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Clark's dog from home started to bark at the screen door again to alert Martha that there was company. As she approached the door, she creased her eyebrows as she shushed the dog and went to find out what was going on. Exiting the house, she noticed one of the two ships landing.

The smoke of the explosion was seen or could be seen from a mile away, but both you and Clark appeared from it. Clark was holding on to you as you were to him. "Thank you." You told him as you both descended before touching the ground. "Of course." He replied before hearing you grunt. "Are you alright?" He questioned as he pulled away from you lightly.

Sighing, you moved your hand gently away from the wounded area. "One of the soldiers managed to stab me." You mentioned and he looked at you worriedly when noticing the amount of blood. "Clark, I'll be fine. I can just.... Try to heal it or something. I have magic, remember?" You mentioned and he gave you a look. "They looked inside my mind." You added and he mentioned that they had done the same to him. The two of you stood there in an comfortable silence as you just looked at each other, still in one another's embrace.

Making a concerned face that broke it, you looked at Clark after looking slightly to the side. "Clark, your mother!" You told him and his demeanor changed as he sped off; leaving you there. You had an idea of what to do next but you made sure to follow him just to make sure his mom was alright.

"The craft he arrived in.. where is it?" Zod asked as Martha gave off a look. "Go to hell." She mentioned. They didn't like that one but seeing how the commander, went to her in a quick motion and lifted her off the ground by holding her throat. She glanced last minute to show the barn and Faora threw her to the side harshly. When Faora left and entered the barn by breaking through the roof, you teleported your way in front of Martha. Using your magic to create a force field around you both, you asked her if she was okay.

Faora returned to tell Zod that it wasn't there. He got mad and picked up the nearby truck, flinging it towards the roof of the house. Noticing him take a few steps closer to you so he could get to Martha, you pushed him back with a power blast. He stumbled slightly with a few of his men but looked angrily. "Where is the Codex?!" He yelled as you still defended Martha. That's when Clark entered and took Zod with him.

Yelling as he carried him, he flew him over the corn field, through some tanks that destroyed and some exploded, before roughly slamming him on the ground; dragging him in the process as he punched him repeatedly. "You think you can threaten my mother?!" Clark yelled at Zod till they entered a nearby town and went right through a gas pump; exploding in the process as people nearby ran away from the scene to take shelter.

The ship along with the soldiers left Martha's property as they followed Zod's location. You turned once they did and bent down to help Martha up. "Are you okay?" You asked and she looked at the direction they flew off to before dusting herself off. "I will be after you both handle the invaders." She mentioned before sighing and placing a hand on the side of your arm. "But thank you for defending me." She added and you nodded before leaving after Clark.

The explosion started to mess with Zod's mask as he shook his head and removed his mask slowly; instantly regretting it. Once he did, he could hear everything, and it was hurting him- painful to listen to everything come in all at the same time instead of the one thing he was trying to concentrate on; Clark. Looking directly at Clark, he started to blame him for what was currently happening to him. Clark started to get up.

"What have you done to me?"

"My parents taught me to hone my senses, Zod." Clark started to say as Zod could be shown wincing in pain before falling to his knees. "Focus on just what I wanted to see. Without your helmet you're getting everything." He added as he walked towards Zod. "And it hurts... doesn't it?" The same ship they had arrived on, appeared and blasted Clark away from Zod. The Solider quickly came out when Clark was down, to retrieve the General and give him a new mask.

As Clark sat there in pain, that's when you landed near him. Quickly heading towards where he sat, you asked if he was okay. He shrugged it off but you looked up and started to take a few steps to the left before walking ahead and stopping. He got up and noticed where you were heading when he caught sight at the end of the street. Faora and one of the larger soldiers stood at the other end. He walked up till he was beside you. "Clark.." you mentioned as he sighed.

"Everyone, inside!" You told the people who were running to take cover. Clark was looking around as well. "Get inside. It's not safe." He added as they listened and locked the doors.

"All players, this is Guardian. I am airborne mission commander. I have previously encountered and observed the beings we're about to engage in close proximity." Hardy started to say over the helicopter radios. "They are extremely dangerous and we have been authorized to use deadly force." He added.

"Roger, Guardian, we are inbound to target." A pilot responded.

Both yourself and Clark started to walk towards the enemy as you muttered. "We may have company arriving soon." It was more of a warning than a heads up.

"Cleared hot. Weapons free." Pilot one said.

"Copy, 11. Weapons free." The second pilot confirmed and that's when both parties stopped walking towards one another.

"Thunder, 11. Tally four targets." The third pilot spoke and the screen they were looking at, locked on all four of you. "Clark!" You yelled as you placed a force field up to block the two of you as the two enemies dispersed. Shots were being fired but none hit you or Clark.

"Thunder, 11... good hit. Request immediate re-attack." Hardy spoke over the coms.

"Roger, Guardian. We'll make a second gun run on a heading of 212 degrees." The third pilot responded.

All of the smoke around you both, was making it hard for you to see as the rumble of the larger soldier was felt as he jumped in the air and destroyed one of the planes. Faora was on her way to do the same to the next one when Clark grabbed her in mid-air. They flew far till they landed straight inside IHOP.

Tumbling inside as a majority of the building was being destroyed, Clark rolled to the side before getting up to fight her but she dodged it and landed a few hits herself. "You are weak... son of El. Unsure of yourself. Don't worry, she will die. They all will die." She mentioned as went to hit her again but it didn't work. "The fact that you possess a sense of mortality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage." Grabbing him, she slammed him to the ground. "And if history has proven anything... it is that evolution always wins. Meaning, I will enjoy killing her." She finished and this pissed Clark off as he attacked her and threw her around.

That stopped when the larger soldier entered the frame and grabbed him by his feet. Right when they landed a few hits and threw him to the side, you landed in front of Clark; in a defensive stance. "Try me bitch." You spat at Faora.

"CCT, we're approaching LZ Jayhawk. Get down in five." One of the pilots mentioned as a helicopter landed and some men started to exit in a hurried fashion.

Faora raced to you as she grabbed you by your throat and threw you to the ground. You managed to grab her hand and use magic to fling her over you before moving to your side to get up. Meanwhile the larger soldier was dragging Clark against the ground before punching him. He kicked the soldier and went to fly towards where you were currently fighting Faora before he got pulled back, punched again.

Seeing his window, he flew and grabbed Faora off of you before getting thrown back into the ground by the larger soldier that had jumped on his back; pulling him down with him in return. The three of them were fighting and you flew over to tackle Faora to the side when you caught sight of them pinning him down. "I said, fuck off!" You gritted as you landed a few punches. Clark got upset and lasered the soldier off of him.

"All rangers, I need you to engage the targets." Hardy told his men as one of his men asked what about you and Clark. "I said engage all targets." Hardy demanded as you and Clark started to get up. Shots were being fired and Clark positioned himself in front of you. The larger soldier grabbed a nearby van and threw it at the helicopter. It made contact as one of the men started to fall. Clark got to him before you did and the larger soldier punched Clark out of the way. You were going to intervene when Faora grabbed you from behind.

Headbudding her, you threw her grasp on you off. She turned to face the soldier and was about to attack but you teleported in front of the soldier and shielded them from getting hit by her. She got angry and went over to where you stood, grabbing your neck; causing you to break the field that was protecting them.

Hardy stumbled out of the chopper as he was speaking over the radio. She tossed you to the ground before heading towards him. He started to fire his weapons at her but there was no affect. Coughing, you grunted before running in front of him and shielding him like you did with the others. Grabbing your throat once again, you started to fight her on it. There was no way you were going down without a fight; so that's what you did. You didn't give in. No matter how much you were sliding backwards closer and closer to Hardy as she pushed you, you didn't stop- it was getting hard to breathe but you held it. If it meant saving someone's life then so be it.

Clark came and pulled her off of you before sliding on the ground not too far away. Gasping for fresh air, you stopped your magic and fell to your knees; taking in whatever air you could at the moment. Hardy looked dumbfounded at how you and Clark were helping them stop these invaders rather than help them. Faora's mask started to malfunction as she spoke. "You will not win. For every human you save we will kill a million more. Including your girlfriend." She said before wincing in pain. A missile was fired along with a train being thrown. You ran and went to shield Clark but got taken with him in the process as it went into the nearby store. The ship came back to retrieve Faora before leaving once again.

"Do we have an all clear? Do we have an all clear?" A ranger spoke over the coms as the men started to approach the area where you and Clark were last seen. That's when Clark pushed the metal piece away from him as he helped you out. You had cuts and bruises but they'll heal. Larger wounds however, would take time. The two of you stepped out as if nothing happened; eyeing the soldiers who were armed. They started to lower their weapons as they let the two of you pass.

Outside, you both stopped and faced Hardy. He took a good look at you both before informing his men. "These two are not our enemy." He mentioned. "Thank you, Colonel." Clark responded as you nodded in return. Clark placed a hand on your arm before flying off with you towards his mom's home.