Resistant • Jonathan Kent

xvi. Into The Aftermath

"Dad, have you seen this? It's all over the internet." Jon was speaking up as Cameron walked into the house, while Tiana sped up the stairs to grab Liliana. "Everyone's gonna know you're getting weaker."

"This isn't good." Cameron said as Jon showed him the laptop and Cameron was reading it quickly, before he nodded. "Damn it." Cameron muttered.

"How did they even find out?" Jordan asked quickly, as Tiana came down the stairs with Liliana and the little girl was walking.

Liliana was climbing onto Cameron's back and she was wrapping her arms around his neck as Tiana smiled at the sight of them and how happy Liliana looked, while Cameron was shaking his head playfully to shake Liliana, who squeaked and held onto him tighter.

"Luthor." Clark spoke up at once, seeing that realistically there was no other option as to who would have leaked the information that could ruin Superman's reputation as a hero. "He must have gotten my scans from John Henry's suit." Clark explained as he was pinching his nose in between his fingers.

"Which proves that he stole it, right?" Jordan asked.

"Not exactly." Clark said vaguely.

"Who cares about proof? He stole that suit to kill you. We need to take him out." Jon was the more impulsive twin now, it was going to take some getting used to.

"It's not always really just that simple, Jonathan." Cameron replied as Liliana was dropping down from his back and racing off in a ball of lightning.

Tiana caught her daughter and raced back into the house, while she was looking down at the kid with a shake of her head.

"That is not how we do things." Clark protested at once.

"Well, maybe it should be." Jon countered.

"No!" Clark shouted and Tiana's hands covered Liliana's ears at the shouting. "I stooped to Luthor's level once. I'm not gonna let anyone else make that same mistake. Do you understand?" He asked sharply and the twins both nodded, before they were walking out of the kitchen.

"Those are baseless accusations and totally out of context. No. No, I understand. If anything changes, I'll be in t... hello?" Lois asked and she stared at her phone, as if in disbelief that the person had actually just hung up on her.

"Another advertiser?" Clark guessed the reason and Cameron looked over at them both, scanning their body language to see what he could do to help them.

"That's the third one today. It's that stupid "Godfrey" interview. Everyone says they believe me. They just don't want to be associated with me right now. How am I supposed to run a newspaper without ads?" Lois asked.

"See? Luthor's coming after Mom, too. We can't just sit here, Dad." Jon spoke up.

"Jon, enough. I do not need your help with this, ok?" Clark asked

"Boys, why don't you go get something to eat? I want to talk to your dad." The boys groaned at the words and Tiana glanced at them. "And, you should take Tiana and Liliana with you. I need to take to your dad and Cameron." Tiana was getting Liliana dressed in record time, before they were heading out the door along with the twins.

"I'll keep you posted."

"Thanks."

They hardly had to think about passing thoughts between them, it was a natural instinct now and they could do it without focusing on one another properly anymore.