lets do the time warp baby ((Future-Verse))

[slayers_desire]

After a full week of classes, April felt drained and accomplished. Things were getting more intense with final papers and preparations for the end of her first year.

It felt good to enter her bed, cuddle into the blankets and fall asleep. Unfortunately, it seemed that her voices were not going to let her sleep easily tonight.

The vision came on stronger than any other she ever had. In the haunting whispers of the vision, April could see all seven faces of the Big Bads that were threatening Rome. And because of her knowledge of the TV shows, April woke up feeling worried.

She had to tell someone. And as she grabbed her phone, April felt strange and was surrounded by a sickly green light. This was bad... she knew it. And she felt being pulled into the light... then falling... falling... falling.

Until she hit the bed again. April gasped out loud. Not sure if that had been part of the dream or not. She didn't even notice that the bed in which she lay was bigger. Or that there was more space in the bedroom either.

Trying her phone again, all April received was static. It was like the phone wasn't working. And she set it down, and glanced around her surroundings. Noticing the bigger bed, and bedroom, April clutched the sheets to her in concern.

"Where am I?"

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[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Future Clark smiles, and rests his hand on his wife's belly, feeling those little signs of life. "Let's go home. We know how this story ends now."

The younger Clark, glad that nothing's come back to bite them at the last moment, hugs his April tightly. "It's been quite a day."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

The portal will close, leaving the younger versions alone in the cave.

"These are the enemies my Father and the others will face in Rome." April notes softly.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"The seven sins, you mean? I recognized Jasmine." Though he can't imagine the others are going to face them as mere statues.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

April nods, and she too gets the sensation that in reality it will be much difficult. Wanting to leave the cave, she takes his hand and starts to slowly move back towards the path.

"Jasmine was the worse for me, though I struggled a lot with each of them. But you didn't make me feel stupid for my desires. So it made it okay."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"I would never make you feel stupid." He's glad that they've both made it through this, that they've grown stronger instead of having new doubts. "Anger was my worst. I guess I wasn't as okay with Dad being gone as I thought."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"You lost more than your dad. Its okay to be angry about it." April replies softly. A part of her is still hurting from the ordeal.

"I got the sense that we will be facing more difficult situations."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"Me too. I'm not surprised." He squeezes her hand gently. "But the you I met was just... amazing. We're going to be okay."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Your future self is pretty amazing too. So I know we will be okay. In the future."

It takes them shorter to leave the cave, then going down the path, because the tests are done. And April is glad to be returning to the surface.

"Did you see how amazing you looked in the costume?"

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"Amazing's not quite the word I would've picked," he says with a small, slightly embarrassed smile. "It doesn't look as stupid as I thought it might, though."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"No you didn't. Its silly... but seeing you like that really made me realize how amazing you are. Will be." She turns to face him. "There were a lot of moments when I just wanted to kiss you... but couldn't."

She steps forward. "But can now." And she gives him a soft kiss on the lips.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

He returns the kiss gratefully, having felt the same way during his time with the older April. "We're going to be parents someday," he says, and he still gets a thrill out of saying those words and thinking those thoughts.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I know!" She beams. "They are so happy. So ready for it."

"Clark was telling me that some names they are considering are Jonathan for a boy. And Laura for a girl."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"Laura?" he repeats, sounding puzzled. He doesn't know much about his birth mother yet, so he doesn't make the connection right away.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"A version of Lara. Your birth mother." April explains softly.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

He looks surprised. He doesn't think of her a lot, except in the abstract sort of sense. Most of his dealings with his birth parents are through Jor-El and the Fortress. "Oh..."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"He didn't tell me anything, but I got the impression that you just might learn something about your birth mother in the future. Between now and then."

"The hardest part was not being able to learn more about our shared future."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

That does give him a small measure of hope, a chance to connect with the parents he never really knew. "I wish I knew when... but it's good to know."

"Yeah," he agrees. "There were so many things I wanted to ask, about us and what we do. But after what happened last time..."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Taking his hand, April nods in understanding. "What is important is knowing we will always have each other. No matter what happens."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"No matter what," he agrees with a smile.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Ready to go back home?" She asked. It was a beautiful day in Rome. But they had experienced a lot in the cave.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. But we, uh, have to return a couple of donkeys first," he admits.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Donkies?" April looks amused. "You two took donkies?"

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"I was afraid I'd drop her or squish the baby or something!"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Oh sweetie..." April kisses him. And helps him collect the donkies. "Your future self warned me you would be a little shell-shocked. How was it? Helping pregnant me around?"

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"It was weird," he admits. "A good kind of weird, but... I'm still having a bit of a hard time wrapping my brain around it. I got half a phone call and showed up at your place to find you older and, you know, pregnant."