PostCrisis

by Amandil Tel'Ilfrin

Maybe it's time to stop being so afraid?" Clark nearly 'comes out,' only to be pulled away from she whom he loves most by none other than his biological father. This is picking up just after the WB's Smallville's Season 3, Episode 16, Crisis.

2. Chapter 2

Chapter 2

(Clark is seen as a faint blur entering the Kawatchi caves at top speed.  He stops running and looks around.  The octagonal shaped key hole in the wall is pulsating with a soft blue light.  Clark sees it and slowly approaches.  He stops at an arms length away from it, and after several seconds, he reaches out.  As his fingers get closer, it starts to glow even brighter, now spreading out to the entire wall.  Clark finally touches it.  A blinding white light envelopes him.  When the light fades, Clark is standing in an endless white plane.  He looks around himself, dazed.)

Bodiless Voice: "Kal-El."

Clark (Looking around frantically): "Who's there?"

(As Clark continues looking around for a body to match the voice he just heard, a faint breeze of pinpricks of light begins to gather together.  After several seconds, a blurry image of a man can be seen.  Several seconds more and the man comes into focus.)

Clark: "Jor-El?"

Jor-El (Speaking without emotion in his voice): "The time has almost come."

(Jor-El pauses to see if Clark will attempt to dispute this, but Clark doesn't.)

Jor-El: "You are near ready to embrace your destiny."

Clark: "No!  NO!  I won't let you control me!"

Jor-El: "You do not have any choice.  I will contact you when the time has come."

Clark: "No!  I won't let you do this to me, not again!"

(The light is slowly fading, and the image of Jor-El is vanishing with it.  Clark runs towards him, but tumbles through him and runs into the side of the Kawatchi caves.  Wearily, Clark stands and stares at the now solid and unmoving wall.)