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"Who are you!?" Demanded Clark as he hit Lar this time with everything he had. Lar crashed into the cave wall leaving only a cloud of dust.
As Clark wheeled on Pete he was startled to see Lar standing between them again. "I don't know what's gotten into you Clark, or should I say Kal-El. But I am not going to let you hurt Pete or anyone else." Said Lar as he grabbed Clark and wrestled him to the ground. "Pete! Get out of here I'll handle Clark."
With that Pete seemed to snap out of his stupor and realize Clark may well have met another Kryptonian. "Lar get him away from the red rocks." Pete screamed hoping Lar could actually get him away safely.
As Lar looked at Pete and nodded Clark threw him off and hit him with a blast of heat vision. Pete could feel the heat from the other side of the cave. Again to both Clark and Pete's surprise Lar not only took it but his eyes glowed red as well as he grabbed Clark once again and without a second thought FLEW him straight through the roof of the cave.
High above Smallville Lar held a struggling Clark. Within seconds Clark seemed to stop his struggling and started to apologize. "Lar, you have to get Pete out of there." Said Clark as they set down outside of the cave.
"Pete is fine, what happened to you?" Lar asked confused by the sudden mood swings of the young Kryptonian.
"The red meteor rocks they affect me…" Stammered Clark still in shock after the brief battle with Lar.
"I understand, red kryptonite. Wait here while I get Pete" Said Lar as again he flew into the cave only to reappear almost instantly with Pete tucked safely under one arm.
"Who are you?" both Clark and Pete asked at once.
"Sit down this is going to be a long story…" Said Lar
"Before I begin let first tell you the real reason I am here. That is for you Clark." Lar said with a pause waiting for his words to sink in.
"Are you from Krypton." Clark asked hardly able to contain his excitement at finding someone else like himself.
"Not exactly. However there are certain similarities between Krypton and my home. I come for a planet called Daxam. Like Krypton, Daxam also has a red sun…" Lar began.
"Wait, if you are not from Krypton how do you know so much about it. I had no idea it had a red sun." said Clark
"Really? Don't you know where your powers come from?" asked Lar surprised.
"Well, we had some solar flairs last year that affected me. I assumed after that that my powers came form the sun somehow. But mostly I thought it was because I am an alien." Said Clark somewhat embarrassed by his ignorance.
"I'm sorry Clark. I keep forgetting you have been here most of your life, so naturally you don't know anything about Krypton. I had thought Jor-El would have left some information for you in your ship at least…" Started Lar
"Jor-El did leave a message, but is was only that I should rule in strength." Said Clark
To Clarks surprise Lar laughed. "I think you may have misunderstood. The house of El have always been peace-loving people, I cannot believe he would send you to rule. Can I see the ship?"
Clark bowed his head and almost whispered, "I destroyed it…" Clark then looked Lar in the eye "It was the only way to stop Jor-El from ruining my life. He contacts me through the cave now."
"Hmm, In any event. Krypton and Daxam have always been allies. We intercepted the message from Krypton to Earth and realized that a Kryptonian child on Earth would be, shall we say unique. I came to offer you the chance for a normal life, on Daxam. There you would have no super powers, you would be among people much closer to your own, in more than just looks. We believe the reason Jor-El sent you here instead of Daxam, was to give you those advantages, something you would need as a child alone. However you are no longer a child and now have a chance to be normal. I understand that is a lot to take in and take as much time as you want to think about it. This is an open offer. You can go now or in 50 years it is completely up to you." Lar said with a smile.
"I don't know it is just so much to think about. When are you leaving?" Clark asked
"Oh, I'm actually enjoying being "Super" I think I may stay for a while." Said Lar with a big grin
With that Clark and Pete laughed
"Now can you show me the cave I want to check the Jor-El program and see if I can help straiten that out at least." Asked Lar
"You can try." Said Clark with a certain amount of hesitation. "But first I think I want to talk all this over with my parents."
"Sound good to me, would you like me to fill them in?" Asked Lar
"That may be a good idea since it appears you know more about this than I do…" said Clark with a chuckle.
Later at the Kent Farm after Lar finished telling Jonathan and Martha his amazing story.
"So you are from another planet?" Jonathan asked with his usual skepticism. "Care to give us an example of these abilities?"
"Dad, he wrestled me out of a cave full of red kryptonite shouldn't that tell you something!" Clark said in defense of Lar.
"Clark, we have seen others with similar powers to yours, Kara the latest that comes to mind. What if this is just another trick of Jor-El's to get at you. He even gave me your powers for a short time." Said Jonathan in exasperation.
"I understand your concern Mr. Kent. However If Clark tells me he wants to stay I will honor that request, something I understand Jor-El as you know him would not say." Said Lar as honestly as he could.
"Dad, is it so hard to believe there are others like me? Others that are not controlled by Jor-El?" Asked Clark
"Of course not honey, we just want to make sure this is not another trick." Said Martha feeling the pain Clark was going through.
"To be honest with you Mr. and Mrs. Kent I have lived my entire life on Daxam with no special powers at all. I am kind of having fun being one of the two most powerful beings on the planet. I guess that just makes me a big kid at heart. If nothing else I can at least give Clark some information about where he comes from and something neither of you can. An understanding of how weird it is to have all these abilities, I was actually hoping if I helped Clark understand Krypton a bit he may help me to get a hold on my powers before I accidentally burn down Smallville." Said Lar with a big grin.
Despite himself Jonathan found not only did he trust this kid he liked him quite a bit as well. Perhaps having another super powered teenager in the house would be good for Clark. " Okay, I give up. But it may be a good idea for you to stay here. I don't think it would be a good idea for someone with your abilities to be staying with Lex Luthor."
To Jonathans surprise both Lar and Clark started laughing. "Why is that funny?" asked Jonathan confused.
"Lex said I would be staying at the farm within a day!" Said Lar as he doubled over with laughter.
Despite himself Jonathan had to laugh too. "Life just got more interesting on the farm." Said Pete with a grin.
He had no idea how right he was…
TBC…