Resistant • Jonathan Kent

i. One Week Later...

Tiana was joining the others in the new Ocean Fortress and she stood next to Jon silently, looking around at the legendary building around her. "Wow." She said and Jon nodded, before he reached over and he grabbed her hand in his.

The hologram of Lara Lor-Van appeared in front of them and she was looking around at her new surroundings with a smile. "A new fortress?" She asked.

"I thought it was time to make one available to the whole family." Clark stated as he glanced at Tiana, who was shrugging a little. "Lois, Jordan, and Jonathan Kent. Plus, you already know Tiana Allen." Clark said.

"You are the young speedster, yes? With the symbol of your own?" Lara questioned and a moment had passed, before Tiana nodded at the words. "I'm sure that you are worthy, of the symbol that you wear..."

Just then, Tiana's watch beeped and she looked down at it. "Jon, you didn't hit the button did you?" She asked and Jon was shaking his head quickly, before her eyes flashed with lightning. "Sorry everybody, but I will see you later." She was speaking quickly, her eyes flashing and quickly, she was disappearing in a flash of lightning.

Running across the water and she was kicking up a wave behind her and quickly now, she was making her way back to the source of the coordinates.

After stopping an attempted robbery at the small market in the downtown of Smallville, she was being rewarded by the owners with a whole bunch of food. Tiana was swiftly going back to Kent Farm and she looked up at the sky while she was eating. Then yet again, she was catching herself watching the sky for someone that wasn't coming back.

Tiana was looking down at the second watch around her wrist, the one that she was wearing as a second. Strictly ornamental, but it was a reminder of the people that they had lost.

It was a watch, that Cameron had left behind in her apartment for her, before he left their world for Bizarro world along with his father. Emblazoned with the House of Rho's symbol, the numbers were written in Kryptonian and she was shaking her head a bit. "You can't hear us anymore, but we all miss you." Tiana often found herself saying and she was looking up, before she heard a vehicle pulling up to the property.

"Tiana?" Mateo got out of the Jeep and he closed the door behind him, before he was walking over to her. "You miss him, we all do." Mateo stated and she sighed.

"Am I really that obvious, old friend? Or right now, are you just using your abilities on me again?" Tiana questioned quickly as she was looking up at him as Mateo scoffed at the words, before he was walking over to her and he sat down next to her. "Are you going to answer that, or not?"

"It is written all over your face, T. What happened between the two of you and more importantly, why are you so much more upset about him leaving us behind then you are letting on?" Mateo was rapid-firing on all cylinders with all of the constant questions and Tiana sighed, before she quickly shook her head. "Or, you could just not tell me. I could just my powers to look for myself..."

"Cameron admitted to me when we thought the world was ending, that he... Had always liked me more than he let on." Tiana said and Mateo's head was whipping around to look at her and she sighed. "He said that he felt embarrassed and ashamed, because he had been involved with my older brother, before he died." She stated.

"Jesus Christ." Mateo stated and then, she was nodding. "So. Did you do anything about it?" He questioned sharply, while Tiana was glaring at him. "Or, you really don't have to answer that..."

"Good. Because I have absolutely no intention of confirming or denying anything at all." Tiana said bluntly and Mateo nodded. "Please don't look inside of my head for this, Teo. I am trying to move on but to be honest, I am really not doing too well with it." She said and he sighed.

"It has been a week, since he left. It might get easier some days, it might get harder. It isn't our fault, it was his choice. You know that, it has always been his own choice for this. Now, he's made his choice and really now, we are not really going to be able to make it over to him as easily." Mateo said and then, she was nodding. "So... Are you upset with me for talking about him so flippantly?..."

"No." Tiana said and she was finishing the food. "I'm happy that at least one of us, we weren't all emotionally invested in the previously third-oldest Kryptonian on the planet." She said and he was looking at her quickly with a grin on his face, before she hit him on the arm hard with annoyance in every fiber of her being and Mateo broke out into laughter.

"Oh, come on! That was funny!" He said and she kicked him in the shin. "Ow! Hey, not cool! Not cool at all!" Mateo complained and despite her annoyance, Tiana was laughing as well.

"So... What did you get the twins for their birthdays?" Mateo asked after they had stopped laughing and had finally stopped hitting each other. Tiana lifted her eyebrows at the words quickly, before he nodded. "I just want to make sure, that we didn't accidentally get them the same thing. Scout's honor, I promise I won't tell them." He said and she glanced over at him suspiciously, before she was disappearing into the barn and coming back with two boxes. "I mean, you could've wrapped them..."

"I didn't want them to get confused with the rest of the presents, since these aren't... Well, they aren't normal ones. To put it bluntly." Tiana stated and Mateo lifted his eyebrows, before she was opening the boxes that were labelled Jonathan and Jordan, in her shaky-looking handwriting and Mateo was looking at the contents of the box.

"You got Jordan a whole suit?" He asked incredulously and Tiana laughed at the words, before she was shaking her head at the incredulous tone of voice.

"It's not a superhero suit, it's just a wet-suit for when Clark knocks him into the ocean... yet again. Again and again, during their flight training." She stated and Mateo nodded. "Besides, he doesn't need a superhero suit. If Clark doesn't think that he's ready, then Jordan doesn't get a suit. It is, as simple as that."

"It is as simple as that. I agree with you, Tiana." Both of them yelped loudly in clear surprise as they turned around to see that Clark was standing there, smiling. "And even if I didn't agree with you, then Lois absolutely still would. What did you get Jonathan?" Clark asked and Tiana winced at the words. "Tiana Lynnwood Allen... What did you get Jonathan for his birthday this year?"

"Okay, do you promise not to freak out?" She asked and Clark narrowed his eyes at her suspiciously. Clark was definitely suspicious of the way that she was acting, before he was giving up on asking as he was turning around to the box and lowering his glasses, trying to look through it with his X-Ray vision and Tiana sighed. "The box is made of lead, Clark. You could try and look through it all day but it isn't gonna happen." She shook her head. "All that you're going to do with that ability, is give yourself a damn headache."

"Would you just please tell me what it is?" Clark asked and Tiana shook her head. "Okay, I-I... just please tell me that you didn't get him a weapon of some sort?" Clark pleaded and Tiana sighed.

"I did not get Jonathan a weapon for his birthday, I got him something of my own creation that can only be used for defensive purposes. That is all I am going to say about it. Until then, you will have to wait for his birthday like everyone else." Tiana snapped decisively and Clark threw up his arms in frustration as Tiana smirked at him, before she was scooping up the boxes and without any fanfare or ceremony about it, she was disappearing back into the barn.