“Warning! T-five seconds to impact”, the monotonous void in the tiny spaceship coolly declared. Baby Kal, who was fast asleep in the five-by-five space-cradle, through the journey across space, woke up with a start.
The tiny spaceship crash-landed on a remote village in the middle of nowhere. The Kent family, who were passing by after a midnight star watch date in the desert saw the explosion, marveled at the blue-eyed baby, and took him home.
The Kent family was childless. Mrs. Kent was well past her reproductive age of 203 and was unable to bear a child. All his life, Mr. Kent was was deeply embroiled in planetary politics and never cared enough of Mrs. Kent to think of a family together. It was only when the 8th inter-planetary war began that Mr. Kent thought of retiring. The Kent family decided to abscond to the remote village of Dubai, in the middle of the desert, and to live a peaceful retirement life.
Baby Kal was from the now-destroyed planet Krypton. The eighth interplanetary war had caused tremendous destruction to both sides and Krypton, a planet inhabited by the aero-homosapiens were a fatality. In fact, Mr. Kent himself had signed the order of destruction of Krypton. But how the Kryptonians mustered enough courage to fly the baby to the gods of earth, Kent couldn’t fathom.
Baby Kal grew up alone in the desert. He flew well, brought joy to the Kent family. But unlike the gods of earth, Baby Kal was mortal. Mr. Kent obtained special permission from the king to make Baby Kal an adult at the age of 18, unlike the immortal children of earth, whose legal age is 38. Baby Kal grew up, had his first drink at the local bar, married 106-year-old La-al at the age of 23, had his first kid at 25, and relocated to the ocean state of Australia at 34. Mr. and Mrs. Kent were really upset with his last move and they blamed it on Kent’s wife La-al. This family drift caused Kent to lose financial support from his foster parents, upon which he had to work as a journalist for the local news. Kent died at 82, after a long and happy life with his kids and grandchildren.
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