Later that night, Kara went to the Talon to see if Chloe or Lois were there. She walked up to the counter when she heard Bart's voice.

"Dude, that chick in the black bikini was totally checking you out." She heard him say.

"No she wasn't." She heard Clark's modest voice. She turned to see them walking over to the counter, apparently not noticing her yet.

"That girl was eyeing you like you were a snow cone dude, you should've got her number." Bart told him.

"I can't just walk up to a girl at the beach and get her phone number." Clark told him.

"Yeah, well lucky for you." Bart took out a piece of paper and gave it to Clark, "I can. She says to call her next time your in Miami."

"What. Shhh." Clark looked around to make sure no one could hear him.

"Miami. Sounds fun." Kara said, making herself known. She took the paper from his hands and looked at it before looking up at Clark. "Kimberly. Oh look, she dots her i's with little hearts. How original." Kara handed the paper back to Clark rolling her eyes. "How was it."

"Nice. Beach was fun." Clark said, taking the paper and stuffing it into his pocket.

"So you gonna go visit Kimberly?" Kara asked.

"No." Clark shook his head.

"Why not?" Bart asked.

"I can't just run back down to Miami." Clark told him.

"Why not?" Bart asked again.

"Because it's…" Clark stopped, not knowing what to say.

"What? Too much fun Clark? Come on dude nobody's ever died from it." Bart smirked before disappearing. Kara turned around and saw him behind her holding a cookie.

"What are you doing?" Clark whispered harshly.

"I'm eatin a cookie. Dude, I'm starving." Bart said innocently.

"I want a piece." Kara said. Bart smiled at her and broke off half, giving it to her. Kara smiled and took a bite before Clark took it away from her and Bart.

"You can't just take whatever you want. My mom runs this place. Kara, you should know better." Clark said, throwing it on the counter.

"He took it." Kara said innocently.

"Look man, there's a line. I don't do lines." Bart said as Chloe came up, standing between Clark and Bart with her back to Bart.

"Hey Kent. I thought you'd still be in Metropolis playing detective." Chloe told him.

"I thought I'd leave that one up to the authorities." Clark said, shooting a look at Bart.

"Never would've caught him anyway." Bart spoke up from behind Chloe.

"Chloe this is Bart." Kara smiled.

"He's from…" Clark started.

"The future." Bart cut him off, smirking at Chloe.

"Really?" Chloe asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah. I ran all the way back in time to tell you that we're still in love one hundred years from now." Bart told her. Kara and Chloe both smiled and laughed.

"That was cute." Kara told him.

"Bart." Clark said harshly.

"What's your favorite kind of flower Chloe?" Bart asked, ignoring Clark.

"Uh tulips." Chloe said, looking at Clark for a second. Bart disappeared and came back with a tulip in his hands. He handed it to Chloe and she looked amazed.

"How did you do that?" Chloe asked.

"Magic." Bart answered simply. "You wanna see some more."

"That is so adorable." Kara smirked at Bart.

"Clark." Martha called from the other side of the Talon. Clark gave them all a smile before grabbing Bart by the collar.

"Knock it off." he whispered before leaving.

"That was cute." Kara whispered. She looked around and saw Jason walk into the Talon. He looked over at her and noticed that she was standing pretty close to Bart. Kara took a step away and shook her head at Jason, letting him know he was just a friend.

"Kara, you okay?" Chloe asked, looking in the direction that Kara was looking. Thank god Jason had ducked out of the way.

"Yeah, I was just looking around." Kara told her.

"What do you want?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know. Whatever the hell Lana always makes. I never did learn the name." Chloe nodded, knowing what she was talking about. A few moments later, Kara had a cup of coffee, mixed with a cinnamon and something else Kara could never place. The three of them walked over to a set of chairs and Bart sat down in the middle, Kara on his left facing the counter, Chloe on his right facing the door. Kara saw Jason standing at the counter, sipping on something and looking over at her. She just smiled.

"Kara, come back Kara." Chloe said, waving her hand in front of her face.

"W-What?" Kara asked, snapping back to the present.

"You okay? You seem spacey." Chloe told her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Kara nodded.

"You aren't acting like it." Bart said, a smirk on his face. Kara just smirked and dipped her finger in the whip cream on her drink and smudged it on his nose.

"That better?" Kara asked, smiling innocently. Bart just smirked back at her and did the same, only with more of the whip cream. Bart then turned to Chloe and did the same thing. They all laughed and wiped the whip cream off. Kara looked back at the counter and saw Jason smirk at her before leaving the room.

"Kara. Kara!" Chloe yelled.

"What?" Kara asked, turning back to them.

"You okay. You're really starting to scare me." Chloe told her honestly.

"I'm fine. I just think I need to get some sleep." Kara said, standing up and giving a fake yawn before heading for the door and out to her car. She got behind the wheel and drove to Jason's apartment.


When Kara walked into the apartment, it was completely dark.

"Jason?" Kara called. She had seen his car outside and knew he had to be up here. "Jason where are you?" Kara called again. She walked into the living room and felt arms wrap around her from behind. She let out a sigh when she felt lips begin kissing the right side of her neck. "Jay-Jason." Kara sighed, rolling her head to the other side. Suddenly the lips were gone and Kara found herself against the wall with Jason in front of her, his hands on her waist. "Jason?" Kara asked worriedly.

"Who was that kid?" Jason asked, looking down at her.

"Bart. He's a friend. That's it." Kara told him, looking up.

"Are you sure?" Jason asked, moving his lips to her neck again. Kara's head immediately fell to the side, giving Jason better access. "You looked awfully comfortable with him." Jason bit down on her neck lightly, causing Kara to let out a gasp.

"He-He's just a f-friend. I promise." Kara bit her lip to hold back another sigh. Jason kissed his way to the other side of her neck before speaking up again.

"And why don't I believe that?" Jason asked as he continued to kiss her neck.

"I-It's the t-truth." Kara said, panting slightly. "Jason." Kara shrieked in surprise as Jason bit down on her neck, a little harder than he had before. Kara pulled Jason closer to her and felt him smirk against her neck. Kara groaned in annoyance when she heard her phone ringing from her pocket, the chorus of Revolution by Authority Zero filling the silent apartment.

"Ignore it." Jason said, kissing her neck.

"I-I can't. What if it's important?" Kara panted.

"Nothing's more important than this." Kara sighed, wanting to stay here but knew she had to answer her phone, knowing it was probably Clark and more than likely important. She pulled out her phone and saw it was in fact Clark. "Of course." Jason said, rolling his eyes.

"H-Hello?" Kara asked, trying to calm her breaths not succeeding well.

"Kara, what are you doing?" Clark asked her.

"None of your business. What do you want?" Kara asked annoyed.

"I need to talk to you. It's about the symbols and Jor-el." Clark told her.

"Fine." Kara sighed, "I'll be right there." Kara hung up her phone and slid it into her pocket. "I've gotta go Jason. I'll be back in less than an hour, I promise."

"Why do you need to go?" Jason asked, his hands still on her waist, not wanting to let her go.

"I just do. I'll be back." Kara gave him a quick kiss before heading out of his apartment and jumped back into her car with a sigh, wishing she would've stayed with Jason.


"Okay, why the hell am I here?" Kara asked annoyed as she walked into the Kent home.

"I saw something at Lex's." Clark said, walking into the kitchen.

"Alright. You're wasting my time. What did you see?" Kara asked, crossing her arms.

"It was a page of a manuscript and it had Kryptonian symbols on it." Clark told her.

"Come again?" Kara asked.

"It had Kryptonian symbols." Clark repeated, "I was able to read them, it repeated the same message over and over. Look deeper. I used my x-ray vision and I saw a map hidden underneath it." Kara looked up at him, surprised.

"A map? Map to what?" Kara asked.

"I dunno but I'm almost positive it has something to do with Jor-el and what he sent me after when he was controlling me." Clark told her.

"That's not good." Kara said, stating the obvious.

"I need to get back in there. Get a better look at that map." Clark said, looking around.

"Clark, Lex will see you. I know you want to be his friend. But he's just so hard to read, It'd prolly be easier trying Latin." Kara told him.

"I've been friends with Lex since you left Smallville. Things have been hard at times, but I can trust him." Clark argued, "Besides, I'll be in and out before he knows I'm there."

"Clark." Kara said softly, wondering what to say. "Don't get near him." Clark nodded as the door opened.

"Hi Kara, I thought you were out for the night." Jonathan said, walking in.

"I was, but Clark needed to tell me something and he did so I'm gonna go. Goodnight Mr. Kent." Kara smiled before walking out of the house.


Kara walked back into the apartment and saw Jason sitting on the couch, flipping through channels.

"I told you I'd be back within the hour." Kara smiled and walked over to him. Jason didn't look up but continued flipping through the channels. "No, don't do that." Kara groaned in annoyance and walked in front of him, blocking his view of the tv. He moved his head to look around her and Kara rolled her eyes. She sat down on his lap, straddling him and leaned down, leaving soft kisses along his neck. He acted as though he didn't care but Kara heard and felt otherwise. After a few minutes Jason finally took notice that she was there.

"Kara." Jason said in a low voice. Kara smirked and looked up at him. She gave him an innocent smile before hitting him in the arm. "What was that for?" Jason asked, rubbing his arm.

"Making me feel bad." Kara got off of him and walked toward the kitchen. She put her hands on the counter and looked away from Jason.

"I'm sorry." Jason whispered in her ear, making Kara shudder as Jason wrapped his arms around her waist. "I was just upset. You always seem to leave me for Clark."

"I know and I won't do it anymore." Kara sighed and turned to face him.

"Promise." Jason asked, giving her puppy dog eyes. Kara let out a small laugh and instead of answering verbally, she leaned up and kissed him. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer to her as the kiss intensified. She felt Jason pick her up and walk into his room, never breaking the kiss. He placed them on the bed with Kara on top of him. Things started to get more intense and Jason started lifting her shirt.

"Jason." Kara said, pulling back, panting. "I-I can't."

"I didn't …" Jason started but Kara shook her head.

"Jason, don't." Kara was cut off by her phone ringing again for the second time that night. Jason groaned annoyed. Kara took the phone out of her pocket and threw it on the floor. "I told you. I'm not gonna leave." Kara said, leaning down and kissing him again. Soon the ringing stopped and she felt Jason smile against her lips, but his smile was cut short when the phone rang again. By the fourth time, Kara groaned and got off of Jason and picked up her phone.

"What?" Kara asked annoyed.

"Why didn't you answer your phone the first three times?" Clark asked.

"Didn't feel like it. This is the second time tonight. What is it?" Kara asked, wanting to hurry up the conversation.

"Bart ran off. He stole me an mp3 player and I asked where he got it. I told him it wasn't right to steal and he left." Clark told her.

"If you want me to track him down, your shit outta luck because you can't even catch him. How do you expect me to?" Kara asked.

"He's probably on the street. Just drive around." Clark asked.

"Clark, he's a teen. He's gonna do what he wants. Knowing him, he's probably looking for someone rich to steal from." Kara didn't hear a response, but instead heard the line go dead. She rolled her eyes and turned off her phone so Clark wouldn't call anymore. She put her phone on the dresser and walked back over to Jason.

"You leaving again?" Jason asked.

"Not tonight. Tonight I'm staying with you." Kara said, laying beside him on the bed. Jason wrapped her arms around him and soon she was fast asleep.


She was back at the warehouse.

"Well it's about time." Bart said to the guy from earlier.

"Well I had some things to take care of. Maybe when you grow up, you'll understand how men do business." The man told him. Bart reached into his bag and pulled out a scroll.

"This grown up enough for you?" Bart asked. The man took it and unrolled it. It looked real old, and had the kryptonian symbols on it.

"It's a start." The man nodded. The man in the suit and the bigger man looked at each other for a few seconds before a black van pulled up behind Bart. He turned around and the bigger man hit Bart in the head with his gun, causing Bart to fall to the ground.


Kara woke up, breathing heavily. She looked around and saw that it was barely light out. She looked at the clock that flashed five twenty eight in light green. Jason woke up when he felt Kara wake up and looked over at her.

"Again? This is the second time in two days." Jason said worriedly.

"I'm fine." Kara said, moving out of the bed, "I just gotta find Clark." Kara said, moving to the bedroom door.

"Why?" Jason asked clearly upset, getting out of bed behind her. Kara stopped and looked over at him. "Why is it every time you have a nightmare, your first reaction is to find Clark? I'm your boyfriend. If your scared you should talk to me."

"Jason, it's not that simple." Kara sighed, looking him in the eyes.

"This is hurting me that you're hiding something from me but you can share it with Clark." Jason said, hurt in his eyes. "Kara, I've seen what keeping secrets has done to my parents. I'm not gonna end up like that."

"Jason." Kara walked over to him, her eyes locked with his the whole time, "I love you, I really do. But I have to go." Kara kissed him on the cheek before she turned around left the apartment, rushing back to the farm. When she got there, she immediately called for Clark. She found him in his loft, dressed and ready to leave.

"Clark, I saw him again. The big guy knocked Bart out. We need to help him." Kara said hurriedly.

"Do you know where they are?" Clark asked.

"An abandoned building by the docks." Kara told him. "Clark, we have to hurry."

"Alright, I'll go get him." Clark told her.

"No, we. I'm going with. I saw it for a reason, I'm supposed to help him." Kara said, stopping Clark.

"I thought you didn't believe that." Clark said, looking down at her.

"Well now I do. Now lets go." Clark nodded and picked her up, running to the building where he knew Bart was.


When they got to the building, Kara saw a man holding a gun pointed at Bart. Clark put her down right before he took the gun from the man's hand and through him through the roof. Kara immediately ran over to Bart and kneeled down beside him.

"You don't wanna be here." Clark said to the big guy. He got up and ran from the place. Clark then turned his attention to Bart. "You still think what you do never hurts anyone." Bart looked up at him before Clark moved over to Lex.

"You alright?" Kara asked Bart worriedly.

"I'm fine." Bart said, getting up. Kara sat worried for a moment, giving Bart enough time to pull out the meteor rock from Clark's loft and using it against Clark. "I'm sorry Clark, but this doesn't change anything." Bart placed the rock beside Clark as Kara got up.

"Bart, what are you doing?" Kara asked, rushing over to Clark. Bart stopped her from closing the box and backhanded her hard. Kara fell, hitting her side and head on a metal cabinet. Kara bit her lip in pain as the room started spinning.

"Oh god, I didn't mean to." She heard Bart say. He sounded distant.

"Bart, don't do this." She heard Clark say in a pained voice, "You're not a murderer! That's not who you are."

"You don't know who I am!" Bart yelled. Bart's anger added to her headache and the room started to get darker. Soon Kara had blacked out completely, unaware of anything going on.


Kara woke up, her head throbbing and her side burning. She looked around and saw she was lying on the couch in the Kent home. Kara started to sit up but felt a hand pushing her back down. It was Clark.

"Kara, stay down. You took a nasty hit." Clark said, holding the icepack to her head. Kara pushed his hand away and moved to sit up again.

"Clark, I'm fine." Kara said, biting her lip as the pain in her side grew.

"Kara, listen to me for once and stay down." Clark pleaded. Kara sighed and moved to lay back down.

"What happened after I blacked out?" Kara asked, taking the icepack from Clark and held it up to her head.

"Bart ran off and I waited until the cops got there then I left with you." Clark told her. Kara nodded before she spoke up again.

"What's the damage?" Kara asked him.

"Cut on your cheek, bruise on your head and on your side." Clark told her.

"Lovely." Kara rolled her eyes. "How's Lex?"

"He was passed out until the cops came and I left. I heard he went to the hospital and I think he's back home by now. I was gonna check up on him after you woke up." Clark smiled down at her.

"Thanks Clark." Kara smiled up at him. "I'm fine so you should go check on Lex." Clark gave her a nod and ran out of the house and super speed. Kara gave a weak smile before biting her lip again as the pain erupted in her side and head.


Five hours and three pain pills later, Kara got off the couch and made it outside. Clark was out by the barn sketching something.

"How's Lex?" Kara asked, sitting down beside him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"He's good. Got a headache but he's good." Clark told her, smiling.

"That's good." Kara gave a weak smile.

"He got that manuscript page back." Clark told her.

"How?" Kara asked, confused.

"I don't know. He said when he got back from the hospital it was waiting for him on his desk." Clark explained.

"You think it was Bart?" Kara asked.

"Probably." Clark nodded. "So how are you feeling Kare-bear?" Clark asked and Kara smiled.

"Head hurts and my side burns but your mom's been giving me pain pills to help. Not as strong as the prescription stuff but pretty damn close." Kara told him and Clark gave a small laugh.

"That's my Kare-bear." Clark said, making Kara smile. Clark went back to his drawing.

"What's that?" Kara asked.

"The map behind the manuscript page." Clark told her as he continued to sketch.

"Dude, your drawing sucks. Stick to the hero thing." They heard Bart's voice from behind them. Kara stood up and Clark stood beside her, holding her up. "Did I do that?" Bart asked, noticing the cut and bruise on her face.

"Yeah, you did." Kara nodded. "And you did this." Kara lifted up her shirt, revealing the big black bruise on her side.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I really didn't." Bart started.

"Save it. I'm going to see Jason." Kara told Clark before walking away and heading to her car.


Kara painfully made her way up to Jason's apartment, the pain pills slowly wearing off. She opened the door and walked into the apartment. She saw Jason in the kitchen by the fridge. He took in her appearance and immediately ran over to her.

"Kara, what happened? Are you okay?" Jason asked worriedly, looking her over.

"I'm fine. It's not as bad as it looks." Kara promised. Jason moved to hug her and she bit her lip from crying out. Jason backed away, guilt in his eyes. Kara lifted her shirt, showing him the bruise, "That's as bad as it looks."

"What happened? Who did this to you?" Jason asked. Kara sighed.

"Jason, I need to tell you something." Kara took his hand and led him over to the couch.

"What is it?" Jason asked, sitting down on the couch to face her as he brushed the hair out of her face.

"I understand why you're upset about why I always go to Clark. It's just that I have a secret and he's the only one who knew." Kara said, looking down.

"Kara, you know you can tell me anything." Jason said, lifting her chin with his finger.

"Okay, here it goes." Kara sighed and got off the couch and began pacing around. "When I first got to Smallville, I was staying with the Kents. We went into town and I stayed with Lana while they went home. Well soon the town started getting hit by meteors."

"I remember hearing about that when I was younger." Jason said quietly.

"Okay, the meteor rocks have a certain thing to them and they give people certain abilities. I don't really understand how but they do. Well, me and Lana were hugging each other outside of where the Talon is now. We were so scared at what was happening, we couldn't move. I felt something hit my head and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Kent were standing beside me and I thought they were talking but their lips weren't moving. I heard Mrs. Kent say that something had happened and the doctors couldn't explain it. I asked her what she was talking about and she said she didn't say anything. I realized that I could hear what she was thinking. As I got older, it got stronger and soon I could feel people's emotions. And a month ago, I started seeing things in my sleep. The first time it happened, I saw you in the locker room with Danny. He pulled the trigger and I woke up crying. Then a few days ago it happened again. I had a dream about that kid Bart. It wasn't like the first, it just gave me information. That's why I left to find Clark, because he was the only one who knew about this. Then this morning I saw him get knocked out by this big guy. Again, I had to find Clark and talk to him." Kara took a breath and looked over at Jason who was looking down, not knowing what to say. "I-I should go." Kara said, turning around and heading for the door, tears forming behind her eyes.

"Kara, wait." Jason said, running over to her to stop her. He took her arm and spun her around so she was facing him. "Y-You can really hear people's thoughts?" Jason asked, looking down at her.

"Yeah." Kara nodded, not looking up at him.

"What have you heard me think?" Jason asked.

"First time we met, I heard that you were 'very intrigued with me and had to know more' then I heard you think about Lana, so that's when I found out about you two. Then there's a lot of stuff I don't need to mention." Kara said, looking up at him.

"That bad?" Jason asked.

"That good." Kara told him, a weak smile pulling at her lips.

"Do you know what I'm thinking now?" Jason asked. Kara leaned up and kissed him briefly, answering his question. They pulled back a moment later and Jason looked into her eyes, "Kara, I love you. You should've known you didn't have to hide anything from me." Jason told her.

"I do now." Kara said, smiling up at him.