The Legend of Jordan Libre

By JordTriumph

As the Kents get ready to celebrate the twins' 16th Birthday, Jordan tries to find the best way to balance heritage and independence while he and Sarah ponder unexpected forms of expression. Slightly AU fluff.

A/N- Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jordan &Jonathan Kent and other characters belong to other folks and I'm claiming/making no monies off of this.

Kent Barn , Smallville late evening. .

"Glad we worked that out, Mom. Anything else?" Jon asked as he finished feeding the chickens.

"I was hoping to talk to Jordan. Got any ideas where he could be? He's nowhere near Wi Fi," Lois sighed.

"I hadn't seen him since the last class," Jon shrugged.

"Why can't your brother at least stay on this planet until your father finishes his conference in the Ring Nebula?"Lois groaned.

"With Dad away, Jordan's the most powerful being in this sector of the Milky Way, but you're still his mother. Summon him!" Jon laughed.

"You're right. I'll summon him from inside " Lois pondered-as she started walking towards the farmhouse.

"But Mom. .." Jon protested.

"I know he can hear you breathe from the other side of the Moon, but we need privacy," Lois insisted.

"Fine," Jon groaned as Lois walked back to the farmhouse.

Lois opened the twins' 2nd story bedroom window.

"Jordan," Lois whispered.

"Sorry, I'm late but I was streaming some cool lightning sprites," Jordan proclaimed as he leaped from the sky into the window five seconds later then showed her the vid on his cell.

"Jordan, you flew above Santorini Island," Lois fumed.

"How did you know?" Jordan gulped.

"Grandpa Lane had me studying maps before I could say the alphabet, "Lois explained.

" Hey, I stayed below the ionosphere so why are you on my case?" Jordan asked.

"You left your passport behind- again!"Lois groaned- as she opened his bedside table and took it out.

"Even if TSA nabbed me, they couldn't possibly detain me," Jordan laughed.

"Look, next week, is Jonathan's and your joint 16th birthday so the rest of us will be flying to Barrow, Alaska to get to a boat to the Kent Heritage Castle to celebrate,"Lois started to explain.

"Dad and me moved it from the Chuchi Sea to the Arctic Polar Ice Cap last month but I can tote it here the rest of you can save your airfare and Sarah can come and we wouldn't have to worry about global warming . .. ."Jordan offered.

"Not only wouldn't it FIT anywhere in Smallville but no way could you sneak it in," Lois sighed.

"Come on, Mom, it'd be easy!" Jordan laughed as he flexed his biceps.

"JORDAN! Great, now you've torn your leather jacket AND your denim shirt sleeves," Lois sighed.

"How could you tell, Mom?You don't have X-Ray vision," Jordan gulped.

"But I could hear the cloth shred along with the leather. WHY can't you be more like. .?" Lois started to sigh.

"Jonathan? He couldn't tear leather or denim without a dagger," Jordan scoffed.

"No, your father! He's still stronger than you yet he's gentle with his attire," Lois groaned.

"He wears The Suit when he flies. ." Jordan started to explain.

"Yes, well, you're still not ready for that kind of suit but you'll need to see about getting a suit so you'll match Jonathan at the Banquet and try to see if it last until the Banquet's over," Lois sighed.

"A civvy suit, Mom? I'm never been a corporate clone so you can. ." Jordan protested.

"Your father will be wearing . ..Oh and your boots are smoking. .again," Lois groaned.

"Thanks, Mom. Sarah thinks so,too," Jordan laughed.

"I meant that you've been letting the atmospheric resistance scorch them and the rest of your clothes," Lois cringed.

"But it's fun to feel the fire racing through the sky. ." Jordan explained.

"Just see about putting together a suit in time for the Banquet. Meantime, you need to help Jon finish the farm chores for the afternoon," Lois insisted as she walked out of his room.

In the Kent lower 40, Jonathan turned his head and sighed as Jordan leaped from above.

"Yo, Jon!" Jordan proclaimed.

"Can't you just walk from the Farm House to the field like every other twin in the world would have done?" Jon sighed.

"Didn't think you'd be touchy! I'm here to help you with finish the chores," Jordan insisted.

"They're almost done but now I'll have to see about fixing the stump shovel on the tractor,"Jon groaned.

"Stump shovel? You know I could have uprooted all those old stumps like daisy stems in no time flat," Jordan scoffed.

"I wanted to do that one myself but now I broke off the shovel steel teeth on this boulder and. ." Jon started to say.

At once, Jordan glared red laser beams from his eyes to melt the metal to forge the broken bits back together while he held the two broken steel teeth onto the glowing metal shovel lip then blew his icy super breath to instantly cool the forged glowing metal back to outdoor temperature.

"Are you finished, Jordan?" Jonathan sighed.

"Not quite! THAT is for slowing down my brother!" Jordan shouted as he used his right fist punched the SUV sized granite boulder into dust which made a rather explosive sound.

"How would I have ever managed without your help?" Jonathan sarcastically groaned.

"Don't strain yourself with the praising, Bro!" Jordan laughed.

"So you have gotten any ideas about what to do for a suit?" Jonathan asked.

"How about I borrow the one you wear for job interviews. ." Jordan pondered.

"And have you scorch it on your next flight through the cosmos? Oh, no! Your boots are still smoldering from your latest jaunt," Jonathan noted.

At that, Jordan blew on them with his super breath and put out the embers.

"Need to work out how to do that without getting ice chunks on the leather. Come on! How about I borrow $1000 so I can go the Suit and Gem Hut in the Middletown Mall?" Jordan asked.

"How about you get a job and earn your funds like I have?" Jon replied.

"I can't make that kind of money by next week," Jordan scoffed.

"Well,how about selling your gaming collection? You've hardly ever touched it ever since .." Jon suggested.

"The Van Allen and asteroid belts are way cooler than those games. Besides, they're all older models so I don't think I could raise the funds with that," Jordan sighed.

"Well, surf your cell to find buyers or . ." Jon considered.

"Hmm, I GOT it! You still have your protractor leads from your Mechanical Drawing course last year?"Jordan asked as he surfed on a website.

"Sure but I don't see how you can raise. .." Jon sighed.

"Here's a $5 to cover it! " Jordan exclaimed as he flew away.

"Hey! Don't break my window to . .!"Jon shouted as he saw Jordan hover outside his 2nd floor window.

"I won't ! " Jordan shouted back as he flew around the roof then held his right fist to the roof of Jon's bedroom.

"Jordan, inside the house by the front door NOW! "Lois exclaimed as she opened the door while Jordan fell back to the ground startled by her voice.

"But Mom. .." Jordan pleaded as he walked back in while brushing himself off.

" How many times do I have to tell you? I don't care if you can punch holes in the roof OR can stretch the individual broken roof planks to cover the holes when you're done, you're NOT to treat the family home as a punching bag!" Lois fumed.

"Yes, Mom," Jordan sighed as he walked into the house.

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The next afternoon outside the Middle Town Mall. ..

"I'm not sure this is such a good idea,"16-year-old Natalie Irons sighed.

"Relax, Sis, this will get me the suit I need for the Banquet and it may be the start of my fortune!" Jordan laughed.

"Natalie, you have to admit that he could use some new threads with all his old ones getting scorched from all that atmospheric resistance," 16-year-old Sarah Cortez pondered.

"I didn't grow up in your dimension but I just think you'd be better off trying to find a real job and taking better care of your clothes,"Natalie cautioned.

"Here goes Jon's collection of protractor leads which I comped him with my last $5. Watch me turn this into my windfall!" Jordan insisted as he crushed them in his right fist and caused a great deal of smoke to emanate.

"Impressive but I just don't see how you'll pull it off," Natalie pondered.

"Well, I have confidence in you, Jordan! Now, go in there and knock 'em dead," Sarah beamed as she kissed his right facial cheek.

Natalie gasped.

"She doesn't mean that literally,Sis," Jordan half-laughed.

"I'm still not used to your dimension's colloquialisms,"Natalie sighed.

"Come on, we'll get smoothies and he can tell us all about it!" Sarah laughed.

Jordan walked into the Suit and Gem Hut.

"If you're not here to purchase, I'm calling Mall Security," the somewhat tall suited 34-year-old clerk with the name tag of Sanjay sniffed.

"Oh, I AM but, first I'm here to barter," Jordan insisted.

"Barter? We only accept major credit lines and full cash payments. No layaways or installments," Sanjay sniffed.

"Oh, but you'll be interested in this!" Jordan beamed as he opened his right fist to reveal. .

" A quartz crystal? We're not a geological hobby shop!" Sanjay sneered as he looked over the Brazil nut sized irregularly shaped diamond that Jordan had just created minutes earlier via crushing the carbon graphite leads.

"It's not quartz! Take a look at for yourself. Use that diamond tester devise! " Jordan suggested.

"This will be a good laugh before I have to do the inventory. Here it goes," Sanjay sniffed as he put the diamond tester pen to the gem.

"It IS a diamond! Where did you GET a diamond this size ?" Sanjay gasped.

"I have my ways!" Jordan smirked.

"This must be worth more than the Hope Diamond!"Sanjay panted as he put his jeweler's magnifying lens over his right eye.

"So, I can get your best black silk suit tailored by tomorrow?"Jordan asked.

"And it looks like it has. .. finger and palm prints etched all over it?!"Sanjay choked.

"I guess I over did. .." Jordan gulped.

" I'm not about to get my store mixed up in any kind of money laundering/hot jewelry scam!" Sanjay sniffed.

"But it can't be hot! I blew on it just before. .." Jordan gulped.

"GET OUT before I call Mall Security and don't you EVER show your face around here again!" Sanjay boiled.

Jordan grabbed the diamond out of Sanjay's hand and bolted from the store at once.

. ..

. .

"So now I can't sell this diamond since it's too big," Jordan groaned as he caught up to Natalie and Sarah finishing their smoothies.

"You can give it to me! I love handmade gifts!" Sarah beamed as she kissed his left cheek.

"And where would you wear this and what would your parents say if they found this, Sarah?" Natalie groaned.

"And what am I going to do about getting a suit for the Birthday Banquet?" Jordan groaned.

"Did your mother say it had to be a formal suit?" Sarah pondered.

"Not exactly. .." Jordan replied.

"Then maybe we could make you a unique suit," Sarah beamed.

"How could we make my brother a suit in less than a week- and how will he keep from tearing it apart before the Banquet?"Natalie asked.

"Jordan, you think your Grandma Kent may have saved of your father's extra Baby Blankets in the attic?" Sarah asked.

"Baby blankets? How would those work?" Natalie asked.

"Dad's blankets were out of this world!" Jordan proclaimed.

"But I'm not sure. .." Natalie cautioned.

"Dad's in the Ring Nebula while Jon's being a go-fer for extra funds at The Daily Planet where Mom's going to be at work all day!" Jordan insisted.

" I've got a plan that will make Jordan a splash beyond just the Banquet like the luche libre! " Sarah beamed.

"The what?!" Jordan and Natalie asked at the same time.

"I'll explain on our way!" Sarah insisted. ..

END OF PART ONE