Resistant • Jonathan Kent

x. Forever and Always

"OK, number four. You sure you're well enough to go?" Clark asked quietly now, fully aware that Tiana was in the other room and trying to sleep. After staying up all night with a sick Liliana, Tiana was exhausted and she was trying to sleep with a pillow over her ears, judging by what Clark could see through the wall.

"I hope so." Lois muttered as she was drinking some small sips of water to try and settle her stomach down, since she had been up for most of the night vomiting into the toilet bowl.

"Babe, they will postpone if you're too sick." Clark reminded her gently as he got Lois's coat for her and 

"I can do this." Lois repeated as they were making their way out of the door, only to nearly get knocked over by Tiana, who was apparently all too desperate to get out of the house.

"Sorry about that. Sorry." Tiana said quietly as she was sitting on the porch and then Clark glanced over at her, while Lois looked amused at the sight of how apologetic and exhausted the speedster looked, while Tiana was leaning against the chair and nearly back to sleep already.

"Did you pick some good podcasts for the drive?" Lois asked as they were making their way down the stairs.

"You know I did." Clark replied patiently as the twins walked over, seeing how ill their mom looked.

"Do you need any help?" Jordan asked as Clark and Lois made their way down the steps together and eventually, towards the truck.

"We're good." Clark replied evenly.

"Mom, is everything ok?" Jon asked, eyes narrowed with concern as Tiana quietly grunted, unable to sleep due to the noise as she reappeared next to the twins and Jordan jumped, still not used to her habit of appearing in places that she hadn't been in a second before. It wasn't like she had been doing it for three years now, surprising them at every opportunity both, by mistake and by accident.

"Yeah, everything's fine. We'll be home before dinner." Lois stated and then as the truck pulled out of the driveway, Tiana was shaking her head.

"Not buying it." Tiana said at once as she let out a jaw-breaking yawn, her fingers suddenly sparking with electricity and she was closing her hands, before the electricity was disappearing and she was yawning again.

"They are not telling us something." Jon said bluntly and Tiana was nodding quickly at the words in agreement, before Jordan sighed.

"The kid's awake." Jordan stated and Tiana disappeared into the house, before she was scooping up Liliana and the baby was gripping onto her finger. Tiana smiled at the contact as she was walking downstairs at a normal speed. "Aw, look at that cutie." Jordan said and Tiana was taking the bottle from him, before she was sitting on the couch.

"Hand her over." Jon said and Tiana glanced at him. "You look like you're about to drop dead from exhaustion, Tiana. Let me handle it for a day." He said and he was taking Liliana from her, while Tiana disappeared upstairs to take a nap.

When Tiana woke up hours later, she heard Liliana wailing and Tiana's eyes flashed. She was running down the stairs and she saw that Liliana was in her playpen and Tiana was scooping her up, before she was looking around.

"Jordan?" She called out as she was carrying the baby with her, flashing around the house and all across the property. "Jon? Jordan?" She called out, but after checking the entire property... It was finally clear to her, that they just weren't there. "You've got to be kidding me." Tiana said angrily as her eyes flashed with lightning.