Chapter 1

Today was just another day in the chaotic life of Chloe Sullivan. In the Daily Planet in the busy city of Metropolis stories were flooding in and the planets young hotshot reporter was not wasting anytime. After the dealings with dark Thursday and the hole saga with General Zod dying down. After 2 months Chloe was getting back to a weird factor 2 which in laymans terms are normal. She was finishing the day with a story about weather anomalies in the north region causing electrical spikes in the North Pole pretty boring. But she had been able to run over in her head how the past 2 months had happened.

Well there's Clark Kent farm boy by day superhero by night but he was her flannel wearing kryptonian alien best friend. I'm worried about him as I always was he hadn't really spoke about the time Zod had trapped him in Phantom zone were all the galaxies most big and bad are kept under lock and key. And then he's lost Riya perhaps the last surviving kryptonian apart from him. I Don't want to push the subject but he was back on Earth and that was the main thing.

Then there was Lana Lang now dating Metropolis's wealthiest bachelor and now making Clark go into super pining mode after all Lana was the love of his life and now is sleeping with the enemy.

This brings me to Lana's boyfriend Lex Luthor Owner of multibillion dollar franchise known as Luthorcorp. But its underground operations including meteor affected collection, 33.1, Cloning Facilities, U.F.O's. Lets just say Mr Luthor and Luthor jnr have got more than a sales pitch going on.

There's my cousin Lois Lane who is now a hotshot reporter for the inquisitor the daily planets rival may I add which when it comes to story scoops all bets are off. But I'm hoping she's ok ever since the amazing Oliver Queen AKA Green Arrow which she doesn't know about. Bowed out of Smallville leaving her in his wake to fight for the knew supreme fighting force of the justice league she's been mending her broken heart with Ice cream and Titanic DVD fest for a month.

And then there's me and I what can I say I have a good job, great car, great friends but what was usually missing out of her life she hated admitting the most…. no boyfriend. Clark has been her infatuation since she was 10 but she didn't want to ruin there friendship. Then there was Jimmy Olsen her first, but they had just recently being back in the dating game when Jimmy broke up with her 3 weeks ago because he knew deep down Chloe cared about Clark a lot more than him and that was that.

God she thought why I can't find someone who I don't have to compare with Clark. Because she knows the whole man of steel is hard to beat and make her heart flutter ever so faster to bad I cant meet someone just like Clark.

She checked her watch 5.00pm clocking off time and soak myself in a nice hot bubble bath. That seemed to put a smile on her face even though that was short lived as Jimmy completely blanked her attempt to say hi as she left for the exit. She felt all alone as she headed down the lift to her car and another lonely evening for Miss Sullivan.

Outside the parking lot of the planet she headed for the second floor of the multi story car park noticing the change of weather as dark clouds were closing in on the busy city "oh great rain." She approached her Mini Cooper her pride and joy fiddling with the keys to open the door. Then a flash of lightning and thunder echoed through the hall making her jump and loosing her keys on the tarmac floor. "Get a grip Chloe not like a bit of thunder and lightning will hurt you" as she got up a young voice responded behind them. "But we will if you don't give us those keys" she turned around to see 2 youths with huds over there heads one with a baseball bat. Chloe stuttered back as another flash a lightning a lot closer to the building. But the youths stepped closer "Listen lady we can do this the easy way or the hard way" showing the bat ready to swing as reassurance. Chloe went to pass the keys closest youth with the bat. She was inches from giving in when a flash of light brighter than a lightning bolt from the sky caught the 2 youths attention immediately grabbed her pepper spray and sprayed the nearest one of them and quickly kicked the were the sun don't shine sending him to the floor she forgot the car and made a run for it.

It was dark now but she continued through the back allies hearing the youths behind her as she travelled through the alleyways she could hear a building raw like a plane but there was no airport nearby. But she was more concerned with her life here. But in mid pondering her heal come loose and she slipped heavily falling flat on the floor banging her head on the floor. Her focus was bleary but she could here the raw getting louder in her ears and like a rush of wind in the ally a bright light consumed the area and then as quickly as it was there it quickly diminished. The youths did not see this light as they were still round the corner but they rounded the corner to see Chloe sprawled on the floor struggling to move the bigger youth licked his lips "I think its lunch time" then from the far reach of the alleyway they heard trash bins fall over. That startled the youths knowing someone was coming and grabbed Chloe's keys and made a run for it leaving Chloe all alone in the back alleys where someone from the darkened streets was approaching.

His head felt like it all mashed up as he struggled to get on his feet knocking over a metal cylinder making abrupt noise which made his head worse. He gazed at the floor realising he wasn't on sand this wasn't even rock it was something else as he focused more as the ringing in ears seemed to subside, he noticed he was surrounding by tall blocks squares standing as far as the eye can see.

"Were am I?" another question added to his list he thought he then got a rush of energy like he had never felt before and his eyesight focused and his head thankfully stopped to ache.

He slowly moved through this new surrounding trying to put the pieces together I was in sand fighting that bizarre soul eater, a bright light and now this. He was about to continue debating when something caught his sight on the floor he stepped closer with curiosity and with utmost shock he realised it was a women lying on the floor. He hesitated for a moment this was the first time he'd seen someone apart from a soul eater. He knelt beside her and turned her on her back letting him see her face. "This is a dream" he said to himself but as he touched her face rubbing her cheek he knew she was real.

"Clark…" was a faint response by the girl as she rubbed into his hand with her face in comfort. He did not know what Clark was but for a moment unsure why he felt a bit flushed by this physical contact but was more concerned why she was on the floor.

"Are you o.k.?"

Chloe opened her eyes to blaringly see the outline of her savoir he was the same build as Clark but the voice sounded different. She focused to see by surprise it wasn't her man of steel but without knowing who he was she went on attack grabbing her pepper spray from her pocket and sprayed him right in the eyes. He flinched and fell backwards holding his face feeling it burn the eyes from the sockets.

"What…is…this magic?" he stuttered.

Chloe got to her feet holding the spray near him then stepping back in horror as he was a lot taller and muscular and wasn't a youth she realised that he may have been helping.

"I'm sorry I thought you were one of those punks."

He merely regained his composure and looked at her with his blared vision.

"Punks?" He responded these words have no meaning or understanding to him. As his focused quickly returned and the burning sensation subsided he noticed she was up on her feet holding her leg.

"You are injured?" He said approaching her.

She responded to him with a smile that seemed to catch him off guard.

"Don't worry about me I'm just clumsy" taking a long look at him noticing the ragged clothes which look like they should have been trendy in the dark ages as they were scraped and torn but looking at him he didn't have any cuts or scrapes on the exposed skin, which she realised was looking at a bit more longer than she should have been.

"But you look worse off than poor innocent me?" she added

He merely looked down to see the his torn garments and noticed he had no longer any injuries from the battle he had just ensued which made him even more confused.

"I…I…where are we?" was the shyest response he gave to her.

She studied him for a moment is he serious he doesn't look like he's an alley cat of the day, damn he's defiantly not seeing a part of his six pack through his wet shirt. Stop it she thought you don't even know who this guy was.

"Metropolis…your not from around here are you?" she

He still was looking at the tall buildings that seemed to consume the entire region as far as the eye could see.

"You could say that…" as he regained his focus back to this blond haired stranger.

She slowly approached him "Well I want to thank you for saving me from those creeps"

Not understanding what she meant he hadn't done anything apart from being thrown into a new world of wonders.

"I think I know what you mean" he replied thinking about the past few moments before he was brought here.

Then her arm stretched out "I'm Chloe by the way"

He smiled the first person he had met outside his prison he'd learnt to call the desert lands.

"Chloe…" her name seemed to linger there in his mind for a moment.

He took her hand which felt soft in his "I am so glad to meet you" he said with an underlining statement embedded in his response.

"And you are…" she puzzled with anticipation.

He looked at Chloe with a blank expression.

She giggled "Your name silly?"

He still continued an unemotional look "Name…I…" just as this slow lingering conversation Chloe checked her pockets.

"Damn!! Those kids took my car keys" she spluttered in utter annoyance.

He didn't understand "Is that bad?" he confusingly shrugging his shoulders.

Chloe didn't know if he was being funny or really had a screw loose.

"When someone has taken your mini cooper estate and no way to get home I would say yes it's bad…" as she finished she seemed to stumble. As quick as she stumbled to become the victim of the pavement again, her would be rescuer caught her mid fall.

Chloe felt the world beginning to spin but realised the concern on his face.

"You don't look well…Chloe" Trying to get use to her name.

"I just feel dizzy must off bumped my head" she said slurring her tone.

"What can I do?" asking hoping she knew the answer.

Her eye's seemed to close as she whispered "Hospital would be g…"

Chloe had fell unconscious with no more information. I was alone again left to my thoughts what is hospital? As my thoughts pondered footsteps from behind caught my attention. Turning behind revealed the 3 large men from the shadows carrying some form of wooden arm length clubs

"You shouldn't be hanging round with your girlfriend playing pâté cake in the alleyways of Metropolis young man you don't know what lurks round the corners" said the central figure of the three.

Confused at what the word pate cake meant but I presumed that girlfriend meant Chloe perhaps these peoples costume that the female of the species is pronounced as girlfriend but whatever the case I kindly gestured.

"Erm…Thank you I will watch out for…corners"

The three men exchanged bemused looks and the central figure of the group chuckled his response.

"You're pretty funny but enough jokes hand over what you got"

I looked at him blankly.

"Why would I hand over what I've got" knowing whatever the case I had nothing of value.

The robust gentlemen gritted his teeth in frustration.

"Because if you don't I am going to bust your head open with my trusty baseball bat do you understand that"

I now understood perfectly that was a threat but these men were not his enemy, the only enemy I had was soul eaters why would these people threaten him he posed no threat.

But I felt a rush of protection over Chloe the girlfriend as they called her. Even though they had only met I knew her life was in danger if I don't find hospital whatever that meant Chloe mite not wake up after all death was a oh to familiar experience in the desert lands and I wanted to put those memory's in the back of my head and stay there.

I lay Chloe carefully on the floor and stood to face what now seemed to be my first enemy of my new surroundings knowing all to well the last battle was only one soul eater in my prison of solitude. But I now faced 3 separate entities of this Metropolis as Chloe had called it unknown to what powers they posses.

The first man charged at me with his wooden bat swinging. As he went to swing at my face it felt like everything went into slow motion I moved easily in time out the way of the bats path. Everything went back to normal speed what just happened he did not know. The second attacker swung his bat right at my face then the slow motion came through my senses again, slowing the speed and the surroundings to give me enough time to reach the bat with my hand and stop it mid swing. I felt no struggle or movement from the bat as the opponent struggled helplessly to pull it out of my grip.

"Ahh…It won't budge…" as he strained to pull it out my grip but I felt no struggle at all. I however realised the 3rd and final attacker swung his bat but even without the slowed perception that seemed to happen when danger was imminent but I also caught his bat with his other hand. Both attackers flailed helplessly as I held there wooden weapons in place. It was actually quite amusing to see them struggle but in my amusement I didn't however realise the 1st attackers had managed to position himself behind me. With both of my hands preoccupied with gripping his accomplice's weapons he swung hard and fast and even with this new found awareness technique I grit my teeth to expect a huge anguish of pain. The bat smashed hard into my back and shattered into pieces. I still waited for the pain to shoot up my body but as the seconds ticked by not even a hint of bone crunching pain he felt something hit him but it felt like a stone skimming of his back. The three hooligans stared in amazement as I was not fazed by the attack. I was beginning to lose patience if my ability to be able to take punishment is great…I wonder.

I squeezed is grip tighter on the bats that I had hold of and instantly they shattered into pieces causing the 2 attackers to fall head first on the ground.

"What type of freak are you? Let's get outta here" He shouted to me as the 2 made a run for it.

The 3rd however tried to sneak away into the shadows but I grabbed him annoyed by there behaviour.

"Please don't hurt me ill do anything you want?" the man said realising I had accidentally lifted him into the air not knowing my new found strength.

I looked at Chloe realising he may have a use.

"You will tell me were I can find…hospital"

The man with legs dangling he pointed erratically.

"Walk down the end of the alleyway and turn left you wont miss it please let me go"

I released my grip and the man fell to the ground with a thump quickly making a swift exit.

I picked Chloe up gently making she was safe in my grasp I felt a overwhelming urge of protection over her as he made his way to the hospital as he realised his destiny had indeed had changed looking at Chloe hopefully for the better.