16.Time To Go

Erick stood in front of Clark and Lois who were still trying to process what he had just told them, it had been a while since they came back from Metropolis; a part of were expecting for Erick to be really hurt due to his fight against the Black Flash but to their surprise he was standing in front of them. Without a single scratch on him..

Lois:So run through me one more time..you fought this creepy looking speedster, you basically became a God of speed; you then whooped this guy's ass and to finish it all off you..erased him from existence itself

"Well..I wouldn't say erased from existence, I just brought him to the end of time and hurled him into the void where life had no meaning so neither did he"

Lois just turns to her husband, Clark and tells him

Lois:Alright Smallville im heading upstairs all of this mumbo jumbo is hurting my head, good luck

She kisses him on the cheek and excuses herself as she walks upstairs leaving Clark and Erick by themselves

"You know..she took that a whole lot better than I thought she would"

Clark chuckles a bit and replies back

Clark:Well when you've seen as much as Lois things like this tend to just become apart of her everyday life, we've been through some crazy things together and I can see how this would be different

"Right because before it was aliens and different dimensions but now it's speedsters and different universes with versions of yourself living completely weird lives"

Clark:Pretty much yeah..oh right..

Clark reaches into his pocket and holds out the extrapolator which was now fixed as Erick smiles a bit

Clark:I promised you I'd personally give this back to you and im a man of my word..

He hands Erick the small device as he looks at it and then back at Clark with a grateful smile

"Thank you..this means alot to me"

But his smile slowly faded away as Erick now looked a bit saddened by this news which didn't go unnoticed by Clark

Clark:Hey are you okay? I thought you'd be more happier

"I am--no..I just--*sighs* it's not that I don't appreciate this, it's just that..some part me doesn't want to leave this place and the other part of me knows that I have to keep my promise.."

Erick sets down the extrapolator and sits down on the side of the stairs as he runs his hand through his hair and looks down at his watch

Time wasn't really kind to him in the past, he wanted to stay but he didn't know if he really should..then again he promised Kara, he'd come visit her. And if he went back on the promise..then he'd be lying to only himself but to Kara as well and that's the thing he ever wanted to do to her

She mattered to Erick in so many ways, she was funny, absolutely beautiful and something about her smile..it just made you feel like you do anything and she'd still stand by you till the end..

Did he like her? He didn't even know himself..they met not that long ago, so his feelings weren't really all there..he's never actually known what it's like to love someone. According to his father..he said love was a weakness..

He could still hear that bastard's head in his voice..

Eobard:

He wanted so badly to end his life..to phase his hand right through his heart, but if he did that..if he crossed that line then he'd only be proving his father's point..that he was just like him, he could already see the looks of disgust and distain from everyone he's ever known and trusted..

Clark sat down next to Erick, he could see the internal struggle he was going through

Clark:Erick if you want to stay here then you can, no one is forcing you to go anywhere..in the short time ive gotten to know you; I can see why you would want to stay somewhere like here..but if you do choose to leave then everyone will understand..I have faith you'll do what your heart tells you in the right moment.

He pats Erick on the shoulder as he gets back up and leaves Erick to ponder his own thoughts

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Erick leaned against the wooden railing as he looked out into the grassy fields and beautiful sun shining ever so beautifully

He heard footsteps walking up against the creaking wooden stairs as Erick turned his head back a bit, he smiled a bit seeing Kara as she smiled back at him as she joined him and stood next to Erick

Kara:It's nice isn't it?

She says referring to the view in front of them

"Yeah *chuckles* it's really nice..*faces Kara* how are you?"

Kara:I'm fine..but I should be asking you that, you literally fought death itself and came back like it was nothing

"Oh you'd be surprised..I was pretty surprised myself actually, but I had to be careful"

Kara was a bit confused by that last part as Erick noticed and began to explain it to her

"When I became..whatever that was, I felt like I could do anything..be anything..so much power at the palm of my hands. And when I was fighting against the Black Flash, I was connected to everything..every moment in time, every speedster..good or bad; that kind of power tends to corrupt you.."