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Chapter Two

Two months after his landing from Tranoraan…

At the top of a church in downtown Metropolis, Kal-El stood on a gargoyle and simply watched the streets below, his telescopic vision scanning the area nearby, while his enhanced hearing scanned the areas outside of his visual scanning range. His head snapped to the right as he heard someone shouting for help. He jumped off the building and flew towards the voice.

At the back of an alleyway in Metropolis, a beautiful young woman with pixie-like blonde hair looked around the area, trying to find an escape route with her innocent blue-green eyes. Her white blouse was ripped partially open, while her black dress slacks were still intact. Ever since she came back to Metropolis for her job with the Daily Planet, Murpy's Law seemed to have it in for her. Now, she was faced with the threat of more than just theft of her belongings: the theft of her innocence. All of her thoughts were broken when the leader stepped forward.

"Lookie here, boys. It looks like we're going to have a fun night," he leered.

"Please don't…" she started, tears falling.

"That's right, sweet thing…struggle all you want. I love 'em feisty and wriggling as I break them…in more ways than one," a burly man sneered.

As the drunken, perverted men descended on the scared teen, Kal-El floated above the area, his arms crossed over his chest. The powerful teen descended on the group and landed in-between the young woman and the men, a bored look on his face.

"I believe that the young woman doesn't want to leave with you," he growled.

"Out of the way, freak!" a thug said.

"That's not very nice…" Kal-El said.

"Get him and make him die slowly!" the leader ordered.

Kal-El's face changed from bored to fierce in an instant. He suddenly disappeared, causing everyone to look around for him. A pained gasp made everyone turn to see the leader being held up off the ground by his neck.

"I should break you in half for trying to take a human's innocence," he growled.

"Wait!" the young woman shouted.

He turned towards her and his eyes softened for some reason as she put her hand on his arm. She looked at him with relieved, but scared eyes.

"Please don't…" she started.

"Very well…" he said, lowering the leader.

The leader scrambled away to his thugs and was helped up. Kal-El turned to leave.

"Please don't go…" she whispered.

"I saw the look in your eyes," he said, not turning around.

They noticed that the mobsters ran away, but didn't pay any attention to it.

"You think that I'm a freak, too," he said sadly.

"I don't!" she exclaimed.

"Then, why did I see fear in your eyes?" he asked, turning his head towards her.

"I was scared that you were going to kill him. You saved my life. I could never be scared of you," she said softly, looking at the ground.

He turned around to see tears falling from her eyes. He lifted her chin to see tears falling from her worried eyes. He took her face in his hands and thumbed away her tears.

"Please do not cry for me…" he said softly.

She embraced him tightly and looked up at him warmly. He looked down at her softly, a small smile on his face. She blushed, but continued to stare at him.

"Can I take you home?" he asked softly.

She gasped and backed up slowly. He looked at her, confused.

"What is it?" he asked, genuinely confused.

She noticed the sincerity in his voice and relaxed.

"I thought that you wanted to…" she started, looking down.

It took a few seconds before he understood what she said. He pulled her into a soft embrace, where she sighed and relaxed.

"I would never do something that you weren't ready for, or didn't want to do," he promised.

She nodded as she just let him hold her.

"Besides, I'm pretty sure your boyfriend would be offended that I did that…" he started.

"I don't have one," she whispered.

"May I ask why?" he asked.

"Every time I've tried to have a relationship, it always ends when they try to get into my pants quickly so that they can brag about bedding me," she cried.

He held her a little more firmly and laid his chin on her head.

"I would never do that to you," he whispered to her.

He lifted her chin and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

"I would be honored if you would allow me to be your…boyfriend and protector," he said, shocking her.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and nodded fiercely into his chest.

"Now will you allow me to escort you home?" he teased.

She blushed and nodded. He pulled away from her and held out his arm for her. She slipped her arm into his and the new couple walked to the apartment she shared with her dad.

"Chloe!" he exclaimed, pulling her into a fierce, but loving, embrace.

"I'm fine, dad. I've got Kal to thank for saving me and my innocence," she said.

"Kal?" he asked.

She turned to the door to see Kal simply waiting to be allowed in.

"Dad, this is Kal, my new boyfriend and protector. Kal, this is my dad, Gabe Sullivan," Chloe introduced.

"It is an honor to meet you, sir," Kal said, bowing slightly.

"None of that 'sir' nonsense. You saved my little girl. I think that you've earned the right to call me Gabe," he teased.

Chloe pulled Kal into the apartment, where the trio went to the living room. Chloe convinced Kal to tell her dad about himself, including where he came from. Afterwards, all he said was that he had the abilities to protect his little girl, causing the couple to smile in relief. Over the summer, Kal stayed with the Sullivans, but in his own room. Gabe knew that he could trust the two, but he wanted to be sure. A few days later, Chloe introduced Kal to her "brother", billionaire Oliver Queen.

"Chloe told me what happened. Thank you, Kal," he said.

"It was no problem. I'm glad that I did. Otherwise, I wouldn't have met an angel," Kal said, causing Chloe to blush.

"Just so you know: Chloe is like a sister to me. If you do anything to hurt her…" Oliver started.

"I would never do anything to intentionally hurt her. That is the best that I can give you," Kal said.

"That's all that I ask for," Oliver said.

Chloe rolled her eyes, but had a big grin on her face, as she embraced Kal from his right side. He held her close by her shoulders. Kal looked into her eyes, suddenly serious.

"What?" she asked, looking into his eyes.

"Can Oliver be trusted to know…?" he started.

Chloe simply nodded once. Oliver was confused. Kal told Oliver about his origins.

"Well, since you helped my little sister, I'll help you to get acclimated to Earth. Only the three of us will know of your true origins. But, where to have you stay while you're here…" Oliver said, trailing off.

"I've got an idea," Chloe said softly.

The two looked at her.

"The Kents," she suggested.

Oliver thought for a moment, before smiling at her proudly.

"Who are the Kents?" Kal asked.

"They are the sweetest, most loving two people you'll ever meet. Their adopted daughter, Kara…" Chloe started.

"Kara is here?" Kal asked.

"You know her?" Chloe asked, starting to sound hurt.

"Of course I do…she's my cousin," he said, shocking the other two.