Chapter 89
When Sarah Lang returned to her mother's house, since her parents were divorced, though her father Kyle was her father by adoption, her mom had told her that much, though she never told her who her biological father was. Not to mention the fact that ever since Sarah had told her mom about her genealogy project for school, she'd been acting weird.
And things only got weirder when she saw her Uncle Clark, along with his friends, Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor, sitting with her mom in the family room.
"Mom, what's going on?" Sarah asked.
"Sarah, please sit down. It's time we had a talk that I was honestly hoping that we'd never have to have." Lana said.
"What do you mean?" Sarah asked.
"I'm going to give you the answers I know you've wanted your whole life. Including who your biological father is." Lana said.
"Really, is this because of my project?" Sarah asked.
"Yes and also because you're at the age where you need to know." Lana said.
"Okay, so start talking. But it's not Mr. Kent is it?" Sarah asked, since while Clark was her godfather, she also knew about his history with her mom, so she had reason to be concerned.
"No. In fact, your father is the first man I dated after Clark and I broke up." Lana said.
"And who was that?" Sarah asked, also wondering why Kara and Lena were here, since Clark was basically family to them, but these two were strangers.
Lana took a deep breath as she tried to prepare herself not only for what she was about to tell her, but for the reaction too.
"Lex Luthor." Lana said and Sarah laughed.
"Yeah, you dated Lex Luthor. The most wanted man in the world and you not only dated him, you had a kid with him." Sarah laughed, only to see that no one else was and that the look on her mom's face was dead serious.
"Wait, you're not kidding." Sarah said, realizing that her mother was telling her the truth. The horrible truth.
"Unfortunately not." Lana said.
"No. No, my father is not Superman's greatest enemy." Sarah said, denying it as she felt like the walls were closing in on her, clearly spiraling into some kind of panic attack.
"Sarah." Lana said, wanting to calm her daughter down before she told her the rest.
However, she didn't get a chance as she saw Sarah's eyes begin to glow red and she was so grateful that her younger daughter Sophie, who was Kyle's biological daughter, was with her father this week as she took a deep breath before she covered Sarah's eyes with her hands, right as she blasted beams of heat from them.
"Boy am I glad I'm invulnerable, but we still feel pain." Lana said, since while the blasts wouldn't do anything to her, they still stung.
"What is going on?" Sarah asked when the heat vision finally stopped.
"That's the other thing I need to tell you. You remember when I told you that I was adopted?" Lana asked.
"Yeah. You said that you have no idea who your birth parents are." Sarah said, wondering what that had to do with anything.
"That wasn't true. My parents didn't find me in an orphanage, I literally crashed into their lives." Lana said.
"What do you mean?" Sarah asked as Lana sighed.
"I mean this." Lana said as she floated off the ground.
"Wait mom, you have powers?" Sarah asked in shock.
"Superman and Supergirl aren't the only Kryptonians who were sent to live on Earth. I was too." Lana said.
"Wait, you're Kryptonian?" Sarah asked in shock, since her mom was about as far away from super as she could imagine.
"Yes I am. And I'm not the only Kryptonian in this house." Lana said, looking over at Clark and Kara, who removed their glasses and revealed their super suits.
"Holy shit. My godfather is Superman." Sarah said.
"Yes I am." Clark said.
"Why didn't you tell me any of this sooner?" Sarah asked her mother.
"I couldn't risk Lex finding out about you or my heritage. I don't even want to think about what he'd do if he found out that he not only has a daughter, but one who's half kryptonian." Lana said.
"Lana, everything your mom has done has been to protect you." Clark said.
"I get why you two are here now and is Lena here because she's my aunt?" Sarah asked, trying to wrap her head around all of this.
"Yes and because she's proof that being a Luthor doesn't mean you have to go down the same path as Lex." Lana said.
"Does dad know?" Sarah asked, since Kyle was the only father she'd ever known.
"No. He knows that you're not his daughter by blood, but he doesn't know the rest. Not about my powers, my heritage or that the last guy I dated before him was Lex Luthor." Lana said.
"How the hell could you even be around Lex Luthor, let alone be in a relationship with him?" Sarah asked her mother.
"Because I was young and stupid and believe it or not, Lex was a different man back then. This was back when he still considered Superman a friend, before he went insane and declared war on aliens. He was kind and generous. A good man. Not to mention, he looked good when he had hair." Lana admitted.
"Sarah, not a day goes by that I don't wish I could've saved Lex. He was my friend once and my biggest regret will always be that I couldn't keep him from going down that path." Clark said.
"Do your kids have powers like me, Uncle Clark?" Sarah asked.
"So far Jon is the only one who's started to show them, but Lois and I are keeping close tabs on Jordan and Lara just in case." Clark answered.
"And your brother Connor?" Sarah asked, referring to her new classmate at Smallville High, since while she was a freshman, Connor had been enrolled as a sophomore.
"Actually, now that I think about it, he's your brother too, since Connor is a Project Cadmus clone, created by Lex using a combination of DNA from me and Lex, but I prefer to think of Connor as my brother instead of my son. Part of why he's living with my parents." Clark said.
"Okay, that's weird." Sarah said.
"Welcome to our lives Sarah." Kara said.
"Wait, your dog Krypto?" Sarah asked, since she remembered how Kara would bring Krypto with her the few times Clark had brought her to visit his parents when she was a teenager and Sarah was a little kid.
"He's Superdog." Kara confirmed.
"Mom, if you have all the same powers as Superman and Supergirl, why aren't you out there saving lives wearing that S?" Sarah asked.
"Well for starters, because that S is the crest of the house of El and that's not my house. I am a member of the House of Em. My Kryptonian name is actually Lana Kel-Em. Don't ask how I lucked out in the name thing because I honestly have no idea. Our family's coat of arms actually looks more like a U than an S. And don't say anything about how all Kryptonian last names seem to sound like Earth last names, because Clark and I gave up trying to figure things out about that a long time ago." Lana said.
"Okay, but that still doesn't explain why you're not saving people like Clark?" Sarah asked.
"Actually, when Clark and I were your age, we were a small crime fighting duo here in Smallville, but after we graduated, I decided I wanted a normal life while he chose to follow his path to become Superman. Until a few months ago when I saved Clark, I hadn't used my powers in 20 years. But I have to admit, I did miss the rush." Lana said.
"Sounds like we might be getting a new hero after all." Kara said.
"Maybe." Lana said, right as Kara's phone rang.
"Hey Alex, what's going on?" Kara asked, only to have her face darken.
"We'll be right there." Kara said as she hung up the phone and turned to Clark.
"We need to go. Now." Kara said.
"What's going on?" Clark asked.
"The DEO and the Watchtower detected an incoming alien spaceship heading straight for us. We're gonna be the welcome wagon." Kara said.
"Let's go." Clark said.
"I can give Lena a ride back to National City." Lana offered.
"Thank you, but I can get myself there." Lena said as the super cousins left the house.
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