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Chapter 10

"Mom told him." Jay says somberly. Clark nods and Marty crosses her arms, she was frustrated that her hearing hadn't kicked in yet.

"I can hear something coming." She yells to the kids as she and Clark fly rapidly out of the Fortress.

"Stay here." Clark tells them as he flies away.

"Stay here." Jay says to Marty, mimicking his dad as he super speeds behind them.

He stays at the entrance of the Fortress, watching. Marty grumbles to herself. She walks up to the control panel; next to it was the crystal.

Hum…what if I just put this here. She grabs the crystal and puts it into the console.

Kara flies into the first person she sees. When Clark flies out of the Fortress all he sees is red and blue colliding with green.

"Kara, wait it's just the Green Arrow." Clark tries to pull her off the confused man.

"Oliver, what are you doing here?" He asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Hey Clark. No, hi how's it been over the past five years? Oh, you know just the usual… I'm married to Dinah."

"You married Dinah? As in Dinah Drake?" He half yells out.

"Yep." Clark chuckles and gives his old friend a hug.

"Long time, no see." Oliver says, laughing at his own joke.

"Congrats. I wish I could've been there. Though you wouldn't want to piss her off. She's got a hell of a set of lungs. How did you get here?" Clark asks, changing the subject.

"I'm a billionaire Clark, I got here by jet." Clark can only nod at that.

Jason watches his father talk with his uncle. Kara was just standing there motionless and emotionless. His Uncle Ollie stops in mid-sentence when he catches Jason observing them. Before Jason knew it there was an arrow in the ice about a millimeter away from his head. Everyone turns around to face him; his cheeks turn red in embarrassment.

"Jay, I told you to stay in the Fortress." Clark scolds him.

"Who's this?" Oliver asks confused. He noticed the similarities between the other two Kryptonians.

"He's one of you, isn't he?" Oliver asks. "How'd he get here?"

"He is my nephew from the future." Kara explains, smirking at Clark. He just rolls his eyes at her.

"Nephew? Then that would make you…"

"Yeah." Clark replies with a proud though embarrassed smile on his face. Oliver claps him on the shoulder.

"Way to go. I didn't know you could have kids."

"I didn't know either until a couple of months ago."

"He's been here for that long?" Clark shakes his head.

"No, he got here about two days ago. Jay, well Jason, my son from the present is five. I found out a little after I got back." Oliver looks sad for the man. Oliver had a two year old daughter and it would've killed him if he missed the first five years of her life. There is so much to experience when your child is so young. Clark notices Oliver's sympathetic gaze and decides to change the topic.

"Why, exactly are you here? Is there anyone else with you?" Oliver gets to business.

"Watchtower found some anomalies that landed on earth. One of them had powers like you and Kara. I came to inform you. AC's here too, in the jet with Cyborg." Clark smiles, he hadn't seen his friends in a while.

"The anomaly was Brainiac… wait you said anomalies?" Oliver nods.

"Yes, there were several other anomalies." Kara looks worried.

"The Zoners escaped Kal-El."

"As in the Phantom Zoners?" Oliver asks. Kara nods grimly.

"Brainiac wanted to escape from the Phantom Zone, in doing so he also released me and apparently the other Zoners."

"Who is Brainiac, anyway?" They explain it to him.

The console started to buzz silently and a bright light was emanating from it. Marty took a step back.

"Uh oh." She says worriedly.

"Kal-El." A voice says loudly. She knew it was Jor-El's voice.

"Uh… no it's… uh, Martha. Um… Kal-El's future daughter." She says hesitantly. There is a bright red glow around her, then it disappears.

"You are telling the truth. I did not think it was possible for a Kryptonian to have children with the people from Earth. I had studied Kryptonian and human biology before Krypton was destroyed, but my results were inconclusive due to the fact that we did not have any test subjects. You are quite an interesting specimen, Martha, daughter of Kal-El." She didn't know what to say to that.

"Uh… thanks mister Jor-El. Is there a way you can get us back to our own time?" There's a pause.

"Please call me grand-father. Time travelling is something I am not too familiar with. It will take me some time to go over the calculations. One miscalculation and you will cease to exist." Marty gulped audibly.

"What's that noise?" Kara asks, focusing on her hearing.

"It sounds like Jor-El." Clark says. They speed off back into the Fortress. Jay looks over nervously at Oliver before he too speeds away. Oliver looks back at the now empty spot before him. He grumbles before he follows them inside.

"AC, Cyborg, I'm going in the Fortress. Green Arrow out." He says into his ear piece.

"Whoa dude look at the monitor. There's a huge electrical burst right here." AC says, pointing at the screen.

"Do you think it's from the Fortress?" Cyborg asks.

"It must be."

"Maybe there's something wrong."

"Nah, dude. Green Bean would've told us."

"AC, Cyborg, I'm going in the Fortress. Green Arrow out."

"See." AC says triumphantly. Cyborg rolls his eyes.

"Whatever man. I hate it when he makes us wait here. We've been part of the JLA as long as he has." AC rolls his eyes.

"Dude, he's a millionaire, he can pretty much do whatever he wants. Anyway, I would freeze like a Popsicle out there and so would you. You'd like squeak because of the metal or something."

"AC it totally doesn't work that way. I can go out in the cold."

"Guys, stop bickering and pay attention." It was Watchtower.

"Yes ma'am." They say in unison.

"Dude, how'd she know what we were talking about?" AC whispers. Cyborg eyes the whole jet.

"She's got eyes everywhere." He whispers back. They both shudder at that thought.

Marty backs away from the panel, bumping into something solid. She turns around and is face to face with the family crest. She looks upwards into the face of her father.

"Dad!" She exclaims, hugging him.

"Grand-pa Jor-El says that he might be able to get us back home." She exclaims. Clark's mouth hangs open.

"How did you get the Fortress working?" He asks.

"I just put that green crystal in that whole over there and then there was a glow and then grand-pa started talking to me." Jay looks over at his sister anxiously.

"Did he say when we could go back home?"

"Uh, well…"

"If there is one small miscalculation you will cease to exist." Jor-El's strong voice is heard through out the Fortress. They all take a deep breath at that news.

"It could take me months before you can leave to go back to your own time." Jor-El adds once again. Jay lowers his head. He needed to get back to his father, he needed them!

"I need to get back!" Jay exclaims suddenly. "Please, you have to be quicker then that!"

"As I said before, there is only so much I can do."

"Jor-El, you sent me back once. Can't you do it again?" Clark asks.

"This is much different, my son. You went into the past not the future. The past is done, under normal circumstances it does not change. The future is unpredictable. The children being here has already changed so much, that it is uncertain that there present and your future will be the same. It will take time for me to figure out a way to get them back." Clark turns back around to his future children.

"Jay, do you know how the Legion ring worked? How it was made? It might help Jor-El with his calculations."

"I… It'll take time to explain… Okay." At that moment the Green Arrow lands in the middle of the Kryptonians.

"Uncle Oliver!" Marty exclaims and hugs Oliver. His eyes go round in surprise and he hugs her back.

"Another one?" He asks and Clark shrugs, but there is a big, proud smile on his face.

"Who is this?" Jor-El's voice surprises Oliver.

"What the hell is that?" He exclaims, looking around.

"Green Arrow, this is Jor-El, Jor-El this is the Green Arrow, he's an old friend of mine." Clark explains. The Fortress is silent for a few moments.

"Welcome." That's all Jor-El says.

"That was odd." Oliver whispers. Everyone, including Kara burst out laughing.

The next morning

Lois' phone rang in her room. She hadn't slept the whole night and her eyes felt puffy.

"Hello." She answers it groggily.

"Hi, Lois." Richard whispered.

"Richard!" She exclaimed.

"I, uh, think we need to talk." He says slowly.

"Of course. When? Where?" She asks eagerly, though cautiously.

"Actually I'm on my way; I'll be hom- there in ten." He says. He didn't know if he should call his and Lois' house home anymore. Lois heard his hesitation.

"Richard, no matter what happens between us this will always be our home." She says, before hanging up.

Just as Richard had promised he had arrived at their home ten minutes later. Jason was still asleep in his bed, so Lois didn't have to worry about an eavesdropper, especially since he might've inherited his father's keen sense of hearing.

"Hi Lois." Richard says, for the second time that day. He looked awful and his eyes were red rimmed. Lois had made coffee for them and they sat on the couch awkwardly. Nobody wanted to be the first one to break the silence.

"What happens to our relationship; to us?" Richard asks, breaking the silence. Lois shrugged, she seriously didn't know.

"Obviously you're still in love with who ever this guy is. I think for now, we need to take a break."

"A break?" Lois croaks.

"You can keep the ring if you want." He adds sadly.

"No. You can have it." She says taking the ring off and giving it to Richard. He looks at the ring in his palm sadly. He knew from the beginning it wouldn't last. She had said yes to marry him, but she had never really wanted to marry him.

"Can I still see Jason from time to time?" He asks almost afraid.

"Of course. You're still his daddy, he loves you. You can see him whenever you like."

"Thank you." He whispers.

"You can have the house." He adds.

"No I couldn't. It has too may memories. I'll look for an apartment. You keep it." He shakes his head.

"I can't. Too many memories." They both nod.

"We can both stay here then, until we find apartments." She adds. He nods sadly.

"This is real. It's really happening?" Lois nods sadly.

"I'm so sorry… for everything." Lois says for the millionth time.

"Well it was good while it lasted. Thank you, at least, for making me happy for that short time." Richard says. Lois puts her hand on his cheek.

"You're a good man, I never deserved you. I really did love you; I just wish it was enough." She adds sadly. He takes her hand in his and kisses her sweetly on the lips for the last time.

"I just need to know one more thing, if it's not too much to ask…" He trails off.

"You want to know who his father is." She states. He nods.

"Yes, I'll tell you. You deserve that and so much more." She pauses.

"It's... Clark, he's Jason's father." Richard takes a deep intake of breath. That, he did not expect at all. When Lois had told him the night before he had assumed Jason's father was Superman. But, Clark Kent? Lois never even gave him the time of day. He had been gone for five years. She was probably pissed that he had left; it made sense. He probably didn't even know about Jason.

"Does he know?" He whispers.

"Yes." Lois said. That surprised him, but then it did make sense. Now he understood why Clark had been at the hospital when Jason had had his asthma attack. Then that would mean Superman also knew, since he was the one that had brought Clark to the hospital.

"Lois, who else knows?" He asks worriedly.

"Clark's mother, I think, but that's it."

"What about Superman?"

"Superman?" Lois yells out.

"Yeah. Why would he have brought Clark to the hospital if he didn't know."

"I guess Clark told him. They're close." That was new.

"Whatever Lois, I can tell you're lying. I just thought you would do me the decency to tell me the truth." Richard got up, he looked hurt.

"Richard…" Lois protested.

"I… I just need space right now. Please Lois I don't want to hear what you have to say unless it's the truth." Lois closes her mouth.

"I'm gonna go see Jason and then I'll leave. I won't come back unless you have your own apartment."

"Richard… please be civil. We can both still live here, until we have our own places."

"I can't Lois I'm sorry." He goes up the stairs to Jason's room.

Jason lay in his bed. He had heard everything. He heard the door open but he didn't turn around and he kept his eyes shut. He could hear Richard moving into the room and then felt the bed dip down when Richard sat on it. He brushed Jason's hair off of his forehead and kissed him.

"Bye, Jason. I love you; I'll always love you no matter what." He whispers.

Richard gets up off the bed. Jason slowly turns around, but Richard doesn't notice. He hears Richard's foot steps down the hall and hears the door slam. Jason gets up from his bed and runs to his window.

"Daddy wait!" He yells out. He doesn't hear him. Jason runs down the step and ignores his mother who's yelling at him to slow down. Jason throws the door open, almost throwing it off its hinges and runs after Richard.

"Daddy!" He yells out again as he sees the car speed away. He slows down and starts to cry.

"Jason." Lois wraps her arms around her heart broken son.

"Mommy, he's gone for good, isn't he?" He asks as tears fall down his cheeks. Lois doesn't say anything and that's all the answer he needs.

The previous night

After Clark and the kids finished their talk with Jor-El and said good-bye to the Green Arrow, they returned back to his apartment. They were all exhausted. Kara had stayed over too. But, Clark hadn't slept much; he had flown around the city saving people and felt bad for Lois. Jay had had another nightmare, but like the previous night he had told him it was nothing. Marty had tried to tell Clark but then, Jay slammed the door in his face. Not like a door in between them made any difference but he got the message. He heard them talking threw the door.

"You need to tell him." Marty.

"I can't, it could change the future."

"Yeah! For the good. He could save her."

Save who? Clark wondered.

"Shh." Jay whispered harshly. "Have you forgotten who dad is? He's probably listening to us now." Clark stopped listening; he shouldn't have been eaves dropping. Though it didn't stop Kara from listening.

"He could save mom. Come on, we've gotta give it a shot." Marty continued.

"Yeah and then dad'll live on the edge for the rest of his life and he won't enjoy life."

"He's not enjoying it now, well in the future, whatever." Marty yells out in frustration. Kara had had enough; she wrapped her hand around the door knob and crushed it. Then she pushed the door open. Jay and Marty looked at her with huge eyes.

"Your dad stopped listening, but I didn't. What's going on?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"It could change the future." Jay protested, though weakly. He was giving in.

Clark saw Kara walk into his room to talk to the kids. He knew now he couldn't stop from listening so he went out to patrol the city again.

Kara closed the door behind her and sat on the bed, the kids did the same.

"Explain." She said. Jay huffed and then began his tale.

"Luthor always had a grudge against mom because of her 'relationship' with Superman. When he had been put in jail again by dad, well he was furious. He escaped and went after mom for revenge. Well long story short, he uh k-killed her." He said choking on the last part. Tears ran down his cheeks and Marty sobbed into her hands. Kara gathered the kids into her arms in a loving embrace.

"Dad, was very angry. Like scary angry, I've never seen him like that. He killed Luthor, he beat him to death. Then he couldn't stop beating himself up for it. He was a mess and he still was when we left. He's stopped being Superman and Metropolis is destroying itself. Dad's depressed, mom is dead, grand-ma is ill, and we're stuck in the past." Jay continued. The tears kept coming down faster as he continued his tale.

"We can change it." Kara says positively. "It's already been changed." Jay shakes his head.

"Mom's death is inevitable. She's not like us, she's fragile, and she's human." Kara shakes her head.

"So are you, you're a part of her." Jay sighs frustrated.

"I don't know what we are. We're not human and we're not Kryptonian."

"And yet you are human and Kryptonian." This part of the conversation confused Marty so she shut her eyes and put her head against the pillow, she fell asleep immediately. It had been a long day.

"We can change the outcome of the future, Jas-El." Jason gave her an odd look.

"Even in the future, you and Grand-pa Jor-El are the only ones who call me that." Kara smiles.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore, okay?" He says as he lies down next to his sister.

When Clark gets back home from patrol he sees that Kara, Jay and Marty have fallen asleep huddled together on his bed. He goes to sleep on his couch.

The next morning

"We're going to the Planet." Clark announces through a mouthful of cereal.

"All of us?" Kara asks.

"Uh, no. I mean if you want to you can, but I was thinking you could take up patrol for me." Kara smiles excitedly.

"Of course." Clark shakes his head, Kara loved the attention.

"I was going to bring Jay and Marty to Watchtower to keep them busy until we figure this all out." Kara nods. Jay looks at Marty excitedly. Watchtower was always fun.

Watchtower watched her monitors; they were beeping as red dots showed up on her screen. The she felt the familiar whoosh that she hadn't felt in over five years.

"Hey Clark." She said without looking away from her monitor.

"Hey, Chloe. How're things nowadays?" Chloe turns around to see a boy wobble down to the floor and a girl standing beside Clark. They looked remarkably like him, especially considering that the boy had also flew in.

"Who're they?" It was odd and yet comforting that they were talking to each other as though they had still been in each other's life in the past five years.

"This is Jay and Marty. They're from the future."

"Yours, I'm guessing." She says casually. Clark nods.

"Well, you've definitely kept my cousin busy." Clark smirks. He goes to her and hugs her, lifting her off the ground.

"It's nice to see you too Boy Scout."

"Ugh, I hated that nick name." He whined. Chloe laughs.

"You're still not forgiven for not visiting me when you came back." She says, pushing him away.

"I was busy."

"I know, Lois told me about Jason and his miraculous conception. Smooth move, by the way." Clark rolls his eyes. Chloe glances at Jay.

"I'm guessing that's my nephew. He's like a copy of you." Jay groans, Clark laughs. Marty stares at her aunt, wanting the same attention her brother was getting. She was like Kara in that way.

"Marty's like a copy of Lois, minus the eyes. It must be a Kryptonian thing to have blue eyes." Clark shrugs.

"What did you need me for?"

"Do I need an excuse to visit my best friend?" Chloe glares at him.

"Okay, okay. Could you watch the kids for today, I need to go to work and figure things out with Lois and Jor-El." Chloe nods.

"Five years I haven't seen you and the first day we reunite, you've got me babysitting." She exclaims, incredulously. "Fine."

"Thanks." Clark says. He says good-bye to the kids and flies off toward the Daily Planet.

Okay, so that's it for now. I don't have any other chapters written yet. But hopefully it'll be ready for next Sunday. Have a good March break and don't forget to review!