Smallville: The Future

(This story is rated M for Mature. Smallville is copyrighted 2001-2007 The WB/CW Network & DC Comics. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are copyrighted above. Bruce Wayne, and Batman are copyrighted 2006 DC Comics. Hannah Melvin appears courtesy of Permission. All Other characters are mine)

Chapter 10 For Lana's Eyes

Lana Lang-Luthor stood at the large computer monitor at the ancient CD that was intended for her eyes only. She had been released from the Phantom Zone by Clark Kent, her former boyfriend and former consort. She had been granted powers by Jor-El of Krypton but had been seduced by Lex Luthor to give up those powers and become his wife. She was now about to see something left behind by her husband 300 years ago.

The screen was filled with static then an image of Alexander Luthor appeared with the date December 25, 2005 appeared right below the image of her husband. The bald man spoke.

"Lana, it is with great sorrow that I confess to you something I have done and I beg your forgiveness. I began researching the powers given to Clark and evidenced by the Kryptonian Criminal known as Zod. Zod told me who The Last Son Of Krypton was but for some reason, when Clark revealed his gifts to me I didn't realize who he was. In my own arrogance I sought to pledge myself against Clark and those like him. Zod told me that he had discovered that the powers his people receive are transferable by a simple lightning strike when brought into contact by a piece of his world. The fragments that are scattered about Smallville are fragments from that long dead world. I was angry with Clark, so out of revenge I stole you from him, and forced you to give up your powers when you married me. I took the powers you had and had them transferred to me in hopes of ruling the world to stop my father. I killed my own father with those powers. I then made some constitutional changes to change the United States of America to an Empire. I was inspired to do this when I met Emperor Palpatine years ago. Even now the Congress is trying to stop me anyway they can. I wanted to say I'm sorry. Also to tell you, that you are expecting a child. I had my people check on the DNA of the baby before I banished you to the Phantom Zone. It's Clark's child. So to keep you from him, I had you placed in the Phantom Zone via a very crude Phantom Zone Projector that My scientists created. I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me," The image of Lex flickered out and was replaced with static.

Clark turned to Lana who had tears in her eyes. She stared at Clark and Hannah and Trinity.

"What have I done?" She said, putting her head on Clark's shoulder. Hannah came up and put her hand on the girl's shoulders.

"You did what you did, because Lex lead you to believe a lie. He made you believe that He loved you when all He did was use you to get back at Clark," Hannah said. Lana wiped away tears and turned to the girl.

"What the hell do you know about being used or lies? I've known you since I was 4. You were always this perfect Christian who was a goodie-two-shoes in my eyes," Lana said. Hannah smiled sadly.

"You remember Mr. Richards, Our 6th Grade History Teacher? Well he took advantage of me, due to the fact that I was granted Eternity, my body aged more quickly. I matured at a much quicker rate than you would. A 25-year-old teacher who used me for sex seduced me. He put it in my head that He loved me. When I got together with some friends from Church, a couple of girls made comments that they too had been sexually taken advantage of by him. So yeah, I know a little bit about seduction and lies and the impact it has on people. I've known Lex a lot longer than any of you because I was born in Metropolis. I saw the man he would become. I tried to warn any woman he came in contact with, but they wouldn't see him for who he was. I believe it was your cousin Kara who said that there was much darkness in Lex. I was almost seduced by Lex at 14, at Metropolis Middle School. But I knew better," Hannah said, smiling a sad smile.

"What now?" Clark said looking at his "team". They then looked at the computer as it lit up with a message.

"Meet me at the Fortress Of Solitude" it read across the screen.

"Father can take us home," Trinity said. Hannah nodded at her friends whom she knew she would see in the past.

"Be safe my friends, and May God Bless You," Hannah said.

"I'm not coming," Lana said. She stared at Hannah.

"Why not?" Trinity asked. Lana just smiled.

"My place is here, to help the citizens of Smallville rebuild what my husband took away from them. Freedom. You'll see me again in the past," She said as she kissed Clark passionately.

"I Love You, Kal-El," She said. With that, Trinity and Clark ran for the Fortress Of Solitude.

To be concluded