Chapter 11

The last thing she remembered was seeing the alarm on Clark's face as he attempted to reach out to her and with a flash of light he had once more vanished from her life.

After the light had faded she had realised she was no longer in the barn of the Kent Farm.

As far as her eyes could now see were beautiful shaped crystals that stretched high into the sky.

Why do I feel like I've been here before?

Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice that echoed loudly around her.

"Welcome…Lois Lane"

She didn't try to show fear at the sudden introduction but the fact that she couldn't put a face to the voice did make her uneasy.

"Who are you…how do you know my name?"

It took a moment but the voice returned once more.

"I am Jor-El of Krypton…the remnants of my being is part of this fortress you see before you…"

She remembered Chloe mentioning someone named Jor-El in the talon earlier but Jor-El quickly concluded.

"…as for you Lois Lane…I know of your existence due to your close proximity to my son?"

Lois finally put two and two together by replying quickly.

"Clark?"

"I see you still call him by his human name…" Jor-El spoke slightly lower Lois noticed a hint of annoyance at the end, but Lois was not backing down now.

"That's because that is who he is…not some unemotional Keano Reeves wannabe who gave up on his humanity to become a saviour 24/7" she said sharply.

Jor-El took a moment to respond but once he did he spoke more softly.

"I did not ask Kal-El to give up his humanity…that was a choice he made alone"

"Don't give me that crap!!" Lois shouted.

"I am not accustom to human profanity…" Jor-El exclaimed.

Lois took a deep breath now realising that she was arguing with a voice in a crystal castle.

"Listen…Clark would not choose to give up on everyone just like that…I mean he is too good to do something like that"

"I do agree Miss Lane…"

Lois blinked a couple of times before she actually realized she heard right.

"…you do?"

"Yes…Kal-El has a common issue with the human emotion known as…guilt"

Lois actually chuckled as she responded.

"Tell me something I don't know…" Lois said as she decided to sit on a nearby pillar awaiting Clark's seem to be biological father to respond which he did.

"…The events of Doomsday & the death of Henry James Olsen has left Kal-El shifting all the blame toward himself…he believes with the powers he possesses he should have saved them and with the distraction of his humanity is his main obstacle."

Lois didn't exactly know what Doomsday was however Jimmy's death and Clark's extreme powerful habit to blame himself, realisation hit her like a brick wall.

"Oh Clark…" she said sadly as she realised now why he would think he would blame himself.

"Kal-El needs to be reminded that his humanity and his faith in humans is the key to make him the hero that this world needs…"

Lois knew the way she had left him in the barn it would take a miracle for her Smallville to come back.

"How do we do that?" she finally asked.

The fortress remained silent for a few seconds when Jor-El finally replied.

"It lies solely on you…Lois Lane"