Chapter 4

Great Debates

And

Attempted Arrests!

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The Next Evening

For nearly two hours now, the Kent family's living room had been the scene of a great debate. One that both Johnathan and Martha were about to pull their own hair out over as it was beginning to drive them nuts! "And I'm telling you that Heat Vision is definitely better then Heat Streams! Cause that's the true definition of classic hokey comic book skill naming right there!" Argued Clark Kent loudly and strongly.

Unwilling to bend or break like a mighty Oak tree when it came to Alicia Baker's view of what the name of his ability should be. "Do you even hear yourself!? Or has all the loud equipment exposure you've had over the years hurt your hearing!? Heat Streams is far more dignified then Heat Vision! Its an upgrade for crying out loud!" Argued back Alicia just as loudly and strongly.

Though she was definitely enjoying herself quite a bit! Naturally, the argument had begun earlier that evening when Chloe had been around to discuss the whole Desiree thing some more and what all they could do after some new events involving her. And having already been exposed to the head ache inducing debate once that day had been enough for the girl and quickly hauled ass before she could get roped into it. Again. The first debate having been seen and heard by a great many at school when it had happened and not only had Chloe been roped into it, but so had Lana and Pete. Who seemed to enjoy the argument more then what the two girls had done until the bell finally rang to end lunch. Clark got an offended look on his face after Alicia's response to him. "I'll have you know that my hearing is just fine, thank you very much."

"My hair's about to not be fine." Muttered Johnathan annoyedly to Martha.

Who just smiled at him in sympathy. A skeptical look could be seen on the Blonde's face as she cocked her head to the side. "Hmm… I'm not so sure about that one, Clarkus."

"Do you HAVE to keep calling me that?"

"Yes. At least until you admit I'm right anyway."

"Which you aren't."

"Then I guess I won't be stopping with the name then." She told him sweetly and smiling widely at the sour look from him.

A knock could be heard at the back door and a sigh of relief escaped Johnathan. "Oh thank God."

Quickly rushing to the door and seeing that it was Ethan, he frowned a little but let him in and asked his friend why he was there as they made their way inside to the living room. "A teacher down at the high school, Mrs. Luthor, claims she saw Clark set her car on fire."

His information had eyes going wide from those present as no way that could have happened! Ethan looked directly at a nervous and shocked Clark. "That's three suspicious fires in as many days, Clark. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take you into custody until we can sort this out." Said the man regretfully as he moved towards Clark.

Alicia narrowed her eyes. "And when did this happen exactly?" Asked the girl suspiciously and causing the Sheriff to stop in his tracks and look at her.

"Roughly an hour ago."

"That's funny, cause I've been here at the farm all evening since school got out and not once has Clark left the farm the entire time I've been here."

I have never felt so relieved for someone to know about my powers until now.

Ethan stared at the girl in his own suspicious manner. "Its true, Ethan, as a matter of fact, Alicia and Clark have been in a very intense debate the entire evening." Spoke up Martha helpfully.

"What kind of debate?"

Here, the two teens began to look embarrassed and it was all the parents could do to keep themselves from smiling at the sight. As it felt like karma to them after having to hear their ridiculous argument! "Uhh…" Began Clark.

"Go on." Encouraged the good Sheriff sternly.

"We were arguing about… What's a better name if someone had the ability to shoot fire from their eyes." Alicia told him while beginning to feel really silly about the whole thing now.

Ethan's eyebrows raised up as he stared at the two embarrassed teenagers and decided to ask what the names were. "I think Heat Streams is a better choice. More dignified and less hokey comic book like. Clarkus here..."

"I believe that Heat Vision is way better. Unlike Heat Streams. Which actually is comic book level hokey despite the fact I don't mind it since I actually like comic books." Added the teen from another planet while shooting Alicia a look.

"And you two have been arguing about this… All evening?"

"Yep."

That's right, Sheriff Ethan."

"And you and Martha can confirm this, Johnathan?"

"We can. I was about to honestly rip out my hair if they didn't stop." Johnathan told him unhappily.

"Dad!"

"Now Clark, while we're happy you're expanding your circle of friends and getting out of your comfort zone. We're just not used to seeing you so… Intense when it comes to debates." Martha told her son as diplomatically as possible.

Somehow, Clark wasn't sure he should feel relieved by that but chose to leave it alone for the time being. "Its kinda hot actually." Murmured Alicia and then blushed when she saw them looking at her and realized she had said it aloud!

Of course the fact Clark himself was blushing was a bonus however! And as crazy as the whole thing sounded to Ethan, the man knew the Kents wouldn't lie to him about something like this. "Alright… So if you really didn't set her car on fire. Why would she lie about it?"

"Other then the fact she's been coming on to me claiming that Lex is in the way of us being together? And somehow getting Lex to close down the Talon?"

"SHE'S DONE WHAT!?" Yelled out Johnathan irately while Martha was looking quite unhappy herself!

"Her real name might actually be Alison Sanders too." Alicia told the Sheriff.

"And how do you know that?"

It'd be Clark who'd beat the girl to the punch. "Uhh, Chloe."

"Right..." Sighed the Sheriff.

As of course it'd be because of Sullivan! "Girl's too damn curious for her own good." Muttered the man to himself but the others still heard it anyway.

He then sighed while rubbing the back of his head. "Alright, I'll leave this be for now and look into her identity and your accusations. But if she makes another report, I will have to do my job. Understand?" Asked the Sheriff with a pointed look towards Clark.

"I understand. And thank you for trusting us."

A nod came Clark's way and a grateful Johnathan led his long time friend out of the house while Martha hugged her son in relief. Who was quick to hug her back in relief as well! "I have never been so grateful for a pointless argument like the one the two of you had tonight."

"You know… Me too." Clark told his mother while shooting Alicia a grateful look.

Who happily smiled back, glad that things had worked out like they had just now. Mr. Kent soon made his way back inside and joined the hug for a moment before pulling away. "Alright, I think we need to have a serious discussion about this wife of Lex's coming on to you, young man."

"And why neither of you or Chloe has said anything about it." Martha added as she too pulled away and gave her son and Alicia a stern look.

"Uhh… Well… Even Chloe at first thought it was unbelievable so I kinda felt that nobody else would really believe without a lot of convincing?"

"Not sure if I should feel bothered or not that you quickly got that kind of mindset about all this, sweetheart." Martha told him sadly.

"I know I'm bothered. But we're gonna do something about this girl of Lex's before she can do anything else." Declared Johnathan irately and determinedly.

Cause that kind of garbage was not proper in any kind of way. "Go Team Kent!" Alicia yelled out seconds later in a cheerful manner.

"Thank you, sweetheart."

Alicia smiled at Martha. "No problem, Mrs. Kent. I'll even help get anything that can be incriminating to use on her."

A suspicious coughing noise was heard from Clark that had Alicia looking at him in a suspicious manner. "You say something there, Clarkus?"

"Huh? Oh, no! No, not at all. Just had a need for coughing is all."

"Uh-huh." Replied the girl disbelievingly.

Johnathan, having a pretty good idea about what was going to happen, decided to head it off before it could. At least in the house anyway. "Uhh, why don't you two head outside and have your little argument. Okay, Clark? That way I can speak with your mother about this Desiree girl."

"And by speak, you mean yell and cuss a lot?" Clark asked and then winced when he realized what he did as his parents stared at him disapprovingly!

"Come on, Clarkus, let's get out of here before you dig yourself into an even deeper hole." Alicia told him in amusement and grabbed his hand and made for the back door.

The fact he actually let her drag him made her pretty happy too since if he didn't really want to move, he wouldn't! Unless the force trying to move him was perhaps greater then him anyway. And naturally, they'd start arguing once they were outside and a good distance away from the house so they wouldn't hear Mr. Kent's angry yelling about Desiree and her attempt to get Clark in trouble. Their Vision vs. Streams debate would spark up too and last for another hour until Alicia's mother called her and told her it was time to come home. Making for a rather happy Clark in the process. "Heat Vision!"

"You're wearing pink all day tomorrow, Clarkus." Warned the girl seriously with narrowed eyes before teleporting away.

Leaving a victoriously smiling Clark on his own in the yard as he felt she was only bluffing cause he'd finally won! "Huh… Looks like I finally won. Go me and Heat Vision!"

My how wrong he'd end up being!

Author's Notes: Ahh that was fun! And I hope you all enjoyed! Always felt it was kinda shitty that Ethan just arrested him without bothering to get his side of things first and that Pa or Ma Kent didn't do shit to try and help him out. So this is basically me fixing that. R and R!