Faster. Faster! Clark wasn't going fast enough. He poured on as much energy as his legs could take, trying to get there faster. Alex was in trouble, she kept on repeating that in his mind. Clark saw her an eternity later, in reality he had reached her location in less than three seconds, but it was still an impossibly long time for Clark. He saw her running down the street, with epople staring her.
Clark stood in front of her, grasping her shoulders.
Alex stopped for a second, probing Kent's mind, making sure it was really him. "Clark!" she exclaimed once she realized it was him. She threw her arms around him. She stepped back. "Clark, you have to get me out of here. He's going to be here any second!"
Clark looked past her. "What? Who's going to be here?"
"Me." said a voice from behind him.
Clark felt himself flying upwards, over Alex. He landed on the ground after flying the full height of the closed Talon beside him. Clark stood up, turning around to face who had done that. He saw Alex there, terrified, in front of a man who's eyes were glowing a striking green. He was taller than Alex, but looked so much like her...
Alex tried to run again, down the alleyway beside the Talon. But she suddenly stopped, hovering several feet in the air.
This was all going too fast for Kent. It was taking his brain too long to register what was happening... the man was suspending Alex in midair. Alexandra was terrified of him, and needed to get away as soon as possible. Clark raced forward, checking the tall man as hard as he could.
The man went flying, and Alex fell to the ground. Clark needed to get away, out of range of this guy's telekenesis. Clark got up as fast as he could racing for Alex. He scooped her into his arms, still running, and headed down the alley.
"Run Clark..." muttered Alex who was almost fully conscious.
Clark did that, trying to run from the man. But Clark suddenly stopped, he was blocked by a wall. "This isn't supposed to be here!" he yelled, in frustration.
Alex looked at it, trying to stay awake. Clark now saw a giant gash on her head, she had hit it when falling from the man's mental hold. "Not real... don't believe anything you see, or hear... just get away."
Clark nodded. She ran forward, stepping right through the wall. He would have to remember the way through these alleys by membery, not by what he was sensing. Clark ran and ran, but suddenly couldn't see. Day had become night.
Kent turned around, seeing the man with green eyes staring at him from a slight distance. Clark started racing again. The man could follow the two whereever they went. Clark needed somewhere he could hide with her, someplace that might disrupt the man's telepathic ability. Nothing on Earth could possible provide that kind of shelter.
Except one.
Clark ran and ran, going faster than when he had arrived. He ran through suddenly walls, he ran past people on the ground screaming for help, he ran past everything he knew wasn't real. He ran into the forest, still feeling the presense of the man invading his mind. 'Get out!'
There it was. The entrance to the cave. Clark ran inside with Alex, feeling the man's presense in his mind fading. But was it real? Or did the man know Clark's plan and he weas tricking him? Was Clark trapping himself? He went deeper. Clark entered the main cavern, placing Alex against a wall. The man was gone from his mind. Maybe Clark was right... maybe the cave was working. Clark knew that the cave had things in it and in the walls that were kryptonian, and that could interfere with the man's powers.
Clark sat, staring at the entrance to this cavern, ready to blast anything that came through with a heat ray. But nobody entered the cave. Clark didn't know how long he had spent in there, but he only came out of a watchful trance when Alex started stiring.
"Clark?" she asked, opened her eyes. "Where are we?"
"A cave. We're safe here." replied Clark.
Alex closed her eyes again, intentionally. She was concentrating on something. "I can't sense anything outside of this place." she reported. "That's never happened before."
"It's the cave. My ancestors built it... when he came to Earth."
Alex's eyes widened in realization. "So you weren't just affected by the meteors, you're an alien. I guess you people are the one who gave my family the power of mind." she said, still sounding freightened. "Does he know we're in here?"
"I don't think so." replied Clark. "Otherwise he would have come in allready. Alex... who is he? He has the same powers as you do, and he looks the same-"
"He's my brother." replied Alex, cutting him off. "Older brother."
Clark nodded, though that answer braught up more questions.
"Clark, he's not like me. He's insane." she said, her eyes watering. "I thought I ran away for good... but he found me. Now he hurt Lana and all of those people to get back at me."
"He's the one who's responsible for the heart attacks?"
Alex nodded. "At first I tried to deny it, but everything was there. Clark, he'll take peoples' worst fears and uses that to kill them. He said that's the worst way to possibly die."
Kent was about to ask why, but Alex cut him off again.
"Clark, what are you afraid of?"
Clark laughed. "Heights. Snakes. The dark. Green rocks... let's just say too many things." he said, lightening the mood.
Alex laughed too. "The dark? Why's that?"
"Dad says it was because of a camping trip I took when I was little." said Clark.
"Show me." said Alex, trying to get her mind over the present. Anything else than what was really happening. Even now Clark didn't understand, and she wasn't going to inform him of everything unless he really needed to know. Alex moved closer to Clark, hovering her fingers over his temples. "Just think of that trip." she said. Alex hoped Clark had no idea of what she was really going to do.
Clark stood in front of her, grasping her shoulders.
Alex stopped for a second, probing Kent's mind, making sure it was really him. "Clark!" she exclaimed once she realized it was him. She threw her arms around him. She stepped back. "Clark, you have to get me out of here. He's going to be here any second!"
Clark looked past her. "What? Who's going to be here?"
"Me." said a voice from behind him.
Clark felt himself flying upwards, over Alex. He landed on the ground after flying the full height of the closed Talon beside him. Clark stood up, turning around to face who had done that. He saw Alex there, terrified, in front of a man who's eyes were glowing a striking green. He was taller than Alex, but looked so much like her...
Alex tried to run again, down the alleyway beside the Talon. But she suddenly stopped, hovering several feet in the air.
This was all going too fast for Kent. It was taking his brain too long to register what was happening... the man was suspending Alex in midair. Alexandra was terrified of him, and needed to get away as soon as possible. Clark raced forward, checking the tall man as hard as he could.
The man went flying, and Alex fell to the ground. Clark needed to get away, out of range of this guy's telekenesis. Clark got up as fast as he could racing for Alex. He scooped her into his arms, still running, and headed down the alley.
"Run Clark..." muttered Alex who was almost fully conscious.
Clark did that, trying to run from the man. But Clark suddenly stopped, he was blocked by a wall. "This isn't supposed to be here!" he yelled, in frustration.
Alex looked at it, trying to stay awake. Clark now saw a giant gash on her head, she had hit it when falling from the man's mental hold. "Not real... don't believe anything you see, or hear... just get away."
Clark nodded. She ran forward, stepping right through the wall. He would have to remember the way through these alleys by membery, not by what he was sensing. Clark ran and ran, but suddenly couldn't see. Day had become night.
Kent turned around, seeing the man with green eyes staring at him from a slight distance. Clark started racing again. The man could follow the two whereever they went. Clark needed somewhere he could hide with her, someplace that might disrupt the man's telepathic ability. Nothing on Earth could possible provide that kind of shelter.
Except one.
Clark ran and ran, going faster than when he had arrived. He ran through suddenly walls, he ran past people on the ground screaming for help, he ran past everything he knew wasn't real. He ran into the forest, still feeling the presense of the man invading his mind. 'Get out!'
There it was. The entrance to the cave. Clark ran inside with Alex, feeling the man's presense in his mind fading. But was it real? Or did the man know Clark's plan and he weas tricking him? Was Clark trapping himself? He went deeper. Clark entered the main cavern, placing Alex against a wall. The man was gone from his mind. Maybe Clark was right... maybe the cave was working. Clark knew that the cave had things in it and in the walls that were kryptonian, and that could interfere with the man's powers.
Clark sat, staring at the entrance to this cavern, ready to blast anything that came through with a heat ray. But nobody entered the cave. Clark didn't know how long he had spent in there, but he only came out of a watchful trance when Alex started stiring.
"Clark?" she asked, opened her eyes. "Where are we?"
"A cave. We're safe here." replied Clark.
Alex closed her eyes again, intentionally. She was concentrating on something. "I can't sense anything outside of this place." she reported. "That's never happened before."
"It's the cave. My ancestors built it... when he came to Earth."
Alex's eyes widened in realization. "So you weren't just affected by the meteors, you're an alien. I guess you people are the one who gave my family the power of mind." she said, still sounding freightened. "Does he know we're in here?"
"I don't think so." replied Clark. "Otherwise he would have come in allready. Alex... who is he? He has the same powers as you do, and he looks the same-"
"He's my brother." replied Alex, cutting him off. "Older brother."
Clark nodded, though that answer braught up more questions.
"Clark, he's not like me. He's insane." she said, her eyes watering. "I thought I ran away for good... but he found me. Now he hurt Lana and all of those people to get back at me."
"He's the one who's responsible for the heart attacks?"
Alex nodded. "At first I tried to deny it, but everything was there. Clark, he'll take peoples' worst fears and uses that to kill them. He said that's the worst way to possibly die."
Kent was about to ask why, but Alex cut him off again.
"Clark, what are you afraid of?"
Clark laughed. "Heights. Snakes. The dark. Green rocks... let's just say too many things." he said, lightening the mood.
Alex laughed too. "The dark? Why's that?"
"Dad says it was because of a camping trip I took when I was little." said Clark.
"Show me." said Alex, trying to get her mind over the present. Anything else than what was really happening. Even now Clark didn't understand, and she wasn't going to inform him of everything unless he really needed to know. Alex moved closer to Clark, hovering her fingers over his temples. "Just think of that trip." she said. Alex hoped Clark had no idea of what she was really going to do.