L-Corp trip
4 months later
“Which class do you think will win the trip to L-Corp?” Lakren asked while leaning on a locker.
Luna closed her locker and looked at her friend. “Obviously my class. How dare you even ask that.” she dramatically scoffed before breaking into laughter with the other boy.
“You know how annoyed everyone will get when they find out an eleven-year-old bested them?” the boy asked as he accompanied his friend to her classroom.
“Just the idea of it makes me smile.” Luna answered.
While the competition was based on the student's grades, small games happened between the classes for extra points. Luna took part in all of them and she was the proud champion of her class. Her opponents realised how smart she was after each match she won. She enjoyed their shocked faces and rage quits.
Maybe that’s what her mom means when she says ‘It’s the Luthor in me’.
“See you later.” The boy waved and rushed to his own class.
Luna sat on her seat and waited for Mr Wilcox with excitement.
“If we actually go to L-Corp I will buy you cookies for the rest of the year.” Penelope stated before taking her seat.
“Do you want to shake on it?” The younger girl asked and raised her hand.
The brunette across her smirked and shook her hand. “It will be worth it.” she winked making the younger girl’s smile bigger.
Shortly Mr Wilcox entered the classroom and silence fell in the room. He looked at his watch waiting for the morning announcements. When the voice of the principal echoed in the room, everyone turned to the speaker.
The principal announced the sports events and talked a bit about the upcoming break before finally announcing what the whole 9th graded waited for. “The winner for next week’s L-Corp trip is Mr Wilcox’s class.”
“Yeeees.” The teacher yelled shocking his students. He turned to his student with a huge smile. “No class today. I only have this lesson to make sure all of you will understand how serious a trip to one of the most advanced technology companies is.” He turned to the whiteboard and started writing the rules for the trip.
Luna was opening her notebook when a cookie appeared on her desk. She turned to Penelope who smiled at her.
“I’ve never seen Mr Wilcox so excited about anything.” Penelope whispered to Luna as they followed their teacher inside L-Corp.
“Me neither.” the younger girl answered.
They followed their tour guide to one of the labs where he showed them some tests they were doing. Luna decided to stay back a bit, letting the others have a look as she could ask her mom to bring her here whenever.
The sound of heels drew the kids attention and whispers were heard as the CEO of L-Corp walked closer to them. “Welcome everyone.” the woman greeted and Luna swears she heard her teacher gasp.
“Dr Luthor, it is an honour to meet you.” the man said as he shook Lena’s hand.
The woman smiled “Thank you Mr Wilcox. Jeniffer, “ she turned to the tour guide. “I can take it from here.” she informed her employee. She walked in the front of the group, glancing at Luna before she continued the tour.
Lena answered all the random questions the kids and the teacher asked as she showed them around the labs. After a few hours, they moved to a conference room close to the labs. This was a better way for Lena to answer questions and the kids to have lunch.
“Dr Luthor, if I may introduce you to the student who brought us here today. Without her, I don’t think we would have a chance.” The teacher said as he pushed Luna a bit forward.
“Really?” Lena raised an eyebrow, a smirk on her face.
“I know she seems young, but trust me. She is a genius. She skipped three grades.” The man pointed out.
“Do you think her parents did a good thing for letting her skip a few grades?” the woman asked.
“Of course. This brilliant mind would be wasted if it didn’t skip grades.” Mr Wilcox stated making both Lena and Luna smile.
“I’m glad then. Now excuse me, I have to get on the stage.” Lena excuse yourself.
“I was expecting you to be a little bit more excited and ask more questions.” The man said as he walked back to his seat with the girl.
“Oh!... I’m just a bit shy.” she answered with a shrugged. She slowly turned and headed for the door.
“Where are you going?”
“I need to use the bathroom, sir.”
“Very well. Don’t be late.”
Luna nodded and left the room quietly. She walked down the hallway, passing the bathrooms.
A few minutes passed and a loud boom was heard. Lena rushed to the lab and was followed by Mr Wilcox. “Did you see if any of the kids are missing.” She asked as she unlocked the door of a usually empty lab.
The man shook his head and followed the woman inside the lab, smoke was coming from one of the devices on a table and they got closer to it. Lena glanced at it and knew exactly what happened.
She sighed and pitched the top of her nose. “Luna Luthor-Danvers come here right now.” the CEO demanded. One of the cabinets slowly opened and Luna climbed out of it. The girl walked to her mother with her head hanging low. She was wearing a lab coat of her size and safety goggles were on the top of her head.
“What did I tell you this morning?” Lena asked with a pointed look.
“To not break away from the group.” the girl murmured.
“And what did you do?”
“I broke away from the group.” the girl answered with a sad sighed.
“Grounded. For a week.” the CEO announced and the girl couldn’t do anything else than nod her head. She then turned to the device on the table and asked with a soft voice. “What happened?”
“I think some of my calculations were wrong. But not sure where the mistake is.” the girl babbled as she grabbed her notebook and passed it to her mom.
“I told you to always check with me when it comes to important calculations.” The woman said and shook her head. “I will read this at home. Let’s go back now.” she said and the girl passed her lab coat and safety goggles to her mom.
“Mr Wilcox!?” the girls said surprised when she noticed the man behind her mom.
“That makes so much sense.” he exclaimed looking between his student and the CEO.
The man was still in shock. Finding one of your students almost blew up a lab in L-Corp was already a big shock. But finding that said student is also the daughter of Lena Luthor was another shock on its own.
“I’m trusting you to keep this little secret between us. I want my kids to spend their school years as ordinary as possible.” The CEO stated with a raised eyebrow.
“O-Of course. Your daughter is such an intelligent child.” he answered and felt the heat on his cheeks.
“Great. Now, you go ahead with Mr Wilcox. I have to call someone to come clean the mess you created.” The CEO said and reached for her phone.
The man and young girl walked out of the lab and headed back to the conference room. “I wish I knew you were her daughter. I wouldn’t be so tough on you at the start.” the man stated.
“I think you not knowing my true identity was better. You treated me like other students and I showed you my worth. That’s the reason we don’t use our last names at school. Our mothers want us to be treated fair.” she paused in front of the doos and looked at her teacher. “Maybe instead of thinking what would you do if you knew I was a Luthor, you would be nice from the start.” she added with a shrug and entered the room.
Mr Wilcox stared at the door, still in shock. Today not only did he finally manage to meet his crus-his role model but also found out that he is responsible for teaching to said role model’s daughter.
“This is the craziest day of my life.” he whispered before entering the room.
"So? You blow up a lab?" Alex asked as soon as Luna walked closer to him. He was waiting at the bus stop for her.
"I didn't blow up the lab. I blow up a device. It's different." Luna answered with a scoff.
"You still blew up something." he shrugged and they started walking to the park. "How long will you be grounded?"
"A week." the girl murmured.
"Want to go get some doughnuts before your week of misery starts?" He asked and smiled at the enthusiastic nod he received.
"You are the best brother ever." Luna said and hugged him.