Chapter 2
About 11 years later, Smallville had recovered from the meteor shower that had struck their small town. The town was fully restored back to its original condition and beauty.
At the Kent Farm, Clark Kent was getting ready for his first day of Smallville High School. His abilities came in handy when he was in a rush. He had to rush quickly if he was going to catch the bus that stopped in front of his driveway of to the farm. Grabbed a piece of toast out of the toaster and spreading some butter on it to eat, so he wouldn't be hungry the whole school day. After gobbling the piece of toast down, he grabbed his backpack and dashed to the end of the driveway. Unfortunately, Clark just barely missed the bus that had driven past the farm since no one was standing there. Disappointed for a brief moment, remembered that he had the super speed as ability. He sped past some cornfields and small dirt roads as a shortcut to reach Smallville High School. Clark knew he wasn't going to be late.
Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan got off the bus wondering why Clark would be late for the first day of high school. They saw Clark sitting on a bench near the entrance of school and were puzzled since they swore that he missed the bus and lived far from school.
"Hey guys!" greeted Clark.
"I would have sworn you missed the bus. How did you get to school so quick?" asked Chloe.
"I found a shortcut that leads me to the school," Clark explained.
Chloe wasn't totally buying his story and had to ask another question." How fast were you going faster than the speed of light?" she responded sarcastically.
"That's just another one of Chloe's journalist questions," Pete said cutting Chloe off before asking anymore questions and invading Clark's privacy.
"The fair and beautiful Lana Lang has arrived!" announced Chloe that made Clark's gaze follow Lana. It was obvious to Chloe and Pete that Clark was in love with Lana ever since the first grade.
Clark was starting to make his way to Lana to talk to her but his knees always seemed turned to jelly whenever he came within four feet of her.
"Twenty dollars that is takes Clark twenty seconds to become clumsy around her presence," Pete bet.
"Ten seconds!" Chloe fired back at Pete.
"Deal!" the two friends sang in unison and shaking each others hands.
It only took Clark ten second before he fell and dropped the books he was carrying. Every time he looked at the green necklace that Lana wore he felt sick. The necklace was a piece of the meteor that killed her parents and had sentimental values beyond his knowledge. Lana saw Clark had dropped his books and helped picked up some of his books.
"Clark are you feeling alright?" Whitney asked after seeing that Clark was looking a little pale. Whitney was Lana's senior boyfriend that Clark thought was a jerk.
"Yeah I'm fine thanks." Clark grabbed his books and headed in the direction where his friends, Pete and Chloe, were standing.
"Here is your stupid twenty dollars!" Pete said enraged and handing a crumpled twenty dollar bill from his jean pocket to Chloe who had won the bet.
After Clark arrived home from school, he decided to take a walk that would help to clear his thoughts. He dumped his backpack and school books on the table and headed toward the loft discovering a dirt path and followed it wherever it would lead him to. After walking for a while on the dirt road, Clark found a bridge and rested his hands on the railings trying to clear his head.
Lex Luthor was casually driving his convertible Porsche on a rural highway in Smallville. His father had given him a job to run a plant in Smallville permanently moving him from his exciting life in Metropolis. He was driving a little faster than the permitted speed limit of 25 miles per hour. Approaching an intersection Lex put his signal indicating a right turn. Lex continued to drive as if he were driving in Metropolis and soon started to reach a small bridge. A long sixteen wheeler truck carrying large metal tubes for construction passed by on the opposite lane and accidentally dropped a metal tube that rolled onto the lane that he was driving on. Lex saw this and tried to stop but he was driving too fast to stop suddenly. Instead he turned right causing him to drive off the bridge and hitting a high school kid wearing blue and red plaid and had black hair full on. The impact broke the side of the bridge and sent Clark hurling into midair and into the river. As soon as the car crashed into the river it began to sink like a rock. Lex's car sank further into the river causing him to go unconscious.
Clark opened his eyes and realized he was in the river and a car had hit him at 40 miles per hour, but he wasn't dead. The Porsche that had hit him was sinking fast. He swam to the Porsche, ripped the driver's door off grabbing the unconscious guy in the car, and swam to the surface. Clark reached the surface and placed the guy on the shore and started to do CPR on him. The first few times were unsuccessful. Clark was determined not to let this poor fellow die. The last attempt the guy woke up and started to cough up water.
"I swear I hit you at 40 miles per hour," he said confused and thought he was hallucinating.
Clark called the ambulance to get this guy that he had just saved from the sinking Porsche. As soon as the ambulance arrived, Clark's dad, Johnathon, also arrived at the scene in his red Ford truck to retrieve Clark.
"Clark are you alright you scared me! Who was the maniac that was driving fast?" Johnathon questioned his son.
From the ambulance a bald guy wrapped in a fleece blanket approached him. "That would be me. I want to thank your son for saving my life. I would like to give something in return to show my gratitude. I'm Lex Luthor."
Johnathon glared at him and made a skeptical facial expression. "Well next time learn to drive carefully, Lex! Let's go Clark."
Lex saw the father and son drive away in an aged red Ford truck. At that moment, Lex thought of the perfect way to show his gratitude to that farm kid. He would get him a new Ford truck to replace that beat-up old Ford truck that his dad was driving. Lex always believed that wealth could solve a person's problems in life.