Clark jumped only slightly as Jesse stopped a little ways in front of him with a flash. She stood there and looked at him as if waiting for orders. Just as Clark wanted to bombard her with questions she had some of her own. He was a legend. Then again there were a lot of heroes that were legends. Legends only became legends one way usually.
"There's an extra bedroom so you can make yourself at home." he told her
She nodded and bit her bottom lip.
"I'll just uh…go inside then." She said
Going in she stopped. This was the place. It looked so much better than the pictures in books. More than anything right now she could use a nice shower and some time alone. She walked up the stairs and towards the bathroom. It was completely dark. For several seconds she just stood there.
"Why isn't the light turning on?" she mumbled to herself turning around in a circle
Then noticing the wall switch she flicked.
"Right. A few years behind." She reminded herself
She was so used to sensor switches. After a steaming hot shower she walked to her designated room and closed the door. She flipped the lights on then looked at herself in the mirror across the room. b b She didn't even look like herself. She looked like a ghost of herself if that. She'd been fighting for so long…
Removing the gold ring from her finger she put it on the chain around her neck. As she did she felt tears streak her face. If she didn't fix this then it was pointless. It was all just pointless. Laying down Jesse cried herself to sleep. She had never done a mission alone and she was still clueless as to where to start. She only knew that she had to come back here. She worried about Connor. Was he still alive?
Clark could hear her sobs. She was scared. Was the future so bad? He had no idea and knew better than to ask. In the morning he'd have Oliver call in back-up to help look for the other traveler that tagged along with her. Then there was Lex. Clark didn't even know where to begin with that subject. He knew that he'd be up all night because of it.
"So tell me Helios of the future. How do you get rid of a man that is invincible." Lex asked sadistically
Lex knew about Clark's deep dark secret. After all those years and it took him up till last year to know that Clark was beyond any of his knowledge. He was beyond this planet even.
"You don't." Helios answered
Lex's eyebrows rose.
"You send him to the Phantom Zone." Helios said
"Phantom Zone…" Lex said mulling over the words
Even by saying that Lex knew it would be enough to get rid of the abomination and danger of Clark Kent. It was just the sound of the place. In his own eyes Clark was dangerous. He has so much power and didn't use it. He could have control over everything.
"Clark Kent will not be a problem." Helios said "But Jesse will be. She knows what can happen and will do whatever it takes to stop it."
"In due time Helios."
"She's a problem." Helios reminded him
"Trust me. If this Phantom Zone you speak of should get rid of Clark then we can shove her in with him." Lex said "Hitting two birds with one stone."
Helios smiled. He knew there was a reason he liked this man. He was a genius. When the right time came everything would go back to the way it was.
"Of course." Helios agreed
Jesse zipped downstairs leaving a slight static sound behind.
"Morning!" she chirped grabbing a piece of toast
Clark observed that of all the things on the counters that he had made she only took that.
"Thanks." She said as she made her way toward the front door
"That's all you wanted?"
"I'm not all that hungry." She replied
He gave her a confused look.
"What?"
"Well you zip around, literally. You leave a slight zip sound behind when you do that. Plus you shooting lightning from your hands." he said "How is it you don't need a lot to keep up your strength?"
"I'm an endless energy source Clark. So I'm always good for the go." She said with a small laugh
"You never run low?"
"Nope. Being an electrical circuit is good like that."
"It's strange." He said
"Well, I was born this way and not everything is figured out about me. I was just born electrically charged and well? It's never ending." She said dropping her hands to the side
He nodded. Jesse then turned and walked out the door with him following.
"So can you control it? I mean you probably can throw out a good voltage."
"I've been tested on that actually. I was tested before I was made active. I can throw out more than…" Jesse tried hard to think back to when she was fourteen
Before then she was nothing more than a hacker who just had to press her hand to the key board to make the computer to do and get what she wanted. Afterwards she was put in the field. It made her glad that she was a fast learner, that was thanks to her teacher as well. He was faster on his feet than her, but she could keep up easily.
"800,000 volts give or take…it's all estimation really." She said
Clark looked at the small sized girl beside him in disbelief that she could really do something like that. There was no hint of joking in her voice though. She'd never been to her full potential being each time she'd tried the tests that were set up she'd blow out an entire building and even the city.
"I should probably get back to watchtower…Chloe will probably want me there to give her a few minor details…I hope to see you again." Jesse said smiling up at him
That zip sound like static came to Clark's ears as she ran off.
Upon reaching the tower she stopped at seeing Chloe at the computers hard at work. Watchtower.
"So what are you looking for?" Jesse asked
"Well, I'm looking for Helios." She said
"Ah." Jesse said
Chloe turned and looked at Jesse.
"It's just that you won't find him, and if you do you'll be lucky to catch him. he doesn't stay in one place." Jesse said justifying her 'ah'
"Well, we'll figure something out."
"We've been after him for a long while Chloe and not even we caught him."
"We?" she asked with a wide smile "Who's your partner in crime?"
Jesse gulped then sped to the computers. This was what she called kid's stuff. Touching her hands to the computers she watched them flicker a little then stop. Chloe watched from behind her as Jesse flipped through the web. The diversion of the question Chloe asked was a success.
"How are you doing this?" she asked in wonder
"I was told to explore my ability more so that I could find multiple potentials. So I found my multiple potentials."
"You're good defense and offense." Chloe said awestruck
Jesse smirked then stopped.
"What is it?" Chloe asked
"I can't get into a certain place. I'm blocked. You'll have to get to work on it." Jesse said
"Well, why can't you?"
"Because I'm going to look around Metropolis and see if I can find him. If I find him I'm sure I'll find a few other things that might help." Jesse said
"No you're not." Oliver's voice echoed
Jesse turned to see Oliver walki g in.
"You'll stay here and we'll go have a look around."
"You have got to be kidding me? You don't trust me?" Jesse exclaimed "I'm on your side?"
"But like you said there was a traitor."
"Would I have come back if I was the traitor?" Jesse hissed
Chloe watched the two get into a heated argument even as Jesse's hands began to show signs of her ability. If it didn't stop then it would get really ugly soon and people would get hurt.
"Stop." Chloe said loudly
Both of them looked at her, their facial expressions clear with annoyance at one another.
"We do not need to short circuit the place." Chloe said
Jesse stood down and looked away. How could he not trust her? He was like her big brother. She might not have seen as often due to his closure on being a hero and changing everything including his name after everything, but still. He was being ignorant.
"I'll have it handled." He said
And bull headed as well.
"Eventually you'll understand." Jesse said backing down
She wasn't going to fight him. Jesse watched Oliver get on his cell phone. Chloe watched as she passed back and forth. Chloe was a little amused by her behavior.
In the next instant Oliver hung up and turned toward both women.
"Alright." he said with a sly grin
"What?" Jesse said
It didn't matter what time it was she knew what that look meant. He did something he thought was for her own good and she wasn't going to like it. Then suddenly Jesse clenched her fists instinctively upon feeling a bout of wind in the place.
"Hey bossman. You called?"
"Oh no." Jesse muttered to herself
She looked at Oliver then over at Bart Allen aka Impulse but later know as The Flash.
"This is her." he said gesturing at Jesse
"She looks harmless." Bart said shrugging as he took in Jesse fully.
"Just don't get on her bad side." Chloe chimed in with a half smile.
He nodded as he looked over at the still pacing girl.
"So…what's the deal then?"
"You stay here with her. Clark and I are going to have a look around. There has to be some evidence around. No one leaves nothing behind." Oliver said determined
"Except Helios." Jesse piped up "He's a teleporter."
Chloe looked at her sharply and Jesse smiled. She kept surprising her, and Chloe couldn't remember being this curious except for...high school. Those were the times when everything was explored no matter what the danger.
"I've only known one teleporter." Chloe said seriously
Jesse nodded knowing where she was going with it.
"Then you're coming too professor." Oliver said
Both Bart and Jesse's eyebrows rose at the pet name. Jesse smirked. Oh yeah, they're on their way, she thought to herself. Just a matter of time.
"Play nice and don't break anything." Oliver said directing it at Jesse as they left
As soon as the two left Jesse looked around briefly then zipped up the set of spiral stairs grabbing a set of clothes she imagined to an extra set of Chloe's. She couldn't stay in the ones she was in for much longer. She slipped on the blue and black leather jacket as she came back downstairs. She quickly shoved the legion ring back inside the blue shirt then Put her dark hair up in a ponytail.
Bart looked up from the tv with raised eyebrows of interest as he heard the stiletto heeled boots clicking on the stone floor.
"Going somewhere?" he asked stepping in front of the door quickly as she went to open it.
"Yeah actually." Jesse said
"Answer me one question real quick." He said
"Then I can go?"
He nodded.
"I don't like being cooped up anymore than you do chica." He said "What am I like? I mean you said you work with us and legion or whatever not that I heard the full back story."
"Yeah…it was in its beginning stages and all." Jesse said as she put her hands on her hips "I couldn't tell you if I wanted to. You're just…you were a good teacher. Before it all went to hell."
"Is it so bad?" he asked as she shoved him aside
She turned and smiled at the young man. He was nothing like the man she knew in the future. He was more…flirty and happy. It was interesting to see, yet disturbing at the same time. This was the young man who was her teacher, he'd taught her everything. She was always able to keep up...well, almost always. She'd never seen this part of him though. He seemed so open.
"One question remember?" she said
Then like that she was gone. Bart smirked at the crackle in her trail. She was going to be a challenge, but as long as he could keep up he was sure it would be one hell of a ride. The others wouldn't be here for a few days anyways. He had time.
Jesse stood at the top of the Daily Planet looking down at Metropolis. The globe still spun on top of the building...She stared in awe at the city. It was so beautiful.
"Why hello little girl." Came a deep voice
Jesse turned quickly and her eyes went as wide as saucers.
"Deliria…" she trailed off
