Survivors

Chapter 39 - Fashion Critics and Killer Whales

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The two siblings touched down in front of the hidden white door to the Fortress of Solitude, the blonde in her black flight suit made of Krytponian material and the little boy curled up in her arms buried under heavy layers of sweaters and a thick jacket. Kara did not bother to put him down, instead brushing snow off the cliff wall where the control panel was located that would allow entry. A light beam scanned her from head to toe and then focused on her eyes. She placed her finger on the screen for DNA confirmation and the giant door slid open. Once inside with the door closed behind them, she relaxed and placed Clark on his feet on the floor.

"Whoa!" the boy practically yelped, using his feet for the first time in hours.

"You okay?" Kara whispered. A whisper is all she would be able to use at this point and it would still feel like church bells going off inside his head.

"Yeah, feet fell asleep. So this..." Clark stopped talking, taking in the massive and beautiful fortress..." wow. So this it the place."

"This is the place." Kara told him. "How do your ears feel?"

"Once I got used to the wind, it was better. It sounds much better here. I can't hear anything but us...no wait, there is a buzzing."

On cue, Kelex flew in front of the two.

"Welcome back, Kara. It is good to see you as well, Clark." Kelex greeted them.

"Whoa. You really do have a flying robot."

"We do." Kara corrected him.

"Why does he sound like Loki?" the boy asked.

"They all sounded like Loki on Krypton. Let me show you around. There is a lot of this place I haven't even seen yet. Kelex, I need the entire place soundproofed and your voice is going to match mine, a whisper. Clark is beginning to come into his powers and his senses are overwhelming him. Absolutely no sound from the outside. Clark, are you hungry? I can heat up some canned vegetables or some frozen meals."

"Not now. I want to see everything...whoa." he finished, getting dizzy.

"Keep your eyes moving, Clark. Don't focus on one thing too long. Use your hearing to focus on one sound and your vision to take everything in. If you look to hard you are going to see through a lot of things, so just relax."

"Got it. I think."

"Kelex, we will be staying here for some time. He will need sets of clothes, go with typical Kryptonian day wear. We will also need a bed of a sort. Make the top very soft and the pillow of medium firmness.

"Of course, Kara."

Clark watched the robot fly off in awe.

"How are we surrounded by ice, but it is warm in here?" he asked.

Kara shrugged her shoulders.

"On Krypton, we could keep massive amounts of inorganic matter stored inside crystals. Once the crystals were activated this place was built. It is basically like a family compound on Krypton but smaller and much, much stronger. The technology is the same and thousands of years beyond what Earth has developed. This is a good thing. Too much technology can be a bad thing."

"Is that why Krypton blew up?"

Kara looked at him blankly, in her mind trying to determine how to answer this.

"Yes, it is part of the reason. Our planet became too clever for its own good. We tried to power our technology with radiation from the planet's core. We made a mistake and the planet destabilized then collapsed in on itself and finally exploded. It happened very quickly."