A/N: Got quite a bit done on this story today - despite being distracted by KeymaJade's stories, which I just discovered. You should check them out, they're hilarious! - Anyway, so I can post some more. I had a blast writing Bart and Jor-El. The combination was too much to resist. Sorry about the cliffhanger... "Kal-El is dead!" But I figure, the show does it to us, and since this is a pseudo-epsiode, it's gotta have mini-cliffhangers. Let me know what you think, particularly about Bart and Jor-El. Thanks!


SCENE ELEVEN - WATCHTOWER - NIGHT INT

Chloe and Jimmy are equally shocked. a pop tart falls from Jimmy's lips.

Cut back to:

SCENE TWELVE - FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE - DAY/NIGHT INT

BART

No way!

JOR-EL (V/O)

I am afraid so.

BART

The Boy Scout can't be dead! He's… he's… Clark!

JOR-EL (V/O)

He chose to disobey me! He allowed his destiny to fall into the hands of another… his greatest enemy!

(beat)

So I stripped him of his powers as they battled, and the earth was rent asunder…

CHLOE (V/O)

Um…

BART

Er… No.

JOR-EL (V/O)

I am afraid so. I had no choice.

BART

Dude! That was like… almost a year ago.

JOR-EL (V/O)

I beg your pardon?

BART

Yeah, Clark survived that.

JOR-EL (V/O)

Impossible. I smashed the foundations of the Fortress, collapsing it upon them both!

BART

You mean… the Fortress I'm standin' in right now?

JOR-EL (V/O)

Um…

BART

Clark's alive, and you have no idea where he is, do you?

JOR-EL (V/O)

Well, I have been in slumber, and my crystal systems have yet to…

BART

Yeah, whatever! Thanks a lot, dude! You've been no help whatsoever!

(beat, salutes)

Later Show & tell!

Bart superspeeds away. we stay in the empty fortress for a couple of beats before:

JOR-EL (V/O)

What just happened?