New Earth: Superman and Lois

Chapter 4

Clark took a deep breath before he answered his phone.

"Hey Ma." Clark said.

"Don't you dare just hey Ma me Clark Jonathan Kent." Martha Kent said and Clark actually flinched as she said his full human name, since while there were very few people on this planet he was afraid, his mother and his fiance were at the top of the list and he still couldn't decide which one of them he was more afraid of.

"So, Kara told you." Clark said.

"Yes, though I have to ask why I heard it from her and not you." Martha asked.

"I was going to tell you, but I wasn't quite sure how." Clark said.

"Clark, I understand why you might be a bit hesitant to introduce me to them, but I'd like to get to meet your parents, since I'm sure that they'll love to hear the stories I can tell them." Martha said.

"I know and I wasn't planning on keeping you in the dark, Kara just got impatient and called you before I got a chance." Clark said.

"I know, but still." Martha said.

"I'm sorry. I should've called you immediately, but honestly, I was sort of caught up in the fact that my birth parents were alive and slipped my mind, which is probably another reason Kara told you." Clark said.

"I'll forgive you if you bring them out here to Smallville this weekend." Martha said.

"Done." Clark agreed.

"Good. See you then." Martha said as she hung up and Clark sighed, thinking that call went better than he thought it would as he walked back over to his parents and Lois.

"How'd it go?" Lois asked.

"Better than expected. I calmed her down and she agreed to let it go as long as we visit this weekend." Clark said.

"Well that's a given obviously." Lois said and Clark nodded.

"Who were you talking to?" Lara asked.

"My other mother, Martha Kent. Kara told her that you two were here, likely because she knew I was taking too long to do it, so she was calling to get an explanation and she calmed down under the condition that we'd go visit her this weekend." Clark said.

"Absolutely. I am very eager to meet this woman." Lara said.

"As am I." Jor-El said and Clark nodded in agreement.

Before any of them knew it, the weekend had arrived and now Clark was flying towards his mother's farm in Smallville, his parents flying closely behind him, though Clark was flying slower than normal to make sure that they could keep up with him, since while they'd learned how to fly, they weren't as good at it as he or Kara were or even Alura was, since she'd picked flying and their other powers pretty quickly, but anyways, Clark smiled when he saw the farm in his sight.

"Get ready to land." Clark said to his parents as he moved downwards and they followed him down until they all managed to touchdown in the grass behind the farm.

"I can see why you like doing that so much. It's very efficient." Jor-El said.

"Too bad I won't be able to do it on New Krypton, since I do plan on visiting it, since I've seen Argo, but now I have a chance to actually see the entire planet of Krypton." Clark said.

"Quick question, is New Krypton's atmosphere hospitable for humans, since I'd like to see it too. That might even be our new honeymoon destination, considering that Argo was destroyed." Lois asked.

"Yes, when we programmed the world engine to terraform a new Krypton, I made a few modifications to ensure that humans could survive in the event that Kal was alive and he'd found anyone on this planet that he'd want to bring to New Krypton with him, which he did." Jor-El assured her.

"Good. Now let's not keep Martha waiting." Lois said and Lara nodded in agreement, since she was eager to meet the other woman her son called his mother.

When they arrived at the porch, Clark smiled when he saw his mother waiting for them.

"Clark, Lois." Martha Kent said as she hugged her son and future daughter-in-law.

"Hey Ma." Clark said.

"It's so good to see you again Martha." Lois said, since after her own mother had passed away, Martha Kent had become a real mother figure to her.

"You too. I'm so happy that Clark finally asked you to marry him." Martha said.

"So am I." Lois said as Martha turned to the two other people who were standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"You must be Clark's, I'm sorry, Kal-El's parents." Martha said.

"Clark is fine. After all, he's probably more your son then he is mine." Lara said as she walked up the stairs to the woman who'd raised her son for her.

"I may have raised him, but you'll always be his mother, since he and I both know that you didn't send him away because you didn't love him. You sent him away because you loved him so much you wanted to ensure his survival." Martha said and Lara nodded.

"The hardest thing I ever had to do was let him go and not be able to search for him after we survived." Lara said.

"The hardest thing a parent can do is let their child go, but you did it and your son thrived because of it." Martha said.

"Because of you and your husband. And for that, we owe you a debt that we can never repay." Lara said as she hugged Martha and Clark let out a little sigh of relief that this was going so well.

"And you must be Jor-El." Martha said, turning to Clark's father.

"I am and my wife speaks the truth. For raising our son, we are deeply in your debt. I only wish I could say the same to your husband." Jor-El said and Martha sighed.

"I wish my Jonathan could be here right now to meet you, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. But what happened to him is part of what inspired Clark to become Superman." Martha said.

"I couldn't save him, but there are people I could save." Clark agreed.

"Do you know our niece?" Lara asked.

"I do. In fact, had Clark asked, I gladly would have raised her like I did him, but in the end, I guess it was for the best, since she had a very happy life with the Danvers." Martha said.

"Yeah she did. I just wish I'd been a bigger part of it." Clark said, right as his phone rang.

"Hey Kara, what's up?" Clark asked.

"Where are you? My parents just arrived on Earth and I don't want to have to wait till you get back to Metropolis for the reunion." Kara said.

"We're at my mom's farm. I'll let her know that you and your parents will be joining us." Clark said.

"Okay, see you soon." Kara said as she hung up.

"It's like she knew we were talking about her." Lois said with a chuckle.

"She's coming here?" Martha asked.

"Yeah, her parents just arrived on Earth and her father is very eager to see mine." Clark said and Martha smiled.

"I know, she's always welcome here." Martha assured him.

"Well, while we wait, perhaps you can tell us all we missed about Kal-El's life." Lara said and Martha nodded as she showed them all inside.