Full Circle

Prologue

Lionel Luthor stood quietly surveying the area in which he planned to buy. The area had been in high demand for a few years before the meteor rocks came down on Smallville. Now it was just a nice piece of land that was easily under priced. The rich green of the grass spread for miles. He was contemplating on weither or not to buy the land when he saw a large flesh colored mass laying on the ground about 10 yards away from him.

"What the hell." Lionel said to himself as he walked towards the mass.

As he came closer it became a distinct figure of a person. A very small person for that matter. It was clear as he came closer that the small person was not moving. He stood above the person now staring down at it. There was bright red hair strewn across their face and small red blotches all over. Lionel knew that this was a very young girl by her body shape.

"Miss..." Lionel said utterly confused by what was going on and not sure what to say to the girl.

When the little girl didn't move Lionel turned to yell for his son but realized that his son was standing right next to him.

Lex Luthor was only twelve but he portrayed wisdom beyond his years. He was bald and had been since he was nine years old after the meteors came. Lex turned from his father and without saying a word nealt to check if the little girl was alive.

"Shes breathing, dad." Lex whispered looking up at his father.

The sun was just going down as Jonathon and Martha Kent were taking their seats at the dinner table. Young Clark was already sitting quietly with a large grin and his hands in his lap. He was six now and the most well behaved six year old they had come across. Clark raised his hands in the air to show her that he had washed them for dinner like he did every night. He had rolled the sleeves up on his long flannel shirt to keep from getting his shirt wet when he washed his hands and to keep the food from getting on it as well. His dark brown hair was thick and layed strewn all over from playing outside with Pete Ross, his friend from down the street.

As Martha was taking her seat there was a loud knock that sounded urgent. The urgency in the knock had Martha practically sprinting to the door but she wasn't sure why.

"Mrs. Kent..." a small bald boy that she recognized as Lex Luthor stood on her door step holding a bundle that looked to be quite heavy for the boy.

She looked past him and saw that Lionel Luthor was sitting in his Mercedes that he hadn't even bothered to turn off. He saw Martha looking at him and turned his head away from her.

"Martha... Who is it?" Jonathon Kent said coming up behind her.

"Its Lex Luthor. Jonathon you might want to come in here." Martha said looking at the red hair that hung from underneath the jacket Lex had draped over the bundle.

Jonathon came up pushing the door open wider to see what was going on. His eyes widened at the sight of the boy and the object. Clark ran up behind them trying to get between them to see what had brought them to the door during dinner.

"Mr Kent... Mrs Kent..." Lex said looking desperate.

"Lex whats wrong boy?" Jonathon asked extending his arms to take the bundle from Lex even though he didn't want to.

Lex looked reluctant for a minute then let Jonathon take it. As soon as it was in his arms he lifted off the jacket about halfway. A young girl looking Clark's age with flaming red hair was laying in his arms under the jacket. She wore what looked like it could have been a shirt a few days ago and there were bruises and scrapes all over her face and torso. She was tiny in Jonathon's arms.

"We found her in a field and we didn't know where to take her..." Lex said looking as if he were about to cry.

"A girl..." Martha said looking down at the little girl then up at Jonathon.