Title: Beyond

Rating: T

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Author notes: Future installments of this story are completely dependent on the number of reviews I get, so please let me know what you think.

Summary: When Chloe disappears in time, Clark goes on a epic journey to bring her back.

Disclaimer: All characters are owned DC Comics/Warner Bros. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Chapter One

Metropolis was ruins; buildings that hadn't been completely demolished in the hours of bitter struggle had been aged into premature dilapidation, the powergrid was failing and the city's water supply was hemorrhaging internally underground, and the sounds of sirens were everywhere. The battle had ended minutes ago, but those few members of the League that could still move or even stand were already tending to the wounded or performing emergency evacuations.

The strongest of them, however, was still staring into space in utter disbelief.

"Clark, we need to get going," Ollie prodded gently while trying to patch his own arm back together. "There's no time to waste."

Clark, however, remained silent.

"Clark," Ollie repeated more forcefully.

"I'm going after it," Clark said, not even turning to face him.

"Clark," Ollie hissed, "We barely survived first contact with this thing. And that was all of us. You can't possibly think you can go after this thing alone."

"It ate Chloe!" Clark screamed, the rage in his eyes starting to burn out as heat vision.

"Look," Ollie said, trying to sound comforting, "I know this girl must have been important to you..."

"She was important to all of us!" Clark roared. "She saved your life, Ollie! How can you not remember that?"

There were volumes of sympathy written on Ollie's face, but they were clearly all for Clark and not the missing Chloe. "That's how this thing works, Clark. It eats time. Moments, decades... If it wasn't for us, it probably would have taking out the entire Twenty-First Century. You know I'm right!"

Clark said nothing. Part of him was thinking about Chloe telling him that she could accept being a sacrifice if it was for the greater good, about the Legion telling him she was the only one of his friends history didn't recall, about the way his father died...

"I'm going to find the Chronovore and I am going to make it give Chloe back," Clark said unshakably. "And there's nothing on Earth or Krypton that's going to stop me."

Before Ollie had a chance to launch another protest, Clark ran off at super-speed, trying to catch the Chronovore's trail while there was still time.

Ollie watched his friend go, then found his phone and dialed a familiar number. "Hey, it's me. Let everyone know that the minute they've got things stabilized here, we're going to have to go after Clark... No, he hasn't gone Red K on us or anything, we just need to bring him down for his own good."

He shook his head and severed the connection. "Looks like I'm going to have to dig out those special arrows," he chuckled without mirth.

Less than three feet away, Chloe watched the whole scene unfold with exponentially growing concern. "Why can't they hear me?"