Wayne took charge. He pulled out a pair of cuffs and handed them to Digg, telling him to find Mercy Graves. Then he went to inspect the body, checking for a pulse, then shaking his head. Felicity covered her mouth, shaking. Clark pulled off his cape and put it over her shoulders, turning her away from Luthor.
"What do you need me to do?" He asked Wayne. Robin ran up, holding a flash drive.
"Downloaded a ton of stuff that looks extremely illegal. We should leak it," He said, waving the drive around. He paused as he caught sight of Luthor's smoking remains. "Did I miss something?" He clapped his hand to his mouth. "Oh shit."
"Robin." Wayne said.
"He's dead." Dick said, looking up at his mentor. "If there was ever a time to curse, this would be it." He motioned to the body. Felicity's tears increased and she let out a panicked sob. Oliver made to go near her, but he froze when Clarl sot him a glare.
"I've got this." Batman said, motioning to Felicity. "Get her out and somewhere safe; I'll find you."
Clark nodded, putting his arms around her. "Hold on tight." He whispered before taking off.
Felicity pressed her face against Clark and closed her eyes. Wind whipped by her face. Then they slowed. Clark floated down, landing on the ground. "We're here." He whispered. Felicity swallowed slowly.
"Where's here?" She asked, npt wanting to open her eyes.
"Somewhere safe...where you can adjust to the changes you're going through." Clark replied. She opened her eyes, looking up at him.
"Oh, you mean the fact that I'm a murderer now?" She said. Clark wiped her face.
"It wasn't your fault." He said. "He feed you trackers, he knocked you unconscious, he kidnapped you, he held you for weeks and then injected you with a dangerous untested substance. You were defending yourself."
Felicity looked around, they were standing in the middle of a cornfield next to Clark's mother's house. She was inside, looking out the window and she'd just caught sight of them. She'd be out within 3 minutes.
"Am I going to get arrested?" She asked. Clark shook his head.
"Wayne said he'd come tomorrow. He's taking care of..." He trailed off.
"The body." Felicity finished, a fresh wave of guilt hitting her along with the smell of corn and hay and fertilizer.
Then Martha shouted out, "Clark, is that you out there? With Felicity?" She felt faint and then swooned.
"What happened?" Ma asked as Clark carried Felicity into the house. "And what are you wearing?"
"It's a very long story." Clark said, putting Felicity on the couch and tucking the cape around her. "She's been turned into a human Kryptonian hybrid."
"Kryptonian?" Martha asked, putting a hand to Felicity's forehead.
"It's my species." Clark said, rubbing yhe bridge of his nose. "I'm going to change and then I promise I'll explain."
"So Lex Luthor is dead." Martha said. They were sitting on the back porch and Clark had just finished telling hrr. the whole story. She'd been quiet the entire time. Felicity was still on the couch and she wasn't coming to. Clark sighed and leaned on his knees.
"She's...going to be over run with guilt and pain and..." He shook his head. "I remember how horrible it was dealing with my abilities when I was a kid. She's lived her entire life without them." He knew she would have trouble adjusting.
"Maybe there's a way to reverse it." Martha suggested.
Clark shook his head. "I don't know." He was about to say more when Felicity began stirring. "She's waking up." He said, standing. "She shouldn't be alone."
He sat next to her as her eyes blinked open. "Where am I?" she asked, putting a hand to her head. Clark could hear the blood throbbing in her head.
"Smallville." He replied. Had she forgotten? It might be easier if she didn't remember. He winced as she covered her face.
"Please tell me that I'm remembering the last 24 hours wrong?" She asked. "In fact please tell me I'm misremembering the last couple of weeks." She drew her knees up and pressed her face against them. Clark put his hand on her shoulder.
"I wish I could." He murmured. She covered her mouth and began hyperventilating. Clark bit his lip. "I know you're scared. That you feel like the world is going to crush you and that there's too much for your brain to process, but..." He took her hand. "I'm sure Bruce can work on something against this and if not, well..." He winced. "I can train you to use these powers."
"Can you also resurrect Luthor?" Felicity asked, closing her eyes. "I...I know he was a terrible person and that he did ...completely unforgivable things, but..." She shook her head. "I shouldn't have killed him. I..."
"I once set a classmate's science project on fire." Clark said. "I know it's not the same thing, but...I was upset because he'd been bullying me and he'd just destroyed mine...I lost control. I didn't know I could do it, but my face heated up and..." He mimed lasers coming out of his eyes. Felicity gave him a blank look. "It's not in anyway comparable, but...I could have easily destroyed the school and everyone in it."
Felicity nodded. "So what happens now?" She asked, quietly.
Clark looked over her shoulder as Martha snuck back into the house. "I think Ma's going to spoil you rotten with home cooking." He gave her a smile. "If you thought it tasted good before, it's nothing compared to how it'll taste now."
Bruce brought the body into the batcave. Alfred walked down the stairs and raised his eyebrow.
"Well, I suppose that is one way to remove one's business competition." he said. "What happened?"
"We have a new super powered alien." Bruce explained, pulling down his cowl.
Alfred raised an eyebrow. "Should we be concerned?" He asked, leaning over Luthor's body and inspecting the wound."
"I don't think so." Dick said, sitting in the main chair. "I mean, she lost control, but she seems like a good person." He pulled off his mask. "And she was horrified by what she'd done." He shrugged. "It was an accident. Some could even argue self defense."
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely." Bruce said. "There's no way to see how she'll turn out."
"So you're going to what, wait for her to become a psycho killer?" Dick asked.
"I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt." Bruce said, looking down at Luthor's body, then glanced at the meteorite fragment he'd found. It was glowing green. "I have a theory to test."
Oliver came into the main room of the Queen mansion and sat on the couch, rubbing his hair with a towel. "So...run this by me again." He said, looking over at Digg. The other man looked away from the TV.
"Felicity met him at the quakesite. He's an alien. He flies. He can lift heavy things."
"And what happened to Felicity?" Oliver asked.
"Lex Luthor." Digg said. "He took over your company."
"How?" Oliver asked. Digg sighed.
"Your mom signed it over." He held up a hand. "Don't ask me why, I don't know." He shook his head. "Luthor was always...creepy around Felicity." He shook his head. "But he crossed a line when he tried to have her taken hostage by armed gunmen."
Oliver gaped at him. "I can't leave you alone for 5 minutes." He muttered.
Digg grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. He turned his entire body to face Oliver. "You were gone 5 months." He said. "You have no idea what this city's been going through since you left. I'm not diminishing what you've been through, but if you really want to protect this city; you can't run away at the first sign of trouble. Maybe you need to take a look at yourself and question what kind of hero you really want to be."