Okay. Umm I made a little mistake in my last chapter. I meant to write that he was going towards the caves to get to the Fortress of Solitude. Sorry. I just realized that he couldn't get there without going through the caves. So this is like, well you get it.

Chapter 9-Confronting the past.

It felt like eternity for Clark as he super-sped all the way to the Caves to use the portal to get to the Fortress of Solitude. He needed answers and he needed them fast. And knew only one person held all of those answers. And that was Jor-El. Clark got to the portal key and took out the octaganle shaped disk and put it in the slot. A white light surrounded Clark as he went through the portal and ended up in the Fortress.

"Hello my son." Jor-El said.

Clark walked to the center of the Fortress looking up and around, "Why is this happening? Why are you doing this to me?"

"My son. I do not know what you are talking about."

Clark had to shout over the air that blew inside of the fortress. "Don't do that. I know you know what is going on. Is this some sort of test? You take her away from me to see if I can save her without letting her die? Is that what this is?"

"Kal-El, I ca-

"My name is Clark! Not Kal-El!" Clark had cut off Jor-El. He needed to know what was happening.

"To me you are still Kal-El. And I hope that one day you will call me father."

The podium of crystals lit up. Clark noticed them and walked over to them as a crystal removed itself from the others and floated in the air for Clark to take. Clark knew that if he took that crystal he would get his answers. He grabbed it and held on tightly. A loud sound echoed throughout the fortress as Clark let go of the crystal. He was no longer in the fortress but somewhere else that he didn't recognize. He looked around trying to make sense of what just happened. Where he had just gone.

A voice spoke from behind Clark. "My son."

Clark turned around to see Jor-El standing before him. He wasn't a ghost. He was solid. Like he was still alive. Clark walked cautiously over towards him. Not knowing what was going on.

"Jor-El?" Clark asked.

Jor-El laughed lightly as he noticed his son's tone. "Yes, my son. It is me."

"It can't be. You died."

"My body did, yes. But my esscence did not. I made sure that when I sent you to earth that I sent you with resources for every question or problem you might encounter growing up and on your journey to your destiny."

Clark looked at him in the eyes. "So you do know what is going on?"

Jor-El took a few steps towards Clark as well. Standing only five feet from Clark and looked at his son in the eyes. Seeing the man that he had become. The man that he dreamed would take over the throne and rule over Krypton.

Jor-El nodded his head. "The fortress itself was made with only limited knowledge. When you first discovered it, it could only tell you specific information. But once it was presented with information it was unfamiliar with it was program to activate the memory of me that I sent with it. The memory that could only be activated for certain events."

Clark couldn't believe what he was hearing. His biological father knew that something like this would happen. "And what's happening now is one of those events?"

Jor-El sighed and walked past Clark making Clark turn and watch him. With his back facing Clark, Jor-El looked out into the sky. It was then that Clark realized that he was no longer on earth. He was now on Krypton.

Still looking out at the sky and at the stars Jor-El started to speak. "Do you remember last year, when your girlfriend at the time was in that car accident and died? You came to the fortress asking me to reverse it."

Clark was beyond shock from being on Krypton and had moved on to being curious. "Yes. That's when my dad died."

Jor-El turned to Clark as he said that. "Yes. When I took your earth father from you. At the time the fortress could only turn back time for that one moment. For you to choose who's life was more worth saving. You choose the girl. Even though she is not destined for you. As you are not for her you disrupted the course of your life and by doing that made the fortress take the life of someone you had loved truly your whole life."

"Dad."

"Yes. Johnathan Kent."

"So you're saying that since I saved Lana that was reason for my dad to die?"

Jor-El shook his head. "Absolutely not. But since you decided to save the life of a woman you didn't truly love caused a chain reaction."

Clark turned and took a few steps thinking about what Jor-El just said. "So, dad's death was my fault. I killed him"

Jor-El walked to Clark, putting his hand on his shoulder causing Clark to turn and face him. "You are not responsible for Johnathan Kent's death. It was his time to go, but it was just sped up. That's what the fortress did. You are not to blame."

"Why not? If I caused my dad's death that means that I'm going to cause Lois' as well."

"Miss. Lane's death will not be at your hand. And it will not be at anyone else's. She has quite some time before she passes."

Clark looked at Jor-El in the eyes. He knew who Lois was. "You know about Lois?"

"My son. There is much to tell you."

"Well if you really want to know. I'm Tina Grear. Well, her clone."

Lois was confused. Chloe had told her about Tina. She had told her that she had died and now she was hearing from Tina herself that she was alive and well? Well her clone was anyway. 'Her clone?' Lois thought to herself. She couldn't believe it.

"Her clone? But how?"

Tina walked over to the chair that was opposite Lois and sat down smiling. "Lex."

"Lex? Lex cloned Tina?" Lois was now beyond confused and was at a headache. 'Man. That blad headed billionaire gives me more migranes than tequilla.'

Tina got angry at what Lois had said. "I AM TINA!!"

Lois jumped a little when Tina had yelled at her. "Okay, okay. Calm yourself down mighty morphin girl. I can see that you're Tina. No need to get all incredible hulk on me."

Tina sat back and looked Lois over. "I can see why he's in love with you. You are gorgeous." She got up and walked over to Lois.

"Who's in love with me?"

Tina ignored her question as she touched Lois' hair. "You have beautiful hair, gorgeous eyes," Tina put her hand on Lois' face turning it to the side and up. Making Lois look straight at her. "And gorgeous lips." With that she leaned down and kissed Lois full on.

Lois squirmmed in her seat as Tina kissed her. 'EWWW! Pyscho freak is kissing me! Gross!' Lois thought to herself. Tina finally let go of her walking back over to the chair and sitting down in it. She smiled at Lois.

"They are great lips."

Lois was spitting her spit on the ground hoping that would erase the kiss she had just received. "Yuck," she looked at Tina, "You couldn't have just left it at gorgeous lips?"

Tina laughed "Where's the fun in that?"

The door opened again. This time Tina stood up faster than Lois' had ever seen anyone stand up. She noticed that Tina had gotten very stiff and looked really nervous. 'Must be big daddy.' Lois thought to herself. She wanted to know who could make Tina stand up that fast and look the way she was looking.

"I didn't know you were going to be here?"

"There's a lot you didn't know...

Clark was sitting next to Jor-El looking at him. Listening to him speak. He was telling him about Krypton and about the people. About Zod; whom of which Clark had already faced and sent back to the phantom zone. Jor-El told him about his family, his mother, about himself. Then he got to the part about his one true love. The woman that he was meant to be with.

Clark was just looking at Jor-El. "You were never meant for a woman on Krypton."

Clark was curious about that. "What do you mean?"

Jor-El looked at him in the eyes. "My son. Your mother and I chose the woman you were destined to be with. Your one true love. And that woman is not Miss. Lang."

Clark realized who Jor-El was talking about. "Lois."

Jor-El looked away and stood up. Taking only a few steps away from Clark before turning back to face him. "Yes. Lois Lane was the woman your mother and I chose for you."

Clark stood up. "But how? Why?"

"We knew of her future. What she was meant to accomplished. We felt that she would be strong enough to stand by you know matter what."

"So you what? You messed with her destiny so that it would have me in it?"

"Not at all. She was meant to meet you Kal-El."

"My name is Clark."

"Of course my son. Like I said. She was meant to meet you. We just made sure that she stayed with you. We could feel that you would feel something for her."

Clark couldn't believe what he was hearing. Jor-El was telling him that he himself and his biological mother had picked Lois to be his one true love. The woman that was meant for him. This was way beyond parental control. This was at the point of messing with people's future's. Their lives. His parents had done that to Lois.

"If you knew that then why was she taken? And why do I get ringing in my ears whenever she's saying something to me? I thought the ringing was only when I had to find the crystals."

"The ringing is meant for two things. The crystals and to hear the calls of my true love when she is in danger. Her voice will get stronger and the ringing will get softer. You will be able to hear her clearer and clearer as you get stronger."

"How can I become stronger than I already am? I have all of my powers."

"Not all. You do not have your flight yet."

"You mean when Kal-El could fly? I thought that was only when I was him."

Jor-El laughed at what Clark said. "No my son. That is your last and final gift. You will return to the fortress with it. It will help you find Miss. Lane faster and to stop the evil that is rising."

Jor-El had caught Clark's attention with what he had just said and knew that Clark wanted to know more. "Evil? What evil? Are you talking about Lex?"

"I am sorry my son. I can give you no further information other than what I have already given you."

Clark didn't understand. Why would Jor-El tell him all of this and then say he can't reveal what the evil is. If he knew who or what is was he should say something so that Clark could stop it.

"How can you just say that to me? How can you just tell me everything just now and not be able to tell me who or what the evil is? I thought you were here to help me?"

"Calm down my son. I don't need to tell you who or what the evil is because you have already encountered it. Our time here is down. Good-bye Kal-El."

Jor-El gave Clark one last smile as a bright light engolfed Clark. He couldn't leave yet. He needed to know more information. He tried to reach out to Jor-El but was getting pulled farther and farther away from him. 'I can't leave yet. I need to know how to stop the evil.' That was the last thing Clark thought before ending up outside of the caves with the key in the palm of his hand.

Clark looked down at the key. The object that had set off his entire life. The piece of his heritage that travelled with him and brought him to safety. But as he looked at it, the only thing he could see was just a piece of metal that was helping him in any way.

Clark clenched his hand around the key. He looked up towards the sky as he started to gather energy to fly. Within a matter of seconds he was in the air. Soaring above the clouds. Seeing everything as he passed over it. But there was only one thing on his mind.

And that was to find Lois. No matter what it took he was going to find her. 'I'm coming for you Lois. I promise.' Clark thought as he soared about the clouds heading towards Lex's mansion at full speed. And once Clark got there, he was going to find out where Lois was. He no longer cared about protecting his secret.

The only thing that Clark cared about at that moment and time was saving Lois and getting her to safety. And if that meant exposing his secret to his once best friend now turned enemy. Then so be it. He wasn't going to lose another person that he loved so much.

'Hang in there Lois. Hang in there.' Clark thought.

Hey guys! I know short chapter. But I got really tired and I have work early in the morn. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!!! REVIEW!!!