SuperFlash: Burning Passion

Chapter 02

3rd Person P.O.V.

   In the past couple of weeks since Kara's 13th birthday celebration and things between Kara and the young Del-Or had sparked into something that was beyond being mere crushes to one another to both of their sheer joy and pleasure, Kryptonquakes; something in itself quite unusual for the planet, started to ravish Argo. However as of the past couple of days the Kryptonquakes had started to occur more and more frequently along with each quake increasing in its intensity. In fact the most recent quake had been so intense that it shook the walls of the estate of Alura and Zor-El, waking some of its residences.

   "Zor, you can not tell me that these damn quakes are normal! I mean these quakes are supposed to be very unusual for Rao's sake, and what we have experienced something like 30 or 40 in the past couple of weeks, majority of which happening over the last few days." Alura grumbled groggily subsequently sitting up in her and Zor's bed after being awoken by the quake that just rocked their estate.

   "Trust me Rara, Jor and I have discussed that very thing, both at our lab and with the High Council and yet they insist that it is fine and nothing to worry about. Honestly I do not understand their reasoning, I guess I could maybe see their reasoning IF Kryptonquakes were a regular occurrence or something that was supposed to even happen here." Zor grumbled venting his clear annoyance at the High Council's action or rather inaction.

   Alura was about to open her mouth to reply to her husband when her and Zor's bedquarters door hissed opened and a very, very terrified Kara came running into the quarters, tears running down her cheeks, blush red tear-stains left behind from her falling tears and asked her parents, her voice trembling, "Mother, Father, what is going on?"

   Hearing the complete and utter terror in their 13-year-old daughter's, who was experiencing for the very first time in her young life the joys of a very first love and boyfriend, voice, both Zor and Alura gave each other a subtle nervous look at each other, wondering exactly what to say to their clearly terrified and love-struck daughter. Both Zor and Alura, regardless of the Kryptonian High Council assurances that everything was fine and these strange Kryptonquakes were simple anomalies and nothing to worry about, both husband and wife knew that was complete bullshit and these Kryptonquake attacks along with the frequency and intensity of each subsequent attack was something to worry about. However both parents also knew that they could not exactly tell their already terrified daughter that, so instead both Zor and Alura slid apart from one another in their bed and Alura simply held out her arms.

   "Princess, it is nothing to worry about. Do you want to sleep with your mother and I until things calm down a bit?" Zor assured Kara with a lie, trying to comfort her like a father should.

   "Yes please Father, do you think that Streaky can sleep with us too. She is scared too." Kara asked, already jumping up on the bed and into her mother's outstretched arms.

   "Oh I do not know; I think Streaky can sleep in your quarters like we agreed on when you got her for your last birthday." Zor told his daughter, ruffling her golden curly locks.

   "Father, please she is so very scared just like me!" Kara begged her father as tears started to roll back down her already tear-stained cheeks.

   "Oh I do not know, what do you think Alura should we let this slide just this once?" Zor asked his wife giving her a wink when Kara was not looking.

   Alura simply wrapped her terrifies newly 13-year-old blonde daughter in a very tight and yet deeply protective hug that would hopefully sooth her enough to fall back asleep even if it was only for a couple of hours or so as it was the middle of the night. Kara hopefully safely secured in her arms, Alura simply gave her husband a barely perceivable nod of her head as she already knew from her loving husband's wink that he had already decided to allow their daughter's cat to sleep in the same room and probably at the foot of the bed.