Different World [1]

Chapter Four

"Don't worry, I made this so it only affects you" She sneered before slashing my face. Tears swelled in my eyes as the pain burned my insides. "Why?" I managed before coughing so hard I could feel my throat bleed. She kicked me over on my back, her foot pressing against my stomach. "How have you survived without me? You always needed me to survive, you can't on your own you silly little girl" She spat, holding her knife to my neck. It was infused with kryptonite, but why was it affecting me so much? She grabbed my phone from my pocket, a smirk on her face.

"I see you've met Kal-El. Perfect" She commented before the faint sound of the dial tone reached my ears. "Emma? Everything okay?" Clark's voice was low but I could still hear him thankfully. "Emma can't come to the phone right now Kal-El" She scoffed before I could feel a gush of wind. The pain was getting worse the longer she held the knife to my throat.

She sighed before lifting the knife away from me. "Looks like this puts a halt to our reunion Elrisia. Till next time" and just like that, she was gone in a leap as if she could fly. I started to cry, unable to do anything else. My body wouldn't listen to me. I tried to get up, to move but it was like she locked my body.  Clark's face came into view, his worried expression making me so guilty.

I felt the bile rise in my throat. The world was getting dark. Too dark. Clark's words were muddling together as I felt my eyelids close every moment or so.

'You failed Elrisia. You always fail'

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"No! Billy don't" I laughed as my best friend jumped off the tree. She was pissed and that vodka only made her more careless. I tried to help her up, my bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand as I used the other to support her body weight. I wasn't as drunk as everyone else, I can hold my drink well.  Morgan and Caitlin were trying to make tiktoks, Adam kept running it per usual.

Jordy was trying to get a kiss out of Adam, even though he was after at least four joints and Adam don't smoke. Jonathan was tryna flirt with Morgan. Morgan's his girlfriend. "Emma! Look, I gotta girl!" Jon Jon shouted at me, kissing Morgan's cheek. She laughed at him, shoving him gently. He fell on his back and stayed there. "I still have no idea why I go drinking with you lot" I snickered, falling next to Jon Jon in solidarity.

My Jack Daniels was almost gone, my buzz steading ever so slightly. Jordy fell by my side, giggling over the fact he got a kiss on the cheek. Adam tripped over his legs, there goes the blue wicked. "Adam!" We all groaned at him. He flipped us off before rolling off of Jordy. The girls joined the little circle we had going on, Billy Rose just deciding to use me as a pillow. "Uhhh, lads and ladies... Marty coming in hot" Adam groaned, seeing my birth mother.

She looked as toxic as ever. Her oversized tracksuit jumper and a pair of blue jeans were covered in small patches of white powder. "Your coke delivery went well I suppose" I coughed, pushing Billy off of me. She glared at me. "Come on girls, parties over" Marty sighed, latching her hand onto my forearm. "Ow!" I yelped as she dragged me up from the ground. Morgan glared at her while Caitlin was helping Billy Rose from the ground.

"Hands off her!" Morgan snapped, smacking Marty's hand off of me. "Nice one M" I smiled at my friend. "Always needing others to help you, Elrisia" Marty smirked at me. I threw the bottle of Jack Daniels at her, missing her face by an inch. "My name is Emma" I snapped, walking ahead of her.