Hello. I'm starting my first Smallville story; I hope you enjoy it! This takes place right after the Season 7 finale "Arctic". Everything has fallen apart; Lex Luthor went back on his word on Jimmy and had Chloe arrested, he went against his father's last words and fully embraced his dark side, Brainiac has imprisoned Kara in the Phantom Zone, and worst of all Lex used the Kryptonian orb he obtained to force Clark into submission and had the Fortress collapse on top of them both! As if things weren't bad enough, a new evil is about to rise to threaten Earth! But a mysterious visitor will change all that…

The Future of Justice

Prologue

He had watched everything from his monitors, all the way down to the last detail. He saw Chloe get arrested by the Department of Domestic Security, he saw Brainiac imprison Kara in the Phantom Zone, and saw Lex use the Kryptonian Orb to make Clark unable to move and allowed the Fortress to fall upon them, burying them alive. He lowered his head and shut his eyes tight; he couldn't stand seeing so much pain and suffering. He wished that everything didn't turn out the way it did, that things could have been different.

He especially hated what Brainiac did; he grinded his teeth at the very thought of that maniacal machine. He despised Braniac his whole existence, and all the crimes it commited made him sick. Plus, after all the suffering Kara went through her whole life, she deserved much better than this. No woman so good, so passionate, so beautiful shouldn't be locked up after everything her father and Brainiac put her through. 'Kara did not deserve this fate; she should have a chance for happiness…something her father had denied.'

He opened his eyes again and fast fowarded the data tapes he was observing. He played them normally as Earth reached a full year after these events took place. As terrible as these things were, he knew it was just the beginning. He watched the Earth being consumed by fire and its people being enslaved by a dark, sinister figure. This figure was laughing on his new throne on Earth, a laugh that would make your skin crawl. As much as he hated Brainiac, he hated his villian even more.

"To think, all this happened because he couldn't stop it." He said to himself sadly. "Lex and Brainiac started this chain reaction to Earth's doom; Clark Kent was the world's only hope…and he failed." He turned off the tapes and sat in silence once more. He pondered how things might have been different if Clark had succeeded. "The Earth would have been a much better place, and all those around him wouldn't have suffered." He smiled; Clark was a legend to him, as well as an idol. "You were the world's greatest hero; you should have been able to stop it. Why couldn't you?" He asked himself.

He then thought of the answer. "He didn't have enough help!" He got up and took out a small remote like device. "Clark didn't have all the people and resources to aid him to save Earth. If Kara was freed and the Fortress was restored, and if he had all his friends united against him, Clark would save everyone!" Excited, he opened a portal of some kind in front of him and smiled once more. "One person can make a difference, and that is what I intend to do…make a difference." He then stepped through the portal, which disappeared behind him.

This was how it all started…

Note: Sorry if it is short, but I promise the later chapters will be longer. Anyway, enjoy reading this!