Smallville: Kingdom

Chapter 47

KINGDOM COME

"Ye who come to me shall not hunger. And ye that believes shall never thirst. And I will raise you up on the last day."

From John 6:35 & 6:40

Tess was resting comfortably on the floor as she awoke as she got up from the ground only there was no blood on her hands or on her clothes, but she remembered the sound of the gunshot, the pain from the bullet and the last thing she said to her brother. 'The world before this moment won't exist to you.' For her they were a declaration of triumph as she knew she had saved Clark from being hunted down by Lex. But for her it seemed to be fitting in something more wonderful than she could have hoped.

She walked around the room as everything was clean, yet with life present in everything. The water in the pitcher, the plants that adorned the office.  For the first time it felt as if the office was welcoming, she then turned around and saw someone she didn't expect.

"Its not what you know anymore. Because all things are new here." said the voice. Tess couldn't believe this man was here, unless the place wasn't what she thought it was.

"No. Lutessa we aren't in that place." Lionel Luthor said with something approaching a smile. "Though my wife is in the adjacent to it, serving time one would say for the innocent life she took, even if she believed she was protecting it."

"Though in many ways not too dissimilar from what I tried to do with you." Lionel Luthor then began to look saddened, but then it dissipated.

"But if there is one thing I have learned from here. Hope is never far off." Lionel then stood up as he put his hand on his daughter's shoulder. 

"Lutessa. You wonderful girl, you brave, brave woman with the heart of a lion. You are more deserving of that name than I ever did."

"I always wondered if that's why you grew your hair out." said Tess. "Akin to like a lion with its mane."

"Let us walk." Tess walked out the door as she then entered a magnificent beach as she slowly walked across it, this time dressed in a comfortable white blouse and shorts as she looked by the shore and saw more people than she ever thought possible of seeing again. She fell to her knees as she sat there hoping for tears to come.

She saw Megan as she remembered her from the days before her death as she remembered the promise. That she would wear the bracelet she made her until the day she died. Yet Megan was here and her bracelet was back on her wrist. "This is everlasting life land, Tess. I'm never taking this off." Tess hugged her again this time confused about her tears.

"There is no crying here Lutessa, unless they're for joy." Lionel continued. He took her hand as she walked and saw her mother Pamela holding her softly in her arms as she shed tears of joy from seeing her daughter again.

"I'm so sorry for leaving you my dear.  I never thought that Lex would have become what he did. But I'm glad to have loved him and I am glad you got to protect Conner like I should have done."

Tess then looked and saw Jonathan Kent as he held her gently. "Thank you Tess for keeping my son safe for as long as you did."

"Not as safe as you kept him Mr. Kent. Meeting you is more than I deserve."

"Well there are more who would like to meet you. Don't worry, its just two more people, one you met when he was much younger."

Jonathan then stood aside as he motioned for two other people dressed in white, one was a man with a shield on his chest in the same shape of that of Clark. The other was a blonde with kind eyes as she raced over hugging her gently. "Well done." said the rich Kryptonopolis accent of Jor-El as Lara-El continued to hug Tess. "You have done so much for Kal-El, we can never thank you enough."