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Rating: M
Summary:
In 2009 Clark Kent also known as Kal-El of Krypton died burying himself a mile underground along with the beast known as doomsday. Now 172 years later he returns to a changed world on the brink of a war that nobody believes is coming. But this war he will not fight alone.
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Kal Effect
Prologue
=Journal of Kal-El of Krypton - 2181=
For a hundred and seventy two years I have slept while the world around me continued to change. Everyone I knew is now gone and I am alone, my greatest fear has become a reality. Chloe, Lois, Lana, Oliver and my mother are all long dead, hell I would give almost anything just to hear Lex's voice right about now. That kind of shows how depressed I am at the world I now live in.
I don't know what happened after the fight with Doomsday except that we both ended up buried a mile underground. Thankfully though that monster is dead and his body has turned to dust. Somehow separating Davis from Doomsday took away it's adaptive regenerative powers making it possible to kill him.
I have tried to find records of what happened to the others, but so far I haven't found anything other than mentions of Lois Lane working at the Daily Planet. I miss her and thinking back on it I now realise I should have taken the chance with her instead of wasting time with Lana again.
This new Earth is so much different than the world I left behind. A few decades ago the human race discovered an alien transit system called a Mass Effect Relay. Jor-El for some reason is not happy about it and every time I ask him about it he tells me that humanity has opened Pandora's box. I have no idea what he's talking about but I have learned to take his warnings seriously. Now I just cant shake the feeling that something is coming, something that is very bad.
At the moment though if something does happen I am in no condition to help. The human authorities are looking for me since they are trying to work out how an alien ended up buried a mile under ground on Earth. Those questions I cant answer for them at the moment as being around them is too risky as my powers are almost depleted.
From what little I can understand, the fight with Doomsday completely drained my batteries and my body went into some kind of hibernation while it slowly absorbed ambient radiation. Unfortunately being a mile underground cut me off from the sun and it has taken this long for my energy reserves to build back up to a point where I could be revived. However my powers are still severely weakened and these new weapons that humanity have sting quite a bit.
Jor-El has tried to help but even the Fortress's power cells are weakened as it shut down after my apparent death. Thankfully though now that I'm back so to speak the solar cells are slowly recharging it. It will take time but hopefully I will also be back to my old self eventually, I just don't know where my place is in this world now.
Jor-El's scans on me have also indicated that my body even while in hibernation continued to change and evolve to the point where I can apparently absorb any kind of Solar Energy, even that of a red sun. If that is true then I have to ask if that makes me truly immortal since my body only needs to recharged if I run out of energy. When I learned that my powers came from the Earths yellow sun I knew that I would outlive everyone I loved. I however had hope that I could go somewhere and give up my powers so that I could eventually grow old and die. Looks like that isn't going to happen as Jor-El has told me that my body no longer ages.
So here I am, Clark Kent or Kal-El of Krypton. I am alone and my greatest fears have come to life, but for some reason I know that humanity will need me again.
=End of Journal Entry=
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