Later on that night, the party was in full effect after Felicity, J'onn, Lena and Zatanna had all joined the party, since Kara had invited Zatanna to the party since she might as well be family since she could tell that even though they'd only known each other briefly, Lena already loved her little sister.
"Welcome home Jeremiah. If I'd known you were still alive, I would've stopped at nothing to find you." Clark said, feeling guilty that he'd never searched for Jeremiah.
"It goes without saying Clark. Cadmus was very thorough in making sure that no one could discover I'm still alive and in a way, I'm glad that things turned out the way they did, since it allowed me to save Karen." Jeremiah said as he looked over at his youngest daughter, who was interacting happily with Zatanna and Clark's kids.
"I still can't believe you're a father. The last time I saw you, you'd just worked up the guts to ask Lois to marry you. Kara was a part of that ceremony wasn't she?" Jeremiah asked, since he'd vanished before that wedding.
"I was a bridesmaid, since I was too young to be Lois's maid of honor, despite the fact that I'm still closer with her than she is with Lucy, even back then, but from what I've heard, things are improving." Kara said as she joined her foster father and cousin.
"Yeah, ever since Lucy told off their father and stopped him from taking Astra into custody, they've been reconnecting. She's actually opening up her own law firm in Metropolis designed specifically to help defend the rights of aliens. I'm actually thinking about bringing her into the fold." Clark said and Kara smiled.
"I'm glad to hear that. But I can tell by the look on Jeremiah's face that there's something he needs to tell both of us." Kara said as they both looked at Jeremiah.
"You're right. I was hoping to wait until after the party, but I guess I can't put it off any longer." Jeremiah said.
"Put what off?" Clark asked.
"Karen isn't the only Super clone Cadmus created." Jeremiah said.
"Wait, they have more clones of me?" Kara asked.
"No. Not of you." Jeremiah said.
"Wait, they cloned me?" Clark asked, in shock.
"It's complicated. I don't know where they got enough of your DNA to clone you, but they had trouble cloning Kryptonian DNA. It's one of the reasons they insisted on me sticking around, since I knew Kryptonian DNA better than anyone else they had. I was able to successfully create Karen from a sample of pure Kara DNA. But they'd already started creating the clone of Superman by the time they'd brought me in and in order to stabilize the DNA, they had to combine Superman's DNA with human DNA." Jeremiah said.
"Who's human DNA?" Clark asked, honestly dreading the answer.
"Lex Luthor's. I guess Lex figured that if he couldn't turn himself into Superman, this was the next best thing." Jeremiah said.
"And Cadmus still has this clone under their control?" Clark asked.
"And I was able to enhance him so that his human DNA wouldn't prevent him from gaining full kryptonian powers. They called him the Superboy and they're keeping him in a separate facility from the one they had me create Karen in. I have no idea where he's being held." Jeremiah admitted.
"But finding this clone is going to be one of my top priorities, especially since he provides me the chance to be the sort of mentor to him that I should've been to Kara when she arrived." Clark said.
"But I don't think you'll be able to say he's your son, since no one will believe that." Kara said.
"I was thinking of more like a brother, since I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind an extra set of hands on the farm to help him train." Clark said, since his own adoptive parents Jonathan and Martha Kent were still alive and well in Smallville Kansas.
"And aren't they still mad that you didn't bring me to them when I first landed?" Kara asked cheekily.
"I wanted to give you your own life, beyond my shadow. But the clone is literally a younger me. I think that he'll benefit from being around the same environment I was growing up in." Clark said.
"What else do you know about this Superboy?" Kara asked her foster father.
"Not much. They don't exactly keep me in the loop on every project and from what I do know, they don't really let this clone out much." Jeremiah said.
"And they'll likely close ranks to try and keep him hidden from us until they're ready for him to fight us." Kara said and Jeremiah nodded in agreement at that.
"Still, if there's a way to find him, we'll find it." Clark said.
"I hope so. I hope that we can find where Cadmus is keeping Superboy and free him." Jeremiah said.
"And I want to help." Karen said as she walked over to them.
"Karen." Kara said.
"No, I was lucky that the person in charge of me helped me escape Cadmus. Superboy isn't as lucky and I know better than most what he's likely going through. I know that I was created to be a Cadmus weapon, something they could aim and use to destroy their enemies. That's what Superboy is going through right now and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't do something to help save him." Karen said and all three of them could tell that they wouldn't be able to talk her out of it.
"El Mayarah." Karen then said, since Kara had already started teaching her Kryptonian.
"El Mayarah." Kara agreed.
"Stronger together. Okay, when the time comes, you can help us free Superboy, but that means you're gonna have to start training." Clark said.
"Diana will be thrilled when I tell her that she has a new student." Kara said.
"How is your training going with her?" Clark asked and Kara smiled.
"I'm doing well. Though I've noticed she hasn't been stopping by as much lately. And the times I have seen her, she seems distracted. I thought she might be missing her home, but it feels like more than that." Kara said.
"Well Diana's a complicated person. Whatever it is that's bothering her, it won't do any good to pry unless she's good and ready." Clark advised and Kara nodded.
"I do hope that Steve pops the question to her soon though, since she literally gave up everything for him." Kara said.
"And I know she's been hinting about it." Clark said, since he saw Diana more frequently than Kara did nowadays.
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SuperCorp Chronicles
FanfictionAlternate reality where Kara chose to become scientist instead of a reporter. Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor never thought that they see each other as anything more than rivals. But a chance encounter at their college reunion changed everything in mor...
