Secret
Chapter Five: The Revelations
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"But what?" Chloe asked.
"Follow me," he said, somewhat glumly, and led Chloe down the stairs. In the kitchen, he found his parents at the table. "Mom, dad, we need to talk."
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After Jonathan and Martha had looked over the e-mail, Martha said: "I think your father and I need to have a word alone." Clark nodded and he and Chloe went outside.
"Jonathan, we have no choice. She already knows, and it says right on that paper that it's something likes her secret, whatever that may be. And obviously, she knows what her secret is, and we can't make anything up about Clark without her realizing it," Martha said.
"I realize that, but damn it, Martha, everyone's going to know about him before we know it," Jonathan swore.
"Pete's already proved that he won't say anything, and I'm sure we can trust Chloe to do the same. And if she's going to know about Clark, she's going to have to let us know what her secret is. If she's been affected by the meteor rocks... Oh, I don't know Jonathan. We have no choice," she repeated.
He was obviously going to say something else, but upon better judgment, he didn't. "You're right," he sighed. He called the two teens back into the kitchen. "Chloe, if we tell you about Clark, you have to promise us that you'll never tell anyone about this."
"I won't," she said.
"And you'll have to tell us what you've been hiding as well," he added.
"Yes," she agreed.
"Okay. Clark, do you want to take it from here?" Jonathan asked.
"Wait, let me tell you mine first," Chloe said.
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"Nobody knows about this," Chloe said, as if second-guessing herself. "Okay... when I was about ten, my class had a field trip to Smallville. I don't remember where we went, I just remember going to a park afterwards to play. Anyway, I only had one good friend that I was with all the time, and she was absent that day, so I was playing alone in the sandbox. Then this kid who was really mean to all the girls came up to me and said, 'Come and look at what I found.' Since he seemed to be being nice to me, I followed him really far to the side of the park where there was a big hole in the ground. It was surrounded by 'Do Not Enter' signs and was blocked off by construction tape. He said that the thing he wanted to show me was at the very bottom of the hole and I had to lean to look at it. So I leaned over, and he pushed me. I fell through the tape and into the hole. I heard him laughing and when I looked up, he was looking down at me. He had a rock in his hand and he threw it at me. I ducked and it hit this big pipe that was running through the hole. I don't know how the rock managed to, but it cracked the pipe, and green water started seeping out of the crack. He got kind of a scared look on his face and he ran off."
She stopped for a minute. Obviously talking about it was hurting her. "If you need to stop, honey, it's okay," Martha said.
"No, I'm okay," Chloe said. She took a deep breath and continued. "So the water started rising, slowly at first, but then the crack got bigger and the flow started getting faster. The opening of the hole was too high above me and the walls were too steep for me to get out of. Nobody came to look for me, because they figured I was just off playing somewhere. When it was time to leave, about an hour later, the water had risen to my chin. I was crying so hard, and I had screamed so loud, but since the hole was so far away from the playground part of the park, nobody could hear me. I found out later that the bully had lied to the teacher about knowing where I was, for fear of getting in trouble. They looked for me, and it didn't take them too long to find me, but of course I had been down there for an hour. The teacher managed to reach down far enough to pull me out, and I was soaked. It turns out that the water was green because some meteor rock had clogged up the pipe and it infected the water. That's also why the construction was being done."
Chloe took another deep breath. This time she waited longer to start up again, and nobody said anything to her. But she finally did. "Since I was okay, besides being scared half to death, the teacher didn't call anyone about the hole, except to say that the pipe was leaking. He never said that I had been exposed to the water. So nobody ever looked into it. The water... it changed me. It made me have powers. I'm just like a freak of the week. That's really why I created my Wall of Weird, to try and find someone that had received the same effects from the rocks as me."
"What kind of powers are you talking about, Chloe?" Jonathan asked.
"I don't know. It's not very often. Just short bursts every so often. Once, I was running in middle school at gym, and everyone was getting really far ahead of me, so I ran as fast as I could and it was unbelievable. I passed them all once, and I almost passed them again, but it was time to go change out of our gym clothes. None of the girls wanted to believe it; they just pushed it out of their minds and said it never happened. And another time, I was concentrating really hard on the TV, and I swear I saw into it for a split second. But these things only happen once in a while, and not for very long when they do."
Clark and his parents looked at each other. "Chloe, I think you need to hear Clark's story now." Martha said. Clark slowly started telling Chloe everything.
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When Clark finally finished explaining everything to Chloe, she was in shock. "Oh, wow... You have the same powers that I have, but you can control them," she said.
"How do you explain it though? You obviously didn't come here in any spaceship. How could you get powers like mine?"
"It must have been the rock," Martha said. "Every one has had different effects. This one must be really different. It would help if we could look at it."
"I know where it is! The mayor has it. I remember reading about it in the newspaper. But I don't know how we'd get to it," Chloe said.
Jonathan, who had been relatively quiet, said: "I know how we can get it."
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So you know Chloe's secret. And NO, she's not an alien; her powers ARE from exposure to the kryptonite. You'll find out in a later chapter how it's possible that she could have powers like Clark. I promise it won't be stupid and have Chloe become Superwoman or something like that. I'll try to make it believable (well, as believable as anything Smallville can be.) I won't make the reason so farfetched. You'll just have to keep reading to see if I make it turn out okay. I hope you like this, I know it's far off from anywhere Smallville would ever go, but I thought it would be an interesting thing to write about.
To T Penn: I don't really know much about Homecoming because I haven't gone to any Homecoming games or dances or whatnot. At my school though, they announce the nominees only a few days before the game and the dance. (Which was last week.) I don't know about the thing about attending the game, but I think my school announces the winners at the dance. But thanks for your input anyway, I'm glad you paid enough attention to notice that stuff! Thanks!
Also, please check out my Smallville website.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/welcometosmallville
Chapter Five: The Revelations
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"But what?" Chloe asked.
"Follow me," he said, somewhat glumly, and led Chloe down the stairs. In the kitchen, he found his parents at the table. "Mom, dad, we need to talk."
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After Jonathan and Martha had looked over the e-mail, Martha said: "I think your father and I need to have a word alone." Clark nodded and he and Chloe went outside.
"Jonathan, we have no choice. She already knows, and it says right on that paper that it's something likes her secret, whatever that may be. And obviously, she knows what her secret is, and we can't make anything up about Clark without her realizing it," Martha said.
"I realize that, but damn it, Martha, everyone's going to know about him before we know it," Jonathan swore.
"Pete's already proved that he won't say anything, and I'm sure we can trust Chloe to do the same. And if she's going to know about Clark, she's going to have to let us know what her secret is. If she's been affected by the meteor rocks... Oh, I don't know Jonathan. We have no choice," she repeated.
He was obviously going to say something else, but upon better judgment, he didn't. "You're right," he sighed. He called the two teens back into the kitchen. "Chloe, if we tell you about Clark, you have to promise us that you'll never tell anyone about this."
"I won't," she said.
"And you'll have to tell us what you've been hiding as well," he added.
"Yes," she agreed.
"Okay. Clark, do you want to take it from here?" Jonathan asked.
"Wait, let me tell you mine first," Chloe said.
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"Nobody knows about this," Chloe said, as if second-guessing herself. "Okay... when I was about ten, my class had a field trip to Smallville. I don't remember where we went, I just remember going to a park afterwards to play. Anyway, I only had one good friend that I was with all the time, and she was absent that day, so I was playing alone in the sandbox. Then this kid who was really mean to all the girls came up to me and said, 'Come and look at what I found.' Since he seemed to be being nice to me, I followed him really far to the side of the park where there was a big hole in the ground. It was surrounded by 'Do Not Enter' signs and was blocked off by construction tape. He said that the thing he wanted to show me was at the very bottom of the hole and I had to lean to look at it. So I leaned over, and he pushed me. I fell through the tape and into the hole. I heard him laughing and when I looked up, he was looking down at me. He had a rock in his hand and he threw it at me. I ducked and it hit this big pipe that was running through the hole. I don't know how the rock managed to, but it cracked the pipe, and green water started seeping out of the crack. He got kind of a scared look on his face and he ran off."
She stopped for a minute. Obviously talking about it was hurting her. "If you need to stop, honey, it's okay," Martha said.
"No, I'm okay," Chloe said. She took a deep breath and continued. "So the water started rising, slowly at first, but then the crack got bigger and the flow started getting faster. The opening of the hole was too high above me and the walls were too steep for me to get out of. Nobody came to look for me, because they figured I was just off playing somewhere. When it was time to leave, about an hour later, the water had risen to my chin. I was crying so hard, and I had screamed so loud, but since the hole was so far away from the playground part of the park, nobody could hear me. I found out later that the bully had lied to the teacher about knowing where I was, for fear of getting in trouble. They looked for me, and it didn't take them too long to find me, but of course I had been down there for an hour. The teacher managed to reach down far enough to pull me out, and I was soaked. It turns out that the water was green because some meteor rock had clogged up the pipe and it infected the water. That's also why the construction was being done."
Chloe took another deep breath. This time she waited longer to start up again, and nobody said anything to her. But she finally did. "Since I was okay, besides being scared half to death, the teacher didn't call anyone about the hole, except to say that the pipe was leaking. He never said that I had been exposed to the water. So nobody ever looked into it. The water... it changed me. It made me have powers. I'm just like a freak of the week. That's really why I created my Wall of Weird, to try and find someone that had received the same effects from the rocks as me."
"What kind of powers are you talking about, Chloe?" Jonathan asked.
"I don't know. It's not very often. Just short bursts every so often. Once, I was running in middle school at gym, and everyone was getting really far ahead of me, so I ran as fast as I could and it was unbelievable. I passed them all once, and I almost passed them again, but it was time to go change out of our gym clothes. None of the girls wanted to believe it; they just pushed it out of their minds and said it never happened. And another time, I was concentrating really hard on the TV, and I swear I saw into it for a split second. But these things only happen once in a while, and not for very long when they do."
Clark and his parents looked at each other. "Chloe, I think you need to hear Clark's story now." Martha said. Clark slowly started telling Chloe everything.
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When Clark finally finished explaining everything to Chloe, she was in shock. "Oh, wow... You have the same powers that I have, but you can control them," she said.
"How do you explain it though? You obviously didn't come here in any spaceship. How could you get powers like mine?"
"It must have been the rock," Martha said. "Every one has had different effects. This one must be really different. It would help if we could look at it."
"I know where it is! The mayor has it. I remember reading about it in the newspaper. But I don't know how we'd get to it," Chloe said.
Jonathan, who had been relatively quiet, said: "I know how we can get it."
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So you know Chloe's secret. And NO, she's not an alien; her powers ARE from exposure to the kryptonite. You'll find out in a later chapter how it's possible that she could have powers like Clark. I promise it won't be stupid and have Chloe become Superwoman or something like that. I'll try to make it believable (well, as believable as anything Smallville can be.) I won't make the reason so farfetched. You'll just have to keep reading to see if I make it turn out okay. I hope you like this, I know it's far off from anywhere Smallville would ever go, but I thought it would be an interesting thing to write about.
To T Penn: I don't really know much about Homecoming because I haven't gone to any Homecoming games or dances or whatnot. At my school though, they announce the nominees only a few days before the game and the dance. (Which was last week.) I don't know about the thing about attending the game, but I think my school announces the winners at the dance. But thanks for your input anyway, I'm glad you paid enough attention to notice that stuff! Thanks!
Also, please check out my Smallville website.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/welcometosmallville