Chapter 3: Secret's Revealed
Pike slices through it like a stick of butter...it begins to crumble, but using his super speed abilities, Clark rushes over there and supports the pillar before it comes crashing down. The stands shake and creek more, the kids sitting on them start panicking and they all try and run off. Clark supports the nearly destroyed pillar with his arms over his head, holding on strong. The kids push and shove and scream as more concrete chunks fall and more cracks appear. Clark begins to tremble, he is holding the weight of all of the kids trying to get off and the thousands of pounds of concrete. The game is stopped as people rush over to help those who are being trampled. Some kids jump over the sides while others are carried down with friends. Clark looks up, underneath the stands and using his X-ray vision to see through them...making sure everyone is off. When he cant' see the skeletons of anyone still on them he lets go and the pillar collapses, making everything crumble down.
Clark falls to the ground, struggling to get up. He looks around...Pike, of course, as left. Clark gets up and sees Chloe running around the rubble towards him.
"Clark! What happened?! Did you see anything...I mean, wow! How did this happen?!" Chloe says as she stares at the large heaps of concrete littered all around.
"I don't know...I didn't see anything." Clark says.
"Where were you all that time? I thought you might of seen Lana Lang somewhere and ditched me." Chloe says.
"Nah...I was in the bathroom, like I said." Clark replies.
"Right...anyways, I don't think the game is going to keep going. Guess that's a good thing." Chloe says as she looks around at the people running back into their cars or meeting up with their friends.
"Chloe, I know who did this...it was Edward Pike." Clark says.
"Edward Pike? The guy that trashed that jewelry store?" Chloe asks.
"Yeah...and I think he's far from finished with doing things like this. Do you still have that tape of him at Nile's Diamonds?" Clark asks.
"Yeah...why?" Chloe says.
"If we could take a closer look at it, maybe we could find out what makes him so strong. Or maybe we could find a weakness or something like that." Clark says.
"Good thinking. We'll watch it after school tomorrow in the newsroom of the Torch. As for now, I think I want to get home and get away from this whole mess." Chloe says. Clark sees Lana amongst the crowd of teenagers talking about what has happened and what they're going to do. She's with Whitney, who is in his football uniform with his helmet, and his arm around her. Clark looks down to the ground.
"Yeah, Chloe...I was thinking the same thing." Clark says.
"I should call my dad, he can give us a ride back." Chloe says as she reaches into her bag and pulls out a cell phone.
"That's alright, I think I'll walk...but thanks." Clark says as he looks back over at Lana and then at Chloe.
"You have always been one to enjoy a walk in the dark, Clark Kent." Chloe says.
"You know me...bye Chloe, I'll talk to you tomorrow." Clark says as he begins to walk off.
"Later, Clark." Chloe replies as she watches him walk away with his hands in his pockets.
Clark takes the long way home, like he has in the past. Sometimes he needs to clear his head and examine things in his life more closely. Lately he's had a lot to think about, he's had a question for just about every current event that he's going through. The calm night always makes him feel better, he's never feared being alone at night...he's embraced it. Clark keeps walking to the right side of a dirt path with wooden fencing running down it. He looks up at the stars, thoughts come to mind...which one am I from? Before long he's back home on the farm. He walks over to his front steps and sits down on the top one. Clark looks back up at the stars...the road that lies ahead is a long one, with many twists and turns, but for the first time...Clark knows he's ready for it.
Smallville High, the next day...Clark and Pete are sitting, bored out of their minds, in Math; their last class of the day. The two sit across from each other in rows, Clark is not paying attention to anything the teacher is going on and on about...he's to busy writing the letters L, A, N, and A in fancy, decorative symbols. Pete, who has his head resting on arms, also not paying much attention, looks over at what Clark is doing. "Man...you have serious problems, I really think you should seek professional help." Pete whispers.
"Aw, I wasn't doing anything...just going over these notes...for the test...tomorrow." Clark quietly says back.
"Right..." Pete says as he turns back and feels the words the teacher is saying go in one ear and out the other.
"So, seeing as though we only have two minutes left in the class period, I'll stop my ranting and tell you all to do pages 47 and 48 A-C in your books as homework for tomorrow. Have a good weekend everyone." The math teacher says as he sits down at his desk and puts some papers into a big brown folder. The students get up from their desks and start putting their things into their backpacks while chatting about their plans for the weekend and various other things.
"So what are you doing after school, Clark?" Pete asks.
"After I get out of here I'm going down to the newsroom with Chloe to take a closer look at that tape from the jewelry store. Maybe the secrets to how that guy was so strong are in the footage." Clark says.
"I was curious about that to, so I'll go down there with you." Pete says.
"Alright, Pete." Clark says as the bell rings and the students crowd out of the door, anxious to finally get out and start their weekend. Clark and Pete are the last ones out; they proceed to the Torch's newsroom where they often hang out.
"So, last night wasn't the best game for the Crows." Clark says as they walk down the hallway.
"Tell me about it, big concrete stands that can hold hundreds of kids don't just collapse like that." Pete says.
"It didn't just collapse, Edward Pike was there...he sliced through the pillars like a knife." Clark says.
"Smallville just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." Pete says as they walk through the door and into the newsroom where Chloe is on her computer typing.
"Hey guys, just finishing up this article that I may or may not use for next week's edition of the Torch...my fallback article, if nothing better comes along." Chloe says.
"Oh yeah? What's it about?" Pete asks.
"It's a big story about how the janitors are thinking of switching to a new chemical cleaner that clears up student vomit faster and more efficiently." Chloe says.
"Eww...some real news better come up fast." Pete says.
"So, Chloe, you got that tape from the jewelry store?" Clark asks.
"Yeah, I put it onto a CD...it's on my computer now, come check it out." Chloe says. Clark and Pete walk over to the computer where Chloe is sitting. She double clicks on the file and it begins to play the footage of the jewelry store. Pike is shown touching the brick wall and then it cuts to him being shot at and then him throwing cops aside with out any trouble.
"Wait a minute...go back to the beginning..." Clark says. Chloe starts it over again, it begins going through the same scenes. "Stop it right...there!" Clark says as Chloe hits pause at the point where Pike touches the wall.
"Why did you want me to pause it there?" Chloe asks.
"I saw Pike wrecking the stands at the football game last night, right before he did any of it he stopped and touched a sharp, pointed rock...and then afterwards he was able to do those amazing things." Clark says.
"So what? I don't get it." Pete says.
"I...don't know, don't you think it's weird though that right before he's about to be shot he touches a brick wall and then the bullets have no effect? Or when he touches a sharp rock he can cut through cement?" Clark says.
"No...not really, Clark. Maybe he just likes to touch things." Pete says.
"I read a paper a long time ago about these ancient Japanese men that invented a unique way of meditation that would pump their bodies up to the max just before they would be attacked by an enemy. Their wounds would heal super fast and their strength was like nothing anyone had ever seen." Chloe says.
"Pike doesn't exactly fit that description." Clark says.
"Well it's easier to believe than your theory that he's sucking the strength out of rocks." Pete says.
"You know there's a very rare species of leech that was recently discovered...it could attach itself to...lets say a poisonous spider, and believe it or not if it was in danger it could use the poisons it absorbed from the spider in defense. Not just spiders either, they found one on a fish and realized it had developed pores on its body that would store extra amounts of oxygen so it wouldn't drown." Chloe says.
"No way...where do you get this stuff, Chloe?" Pete asks.
"I am a vacuum for weird stories." Chloe replies.
"I've got to find him...and I think I know where to look." Clark says.
"Clark, why do you have to find him? Let the police do their work, you could get in the way and be hurt." Pete says.
"No...he's going to do something really bad, something no cop will be able to stop." Clark replies.
"And you think you can?" Chloe says.
"Yes." Clark says.
"Well, let us come with you to wherever you're going to stop this guy." Pete says.
"No, Pete, I have to go alone on this one." Clark replies.
"What do you think you are? A superhero? You're crazy to go looking for that guy, the guy that twenty cops couldn't stop." Chloe says.
"You guys have to stop worrying about me, I'll be alright." Clark assures them. Pete and Chloe each exchange glances.
"Alright, man, if you need our help you know where to find us." Pete says.
"Yeah, so I'll see you guys around...and really, don't worry, I'll probably catch up with you guys later at the Beanery or something." Clark says as he begins to walk out the door.
"Sure you will, Clark." Chloe says as she watches Clark Kent leave the newsroom.
Clark walks down the school's steps and keeps going down the road with his backpack on. He turns the corner and keeps going down the same road until he sees a Dead End sign...he passes it and walks into one of Smallville's many large fields. He runs through it like a bolt of lighting, passing his own house and then Lana's until he reaches the old, broken down farm of Edward Pike. Police tape has been put up around the house; there are no police there like there usually are. Clark lifts a section of the police tape over his head and walks to the side of Pike's home. He looks through a few windows...it is dark and empty. He continues to walk around the house until he walks to the back, where Pike's large, bare field is located next to the woods. Clark walks out onto the field a little way and immediately begins feeling sick. He falls to his knees, struggling to get back up. He looks at his hand; it's become greenish and veiny. Clark looks to his left where he sees the chunks
of meteor rocks. He manages to stand back up and quickly stumbles away from them. Clark feels relief, and thoughts come to mind that Pike has been infected in some way by the rocks. He sits against Pike's home, recovering from the terrible feeling the rocks give him. "Kid you've got some nerve." Pike says as he appears to the side of Clark. Clark is surprised and slightly frightened, but he gets up and looks into Pike's eyes.
"It's those meteor rocks, isn't it Pike?" Clark asks.
"You some kind of boy scout? How'd all those punk kids get off the stands before it collapsed?" Pike asks.
"Answer my question first, Edward. Was it the meteors rocks that gave you your gifts?" Clark asks.
"Don't you have any respect for your elders? Don't address me by my first name. Now it looks like I have to teach you a lesson." Pike says as he sees a large rock in the field and reaches down for it. Clark stops him before he has the chance; he grabs him and throws him against the wall, holding him up by his jacket.
"I'm not letting you get away this time, and I'm not letting you try anymore of your tricks." Clark says. Pike's eyes grow bright green and he quickly grabs Clark's hands tightly...but then, something unexpected happens. Green electric waves pass through each of their bodies, sending them to the ground. Clark lay in the field, feeling even worse than when the meteor rocks affected him. Pike feels strange, like nothing he's ever felt before. He feels rejuvenated, like he was just born again. He quickly gets to his feet and looks at Clark Kent, struggling to stand.
"I don't know what just happened, but I feel much better now...thanks kid. But I'm still gonna have to kill ya, can't have you getting in my way every five minutes." Pike says as Clark gets to his knees, dizzy and in pain. Pike approaches Clark and with one of his boots he gives him a hard kick that sends him flying through the air and crashing into a wooden fence, breaking it into pieces. "What the hell? But I didn't..." Pike says to himself in pure confusion. He walks over to Clark Kent who is beginning to get up, but still having trouble. Pike picks him up and throws him back towards the house, sending him crashing through the roof into Pike's living room. Clark lands hard on the hard wood floor. He crawls towards the door and finally gets up and opens it. Clark walks out, he looks at the roof, which now has a large hole in it. Then he looks around for Pike...can't find him anywhere. Clark hears a whizzing sound, like something is moving very, very fast. He slowly turns
around and sees something heading straight at him, something going so fast it's like a bullet being shot out of a gun. Clark is hit by the speeding "object" and once again sent soaring through the air. He lands in the field and rolls about ten feet. Pike is standing there, it was him...the speeding bullet. "Kid...what are you?"
Clark gets up slowly; he's seen what Pike did. He used Clark's super speed to knock him backwards, and his strength to throw him around with ease. "How? How are you able to have the strength...and the speed..." Clark asks, trailing off.
"Your strength and speed, is that what you mean?" Pike asks. Clark doesn't respond; he has become completely exhausted, even walking seems to hurt.
"You are something else, boy...and don't know what yet...but I'm going to find out. In the meantime I guess I won't kill you, I can't...I need you, my guess is these abilities I've taken from you won't last long. I'll see you around...you can count on that." Pike says as he speeds away like a rocket. Clark looks to the distance, so many questions come to his mind...but one in particular sticks out...what do I do now?
After a long night of recuperating and trying to get back his strength and feel somewhat normal again, Clark walks the halls of Smallville high with Pete. "So we have to see, Chloe. She says she's got something to show us." Pete says.
"Great..." Clark says as they walk to the newsroom of the Torch before their first hour class. They walk inside, Chloe has her back turned to them and is working with something on a desk. "So what did you want us to see?" Clark asks. Chloe turns around holding the front page of the new Torch...the headline reads: "A Smallville High Student...Boy or Super-Boy?"
Pike slices through it like a stick of butter...it begins to crumble, but using his super speed abilities, Clark rushes over there and supports the pillar before it comes crashing down. The stands shake and creek more, the kids sitting on them start panicking and they all try and run off. Clark supports the nearly destroyed pillar with his arms over his head, holding on strong. The kids push and shove and scream as more concrete chunks fall and more cracks appear. Clark begins to tremble, he is holding the weight of all of the kids trying to get off and the thousands of pounds of concrete. The game is stopped as people rush over to help those who are being trampled. Some kids jump over the sides while others are carried down with friends. Clark looks up, underneath the stands and using his X-ray vision to see through them...making sure everyone is off. When he cant' see the skeletons of anyone still on them he lets go and the pillar collapses, making everything crumble down.
Clark falls to the ground, struggling to get up. He looks around...Pike, of course, as left. Clark gets up and sees Chloe running around the rubble towards him.
"Clark! What happened?! Did you see anything...I mean, wow! How did this happen?!" Chloe says as she stares at the large heaps of concrete littered all around.
"I don't know...I didn't see anything." Clark says.
"Where were you all that time? I thought you might of seen Lana Lang somewhere and ditched me." Chloe says.
"Nah...I was in the bathroom, like I said." Clark replies.
"Right...anyways, I don't think the game is going to keep going. Guess that's a good thing." Chloe says as she looks around at the people running back into their cars or meeting up with their friends.
"Chloe, I know who did this...it was Edward Pike." Clark says.
"Edward Pike? The guy that trashed that jewelry store?" Chloe asks.
"Yeah...and I think he's far from finished with doing things like this. Do you still have that tape of him at Nile's Diamonds?" Clark asks.
"Yeah...why?" Chloe says.
"If we could take a closer look at it, maybe we could find out what makes him so strong. Or maybe we could find a weakness or something like that." Clark says.
"Good thinking. We'll watch it after school tomorrow in the newsroom of the Torch. As for now, I think I want to get home and get away from this whole mess." Chloe says. Clark sees Lana amongst the crowd of teenagers talking about what has happened and what they're going to do. She's with Whitney, who is in his football uniform with his helmet, and his arm around her. Clark looks down to the ground.
"Yeah, Chloe...I was thinking the same thing." Clark says.
"I should call my dad, he can give us a ride back." Chloe says as she reaches into her bag and pulls out a cell phone.
"That's alright, I think I'll walk...but thanks." Clark says as he looks back over at Lana and then at Chloe.
"You have always been one to enjoy a walk in the dark, Clark Kent." Chloe says.
"You know me...bye Chloe, I'll talk to you tomorrow." Clark says as he begins to walk off.
"Later, Clark." Chloe replies as she watches him walk away with his hands in his pockets.
Clark takes the long way home, like he has in the past. Sometimes he needs to clear his head and examine things in his life more closely. Lately he's had a lot to think about, he's had a question for just about every current event that he's going through. The calm night always makes him feel better, he's never feared being alone at night...he's embraced it. Clark keeps walking to the right side of a dirt path with wooden fencing running down it. He looks up at the stars, thoughts come to mind...which one am I from? Before long he's back home on the farm. He walks over to his front steps and sits down on the top one. Clark looks back up at the stars...the road that lies ahead is a long one, with many twists and turns, but for the first time...Clark knows he's ready for it.
Smallville High, the next day...Clark and Pete are sitting, bored out of their minds, in Math; their last class of the day. The two sit across from each other in rows, Clark is not paying attention to anything the teacher is going on and on about...he's to busy writing the letters L, A, N, and A in fancy, decorative symbols. Pete, who has his head resting on arms, also not paying much attention, looks over at what Clark is doing. "Man...you have serious problems, I really think you should seek professional help." Pete whispers.
"Aw, I wasn't doing anything...just going over these notes...for the test...tomorrow." Clark quietly says back.
"Right..." Pete says as he turns back and feels the words the teacher is saying go in one ear and out the other.
"So, seeing as though we only have two minutes left in the class period, I'll stop my ranting and tell you all to do pages 47 and 48 A-C in your books as homework for tomorrow. Have a good weekend everyone." The math teacher says as he sits down at his desk and puts some papers into a big brown folder. The students get up from their desks and start putting their things into their backpacks while chatting about their plans for the weekend and various other things.
"So what are you doing after school, Clark?" Pete asks.
"After I get out of here I'm going down to the newsroom with Chloe to take a closer look at that tape from the jewelry store. Maybe the secrets to how that guy was so strong are in the footage." Clark says.
"I was curious about that to, so I'll go down there with you." Pete says.
"Alright, Pete." Clark says as the bell rings and the students crowd out of the door, anxious to finally get out and start their weekend. Clark and Pete are the last ones out; they proceed to the Torch's newsroom where they often hang out.
"So, last night wasn't the best game for the Crows." Clark says as they walk down the hallway.
"Tell me about it, big concrete stands that can hold hundreds of kids don't just collapse like that." Pete says.
"It didn't just collapse, Edward Pike was there...he sliced through the pillars like a knife." Clark says.
"Smallville just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." Pete says as they walk through the door and into the newsroom where Chloe is on her computer typing.
"Hey guys, just finishing up this article that I may or may not use for next week's edition of the Torch...my fallback article, if nothing better comes along." Chloe says.
"Oh yeah? What's it about?" Pete asks.
"It's a big story about how the janitors are thinking of switching to a new chemical cleaner that clears up student vomit faster and more efficiently." Chloe says.
"Eww...some real news better come up fast." Pete says.
"So, Chloe, you got that tape from the jewelry store?" Clark asks.
"Yeah, I put it onto a CD...it's on my computer now, come check it out." Chloe says. Clark and Pete walk over to the computer where Chloe is sitting. She double clicks on the file and it begins to play the footage of the jewelry store. Pike is shown touching the brick wall and then it cuts to him being shot at and then him throwing cops aside with out any trouble.
"Wait a minute...go back to the beginning..." Clark says. Chloe starts it over again, it begins going through the same scenes. "Stop it right...there!" Clark says as Chloe hits pause at the point where Pike touches the wall.
"Why did you want me to pause it there?" Chloe asks.
"I saw Pike wrecking the stands at the football game last night, right before he did any of it he stopped and touched a sharp, pointed rock...and then afterwards he was able to do those amazing things." Clark says.
"So what? I don't get it." Pete says.
"I...don't know, don't you think it's weird though that right before he's about to be shot he touches a brick wall and then the bullets have no effect? Or when he touches a sharp rock he can cut through cement?" Clark says.
"No...not really, Clark. Maybe he just likes to touch things." Pete says.
"I read a paper a long time ago about these ancient Japanese men that invented a unique way of meditation that would pump their bodies up to the max just before they would be attacked by an enemy. Their wounds would heal super fast and their strength was like nothing anyone had ever seen." Chloe says.
"Pike doesn't exactly fit that description." Clark says.
"Well it's easier to believe than your theory that he's sucking the strength out of rocks." Pete says.
"You know there's a very rare species of leech that was recently discovered...it could attach itself to...lets say a poisonous spider, and believe it or not if it was in danger it could use the poisons it absorbed from the spider in defense. Not just spiders either, they found one on a fish and realized it had developed pores on its body that would store extra amounts of oxygen so it wouldn't drown." Chloe says.
"No way...where do you get this stuff, Chloe?" Pete asks.
"I am a vacuum for weird stories." Chloe replies.
"I've got to find him...and I think I know where to look." Clark says.
"Clark, why do you have to find him? Let the police do their work, you could get in the way and be hurt." Pete says.
"No...he's going to do something really bad, something no cop will be able to stop." Clark replies.
"And you think you can?" Chloe says.
"Yes." Clark says.
"Well, let us come with you to wherever you're going to stop this guy." Pete says.
"No, Pete, I have to go alone on this one." Clark replies.
"What do you think you are? A superhero? You're crazy to go looking for that guy, the guy that twenty cops couldn't stop." Chloe says.
"You guys have to stop worrying about me, I'll be alright." Clark assures them. Pete and Chloe each exchange glances.
"Alright, man, if you need our help you know where to find us." Pete says.
"Yeah, so I'll see you guys around...and really, don't worry, I'll probably catch up with you guys later at the Beanery or something." Clark says as he begins to walk out the door.
"Sure you will, Clark." Chloe says as she watches Clark Kent leave the newsroom.
Clark walks down the school's steps and keeps going down the road with his backpack on. He turns the corner and keeps going down the same road until he sees a Dead End sign...he passes it and walks into one of Smallville's many large fields. He runs through it like a bolt of lighting, passing his own house and then Lana's until he reaches the old, broken down farm of Edward Pike. Police tape has been put up around the house; there are no police there like there usually are. Clark lifts a section of the police tape over his head and walks to the side of Pike's home. He looks through a few windows...it is dark and empty. He continues to walk around the house until he walks to the back, where Pike's large, bare field is located next to the woods. Clark walks out onto the field a little way and immediately begins feeling sick. He falls to his knees, struggling to get back up. He looks at his hand; it's become greenish and veiny. Clark looks to his left where he sees the chunks
of meteor rocks. He manages to stand back up and quickly stumbles away from them. Clark feels relief, and thoughts come to mind that Pike has been infected in some way by the rocks. He sits against Pike's home, recovering from the terrible feeling the rocks give him. "Kid you've got some nerve." Pike says as he appears to the side of Clark. Clark is surprised and slightly frightened, but he gets up and looks into Pike's eyes.
"It's those meteor rocks, isn't it Pike?" Clark asks.
"You some kind of boy scout? How'd all those punk kids get off the stands before it collapsed?" Pike asks.
"Answer my question first, Edward. Was it the meteors rocks that gave you your gifts?" Clark asks.
"Don't you have any respect for your elders? Don't address me by my first name. Now it looks like I have to teach you a lesson." Pike says as he sees a large rock in the field and reaches down for it. Clark stops him before he has the chance; he grabs him and throws him against the wall, holding him up by his jacket.
"I'm not letting you get away this time, and I'm not letting you try anymore of your tricks." Clark says. Pike's eyes grow bright green and he quickly grabs Clark's hands tightly...but then, something unexpected happens. Green electric waves pass through each of their bodies, sending them to the ground. Clark lay in the field, feeling even worse than when the meteor rocks affected him. Pike feels strange, like nothing he's ever felt before. He feels rejuvenated, like he was just born again. He quickly gets to his feet and looks at Clark Kent, struggling to stand.
"I don't know what just happened, but I feel much better now...thanks kid. But I'm still gonna have to kill ya, can't have you getting in my way every five minutes." Pike says as Clark gets to his knees, dizzy and in pain. Pike approaches Clark and with one of his boots he gives him a hard kick that sends him flying through the air and crashing into a wooden fence, breaking it into pieces. "What the hell? But I didn't..." Pike says to himself in pure confusion. He walks over to Clark Kent who is beginning to get up, but still having trouble. Pike picks him up and throws him back towards the house, sending him crashing through the roof into Pike's living room. Clark lands hard on the hard wood floor. He crawls towards the door and finally gets up and opens it. Clark walks out, he looks at the roof, which now has a large hole in it. Then he looks around for Pike...can't find him anywhere. Clark hears a whizzing sound, like something is moving very, very fast. He slowly turns
around and sees something heading straight at him, something going so fast it's like a bullet being shot out of a gun. Clark is hit by the speeding "object" and once again sent soaring through the air. He lands in the field and rolls about ten feet. Pike is standing there, it was him...the speeding bullet. "Kid...what are you?"
Clark gets up slowly; he's seen what Pike did. He used Clark's super speed to knock him backwards, and his strength to throw him around with ease. "How? How are you able to have the strength...and the speed..." Clark asks, trailing off.
"Your strength and speed, is that what you mean?" Pike asks. Clark doesn't respond; he has become completely exhausted, even walking seems to hurt.
"You are something else, boy...and don't know what yet...but I'm going to find out. In the meantime I guess I won't kill you, I can't...I need you, my guess is these abilities I've taken from you won't last long. I'll see you around...you can count on that." Pike says as he speeds away like a rocket. Clark looks to the distance, so many questions come to his mind...but one in particular sticks out...what do I do now?
After a long night of recuperating and trying to get back his strength and feel somewhat normal again, Clark walks the halls of Smallville high with Pete. "So we have to see, Chloe. She says she's got something to show us." Pete says.
"Great..." Clark says as they walk to the newsroom of the Torch before their first hour class. They walk inside, Chloe has her back turned to them and is working with something on a desk. "So what did you want us to see?" Clark asks. Chloe turns around holding the front page of the new Torch...the headline reads: "A Smallville High Student...Boy or Super-Boy?"
