I was wondering if I will be able to continue this story. The idea is in my head, but this is actually not easy for me to write. As I want it to be exciting and captivating.

With season 3 comming soon, I expect once again a very Jordan centric season with Jonathan's feelings not taken serious by Clark, Lois and Sam. But I hope there will be improvement.

Enjoy!

For Jonathan it was like a never-ending nightmare consisting of tests, examinations, interrogations, and other stuff. His body felt more and more weaker the more time passed…

They said he is an alien! A hybrid creature, breed from a human and an alien. They didn't tell him more. They just demanded to know why he was on Earth. Why is he living with humans? Who is his real father or mother?

Every time Jonathan said that he doesn't know anything, he got yelled on.

Jonathan asked for his parents ever and ever again! Asking himself ever and ever again if they are still alive? Do they know where he is? Will he ever see them again? Is it his fault?... He made this heritage-test? Is that why they caught him?

"Uncooperative!"

"What else do you expect from an alien?"

"He is definitely related to the alien that landed in England in 1979!"

"And he has shown no sign of powers? Why?"

"I don't know! We made a lot of tests. He has Kryptonian cells, and they react to the sun! We just don't know yet why his body is not able to convert them into powers like it is for Superman and like it was for the other Kyptonian!"

"All data we collected about the other Kryptonian are lost! After he escaped, he not only killed all my colleagues and all the guards… he also destroyed all the data. All samples and all files I had; this thing burned everything with his view… I lost friends… colleagues! People I cared for! And 14 years later, suddenly Superman appears! Same powers! Different face…"

"In the week, the pod crashed in England, there were meteor showers all over the world. North America, South America, Africa… Superman claims to be the only one. But it is possible that there a more survivors."

"Like the boy?"

"He is too young to be from Krypton directly!"

"One parent is without doubt a human, but the human-part of his DNA is so 'disturbed' that we will never be able to identify. Even if the DNA of the human parent is saved in any database, we wouldn't be able to identify the person."

"Who ever he or she is, must have realized that that child is the breed of an alien race. And to get rid of him, by abandoning him?"

"We have checked the family! He was abandoned right after birth and left in front of that house!"

"That does not explain his lack of powers!"

"We have still ways to figure out!"

"The boy is a wreck by now! Shouldn't we tell him that his parents are not alive anymore?"

"When we tell him that his supposed parents are charcoal he will even less cooperate!"

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Jonathan had no clue how long he already was in this place. At least a couple of months, he guessed. Some time ago, he spotted one of those people reading a newspaper. And on the date, he could see that already three months passed… he is 12 years old now and didn't mention it.

After a while, he got fresh clothes. His brand new Superman-t-shirt, he bought just an hour before the nightmare began, he hid under the bed and was glad that they allowed him to keep it at least.

The room was as unpleasant and cold as usual. Over the past few weeks, he got at least a real bed. He got books and comics to read. And beyond the glass-walls of his cell, he was able to see a clock. But by now he already lost any sense of time. He saw it was 2 o'clock, but didn't know if it was a.m. or p.m. Was it day or night? Or what time of year it was now… He had to rely on the newspapers those guards read, to see what day it is.

On a regular basis, someone took blood samples from him. He could feel that the constant blood-loss affected him. Even worse was when they took bone marrow! Sometimes they anesthetize him before. Sometimes they just brought in a green rock, that began to glow as soon as it got close to him. He had no clue what it was, and nobody was ever talking to him. It's presence seemed to be supposed to affect him. But every time he spoke, they ignored his words.

After several more months, Jonathan laid with tears in his eyes in his bed. Just a few minutes before, they took almost a whole liter of blood from him out of the vein in his right arm. While also they took bone marrow from his right arm. All while still feeling the terrible pain in his tummy when they took bile from him…

"I want to go home!" he cried loudly. "MOMMY!"

In Smallville, a cold shiver ran down Lois' back again while she sat in her home-office. There was this terrible feeling again, that one of her children is not okay. She went to the window, to watch Jordan and Natalie and was relieved they were okay. The kids run across the farm, waiting for their superspeed to kick in.

The latest scan at the fortress revealed that the possibility for powers increased to 'possibly'. Which made the kids really happy and Lois and Clark worried.

The weeks passed with more and more samples and experiments…

Jonathan meanwhile continued crying for his parents. Until suddenly the red lights, that surrounded him 24/7 ever since he is here turned off before yellow lights turned on. Looking like real sunlight…

"This is risky!"

"But necessary!"

"We already know that he was unaware of his heritage! But the fact that he has not the same powers like a Kryptonian does, is extraordinary. We only check how his cells react."

"Look! It seems to work! He reacts to the sunlight!"

Jonathan could indeed feel how the changed light let him feel a lot better. The terrible pain in his arms and his tummy were still present but they became better. A nice feeling appeared on his skin as he felt the sunlight entering his body, causing his pain to get better. He suddenly felt like got stronger and fitter again…

For the first time since months… Jonathan had to smile. This felt so much better than the red light.

Just like those scientists expected, Jonathan reacted to sunlight.

"Look at his vitals!"

"They are improving!"

"We already knew that! But why he does not develop powers?"

"We will figure out sooner or later…"

Before the mad scientist could finish his sentence, suddenly a loud bang echoed through the building…

Jonathan could feel the ground under his bed vibrate. Just a second later those awful red lights turned on again and he felt weaker immediately.

He didn't know how long he was under those yellow lights. A couple of minutes maybe? But they felt much better than this red light that felt like, as if it makes him weaker. But then he could hear someone scream…

Jonathan opened his eyes and saw the guards beyond the glass-wall raising their guns. As if they prepare to fight. Suddenly a loud bang… the room is shaking violently like during an earthquake. People yelling and machine guns are fired.

Jonathan screamed in fear while he rolled himself off the bed to hide below. He heard horrific things. Like people being in pain. People getting killed… but for some reason, Jonathan didn't feel any pity for them. Not after they hurt him so terrible. Everything he noticed was that all lights turned off.

In the darkness, Jonathan was able to grab his black Superman-t-shirt and pressed it desperately against his chest. Praying that this nightmare ends. No matter how. Praying that wherever he goes after his death, that it is a better place than this hell.

He and his parents never really cared for spiritual things or the church. But now Jon wanted God to send him an angel to get him out of here…

Jonathan felt the glass-wall shattering. He continued praying. Whatever is attacking, it is killing people.

People continued screaming while he could hear the splatting sound of blood…

"NOOOOO… NO PLEASE…" Jonathan heard the voice of the maddest of all scientists scream in fear. "…MERCY… MERCY…"

Suddenly it was over. Just another horrific sound as if something was torn apart and then dropped on a wet ground. Jonathan cried, while still hiding under the bed…

Hearing a crying child was unexpected… especially for the 'angel' god send for Jonathan…

He came here to get revenge! After occasionally hearing the voice of one of the scientists that used to experiment on him for years and turning his life into hell, he came here to kill him. He thought he killed them all when he escaped but one obviously survived.

In the past 25 years he spent a lot of time to prepare the takeover of the world and replacing humanity with the preserved consciousnesses in the Eradicator. Not only he was able to blend in, he was also able to make up a very nice fortune that allowed him a pretty nice lifestyle and to reach his targets easier.

After the public appearance of his half-brother and seeing how he used the powers he has here for good, made him pensive sometimes. But his father always had more influence on him than his own thoughts.

But hearing his chance to get his revenge was more important today. He finally got him and tore his body into pieces after using his laser vision to incinerate all others. But what is a child doing in here?

Using his vision, he found a child hiding under the bed in the cell. A cell that had red solar lamps. A cell that was obviously designed to hold a Kryptonian captive. There was a child, covered in injuries and in pain.

Suddenly he got flashbacks. It felt like he was there again! Locked up in that cold, dirty cell. Treated like an animal. Experimented on. What ever happened to him, it happened again! To this child! Here at this place!

Quickly he used his vision again to check the child. He had Kryptonian cells. He had a human anatomy. He was both! This child was without doubt a Kryptonian, too! But also, a human? A hybrid?

There was no time to investigate it closer. He had to leave before anyone sees him. But his own trauma paralyzed him! He suddenly felt so scared again. Like the scared little boy he once was when he got caught and locked up by himself… and so he instinctively grabbed the crying boy and took him with him.

Jonathan shrieked when felt someone touching him again. He screamed…

"Don't be afraid! You'll be fine!" a friendly voice said with an British dialect before repeating it in Kryptonese. "Eyver xououch! Wem axchan!"

Jonathan had no clue what these words were meaning. And the man who lift him from the ground noticed this. But also, he could feel it: This boy is like him! And a quick glance over a not burned document proved that this boy is a Kryptonian. And not only that! He is related to 'the alien that landed in England in 1979'…

Suddenly his entire world was turned upside down. Ever since arriving here, he thought that he is alone. After his brother's public debut he had doubts. But he was determined to resurrect Krypton. His father always kept sure that he remains on this track.

But Tal-Rho was so shaken by the discovery of this boy, that he ignored the thought of his father and anything else… maybe because of their shared experiences. And so Tal quickly destroyed the remaining documents and all proves for the existence of the child and left with him.

And Jonathan meanwhile felt the world turning into a blur before he suddenly got blended by the bright sunlight and realized that he was outside again. For the first time in what felt like an eternity.

A smile appeared on the boy's face when he nestled himself on the chest of the person who just got him away from that awful place. And Tal suddenly felt that weird 'connection' and this odd feelings for this boy.

It felt like affection. Something he never dare to feel for someone on this planet before.

Tal flew higher to avoid being seen as usual. Watching how Jonathan lost consciousness and fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

Tal is going to have a very important role in this story. I hope you liked it. Leave a comment and let me know!