A/N: This story takes placeduring and afteran AU version of the events of episode 406, Transference. The title is a Mayan word referring to a transfer, particularly of goods, money, souls, or names; the chapter titles are simply Mayan numbers, in sequence. Ready? Let's go.
Prologue
This was it: the moment of truth. Lionel, looking out from Clark's body, dangled the body he'd inhabited for the last fifty years above the prison's dingy floor.
There was the slightest of movements from his- Clark's- arm. Lionel squeezed tighter; he sucked in a breath as the Mayan Element fell from Clark's sleeve. Time seemed to slow as he marked its progress. If Clark could complete the transfer, it would all be undone.
At the last second, the Element slipped carelessly out of Clark's hand and bounced off across the floor. The look of abject horror on Clark's face was absolutely beautiful.
Lionel studied the eyes that had been his since birth. He had seen so much through them. These eyes, these lips, this frame- he hadn't been a god, but he had enjoyed himself so. Even with this new, semi-divine state, he was going to miss it. Lionel said a silent goodbye, then crushed his old neck.