Chapter 7

03.16.2017

Clark woke up wondering what woke him. He found himself inside the car with Lois Lane driving."Hey," Lois greeted, throwing him a wink. "You snore!" She teased him delighted."I do not." To Clark's dismay, Lois fish the phone on her lap and show him a picture of him leaning on Lois's shoulder, mouth open and eyeglasses comically askew.Lois snort laugh at Clark's expression. "I can't wait to see show this to your mother!" She laugh.\\\

Ultraman was a scary son of a bitch. Clark decided as he caught himself pissing on his pants the third time now and he delayed his rescue effort to go home and change.

Right now he was trying to shield Lois who was crazy and curious enough when things start to burn, explode around them. "I am a reporter Clark!" She hissed when Clark caught up to her on superspeed after Martha explain that the lady went towards the direction of the town proper driving the car.

Especially when things worsen instead of improve once the shower stops. They heard scattered, confusing reports on the radio before communication stop. That was what decided Lois to investigate the closest town for news.

"Get in." Lois practically yank the kid inside the car when said kid force her to stop the car when he block her path.

And now…

"Is that all you can do?!" Lois demanded when Clark shield her with his body once more from the debris that fall after Ultraman razed another building to the ground. She noticed that all Clark did was just cover everyone that needs protection with his body. Dogs, cats and now Lois...

Clark wanted to shake Lois so hard. "Lois I do not have any idea how to defeat him alright? I am still new to all of these- my heritage and power!"

Lois looked at Kent and back at Clark and realize a wealth of experience that divided the two. They need someone experience at how Superman works and a germ of an idea hit her.

"You have to kiss me Clark!" Lois said excitedly. She used to be that someone who knows Superman and how he works.

"No. Thank you." Clark replied politely. Also despite his polite words he throw her a confused, disgusted look.

"You don't understand but, you can take someone's memory with a kiss,Clark." Lois explained as she hold the kid's head between her hand. "You took my memories, you have to give them back. That's the only way we have a chance to stop him!"

She kiss Clark before the boy could protest. And that is how Clark ended up with Lois as his first kiss.

Clark got slapped afterward. "That is for stealing my memory." Lois told him before she start whispering a set of instructions on his ear.

Clark went back to the farm and decided that since it looks like this might be his funeral- there is nothing wrong in wearing and dying in black.

"Ultraman!" Clark issued a challenge as soon as he get back in the middle of Smallville proper.

"I am challenging you to a *duel of honour*!!" He shouted at the floating guy carefully following Lane's instruction.

"Why didn't you said so in the first place?" Ultraman said as he stop in front of the younger guy in a heartbeat. He followed it with a punch that Clark didn't see coming.

Clark flew back and broke the wall of the building behind him.

Lois who was hiding was praying that baby Superman can last long enough until calvary arrives.

"Come on," she thought impatiently biting her fingernails while she watch the two Kryptonians traded epic blows just right in front of her.

"Miss Lane?" Jonathan politely cough behind her.

"How do you get here?!" Lois exclaimed as she look at Jonathan with some confusion. "Jonathan where is-"

"-I am not Jonathan." Not-Jonathan answered sounding already world-weary. "I am Jor-el, Miss Lane."

"Shit." Lois gaped at him. The initial plan was not for Lois to met Jor el once again. Not after all the postulating the jerk done about Kal-el and his mission for humanity minus Lois in that equation thirty plus years in the future.

Lois was working herself to furious level but before she could kick the guy or something. "And those are Kal-el?" The alien asked looking at the two fighting guys in the distance.

There is a sense of paternal pride and wonder on his voice which is a far cry from the Jor el that she had meet before, which is the only thing that save him from Lois's almost slapping him.

"As soon as I open this box Ms.Lois Lane, I will stop possessing this body." Jor-el told Lois as he produce a lead covered box in the palm of his hand.

"Before I go, Jonathan and I have talked about our mutual son." He continued. "Let me just say that Jon showed me the way. And it would be a great honour if I get to know you too one day."

Lois doubt that. She doubt that very much. She had been judged and already found wanting in the future after all. She just nodded, thinking in leaps and bound, if she only meet this Jor-el.

She grabbed the box and yank it open.

Clark and Ultraman and Jor-el fell into the ground as if their invisible strings got cut off abruptly.

Lois after making sure that Jonathan was comfortable stride towards the two Clarks with the black Kryptonite glowing in one hand.

Clark was really out of it.

Ultraman on the other hand was struggling to stand from his kneeling position

"If I am not so pragmatic Smallville" Lois began with a joyous manic glee, "this is way too dramatic even for you!" With that she shove him causing him to lie flat back on the ground.

Then Lois sit down on the guy's chest. "Smallville, you gonna come out or do you want me to drag you out?" She peered into his alien eyes way too close for comfort.

Chapter 8

Jonathan was amazed to find this huge almost invisible crystal structure in the Arctic. He was wearing layers of clothes to ward off the cold and he wonder where Clark get it from.

For his part, Clark blatantly show off how unaffected he was by the weather by still wearing his fave blue tshirt and jeans get up.

"Dad it is up to you now." Clark said as he push the thousand tonnes door open.

Clark hugged his dad and then he was gone.

Jonathan step inside the palace feeling like a farmer paying homage to his liege.

"You're not what I expected." the projection of Jor el finally announce his presence after allowing Jonathan his fill at the wonderful sights inside the building.

"Expected?" Jonathan face the image and his heart jump almost seeing Clark forty years in the future. The dark hair, blue eyes and the way the guy was build and posture is almost the same as his son.

"I was expecting someone like a king to teach and brought my son to maturity- someone like the Luthors." Jor-el almost was disappointed as he activate something that display the image of Luthor's mansion along with other sights in Smaville.

Jonathan laugh instead of being offended. "Unbelievable," he muttered under his breathe before he decided to fished for his wallet and the pictures he stuffed on it. His eyes gleaming with joy in the battle of wits to come. He almost miss his college debate team and arguing with his friends in the Talon. Jor-el is going down.

Clark Kent watch as Martha squeeled with joy as Lois show off her engagement ring at Martha and Jonathan."You did good son." Jonathan praised.Clark look at him thinking that there is something awful with Jonathan. He realize what was wrong after awhile. Jonathan haven't age at all after he died when Clark was around 18 years old./

Lois watch as Kryptonian yanked out the cords on his forehead with the power of the will only her partner possessed. With the cords gone, Kent was able to turn off the leaking all red glow his eyes became under the control of Braniac. The holes on his forehead healed under the ray of the sun.

Kent slowly stand up, look at the destruction around him with tears leaking on his eyes. Then he approach Clark and ruse him from sleep.

"We got work to do." He told the kid before he carry him by the neck of his long coat towards the sun.

It was not long before normal people start appearing out in the street. And side by side with the two metas they began to clean the street as well.

Martha set up a feeding station and Jonathan began assigning scouts for those who are hurt or those who are missing people.

(S)

"Turns out we didnt keep our secret as airtight as we thought." Jonathan said later that evening at his son and wife.

"Well," Martha draw out the word slowly , " we did keep the spaceship in the open."

Jonathan remember the sudden interest of his neighbours in borrowing his farming equipment that Summer and he just yelled for them to pick it up in the barn and cringe mentally at his carelessness.

"They told me not to worry though." Clark added, misery in his expression. "This is a small close knit community and they'll keep my secret if I keep the blue and red suit!"

He wailed the last part.

"Hi," Kent told his partner softly as he climbed the loft and find Lois there gazing into the stars.

"Hi back." Lois greeted back looking him up and down, wondering what it means in seeing this Clark without glasses, his unruly curls free from its slick back Superman look nor the tame pat down Clark in the Daily Planet look.

Kent was smiling shyly at her. "I-I brought this for you." He show his hand where there is a photoalbum in it.

Lois stood up and approach the big guy who remain close to the stairs. She took the album and open it randomly and almost suck her breathe seeing Smallville at the age of six grinning at her with two front teeth missing.

"Uhm, I have to go now." Kent said politely watching as Lois settle down on the coach comfortably with her feet tucked.

"Don't forget my cup of coffee,Smallville and oh, bring me some pies. And then you could sit right here and massage my feet okey?" Lois voice followed him as he made a couple of steps down.

Kent was floating in happiness. Could he dare hope that this is a new start for them?

(S)

"What is it son?" Jonathan asked later as the two hang out in the porch. They exchange smile as the women inside tease poor Clark in between looking at Jon White's photoalbum.

"Dad," Kent began hugging himself. "I made lots of mistake but the biggest was…" he hug his dad tight. "Not telling you how much I love and miss you very much."

Jonathan pat his back. "Son, it is okey that I died in the future." He smile at Kent's look of surprise. "it is not your fault, kid. You turn out alright. I am proud of you son."

(S)

"I can't believe I have a son with you, cougar!" Clark was yelling at Lois.

"Well, I can't believe that you know about birds and bees enough to give me a son" Lois snap back half-amuse half-mad at this lil shit.

Kent was coughing at his cup of coffee at this latest war between the two.

"I am so out of here." He muttered as he open a window and change into the suit mid-air to help a flood in Vietnam.

An:/ really must overcome the fear of going farther than 10k words in a story next time im taking a shot writing short story wit multiple chapter. Pwamis!I almost gone overboard -i was this close to have Kent having amnesia. Lol. Last two chapters are next. I think i crammed all the plot bunnies in this story. So plot bunnies = endagered speciesShould i give you guys two possible epilogue or just one? Time travel can really mess the future y'know.Last night second night in a row that aircon wad switched on coz evenings are humid.