Josh's Reality: Lab: Better Lead than Dead

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Though temporarily out of the Phantom Zone and given just a wee bit of a reprieve, Mon-El was still dying, still suffering from lead poisoning in his veins.  Even if he could be cured of what was killing him now, the odds of encountering lead again were tremendous.  It would take a miracle to truly save his life.

His vision was hazy, pain making it hard to focus, but he could make out a high tech laboratory, one that would have been the envy of many a scientist.

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Josh lay him down on a table and started hooking him up to a dialysis machine, his mind whirring as he recalled all that he'd seen of this guy in his uncle David's comic books (before the older man had refused to let him read anymore). "This should clear more of the lead out of your blood. It'll give me enough time to figure out the right composition for the cure."

Then he frowned and looked toward the door. "I need Kryptonite."

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He was still weak, but he managed a rough smile. He wasn't sure if Josh could hear him, but in as loud a voice as he could manage--barely above a whisper, really--"thank-you..."

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"Don't thank me yet," said Josh softly. "I'll be right back."

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There's almost a laugh from him. "Where'm... I gonna go?"

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"Just wanted to reassure you. You've been alone except for jerks for a long time." He gave him a half smile, then vanished in a puff of wind.

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"'preciate... it"

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A couple moments passed, and then the door opened and light footsteps entered, followed by a gasp.

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Mon-El was a little too out of it to notice.

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And then Josh was back with a small chunk of glowing green rock in his hand. He paused when he saw his wife, but then stepped around her with a smile and set to work.

Jenny watched him, her pale green eyes curious and concerned under her strawberry blond curls, then turned to oversee the monitors on the dialysis machine.

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Little by little, the lead was leaving Lar's system.

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It was a very good thing that Josh didn't have any paper in his lab, because at the moment it seemed as though a whirlwind were loose in the room. Only the orderly nature of the opening and closing doors and moving of objects hinted that there was a person at the heart of the storm.

Jenny, hair tossed by the wind, reached over and gently patted Lar's arm. "Would you like a drink?"

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Something to... Great Daxam!

He was out of the Phantom Zone He could eat and drink now...

"Yes," he says. "Ah... anything's fine."

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"Just water for now," she said apologetically, then turned to get it, only to squeak with surprise as her husband stopped in front of her and handed her a glass before blurring away again.

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Mon-El took a sip of the water, shakily. "Great Galaxies... I'd almost forgotten..."