Shield Meets Shield: The Reaction

Okay guys, I have a few requests for other characters from Smallville's universe and if they are going to be popping over to see Kal at some point.

But for those requesting I decided to a short interlude with Chloe and the others trying to figure out where to go and what to do about Clark being missing again!

Watchtower, the day Chloe found out.

How was she supposed to tell them that Clark was gone? How could she tell Mrs. Kent that her son in missing?

As she sat in her sanctum, her one true sanctuary she found herself feeling lost, her heart breaking at losing her best friend. It had been months since he left them, told her he was leaving his life behind to focus on training to dedicate himself to honouring the fallen and protecting those left. They had all been devastated at this news, none more so than her and Mrs' Kent, that Clark could leave them all behind; but they had taken comfort in the fact that he was still out there, now though it was even harder to understand that he may not come back.

Lois is gone, buried and mourned; Lois's death had hit Oliver hard, he was already destroying himself over Jimmy's death and this pushed him even further over the edge. He sought out fight after fight, allowing himself to be beaten over and over, he called it therapy but she called it suicide. It took the creative intervention of their friends and the woman known as Roulette to get him back and since then he has dedicated himself to being a hero again.

Chloe sat there for hours thinking things over before she took the decision and called them in

"CK is MISSING, meet at WT tonight" was all she put out in mass encrypted message; she personally called Mrs' Kent and asked her to come to the Watchtower tonight. Martha was desperate for news on her son and agreed in an instant.

The group take a hit

Oliver was the first to arrive, "Chloe what's going on? Where is Clark?"

"Ollie, you need to wait till everyone is here as I can only say this once" and those few words and the tone of Chloe's voice was all Oliver need to know and it was like Clark had punched him right in the gut.

Over the next hour they all came, Bart was his usual energetic self but one look from Ollie and he dropped to the couch; finally Martha walked in and after Chloe and Oliver had greeted her, they all gathered at the table.

"Chloe, where is my son?" asked Martha, the hurt she was going through had aged her terribly, sure she was still strong, still the senator but the mother in her was breaking.

"Clark is gone" and with that they all began hitting her with questions until Jonn appeared and cried out "ENOUGH! Silence all of you and let me speak!"

"To answer you all, he is lost in other universe; there was an error made at his fortress during his training with Jor-El. The portal was not meant to happen and as it was un-controlled, it was not fixed on any specific time or place; there is no way to know where Clark landed once he had been pulled in. It is literally an infinite roulette wheel, only Clark can try and make it back but without access to Kryptonian technology the chance is unlikely. Jor-el will try and keep trying but even he cannot predict say how long or indeed if it will be in our lifetime that he will find him."

Martha collapsed, Chloe rushed to hold her "He's gone, my son is lost to me" and she cried and cried into Chloe's shoulder. Chloe held on to her last link to her friend, she vowed to be there for Martha always.

Bart for the first time since he had his powers was lost of energy; his brother, his amigo was lost; he was the only one who could even begin to share the speed in which he revelled. He looked at Mrs K and vowed to protect her at all costs; he would be there for her always.

Victor Stone, aka Cyborg; his mind worked differently now since he became part machine, he could shut down his emotions when needed but right now he left it all hit him; he owed Kent, he owed him for saving him and now he would fulfil that debt; Mama Kent will always have a guardian in him, whatever she needs he will be there always.

Dinah, newest of the inner circle watched on as Mrs. Kent cried, she only knew Clark a short while but he had helped to show her the true path to helping people; he had given her friends and family. She knew Ollie must be hurting; he had lost his parents, he had lost Lois and now had lost one of his best friends and she vowed to help him and Mrs. Kent always.

AC, he thought back to the first time he met Clark and how they worked together and how Clark has saved his life; the thought struck him just how many lives had Clark saved, how many people would never know what he had done for them. He vowed to make sure Clark's legacy was upheld, to make sure that they were always leading by example.

Ollie knew it had been bad as soon as Chloe told him to wait; he and Clark had not gotten off to the best start but they had became friends, hell Clark and Lois were his best friends and now both were gone. He had let Clark down, he had taken a life; something he knew Clark wouldn't do but he did it; he failed Clark with Doomsday. He could not fail again, he vowed to himself to try and uphold everything that Clark was, he would protect the world in Clarks place, he would protect and support Clark's family always.

Everyone was silent as the tears came from Mrs. Kent, the small but powerful woman who had raised one of the greatest heroes to walk the earth; she had lost her son, but she would always have a family thanks to him.

A loud bang could be heard and a shout from Bart alerted them to a man appearing from nowhere, dressed in a tailored suit accented with green and subtle hints of gold. Everyone was on their feet, Martha had quickly been moved by Bart and was now at the back of the group, protected always by her family.

"I am Loki, I come with purpose!"

A/n now before anyone gets all criticising on this, hear me out. I already established that time may run similar to DC as when Kal landed in Marvel's earth but who is too say that time would always flow correctly, who is to say that a portal that can go to another universe will arrive at a fixed time.

So this is both a way to show what is going on in Clark's old universe and a way to tie in his friends to his current one and Loki is here for a purpose.