Weeks turned into months as Tess continued training Clark. He got better with every session, but he still had a long way to go until he would be at Tess's level. Tess had spoken to Jor-El, who agreed with her decision regarding Bruce, and instead told her to look into a woman named Dinah Lance, whose martial-arts skills rivaled her own and whose so-called "Canary Cry", could prove to be a valuable asset.

Tess had arranged for Dinah to join their training session, but as soon as she walked through the door, instantly regretted it. She came in in her Canary gear, complete with knives and fishnets. Tess saw Clark's jaw drop, but he closed his mouth, hoping Tess hadn't noticed. He soon found out how wrong he was.

As he hit the floor for the eighth time in ten minutes, Clark wondered what was going on with Tess. She had been pushing him harder than ever, and he wondered what was going on. She had been cold toward Dinah the entire day, and had been almost brutal in the way she trained him, never letting up, and never saying a word, except to criticize his technique. He decided he'd better find out what was going on.

"Dinah, can you give us a minute?" he asked, and she walked out of the room without a word.

Clark took the watch off, and almost sighed in relief as his wounds healed; that was one part of being human that he didn't mind missing out on. Tess began to walk out, only to find her way blocked by Clark.

"Get out of my way Clark", she snarled.

"What's gotten into you Tess? What did I do to make you so angry?"

"Oh, you didn't do anything, at least, not on purpose. That harpy did though!"

"Dinah, what did she-"

He stopped at the look on Tess's face.

"You weren't jealous were you?"

"Oh no, of course not, why would I be jealous of some blonde in fishnets making my boyfriend's jaw drop?!"

"You don't have anything to be jealous about. Sure, Dinah's pretty, but she's not you. Plus, I prefer redheads"

He kissed her and she kissed him back, unable to believe how foolish she had been.

"Clark", she said, breaking the kiss. "There's something I have to tell you"

"What?"

"I've been talking to Jor-El"

"How is that possible?"

"He saved your life, and in return, he asked me to form this team of heroes. He didn't want me to tell you, but I couldn't keep this from you any longer"

"I know why you did and it's ok. Now let's go talk to Jor-El"

Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please review! Thanks to Highlander 348 for catching my mistake when I posted earlier!