"I don't know, Clark." Martha said frowning. "You know what happened the lat time you got involved with red kryptonite."
Clark's blank stare said it all, and Martha blushed.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Clark." She apologized. "I guess you don't…"
"All I know is that it affects my personality, and I go nuts." Clark said. "But if it could get my memory back, wouldn't it be worth the risk? What if there's no other way?"
"Well, it certainly does seem to make sense." Martha agreed. "But it's so risky!"
"Mom, dad will be there with green meteor rock, if things get out of hand." Clark argued.
"He's right, Martha." Jonathan agreed.
"Well…I guess it's up to you." Martha finally relented. "But Clark, Jonathan, please. Be careful."
Jonathan opened the shoe box in which he kept Clark's class ring. (encased in another box of lead, of course.) It was returned to the Torch after Clark's first little encounter, as a present to Chloe. Unfortunately, because Chloe was oblivious to the fact that the ring had to be kept in lead, every time Clark went into the Torch, he turned into a crazy person. One time, when he was particularly close to the ring, he actually yelled his head off at the principal. Lucky for him, he only received 4 weeks suspension for this, and his parents weren't mad, as they knew what happened. If anything, they were sympathetic.
Eventually, the Kent's decided it would be safer here, where they could keep an eye on it.
He took it out, holding the lead box at arms length. He looked up at Clark, who was standing only about two meters from him. He took a deep breath.
"Ok, son." He said. "You ready?"
Cark nodded, not too worried as he didn't know what was going to happen.
Jonathan snapped the box open, and Clark immediately felt different. He felt a strange sensation, not exactly happiness, but more like satisfaction, spread through his body. A feeling as if he could do anything he wanted, any time he wanted. Like the time he ran off to Metropolis. He had broken into many banks, large businesses and ATM machines and robbed them dry. Or the first time he wore his class ring. He had taken Lana to a bar on a date, and ended up leaving with Jesse, the new girl at Smallville High, who had a rather similar disposition to Clark's new personality, or the time Pete slipped a piece of Red Kryptonite into Clark's pocket, and he had revealed to Chloe his true identity. Suddenly, the memories came flooding in faster than Clark could acknowledge them. He stumbled slightly, developing a major migraine, and for the second time in as many days, he collapsed.
