Sasha decided that she didn't want Clark or Lois to have to deal with these creatures, fairies were and have always been evil and if it meant she killed each and every one of them she would. She wasn't about to let them near her new family, and she knew they couldn't take her back to their world, they didn't have that kind of power. Clark looked at her as she went to the door.
"Don't even think about it." He said to her. Sasha turned and looked at him.
"I am guessing reading someone's mind is not one of your powers so how did you know?"
"Hunch. Come sit back down." He said pointing to the chair at the table.
"Where is Lois?"
"She went into work, told Perry I would be home with you today. Looks like it was a good idea."
"Clark, I can take care of myself."
"They threw you off the balcony." He said to her. Sasha looked down at the floor and then back up at him.
"Alright so what do you suggest? You've already died once I don't think this world would appreciate it if it happened again."
"And it won't, I think dying once is good enough for me. And coming back was just strange."
"I can only guess what it was like. My kind live long lives but we don't live forever."
"Humans don't either."
"Your not human."
"Yes this is true but I doubt my own race lives forever." Clark said to her.
"Good point. The fairies know I am here, but they know that you have powers. Well that you can fly. They haven't seen anything else. Damn it I should have brought my bow."
"What exactly were you going to tell my mom about bringing your bow and arrows with you?"
"Safety?"
"Sasha you can't bring those everywhere. People here tend to notice."
"I was watching something Lois let me watch some old news footage, you have a friend that has a sword and shield."
"She doesn't carry them with her at all times."
"Sasha."
"Fine, but I did pack about four daggers."
"I am going to have Ma start going through your bags before you come visit." Clark said, his voice sounding extremely frustrated. He wondered if anyone else sounded like this arguing with a sibling, he looked at her and smiled. "Please just don't do anything. We can keep looking, and I will ask Bruce to see if he's noticed anything more unusual in his area."
"More unusual?"
"Bruce lives in a rather interesting city. Much darker, more crime than here."
"Oh. Clark I have to do something, they found me here, they came here, one was inside this place."
"I know. Come on lets get out of the apartment for a while, maybe we can get some air and check things out around town."
"I need the sunglasses, when the sun is this bright my gold eyes tend to be even brighter."
"Ok." He said handing her a pair of Lois' sunglasses. Sasha slipped a dagger into the small of her back, Clark reached behind her and set it on the counter.
"You'll be fine without it." He told her. She sighed and let him led her from the apartment. They stepped outside in the bright sun, Sasha raised her hand to shield her eyes even with the sunglasses the light was bright. She listened carefully and she looked at him at the same moment.
"Yes I heard it." He said to her. Sasha looked around and wondered what exactly they could do with all these people around. They rounded a corner and he tore open his shirt relieving a suit under it. He turned and faced her, he lifted her into his arms.
"Hold on." He told her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held on as he took off quickly into the air before anyone really got a chance to see them. Once they were high enough Sasha looked toward the ground.
"There, they are in the park there." She said to him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I can see their movements, if nothing else fairies are predictable." Sasha answered. Clark nodded and slowly moved down toward the ground, they landed on the ground. He followed her lead as she headed toward where she had seen them in the sky. Sasha stopped and looked around, there were allot more than she had expected, and what was worse they had heard them.
"Up now." She said to him. He grabbed her around the waist and took off back into the air.
"Can't they fly?"
"Not as high as you can."
"I go too high you will pass out."
"I don't care go." Sasha held on tightly as he went further into the sky, she looked over his shoulder as the colors behind them began to fade as did her vision. Clark looked over at her, he could see she was having trouble breathing, he turned and headed back toward the ground, he would deal with these damned things if he had to, he wasn't going to kill her to get away from them. He looked around toward where they had come from and noticed that the fire that had burned there was gone. He lowered her to the ground and looked around, he then dropped to one knee and watched as her eyes cleared.
"You alright?"
""Yes, but they are still close. They haven't left, just hidden."
"How close?"
"Close enough with your hearing you can hear them breathe." She told him as he helped her up. He stopped and listened, they were in a secluded area of the woods, they both turned as a strange noise was heard and a large net flew at them, throwing both to the ground. Clark tried to move it and was surprised by the random electrical current that grabbed his attention rather quickly.
"Hell." Clark said, Sasha moved her hand and the net moved. Clark looked at her strangely.
"One power one lousy power." She whispered, "What the hell was that?"
"No idea but that hurt." He said to her.
"Of course it did, we've been on this world long enough to know what will hurt you. Why do you protect someone that isn't from another world."
"Why do you care?" Clark said standing, Sasha stood next to him.
"Because from what we've seen this world mourned your death once you would die a second time for her?"
"She is no threat to you." Clark said to them. He couldn't see what was trying to attack them.
"She is a threat to everything our kind means, she is a freak. One that should never have been born. Her mother was a half breed as it was and then to breed with another elf and have her was just as bad." They heard a voice hiss from the shadows. Sasha had no idea what they were talking about.
"What?" Sasha said looking around, even she was having trouble seeing them now, her vision was swimming, she stumbled forward and dropped to her knees. Clark himself felt odd but nothing to the extent that dropped Sasha, even the sensation he had on Zod's ship was a different feeling.
"Your mother was half fairy, and she married your father and had you making you an even bigger freak. There is no bounty on your head from the other world, just one from our own people to kill you."
"I am not even returning to that world. Your people can do as they please there, I don't want it or anything to do with any of you." She said coughing. Clark looked around, he could see figures starting to come from the darkness, he knew better than come to a place like this without so much as a plan at all. Sasha raised her head and saw what she was looking for, the leader was stepping for the shadows, she pulled her dagger from her boot and threw it hitting the leader in the chest, killing him instantly. She was impressed that she made the hit with her vision as blurry as it was. She was gasping for air, she could barely breathe as she finally passed out, Clark caught her before she fell onto the ground. There was nothing keeping the anger from his deep blue eyes. More fairies became full sized and walked toward him, he stood and held Sasha in his arms, even them in full size form he was taller than they were. They looked up at him, one stabbed in him the leg with a dagger dropping him to one knee, but he never released Sasha. Another fairy grabbed him by his hair and pulled backward on his head, he looked at them all, anger written on his face.
"You're not even human." They growled at him, they looked at his face trying to figure out why he wasn't human.
"Seems to be a theme." He said, they released his hair and he found his way to his feet once again.
"Why do you protect her?"
"Why are you trying to kill her?"
"It was been ordered by our king."
"Is that who she just killed?"
"No."
Clark held her close to him as he started to walk forward shakily, he expected them to try and stop him, instead they stepped aside and let him walk forward.
"None will continue to attack that are with us. But be warned, the threat is still there."
"Thank you/" He said, he looked at them and then took to the sky and headed away from them. He was feeling tired and knew he needed to get them both back to the apartment. He landed on the balcony and barely was able to stay standing but made his way inside with her and lay her on the bed and basically sat down on the floor, there was no where else he was going, he just hoped no one else but Lois arrived at the apartment or there would be allot to explain. He leaned against the bed and watched as the sun set which meant Lois would be home in an hour. He tried to stand, with little luck, but he needed to change, he didn't want to worry Lois, so finally he forced himself to stand and went and changed, once he was changed he then fell back to the floor next to the bed. Sasha stirred a little and turned her head.
"Why are you on the floor?"
"Because I wasn't going up there with you. Plus I fell here." He said looking up at her."
"Before or after you changed?"
"Both times. You doing alright?"
"Sort of, my head still feels like I can't focus."
"At the moment I know the feeling. Lois is going to worry."
"Yep, especially with you on the floor. You think you can get up from there?" Sasha asked attempting to sit up, that just made the entire room spin. She rolled onto her side and reached out her hand to him.
"Here at least get off the floor. I don't need Lois mad at me for you being on the floor."
"Fine." He said taking her hand and getting up off the floor. He sat down on the edge of the bed. "Ok maybe the floor was safer." He said to her.
"That bad?"
"Well this is the second time I've had this feeling so yes."
"Just rest." Sasha said laying back against the pillows behind her. Clark agreed and just lay back against the bed. Lois came home to find them both asleep, but she could tell something was up, and she would wait until they were awake to have them explain.
