AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry guys, but I just realized that I completely forgot to let you know when this was all going on. I actually wrote Becoming Justice last season, so the story takes place around the beginning of season seven of Smallville.
Chapter 10 Kryptonian Messages and A Call For Justice
Chloe stared in disbelief. She didn't think that she had heard Becky right. She didn't know what to say. Becky took the paper from Chloe's hand and set it down on her desk. She sighed and then sat down on her bed. "I know that there are a million questions running through your head right now, and the first one I know is if I'm even telling the truth. The answer is yes. You're probably trying to figure out how it could be true, too. I know Clark came in the meteor shower. He was born on Krypton," Becky said. Chloe shook her head. "I have no idea what you are talking about," Chloe said. "You don't have to cover for Clark, Chloe. I know he's Kal El," Becky said. Chloe took a moment to think.
"Clark would have known if you were really Kryptonian," Chloe said. "You think so?" Becky asked. Chloe folded her arms. "Do you want me to prove it?" Becky asked. Chloe didn't say anything. She stood up and pulled a gun out of her dresser drawer and put it into her hand. She shot but nothing happened. She opened her hand, revealing a crushed bullet. Chloe realized that Becky might not be lying, but there was only one way to know for sure. She reached into her purse and ran her hand through it to find the lead box.
She had carried a meteor rock with her at all times since the time Clark had been infected with silver Kryptonite. She felt guilty, but he had told her it was probably a good idea, even if he knew to avoid the silver rock now.
Becky had her back turned, putting the gun back in its place as Chloe pulled the Kryptonite out. Becky immediately fell to the ground. She gripped her stomach and started gasping. Chloe's eyes grew wide. "You really are from Krypton," she said. She put the Kryptonite away and helped Becky get to her feet. There was a knock at the door and a maid rushed in. "Miss Snyder, are you alright? I heard a gun shot," she asked. Becky nodded. "Yes, I'm fine thank you," Becky said. The maid looked Chloe up and down. "We're fine, really, I just dropped something and it made that loud sound." The maid nodded, still looking unsure, but she left the room and closed the door behind her.
"Wait, does that stupid green rock do that to all Kryptonians?" Becky asked, turning her attention back to Chloe. "Shouldn't you know?" Chloe questioned. "All I know is that when I left L.A., I was invincible. Then I show up in Smallville and a little green rock makes me go weak in the knees," Becky said. "Wait, this was your first time to Smallville? That's the first I've time I've ever heard that from your kind," Chloe said.
Becky looked up, confused. "Clark and I aren't the only Kryptonians you've ever met? How many have you met?" Chloe laughed. "Enough to know that they aren't the friendliest folk," she said. "They aren't?" Chloe shook her head. "How come I seem to know more about Krypton than you do?" Chloe asked. "Maybe because your best friend was born there," Becky said. "Yeah, that allows me to know more than the average person, but I'm pretty sure I'd know more if I was born on Krypton," Chloe said. "Yeah, I'm sure I would too, but I wasn't born on Krypton," Becky said. "You said that you were……"
"No, I said that I was Kryptonian. I never told you where I was born. I was going to explain," Becky interrupted. "Ok, now I'm really confused." Becky nodded and sat down on her bed. Chloe came and sat next to her. "Well, I guess I should start off by telling you that my parents were born on Krypton. They came here, years ago. I mean, like over fifty years ago, but obviously time didn't affect them that much. Anyways, they got stuck here, they lost almost all contact with Krypton and they had to live here on Earth. But my father did build a space ship to try and get them back to Krypton. It took him decades to build it because the technology on Earth isn't nearly as advanced as it was on Krypton. He finally finished it, but my mother was pregnant with me so they couldn't leave yet," Becky said. "Yet?" Chloe asked.
"About a week after I was born, my parents finally got a message from Krypton, but it wasn't good news. The planet was in complete turmoil and there didn't seem to be much hope. They decided that Krypton needed them more so they left, but not until they gave me to the Snyders," Becky told Chloe. Chloe could see tears forming in her eyes. "What happened after that?" she asked. "I don't know exactly. My father left me a small Kryptonian device that's meant to receive messages. They were going to transmit a message when they were on their way back to Earth to come get me…..I….never got that message," Becky said. "Did you get any messages?" Becky nodded. "Three. One said 'we are approaching Krypton wait for our next message,' the second said 'Krypton might be in worse condition than we originally presumed. Wait for our next message,' and then the last one. That one I think might be the most important," Becky said. "What did it say?" Chloe asked
" 'Kal El, the son of Jor El, is being sent to Earth along with his cousin Kara El. Find them and save Earth from Krypton's horrible fate.' "
Clark sat down on his couch and turned on the T.V. He didn't have anything to do because he had finished his chore in minutes. It was quiet in the house with out Becky and Chloe and he wondered what they were doing in L.A. He imagined that they were doing some kind of girl stuff. And Chloe was probably bothering Becky with the whole journalist conference and…..
Clark's thoughts were interrupted by his cell phone. He took it out of his pocket and saw that Oliver was calling. "Hey Oliver, what's going on?" he said when he answered the phone. "Clark, we need you. Can you meet us?" Oliver asked. He sounded nervous. "Yeah, wait who's us? And where are you?" Clark asked. "Us as in the League Clark. And we're in North Carolina," Oliver said. "North Carolina? Why?"
"Lex is a little more ahead in his Coppia project than we thought."
"Well isn't that a Hallmark kind of message," Chloe said sarcastically. "Oh yeah, nothing makes me feel better than a command to save the world," Becky said. For the first time, Chloe saw what it was that Clark saw in Becky. It was the look in her eyes, the same look that Clark always had. They both had this hidden sadness that they tried to conceal with smiles, but it was still there in their eyes. Clark had seen it the first day he met Becky, even though he didn't know it. But Chloe knew right then and there, that Becky was a Kryptonian. A Kryptonian with the same predestinated future as Clark.
"So, how did you know that Clark was your guy?" Chloe asked. "Honestly, I wasn't looking for him. Really, someone just told me that Clark Kent might have an extra room and so I headed there. At first I didn't even think that he might be the guy, but he did mention his cousin Kara and I realized that I might have found Kal El. Then I caught him super speeding around the farm one morning at like two a.m. and I figured that wasn't exactly normal," Becky said. "Well, you were in Smallville. Nothing's normal there," Chloe said. "What do you mean?" Becky asked.
Chloe tilted her head and bit her lip. "Well….you see….when Clark came in the meteor shower, he came with a lot of radioactive Kryptonite. The radiation sort of provided some of the Smallville residents with some….well let's say……..out of the ordinary….abilities," Chloe said. "Oh, great, another problem the Kryptonians have caused for this planet," Becky said. She sighed and put her head in her hands.
Chloe's phone rang. She answered it and heard a worried voice on the other end. "Chloe, it's Clark. I need your help." Chloe gulped. "What is it Clark?" she asked. "Lex has a site set up already were he's keeping his clones. Chloe, they're sick. Really sick. We think that they might all be dying, but Lex isn't going to do anything about it. We have to get them out," Clark said. "Ok, what can I do?" Chloe asked. "We need our Watchtower. Oliver says that you can get into his system. Victor emailed you the passwords. Can you do it from there?" Clark asked. "Sure Clark, but how are you guys going to get all of the clones out?" Chloe asked. Clark sighed. "I don't really know. I'm hoping that Bart and I can do a lot because we are going to have to work quickly."
Chloe looked at Becky. "Did you hear that?" Chloe asked. Becky nodded. "Hear what?" Clark asked. "Not you Clark. But I do think that I might have an answer to your dilemma. How would you guys feel about adding a new member to the team?"