Wow I got a lot of reviews and some great feedback too, thanks to
everyone who reviewed. There have also been some requests for me to have a
beta reader, so if there is anyone out there interested who knows both
Smallville and the X-Men really well, please contact me. Oh and in
response to a review, I have no idea how long this story is going to be I
just go with the flow and the inspiration that I get. Now on with chapter
twenty, one reminder with this chapter though, Bobby and Logan don't know
that Clark is an alien, they think that he is just a Mutant. As always I
do not own Smallville or the X-Men. I only own the story idea, and Cory.
Smallville
The barn was the quietest that Clark had ever heard it, even when he was up here alone he usually could hear the wind rustling the corn and grass, or an owl hooting nearby in the woods, or even in the barn. Maybe it was because of all of the tension in the barn that not even a mouse was making a sound, or a move. Chloe stood in front of him impatiently waiting, and yet anxious and exited too finally, and possibly getting some answers from Clark.
"Chloe," Clark broke the silence, "I think you should sit down." He started out still not sure as to what to say he knew that he would have to tell her something. First he had to get Logan and Ororo out of the barn, and especially Bobby out so he could talk to Chloe alone. "Logan, Ororo, Bobby can you leave please so I can talk to my friend. Logan nodded slowly muttering to himself that something was going wrong now that Chloe was here. He was just certain that Clark would mess it up. Ororo gave him an elbow in the ribs, and spoke for them both.
"Of course Clark." She said understanding that it was his decision to make. Bobby started to follow them going down the steps.
"No, Bobby I want you to stay. You also have some explaining to do here." Chloe burst out at him, leaving Bobby to come slowly back up the stairs. What else was he supposed to do, he thought to himself. Chloe was a reporter, and she would find out one way or the other.
"Alright, now what I am going to tell you is the truth, and I want to make sure you will tell no one. Not even Lana." Clark slowly told her, this was it he was going to tell her.
"If this is the secret Clark that you've been keeping then trust me, I may be a reporter, but I'm also your friend. You know you can trust me with anything." Chloe said, emphasizing the anything at the end. Chloe was still standing, so Clark motioned for her to sit down on the couch. Bobby went over to the couch also; Clark was especially surprised at this move. What in the world was he doing? In Bobby's mind though things were much different then Clark's mind.
Bobby's mind was racing Clark was a mutant, and as he had told him. Chloe was always looking into the weird and mysterious of Smallville. Clark had been afraid for so long that Chloe would find out and that she would publish something about him. Right now Clark's secret was much more important than his own was. For Clark's sake, Bobby wanted him to at least have a normal life, one that he himself could not have. Bobby was still uncomfortable with Clark especially when it came to his relationship with Rogue, but there was something about being saved by someone that made you want to help them out too. They would have to make up a new cover story for Chloe, but at least this time he would be telling her part of the truth.
"Chloe, this whole situation it's my fault. Clark's a by stander really, and its my secret that I should be telling. That's the one that is putting Clark in such a compromising position." Bobby started off.
"What?" Chloe reacted in a very confused look on her face.
"Bobby, no you can't do this." Clark told Bobby, knowing that all of the mutants cover would be blown except his.
"Yes I can Clark, besides you were going to explain the situation yourself, and its best coming from me." Bobby told Clark hoping that he would catch on to what Bobby was doing.
"It was?" Clark asked, still confused.
"Excuse me, I see you have both forgotten about me. Now will some one please explain to me what is going on." Chloe burst out. Clark sort of backed up at this, and sat down on a hay bale. What ever was going on, Bobby seemed to have a plan in mind. One that he wished he knew right now.
"Chloe you should sit back down, this is going to take a while. Since Clark thinks you can keep a secret, well then I'll trust him. You have to remember to keep this secret, otherwise many lives will certainly be in danger." Bobby told him, he tried to go on but Chloe caught him first.
"What do you mean lives will be in danger?" She asked him.
"Let me get to that, Chloe I'm a mutant." Bobby said getting to the point. Knowing that it would go faster that way.
"You're a mutant?" She asked. "What can you do?" Chloe sounded very excited at this, Clark was nervous. What was going on here, Chloe sounded almost thrilled with the idea that she had actually met a mutant. If that was true how would she feel about his secret.
"Yeah I am and so were the other two adults that you saw earlier were from Xavier's School for the Gifted, it's a school for mutants, as for what I can do..." Bobby tailed off, it was then that he noticed an almost empty coke bottle in the room. He went over to the desk that it was on to pick it up, and then set it in front of Chloe. He then touched it with his fingers letting the cold out and onto the bottle freezing the bottle and what contents were still left in it.
"Wow" was all Chloe could say.
"Chloe you need to understand something, if you tell anyone lives are in danger. We came here because there is a new mutant who is posing as a student in the High School who is in the brotherhood; they are the bad side. They are trying to use meteor rocks to form some sort of weapon. We just found out his ability and it's very dangerous, I can tell you from personal experience." Bobby told Chloe with all sincerity in his eyes. Chloe watched him coming up with something to say.
"I understand but I still don't see what Clark has to do with any of this." She sternly told him looking straight at Clark. Clark himself was unsure of how Bobby was going to answer this one, there was no way he could, and he might mess up the new cover story.
"That's a bit more complicated." Bobby started out. "You see Professor Xavier likes to collect papers from all across the country to see if there is anything odd going on there, one of them being your own towns paper for the obvious reasons." Chloe nodded at this having a meteor shower hit your town was pretty much a warning light for anything odd. "He started to notice a pattern in your paper of Clark showing up in odd situation stuff like that, for a while he even thought he was a mutant, which he isn't." Bobby quickly said.
"Ok, but still not seeing the connection here." Chloe pointed out, unsure whether to believe the story or not.
"Yes, I was just getting to that. Professor Xavier in listed Clark's help so that he could get the inside scoop as to what goes on in town; he felt that Clark could be a valuable resource, and is able to help us spot the new mutant. For the past few weeks Clarks been at the mutant school helping us plan what we were going to do, he's also been trained to spot mutant activity." Bobby finished his made up tale. Chloe looked from one to the other knowing that this was the end of the story, and that she would have to make a decision as to whether to believe them or not. Chloe sighed Bobby had never really lied to her, so she felt that she could trust him.
"You can trust me I wont tell any one." She told Bobby and then silently got up and went over to Clark. "I understand Clark why you couldn't tell me. By the way welcome home, I don't think I told you that before." Chloe smiled at him and walked down the stairs stopping half way. "By the way if you need any help please come and ask me," she started, "I guess I will see you two at school tomorrow." Chloe then left Clark and Bobby in silence listening to Chloe going to her car and driving away from the Kent farm.
"Thanks for not telling her," Clark broke the silence.
"Yeah sure, I know how important it is for you to have a normal life, I just wish I could have one." Bobby stated and then walked down the steps.
"Hey wait, was any of that true, about the newspapers?" Clark asked.
"Not that I know of, I highly doubt that, that's how the Professor found you." Bobby smiled and headed off into the night. Clark sighed, there was one thing that Bobby had been wrong about, and he would never have a normal life. Clark walked over to the window in the barn, and watched the stars go by as he contemplated what would come tomorrow. It was going to be a long week, and it was only Monday.
Well that is the end of Chapter 20, I know its not as long as the last few chapters but I was kind of in a hurry to get it out, and it seemed like a good stopping place to me. Oh and one more note, this will be the last chapter for at least a week, I'm going to be out of town for a week. So I won't have time to write, and get a chapter our till maybe a week from Monday, at the least, it will probably be later then that, sorry. If anyone has time to be a beta reader, please let me know. Till next time.
Smallville
The barn was the quietest that Clark had ever heard it, even when he was up here alone he usually could hear the wind rustling the corn and grass, or an owl hooting nearby in the woods, or even in the barn. Maybe it was because of all of the tension in the barn that not even a mouse was making a sound, or a move. Chloe stood in front of him impatiently waiting, and yet anxious and exited too finally, and possibly getting some answers from Clark.
"Chloe," Clark broke the silence, "I think you should sit down." He started out still not sure as to what to say he knew that he would have to tell her something. First he had to get Logan and Ororo out of the barn, and especially Bobby out so he could talk to Chloe alone. "Logan, Ororo, Bobby can you leave please so I can talk to my friend. Logan nodded slowly muttering to himself that something was going wrong now that Chloe was here. He was just certain that Clark would mess it up. Ororo gave him an elbow in the ribs, and spoke for them both.
"Of course Clark." She said understanding that it was his decision to make. Bobby started to follow them going down the steps.
"No, Bobby I want you to stay. You also have some explaining to do here." Chloe burst out at him, leaving Bobby to come slowly back up the stairs. What else was he supposed to do, he thought to himself. Chloe was a reporter, and she would find out one way or the other.
"Alright, now what I am going to tell you is the truth, and I want to make sure you will tell no one. Not even Lana." Clark slowly told her, this was it he was going to tell her.
"If this is the secret Clark that you've been keeping then trust me, I may be a reporter, but I'm also your friend. You know you can trust me with anything." Chloe said, emphasizing the anything at the end. Chloe was still standing, so Clark motioned for her to sit down on the couch. Bobby went over to the couch also; Clark was especially surprised at this move. What in the world was he doing? In Bobby's mind though things were much different then Clark's mind.
Bobby's mind was racing Clark was a mutant, and as he had told him. Chloe was always looking into the weird and mysterious of Smallville. Clark had been afraid for so long that Chloe would find out and that she would publish something about him. Right now Clark's secret was much more important than his own was. For Clark's sake, Bobby wanted him to at least have a normal life, one that he himself could not have. Bobby was still uncomfortable with Clark especially when it came to his relationship with Rogue, but there was something about being saved by someone that made you want to help them out too. They would have to make up a new cover story for Chloe, but at least this time he would be telling her part of the truth.
"Chloe, this whole situation it's my fault. Clark's a by stander really, and its my secret that I should be telling. That's the one that is putting Clark in such a compromising position." Bobby started off.
"What?" Chloe reacted in a very confused look on her face.
"Bobby, no you can't do this." Clark told Bobby, knowing that all of the mutants cover would be blown except his.
"Yes I can Clark, besides you were going to explain the situation yourself, and its best coming from me." Bobby told Clark hoping that he would catch on to what Bobby was doing.
"It was?" Clark asked, still confused.
"Excuse me, I see you have both forgotten about me. Now will some one please explain to me what is going on." Chloe burst out. Clark sort of backed up at this, and sat down on a hay bale. What ever was going on, Bobby seemed to have a plan in mind. One that he wished he knew right now.
"Chloe you should sit back down, this is going to take a while. Since Clark thinks you can keep a secret, well then I'll trust him. You have to remember to keep this secret, otherwise many lives will certainly be in danger." Bobby told him, he tried to go on but Chloe caught him first.
"What do you mean lives will be in danger?" She asked him.
"Let me get to that, Chloe I'm a mutant." Bobby said getting to the point. Knowing that it would go faster that way.
"You're a mutant?" She asked. "What can you do?" Chloe sounded very excited at this, Clark was nervous. What was going on here, Chloe sounded almost thrilled with the idea that she had actually met a mutant. If that was true how would she feel about his secret.
"Yeah I am and so were the other two adults that you saw earlier were from Xavier's School for the Gifted, it's a school for mutants, as for what I can do..." Bobby tailed off, it was then that he noticed an almost empty coke bottle in the room. He went over to the desk that it was on to pick it up, and then set it in front of Chloe. He then touched it with his fingers letting the cold out and onto the bottle freezing the bottle and what contents were still left in it.
"Wow" was all Chloe could say.
"Chloe you need to understand something, if you tell anyone lives are in danger. We came here because there is a new mutant who is posing as a student in the High School who is in the brotherhood; they are the bad side. They are trying to use meteor rocks to form some sort of weapon. We just found out his ability and it's very dangerous, I can tell you from personal experience." Bobby told Chloe with all sincerity in his eyes. Chloe watched him coming up with something to say.
"I understand but I still don't see what Clark has to do with any of this." She sternly told him looking straight at Clark. Clark himself was unsure of how Bobby was going to answer this one, there was no way he could, and he might mess up the new cover story.
"That's a bit more complicated." Bobby started out. "You see Professor Xavier likes to collect papers from all across the country to see if there is anything odd going on there, one of them being your own towns paper for the obvious reasons." Chloe nodded at this having a meteor shower hit your town was pretty much a warning light for anything odd. "He started to notice a pattern in your paper of Clark showing up in odd situation stuff like that, for a while he even thought he was a mutant, which he isn't." Bobby quickly said.
"Ok, but still not seeing the connection here." Chloe pointed out, unsure whether to believe the story or not.
"Yes, I was just getting to that. Professor Xavier in listed Clark's help so that he could get the inside scoop as to what goes on in town; he felt that Clark could be a valuable resource, and is able to help us spot the new mutant. For the past few weeks Clarks been at the mutant school helping us plan what we were going to do, he's also been trained to spot mutant activity." Bobby finished his made up tale. Chloe looked from one to the other knowing that this was the end of the story, and that she would have to make a decision as to whether to believe them or not. Chloe sighed Bobby had never really lied to her, so she felt that she could trust him.
"You can trust me I wont tell any one." She told Bobby and then silently got up and went over to Clark. "I understand Clark why you couldn't tell me. By the way welcome home, I don't think I told you that before." Chloe smiled at him and walked down the stairs stopping half way. "By the way if you need any help please come and ask me," she started, "I guess I will see you two at school tomorrow." Chloe then left Clark and Bobby in silence listening to Chloe going to her car and driving away from the Kent farm.
"Thanks for not telling her," Clark broke the silence.
"Yeah sure, I know how important it is for you to have a normal life, I just wish I could have one." Bobby stated and then walked down the steps.
"Hey wait, was any of that true, about the newspapers?" Clark asked.
"Not that I know of, I highly doubt that, that's how the Professor found you." Bobby smiled and headed off into the night. Clark sighed, there was one thing that Bobby had been wrong about, and he would never have a normal life. Clark walked over to the window in the barn, and watched the stars go by as he contemplated what would come tomorrow. It was going to be a long week, and it was only Monday.
Well that is the end of Chapter 20, I know its not as long as the last few chapters but I was kind of in a hurry to get it out, and it seemed like a good stopping place to me. Oh and one more note, this will be the last chapter for at least a week, I'm going to be out of town for a week. So I won't have time to write, and get a chapter our till maybe a week from Monday, at the least, it will probably be later then that, sorry. If anyone has time to be a beta reader, please let me know. Till next time.