"Traveler" Chapter 2: New Smallville
Clark Kent wakes up, early in the morning. He takes a few moments to gather his thoughts...then remembers the rain, and that odd salesman. "What a weird dream." He thinks. He forces himself to get up after a few minutes, then walks towards the kitchen. He rubs his eyes and yawns as he opens the fridge, and takes out the orange juice, then walks over to the window, drinking right out of the carton, something he's often scolded for. He peeks out through the blinds, then starts to walk away still drinking. Then, he stops, slowly puts down the orange juice...and walks back towards the window. He pulls the blinds open and gasps...he can see mansions and tall buildings sporting the LexCorp logo, brand new sports cars in people's garages. These giant houses and buildings now surround his small farm away from town...what's going on? "M-mom...dad...dad!" He starts...still shocked.
Martha comes out, yawning...followed by Jonathan. "Clark...what is it?" Martha Kent asks.
"Look...look outside...what's happened?" Clark asks in total confusion. Martha and Jonathan look out the window, they don't seem shocked at all.
"Just what is it that you wanted us to see?" Jonathan asks.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you see? All those houses and buildings and sports cars...where'd Smallville go?" Clark asks, desperate for answers.
"Clark...I think you need to go back to bed, maybe some more sleep will do you good." Jonathan says. Clark takes a deep breath, starting to let out another sentence that might help his confusion...but he stops himself and takes a few steps backwards. He opens the front door and runs down the few concrete stairs. Clark walks slowly away from the farm, looking at all that has changed in amazement and disbelief. In a flash he bolts down one road, then another, until he reaches the home of Lana Lang. He stares at her front door, than looks over to the windows, taking a few steps back. He gets to her front door and raises his arm to knock...but the door opens, and Lana stands there with a smile.
"Hey, Clark...pretty early, what are you doing here?" Lana asks.
"Lana...do you know what's going on?" Clark asks.
"What do you mean?" Lana asks, having no idea what he's talking about.
"This...the town, look at the streets...don't you see?" Clark asks, praying for Lana to tell him something he doesn't know. Lana looks out behind Clark, she sees everything he does, then she looks back at him.
"I'm sorry, Clark. I don't know what you want me to see." Lana says. Clark's shoulders slump down in disappointment, he stares into Lana's eyes...looking for something, but he doesn't find it. A moment later...someone come into the doorway, standing by Lana. Clark doesn't know for sure who it is, but it's a woman, looks to be in her late 30's.
"Sorry I can't help you Clark...maybe my mom can." Lana says.
"What is it, Clark?" The woman, Lana's mother, asks. Clark's eyes widen and jaw drops...he's speechless. Clark starts walking backwards, away from the Lang house.
"Clark...where are you going?" Lana asks.
"I have...I have to go, Lana." Clark says as he walks faster and faster away from Lana's.
An hour has passed, Clark has covered the town inch by inch, nothing is the same. What's clear is that the sign of the Luthor's can be found almost anywhere, Clark has so many questions. He walks down a long street, lined with several new stores and businesses. He passes a newspaper stand and sees the Metropolis Daily Planet, with the front page article written by none other than Chloe Sullivan. Clark shakes his head, then keeps walking. He comes across a movie theater, one that has been closed for as long as he can remember, but is now restored to it's original beauty and booming with business. Banners all around the theater advertise the world premiere of a new movie, called "Max Black in: Danger Down Under" starring...Pete Ross. Clark looks at the poster; Pete is in a black tuxedo holding a gun up near his face, with several ladies around him in tight pants. Clark keeps walking with his hands in his pockets, waiting for the moment when he wakes up and realizes none of
this is real. More streets are passed through, all run by LuthorCorp. Clark has to get to Lex...he must know something. As he begins to head towards the Luthor Ancestral Home, which he prays is still there, a black limousine pulls to the curb just ahead of him. The driver opens the passenger door near the end of the limo, and out steps Pete, wearing very expensive clothes, accompanied by several girls all giggling and touching him. "And just last night, even I, Pete Ross, couldn't get a table at that Jubilee restaurant. So, naturally I bought the place...I'm having it destroyed next week, let that be a lesson to anyone else who tells me they can't get me a table." Pete says.
"Oh, Pete, you're so sexy!" A giggling blonde says.
"I know, Charlotte, I know." Pete replies as they start to walk into a large building. Clark runs up to Pete, but is pushed back by one of his bodyguards.
"Just who are you?! You can't just run up here like you're Mr. Ross's best friend! Get out of here!" The bodyguard yells.
"No...I am his best friend! Pete! It's Clark!" Clark yells. Pete slowly turns around, he dips down his shades so he can get a better look. He walks towards Clark slowly.
"Sorry, I can't sign any autographs right now, as you can see I'm very busy." Pete says.
"What? No...I don't want an autograph Pete, I want to know what's going on. What happened to you?" Clark asks.
"I'm sorry...do we know each other, if I met you at another random party I'm sorry, so many people approach me at those things...faces are hard to remember." Pete says.
"Pete...it's me, Clark...you know me!" Clark says.
"I'm sorry, but come by the premiere tonight and I'll be sure to sign a T-shirt or something." Pete says as he walks back to his ladies.
"Pete! Come on! You know me! Don't do this!" Clark yells, trying to get back up to Pete...but is pushed away by the bodyguards. Clark sits on the curb, several minutes pass. "He didn't remember me?" Clark says over and over in his mind, he needs answers. Clark lifts his head up and sees another very tall building with the LuthorCorp logo on it. "Lex..." Clark starts as he gets up, and heads for Lex's home. He starts to speed off...but reminds himself Smallville is now too big, and someone is likely to see him...so, he walks.
He arrives at the Luthor Ancestral Home not too long later, he walks along side the steel gates of the giant house. Clark gets to the front gate...he can't squeeze through this time; several guards stand just feet away. "Alright...who are you, kid?" A guard asks.
"My name's Clark Kent, I need to see Lex." Clark replies.
"I don't think so...he's busy at the moment, so how about coming back some other time?" The guard says.
"It's important...I really need..." Clark starts, but is interrupted by the guard.
"Look, kid...Mr. Luthor is a busy man, if you want to see him you can come back some other time! Now if you don't leave in the next five seconds I'll throw you out of here!" The guard yells.
"It's okay, Max...let him in, he's a friend of mine." Lex says, coming out of the house. The guard grumbles and opens the gate, letting Clark in. Clark follows Lex, who grabs the latest Daily Planet from a side table and reads it as he walks. "That Chloe Sullivan...she's a real go-getter isn't she? Already reporting front cover news for the Daily Planet." Lex says.
"Lex..." Clark starts.
"I know why you're here, Clark. Seems like everyone and everything has changed except for you." Lex says, stopping after walking up a few stairs to his large office.
"Yes...you know! You know what's happening, don't you?" Clark says with enthusiasm.
"Of course I do. In a nutshell a travelling genie came to town and made everyone's wishes come true, they woke up this morning as if they've been living the life they described they wanted in their wishes all along. I watched the whole thing...everyone crowding around, so eager to trade bits of their old lives away for brand new ones. I'm sure you've noticed the changes in your friends, Clark." Lex says.
"Yeah...I've noticed. Lana...her mom came to the door, and Chloe writing for the Daily Planet and Pete...Pete, he didn't even know me." Clark says.
"No he did not, Pete wished for fame and fortune...he got it, he woke up a giant movie star. Of course he's now too busy and preoccupied with his new life that he can't remember anything from his previous one, he can't remember you or Chloe, he's a new Pete. You know...almost everyone wanted in their wishes that they never came across that salesman...that way they won't regret it later on, but not me." Lex says.
"You...Lex you made a wish too?" Clark asks.
"Yes, Clark...I made a wish." Lex says.
Clark Kent wakes up, early in the morning. He takes a few moments to gather his thoughts...then remembers the rain, and that odd salesman. "What a weird dream." He thinks. He forces himself to get up after a few minutes, then walks towards the kitchen. He rubs his eyes and yawns as he opens the fridge, and takes out the orange juice, then walks over to the window, drinking right out of the carton, something he's often scolded for. He peeks out through the blinds, then starts to walk away still drinking. Then, he stops, slowly puts down the orange juice...and walks back towards the window. He pulls the blinds open and gasps...he can see mansions and tall buildings sporting the LexCorp logo, brand new sports cars in people's garages. These giant houses and buildings now surround his small farm away from town...what's going on? "M-mom...dad...dad!" He starts...still shocked.
Martha comes out, yawning...followed by Jonathan. "Clark...what is it?" Martha Kent asks.
"Look...look outside...what's happened?" Clark asks in total confusion. Martha and Jonathan look out the window, they don't seem shocked at all.
"Just what is it that you wanted us to see?" Jonathan asks.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you see? All those houses and buildings and sports cars...where'd Smallville go?" Clark asks, desperate for answers.
"Clark...I think you need to go back to bed, maybe some more sleep will do you good." Jonathan says. Clark takes a deep breath, starting to let out another sentence that might help his confusion...but he stops himself and takes a few steps backwards. He opens the front door and runs down the few concrete stairs. Clark walks slowly away from the farm, looking at all that has changed in amazement and disbelief. In a flash he bolts down one road, then another, until he reaches the home of Lana Lang. He stares at her front door, than looks over to the windows, taking a few steps back. He gets to her front door and raises his arm to knock...but the door opens, and Lana stands there with a smile.
"Hey, Clark...pretty early, what are you doing here?" Lana asks.
"Lana...do you know what's going on?" Clark asks.
"What do you mean?" Lana asks, having no idea what he's talking about.
"This...the town, look at the streets...don't you see?" Clark asks, praying for Lana to tell him something he doesn't know. Lana looks out behind Clark, she sees everything he does, then she looks back at him.
"I'm sorry, Clark. I don't know what you want me to see." Lana says. Clark's shoulders slump down in disappointment, he stares into Lana's eyes...looking for something, but he doesn't find it. A moment later...someone come into the doorway, standing by Lana. Clark doesn't know for sure who it is, but it's a woman, looks to be in her late 30's.
"Sorry I can't help you Clark...maybe my mom can." Lana says.
"What is it, Clark?" The woman, Lana's mother, asks. Clark's eyes widen and jaw drops...he's speechless. Clark starts walking backwards, away from the Lang house.
"Clark...where are you going?" Lana asks.
"I have...I have to go, Lana." Clark says as he walks faster and faster away from Lana's.
An hour has passed, Clark has covered the town inch by inch, nothing is the same. What's clear is that the sign of the Luthor's can be found almost anywhere, Clark has so many questions. He walks down a long street, lined with several new stores and businesses. He passes a newspaper stand and sees the Metropolis Daily Planet, with the front page article written by none other than Chloe Sullivan. Clark shakes his head, then keeps walking. He comes across a movie theater, one that has been closed for as long as he can remember, but is now restored to it's original beauty and booming with business. Banners all around the theater advertise the world premiere of a new movie, called "Max Black in: Danger Down Under" starring...Pete Ross. Clark looks at the poster; Pete is in a black tuxedo holding a gun up near his face, with several ladies around him in tight pants. Clark keeps walking with his hands in his pockets, waiting for the moment when he wakes up and realizes none of
this is real. More streets are passed through, all run by LuthorCorp. Clark has to get to Lex...he must know something. As he begins to head towards the Luthor Ancestral Home, which he prays is still there, a black limousine pulls to the curb just ahead of him. The driver opens the passenger door near the end of the limo, and out steps Pete, wearing very expensive clothes, accompanied by several girls all giggling and touching him. "And just last night, even I, Pete Ross, couldn't get a table at that Jubilee restaurant. So, naturally I bought the place...I'm having it destroyed next week, let that be a lesson to anyone else who tells me they can't get me a table." Pete says.
"Oh, Pete, you're so sexy!" A giggling blonde says.
"I know, Charlotte, I know." Pete replies as they start to walk into a large building. Clark runs up to Pete, but is pushed back by one of his bodyguards.
"Just who are you?! You can't just run up here like you're Mr. Ross's best friend! Get out of here!" The bodyguard yells.
"No...I am his best friend! Pete! It's Clark!" Clark yells. Pete slowly turns around, he dips down his shades so he can get a better look. He walks towards Clark slowly.
"Sorry, I can't sign any autographs right now, as you can see I'm very busy." Pete says.
"What? No...I don't want an autograph Pete, I want to know what's going on. What happened to you?" Clark asks.
"I'm sorry...do we know each other, if I met you at another random party I'm sorry, so many people approach me at those things...faces are hard to remember." Pete says.
"Pete...it's me, Clark...you know me!" Clark says.
"I'm sorry, but come by the premiere tonight and I'll be sure to sign a T-shirt or something." Pete says as he walks back to his ladies.
"Pete! Come on! You know me! Don't do this!" Clark yells, trying to get back up to Pete...but is pushed away by the bodyguards. Clark sits on the curb, several minutes pass. "He didn't remember me?" Clark says over and over in his mind, he needs answers. Clark lifts his head up and sees another very tall building with the LuthorCorp logo on it. "Lex..." Clark starts as he gets up, and heads for Lex's home. He starts to speed off...but reminds himself Smallville is now too big, and someone is likely to see him...so, he walks.
He arrives at the Luthor Ancestral Home not too long later, he walks along side the steel gates of the giant house. Clark gets to the front gate...he can't squeeze through this time; several guards stand just feet away. "Alright...who are you, kid?" A guard asks.
"My name's Clark Kent, I need to see Lex." Clark replies.
"I don't think so...he's busy at the moment, so how about coming back some other time?" The guard says.
"It's important...I really need..." Clark starts, but is interrupted by the guard.
"Look, kid...Mr. Luthor is a busy man, if you want to see him you can come back some other time! Now if you don't leave in the next five seconds I'll throw you out of here!" The guard yells.
"It's okay, Max...let him in, he's a friend of mine." Lex says, coming out of the house. The guard grumbles and opens the gate, letting Clark in. Clark follows Lex, who grabs the latest Daily Planet from a side table and reads it as he walks. "That Chloe Sullivan...she's a real go-getter isn't she? Already reporting front cover news for the Daily Planet." Lex says.
"Lex..." Clark starts.
"I know why you're here, Clark. Seems like everyone and everything has changed except for you." Lex says, stopping after walking up a few stairs to his large office.
"Yes...you know! You know what's happening, don't you?" Clark says with enthusiasm.
"Of course I do. In a nutshell a travelling genie came to town and made everyone's wishes come true, they woke up this morning as if they've been living the life they described they wanted in their wishes all along. I watched the whole thing...everyone crowding around, so eager to trade bits of their old lives away for brand new ones. I'm sure you've noticed the changes in your friends, Clark." Lex says.
"Yeah...I've noticed. Lana...her mom came to the door, and Chloe writing for the Daily Planet and Pete...Pete, he didn't even know me." Clark says.
"No he did not, Pete wished for fame and fortune...he got it, he woke up a giant movie star. Of course he's now too busy and preoccupied with his new life that he can't remember anything from his previous one, he can't remember you or Chloe, he's a new Pete. You know...almost everyone wanted in their wishes that they never came across that salesman...that way they won't regret it later on, but not me." Lex says.
"You...Lex you made a wish too?" Clark asks.
"Yes, Clark...I made a wish." Lex says.