New Earth: Superman and Lois

Chapter 5

While Clark and Lois got themselves set up in Clark's old room and Clark's parents set up in the guest room, Martha gave Jor-El and Lara a tour of the farm.

"This is a nice farm." Lara said as she looked around.

"Yes, it proved to be a very good place to raise a young kryptonian, especially when Clark first started developing his powers. Plenty of wide open space with few bystanders." Martha said.

"He helped out around this farm right? He didn't just let you and your husband do all the work?" Jor-El asked and Martha smiled.

"No, Clark was very helpful around the farm, especially once he learned to control his powers, since it allowed him to get far more work done than we could've alone." Martha said and both Lara and Jor-El were pleased to hear this.

"How was his childhood?" Lara asked.

"Jonathan and I tried to give as normal a childhood as we could. And to us, that meant not telling him he was an alien at first so that he didn't feel like a freak." Martha said.

"So he didn't know he was an alien on this planet at first?" Jor-El asked.

"We saw no real need to tell him, since he looked and acted human. But that all changed when he started to develop his powers. After that and we told him how he came to us, Clark withdrew himself for a while. He felt exactly the way Jonathan and I had wanted to prevent him from feeling. He was scared of how people would treat him if they found out what he really was, he was angry at us for keeping it from him and also angry that he couldn't be human. He distanced himself for a while and then eventually, he began to open himself back up, at least to Jonathan and I. We helped him realize that we didn't care what he was, because to us, he was our son and that was all we cared about. As he got older and more mature, he began to accept his alien heritage, but at the same time, he began to burn with questions about his origin. Questions that we couldn't answer. Questions that would remain unanswered until he was an adult, since that was when he discovered the crystal that allowed him to build his fortress of solitude and it was then that he got answers about his past. About Krypton, about you two." Martha said.

"We should've been there to answer those questions ourselves. To teach him how to use his powers." Lara said.

"Clark found people for that. Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers were very helpful in that." Martha said.

"Danvers. Any relation to the name Kara uses on this planet?" Lara asked as they heard a gust of wind and suddenly Kara landed in front of them, dressed in her Supergirl suit.

"Kara." Martha said as she hugged the young woman.

"Martha, it's been too long." Kara said as she hugged Clark's adoptive mother.

"Anyways, to answer your question Aunt Lara, yes, Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers were the ones Clark took me to when I landed on this planet. They raised me as their daughter." Kara said.

"Which is why we owe them the same debt that you owe Martha Kent." Zor-El said as he and Alura landed.

"Zor-El, Alura." Jor-El said, since while he'd known his brother and sister-in-law were coming, it didn't make it any less shocking for him to see them alive again.

"Jor-El." Zor-El said as he hugged his brother.

"It is good to see you Alura." Lara said as she hugged her sister-in-law.

"And you as well Lara. It is nice that the House of El is complete, especially since it is now expanding to include other races." Alura said.

"Yes, I heard that you two approved of Kara marrying the Daxamite prince?" Jor-El asked.

"You're married?" Martha asked Kara.

"It's a long story. Why don't we head back to the house so we can say hi to Clark and Lois and I'll tell you everything." Kara said and Martha nodded in agreement.

"So, how long are you staying for?" Clark asked Kara as they did some woodworking in the barn while Lois and Martha worked on dinner for everyone and their parents traded stories.

"We're leaving tomorrow, though while my parents are heading back to National City, I am heading to Coast City." Kara said.

"Why would you go there? I thought you were still scared of Cat Grant." Clark said with a chuckle.

"Oh don't you laugh at me. You're just as scared of Cat as I am. But actually, Cat showed up at my office last week and offered to sell me Catco." Kara said.

"And you're sure it was Cat Grant who did that?" Clark asked and Kara chuckled.

"I had a similar reaction, but it's her. She's becoming press secretary again and she asked me to buy Catco to keep it in the hands of someone she trusts. Still surprised I fit that list." Kara said.

"She respects you. Always has and always will." Clark said.

"I don't think she's always respected me, but since I think that my ambitions are what won me her admiration." Kara said.

"Can't say I blame her, since I hear you're in the process of setting up offices in Freeland and Blue Valley." Clark said.

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting to grow my brand this much, but I'm not complaining." Kara said.

"I'm proud of you Kara. Who knows, maybe soon you can go global." Clark said.

"Okay, let's slow down a bit, I'm not sure I'm ready to try going Global." Kara said and Clark smiled as the two continued talking.