Part 1/6
Green. Green everywhere. Green trees, greens plants. Everywhere Clark looked it was green. It was Saturday, and Clark had decided to explore the woods near Crater Lake. He kept his distance from the lake, knowing what was in it. But, he was still enjoying himself. He had left that morning, telling his mother where he was headed, than ran off to the woods. No use for the truck. His parents would need it more than him. It was incredibly hot that day. Even for him. He didn't sweat, but he was still very hot. He had decided against his usual plaid, and worn a basic white shirt with his jeans. Tennis shoes instead of boots.
For two hours Clark wandered through the trees. A couple of times he spotted some deer. They always ran off. Once he had even switched into "light-speed", and watched it that way. About the only way to watch deer since they were so skittish.
He was following what looked like a little path, and found a bunch of overgrown bushes. He pushed through them, and one sharp branch tore a small hole through his shirt. Lucky for him of course, he had his powers. If he hadn't, boy would he have been scratched up when he got home.
He finally broke through the brush, and was surprised when he found a small lake in front of him. He was sure it wasn't Crater Lake, as it was much larger than this one. The water was bluish/green, and seemed to be calling to him. It didn't take long for him to decide he was going swimming.
He took off his shoes, and socks. He pealed off his shirt, and exposed his abs. He unbuckled his belt, and pulled off his pants. Just in his boxers, he headed to what seemed the deep side of the lake.
He took a breath, and dove in, the refreshing water felt wonderful. He swam deeper, when he started feeling ill. He had a cramp in his right calf, and than his arms started to hurt. He swam up to the surface quickly, wondering what was wrong. Thanks to his poor sense of direction, he was headed further towards the center of the lake, the deepest part.
The closer to the surface he got, the worse he felt. His whole body was pounding. He needed air. He could barely move.
What is wrong? Clark thought, finally breaking surface. He gulped in air as fast as he could, but quickly went back underwater against his will. A flow of random thoughts filled his head.
I've got to get out of here. There had to have been Kryptonite! I'm so stupid! I should have checked!
I wonder if anyone will look for me? I told Mom I would be gone all day.
Chloe or Lana? What about Lois?
Girls? Why am I thinking about girls at a time like this!
A flash of white hot pain interrupted his thoughts, and he couldn't help but gasp. Water quickly filled his mouth, and flowed towards his lungs. Before he could even recover from that, the pain returned, and this time stayed. If he had been above water he would have been soaked in sweat in just that short period of time. He was about to pass out, when he again was above the surface. He tried to take in a deep breath, but went into a coughing fit. After a couple seconds he could finally breath semi-normally. Clark raised his hand to brush his hair out of his eyes, and when he touched his forehead it was on fire. He couldn't remember having such a fever.
He took another breath, but was pulled back under. He tried swimming towards shore. But, he kept going further down, instead of forward. Occationally he would reach surface enough to catch his breath. It happened right when he had have a breath mostly. He could tell he was slowly moving closer to shore.
The last thing he remembered was pulling himself half way out of the water. The second before he blacked out, a green glow caught his eye.