he would come inside after finding out that Clark had already had it done. She started to make breakfast. It had been awhile since she had made breakfast for more that one person and she liked the fact hat she could cook breakfast for her son.
She was pouring coffee when Clark walked in a moment later.
"I forgot how much fun doing farm work is." Clark said.
"The son I knew never like doing farm work." Martha said.
"He grew up." Clark said.
"Your right. Sit down and have some breakfast." Martha said. Both of them sat down at the table and began to eat. Clark picked up the paper and read the headline.
"Councilman Ross votes yes on road improvements." Clark said. "Pete ran for city counsel?" Clark asked.
"Yeah he did, youngest man ever." Martha said. "So what are your plans today?" Martha asked.
"Try to find Pete, Chloe and Lana." Clark said.
"Sweetie, I need to tell you something about Lana." Martha said.
"Is she okay?" Clark asked.
"She's fine, it's just that her and Pete are engaged." Martha said.
"Wow, how long?' Clark asked.
"About four months." Martha said.
"Is he happy?" Clark asked.
"Very happy, but she still misses you." Clark said. "I think I should go see her." Clark said.
"Well right now she is in Italy." Martha said.
"Italy?" Clark asked.
"Yeah she a fashion designer." Martha said.
"What about Chloe?" Clark said.
"She still runs the Ledger." Martha said.
"Nice to see that some things never change." Clark said.
"Why don't you take a shower and we'll head into town and you can go see her." Martha said.
Clark stopped the truck in front of the grocer store.
"I'll meet you at the ledger in a hour." Martha said.
"Okay. "Clark said. He then walked down the street. He was surprised to see that not much had changed in the six months that he has been gone. Then again this was Smallville and a major change was rarely going to happen.
Clark walked inside the ledger and headed towards Chloe's office at the back of the building. He got to the door and knocked. He used his x-ray vision to see Chloe hard at work proofing the next edition. He noticed that there was no standard cup of caffeine next to her.
"John that better be you with my caffeine." Chloe said through the door. Clark knocked again.
"You can come in you know." Chloe said. Clark walked in the office and closed the door behind him. She never noticed that Clark was standing in the room.
"Just put the right here. And take this down to the copy room." Chloe said. She held the piece of paper out for it to be taken to the copy room.
"Your are going to have to show me where the copy room is." Clark said. It was then that Chloe looked up and saw Clark standing in front of her. She smiled and got up from her desk and went to Clark and hugged him.
"Your back when did you get in?" Chloe asked.
"Last night I was at the farm." Clark said/
"So did find what you were looking for?" Chloe asked.
"Yes I did and I owe it all to you Chloe." Clark said.
"Well it was nothing." Chloe said.
"No Chloe it meant a lot to me and I want to say thank you." Clark said.
"Your welcome Clark." She said.
"What do you say we head over to the Talon and catch up on things?" Clark said.
"I'll help you out here when we get back." Clark said.
"Sure" Chloe said.
The two of them walked toward the Talon, they talked about what had happened in the six months that Clark was gone. Then the walked inside the Talon, they ordered and sat at a table.
"So how long are you staying in town?" Chloe asked.
"Just until I can get a place in the city." Clark said.
"Leaving the farm life for the big city?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah, I figure that's where I can do the most good." Clark said.
"And how are you planning on doing that?" Chloe asked.
"I'm working on getting a place in the city first." Clark said.
It was then that door to the Talon opened and Lana walked in.
"Talk about your days of returns." Chloe said. Clark turned and followed Chloe's gaze. Clark quickly got to his feet and faced Lana.
"Hello, Clark." Lana said.
"Hello, Lana." Clark said.
To Be Continued…