Only Human [The Man Of Steel]

14 • S T I L L A L I V E

“I can do it, I'll get through it, but I'm only human. And I bleed when I fall down, I'm only human. And I crash and I break down...
I can take so much, till I've had enough. Coz I'm only human!”

- Human by : [Christina Perri]

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Chapter 14
STILL ALIVE

PREVIOUSLY

The sounds of the people screaming around me, just made me realise, that yes...I was falling.

No, this it not how it ends...I won't give up, I won't!

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Yeah, so where were we? Oh right...

I was dangling, free falling, crash landing, sky falling, plummeting...is that too much? Okay, well I was falling down to the ground. Gravity is a bitch!

Watching the blue hole engulf the ship, it was scary as hell...

And then he caught me. I saw that Clark found it difficult to fly away, it was pulling him in too. I cried out mentally as I hugged him for dear life, not sure if he was going to be okay, if he had the power to fly away.

Watching him struggle...I was crying. It's like everything just hit me at that moment. Clark coming to Earth, us becoming friends, and me falling in love with him - this couldn't be how it ended.

With Clark holding me close - my worries just...faded. It's weird as to how easily he could calm me. But right now I was more worried about him than anything else. He was struggling and that was evident.

I watched as he did everything in his power to fly us away. As he did everything to not let me die. He truly was a hero...not just to me, to the citizens of Metropolis but to the enitre world. Everyone would know his name one day, 'SUPERMAN'...

After a few moment of struggle, Clark flew us away and the blue hole closed after engulfing the spaceship. I buried my head in the crook of Clark's neck. I hoped that this all was over.

Gently I felt him touch the ground...I slowly pulled my head away.

"Looks like I'm literally falling for you." I softly say as Clark slowly let's me go and I regain my balance on the ground.

How wonderful it felt to have solid ground underneath my feet. Not that falling from the sky wasn't exhilarating...because it wasn't.

"Looks like you were. Are you okay?" He asks with concern.

I smile and nod my head.

I look Clark in his eyes, swiftly my hands make their way to his face, cupping the ever so gently. I couldn't resist this, no more holding back. And I guess he thought the same.

Because the next thing I knew, our lips were moving in sync, slow yet blissfully. Passionately but yet sweet. I savoured the moment, wanting more of this. For of us...

Clark hugged m really gently as if I could break in his hold, as if I was made of glass. But his delicate touch was warm and comforting to feel.

I pull away, out if breath. But that didn't stop me from speaking.

"I - " he cuts me off.

"I love you too." He says, and smiles.

I kiss him again, and he kisses back. It was nothing mere than just a kiss. Only a public display of affection.

A blast in the distance grabs out attention and makes us pull away. Clark defensively pushes me behind him. I watch as a small dust cloud is created by the disturbed debris.

Clark walks towards it...one thing I knew - this fight was not over, yet! One person who could possibly still be alive after everything, only one name came to mind...Zod.

I watched as Clark carefully flew towards the dust cloud. The dust cleared slightly and I figure could be seen sitting on its legs.

I heard the whispers as survivers came closer and watched in amazement as their hero finshed this war.

I quickly sent a glance behind me and then pulled my face back. There stood Steve, Jenny, my fellow colleagues and Perry...my boss. But luckily they did not notice my gaze.

I then just kept my eyes and Clark, nothing else.

I watch as the figure launches at Clark. Clark us hit and goes forcefully flying backwards until he gets an ugly impact into the ground.

The familiar voice of Zod rings through my ears, along with the screaming of the people, as they feared and panicked yet again for their lives.

"Miss we have got to get out of here!" I hear Steve call out.

Slowly I take a few steps back, and then I feel guilty. I felt as if I was backing down, surrendering...though I knew that I wasn't.

The surrounding truly did look fit for a battlefield. Fire, broken down buildings and a cleared out landscape with sand mixed with debris.

Yes, now this is a story worth telling. I was sure that the headline of the futures newspaper, 'Superman, the hero of Metropolis' or 'Metropolis new hero', boldly the letters would be printed out one by one.

The wind blew between my loosely, tousled hair. I watched in anger and shock how Clark skidded to the ground, it was definitely painful. No matter how scared I was at the moment, I couldn't move, not one step...

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