Aliens and Dragons
Well, another chapter. Sorry for taking so long. Mixing two things together is always hard. I appreciate the fans of this story so far. Keep it up guys!
Chapter 2: Introductions
Both Clark and Chloe stared through the glassy window, how doctors bandaged up the bruised man who had appeared on the Kent's farm. Whoever he was, he could only be an alien. No human could be so injured and still be alive. Clark knew a lot about that. The few times he had been damaged he had healed beyond anything considered possible thanks to the help of the yellow Sun.
"Mister Kent" the chief doctor appeared, carrying the normal clipped papers.
"So what's the problem, doctor?" Clark asked. The medical man remained stoic, but his tone indicated otherwise.
"Whoever your friend is, he has been playing some weird 'games' per say" The science man explained.
"What do you mean?"Chloe stepped in now, with a lot of curiosity.
"He has massive tissue damage, and his muscles are nearly separated from his bones. There's no human means for such kind of fatal wounds. It's a miracle he is even breathing" the doctor explained, un-easying Clark. The fact someone could relate this new alien with him was something he wanted to avoid.
"However," The doctor continued "We have seen an amazing healing process in the patient. In fact, it might only take one day to be fully healed" Clark was amazed. He could heal fast but muscles tore from the bones wasn't something he wanted to experience anytime soon. Well, rather like never.
"We have tried to take a blood sample, but the needles just break on his skin" The science man kept explaining, causing the couple to look at each other warily.
"Thanks doctor" Chloe said, taking Clark outside of ear range. "Now what Clark?" However, the farm alien wasn't doing any better in planning now.
"I don't know. I don't think he's Kriptonian, but I can't say I know what he is and where he cames from" The earth-raised Kryptonian replied to his new couple.
"Why don't you ask Jor-El? Isn't that an option?" The blonde reporter asked.
"I prefer to avoid him for the time being" Clark said a bit down-crested "Besides, I don't know if the Fortress even works after what I did with Brainiac and Zod" The fact Jor-El had nearly forced him to kill someone suddenly didn't look so unappealing. Maybe that's what it meant with being a hero. The two started walking away.
"Well, we can wait and come back tomorrow" Chloe proposed after a sigh "It's not like it's going to be another alien invasion, I mean, Two days in a row? Not even us can have so bad luck"
As the two walked away though, their ears caught up a voice that they could recognise anywhere. It just wasn't hard to know who it belonged to.
"Kid, listen here. I have a dislocated arm, I'm in a lot of pain, and no one has given me any drugs yet" A brunette woman with her left arm covered in white bandages said towards the blue-dressed nurse man. Her clothes were covered in mud and her hair was in a bit of disarray. Otherwise, she looked like the same good old rumbler Lois Lane "So this is what you are going to do. You are going to go to the lab, bring me all the morphine you have and I won't kick your ass, capish?" The poor nurse man simply nodded in fear and disappeared the scene as fast as he could.
"Lois!" The blonde reporter shot forward and hugged her arm-injured cousin.
"Hey cous, long time no seen" The brunette said, surprised to see her cousin but also relieved that she wasn't in the middle of the chaos.
"How are you doing?" Clark asked now.
"So far so good, I managed to escape that horrible plane crash, God bless your mother for dragging me out" the brunette woman said like another day. Her face suddenly shifted into a more serious expression "But then I remember, some kind of crystal palace, the most amazing thing ever, and then a massive warm flash of light that made me feel... happy. Like if someone was telling me that I would be okay" Clark and Chloe looked at each other uneasy. When Lois fixed her mind into something, then you better run. Because nothing or no one could get in her way and live until she found what she wanted.
"Don't you think it was just hallucination? A plane crash can cause those kinds of things" The farm alien advised, trying to sound not very important.
"It was real Smallville. I was there" Chloe's cousin replied stubbornly like a true Lois.
"That isn't exactly a confirmation" Chloe said with a teasing smile.
"Believe what you want cous. I will find the truth" The stubborn-as-Hell woman said with a grin of confidence, walking away to kick the Nurse's ass for not bringing the pain killers yet.
The couple walked away, leaving the stubborn brunette female on her own.
"So Clark, already thinking in your obituary?" Chloe asked with mockery towards her mate.
"You love teasing me, don't you?" Clark responded, but suddenly the blonde shot up to him, landing a full kiss into his lips. Which was something he gladly answered back.
"One of the few perks of being the girlfriend" Chloe answered back.
Lex Luthor kept pondering the recent events that had transpired in such a short period of time. Not even two days ago he was fuming about his father taking an interest in Clark Kent that went beyond the normal father-son bonding. Now he had gone through an alien invasion, and possibly there was a future one coming into Earth's way.
The bald man played with the half-burned alien device in his hands. Whatever it was, it had enough energy to potentially change the entire world in any way he could imagine and more. Yet how to acquire that energy was the struggling effort. There were far too many holes to fill but not enough useful brains to close them. Very few people meet up to his expectations, and those few that did never survived long remained because of some asinine 'morality'. But to the bald Luthor scion, moral left home long ago. Dire situations required leaders just as dire as the problems themselves.
The cellphone in his pocket rung and the CEO answered the call.
"What's the verdict doc?" The bald businessman asked, cutting the crap. That was the only way to work with a Luthor and not disappear from the map.
"Just as before sir" The man answered from the other side "The subject' skin is far too dense to penetrate it with needles. Even the strongest metals have been bent. However, we did manage to place an intravenous before his body healed. Yet any drugs we try on him have proved futile. He is not responding to our attempts, sir"
"Then proceed with the next experiments" The bald man said with a tone that left no ground for answer or suggestion "I want that guy conscious and in a lot of pain to answer my questions" The CEO shut the communication without even a goodbye, again examining the burnt device.
He pondered what to do next. As always, he had to remain two steps ahead of his enemies, and even three with his friends. Weird, because he didn't have friends. He had acquaintances and nothing that could go from there. Luthors stood alone, not even family meant something to them when it was family the anchor that supressed the true potential.
Just a day passed, and as promised Chloe and Clark returned to the hospital. They were doing some reparations over the city, and thanks to his powers, Clark could contribute much more than one person alone.
"I don't know if we should do this" Chloe said, biting her lower lip.
"Neither am I Chloe. But if we can keep an eye on him, then the more chances of finding out who he is and what his intentions are" Clark responded. That didn't make her feel more confident, but with Clark nearby then not many things would happen.
As the two walked to the room, they found a surprise lying on the floor. The spiky haired man was doing sit-ups in the ground, like if nothing had happened before. There were no traces of injures in his muscled body. Maybe a few bruises but those were disappearing in due time. The black eyes of the man landed on the couple of the room.
"Oh, hi!" Goku said, flipping back to his feet with super speed and strength.
"Hello" Clark said, keeping a normal demeanor. Chloe also remained professional, though a woman in her place wouldn't hold her eyes up to such a piece of man for too long without coming undone. However, the investigator could see something in the wild-haired man's face. Called it a hunch from performing interviews, but the man in front of them meant no harm to them. He looked the opposite, gentle and innocent. Somehow.
An awkward silence fell over the room, as the couple didn't know if to simply ask something and hope for the best. Goku simply remained smiling innocently, like he didn't realise the odd situation he was causing.
"So, do you have any food?" Goku suddenly asked, going straight to the point like he usually did, pretty much out of blue and many other colors.
"Seriously, that's all you have to ask?" The blonde reporter corked one eyebrow, taken aback by the simple factness the man used. Even Clark was confused by such simplicity. The Saiyan smiled innocently while rubbing his head.
"Well, I'm hungry, so that's all I asked. Wouldn't you ask for food if you were hungry too?" The Saiyan replied, his childish attitude amazingly confident. That was a good question. And Chloe remained speechless.
"We do have food" Clark took the situation now, causing Goku to look at him. The Saiyan felt a weird energy inside the man. He was powerful, no doubt. Much more than him. Maybe fighting him would be a good challenge.
"Why don't you come with us?" Clark advised. The palm-haired man's face lit up in confusion but with also a big smile.
"Really? thanks!" Goku said smiling, suddenly forgetting the fight. He didn't exactly know where he was, but hunger was first than questions, so food first and then questions. He then looked around the place "Where do you live?" Clark opened his mouth but the warrior fastly read the Kriptonian's mind, finding out in a second "See you later!" The warrior went straight through the window, his white aura coming alive and blowing wind gusts all over the place while he flew away.
The couple remained there, their hairs in disarray with sheets of papers flying.
"Quite the subtle one we found" Chloe said sarcastically, blowing some hair strings from her face.
"I think he read my mind" Clark commented, a bit taken aback. Unlike many mind readers he found, this one wasn't so active and brain-damaging. More like just looking for what he wanted and not proving for anything else.
"Um, Clark?" Chloe suddenly looked at her mate "Who's going to pay for the damage?" The Kriptonian pondered that thought for a second, before suddenly speeding away while carrying his girlfriend.
A second later, the two arrived after dashing at notch speeds into the Kent house.
"Seriously?" The reporter again raised an eyebrow, while Clark simply shrugged his shoulders. The two walked inside the house and Goku was already in, looking in surprise all around.
"This house is great!" The Saiyan said with glee, seeing the variety of stuff. The couple looked to each other in amusement. The guy looked like a kid on Christmas.
"Follow me" Clark said, taking the half-dressed man to the kitchen. Goku's mouth was already drooling. Poor Clark and Chloe. Sure they were up for a big surprise.
After an hour of devouring everything the Kent's had, Goku finally patted his stomach satisfied. Chloe looked at the pile of dishes, a bit flabbergasted. Clark looked a bit amazed too. Kriptonians didn't need to eat that much when empowered by yellow sunlight but whatever this guy was, it wasn't Kriptonian for sure.
"Man, that was refreshing!" The Saiyan said, smiling happily.
"I guess we haven't introduced each other yet" Clark said now "I'm Clark Kent" The Earth-raised alien offered his hand to the also Earth-raised alien, and Goku shook it with a firm grip and a smile. The grip indicated that he had super strength like he had first thought.
"Chloe Sullivan" The blonde reporter said, giving her hand. Goku shook it too but thought something was odd. He had not seen it at first, but the woman had a different type of energy. Her power level looked human, but also looked... mutant to say something. Like if she had powers.
"My name is Son Goku" The alien replied with a happy smile.
"Um, Goku" Chloe asked, curiosity getting her. That was always the trouble of being a reporter "Where do you exactly come from?"
"Earth" The Saiyan responded normally. Why would they ask him? He had always lived on Earth.
"Sorry Goku, but we have never seen someone like you before" Clark said now. That caused the Saiyan to rub his head in confusion.
"Weird. The last I remember is a blinding light and then a force pushing me away" Goku commented, folding his arms on his chest. This world was Earth, he knew that. But it felt different. Why?
"Why don't you tell us your story?" Chloe asked again. The warrior looked at them. How could he explain that? Specially the part he didn't know how he arrived there when it was obviously another dimension. That theory looked bizarre in many ways, but when he was fifteen he trained a month in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, a dimension separated from Earth, where time went faster than Earth. If that was possible, then anything was.
Well the beginning was always a good point to start, so...
After almost an hour of explanations, adventures, broken bones and a lot of energy blasts and dragon summoning, the alien from another Earth finished his story, his head hunched a bit.
"And that's all. If I'm correct, then non of my friends are here, because this is just not my universe" Goku explained his theory. Chloe and Clark didn't exactly tell him that was wrong, because it would be a full-blown lie. They traveled to other dimensions on regular basis since they were in high school.
"And the worst part, is that I can't bring anyone back! All of them are gone! My friends, my family!" Goku said out-loud, feeling defeated in ways than went beyond any known physical meaning. The Saiyan clutched his hands, almost taking blood out of them. His body started expelling a yellow energy around his body, making the food cutlery to vibrate. Why did he have to be so weak?! Why didn't he have the power to top it?
"I'm truly sorry Goku" The blonde female grabbed Goku's hand, reassuring him. The Saiyan smiled weakly, appreciating the gesture. His breath calmed, his powers decreasing back to normal.
"Trust us Goku. We have lost our own share of dear people" Clark said, his mood suddenly depressing. The weight of his father's death was still too much for him. It had been his fault. He shouldn't have messed with things he didn't understand.
Goku suddenly stood up, his black eyes a bit teary. He made a small body bow.
"I'm sorry. It's my grief and I shouldn't put you through it" The Saiyan said determined and keeping a soft voice. It was actually surprising for the couple. They had first thought he was a bit of a child. But this was a man forged through battles and wars. A survivor that had to see everything crumbling while he lived to see the dead corps.
"There's no need to be sorry Goku" Clark placed a hand on the Saiyan' shoulder, keeping himself cool "In fact, why don't you stay here?" That caused the palm-haired man to look up in surprise.
"Seriously?" The warrior asked.
"Yeah. I will have to buy another fridge but I think you can" The comment caused a few snickers from both Chloe and Goku but the Saiyan firmly nodded with a smile, giving his hand forward to shake. Clark shook it firmly.
"Do you mind if I go outside? I need some fresh air" Goku said, walking outside to the backyard. The dog Shelby ran up to meet the intruder. Amazingly, instead of attacking, the dog was running around him playfully like recognising he wasn't a threat. The Saiyan gladly stroked the soft fur, remembering old days of his childhood in the wild. Animals normally got close to him without particular reason.
"What do you think Chloe?" Clark asked his girlfriend, once they saw Goku playing outside with Shelby. The blonde reporter sighed.
"I know he might be lying, but those tears cannot be faked Clark" Chloe said "Not even Lex or Lionel are that great of actors"
"I know" The Kriptonian sighed too "I just can't stop feeling that he and I have gone through some similar lives"
"Well, he said he was sent to Earth as a child but he thinks himself as human, so you are similar in that way" The blonde got closer, suddenly smiling. The farm alien knew that smile all too well. Teasing time. "But he can fly"
"You had to go there" Clark sighed.
Inside the secret lab, a man was attached to an iron wall, hard chains of reinforced titanium and steel keeping him locked from his wrists and ankles to the wall like a slave. The man was still unconscious, however, so he didn't realise anything. There were cables stick to his chest.
"Still nothing sir" A man said to the chief of the operation.
"Increase voltaic charge, ten thousand" the leader ordered. The electricity was charged up and the cables sent it towards the uncounscious man with widow-peak hair. The electricity flow caused sudden spasms on the knock-out fighter, but amazingly there was no verbal response. The man just kept sleeping, like if never waking up.
"Still nothing" The man said, putting the result in documents.
"Increase, twenty thousand" The chief said again, amplifying the voltaic even more. But yet nothing.
"Postpone the second part of the experiment for tomorrow" The chief sighed, rubbing his nose. If he didn't get any results in a matter of days, Luthor would have his head. The lab was left abandoned, only the knock-out fighter still inside with proteins getting intravenous through his arm.
The Prince of Saiyans grinned to himself, though not showing it on the outside. These fools thought they could actually injure him. These bolts of torture, they were nothing compared to what Frieza normally did to him on regular basis. Still, this kind of injure was making him stronger. He just needed to wait a bit more. With enough power gained from the little Zenkais he was receiving, he would increase his powers even more. And the best part was that he didn't have to look for food. The fools were feeding him without realising.
It had been a few hours, and Goku was inside the Kent's barn, now as his new bedroom. Not that he minded. He could sleep in the wild like the many times he did when he was a child. But Clark and Chloe were iron-clad in not letting him go. That actually brought a smile to his face. He guessed he now had two new friends from this Earth.
His smile was suddenly replaced with a serious face. Maybe he wasn't the only thing that arrived to this Earth.
Vegeta. The Earth Saiyan hadn't felt his enemy's energy, but assuming he was dead would be simply stupid. Many had faked better in a fight. That bastard prince could simply remain down until he could see the needed opening in Goku's guard and deliver the ending blow any unexpected time.
But that was not going to happen to him. That was a promise Goku made and his promises had never been broken. He would not let Vegeta do what he did on Earth in here too.
Notes from chapter 2:
In my opinion, and many should already know it if you read my Saiyan blogs in my profile, Saiyans can heal MUCH faster than their cannon Manga/Anime (Instead of resting for nearly a month in a hospital, Goku's injures can heal in an entire day, two at the most. He also didn't receive Vegeta's crushing as an Ape, but even with that, those wounds would still take at least five days to heal).
I think I should explain what Vegeta's is up to: he wants to get tortured on purpose so his body can heal stronger. Yes, electricity, radiation and those things don't affect him at all but if he does get even a bit injured, his body will heal and that's what he's taking advantage off. Also he pretends to be unconscious and he's feed intravenous so no need to go after food because it's given instantly to him.
Goku developed telepathy and Magic Materialization on King Kai's planet (read my blog).
Goku may look innocent yet, but don't be fooled, it is just façade. He is not a mass murder, but he won't be a boy scout either.
Yes, there was a brief Super Saiyan moment.
Goku has some kind of enthropy with animals. I don't remember if cannon Goku had it, but I will assume he did.
Goku has arrived but settling down won't be a walk in the park.