Clark was bailing hay in the barn when Pete entered. Clark was turning around to face his friend when he felt the familiar sickening feeling. 'Kryptonite,' Clark told himself after facing Pete and saw him holding an open lead box filled with the green meteor rock Smallville was famous for. "Why are you doing this Pete?" Clark asked.

"Because Clark you sent me to that horrible physco hospital. The place I now hate." By now, Pete had become one of Clark's past foes – Tina Greer.

"Tina? What are you doing here?" Clark choked out, in a fairly loud whisper.

"Getting my revenge on you Clark Kent. Once you're out of the way, I'll be with Lana forever." Tina casually walked over to where Clark was lying and kicked him in the ribs. Once. Twice. Three times. Each harder than the last. Once she had had her fun, she placed the piece of meteor rock beside Clark's, now almost lifeless, body. But before she left the barn, Tina pulled a syringe full of liquidified meteor rock out of her pocket and injected it into Clark.

xXx xXx

Meanwhile, Mark was going to hit Anna again when someone stopped him. The person who saved Anna from another punch and/or kick was wearing glasses, had brown hair and was around the same height as him. "C'mon Bourne, you can deal with the chick later. We've got bigger fish to fry." He told Mark. After that, the three people left the house and Anna grabbed the phone and dialled 911.

"Police please. Uh... three of the people who escaped from Belle Reeve were at my house and attacked me. Kent farm, Hickory Lane. Please, come quick." Anna said as calmly as she could down the phone. After she told them everything, she hung up, got her crutches and went out to find where Clark was. "Clark! Clark, where are you?" Anna shouted as she made her way over to the barn. As she entered, she quickly hopped over to where Clark was lying then she threw herself down beside him. She started shaking his shoulder in an attempt to wake him up but it was unsuccessful. "Clark? Please wake up. Can you hear me? Please wake up Clark." In the distance, Anna could hear police sirens coming towards the farm. She quickly got onto her feet with the aid of the wall behind her, grabbed her crutches and rushed outside. As the cars stopped just by the barn, Anna started calling to them – "In here! Please! My cousin needs help!" The cops ran into the barn but one stayed outside with Anna.

"Miss, what's your cousin's name and do you know what happened to him?" The young man asked.

"His name is Clark and I have no idea what happened to him because I was attacked inside the house." Anna answered.

"Ok miss. We're going to take him to the hospital, and I think you should be checked out. Follow me." With that said, the man wrapped his hand around Anna's wrist, loosely, and escorted her to the police car. The young police officer put her crutches in the trunk of the car after he made sure Anna was in safely. "Your cousin is in the car in front of us." He told Anna once the car they were in started moving.

"Ok." Anna whispered. She was still in shock. She had heard that Smallville was a weird place from a friend of hers when she was in Metropolis but she never thought that there were murderers or anything like that around here.

"Would you like to tell us your name miss?" The officer asked Anna kindly.

"Anna. Anna Clark."

"Well Anna, I'm Jamieson."

"That's not your first name, is it?" Anna asked as she lifted her head up and looked at Jamieson, eye-to-eye.

"Um... no." He stated.

"So, what is it?" Anna had to keep the conversation going. She hated silence. Especially at a time like this.

"Um..." he hesitated for a moment then answered, "Tyler."

"Nice name." Anna replied then turned her head to look out the window. They were approaching Smallville Medical Centre now. After five more minute of driving, the car stopped in front of the A&E of Smallville Medical Centre, behind the car which brought Clark here. Once Tyler got Anna's crutches out of the trunk, he handed them over to her after she got out the car. "Thanks."

"No problem. Now come on inside, it's getting cold and you really need checked out." Tyler told her. She done as he instructed and as soon as she walked into the hospital, a doctor approached her and took her into a room at the end of the hallway. Anna could remember this doctor because he helped her whilst she was in the hospital, only a mere few hours ago.

"Ok Anna, let's see if you're alright."

Kent farm-

Jonathon and Martha were kissing each other when they entered their house but stopped when they saw that neither Anna nor Clark were in the house and they knew that Clark was bringing Anna home today.

"Where do you think they could be? If Clark did bring Anna home, I'm sure they would be in here." Martha said to her husband.

"Or they would be in the loft," Jonathon suggested. "I'll be back in a minute sweetheart."

Once Jonathon left, Martha checked the answering machine. One message was on it. She quickly press the play button hoping to be good news about Anna and/or Clark. Her heart sank as she heard the recording –

"Could the parents or guardians of Clark Kent and Anna Clark please come to Smallville Medical Centre as soon as possible."

"Oh my god..." Martha mumbled as she lifted her hand over her mouth. Then she turned around as she heard the door creek open and saw her husband re-entering the house.

"What is it Martha?" Jonathon could tell that something was bothering his wife as soon as he came in.

"There... w-was a message..." Martha choked out but stopped.

"A message from who sweetheart?"

"Smallville M-medical... Centre. Clark an-and Anna are there." In a heartbeat, Jonathon was heading back out the door with his wife following. But the only thing on his mind was who was the injured person?

Smallville Medical Centre-

Anna was sitting in the same place that she had been sitting in for the past twenty minutes – the waiting room. She was told that she only had a few cuts which were sealed with paper stitches. But she couldn't care less about herself; she was way too worried about Clark to worry about her own health. Anna had tried to ask doctors for answers but no-one knew anything. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard her Uncle Jonathon's voice, coming closer and closer to her.

"Anna!" He shouted after seeing her sitting on a chair in the middle of the waiting room. "Are you alright? Where's Clark?"

"Yeah I'm fine. I don't actually know where Clark is. None of the doctors or nurses will tell me." Anna explained.

"That's good to hear that you're feeling ok. But what happened to you and Clark?"

"I was attacked whilst Clark was away in the barn. After I called the police, I found him... barely breathing... i-in the b-b-barn." Anna was breaking down. She wrapped her arms around her uncle's waist and lent her head into his chest. Tears were landing on his shirt.

"It's ok Anna. Clark's tough, he'll get through this." Jonathon reassured his niece and also himself. He had never seen his son hurt before unless he was around or close to kryptonite. And if he was away from it now, he should be fine.

"Jonathon," Martha whispered to her husband to get his attention. "There's a doctor here to tell us about Clark."

"Oh, ok. Anna, we'll be right back." He told his niece as she loosened her hold on him. Then he stood up and followed his wife over to a young woman, who was holding a clipboard.

"Mr. and Mrs. Kent, I presume? I'm Dr. Pointer. I have been examining your son and we found some poisonous toxin in his blood system, but no-one is sure how he got it in. Do you know how it could have entered his bloodstream?"

"No idea. Are we allowed to see our son?" Jonathon asked.

"Sure. But it's only direct family at the moment and he's rest so I wouldn't try and wake him." The doctor instructed.

"We won't. What room is he in?" Martha asked politely.

"ICU, room 23. Just down the hall, second right."

"Ok, thank you for helping our son." Jonathon said then went over to Anna and helped her up. "Anna, we're going to see Clark. Would you like to go and see him?"

"Uh... yes, please." Anna replied after her uncle handed her over to her. Then once she was standing, she followed Martha and Jonathon to where the doctor said Clark was. When she was inside, Anna saw Clark lying on the hospital bed, with some tubes injected into him and an oxygen mask placed over his nose and mouth.

"Anna, can we ask you something?" Martha finally broke the silence with the question.

"Sure auntie Martha." Anna replied, keeping her voice down so she couldn't wake Clark.

"Was there anything lying beside or close to Clark when you found him?" Martha asked.

"Um..." Anna started to think back, trying to remember if she saw anything near Clark. "Yeah. Some sort of green-ish rock was kinda close to him."

"Oh no." Martha muttered under her breath but Anna overheard. Now she knew that something was seriously wrong with her cousin.

"What? What the hell is going on? Please tell me." Anna pleaded but after seeing the worried looks on her relatives faces, she continued. "Please tell me what's happening to Clark. I've only known him for a short time but he's so caring towards me and I love him like a brother I never had."

"Sweetie, we'll tell you everything later but was there anything else around him?" Jonathon asked.

"I c-can answer t-that." A faint whisper coming from behind them said. Automatically, all three of them turned their heads towards Clark and started moving to where he was lying.

"Son, are you ok?" Jonathon asked as soon as he got beside Clark's bed.

"Not r-really. E-everywhere... hurts." Clark muttered, trying to keep his speaking to a minimal.

"Clark, sweetie, do you remember what happened to you earlier?" His mother asked quietly.

"B-bailing hay... T-Tina G-Greer came into b-barn... as Pete... h-hurt me." Clark stammered, stopping after so many words to take a deep breath.

"Oh my god. But I thought Tina was in Belle Reve?" Martha said.

"No. She escaped with four other people last week. I heard it on the news about a week ago." Anna explained. "But I don't understand how Clark said Tina was Pete..."

"I'll tell you outside. Jonathon, are you going to be ok in here?" Martha asked. Jonathon nodded then she and Anna went outside.

"What was Clark talking about Auntie Martha?"

"Well, ever since the meteor shower, people have been changed because they were near where a meteor landed. Tina was one of them. She was turn into whoever she wants, wherever she wants." Martha told her niece.

"Whoa, so she has something against Clark?"

"I think so, since she attacked Clark last year but I'm not too sure."

"Oh." Was all Anna could say before a loud beep filled the air. Martha and Anna quickly turned around and looked into Clark's room. His heart line was flat. Doctors were now flooding into his room, trying to resuscitate him. Jonathon left the room and was now beside his wife and niece. After two long minutes of doing CPR on Clark's body, he started breathing on his own again. Once the doctors made sure of this, they slowly made their way out of the young boy's room. Jonathon and Martha went back into his room but Anna went outside for some fresh air.

When she got out, Anna looked through her handbag and got out her cell phone. She quickly dialled a number and pressed call.

"Hey Lois? It's Anna... and I can really use someone to talk to."