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~Karin~
Chapter 12 – Alien Takedown
One moment they were in the caves of Smallville and then Zan activated the portal and they were pulled into a moving stream of lights. Every color of the rainbow could be seen, as they were transported to the Granolith. They noticed other colorful streams of lights intersecting with the main stream, meaning it was possible that there could be more than one Granolith or maybe another alien artifact that could be used as a portal. Soon they were in the vortex of the Granolith and they each stepped out into a circular room with metal walls reaching up and meeting the center of the vortex of the Granolith.
“Man, this looks just like the other Granolith. I wonder how many there really are out there” Michael stated.
“That’s a good question. I was really shocked to learn this Granolith existed.” Max said.
“Did you see all those pretty lights in the stream we came in on, and all those tributaries?” Maria asked.
“I know. I can’t wait until I have a chance to study it and find out what else it can do” the scientist in Liz emerged and said.
“This is so cool” Chloe exclaimed, looking back up at the vortex of the Granolith. “So, how do we get out of here?”
Max ran his hand over the wall, which revealed an embedded handprint. Placing his hand over the handprint he opened the cave wall. They each entered into the dark cave. Max brought together his hands and produced a light in the palm of his hands and led the group out of the cave.
Upon exiting, they each felt the dry heat that Roswell had to offer its visitors. For some, it felt like home. Following Max and Liz, they moved along through the woods, down a slightly worn path.
“How far do we have to walk to meet up with Kyle’s father?” Clark asked.
“It’s about a mile and a half through the woods before we get to the campsite” Max said, continuing down the path.
Walking through the woods, curiosity got the better of Zan and he asked, “What goes on at this festival and convention we’re going to?”
Liz decided to field the festival question. “Typically these two events are held separately, and the Crash Festival usually occurs on the anniversary of the 1947 UFO Crash that supposedly occurred.” Looking towards her husband, she continued. “Basically, it’s a party they hold at the Crash Site, where everyone dresses up as their favorite alien and they have bands and other booths set up to keep people’s attention until the main event, in which they stage a reenactment of the Crash, sliding a replica of a spaceship, including ‘alien’ passengers, from a cliff and allowing it to crash below.”
“For the average human, I can understand how the ‘Crash Festival’ could be considered a fun night, but to actually have to see something like that, from our point of view is really thought provoking” stated Isabel.
“Yeah, the first time I went, it really hit home, seeing those ‘alien dummies’ burning at the bottom of the crash site” stated Michael. “It made me wonder more about where we came from and whether our real parents looked like the little green men being portrayed around Roswell.”
“So, what goes on at the UFO Convention?” Chloe asked.
Max being a former employee of the UFO center decided to field this question. “The UFO Convention is a 3-day event held each year. They usually bring in a big named celebrity to be the host of the convention. They also hold different panels and round table discussions on alien abductions, sightings, and other UFO related items. Basically it’s a freak show. People show up at the UFO center dressed up and looking for answers, but they’ll never find what they’re looking for.” Max said, and continued with a smile on his face, “It’s really funny, when I worked there, people would come up to me and mention one day they hope to make ‘direct contact’ with an alien and I’d just sit there and listen to them and shake their hand. I just wanted to shout out “Congratulations, you’ve just made ‘direct contact’.”
“Oh, and don’t forget the ‘Alien Takedown’” Michael said.
“What exactly is the ’Alien Takedown’?” the reporter in Chloe asked.
“Oh, it’s an alien wrestling match that my mom has been setting up each year, but she always seems to have a problem locating someone to wrestle ‘Raging Ray’ because he’s been undefeated each year.” Maria explained. “The competitor dresses up as the ‘Alienator’. Michael was so nice, one year, to step up as the competitor.”
“Man, I would’ve been sore for a long while after that, if Max hadn’t healed me later on that night.” Michael said. “I bet Clark here would be able to take on ‘Raging Ray’ and put him in his place.”
“That is definitely an idea, I would love to see that match” Maria said.
“Me too Clark” Chloe interjected. “Do you think you could take him?” she said with a big grin on her face.
Clark laughed. “I don’t think it would be a fair match”
“For who?” asked Maria. “You should see how many people he’s sent to the hospital each year.”
“We’ll see if there are any takers and if not, I may consider it.” Clark stated and turning towards Max said, “and I still can’t believe that you worked at a UFO center in the first place.”
“I’ve told him the same thing because I thought the place was very detrimental to our existence” Isabel stated, “but in all fairness to Max, his connections through the UFO center have helped us out in many situations, including the resources which are only available to certain employees, and since Max is such an enthusiastic employee, he has been able to gain assess to these resources in the past. Plus the center was built in an old bomb shelter, so we’ve been able to use the facility as a hideout in the past too.”
“Hey, there’s the campsites, my dad should be close by” Kyle said looking around for the van. “There he is!” he exclaimed, running towards the van.
Jim Valenti had been so anxious to see the group again that he showed up a half hour early at the campsite area on the edge of Frazier Woods. He didn’t want to take any chances of missing the kids. Luckily he did, because he saw the kids emerging from the woods and then there was Kyle. Jim jumped out of the vehicle and met him halfway. They embraced each other for a couple of seconds; while the group held back and let them have this moment. There were actual tears of joy in Jim’s eyes when he released Kyle. Turning towards the group, Jim held out his hand and greeted Max. “Hello Max”.
“Valenti” Max said shaking his hand.
“I see the whole gang is here, including some people I don’t know” Jim said noticing Clark, Chloe and Zan.”
“Well, we’ve kind of met, I’m Chloe Sullivan. I’m the one you spoke with this morning from the ‘Daily Planet,’ Chloe introduced herself.
“Hello, I’m Clark Kent” Clark extended his hand to Jim.
Coming out behind Zan, Max introduced him. “And this is my son Zan.”
“That can’t be, can it?” Jim said, not quite sure how much he could say in front of these newcomers.
Sensing this, Max said “We are quite sure of this. He was demonstrating different ‘abilities’, and there are a few ‘tests’ that have come up that he has been able to pass. So yes, he is my son. Also, Clark and Chloe have been inducted into the “I know an Alien Club” so you can talk freely in front them too.”
“Well, where would you like me to take you?” Jim asked.
“I was figuring we could stop make our first stop at the CrashDown” Liz spoke up.
“Aren’t you afraid someone will notice you?” Jim asked.
“Oh, we’ve got that covered” Isabel stated. “Everyone got their masks and mittens?”
Each of them pulled out their ski masks and mittens and put them on. Isabel took care of the girls transforming their masks into feminine alien heads with extendable eyeballs including batted eyelashes and eye shadow. She changed the mittens into flipper web-like hands including nail polish on the ends. After she was done, they each looked like cute teenage aliens, while Max took care of the guys in the same fashion, but of course making them look masculine. Max and Isabel transformed each other and after everyone was transformed into their alien selves Jim turned towards them and had to laugh.
“You guys and gals look great!” Laughing, Jim continued, “but seeing aliens dressing up as aliens is just crazy. You’ll fit right in with the strange crowd we’ve got in town this weekend” stated Jim. “Well if you’re ready, then go ahead and load up” he said getting into the driver’s seat. “After I drop you off near the Café, I’ve gotta get back to work, but I’ll be seeing you’ll later on tonight. Oh, and I’ve told Jeff to expect a table of nine tonight, so they will be expecting you all.”
They each got into the van and Jim drove into Roswell. As they got closer, each of them where filled with excitement and anticipation. The first thing they passed was the Air Force base. It didn’t look any different from the road, even though Tess blew half of it up last May. Then they were passing by the old trailer park where Michael used to live with Hank, before he disappeared. Soon they went over the railroad tracks and noticed the cheese factory, where half of their class mates probably were employed after graduation. Next, they passed Max and Isabel’s sub-division and they could just make out their house from the road. Continuing down the road, they passed the road that led to both Amy Deluca’s and Jim Valenti’s houses. Both Kyle and Maria looked at each other, longing to return to their respective homes. Finally, they hit bumper to bumper traffic as they entered the small downtown of Roswell, due to the UFO Convention attendees. Thank goodness Jim knew some back roads. He dropped them off a few streets from the CrashDown, where he had parked his deputy sheriff’s car, and left them the keys to the van and wished them luck. Having to get back to work, Jim got into his car and took off down the road, towards the UFO Center, since he was in charge of crowd control.
Walking down Main Street they were each taking in their surroundings. Clark couldn’t believe how well they fit in, dressed up as aliens. The street was crowded with many different people, some dressed up as aliens and others were just wearing regular clothes. Looking up into the sky, they could see the remnants of the beautiful sunset, as the Harvest Moon was trying to take over. In the distance, they could see the blinking lights of the flying saucer above the CrashDown Café and the neon lights of the UFO center across the street.
Finally, they had made their way to the front door of the CrashDown and Liz just stood there. She had been looking forward to this moment for so long, yet she stood there frozen. “Max, I don’t know if I can go through with this. You know how much I’ve been looking forward to this, but I’m just scared.”
“Liz, they’re your parents. It’s too bad we weren’t able to tell them personally about our situation, but time didn’t allow for that. I’m sure after they read your journal and were brought up to speed with everything, it brought a lot of understanding to their minds about what has been happening to us the past three years. I’m sure they are looking forward to seeing you again, but are just as nervous too. So, what do you say we go through those doors and get this over with?” Max suggested, moving her closer to the door.
Looking through the window, she noticed how busy they were. Every table was full and then she saw her dad coming out of the back carrying an order to a table. Finally, Liz gathered enough nerve to walk through the doors and everyone followed her. After her father was done serving the customers their food, Liz walked up to her father and said,
“Hi, I understand you have a reservation for a table of nine tonight”
Jeff looked up at the alien dressed customer and thought he recognized her voice. He wanted to grab her up and give her a big hug right there, but stuck to his better judgment and directed the group to the ‘backroom’, which actually was through the Café’s back door and up the stairs to the Parker’s private apartment above the Café.
Once everyone had entered the apartment and the door was closed, Jeff walked over to Liz and gave her a big hug. “Oh Lizzy, we’ve missed you so much” giving her a strange look, but trying to come across as accepting he asked, “Is that what your alien side looks like?” gazing at her and her friend’s costumes.
“Oh no, we’re in disguise for the ‘Crash’ tonight and also from the special unit.” She took off her mask and mittens, along with the rest of the group. Liz ran over to her father and returned his hug and kissed him saying, “I’ve missed you too, Dad.”
Turning towards Max, Jeff extended his hand to Max, and pulled him into a fatherly hug. “Thank you for bringing my daughter home safely.”
“That was my honor, sir” Max said.
Jeff turned towards Michael and Maria and embraced Maria and shook Michael’s hand. “Man, have we missed you two around here. The cook we hired just doesn’t have the same pizzazz as you did in the kitchen Michael. And it wasn’t easy trying to replace you either Maria. I lost two of my best waitresses that night.” Noticing Kyle, Jeff extended his hand to him too. “And we truly missed your humor around here too Kyle.”
Liz looked around and asked, “Where is everyone?”
“Phil and Diane should be here soon, and Amy is across the street trying to find a competitor to go up against ‘Raging Ray’. She had another contender back out at the last moment, must’ve gotten wind of the damage he’s caused in the past matches. Oh, and your mother is downstairs helping out in the kitchen. I’ll go get her. I don’t think she saw you guys come in.” Jeff turned around and went out the door, returning to the Café to get Nancy.
Chloe looked over at Clark with a big grin on her face. “So, Clark what do you say about helping out Maria’s mom?”
Maria looked over at Clark with pleading eyes. “What do you think Clark, want to help out my mom?”
“What do you think Michael; you’ve done this gig in the past?” Clark asked.
“I’d say go for it. I wouldn’t mind seeing a little redemption on this guy. He definitely doesn’t show his competitors any mercy.” Michael said, remembering the beating he took a couple years back.
“I suppose if I’ll be helping out your mother, I’ll compete in this wrestling match, shall we go over there and let her in on this little arrangement you guys are volunteering me for?” Clark suggested.
Before anyone could say anything, a red headed woman came rushing through the door, and ran up to Liz. “Oh Liz, it’s been so long” she said giving Liz a big hug. Jeff, Phil and Diane followed close behind Nancy. Phil went over to Max, and embraced him in a fatherly hug as Diane went over to Isabel and gave her a hug. They switched children and Isabel hugged her father as Diane embraced Max. Then Max turned towards Zan, and introduced him to his grandparents. “Mom and Dad, let me introduce you to your grandson.” Turning towards Zan, he announced. “This is Zan. Zan these are Isabel and my parents, Diane and Phil.”
“This is ‘little’ Zan? Wow, you’ve grown up into a nice looking young man” Phil said to his grandson, along with giving his son a quizzical look.
“Very nice to meet you Zan” Diane said to her grandson.
“It’s nice to meet both of you.” Zan said.
“Lizzy, is there something you haven’t told us?” Jeff asked of his daughter.
Understanding his question, Max intervened. “Mr. Parker, do you remember Tess?” Jeff nodded “Well, there was a time when Tess and I had a brief relationship and Zan is the result of that relationship.”
“Max, you can call me Jeff or Dad if you like, you are after all married to my daughter, and how is it he looks so much older?” Jeff asked the question both Phil and Diane were questioning themselves.
“We’re not sure how the aging process works, but since we were ‘hatched’ in the bodies of 6 year olds, maybe this is the way his body compensates for the time we spent in the pods. Everything dealing with Zan’s development is all very new to us, so we’re all going to learn as he grows.” Max explained.
“I should also make some other introductions too, while I’m at it. This is Nancy and Jeff Parker, they are Liz’s parents. This is Phil and Diane Evans, Isabel’s and my parents. I’ve already introduced Zan, and these are a couple of our friends, we’ve met on our road trip. This is Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan.” Max said, introducing the rest of the group.
“So, are they aliens too?” Jeff bluntly asked.
Max looked over at Clark, not wanting to answer for him, and gave him a knowing nod that it was all right to let these people in on his secret, if he chose too.
“I’m not from around her either, but I’m not from the same place as them. I come from a planet called Krypton.” Clark said. “Chloe here is completely human though and my best friend.”
“Well, it’s nice to meet you Clark” Jeff said, offering his hand. “Man, you’ve got quite the grip there young man.”
“Sorry about that, sometimes I don’t know my own strength. Speaking of strength, don’t I have some kind of wrestling match to sign up for?” Clark asked.
“Oh, right. We should be going over to the UFO Center to get you signed up” Maria said, grabbing her ski mask and mittens, which held their alien transformations and put them on. “I think Clark can go as himself, since nobody knows him around here.”
Michael and Chloe both wanted to join Clark and Maria so Michael put on his mask and mittens and the four of them left Max, Liz, Isabel and Zan in the apartment to allow them a little private time with their family. Kyle figured he’d stick around too, just in case his father showed up. They agreed to head to the UFO center later on, when Clark had his debut as the ‘Alienator’.
Stepping out the doors of the CrashDown Café, Clark grabbed Chloe’s hand, as Michael did the same with Maria’s web-like flipper hand. The streets were packed with every different kind of alien imaginable. Too bad these people didn’t realize that amongst them were two bona fide aliens. Working their way through the crowd, they finally made it to the entrance of the UFO center. A large banner was draped across the entrance of the UFO center which said “Welcome to the 14th Annual UFO Convention/Crash Festival”. They had to pay a coverage charge to enter the museum and after doing so, they worked their way down the stairs to the heart of the museum. Off to the side, trying to stay inconspicuous, Brody Davis stood watching the activity going on around him. This wasn’t Brody’s favorite activity. He was more of a quiet person, and mainly bought the UFO center hoping he would be able to learn more about alien abductions. He truly thought he was a victim of alien abductions, because he would black out for days at a time and was very unaware of where he went or what he did during those blackouts. Now, he was standing here witnessing this ‘freak show’ going on around him. The Roswell town council each year reminded him how it was in his contract when he purchased the UFO museum to hold the annual 3-day convention. Turning around, he walked towards the back of the museum and up the stairs to his private office.
Maria finally located her mother. Working her way through the crowd and pulling Michael along, she tapped Amy on the shoulder with her flipper hand.
“Unless your want to be a contender in the upcoming ‘Alien Takedown’ match, I’m going to have to divert your attention to the ‘Information Desk’.” Realizing how she was treating this complete stranger, she apologized, “I’m sorry; I don’t mean to be rude, it’s just that I really don’t have time to be answering questions right now.” Amy said, being truly frazzled by the upcoming event which could make or break her career, and currently it looked like she was in trouble because her contender had backed out at the last moment, again.
Clark stepped up and held his hand out to Amy. “Hi, I’m Clark Kent and I heard about your little predicament and I thought I might be able to help you out.”
Amy was so delighted that she instantly pushed Clark’s hand aside and gave him a big hug, “You dear sweet boy. You’ve just saved my life” she said with a big smile on her face.
“Mom, you’re embarrassing me.” Maria blurted out.
“Oh my God, is that you Maria?” Amy squealed.
“Mom, keep it down. Remember…we need to keep a low profile.”
“I’m so sorry, but my baby girl is back. I’m so excited and I didn’t realize what I was doing or saying” she whispered to Maria, giving her a great big bear hug. “And this must be Michael”
Michael nodded. “So, have you been taking care of my baby girl?”
“Yes I have Mrs. Deluca.” Michael responded.
Looking up at Clark, Amy said, “Well, let’s take you back and get you ready for the match. So, have you ever wrestle before” looking up at Clark and sizing him up.
“No, but I’ve played a little football, when I was in school” Clark said.
“I’d understand if you wanted to back out, don’t get me wrong, I really do appreciate your offer, but I don’t want to have to call the ambulance later on tonight for you” Amy warned.
“Well, I don’t want you to have to do that either, but I’m sure I can handle my own, without causing anyone to end up in the hospital.”
“Well, at least you’ve been forewarned. Why don’t you follow me and we’ll get you ready.”
Following her lead, Clark followed Amy to the back of the museum, leaving Chloe with Michael and Maria.
“Man, this place is really neat” the reporter in Chloe said pointing out the different exhibits dealing with the different theories related to the 1947 UFO Crash to Alien Abductions. “I use to keep a similar wall at the ‘Torch’, the newspaper I use to run in high school. I use to collect all kinds of news articles dealing with anything weird, which usually could be tracked back to the meteor showers that hit Smallville. I called it my ‘Wall of Weird’, but now I’ve moved it to my lap top.”
“So, what does Clark think of your ‘Wall of Weird’?” Michael asked.
“Well, you would actually have to ask Clark, but when he first saw my wall, he really freaked out, but over the years I think he’s just got accustomed to my quirky obsession. So, this is where Clark’s going to take on ‘Raging Ray’” Chloe said looking up at the banner set up across the entrance to the stage arena.
Back at the CrashDown
Kyle, smelling the aroma from the Café below, decided to go downstairs and get himself a bite to eat. He grabbed his mask and mittens and put them on, and left the Evans and Parkers upstairs, allowing them time for their little family reunion.
Sitting at the counter he ordered a Cherry Coke, a Galaxy Sub and some Saturn Rings. Without even realizing what he was doing, Kyle reached for the Tabasco sauce and began adding some spiciness to his drink. Taken back by his first sip, but realizing it actually tasted pretty good, he proceeded to add some more sauce to the rest of his entrée. He figured he’d eventually develop some kind of alien traits, but nothing had surfaced as of yet, except for this odd dietary quirk.
After he finished his sub and rings he turned around to check out the patrons of the CrashDown. The place was definitely hopping with a very diverse crowd. Then he noticed her. He couldn’t believe his eyes. What was she doing here? She was dressed up in a mint green alien theme waitress outfit, complete with a silver alien apron and silver bobbing antenna headband. Standing before him was Ava, complete with her brown hair with bubble gum pink highlights and eyebrow and nose rings.
Still in costume and not wanting to bring any attention to himself, Kyle got up and paid his bill and moved towards the back of the CrashDown and climbed the stairs to the Parker’s apartment. Knocking on the door and entering the apartment he addressed Max.
“Max, you’re not going to believe who’s working as a waitress downstairs” Kyle said excitedly, taking off his mask and mittens.
Sparking Max’s interest he responded, “You could be talking about anyone, why don’t you give me a hint?”
“Is there something I should know about?” Jeff asked, concerned he may have to let another employee go, because it could jeopardize his family’s position.
“It’s Ava, Tess’s Dupe from New York!” Kyle exclaimed.
“You’re kidding, what’s she doing back?” Isabel asked
“Well, she showed up a couple of weeks after you all left and seeing that we had just lost two waitresses and a cook, we hired her on the spot.” Jeff explained. “She isn’t in the same little club as you, is she?”
“Well, actually she is” Max stated. “Are you sure Kyle?”
“Yeah, even with her brown hair with bubblegum pink streaks and the eyebrow and nose rings, to complete the ensemble.” Kyle stated.
“I need to talk to her.” Max said, getting up from his seat and moving towards the door.”
“Instead of causing a scene Max, I’ll just go downstairs and bring her to you” offered Nancy.
Agreeing, Nancy left the room to go get Ava.
Back in the UFO Center
Chloe, Michael and Maria decided to get a prime location to watch the match. ‘Raging Ray’ was already warming up, taking out his aggression on the stuffed dummies. Throwing them up into the air and breaking them in half as they came down.
“I can see why this guy’s intimidating, if I didn’t know any better; I’d be dragging Clark out of here!” Chloe said, watching another stuffed dummy being shredding into little bitty pieces. Turning towards Michael, Chloe asked in disbelief “And you went up against that thing?”
“Yeah, but I wasn’t feeling all that great after the match. He thoroughly kicked my butt” answered Michael.
“But I understand you put up a pretty good fight, before we got there” stated Maria, giving Michael a friendly little punch in his arm. Turning towards Chloe, Maria asked “So, what’s the story with you and Clark?”
“Well, Clark… I guess you could say I’ve always been attracted to him, since I came to Smallville, but I always lived in the shadow of Lana Lang, his first love and obsession” Chloe informed the two.
“Well, it looks like you two are a little more than friends.” Maria said coyly, after noticing the body language going on between the two. “Is Lana still in the picture?”
“Well, it goes deeper than that.” Chloe began to explain. “Clark and Lana finally hooked up last year, after the 2nd meteor shower, but during the meteor shower, Clark went to Jor-El to see what he could do to stop what was happening, and Jor-El decided to begin his training. This was the same time I was accidentally transported to the Fortress of Solitude the first time. I almost froze to death, but Clark came out of his trance and made a deal with his father, promising that he would return to the ‘Fortress’ to continue his training at a predetermined time and then he took me to the closest hospital. Clark didn’t hold up his end of the bargain with Jor-El and Jor-El took away his powers, making him into a mere mortal. Well, this opened up some doors in his and Lana’s relationship, but once they consummated their relationship, something happened and Clark was shot and died. Jor-El brought him back to life, but at a price. He restored his powers and Clark wasn’t confident in revealing his secret to Lana, which put a real strain on their relationship. The relationship was somewhat rocky there for a while, but one day, back in February, Clark got the nerve and took Lana to the ‘Fortress’, told her his secret, and proposed to her. She of course accepted everything. That night was the night of the elections and we were all at the Talon, celebrating Clark’s dad’s impending victory in the State Senate election, when Lana got a phone call from Lex Luthor, which was after he lost to Clark’s dad, asking Lana to come over to his mansion. She ended up going over there and something happened between the two and Lana ended up leaving in a rush, and was involved in a fatal car accident.”
“Wow, she died, that’s harsh” Michael responded. “I guess it would be hard to get over something like that.”
“Oh, that’s not even the best part of the tragedy” Chloe continued. “Clark was of course devastated by the events of the night, so he went back to Jor-El, to see what could be done. Jor-El showed him a way, in which time was turned back a day. He never took Lana to the Fortress and instead he ended up breaking up with her. A fatal car crash almost occurred again, but Clark stayed back in the shadows and saved her life and watched her run into the arms of Lex Luthor. I think what got to Clark the most is another life had to be exchanged for Lana’s and that night he lost not only the love of his life to another, but his father suffered a heart attack and died.
“So, is Lana still with Cueball?” Michael stated.
Laughing, Chloe responded, “the one and only.”
“So, where does that leave your relationship?” Maria asked again.
“Well…earlier today, at the ‘Planet’, he finally kissed me, and I’m not talking a friendly little peck on the cheek kiss either.” Chloe said, reminiscing about the passionate kiss she had been dreaming about for the past 5 years, which finally became a reality. “But, I don’t want to push him too much. I value our friendship more than anything else and I’ve waited this long. I’m willing to take my time with him.”
Michael sat back and took in all the information that was transpiring. Clark finally found the nerve to seek out a relationship with Chloe; maybe it was time for him to take the next step with Maria, but not here. He would want it to be special for her.
“Well, the rest of the gang should be here soon; maybe we should find some seats” suggested Maria. Then they saw him. Clark came out of the back and what a sight he was.
He was wearing form fitting silver tights, which emphasized his bulging muscles. In the center of the chest was a green alien complete with silver eyes, which was inside a red circle and crossed out, and above this was the word “ALIENATOR.” He was also wearing long silver boots and a green mask, which completed the ensemble.
“Get out your camera boys and girls, because I’m sure Mrs. Kent is going to want to have a picture of this!” Chloe said. Feeling Clark’s biceps she continued, “Man, I didn’t know you were this buff Clark.”
“Laugh it up Chloe. I’m only doing this as a favor for Maria and her mom” retorted Clark. Limbering up a little bit before the match, Clark commented, “The tights don’t feel that bad, it’s just this mask” Clark said, pulling at the mask.
Looking through her purse, Chloe pulled out her digital camera and the four of them took some posed photographs of each of them with the ‘Alienator’.
Back in the Parker’s Apartment
They each sat silently, waiting for Nancy to return with Ava, when Phil finally spoke up.
“Max, who exactly is this Ava girl anyways?”
Max decided to explain, “Well, from what I understand we, Michael, Isabel, Tess and myself, weren’t the only alien half-breeds engineered. There were originally eight pod chambers involved in the 1947 crash. Our pods were taken to the rock formation in the desert and hidden inside. The other four pods were taken to New York City, where they were placed under the city. You could say they are our twins. The same essence of our Antarian selves and the same human DNA was used to make both sets of pods. Ava would be considered Tess’s twin. This set of dupes must’ve been informed of our heritage because they were more aware of what was going on, than we were. A few years back, our dupes came to Roswell, on a mission to bring me back to NYC for an Antarian summit. I understand my dupe, Zan, was killed prior to making the trip, so Ava was heartbroken. She chose not to return to NYC with Vilandra and Rath, Tess and myself, so she took her bags and heading towards the hi-ghway.”
As their parents were listening to this next segment of ‘Alien History 101’, they heard Nancy and Ava climbing the stairs.
“So, why do ya want me to come all the way up here? I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?”
“No dear, you’ve been doing a fine job for us. I just have some extra company upstairs that I need your help with.” Nancy assured her.
“Oh, gotcha, you’ve gotta private party going on. So, are they good tippers?” Ava asked.
“I think you’ll been pleasantly surprised” she said reaching the door and opening it, ushering Ava in.
“Oh my… I’ve been looking for you guys!!” exclaimed Ava excitedly. Rushing over to Liz and Isabel and giving them each a hug, she said, “I went out on the road and just couldn’t find my place and being all alone I decided to come back to Roswell. I thought you all would help me out, but when I got here, you guys had already high tailed it outta here.”
“How is it you have been able to be seen out in the open, without fear from the ‘Special Unit’?” Max asked.
“Well, I don’t think they knew of the second set of pod chambers, so they weren’t looking for me. Plus, I don’t look much like Tess” Ava said, “considering I don’t think she liked highlights and body piercing, so it’s been pretty easy avoiding them. I also keep to myself a lot too. So, what your story Zan, oh I’m sorry Max?”
“Well, we’ll have to talk about that later, I just wanted to confirm it was you. I would like to get together with you later though, so we can talk” stated Max. Getting up from his chair, Max continued, “I think we need to get over to the UFO center and watch Clark take on “Raging Ray’.”
“Oh, I almost forgot” Liz said, joining Max at the door. “Mom, Dad we’ll be back later on, after the Crash Festival” Liz said, leaning over and giving her parents a hug and a kiss. They in turn gave their new son-in-law and grandson a hug too. Afterwards, Nancy and Jeff left to help out with the convention crowd downstairs.
Isabel went over to her parents and did the same, as did Max. Phil and Diane reciprocated their children’s affection and turned towards Zan and gave him a hug and kiss too.
“It was so nice meeting each of you” Zan said to his grandparents.
“It was nice meeting you too Zan” stated Diane, “we hope to see more of you in the future too” she said looking over towards Max.
“Max, just have Jeff calls us when you get back and we’ll be here soon after” Phil said.
“No problem, thanks dad” Max said. With that, Phil and Diane left the apartment and worked their way downstairs and out the backdoor.
“Who’s the muchkin?” Ava asked.
“Oh, I’m sorry, Ava this is my son Zan, Zan this is Ava” Max said.
“Do you really look like my mother?” Zan asked, looking up at this woman.
“Tess was your mother?” Ava said shocked, but she saw Max nodding. “Well Zan, if I had blonde curly hair and dressed a like more conservative, I’m sure you’d be able to see the likeness” offered Ava.
Getting up from his position on the couch, Kyle went over to Zan and said, “Hey buddy, I’ll have my dad bring over our picture album. She use to live with my father and Ime, and we have a few photos, plus I took her to the prom, so I know that picture is in there too.”
“Thanks. I can’t wait to see what she looked like.”
“Well, we need to get going” Kyle said grabbing everyone’s masks and mittens and passing them out. “We might as well get into our costumes.” Isabel, Kyle, Max, Liz and Zan each transformed themselves by putting on their masks and mittens.
Ava just laughed. “Look what you had to resort too. So, that was you’ll earlier who came into the CrashDown. I take it Michael and Maria are here with you too.”
“Yeah, we’re meeting them over at the UFO center” Isabel said.
“Well, you lot have fun. There are a ton of ‘aliens’ downstairs who want their plates filled with Galaxy Burgers and Saturn Rings, and the tips have been great, so I better get back down there” Ava said. Then turning towards Max, she said “just let me know when you want to talk. I’m here most of the time.”
“Sure thing” Max said.
They each made their way down the stairs, through the double doors, through the ‘alien’ packed Café and out the front doors. The night air was a lot cooler than when they left the cave. It was completely dark out, but it was still bright because of all the neon lights from the area businesses, promoting this annual event. There was a line leading up to the UFO center, for the big event. Each of them fell in line and waited their turn to enter the ‘Center’. Liz was just thinking how much money Maria’s mom was going to make off of this one event. This year she could probably retire, if she wanted too. Zan was noticing all the different kinds of visitors that came to this event. Everything from UFOlogists to the run of the mill teenagers dressed up for the Crash Festival, which was going to be following the ‘Alien Takedown’ match. They finally made it to the door and Max paid for everyone’s entrance. They went through the doors and down the familiar concrete steps leading to the stage area. Liz spotted Maria and walked over to her. Then she noticed, along with the rest of the group, ‘The Alienator’.
“Wow Clark, you look so fine, all dressed up like that” Isabel said, with a big grin on her face.
“Isabel Evans” Max simply said.
“What…I bet if Liz wasn’t attached to your hip and you weren’t standing within earshot of her, she’d be saying the same thing” Isabel shot back.
Max looked over at Liz, who gave him an innocence ‘who me?’ expression, but still had a big smile on her face, all the same.
“Well, hands off girls” Chloe said stepping up smiling and wrapping her arms around Clark, “I’ve been waiting a long time to get a piece of this ‘Alienator’ and I’m not sharing” she said jokingly.
“Ladies, Ladies…no use fighting over me, there’s enough of me to go around” Clark stated, which he got a well deserved punch in the arm from Chloe.
“Ouch Clark, that hurt” Chloe said, rubbing her hand.
“I’m the ‘Man of Steel’. Isn’t that what you refer to me as at times?” Clark asked, but pulling her closer and taking her hand he kissed it. “Does that feel better?”
“No, but it’s the thought that counts. You better get going, so we can grab our seats. Take it easy on the ‘Rage Boy’” Chloe said.
“No Clark, think ‘No Mercy’. I’m using you as my way of getting back at that monster” Michael stated, remembering the beating he took from the same guy.
“I’ll do my best”, and leaning down towards Chloe, he gave her another passionate kiss. What was he thinking, wasting all that time on Lana, when Chloe has always been there for him.
“Clark, you’ve got to get backstage” Chloe said, releasing him from her grips. “I’ll be waiting for you after the show.”
“Okay, I’ll see you all later” Clark said, and walked towards the back stage entrance.
“Man, that boy can kiss” Chloe stated.
Before Clark reached the entrance, he turned around, looked at Chloe and mouthed “Thanks Chloe, you’re not too bad yourself.”
Chloe blushed, and simply stated “damn super hearing!” Clark grinned, turned around and entered the back stage area.
“What was that all about Chloe?” Michael asked.
“Oh that, Clark heard what I said” Chloe said, still blushing.
“How could he hear you from way over there?” Isabel asked, and then as if answering her own question she said, “Oh, never mind.”
They each grabbed a seat and prepared themselves for the main event.
The “Alien Takedown’ Match
Everyone was ready for the main event, situating themselves around the ring. Within the crowd, spectators had hand made signs made up, in support of their favorite competitor. They were mostly for ‘Raging Ray’, who was competing to defend his title and his undefeated status. There were a few signs up for the unknown “Alienator’, mainly from people who like to cheer for the underdog.
The gang supporting Clark was sitting in the front row in his corner. Finally, Amy Deluca stepped into the ring and began with the introductions.
“Welcome to the 14th Annual Alien Takedown!” The crowd began to roar.
“Let me introduce to you the competitors in tonight’s Main Event. In this corner, here to defend his undefeated title as the “Alien Takedown’ winner for the past 10 years and coming directly from the ‘Alien Capital of the World’, please put your hands together for ‘RAGING RAY’.”
The crowd exploded as ‘Raging Ray’ made his way down to the ring, through the crowd.
Amy continued, “Now, let me introduce his competitor. Coming here all the way from the “Meteor Capital of the World”, please put your hands together for the ‘ALIENATOR’.”
Clark made his way through the crowd and up to the ring. It seemed like the crowd’s enthusiasm got louder as he got closer to the stage. Of course he got the encouragement from his friends, but the females in the crowd seem to be changing their minds on who they wanted to support too.
Both Clark and Ray were in the ring, when Amy made her final announcements before the match was to begin.
“Tonight’s winner will walk away with $2500. I’d like to say thank you to the area businesses that have been supporting the Alien Takedown each year.” The crowd clapped in appreciation. “Now, I would like to introduce tonight’s referee. Coming straight from our little town of Roswell, he has been an active member in our society, so put your hands together for Jim Valenti” again the crowd clapped, as Jim worked his way to the ring, dressed in a black and white referee’s outfit.
Amy left the ring, as Jim went to the center. He brought each of the competitors to the center of the ring. “Now, I want a nice clean fight. Shake hands and return to your corners, when I bring my hand down, you can begin to wrestle.” Each of the competitors bumped fists against each others and returned to their corners. ‘Raging Ray’ tried to look more intimating and bring the crowd to their feet, but Clark wasn’t fazed at all the activity going on around him. He was focusing more on his game plan. He wanted to put on a show for the crowd, so they got their money’s worth, but he also had to be careful on how he handled this guy, not exerting too much ‘muscle’ in his direction. He didn’t want the guy to end up in the hospital after all.
Turning, each of the wrestlers waited for Jim to bring his hand down. Jim went to the center of the ring, raised his hand and announced “let the Alien Takedown begin” and brought his hand down.
Each of the competitors walked around the ring, sizing up their opponent. Clark’s game plan was simply to allow the other guy to have free access to him. Clark would act on the defensive until the other guy was tired out. This is when he would make his move and end the match.
‘Raging Ray’ decided to make the first move. He lunged forward towards Clark with his arm extended; catching Clark in a ‘Clothesline’ and sending him back into the mat. Thinking his opponent was easy bait, he ran over to him, scooped him up and brought his ribcage down upon his raised knee. Unbeknownst to Ray, Clark was laughing inside, feeling a little tickle in his ribcage, but he put on his game face and grimaced a little bit. Ray, on the other hand, was feeling a little bit of pain in his knees from his last move. Not wanting the audience to know he was hurting, Ray got up and moved towards the ropes. He climbed to the top turnbuckle and with his elbow cocked, came diving down upon Clark’s shoulder, which shot instant pain through Ray’s arms.
“What was this guy made of?” Ray thought to himself. Normally he was able to take out his opponent easily, with these couple of moves. He had to rethink his strategy about this opponent.
Clark got up, to the roar of the crowd, rubbing his shoulder, keeping up the rouse.
“Way to go Clark, keep it up!” yelled Chloe, rubbing her hand. “I bet Ray’s knee and elbow really hurt right about now” she related to Michael.
“Good, because it didn’t feel all that great when he did it to me” stated Michael. He turned to the ring and yelled “Remember Clark, no mercy!!”
Clark, looking towards his cheering section, didn’t see Ray sneaking up behind him. Ray grabbed Clark and lifted him straight over his head. Flipping Clark around, Ray slammed Clark face-down into the mat below. Not wasting any time, Ray sat on Clark’s back and placed Clark’s arms on his thighs and applied a chinlock, while pulling his head straight back.
Realizing he was about to lose the match, Clark used just an ounce of his abilities and flipped Ray around and got back on his feet. This little move brought the crowd to their feet, yelling and cheering on the ‘ALIENATOR’.
“What is going on” is all that was going through Ray’s mind. Moving towards the ropes again, Ray decided he was going to end this match. He climbed to the top turnbuckle and jumped towards Clark, landing against his torso and sending them both back to the mat. Wasting no time, Ray flipped Clark over onto his stomach and grabbed one of Clark’s legs and lifted it off the mat applying pressure to his ankle.
“He should get a submission from him now, no one has this kind of pain threshold” Ray thought.
Clark was refraining from laughing out loud. His ankles were very ticklish and it took every ounce inside of him not to kick his opponent. He’d probably be catapulted back to Smallville, if he didn’t get him away from his ankle soon. Again, going against nature, Clark turned over flipping his opponent over and landing him on his back.
Ray was shocked. How could he just turn over and not even utter a shout of pain. He was definitely feeling the pain from this match and this guy hadn’t even pulled many moves on him.
Clark, on the other hand, moved over to his cheering section, and gave Chloe a sheepish little grin. She returned his smile and took another picture of her ‘Alienator’. Her digital camera had to be full since she had been taking continuous pictures from the beginning of the match. Everyone else in his group was up on their feet yelling and cheering him on. Michael had a big smile on his face, and kept thinking ‘Redemption’. Looking out among the crowd of spectators, Clark figured they had gotten their money’s worth and it was time to end the match.
Surprised again, Clark was brought up over Ray’s head, and this time Ray catapulted him over the ropes. On his way over the ropes, Clark grabbed the top turnbuckle and flipped himself back onto the mat, landing on his feet.
Ray, not realizing that Clark was standing behind him, and basking in the last move of sending Clark over the ropes, was looking out towards his cheering crowd. Suddenly, it was his turn to be surprised. Clark slipped his arms under Ray’s armpits and locked his hands behind his neck, pushing his head forward against his chest. Lifting him off the floor, Clark released his opponent, who fell to the floor. Seizing this opportunity, Clark laid on top and to the side of Ray, pinning his one arm underneath his legs and locking his hands around his chin and pulling back slightly.
Ray couldn’t take any more. Jim was down on the floor listening for some kind of submission from Ray, which eventually came.
“I give up, I surrender” Ray muttered, truly in pain.
Jim slapped the mat, signaling the match was over. Clark released Ray from his hold and Jim raised Clark’s hand and declared him the winner.
Ray reluctantly left the ring, moving to the changing area as Amy entered the ring.
“Congratulations to this years winner ‘Clark Kent the Alienator’” Amy said, handing Clark a check for $2500. Everyone in the crowd was on their feet, congratulating Clark. Clark, tired of the mask, removed it, driving the females in the crowd crazy.
Clark exited the ring and went over to his friends.
“That was an awesome match Clark” Max stated, patting Clark on the shoulder.
“Definitely worth coming and seeing, thanks for the redemption,” Michael said.
“I could’ve taken you!” Kyle said jokily.
“Yeah right, I bet you wouldn’t be able to last 10 seconds against Clark” stated Isabel “but I’m sure you would’ve been able to take on ‘Raging Ray’ though” she smiled coyly at Kyle.
Kyle smiled back. Maybe there was hope for him and Isabel. Just Maybe.
“Clark, you were awesome!!” Chloe stated, as she ran up and kissed him, breaking the hearts of all the female onlookers. This good looking guy was taken.
“Thanks guys, I wouldn’t of been here, if it wasn’t for you all. Oh, and here Max” Clark said, handing him the $2500 check, “put this down on your house or for furniture.”
“Are you sure?” Max asked.
“Yeah, you know this match wasn’t ‘really’ a fair match, so the money should go towards a good cause and getting you guys set up in your new home is as good as place as any for the money to go.”
“Thanks Clark, we all appreciate it” Max said, taking the check
