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Posting early as I fight the evil insomnia beast.

I'm really enjoying this story. I don't think I've ever read a story like this before. Excellent story line. KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB!!! Can't wait to see how everything will unfold!

Thanks, Seme! That was my hope actually, to present something that hopefully hasn't really been seen before, or, barring that, at least not as much as other plots. Glad you are enjoying it!

You posted this right after I went to bed! So, I didn't catch it until this morning and I've been running all day to catch up.



Yeah! "S" has made it to the Kent farm. I'm glad that they are giving him space. I'm so glad he didn't run away from Jonathan. I could understand why he'd want to.

How sad that S mostly eats sandwiches.

Cameron is an idiot if he thinks he can treat a super powered being this way and not have it rebel against him (and kill him -- if it wasn't Clark) at some point. I can see why he wears the K on a necklace. But it would only take a moment for S to steal the lead vile away from Trask. So, let me state again. C. Trask is stupid. (Although, I always thought Luthor the same for cloning Superman before getting his hands on kyrptonite). What is stopping the creature from turning on his master? (Except in this case S is better than that.)

Martha is so smart! She knows that the way to a man (boy's) heart is through his stomach.

I'm guessing those gifts that Jonathan went to town to pick up belong to S. I also agree with Jonathan and Martha that "S" isn't a proper name. I hope they give him a better one soon.

That they reported S to the sheriff. You know that Trask is going to hunt him down and find him because of it. I only hope that nothing happens to the Kents when B39 shows up on their doorstep. I can't see them handing S over to someone who has clearly abused him.

I'm worried about the space heater in the tool shed with all that straw / hay lying around. <<biting fingernails>> I hope there isn't a fire because of S. I hope S decides to trust these people and join them at the house.

There are so many directions that this story could go from this point, I'm wondering which path you chose. And may S and the Kents be alive at the end of it.

Hugs for "S".

No problem. I wasn't going to post so early, but then decided "what the heck?" and went ahead and did it.

You're welcome!

Very, very sad for S. But he's with the Kents now, so things can potientially look up from here on out. At the very least, he's gotten a glimpse of real kindess and a taste of real food.

Yup! Cameron isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. I fear for poor Clark if Cameron *had* been intelligent enough to go about his plan in the "right" way.

Although, in regards to Luthor, I'm not surprised in the least bit that he cloned Superman without having any K. Now, could be that he was already on the hunt for some K and thought it only a matter of time before he possessed it. But even if not, it so totally encapsulates just how arrogant Luthor really was, thinking he could control a super clone just by being his snake-like, charming self.

All shall be answered...soon.

Well, legally, they would have to see if there was a missing persons report made for S. But remember, Trask doesn't exactly have S legally either. And S is old enough to testify in court about his abuse. So Trask is going to want to avoid any contact with law enforcement.

<whistles innocently>

I'm promising only that there will be death before the end of the story. Now, jsut who that is, I'm not saying.

Thanks for the feedback!

This is one of the most heart wrenching stories of Superman I have ever read. I guess at some level the trauma he goes through in the alt-universe of seeing his parents die at age 10, especially in some incarnations of his being bounced around between foster homes, is pretty bad.

Still, having never been loved, being illiterate, only being served lukewarm, tasteless food at best, treated constantly and completely as an alien as we have seen is the worst.

Jonathan and Martha did very well at getting him to trust them so far.

On the report to the sherrif, I don't think Jonathan really had a choice. He probably was a few states away at the Bureau 39 place, but its not like Jonathan and Martha could keep a 12-year-old child just showing up out of nowhere secret. Even if they home schooled him people would notice eventually.

Yay! He's with the Kents! Finally! Open up your heart and trust them, S. You won't regret it. Can't wait for more, just don't have time to add more comments. But great job!

Hi DC,

Yes, it's Jonathan!

Thank you, John. I'm taking that as a huge compliment, because that's what I was aiming for. One of the saddest beginnings to Superman's life imaginable. And I can't promise that everything will be sunshine and roses from here on out either.

Yes, Jonathan and Martha would have been hard pressed to suddenly explain a 12 year old living with them, should S decide to stay. Which is why he *had* to speak with the sheriff.

Thanks, Mouse! Glad you are enjoying it. I really have been tormenting poor Clark, huh?

Hiya, Sydney!

You're right, of course. Clark did give his sport coat/suit jacket to Jack. I hadn't realized the parallel before now. Thanks for pointing it out!

<nods> But will he give them the chance?

You'll know for sure, soon.

Good thing it wasn't Lois who first cooked for him. He might have run back to B39!

Thanks so much!

when is part 5 coming? I've been checking online daily...HURRRRRRYYYYY.....

A few more days. Likely early Wed. Maybe late Tues. I'm posting roughly once a week. Part of the story is still with my beta. I may increase to twice a week once I have the entire story beta'd.

Vicki,

Wonderful story so far! Keep up the good work. Glad to see that 'S' is with the Kents. If anyone can get him to trust them, they are the ones.

Good thing he listened in and heard the discussion. Love is a strong motivator, especially to someone who has never experienced it before.

I hope that Cameron is the one that 'gets it' and that it isn't one of the Kents that gives it to him. Better one of his own men.

I finally made the time to sit down and read.

This story is so bitter-sweet. Poor little S, unloved, unwanted, unknown wanders into the one place where there is love, and they want him. Now if he will only let them get to know him, he might have all the things he has wanted for as long as he has understood to long for them.

(Personal note for Vicki: You are writing about the one thing that is vacant in your life. Yet, you know that what will happen may take time, but it WILL happen. Have faith, and believe what you are writing.)

Great story. Sad, but great!
Pat

Thank you, Ken. S sure is in a good place right now, huh? That is, despite the fact that Cameron is still out there, and most likely looking for him.

Love really *is* a strong motivator. It was so important that S overhear that conversation. Good thing the Kents wear their hearts on the sleeve.

What will happen to Cameron? Stay tuned!

Hi, Pat!

I did want to play a little with what is fate and what is chance. So, Clark is (probably) fated to meet the Kents in every universe. No matter what, they will love him and help shape him into the man he becomes. (Unless, of course, I ever decide to do a real 180 type of story, that is )

Interesting that you bring up my situation. It actually never crossed my mind when I was writing this story, at all. I keep trying to stay positive, but, well, it's not always easy, and sometimes I *do* just sit and cry.

Anyway, thanks for stopping in!

/pops Die Hard into VCR/ Well, the prequel (edited typo), where a Johnny McLane got rid of a group of terrorists trying to take over the college Christmas party.







Yeah. Cam won’t be happy about that.

Not monster. Weapon. Well, smart bomb, really. /tries to remember which sci-fi movie had an A.I. controlled nuclear device with suicidal tendencies/

Not even a dog-collar and sticks (edited typo) snapped to it to lead him around?

Yeah, Jonathan is in no way going to think that alien probing had gone on there.

S: He takes it out and then it hurts really bad.

Awwww

Duh!

Well, that’s so his delicate senses don’t get overwhelmed.

Well, they *will* expected him to attend school. And help with the chores.

/points at falling snow/

He bringing a tree?

Christmas presents!

Oh boy.





Michael

Also - "Hey you," "freak," "creature."

But, he's not wearing red?

There has not been. Trust me.

He could!

Nope. Not in the least.

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Nope.