a/n: sorry it took me so long to finally update, time scedules, and no muse coming to me…and ok I forgot….I was writing stuff that had a grade attached to it! Anyways, I'm back for the last chapter, which is a little longer then most of my chapters, since I have questions to answer from the whole story. I hope you all enjoy it….and now for the conclusion of Others Like Me. As always, I do not own Smallville or the X-men, if I did, well then I would make a few changes in both, but I don't so that's why I write here, isn't that everyone's reason….ok now on with the story.

Woods of Smallville

"How were you not affected by Cory's power?" Chloe repeated to Clark, her flashlight was still at her side shining light on both of their faces. Clark started to stammer something, he couldn't think of what to tell her to cover up the truth. It appeared for the first time that Clark was going to have to come clean with Chloe. Something he had been wanted to do for a very long time.

"I don't know." Clark quickly said giving Chloe an answer. Clark quickly started to walk away so he didn't have to deal with the question right then and there. He knew she deserved an answer after all this time and that it was the least he should do.

"Clark Kent, that is not an answer and you know it." Chloe yelled at Clark, and ran off after him, with her flash light right at him. Clark turned around to look at Chloe, and the light shone into his eyes briefly blinding him.

"Alright you want the truth?" Clark asked calmly prepared to go through something he hadn't done since Pete found out.

"Yes, I do." Chloe said sincerely.

"And you're prepared for all of the implications of it?" Clark asked, hoping she would answer no, but knew she wouldn't.

"Yes…..I am." Chloe responded, not sure why Clark would ask a question like that, but she knew she would get answers this time out of her friend.

"Alright, I think we both need to sit down for this, "Clark said as he started to walk back into the clearing where they then both sat down and Clark prepared to tell the truth. "I wasn't affected by Cory's power, because I'm not human." He slowly said, Chloe absorbed that information for a moment.

"So you're what, a mutant then like Bobby?" She asked, a little confused.

"No, I'm not a mutant, I'm an alien." He stated very clearly wanting to make sure she understood.

"No, you couldn't be an alien, I would have known if you were." Chloe said, a bit in denial, she had not suspected that this was the secret.

"Yes, I am…think about it Chloe, all of the secrets. Every time I disappeared unexpectedly, all of the lies I had to tell to be to cover up for things. I know you knew I was lying about some things, and well the truth was I've been lying to cover it all up, that I'm an alien from another planet." Clark said, almost to the point of trying to convince her of the truth.

"And that's why you weren't affected by Cory?" Chloe asked shakily.

"Yes, it is." Clark said. For a while there was complete silence except for the hooting of an owl somewhere in the distance, both teens were quiet. Clark didn't say a word because he wasn't sure what to say next. When Pete had found out, he hadn't reacted like this; he had over reacted first, and then accepted it. Chloe just seemed stunned; perhaps this was too much of a secret for her to comprehend.

Chloe on the other hand didn't say a word because she was still going through all of the times in her mind that Clark had disappeared mysteriously, or he had done something unexplainable that he didn't explain. She had been told so many lies by Clark that she was having a hard time believing that this was the actual truth. She gathered up her courage and asked her friend a question that was now on her mind.

"So how did you get here then?" She asked looking at Clark in the face for the first time in minutes, and now seeing him in a totally different matter.

"I was hoping you wouldn't ask that." Clark started out; he knew Chloe was in for a big blow now, being an alien was bad, being the cause of all of Smallville's problems was even worse. "I came in the meteor shower."

"You what? How? A spaceship right?" Chloe asked in a flurry of questions in a slightly louder voice then usual.

"Yes a spaceship, by myself, and no I don't have it any more, I sort of destroyed it." Clark admitted to her, "on the day of Lex's wedding."

"You did that?" Chloe asked.

"Yeah, that was me." Clark said truthfully looking at Chloe. He could see the change in her facial expressions. It was as if, she now somehow believed him. "So I'm guessing you believe me now."

"Yeah, I'm starting to get the picture, but Clark you're going to have to understand that this is going to get some getting used to." Chloe admitted to Clark. Clark smiled and then told her something that made her blood boil.

"Yeah, that was what it was like with Pete at first too." He said, not realizing how it would affect her. That was until she picked up a rock at her side and hit him on the head with it, which of course didn't hurt him, but he did get the idea of how angry she was. His face was in pure shock at her actions.

"You told Pete before me?" Chloe yelled at him, "I mean I know he's your best friend, but honestly Clark, you told Pete, you could have told me at the same time too." Chloe continued her rant.

"I only told him because he sort of accidentally found out for himself, he found my ship, after it disappeared once, (help why did it disappear again, I can't remember)."

"Oh, well then, Ok…does anyone else know?" She asked now a bit calmer then before.

"Well, Pete and my Parents are the only ones, and now you." Clark told her.

"That's all; I would have expected you to tell Lana." Chloe admitted.

"Well, I wanted to tell you both, but my parents like to have as few people know as possible." Clark admitted a little guiltily.

"I see, well thanks for telling me now." Chloe said giving her friend a hug, "You know you could have told me earlier." The two friends got up and started to go back through the forest, Clark started talking about his ability's and telling her what all he could do, and that he was a Kryptonian and about the meteor rocks called Kryptonite. Chloe asked a few questions like just how fast he could go, but other then that she stayed quiet; listening intently to everything Clark had to say. But Chloe stopped suddenly when they got to the other edge of the forest by the high way. "So where are your real parents? You know the Alien, I mean Kryptonian ones?"

"They died in the explosion that destroyed the planet, I'm the last one." He admitted quieter then usual, it was something he didn't like to dwell on too much.

"Oh Clark I'm so sorry." Chloe said sympathetically, she couldn't even imagine being in Clark's position, being the last one of an entire race.

"Thanks," he said, still quietly as they moved to Chloe's car. She unlocked the doors and jumped into the drivers seat, and drove them both to the Kent farm to find out what was going on with the rest of the mutants, and what the plan was now.

Kent Farm

The drive to the Kent farm seemed to take forever, the night's long journey had almost ended, and all of them were exhausted from the fight, all except Logan who of course felt like he could go it again. They had decided on the way out of the forest that the best way out was to not go back and get their own vehicles, but to call the Hospital and let the Kent's know what was going on, they also asked for a ride, which surprisingly enough Jonathan Kent was all for. Mostly because he wanted to get the mutants out of site so things would calm down again. With Bobby in the front seat because of his injury, and everyone else in the back along with Martha Kent, they were able to make good time and not be seen by too many cars. Everyone was pretty much to one side of the truck except for Logan and Cory, who could be knocked out if he woke up too soon by Logan. They weren't sure yet what to do with him yet, probably lock him in a single cell room at the manor, or they would contact the authorities. The fact was; they had never dealt with a mutant who could do so much damage in such a painful way as his. When they got to the Kent farm, they simply locked him in the bathroom where there were no windows, and he could cause no damage.

After that deed was done the mutants and the Kent's all simply sat down in the living room and let the emotions of that day leave them. All except for Ororo who had more business to do by calling the school to have them send the jet to pick them up. They would have to come back for Scott's motorcycle later, which Mr. Kent promised he would pick up in the morning so it wouldn't be stolen.

"Alright, one of the other professors is coming with the jet to pick us up. They will be here in about 45 minutes, they're going as fast as they can to get here." Ororo informed everyone when she got off the phone with Professor Xavier. Everyone nodded as Ororo her self sat down on a chair. Jonathan Kent looked around the room and then noticed that Clark wasn't there.

"Where's Clark" he asked suspiciously. Everyone looked around the room, they all had forgotten about Clark, in all of the haze of the fight they hadn't realized that when they left they had left with out him. No one remembered seeing him hurt at all, so they didn't think that was why he wasn't there. It was Bobby who figured it out.

"Chloe must have stopped him before he came to join us." He spoke up, which immediately got the Kent's attention.

"Chloe was there?" Martha asked in surprise, "just how much did she see?"

"The whole fight I think," Ororo spoke up honestly.

"I'm guessing Clark took a part in this fight?" Jonathan Kent asked a bit angry now at the mutants and at his son for always having to be a part of it.

"Yes he did." Logan said firmly, he knew Jonathan by now, and knew what he was thinking. Jonathan Kent just stirred in his anger at what had happened. A few more minutes passed by before any one said anything, and it was Martha Kent who asked if they would like help packing. Scott didn't have much there, so he also helped in the now mad dash to get ready before the Jet came, they were going to have to leave as soon as possible.

In all of this rush to get ready in time no one even noticed when Clark came back with Chloe at his side. When they walked into the house everyone was upstairs, trying to find toothbrush's, pillows, clothing and the like.

"Hello, I'm back!" Clark called out to the whole house, as which point everyone rushed down stairs to see him. The two older Kent's rushed up to him to see if he was alright, which obviously was, since he couldn't be hurt. They both looked at Chloe who hung a little back from Clark now and was taking in the whole scene. He noticed that look of a question in their eyes, on whether she knew or not his secret. "She knows, and it's ok."

"Believe me Mr. Kent; I'm not going to tell anyone." Chloe said with absolute certainty, they had talked it over in the car ride home. And Chloe had admitted that she couldn't see her best friend ever get hurt, and would therefore keep his secret. Jonathan Kent gave her a stern look to make sure she was telling the truth.

"Alright then, Welcome to the Family." He said shaking Chloe's hand to close the deal: that another friend of Clark's had learned his secret.

In all of the confusion of Clark coming home the Jet had arrived, and everyone started to rush to get everything packed onto it. When all was finished, the mutants came outside to say good bye to the Kent's, and Clark, who had long ago decided to stay home now. He promised he would keep in touch with all of them. When Bobby came to Chloe no words were said, he embraced her in a hug that felt it would never end.

"Take care of her ok, Clark?" Bobby asked, Clark nodded and Bobby turned away from the group not wanting to say anymore, he hated goodbyes, they always meant finality.

"Hey, you better not forget to email me!" Chloe called out. Bobby turned around again and smiled.

"Would I ever?" He asked rhetorically and climbed back on to the Jet to go back to New York.

Clark and Chloe stood there watching the jet take off till neither could see it anymore, and that was it, the mutants left their lives as suddenly as they had come in.

"So let's see those powers you have?" Chloe asked with a smile. Clark looked at her, and just started laughing. Chloe gave him a quizzical look.

"You'll see," Clark said with a grin, as they walked off to the barn loft.

AN: Okay everyone that's all there is, thanks for all of the great reviews, and I hope you enjoyed reading the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.