Training (1)

My mom kept asking me what's wrong. Both mom and dad now knew I lied yesterday, after dinner I said I was gonna meet Lana at her house and probably stay overnight, but then came back home very late at night. I just said I am sorry and went to bed, in the morning I did not get up and told them I was sick.

No 8 year old gets this much freedom but seeing how down I looked and how adamant I was they let me be. I know they want answers, I know they want to help, but I can never tell them what really happened, I don't even wanna think about it.

I let my mind wander to how much I have progressed over the years. 5 days was all I needed to get my x ray and hearing under control, and that too because I wasn't able to practice or meditate the whole time.

As soon as she got home that day Lana urged her mom to take her to Clark's house. She knew from the class teacher that he has a high fever and won't be able to attend class for some days. She even asked her mom to make soup for him which she will personally make him drink so he can get better soon.

When I was doing my meditation I heard a car's sound coming in our farms direction, I tried my abilities out and was surprised to see Lana and her mom coming here, seeing her little cute face all worried I instantly knew what happened.

I hurried back, told mom about it and dashed into my bed with a blanket on. It was almost night when they went back. I had to fake that I was sick, Lana made me drink the soup and was chatting the entire time of how boring school was today without me, and how she needs to learn how to make soup for me, if I ever get sick again.

Honestly I did not feel guilty at all, just happy that how wonderful this new life is. She is just 5 year old, still she cares so much about me. She came by every day making my time to practice shorter, still I was getting very good at my powers. I think my memory is getting very strong too, kryptonians were a very advanced race so it should not come as a shock that I would be smart if I try. That's why I had started reading books from the library before.

How I got to know about my almost eidetic memory, well I just used my newly acquired power on Lana's mom and when they went away, I was kinda reminiscing those curves when the image just popped into my head with all the details. So yeah it's like a picture now which will be stored forever within my memory banks.

I just kept using x-ray as much as I could, on the ground, sky, mom and dad, myself. I tried to go as small as I could, as far as I could and as long as I could. When I get headaches I would switch to meditation and then to hearing.

X ray was easier, super hearing took time but what I wanted was achieved on the 5th day when I kind of marked my mom and dad somehow. It felt odd like if I close my eyes I can find where they are, and kinda passively hear everything they say. If I choose to listen to it, the best thing is I can hear their heartbeats particularly when they change drastically.

It happened when I was out after dinner in the farm, when I could feel my mom's heart rate spike like she got scared by something. I was almost gonna rush back when I saw through my x rays that a horror movie was going on and could hear the screams of a girl frightened by some ghost on Tv. That looked like a very bad movie, whatever atleast mom and dad were watching it very aptly. I was thinking of scaring them a bit but I had work to do, like how and when did I mark her.

It took sometime and on the next day I was able to mark my dad too. It was not scientific but I am superman, even my flight is more like magic and not science. It feels like I can tell people apart, maybe it's aura or life force and if I concentrate on it and wish to find them or keep an eye on them then I am able to do so.

I knew that the heartbeat thing doesn't work for all people like I tried marking both Lana and her mother, but I was able to hear the heartbeat of only Lana after she reached home. I could tell in which direction her mom was but I felt the connection between us wasn't that strong. So maybe it depends on my feelings towards them or the amount of intent I can muster up or maybe I am just not strong enough yet.