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This 'fic is gonna be a short one, maybe about 5 chapters only. I'm trying
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Chapter Two
The light of dawn breaks over the horizon, splitting the dark coal sky with rays of rose and fierce orange, coloring the entire land with colors of the new day. Bells rang from the tower as a flock of white doves flew over the majestic Church situated at the town square.
Leesburg truly is a magnificent sight to behold.
The small Church is by now beginning to fill up with people, most of them families. It was Sunday and strange enough, quite a lot of people turned up to converge in that place. There's something different in the morning air and everyone noticed that change.
The dark mahogany wooden benches that used to be vacant in the past Sunday's, were now miraculously stuffed with Leesburg residents. Children's giggled at one side of the Church, while their parent's eyes were fixed directly to the altar awaiting for the mass to begin.
A stylish black Lamborghini pulled up before the grand doorway of the Church. The people present outside turned their heads, intrigued to see who owns the beautiful car.
They weren't surprised at all when the driver opened the vehicle's door to Elizabeth Thorul, one of Leesburg's elite people. She stepped out of the car garbbed in a sophisticated salmon suit and she was fully accented with her diamond jewelry.
Her lovely but shy young daughter Lena followed her out of the Lamborghini. Like her mother, she was also attired in a red, expensive looking designer outfit. Complete with jewelry.
Mrs. Thorul instructed her chauffeur to park the car nearby so they could see it easily ones the mass's over. The chauffeur obediently nodded and got in the car to park it where his employer ordered.
They started to proceed inside the Church.
"Mom," Young Lena called to her mother when they sat on the especially reserved seats for them. "I wish daddy's here with us. I don't understand why he had to leave last night."
"Oh Selena." Mrs. Thorul held her daughter's hand lovingly with a weak smile on. "You know daddy's got some work to do back in Kansas."
"But he promised we'd hear mass together." Lena insisted, a frown starting to form on her doll like face.
She clearly remembered her dad, Lionel Luthor, promising to her and her mom that he'd go to Church with them on Sunday. He arrived only last Thursday afternoon and Lena reckons that it's unfair for him to leave so soon. She misses her father so much.
"I hate Kansas!" Added Lena furrowing her eyebrows while crossing her arms over her chest. Frustration and anger visible on her big green eyes.
"I hate Kansas too." Her mother said with a small laugh, taking off Lena's matching red beret hat. She ran her slender fingers through her daughter's silky red hair.
The truth is the statement she just made about her hating Kansas is half meant. Her husband's got another family back there in Metropolis. Elizabeth's aware that she and Lena aren't Lionel's legitimate family at all.
That's ok with her. After all Lionel said that he no longer loves his other wife and the only reason why he's staying with her is because of their son, Lex.
Lena doesn't know any of these secrets though. She doesn't know that she's an illegitimate child and that she has an older half brother in Metropolis. Lionel and Elizabeth both planned to keep it a secret from her as long as they possibly can.
The first five rows of seats inside the Church were occupied by a group of kids and nuns from the Midvale orphanage. It's been always a routine for the Midvale kids to hear mass every Sunday with the good hearted nuns to accompany them.
A blond young boy with the palest blue eyes and the most wonderful smile sat on the front row next to a nun. Although he had seen the inside of the Church a gazillion times now, it never seized to astonish this young boy.
His wide opened eyes wandering around the place like he was inside a toy store or something. He is greatly amazed with the Church's breath taking baroque interior. All those huge statues and portraits of different saints made him look forward to go to mass every Sunday.
"Sister Cecilia," The kid suddenly uttered in a whisper.
"Yes, Dick?"
"Do all good kids go to heaven?"
"Yes they do Dick. As a matter of fact all people who loves God go to heaven." Sister Cecilia informed the cute boy she calls Dick.
"So, my mom and my dad are both in heaven?"
The nun nodded, touched that Dick remembers his parents fondly even if they passed away years ago.
"And my brother and sister too?" He asked raising his head to Sister Cecilia.
"Sure they are." She comforted stroking his hair with her hand with a sincere smile.
Dick's family died in a terrible car accident two years ago. The family car collided with a speeding truck in the highway, which instantly killed everyone. Everyone except for two years old Dick. He suffered a few bruises and scratches but he luckily survived. They all called him the miracle child.
At the moment he recovered, Dick was sent immediately to the Midvale orphanage. It appeared that he doesn't have any relatives left or anyone that would be capable of taking care of him.
Now at four years old, he considers everyone in Midvale his family. Dick's only wish is that someday he'd be adopted by a great family that he could call his own.
"And our dog Brownie too?" He inquired to his favorite nun.
Sister Cecilia giggled when Dick said that, "Yes. Even Brownie too is in heaven Dick. Everyone's up there."
Dick gave her an adorable smile. He went back to studying the insides of the Church. His eyes were caught by these delightful little figures that adorned the Holy Mother's altar. Heads of little blonde children with a pair of small fluffy white wings on each of them.
"Sister Cecilia," The young boy called again, pulling the nun's sleeve to get her attention. "Are those angels?"
Dick pointed at an area near the altar. The nun followed his gaze and realized that he's pointing at the cherubs.
"They're called cherubs Dick." Sister Cecilia advised in a hushed tone.
"But I thought they're angels. Only little."
"That's it. They're little angels." She explained looking at the cute figures.
"Are they also from up there?" Dick mumbled raising one arm upwards and pointing to the Church's roof, where he's actually referring to the sky outside.
"Uh huh. Just like God, the Virgin Mary and all the saints and all the good people and children. They all live up there." Cleared Sister Cecilia, beaming a smile at the boy. "All little angels come from up there."
"Wow." The boy let out astonished by what he found out just now. His big blue eyes wide opened. He was blown away by what he heard.
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A lot had changed since the release of Zor -El's space bubble that encased her young daughter into the dark and cold space. The clusters of meteors that were following behind the ship had caught up with it.
To Kara Zor -El's luck, the bubble ship seemed to have an invisible barrier around it that prevented the meteor rocks from bumping or even crashing with the ship. The tiny bubble ship is safely travelling within the heart of the swarm of meteors.
Inside the ship, the last daughter of Argo City sleeps peacefully.
Because the ship was nearly travelling at the speed of light, it only took a year to travel from the Xeno galaxy up to our solar system.
When the ship entered the system a few months ago, it's speed lessened dramatically. It was by now travelling at a mere 15 miles per second. Nothing compared to its previous speed.
They went past Pluto all the way to the blue green gas giant we call on Earth as the planet, Neptune. The cluster easily penetrated the meteor rock barriers that separated the inner planets from the outer planets.
They were now heading towards the ship's destination. Earth.
The bubble ship shook a little because of the activity outside by the meteors. It had awakened the young Kara Zor-El from her sweet slumber. She fluttered opened her eyes and noticed that her surroundings had changed.
Kara pivoted her head and saw a red planet from behind. Up ahead is a bright yellow sun, unlike she had never seen before and then she lowered her gaze, fixing on the glowing form of the Omegahedron streaking towards the blue planet of Earth.
Argo City's power source is heading to the same destination the ship is going.
Kara witnessed how the Omegahedron shattered to a thousand pieces when it pierced through Earth's own protective shield. The atmosphere.
The young girl braced herself when she realized that her ship was next to enter the gaseous shield of Earth. Closing her eyes she tried to hold onto something inside the bubble ship, but there's nothing. She pressed her hands on the cold glass like interior and prepared for whatever might happen to her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The mass was finished at about an hour. People poured out of the Church and into the town square. Some were talking as they walked towards their car. Kids were excited, knowing that their parents would take them out to their favorite fast food chain. McDonald's? Burger King? KFC?
The Midvale group assembled outside near the Church's entrance as they waited patiently for their service bus to arrive. The kids all looked angelic forming rows of orderly line.
"Ok, everyone wait here while I'll go tell Bert to get the bus ready." Sister Cecilia told the kids and her fellow nuns.
"Yes, Sister Cecilia." The kids replied in unison, aloud.
The nun turned away and began to walk for the parking lot where their old yellow bus rested with their driver, Bert.
Dick stood in front of one of the lines, with his arms crossed over his chest just like the other children. He saw a kid with a shimmering red hair holding on to her mom's hand. Lena noticed the blond kid, Dick, staring at her. He gave out a little wave, which surprised Lena.
Instead of waving back, Lena stuck out her tongue at him. Her mom didn't seem to notice any of this. She was busy checking for their chauffeur.
Angered, Dick did the same and pulled both his ears to make him more annoying.
"Dick!" Sister Joanna regarded what he did and asked him to stop.
"I'm sorry." Dick apologized, crossing back his arms on his chest. "She started it."
Suddenly, one of the people walking through the town square noticed something shining from the clear blue sky.
"Look!" The man shouted as the people looked up to see what he was pointing at.
Then before their eyes they saw something shimmering in the heavens. They all reckon that it's some kind of crystal that scattered automatically into the sky. Everyone was baffled by the event.
What's weirder is the fact that not a single piece of the crystal like things ever fell down on them or the town square. They were blown off to some place else. The town people ignored it and went back to their business.
After that, the beautiful light blue sky began to darken in just a matter of seconds.
The people of Leesburg were not prepared on what happened next.
Huge swirling rocks came shooting out of the sky. It instantly crashed into the nearby establishments located at the town square. The impact caused the ground to rumble ferociously.
Everyone panicked and went completely hysterical when they saw and felt what happened.
Another batch of fire bathed meteors blazed down from the heavens destroying some rural parts of Leesburg. People started to run around not knowing what they could possibly do to save themselves or their loved ones.
The kids and their mothers screamed in utter terror as meteors continued to crash on every buildings and houses on the streets. They all thought of one thing.
"It's the end of the world."
Chapter Two
The light of dawn breaks over the horizon, splitting the dark coal sky with rays of rose and fierce orange, coloring the entire land with colors of the new day. Bells rang from the tower as a flock of white doves flew over the majestic Church situated at the town square.
Leesburg truly is a magnificent sight to behold.
The small Church is by now beginning to fill up with people, most of them families. It was Sunday and strange enough, quite a lot of people turned up to converge in that place. There's something different in the morning air and everyone noticed that change.
The dark mahogany wooden benches that used to be vacant in the past Sunday's, were now miraculously stuffed with Leesburg residents. Children's giggled at one side of the Church, while their parent's eyes were fixed directly to the altar awaiting for the mass to begin.
A stylish black Lamborghini pulled up before the grand doorway of the Church. The people present outside turned their heads, intrigued to see who owns the beautiful car.
They weren't surprised at all when the driver opened the vehicle's door to Elizabeth Thorul, one of Leesburg's elite people. She stepped out of the car garbbed in a sophisticated salmon suit and she was fully accented with her diamond jewelry.
Her lovely but shy young daughter Lena followed her out of the Lamborghini. Like her mother, she was also attired in a red, expensive looking designer outfit. Complete with jewelry.
Mrs. Thorul instructed her chauffeur to park the car nearby so they could see it easily ones the mass's over. The chauffeur obediently nodded and got in the car to park it where his employer ordered.
They started to proceed inside the Church.
"Mom," Young Lena called to her mother when they sat on the especially reserved seats for them. "I wish daddy's here with us. I don't understand why he had to leave last night."
"Oh Selena." Mrs. Thorul held her daughter's hand lovingly with a weak smile on. "You know daddy's got some work to do back in Kansas."
"But he promised we'd hear mass together." Lena insisted, a frown starting to form on her doll like face.
She clearly remembered her dad, Lionel Luthor, promising to her and her mom that he'd go to Church with them on Sunday. He arrived only last Thursday afternoon and Lena reckons that it's unfair for him to leave so soon. She misses her father so much.
"I hate Kansas!" Added Lena furrowing her eyebrows while crossing her arms over her chest. Frustration and anger visible on her big green eyes.
"I hate Kansas too." Her mother said with a small laugh, taking off Lena's matching red beret hat. She ran her slender fingers through her daughter's silky red hair.
The truth is the statement she just made about her hating Kansas is half meant. Her husband's got another family back there in Metropolis. Elizabeth's aware that she and Lena aren't Lionel's legitimate family at all.
That's ok with her. After all Lionel said that he no longer loves his other wife and the only reason why he's staying with her is because of their son, Lex.
Lena doesn't know any of these secrets though. She doesn't know that she's an illegitimate child and that she has an older half brother in Metropolis. Lionel and Elizabeth both planned to keep it a secret from her as long as they possibly can.
The first five rows of seats inside the Church were occupied by a group of kids and nuns from the Midvale orphanage. It's been always a routine for the Midvale kids to hear mass every Sunday with the good hearted nuns to accompany them.
A blond young boy with the palest blue eyes and the most wonderful smile sat on the front row next to a nun. Although he had seen the inside of the Church a gazillion times now, it never seized to astonish this young boy.
His wide opened eyes wandering around the place like he was inside a toy store or something. He is greatly amazed with the Church's breath taking baroque interior. All those huge statues and portraits of different saints made him look forward to go to mass every Sunday.
"Sister Cecilia," The kid suddenly uttered in a whisper.
"Yes, Dick?"
"Do all good kids go to heaven?"
"Yes they do Dick. As a matter of fact all people who loves God go to heaven." Sister Cecilia informed the cute boy she calls Dick.
"So, my mom and my dad are both in heaven?"
The nun nodded, touched that Dick remembers his parents fondly even if they passed away years ago.
"And my brother and sister too?" He asked raising his head to Sister Cecilia.
"Sure they are." She comforted stroking his hair with her hand with a sincere smile.
Dick's family died in a terrible car accident two years ago. The family car collided with a speeding truck in the highway, which instantly killed everyone. Everyone except for two years old Dick. He suffered a few bruises and scratches but he luckily survived. They all called him the miracle child.
At the moment he recovered, Dick was sent immediately to the Midvale orphanage. It appeared that he doesn't have any relatives left or anyone that would be capable of taking care of him.
Now at four years old, he considers everyone in Midvale his family. Dick's only wish is that someday he'd be adopted by a great family that he could call his own.
"And our dog Brownie too?" He inquired to his favorite nun.
Sister Cecilia giggled when Dick said that, "Yes. Even Brownie too is in heaven Dick. Everyone's up there."
Dick gave her an adorable smile. He went back to studying the insides of the Church. His eyes were caught by these delightful little figures that adorned the Holy Mother's altar. Heads of little blonde children with a pair of small fluffy white wings on each of them.
"Sister Cecilia," The young boy called again, pulling the nun's sleeve to get her attention. "Are those angels?"
Dick pointed at an area near the altar. The nun followed his gaze and realized that he's pointing at the cherubs.
"They're called cherubs Dick." Sister Cecilia advised in a hushed tone.
"But I thought they're angels. Only little."
"That's it. They're little angels." She explained looking at the cute figures.
"Are they also from up there?" Dick mumbled raising one arm upwards and pointing to the Church's roof, where he's actually referring to the sky outside.
"Uh huh. Just like God, the Virgin Mary and all the saints and all the good people and children. They all live up there." Cleared Sister Cecilia, beaming a smile at the boy. "All little angels come from up there."
"Wow." The boy let out astonished by what he found out just now. His big blue eyes wide opened. He was blown away by what he heard.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A lot had changed since the release of Zor -El's space bubble that encased her young daughter into the dark and cold space. The clusters of meteors that were following behind the ship had caught up with it.
To Kara Zor -El's luck, the bubble ship seemed to have an invisible barrier around it that prevented the meteor rocks from bumping or even crashing with the ship. The tiny bubble ship is safely travelling within the heart of the swarm of meteors.
Inside the ship, the last daughter of Argo City sleeps peacefully.
Because the ship was nearly travelling at the speed of light, it only took a year to travel from the Xeno galaxy up to our solar system.
When the ship entered the system a few months ago, it's speed lessened dramatically. It was by now travelling at a mere 15 miles per second. Nothing compared to its previous speed.
They went past Pluto all the way to the blue green gas giant we call on Earth as the planet, Neptune. The cluster easily penetrated the meteor rock barriers that separated the inner planets from the outer planets.
They were now heading towards the ship's destination. Earth.
The bubble ship shook a little because of the activity outside by the meteors. It had awakened the young Kara Zor-El from her sweet slumber. She fluttered opened her eyes and noticed that her surroundings had changed.
Kara pivoted her head and saw a red planet from behind. Up ahead is a bright yellow sun, unlike she had never seen before and then she lowered her gaze, fixing on the glowing form of the Omegahedron streaking towards the blue planet of Earth.
Argo City's power source is heading to the same destination the ship is going.
Kara witnessed how the Omegahedron shattered to a thousand pieces when it pierced through Earth's own protective shield. The atmosphere.
The young girl braced herself when she realized that her ship was next to enter the gaseous shield of Earth. Closing her eyes she tried to hold onto something inside the bubble ship, but there's nothing. She pressed her hands on the cold glass like interior and prepared for whatever might happen to her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The mass was finished at about an hour. People poured out of the Church and into the town square. Some were talking as they walked towards their car. Kids were excited, knowing that their parents would take them out to their favorite fast food chain. McDonald's? Burger King? KFC?
The Midvale group assembled outside near the Church's entrance as they waited patiently for their service bus to arrive. The kids all looked angelic forming rows of orderly line.
"Ok, everyone wait here while I'll go tell Bert to get the bus ready." Sister Cecilia told the kids and her fellow nuns.
"Yes, Sister Cecilia." The kids replied in unison, aloud.
The nun turned away and began to walk for the parking lot where their old yellow bus rested with their driver, Bert.
Dick stood in front of one of the lines, with his arms crossed over his chest just like the other children. He saw a kid with a shimmering red hair holding on to her mom's hand. Lena noticed the blond kid, Dick, staring at her. He gave out a little wave, which surprised Lena.
Instead of waving back, Lena stuck out her tongue at him. Her mom didn't seem to notice any of this. She was busy checking for their chauffeur.
Angered, Dick did the same and pulled both his ears to make him more annoying.
"Dick!" Sister Joanna regarded what he did and asked him to stop.
"I'm sorry." Dick apologized, crossing back his arms on his chest. "She started it."
Suddenly, one of the people walking through the town square noticed something shining from the clear blue sky.
"Look!" The man shouted as the people looked up to see what he was pointing at.
Then before their eyes they saw something shimmering in the heavens. They all reckon that it's some kind of crystal that scattered automatically into the sky. Everyone was baffled by the event.
What's weirder is the fact that not a single piece of the crystal like things ever fell down on them or the town square. They were blown off to some place else. The town people ignored it and went back to their business.
After that, the beautiful light blue sky began to darken in just a matter of seconds.
The people of Leesburg were not prepared on what happened next.
Huge swirling rocks came shooting out of the sky. It instantly crashed into the nearby establishments located at the town square. The impact caused the ground to rumble ferociously.
Everyone panicked and went completely hysterical when they saw and felt what happened.
Another batch of fire bathed meteors blazed down from the heavens destroying some rural parts of Leesburg. People started to run around not knowing what they could possibly do to save themselves or their loved ones.
The kids and their mothers screamed in utter terror as meteors continued to crash on every buildings and houses on the streets. They all thought of one thing.
"It's the end of the world."