Author Notes
Technically this is the fourteenth Jump as Jump 13 doesn't count towards the twenty Jump limit I put in place as it was a vacation, but this is the 15th story of a planned 20 I'm just not doing them in order as I have to write what I feel inspired to write. I doubt I'll ever finish the whole series, but I'll do my best and hopefully, the stories are entertaining.
This next part is just to help me keep track of things. Feel free to skip down to the start of the story, and if any of you do read it and notice that some important information seems to be missing do let me know.
Past Jumps.
Mass Effect
Terminator SCC
Star Trek Voyager
Stargate Atlantis
Merlin
Star Wars
Skyrim
Harry Potter
Fallout
MCU
Stranger Things
BTVS
Vacation
Santa
Companions.
Miranda Lawson, Violet Parr, Seven of Nine, Tali'Zorah, Samantha Carter, Hermoine Granger, Luna Lovegood, Serana, Triss, Veronica, Valkyrie, Black Widow, Jane (aka 11) Morgana, Ahsoka, Raven, Padme, Amy Madison, Faith Lehane, Dawn Summers, she was sent with Jumper Gothic by her mother so as to keep her safe from Glory.
Others
Cameron
Sol
Triss's cyber dog
R2 droid.
The Cosmic Warehouse
Companion Housing
Vehicle Bay
Hanger Bay
Shipyard
Space Dock
Asgardian Armoury
Vault
Museum (added during the Santa Jump)
Ore Addon
Skyforge Addon
Jump Chain 15 - Smallville
Part 1
Cosmic Warehouse.
With the Xmas Jump finally over I was now ready to get back to doing proper Jumps and since I'd had a good long time to plan a DC Jump I'd chosen a Smallville Jump carefully. The small town would make a good base of operations for exploration of the DC multiverse which it was connected to. I'd made sure of this well in advance as it wouldn't do to end up stuck in that one dimension for ten years as the situation would get rather boring very quickly.
Jump Chan had warned me a while back that the DC multiverse wasn't as stable as others so I couldn't count on the dimensions all running at the same speed or even staying in the same state. The time thing made some sense as while normally the date remained the same when I travelled to an alternate version of whatever world it was I called home that wouldn't always be the case in the DC multiverse and a day in one world might be a week or an hour in another. I looked forward to seeing what the multiverse had to offer as its lack of stability should make it interesting to explore.
I might have some fun in the Smallville universe as well. With my powers, not even Clark Kent could hope to stop me from doing whatever the hell I wanted, not many people ever had even ever tried, and there were some interesting characters I'd be able to interact with.
Mostly I'd be focused on the other DC dimensions as they would have people who could stand up to me and there were plenty that could even destroy me despite how powerful I'd become so I'd have to be careful. Plus they would have technology in those dimensions that even the Halloween Universe hadn't been able to provide me with so they were worth checking out.
Looking over the Jump Set Up I found that I was not impressed. It wasn't set up very well, there were no discounts or anything like that, but it was the only version of the Set Up I was able to find.
Not that it really mattered as I was now on Jump 15 so by now I'd accumulated so many Perks, powers, technology and magic that I didn't really need more, and by this point, I had so many companions that deciding who to import would be impractical.
Smallville Jump.
Budget 1000cp
Smallville Kansas- despite the attention metropolis gets Smallville itself is the place where most important events for the next decade will be happening
Kryptonian- like Clark Kent himself, you are a member of the "rare" species of krypton, disregarding the hundreds that show up later. You have the strength, speed and durability of your kind for free but the rest won't show up in this decade, so you don't get them. Age is 16
While expensive getting a Kryptonian form was important to me as during the last Jump I'd gotten myself a new normal human form, which would make this teenage Kryptonian body my 5th, so that I could add favourable DNA to in order to make a near-perfect form. If my studies of genetics over the Jumps proved as fruitful as I hoped with Kryptonian DNA and the other samples I'd taken along the way I should be able to make that awesome body during this Jump.
400cp
X-ray vision- the ability to see through anything and everything that isn't made of lead or meteor rock. While your range of vision is only the same as normal it will grow with time, and by the end of the decade, you'll be able to see everything happening around you within 20 miles.
I might find it mildly useful and it was only a hundred CP.
300cp
Alien ship- the ship you arrived on, large enough to carry you and capable of space flight, also has the ability to purify toxic materials turning them into a clear glass-like substance.
So for this Jump, I would have to arrive on a ship. That would make setting up a lift in Smallville somewhat difficult if not for the fact that I had an AI who alter computer records. Also, it would be good for my science babes to have some Kryptonian technology to study as theirs was one of the few races we'd not gotten any technology from. Well them and the Time Lords, but I'd get around to them.
200cp
Phantom zone portal- a bracelet that when thrown turns into a one way portal to the phantom zone, you and your companions cannot be thrown into the phantom zone by this portal.
I did like having ways to access other dimensions and this one would be safe to study assuming that the bracelets didn't let things out. We'd have to be careful about that.
0cp
Weakness to kryptonite - Now like Mr Kent you have the full weakness to kryptonite. proximity to green meteor, rocks will drain you of your powers and slowly poison and kill you, red will remove any inhibitions you had as well as boosting your aggressive impulses, blue will simply nullify your powers and black will split you into 2 people one normal you the other an evil twin, you will, however, remain immune to gold kryptonite.
Mandatory for Kryptonians for 0 cp.
I knew that Gold Kryptonite was a rare form of Kryptonite that can negate a Kryptonian's healing factor under a yellow sun and can potentially remove their powers forever. Not that it really mattered to me as if under threat from the meteor rock I'd just change my physical form or active my personal shield.
There was a mention of magic hurting Kryptonians, but since I'd been studying magic for decades I was more than able to defend myself against such forces. Plus again I could just change forms if I came up against anything or anyone magical.
A few other matters needed to be dealt with before starting off this Jump. I had to create a backstory for my Kryptonian form. I wasn't going to be a drop in I'd arrive on Earth in a Kryptonian ship, one larger than Clarks since my Kryptonian body would be sixteen years of age so more like Kara's ship.
On the subject of Kara's ship, sometime soon I should recover that and wake her up under controlled conditions, but that was something to be attended to later. For now, I needed to focus on me and come with a backstory Clark would believe.
It started off easily enough with me choosing a Kryptonian name, that of Jax-Om, thankfully not related to Jax-Ur a Kryptonian villain. He was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone for destroying Wegthor, one of the planet's inhabited moons when experimenting with space travel. Although that happened in one of the comics and might not have happened in this universe.
Jax-Om would also have a father who sent him to Earth for safety. Not unrealistic since if both Jor-El and Zor-El could send away their kid to avoid the doom of their planet, then other brilliant Kryptonians could do the same.
The House of Om would be family with a proud lineage having a member sitting on the Science Council, which had been the ruling body of the planet before it was destroyed. Someone with that kind of power and brilliance might have been prepared for the world's destruction.
I would need to explain why my ship landed so late when compared to the others and not during a meteor shower, but that could easily be explained by there being a glitch in what passed for a navigation system in a Kryptonian caused by minor damage taken when the planet exploded. Clark and Kara's ships managed to outrun the blast that was all.
As for why I ended up in Smallville that was also easy to explain. The Houses of Om and El were allies so Clark's alien father sent coordinates to my alien father, but Zor-El never knew if the ship was launched because they were focused on their baby.
Since I knew what would happen in the future, baring butterflies, I should be able to position myself as a mentor to Kal-El, who really needed a guide who wasn't just an upload of his biological father's brain in a fancy crystal. Aside from that, I would need to keep an eye on the future Superman in case my presence here altered his destiny enough that he didn't become the Man of Steel. If he didn't the world would be a much poorer place.
Now I just how to worry about the castle and Lux. The castle would quickly be hidden by magic so that wasn't much of a concern and Lux could be placed in Metropolis. The casino/nightclub/restaurant/strip club should make me some money while in that city.
That seemed to be it for this Jump so I decided not to delay any further, and to get things started.
(Line Break)
Smallville. Kanas.
I woke up in my small Kryptonian ship, a holographic display lit up all around me, and of course, I could read it, but I was too busy dealing with a whole host of new memories to worry about that. Unlike Clark, I had many years of living on Krypton, and that was all of suddenly filling my mind. There were good reasons as to why I'd chosen drop-in so many times when setting up other Jumps.
By this point in my existence, I was well over a century old, and while most of my fake memories had faded into the back of my mind, they added decades of memories to an already full life. Thankfully I had a powerful mind and I was able to process the extra information in short order.
The inside of the ship was a little cramped and according to the computer, which was lacking the brain imprint of anyone's father, the craft had arrived in Smallville as planned only I was late. I should have arrived on October 7, 1989, only it was now October 7, 2001, I was twelve years late. Which sounded really bad, but it was all by design as part of my back story.
When I tried to get up the roof of the ship, for lack of a better term, slid away and I climbed out of the ship to find three things of interest, one I was naked, two I was in a cornfield, and three Jonathan Kent was looking right at me.
Even someone who had seen a crashed space ship before needed a moment or two to catch up before they realised that something needed to be done, and while I could have switched to forms so that I'd be dressed and then teleport myself to Lux's penthouse apartment, I decided that this would make great cover.
The Kent's wouldn't suspect that I was anything other than a member of Clark's alien race if one of them saw me crash a space ship into a field on their farm. I had no desire to lie to them, but the truth was too complex right now and wasn't totally a lie, after all, I was an alien, since I wasn't from this dimension, and I had just crashed on a farm in Kanas.
"Here put these on" Mr Kent instructed.
The farmer had just taken some old clothes out of the back of his truck and while I had nothing to hide (my Kryptonian body was well muscles and well endowed, I had no wish to be arrested for indecent exposer, and we had bigger things to deal with.
"Can you lift that?" Mr Kent asked me, while gesturing to my ship "I'm not as young as I used to be".
I assumed that he was referring to the last time he'd helped to recover a crashed alien vessel. Mine would be larger and heavier than Clark's, but I was easily able to lift it. Kryptonians really were super strong, my magical super strength, provided to be by enchantments I'd learned during the BTVS Jump, or the raw power of my Asgardian body, simply didn't compare to the strength I now possessed. I was easily able to place the ship in back of the truck and it made itself more compact so that it would fit. Clearly it was very advanced technology.
"Never thought I'd be doing this again" I heard Mr Kent say "at least you can understand me".
I realised that I hadn't spoken yet.
"Yes, I understand you," I told the farmer "Thank you for your help".
Not that I needed it, but I did have to admire how well Jonathan Kent handled this situation. He even covered the ship with a tarp so that no one would see it.
"I'm taking you to my place" the man informed me "We can hide your ship in the barn for a while, and I'll figure something out later. You can stay with my family".
Very generous given how little he knew about me. He must have already figured out that I was related to his adopted son somehow, and he'd figured out that if anyone saw my ship, that it would likely lead to some government group canvassing the area for other signs of things alien, and this could lead to Clark getting discovered so it wasn't all selfless.
"How can you understand English?" Mr Kent asked.
I lied without really lying.
"The ship can teach while you're in suspended animation" I explained
That was something it could in reality do, but I didn't get a chance to speak on the matter further as it turned out we weren't far from the farmhouse.
(Line Break)
Smallville. Kanas.
Now that I'd been provided with proper clothing and gotten food in my stomach I felt more human, ironic since I wearing an alien body, and I felt that the time was right to start with my plan. I wanted to position myself as a mentor for Clark, while I wasn't busy elsewhere, and I would have to earn at least some trust from his parents for that to happen.
"My name is Jax-Om I am a Kryptonian from the planet Krypton" I told the couple "Where is Kal-El?".
They exchanged looks.
"Kal-El?" Jonathan Kent asked.
I wasn't totally familiar with the early seasons of Smallville, but I was fairly sure that even Clark didn't know he was an alien at this point in time so it was possible that the Kent's didn't know their son's birth name.
"You've seen a ship like mine before," I said to the farmer "and I know Kal-El was sent here when our planet was destroyed, he would have been a baby about 12 years ago. I was meant to arrive with him, but my ship was damaged and it went off course".
They exchanged looks again, I got the sense that they didn't want to tell me anything, but at the same time, they didn't want to lie to me, so they were stuck for things to say.
"He was sent to this town as was his cousin" I mentioned.
I'd get around to getting Kara out of her ship later, best to give the Kents some warning before Clark's teenage sister made an appearance.
"His ship is here. Mine followed it," I said.
They seemed so conflicted. Torn between wanting to protect their adopted son and telling the truth to me, an action that would lead to Clark learning that he was an alien.
"You're right," Mr Kent said while standing up "12 years ago we found an alien ship. It crashed here in Smallville and we realised that if anyone ever found out about Clark that they'd take him away and do God knows what to him".
I'd seen that animated DC film when the Flash changes history and Superman is found locked up underground in a government base. They'd have done to him what they did to my adopted daughter Jane only they might have dissected him like a Rosewell Grey.
"To help keep him safe we decided not to tell him how he came into our lives" Mrs Kent added, "but now that you're here".
I'd suspected this and I knew what to do.
"Tell you what I'll come back in a couple of days and introduce myself to your son if that's okay with you," I said to the two natives of this world "Just keep my ship hidden for two days and I'll come back for it. You need to tell him the truth as you know it and I can explain about his people, but he needs to hear it first from his parents".
It wasn't as if they could stop me from telling Clark anything, but he was a minor, and I knew from personal experience that sometimes there were things you needed to keep from your kids, just as one day you would need to tell them those secrets.
"We knew this day would come," Jonathan Kent said to his wife before turning to face me "Two days. We'll tell him tonight and give him some time to cool off".
That would suit me fine as I needed a chance to set up in this world before getting on with my plans.
"Wait where will you go?" Mrs Kent wondered.
As far as they knew I was homeless and plantless.
"My arrival was prepared for" I replied.
With that, I vanished. Rushing away with super speed before changing forms and using magic to teleport myself to Lux so that I could get my girls out of stasis.
(Line Break)
Smallville. Kanas.
Hermoine Granger looked around the castle and sighed. Every Jump this place reset to a ruined state, and she kept getting put in charge of fixing it up. For this Jump, the castle had appeared on the outskirts of a small town in Kanas, not that anyone knew that as she'd already put a spell in place so that no one who shouldn't know about the castle would be able to find it.
Gothic had divided his rather large harem into two groups. The science and more political types, a group made up of Miranda Lawson, her adopted daughter Violet Parr, Seven of Nine, Tali'Zorah, Samantha Carter, Triss, Veronica, Ahsoka Tano, Padme, Black Widow, and Jane, would be based out of Lux while those with a connection to the more mystical side of things, such as herself, Luna Lovegood, Serana, Morgana, Amy, Faith, Raven, Valkyrie and Dawn Summers would be staying in the castle.
Most, if not all of the science types, would soon be off on one of the space ships, to check out this galaxy and perhaps even to make contact with space-faring races when not studying the advanced technology they had access to. After ten years in the Santa universe, they would be eager to get off this mudball.
As Hermoine channelled her inner Prefect, and gave out jobs to the other women, who soon got to work fixing up the castle, the witch wondered what adventures the more magical members of the group would be having in the years to come.
The Jumper planned to take himself, and teams made up of his companions to many versions of the DC universe, some of which were much more dangerous than this one, in order to gather more tech, certain materials, and magical knowledge.
Given how much they'd gathered over the different Jumps you'd think there wouldn't be much left to learn, but there was always more to learn, and given some of the threats within this part of the multiverse they would need of their advantages.
(Line Break)
Smallville. Kanas.
"So I'm really an alien" Clark Kent was saying as I explained who I was, at least when I was in this form "and we're from the same planet?".
All I could do at this point was nod we both walked into the kitchen of the farmhouse.
"I suppose you're staying for dinner," Jonathan Kent said upon seeing me.
He kept a passive look on his face, but I could tell that he had concerns about this, and I didn't blame him for that since he knew next to nothing about me. Besides he'd told Clark the truth as best he could and he'd stored away my ship, which I would soon transfer to the Hanger Bay addon of the Cosmic Warehouse.
"If it's not a bother," I said to Mr Kent "I've got some things to discuss with you all about your son, there are things he needs to know, for his own safety".
Mrs Kent seemed to be more hospitable towards me. I figured she liked the idea of there being a person around who could answer all of Clark questions.
"You're solar-powered, but you'd better eat," I told him.
If I recalled correctly when he became more powerful he wouldn't need food because he'd able to survive on yellow sun radiation alone and he wouldn't even need to worry about the lack of any air in space.
"Do you need to eat?" Clark asked me.
I would assume so since I was a little ahead of the young superman in terms of powers and he'd blow right past me soon enough.
"Yes, and you should even if you don't always feel hunger as I don't know enough about our biology to know what would happen if you stopped," I told him "Besides this stuff smells great".
I waited a moment, deciding it was best to start with his origins, what he thought of as our origins before discussing his powers.
"The planet we're originally from is called Krypton. It was a fairly advanced society in terms of technology, but like Earth, it had its problems. In the year 1986, in human terms, Krypton was destroyed because of a man called General Zod, I'm not privy to all the details, but it was due to a civil war and something called Brainiac. There was a lot going on, but from what I understand Zod lost the war and was sent to a place known as the Phantom Zone, a special kind of prison that is another dimension, and that's a story for another time".
I took a bite of the food on offer.
"So one person blew up a planet?" Martha Kent asked.
That did seem unbelievable.
"I don't understand all as I was thirteen when it happened, the trip here took three years, but I do know that our fathers knew something like that might happen and took more than a few precautions to ensure our safety" I explained "Jor-El, Clark's biological father sent you here to the Kents".
They'd not known that'd not gotten Clark on purpose I could read that on their faces.
"He was sent to us?" Martha asked. "Why us?"
Again I didn't have all the details. My intelligence files were vast, but they didn't cover everything, and if they had I wouldn't have bothered coming here as there would have been nothing to learn.
"Clark's biological father visited Smallville when he was younger and liked the place, and so when he knew he had to send Clark away he chose this place because he knew you'd protect his son," I told the married couple "Some member of your family must have made a really good impression on him".
If Jonathan was anything like his father I could understand Jor-El's reasoning.
"So why didn't you show up earlier?" Mrs Kent wondered.
I had my backstory prepared.
"On the day Krypton exploded three ships were sent out containing three children" I replied "One contained Clark as a baby and it was programmed to come here. Clark's cousin Kara, was sent here by Clark's Uncle. She should be here, I figure that her ship was damaged like mine".
Clark was flabbergasted.
"I have a cousin," he said, "We have to find her".
That wouldn't be too much trouble. Since they had FTL travel in this setting I could use the Thunderchild to scan for the same technology as my ship and then I'd recover the ship. I'd also need to keep the Thunderchild in orbit during the meteor shower that would take place within a few years so it would be in place when The Black Ship arrived I could destroy before it landed. The ship housed the Brain InterActive Construct as well as the Disciples of Zod, Nam-Ek and Aethyr. They needed to be destroyed.
"If she's around I'll find her" I promised, "Just give me some time".
So that he didn't dwell on this I changed the subject.
"I need to warn you that when Krypton exploded, a large amount of debris was caught in the wake of Clark's ship. That was what caused the meteor shower the day he arrived" I told the Kents "The meteorites, especially the green ones can hurt Clark, and long term exposer to the green stuff can even kill him, I have ways of defending myself that I'm willing to share later on. I need to put some stuff together first".
A personal shield would be noticed at school, so I'd have to come up with something more subtle. Perhaps a device that absorbed the radiation.
"Lana's necklace," Clark muttered. "No wonder I feel bad when she's around".
I feigned ignorance as the young Superman informed me about his high school crush. If the whole thing with the Scarecrow, which was when some poor Freshman boy got strung up in a field, had already happened then he wasn't talking about it. I didn't want to get involved in that as these events were important to moulding Clark into becoming a hero in the future.
"The meteorite pieces are dangerous" I went on to say "The green ones have an effect on humans over long periods of time and the results of this aren't predictable. Stay away from the stuff until I can get you some sort of protection, then we'll have to get rid of the necklace and stay away from this girl she's walking around with something that can kill you, and it might mutate her, the effects on humans can be mental as well as physical".
I doubted he'd listen, and I might need to get rid of Lana, not in a murder way I'd just place a magical compulsion of her and whoever cared for her to move somewhere far away.
"That meteor shower killed a lot of people," Clark said as he got a sullen look on his face.
The emo was strong with this one.
"Zod killed those people," I told Kal-El "He's why the planet blew up. Don't blame yourself".
Thankfully some apple pie was served, and this cheered him up. I really didn't want to be exposed to more emo teens I'd had more than enough of that in past Jumps.
"You're only a couple of years older than me right? How do you know all of this?" Clark asked.
That was easily explained.
"My ship has the ability to educate whoever is in it. I was placed into suspended animation of some sorts and while I aged a few years while coming here the ship educated me about Earth and what to expect" I told the Kents "Your ship will have a lot to tell you. Is it hidden with my mine?".
The Kents all exchanged looks.
"It's nearby, but it doesn't work," Mr Kent finally told me.
If I recalled events correctly, the ship was lacking a special part.
"You need the key" I explained.
Key?" Jonathan asked. "What key?".
I explained to them that the key was an octagonal disc that granted accesses to Kryptonian devices designed by Jor-El and meant only for the House of El.
"My ship has a key, but they are unique to each House" I then added "So we can't use mine to open Clark's ship, it must have gotten separated from the ship. Clark, you should be careful with the Key, don't use it until you feel ready. We don't want the ship flying off".
The older Kents again exchanged looks. If I didn't know better I'd think them telepathic.
"Miller's Field" Martha Kent after a moment.
It was getting late and I didn't want to rush things.
"I have some things to do" I let the Kents know "I'll come for a visit soon and find that Key for you".
Clark would need time to work through all this and I had ten years so reason to dump everything on him now.
"I think we have some stuff to talk about to," said Mr Kent.
After thanking the lady of the house for the fine meal I left in a blur and teleported once I felt sure that no one could see me.