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A/N: Well, it's Saturday. There was something I was supposed to do today. Now what was it? I need to work on homework, I know that… but there was something else. Oh yeah! :P I need to update. ;)

You guys really seem to be enjoying the story and I'm really glad. :) Chapter 2 is about 10 pages on MS Word as well. I don't think you'll complain.

Alright, I got it, you could care less really (well most of you could care less), you just want to keep reading, right? Well, fine then… here's Chapter 2 of Cause & Effect


Previously in Cause & Effect

"Thanks," Kent accepted the coffee from her.

"You're welcome," Lois smiled and let out a small laugh.

"What?," Kent was interested as he took a sip.

"Some kid in there was hitting on me," Lois told him.

"A kid?," Kent laughed.

"Well he wasn't a little kid. He was fifteen," Lois replied, mimicking what Pete did with her shirt.


"She's making fun of me," Pete pointed to Lois pulling on her shirt.

"I wonder who that guy is," Chloe ignored Pete.

"Why don't we go up to her?," Pete tried, "She's your cousin and you haven't seen her in awhile. That should give you the perfect excuse for introducing yourself to her boyfriend."

"True," Chloe nodded and pulled Pete's arm, "Come on."


"Do you think we should start heading over to the farm?," Lois asked, becoming more serious.

"I'm just trying to think of what we can say," Kent sighed, taking another sip from his coffee, "I didn't even know what planet I was from at this age, and I didn't have as many powers."

"They'll believe us, Smallville," Lois assured him, "We just have to try and not freak out at the sight of your dad."

"Agreed," Kent raised his coffee cup to her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and they started walking in the direction of the farm. They needed time to think of some kind of plan, walking there seemed like the best idea. Lois held Kent's hand that rested over her shoulder with her free one, playing with his fingers.


"Crap, they're moving," Chloe said, starting to run, "Come on, Pete."

"Why don't you yell her name? If it's Lois, she'll turn around," Pete said, jogging next to her.

"Good idea," Chloe said and cupped her hands around her mouth yelling, "Lois!!" Without thinking Lois and Kent turned around to see a stunned Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross.

Now in Cause & Effect

Chapter 2

"Clark?," Chloe came up to them. His arm was still around Lois. Tears started forming in Chloe's eyes, but she held them back.

"What's with the suit and tie, man?," Pete asked.

"Uhhhh," Kent looked down. He had no idea what to say. Running into Chloe and Pete didn't even cross his mind. Pete must've been the guy that was hitting on Lois, he should've known better.

"How did you meet my cousin? And what are you even doing here anyway?," Chloe took turns looking from Kent to Lois. Her voice had an interrogation tone to it.

Lois looked to Kent, biting her lip, then turned back to Chloe, "We uh…" She didn't know what to say. After looking at Kent one more time, she thought quickly on her feet and said, "We have to tell them, Smallville."

"What?," Kent turned to Lois.

"Smallville?," Pete laughed.

"Lois, what about… you know," Kent started, widening his eyes. He was trying to hint at changing the past.

"What other choice do we have here, Smallville? Sometimes you have to just roll with the punches," Lois replied.

Pete and Chloe looked back and forth between Kent and Lois like a tennis match until Chloe couldn't take it anymore, "What do you have to tell us? And again how did you two meet?"

"Yeah, and how are you her boyfriend?," Pete asked, still on that subject.

Lois sighed, "Give us a ride to the farm and we'll explain on the way."


Meanwhile, Zod just entered The Talon and walked up to the counter, approaching Lana, "Excuse me, miss."

"Can I help you?," Lana asked, politely.

"I was wondering if you could help me with something," Zod started.

"Sure, what do you need?," Lana said.

"Do you know where the Kent Farm is?," Zod asked, "I have a produce order and I'd like to make it in person."

"Uh, yeah… it's right on Hickory Lane," Lana nodded, "That shouldn't be too hard to find. This is a small town after all."

"That it is," Zod nodded, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Lana nodded, unaware of what she just did.


"So you two are from the future?," Chloe asked, driving. Pete was in the passenger seat with Kent and Lois in the back.

"Yeah," Kent nodded.

"That explains the tie," Pete tried to make a joke.

"What are you doing here?," Chloe wondered.

"As much as I'd love to tell you, Chlo… we can't," Lois said.

"You two are boyfriend and girlfriend?," Pete asked once again.

"Yes, Pete," Kent nodded with a laugh. He looked to Chloe to see what her reaction was, he knew how Chloe felt about him at this point in time. He looked down when he saw some tears well up in her eyes. There was nothing they could do about it.

"How old are you guys, anyway?," Chloe changed the subject. If they time traveled, it must be for something important, she needed to stop thinking so selfishly.

"I'm twenty-three," Kent replied.

"And I'm just about twenty-four," Lois answered, holding hands with Kent once again. Over the last couple of months, it was habitual and felt like the most natural thing in the world.

"How did you two get here?," Pete questioned.

"Can't tell you," Kent shook his head, "We can't risk history being changed."

"So much for you explaining everything in the car," Chloe muttered, but Lois heard her anyway, "Chloe, we would love to tell you everything, but there are just some things that we can't say."

Chloe shook her head, sighed, and then nodded in acquiescence, "Yeah, I understand." She wasn't naïve to believe that things would be the same in the future between her and Clark.

They finally pulled up to the Kent Farm and let Lois and Kent out. Chloe stopped Pete from getting out and turned to their future companions, "Something tells me, it'd be better if we didn't go in with you."

"Good call, Chloe," Lois nodded, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it," Chloe shrugged her shoulder in an 'it was no big deal' fashion, "Just do what you came here to do."

"We will," Kent said and waved goodbye to Pete and Chloe. They nodded to them and Chloe drove away.

"I can't believe my cousin is involved with Clark," Chloe shook her head.

"Is it that unbelievable?," Pete quirked an eyebrow.

"A little, yeah," Chloe nodded and sighed, "I guess I'll never have a…"

"A what?," Pete asked.

"Nothing, never mind… I was just thinking it'd be fun to go to the Spring Formal in a couple weeks with Clark," Chloe replied.

"Well, if you want… you can go with me instead? I'm available," Pete said with a smile, and tugged on his shirt playfully.

"Sure, yeah," Chloe nodded, "That'll be fun… thanks."

"No problem…," Pete said and then changed the subject, "I wonder what happens that's so bad they needed to time travel."

"Me too," Chloe looked in her rear-view mirror to see Lois and Kent make their way to the yellow farmhouse, "But I understand why they didn't want to tell us anything, time travel can be dangerous; especially when you travel to the past. They could change things and not even realize it."


"So, how is this going to work?," Lois asked, when they were at the gate to the house.

"I don't know," Kent shook his head, "I might answer the door… maybe you should go in and when they know I'm here, you can signal me in."

"Alright," Lois nodded, "Where are you going to be?"

"I'll uh, I'll be in the loft," Kent nodded to the barn, "You know what? Maybe it'll be simpler if they come out to the barn."

"Okay," Lois nodded again, "And if not, I'll just yell for you."

"Good luck," Kent gave her a quick kiss and sped into the barn.

"Thanks," Lois sighed, making her way up the steps. She knocked on the door and gave herself a self-motivation speech, "Come on, Lois. You can do this… Smallville's life is at stake."


"Clark, are you alright?," Martha asked her son sitting at the kitchen island.

"Yeah," Clark nodded, "Something just feels off."

"You miss Ryan, don't you?," Jonathan guessed, walking into the kitchen.

"A little, but his aunt will take good care of him," Clark nodded, "It was like I had a little brother."

Their attention was brought to the front of the house from a knock at the door. Martha got up, "I'll get it."

Martha opened the door to be greeted by a young woman – Lois, "Hi, can I help you?"

Lois composed herself and gave herself an assuring nod, "Yes, I'm looking for Clark Kent."

"Are you a…," Martha started, thinking she was a classmate, but noticed she was definitely not young enough to be in high school, "Um, I'm sorry, why are you looking for my son?"

"Mrs. Kent," Lois said and then thought of the best excuse she could think of so Martha would let her in, "I'm… I'm Chloe's cousin."

"Oh," Martha's expression immediately changed, "Come on in, dear."

"Thanks," Lois nodded and entered the house. Martha led her into the kitchen and announced Lois' presence, "Jonathan, Clark, this is Chloe's cousin. She was looking for you, sweetheart."

"Hi," Clark stuck out his hand, "Nice to meet you."

"Yeah," Lois shook his hand, tearing her eyes from the elder Kent next to him. She was the one who said not to freak out from seeing Jonathan, but it was definitely easier said than done, "Thanks for letting me in."

"You know, Chloe's never mentioned you or the fact that you were coming," Clark said, "Is there something I can help you with?"

She sighed, she might as well get straight to the point, "Would you guys please sit down?"

"Uh, yeah, sure," Jonathan pulled out a seat and sat down, followed by his son and his wife, "Nothing happened to Chloe, did it?"

Clark immediately got worried, "Is she alright?"

"No no no," Lois shook her head, "There's nothing wrong with Chloe… I'm here for you, Clark."

"For me?," Clark was confused.

She sat down across from them and gestured with her hands, "Mr. and Mrs. K, Clark, don't freak out about this, but… I know you're from another planet, Clark."

"What?," Clark shot out of his seat.

"Now wait just a minute," Jonathan stood up with him. Martha was too stunned to do anything.

"I told you not to freak out," Lois bit her lip.

"I'm not from another planet," Clark shook his head, denying it.

"It's okay, Smallville," Lois tried to reason with him, standing up.

"What do you want?," Jonathan asked.

"Nothing, Mr. Kent," Lois shook her head, "I want to save Clark!"

"Save me?," Clark asked.

"I am Chloe's cousin, but I'm from the future," Lois said and paused. She looked to everybody, they clearly didn't believe her, "I know how ridiculous this all sounds, but you have to believe me. We came back here to save you, a very evil man has found a way to time travel and he's gonna try and kill you."

"How do you know this?," Jonathan asked, "And who's we?"

"I guess the only way you're going to believe me is if I show you," Lois walked over to the kitchen door and opened it, yelling, "SMALLVILLE!"

"Who did you just call?," Martha joined everyone standing.

"Somebody who's going to help convince you that I'm not lying," Lois replied and opened the door for Kent.

"I guess they're not believing you, huh, Lois?," Kent walked in.

"Nope," Lois shook her head.

"You-You're… you're me," Clark gulped.

"Yeah and we have to be very careful not to change things while we're here," Kent started, "But I guess that's going to be hard to avoid. What did Lois already tell you?"

"She said someone from the future is going to try and kill Clark," Martha told him.

"And that's what we're here to stop," Kent nodded, "We just thought it'd be better if you had a warning."

"If you're just here to warn us, then why did you bring up the fact you know about me?," Clark turned to Lois.

"What did you say, Lois?," Kent whipped his head around.

"I just said I knew you're an alien," Lois shrugged her shoulders. That wasn't a big deal, right?

"Yeah, that's sure to calm them down," Kent replied sarcastically, "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Nothing, I just needed to say something to get their attention," Lois argued.

"Well you got it," Kent gestured to his parents and younger self, "You didn't need to say anything about that, Lois."

"I just thought that with Zod…," Lois remarked, but was cut off by Jonathan whistling, "Hey! You have our attention. You're obviously not lying and you're obviously trustworthy if you're here with our son. Now what are we going to do about this situation?"

"We haven't really thought that far ahead, to tell the truth," Lois was embarrassed, "We don't even know when he's going to try anything or how."

"Who is it anyway? Anybody we know?," Martha wondered.

"No," Kent shook his head.

"How dangerous is he?," Jonathan asked, placing his hand on Clark's shoulder.

"Very," Kent replied, "But not as dangerous as he could be."

"What do you mean?," Clark asked.


April, 2010

Watchtower

"I wonder how everything is going," Oliver plopped on the couch next to Kara.

"Yeah, me too," Kara nodded a little distracted. She was looking through an old album.

"What you looking at?," Oliver asked, interested, taking the book so it was in between both of them.

"Just an album of Chloe's," Kara said, "I got a little bored since J'onn went out on patrol, besides she said I could look at it. It's got a bunch of pictures of Kal-El and his friends when he was in high school."

"Do you mind if I look with you?," Oliver asked.

"No," Kara shook her head, "Not at all. I'll start over for you."

"Looks like Chloe's at a dance," Oliver smiled, pointing to one of the pictures, "What year is this from?"

"She labeled it, Sherlock," Kara laughed, pointing to the caption.

"May, 2002," Oliver nodded, "But who's that she's dancing with?"

"Oh, I know him," Kara nodded, "He's one of Clark's best friends from high school. I think his name is Pete Ross. I met him a couple years ago."

"Looks like they had fun," Oliver said.

"Hey guys," Chloe came down the stairs, "Enjoying yourselves?"

"Yeah, we were just looking at some of your old pictures," Oliver replied.

Chloe walked up to them and looked at the picture they were looking at, "Oh yeah, I remember that. That was the Spring Formal. Pete and I went to at the end of my freshman year of high school. It was right before the tornadoes."

"Was Pete your boyfriend or something back then?," Oliver asked, interested.

"Not really," Chloe shook her head, "We were just good friends. You know, I remember I wanted to go with Clark, but then…"

"Then what?," Oliver wondered.

"I remember Lois and Clark. I drove them to the Kent Farm," Chloe revealed.

"At least we know they made it," Kara said.

"Yeah, I just hope everything is alright and they aren't changing anything," Chloe replied and went on with her work as Oliver and Kara continued to look at the album.


April, 2002

Kent Farm

"So there are others?," Clark asked.

"Sorta," Lois replied, "It's really hard to explain without giving too much away."

"But this guy who's trying to kill me is from the same planet as me, but he can't do anything?," Clark wanted to make sure everything was clear, "He doesn't have any powers?"

"Yeah," Kent nodded.

"Why does he want to kill Clark?," Jonathan asked.

"Let's just say, Smallville is doing what he does best and Zod doesn't like it," Lois tried to explain.

"Smallville?," Martha asked.

"Me," Kent raised his hand, "It's just a nickname."

"Do we know where this Zod character is now?," Jonathan was growing increasingly worried.

"He's in this time, we know that much," Kent answered, "But as to where in the town he is? We have no idea."

"Why is he going through all the trouble of time traveling?," Martha asked.

"As I grow older, I get more powerful," Kent was being careful, "Lois overheard him talking that if he wanted to get rid of me, he was going to go to a time where I wasn't as…"

"Powerful," Clark nodded in understanding, "One thing I don't understand though, how could he kill me if nothing can pierce my skin?"

Lois and Kent exchanged worried looks. They knew Zod didn't know about kryptonite, but he could still discover it. This was going to be a touchy subject, so Kent replied, "He's a military man, I hate to say it like this, but if there's a way… he'll find it."

"What are we going to do?," Martha walked up behind Jonathan and Clark, "Tell us what this man looks like."

"Um, let's see… he has black hair, an English accent, maybe around the same height as Clark," Lois started listing off traits.

"Or I could just show you his picture," Kent said.

"You're carrying a picture of Zod around with you? Should I be worried?," Lois tried to ease the tension with a little joke, folding her arms over her chest.

"It's for JL purposes, Lois," Kent laughed, taking out his phone. Going through his pictures, he brought up one of Zod he took discretely when the Major wasn't looking, and handed his phone to Martha.

"What do we do when he shows up? You don't even know how he's planning on doing anything," Jonathan took the phone and looked at it. After Clark saw his picture, he handed it back to Kent who put his phone back in his pocket.

"He might plan to just fight," Lois surmised, "After all, he is a military man, but with Clark's enhanced strength, I don't see how Zod is going to get anywhere. That's definitely a good thing."

"Yeah," everyone nodded.


Zod was on his way to the Kent Farm, getting closer every second. On the way, a man on the side of the road stopped him, "Hey pal, wanna buy some genuine Smallville meteor rocks?"

"Meteor rocks?," Zod asked.

"Yeah, the things that fell out of the sky back in '89," he replied.

"So they're from outer space? Do you work with them?," Zod picked one up, studying the emerald-colored jagged pieces out of the rock.

"Yeah I do," he nodded, "My name is Dr. Steven Hamilton, I've been working with them for quite awhile. In fact, I have a theory that a spaceship came down with them. I'm just selling them to make an extra buck."

"Spaceship?," Zod raised an eyebrow.

"Look, man, I don't care if you believe me or not… do you want to buy one?," Hamilton asked.

"If there was a meteor shower, I'm sure I can find them elsewhere without having to purchase one," Zod replied. He still held the kryptonite in his hand.

"But you won't find any with as much green in them anywhere else," Hamilton tried to convince him to stay.

"How much is that big one? And that one?," Zod nodded to some hunks of kryptonite. If what this man was saying was true, it looked like, if his hunches were right – Kal-El had a weakness after all.


"I don't really know how to fight though," Clark replied, "I mean, sure I've gone up against a bunch of meteor freaks, but nothing like what you're saying."

"Maybe I could try to teach you how to fight in the little time we have," Lois suggested.

"You?," Clark asked incredulously.

"Don't underestimate her, she's a third-degree black belt and a military brat," Kent told him, "She might know his fighting techniques since she grew up with that type of fighting."

"I-I don't know," Clark was hesitant.

"We're a little limited, Clark," Lois remarked. Clark nodded, giving in, but before they could say anything more, there was a knock at the front door.

Kent activated his x-ray vision, peeling away the walls until he could see who was at the door.

Lois noticed his look and asked, "Who is it, Smallville?"

"Zod," he replied.

TBC

See? There's another cliffhanger… there will still be plenty more to come. Some will be more "cliffhanger-y" than others. ) Part of the reason I always do that is to leave you guys wanting more to come back. :D

Please comment you guys!! I really want to know what you think. Nothing is too confusing, is it? Everything makes sense with the future Clark being called 'Kent' and Season 1 Clark being 'Clark'. All that is okay, right? Did you like how there's been one subtle change/effect already? :P

I really do love reading your comments, everyone. Keep them coming! :)

Clois Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D