Madison groaned. She felt like her head had been run over by a semi truck. She rubbed her shoulder and winced in pain , it hurt like a monster. She slowly came too , she sat up and looked around. She wasn't where she last remembered. Her mouth dropped as she realized where she was. She was in a factory on a bridge over looking smelting vats. She stood up and hear a cynical chuckle from behind her. She saw the man from the Talon looking at her with a gun pointed right at her.
" Hello Miss Green. Sleep well?"
" Who are you? Where am I?"
" Always about you. your father taught you well. My name is Jack Johnson not that names of workers ever mattered to your father." He said resentfully. "You're in a smelting factory, I used to work in one, but your father changed that." Madison breathed heavy, she was scared. " You see Madison, the smelting business is very dangerous, I found out the hard way. The factory I worked in blew up. The gas that combined with the meteor rock had a strange affect on me." Jack started to dissolve into thin air before Madison's eyes she became wide eyed. There was a thick mist around her. She decided to run but before she reached the end on the bridge the mist cleared and Jack was standing in front of her with the gun again. " Do you see girl! Do you see what your father did to me! He destroyed my life! I can't touch my children for fear of poisoning them!"
" Look I'm sorry about your family but my father would never mean to hurt you. Please, I know he can get you help." Jack laughed.
" Help? That ridiculous Dr. Monroe couldn't even help me." Madison was scared she didn't know what to do. " Harrison Green destroyed my life, so I'll destroy his." He said looking deviously at Madison She turned to run but Jack grabbed her and pushed her into one of the smelting vats. She landed with a thud. She got up and struggled to get out, while Jack laughed. He walked over to the controls; he was going to turn the machine on. The machine would pour boiling hot liquid lead into the vat. Clark burst through the factory doors.
" Madison!" He called.
" Clark?" She called unsure. Jack looked at Clark angrily.
"You." He said. Clark rushed up to where Jack was.
" I know about the accident and Dr. Monroe."
" Smart boy too bad it's not enough to save your friend." Clark pulled out a tube of liquid nitrogen he stole from the chemistry lab. He threw it at Jack, but before it hit Jack, he transferred to gas. Jack started beating up Clark with everything he could get his hands on. Clark felt it sting a little. But Clark couldn't fight back, he couldn't hit gas. Jack finally gave up and picked up the gun and shot Clark four times in the chest. Madison screamed at the sound of the gun. The bullets bounced off Clark.
" What the hell are you? " Jack said shocked and fear. Madison struggled to get out of the vat. Jack grabbed a thick steel rod and hit Clark with it once hard before it shattered. But the force of the rod sent Clark back into a wall. Clark was an in tad bit of pain, nothing worse than the meteor rocks. He couldn't do anything. He felt helpless for once. Clark was leaning against the wall when Jack hit Clark with another hard with the steel rod. The rod broke but it kept Clark down for a moment.
" Give it up kid. Once she's dead I'll finish you off. All it takes is the press of this button." Clark stood up determined to save Madison. Jack pressed the button and Madison felt the vat moving forward, she was second in line. Hot liquid poured into the first vat.
" NO!" Clark yelled but, what happened next Clark didn't predict. He felt his mouth get cold and he realized he was blowing extremely cold fast air. He was blowing the air at Jack and when the air hit Jack he screamed in pain, as he froze solid. Jack fell over bursting into a million pieces. Clark closed his mouth and stood in shock not believing what happened. The first vat was full and the second vat was moving into place as Madison struggled more to get out. Clark took a few deep breaths before he pushed the button shutting the machine off. Madison looked up and saw the machine retract from pouring the hot liquid and she felt the vat stop. She let out a big sigh of relief. Clark ran down the bridge and leaned off the edge to pull Madison out of the vat. She reached up and grabbed his hands and he pulled her up. She barley caught her breath she was so scared. She hugged Clark.
"Clark."
" You all right?" She had another cut on her head from when she fell into the vat.
" I think I'll be okay. What happened to Jack?" She said looking over at the shattered pieces on the floor."
" I froze him." Madison turned and looked at Clark very confused not sure what happened. "Liquid Nitrogen." He said covering up. He himself wasn't full sure what exactly happened.
" I heard gunshots Clark, are you sure you're okay."
" Yeah I'm fine, he missed." Clark lied but Madison still was unsure.
Clark was sitting at the breakfast table with Martha and Jonathan. He was describing the events of the previous night.
" I don't know how I froze him with my breath." Martha looked at Jonathan worried.
" I think perhaps your gaining a new ability son. I'm sure we'll find a way to control it like your others. Honestly son nothing can be as bad a s heat vision." Clark smiled.
" How's Madison?" Martha asked concerned.
" She's okay, really shaken two attacks in two days, but I think she's taking it pretty well. Lex Says she's going back to Metropolis . When her father heard of all the trouble she was getting into out here he demanded she return so he could keep a close eye on her."
" How did she take it?" Jonathan asked.
" She seemed more upset about leaving Smallville than she was about being attacked." Martha shook her head.
" Who would have though Harrison Green would follow so much in Lionel Luthor's footsteps." Jonathan said from behind the newspaper a bit angered.
" What dad?"
" Aww, Nothing son. I can see why Madison loves Smallville it's her hometown. I can also see why she hates Metropolis and the idea of having to live with her father."
" I'm just glad you were there to save her." Martha said proud of her son. Jonathan looked out the window and saw the school bus pull up.
" School bus Clark. We'll talk more about this breath thing later okay son?"
" Sure Dad. See you later." Clark ran quickly out of the house.