17 Chapter 17 On The Way

A/N: I'm sorry for the inconsistency of my chapters recently. Work has me spinning around in circles and I've been writing like 200 words here and there but nothing solid. I'm not sick, just really tired so bear with me. And it will not be dropped or put on hiatus (until I start flying across the world) but that will only be for at most 2 weeks (I know hate me now). But I will still be trying my best to bring and present my book to you guys the best I can. Thanks for the encouragement and as always blah blah power stones blah blah rankings blah blah point out my mistakes. Ok enough of that.

Enjoy the chapter

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He sighed and then did something that surprised even himself. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her.

She jumped at first due to the sudden physical contact but eventually she just broke down into tears.

She felt that if she put a little trust it to this man, he would be able to burden her problems. So she did.

She had never felt so safe and protected by someone before that she kept trying to get deeper into his arms. All of the family struggles, the betrayals, and all of the lying, she finally found something that felt right...

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Jake was wondering what the fuck was going on. One second he was trying to figure out how the hell he got dragged into some comic book style plot, the next he decides to hug a girl, and now she's literally crying in his arms while methodically rubbing her body on him.

'Are all women like this? What the fuck did I just get myself into?' he thought as he looked over at Zac who was regaining consciousness slowly.

'Oh no you go to sleep,' he thought as he threw a pebble at him that connected hard with his head, causing him to probably have severe brain damage.

He sighed as Taylor clung to him like a monkey. He didn't want to shake her off as she was going through a lot but at the same time, he didn't have any real feelings for her and this could easily be misread.

She looked up at him after a while and said, "I'm sorry that things turned out like this but I'm going to need your help. My family has a lot of connections with the government and now that the governments are getting involved with other powered beings...I'm afraid that they will come after you."

Jake rolled his eyes as he knows that not a lot of things can really bother him but he also knows that if he wants to live in peace, he needs to stomp out the insects that surround him.

She continues, "Will you come with me? My family is located in California."

Jake looks at her and nods his head in affirmation due to him not trying to speak because if he does, his little Superman might be noticed. She was an attractive woman with excessive curves and with her pressing against him like she was, there was going to be a biological reaction.

Thankfully she didn't notice it and they eventually separated from one another. Taylor was blushing because when she left his arms, she felt like she was missing something.

Jake coughed and turned towards the unconscious Zac who was bond with the vines and said, "What do you want to do with him?"

She recovered from her embarrassment and then said, "I don't care what you do with him because he just accepted what my parents put in my head. Just don't kill him."

Laughing, he replies to her with a big smile on his face, "I'm Superman! I don't kill people. I rescue people and put the bad guys behind bars."

He then grabs Zac and flies away with him...

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A few hours later, Jake and Taylor find themselves crammed into the back of an overfilled bus heading towards Muskoka Airport. The bus was full of middle school kids who were on their way back into the United States after visiting Ontario for a special school trip.

Jake was in his Clark Kent disguise still as he doesn't want anyone to know who Jake is yet, not even Taylor. He did manage to change into something that wasn't a costume and underwear by accommodating it from a certain unconscious individual. The only problem was that he still had the same face that resembled a young Henry Cavil and a very muscular frame that he was being taken pictures of by the kids.

He gave up a while ago and just indulged the kids and took pictures with them. The kids loved it whether it was the boys or the girls. The 3 teachers there also had a blast as they saw that even though he wasn't someone famous, he allowed the mistaken identity to continue so the kids could have fun.

From the side, Taylor was watching everything happening and she had butterflies in her stomach. 'What is this feeling?'

She touched her face and realized it was so hot that she thought it might catch on fire. When Jake turned to look at her, with two little kids hanging on his arms, he looked every bit like the perfect husband and father.

Taylor quickly turned away due to her shyness while Jake was wondering why she was avoiding looking at him. He shrugged and they continued with that for the rest of the ride to the airport.

After another hour of driving, the kids left the two of them alone and Taylor had fallen asleep. She had her body slumped against his but he didn't seem to notice as he was lost in thought.

"System, add all my free attribute points to [Endurance]." he commanded.

'Superman wouldn't be Superman if he couldn't just tank everything right? Yeah he can be super fast and strong but he was always able to take a punch. Strength and speed I can eventually increase but I need to be alive for that to happen.'

[Points allocated. Does host wish to view status menu?]

"Nah. It's just filler to add words to a story. Not gonna happen," he says to nobody around him.

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