Lana sat up in bed, breathing heavily, and covered in a cold sweat.
She looked around, still shaken as she remembered her dream.
She was in the stables, at night. 'Deja Vu' she thought. Then she saw Lex in the corner. She knew she had seen this before. Then it came to her. This was the night that Clark had left her to watch Lex. And she had been caught under the hooves of a spooked horse. Suddenly she was in the hospital, watching herself tell Clark that she needed to stay away from him. She hadn't noticed that night the look on Clarks face when she said that. Then, it changed again, but it was not something she had seen before. She was on the bridge just outside of Smallville, and she saw Clark leaning on the railing, looking out over the edge. A truck drove by, and hit a pothole, a bundle of barbed wire falling and going unnoticed by the driver. Then a speeding Porsche flew down the road, and Lana could see the owner, Lex, fumbling with his cellphone. He looked up to see the barbed wire and swerved, but not in time. The tires blew and as she watched, horrified, the car slammed into a surprised Clark at sixty miles an hour. They fell, before her eyes, Clark first being slammed by the car, then pushed through the railing then falling off the edge. She ran to the bank of the river, staring into the strangely clear water. She realized she could see Clark and the car at the bottom of the river. She knew that they were both dead. Then, before her eyes, she saw Clark, who was oddly enough, conscious, swam to the car, and, grabbing hold of it through a hole in the windshield, ripped the hood of the car back like it was nothing. He pulled Lex out and swam them to the shore. Suddenly, Clark looked up at her, clearly upset. Wondering why he hadn't seemed to notice her before, she stepped closer to him. He stood up, walked over to her and took her hand in both of his.
"How did you...?" Lana asked him. Prepared for another excuse, she was taken by complete surprise by his answer.
"I'm not who you think I am." He said.
"What do you mean?" She had asked.
"I..." He began, then, as she watched, he faded away, and she was back during the meteor shower. She was now watching the three year old Lana staring across the street. Looking over, she saw her parents. Tears filled her eyes, and she smiled, but it faded quickly, remembering what happened next. Just then, as she knew it would, the meteor landed. She woke up then.
She thought about the dream, and what Clark had done. She knew that had to be partly true, but Clark hadn't been hit by the car, he had dived in after Lex, and the car had been ripped apart by the crash. But what had he been about to say to her? He wasn't who she thought he was? That was ridiculous! Of course he could be a little strange at times, and he had that little habit of disappearing, and that time he threw a kid thirty feet onto a car, and the tornado, and....'Oh my God.' she thought. 'I haven't....Maybe he is...I should.....I really need to talk to him I think. How could I have missed all this??' She glanced at the clock. It read 10:23 A.M. 'Oh Man!! I've been sleeping half the day!! I need to go talk to Clark now!!' She jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom for a shower.
She was in the stables, at night. 'Deja Vu' she thought. Then she saw Lex in the corner. She knew she had seen this before. Then it came to her. This was the night that Clark had left her to watch Lex. And she had been caught under the hooves of a spooked horse. Suddenly she was in the hospital, watching herself tell Clark that she needed to stay away from him. She hadn't noticed that night the look on Clarks face when she said that. Then, it changed again, but it was not something she had seen before. She was on the bridge just outside of Smallville, and she saw Clark leaning on the railing, looking out over the edge. A truck drove by, and hit a pothole, a bundle of barbed wire falling and going unnoticed by the driver. Then a speeding Porsche flew down the road, and Lana could see the owner, Lex, fumbling with his cellphone. He looked up to see the barbed wire and swerved, but not in time. The tires blew and as she watched, horrified, the car slammed into a surprised Clark at sixty miles an hour. They fell, before her eyes, Clark first being slammed by the car, then pushed through the railing then falling off the edge. She ran to the bank of the river, staring into the strangely clear water. She realized she could see Clark and the car at the bottom of the river. She knew that they were both dead. Then, before her eyes, she saw Clark, who was oddly enough, conscious, swam to the car, and, grabbing hold of it through a hole in the windshield, ripped the hood of the car back like it was nothing. He pulled Lex out and swam them to the shore. Suddenly, Clark looked up at her, clearly upset. Wondering why he hadn't seemed to notice her before, she stepped closer to him. He stood up, walked over to her and took her hand in both of his.
"How did you...?" Lana asked him. Prepared for another excuse, she was taken by complete surprise by his answer.
"I'm not who you think I am." He said.
"What do you mean?" She had asked.
"I..." He began, then, as she watched, he faded away, and she was back during the meteor shower. She was now watching the three year old Lana staring across the street. Looking over, she saw her parents. Tears filled her eyes, and she smiled, but it faded quickly, remembering what happened next. Just then, as she knew it would, the meteor landed. She woke up then.
She thought about the dream, and what Clark had done. She knew that had to be partly true, but Clark hadn't been hit by the car, he had dived in after Lex, and the car had been ripped apart by the crash. But what had he been about to say to her? He wasn't who she thought he was? That was ridiculous! Of course he could be a little strange at times, and he had that little habit of disappearing, and that time he threw a kid thirty feet onto a car, and the tornado, and....'Oh my God.' she thought. 'I haven't....Maybe he is...I should.....I really need to talk to him I think. How could I have missed all this??' She glanced at the clock. It read 10:23 A.M. 'Oh Man!! I've been sleeping half the day!! I need to go talk to Clark now!!' She jumped out of bed and went into the bathroom for a shower.
