Smallville's Chick 1989: They will be very appalled, for sure.

GetKnowledge: I hooked you? yay!

Kal-El's Gurl: yes, pete knows about Clark's powers in this fic.

A/N: Thanks to all of the people who left me reviews, you guys are awesome. I don't own Smallville or Teen Titans. I have deliberated and have come to the conclusion that Clark will not be taken of Red K for a while. You'll see how I work with that... and I hope you like it too. This chapter pretty much consists of Robin and Starfire telling Pete and the Kents what's up. Hopefully Lex will come into the story later, but I need suggestions on how to bring him in.

Hurt Ch. 5

They had been driving for about 10 minutes when Starfire decided to break the silence.

"So Pete, how long have you and Clark Kent been friends?"

Pete looked away for a moment before speaking. "Well, to be honest with you guys, Clark disappeared a few weeks ago."

Robin pretended to look surprised. "That's terrible... was he kidnapped or something?"

"No, nothing bad like that, but his parents told us that one day he just ran away... and even though most of us put up a brave front, like Lana did, it still really sucks," replied Pete.

"Lana and Clark knew each other?" asked Robin.

"Not just knew each other, they were dating right before he left."

"But Lana did not seem to be sad at all!" cried Starfire, a look of worry on her face.

"Like I said Diane, she puts up a pretty good front."

"Why did he leave?" asked Robin, trying to dig deeper into this mystery.

"I'm not really sure. His parents probably know, but they haven't told anyone." Pete didn't like lying, but what was he supposed to say? The Kents had told him everything after Clark left, and telling these two that Clark left because he felt responsible for his mom's baby's death after blowing up his spaceship didn't seem like a good explanation, although it was the truth.

The rest of the car ride to the Kent farm was in silence, and when they finally arrived, Robin and Starfire were both somewhat awestruck. The beautiful yellow house with the garden in front and a barn not too far away did not seem like the place where a delinquent is raised. Even more suprising was the middle-aged couple that came out of the house to greet them.

The man had wavy, dirty-blonde hair, was well built, and had wrinkles on the edges of his eyes that showed years of happiness. The woman next to him had kind eyes, long red hair, and just an overall loving motherly look about her. Definetly not a robber's parents.

looks can be decieving, Robin thought to himself as the met the couple halfway up the driveway.

"Why, it's so nice to see you Pete," said Martha warmly, her attention falling to Robin and Starfire. "Now who do we have here?"

Pete took it upon himself to introduce everyone. "Mr. and Mrs. Kent, this is Jack Turner and his sister Diane."

As they all shook hands with one another, Martha said, "Please, call me Martha." When Jonathan didn't say anything, she gave him a playful nudge in the ribs with her elbow. Reluctantly he said, "Jonathan, just Jonathan." Martha smiled approvingling at her husband and they shared a loving look that told everyone they were still very much in love.

"What brings you guys out in these parts of Smallville?" asked Jonathan curiously, formalities aside.

"They're doing a project on family-owned farms," Pete interrupted, "considering many of them are being bought out by big corporations." When Pete talked about that, he talked from experience. "Kind of like how my dad's creamed corn factory was bought by LuthorCorp," he added.

"Actually, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, we were hoping to talk to you in private... about your son, Clark." said Robin cautiously, breaking the news as lightly as he could.

Immediately Martha and Jonathan's faces fell. Martha became gloomy and Jonathan's expression hardened. "And just what will we be talking about?" inquired Jonathan, becoming instinctively defensive.

"We think we know where he is."

This simple statement made Jonathan, Martha, and Pete all jump with surprise. Pete. Robin had forgotten he was there and regretted mentioning it in front of him. He didn't want anyone but the Kents involved in this. Martha, despite the tears forming in her eyes, noticed Robin's worry. "It's okay Jack, Pete can be here for this," said Martha, and, regaining some composure, continued, "how about we go inside." Everyone nodded in agreement and headed into the house.

A little while later...

After everyone was situated at the dining room table, lemonade in hand, they were ready to start again. Pete, Martha, and Jonathan were sitting on one side of the table; Robin and Starfire on the other.

"So, tell us the truth, what's going on?" said Jonathan, starting the conversation.

Robin and Starfire exchaned cautious glances, when Robin spoke up. "First of all, our names aren't Jack and Diane. I'm Robin, and this is Starfire. We're from California, and we're on a superhero team called the Teen Titans."

"Teen Titans..." Pete rolled the name on his tongue and his eyes grew wide. "I've heard of you guys. My friend Chloe told me that you guys stop crime and fight against evil... cool things like that."

Robin nodded. "I guess you could say that... anyway, we have come to believe that your son is in California."

Martha and Jonathan were having trouble processing everything right now. Their gut feeling told them that they were telling the truth, so learning that Clark was probably in California was shocking.

"How... how can you be sure it's Clark?" asked Martha, hoping her baby wasn't that far away.

Robin and Starfire's expressions saddened. Robin took a deep breath. "I'll tell you the whole story, but just let me get it all out, ask questions later." Martha and Jonathan nodded in agreement.

"Well, my team was in our house around 2 nights ago when a bank alarm in the city went off. We went to go investigate and when we got there, lots of damage had been done and there was Clark, stealing from the atm machines. We tried to stop him, but all five of us were quickly defeated and we lost him."

"After that battle, we went back to the tower to see what we could find out about him. Starfire saw that he had a class ring on, so after searching on the internet, we found out that his name was Clark Kent and that he went to Smallville High in Kansas."

Martha, Jonathan, and Pete's eyes widened in horror. Without either of them saying a word, the fact that Clark was indeed under the influence of Red Kryptonite was confirmed because they all knew what was in the class rings... and it wasn't a ruby.

"Later that night, we were all sleeping and recooperating when we heard noises comming from our common room. Only four of us met up in front of the doors leading in there, so that meant our youngest team member, Beast Boy, was inside." Robin paused, the events of that night coming back to him in a flood. Starfire took over for a minute.

"When we opened the door, what we found was just horrible! Beast Boy was hurt horribly and your son Clark was the one who did it!" Starfire almost-shouted, her sadness and anger at Kal getting the best of her. After all, she was never very good at hiding her emotions.

Robin figured now was the time to retake control of the storytelling for fear of another of Starfire's outbursts. "He told us his name was Kal, which I assume is an alias, and that he was working for someone, though we don't know who. After he took down both Raven and Cyborg, our other teammates, Starfire and I faked being defeated so that we could think of a plan. It was then that we decided to come here and talk to you guys. We were wondering if you could enlighten us because other then the fact that we know his name and that he has... talents... we have no idea how to stop him."

At the conlusion of Robin's recapping, Martha was silently crying, Jonathan was deep in thought, and Pete was just plain surprised. Finally Martha turned to Jonathan. "We might as well tell them, they may be the only ones who can help up can him home." Jonathan reluctantly nodded, and taking a deep breath, began to speak.

"Clark isn't our biological son. We adopted him, and how we got him is... somewhat strange. If we are to reveal this information to you, you must swear not to tell anyone outside your team."

"Our lips are most definetly sealed!" exclaimed Starfire honestly. Jonathan nodded and continued.

"In 1989 there was a meteor shower... and in that meteor shower came a spaceship with a baby inside. Martha and I found him and we have raised him since that day... Clark is an alien."

To Jonathan, Martha, and Pete's surprise, neither Robin nor Starfire was shocked with this information. In fact, they looked very intrigued.

"What is the name of the planet that Clark is from? I am an alien myself, which may be desirable to save for another time, and perhaps I have been there before."

Martha and Jonathan were blown away. This girl was an alien, too? But what planet was she from? "He's the last of his kind from a planet called Krypton." said Martha.

Starfire became sad. "Oh... I am sorry. I learned of the planet Krypton while on my home planet, Tamaran, and of it's unfortunate demise. It is sad to learn that only one is left."

"Anyway," continued Jonathan, "thanks to Earth's sun, Clark has always had special powers. (A/N pretend they already figured that out even though it is before 'Perry.') He has super strength, he can run faster than a bullet, he has x-ray vision, heat vision, super hearing, and is damn near invulnerable... except for one thing."

This is what Robin was waiting for. A way to defeat the undefeatable.

"Parts of the Kryptonian planet came down in the meteor shower as well, and since he didn't grow up on Krypton, he's allergic to the green meteor rocks; they sap him of his strength and of all of his powers, leaving him helpless and in immense pain. We call it kryptonite."

"We need to get some of that kryptonite so that we can take him down." stated Robin seriously.

"Please! Don't hurt him! You don't understand!" interjected Martha sadly.

"Do not understand what?" asked Starfire quizically.

"There is a second kind of kryptonite... red kryptonite. After Clark decided to destroy his spaceship, it had... unwanted consequences, so he put on a Smallville class ring, which is made with red kryptonite." said Martha.

"And what exactly does that mean?" asked Robin, trying to get to the point.

"It takes away Clark's inhibitions, making him dangerous and unpredictable. The longer he wears it, the worse he gets... it's like a drug," said Martha sadly, hurt that her baby was somewhere in California causing unimaginable amounts of damage. "It's not really his fault."

Robin felt bad for these poor people, so he quickly offered to help. "We'll get that ring off of your son and return him to you... I swear it."

Martha was crying with happiness, even Jonathan was getting emotional, and Pete was smiling broadly.

"We would like for you guys to come with us, so you can distract him long enough to get the ring off," said Robin matter-of-factly.

"I wish we could, but we can't abandon our duties here on the farm," said Jonathan solemnly.

"I could go with you guys." piped up Pete, eager to help. (A/N remember, school's out.)

"That's real nice of you Pete, but what are you going to tell your family?" asked Jonathan.

"I could say I'm staying over here for a few days. I know they won't mind."

Even though Jonathan and Martha wouldn't normally agree to that, they felt this was one of the only options.

"Alright, but be careful, Pete. You know that even without green kryptonite it's... difficult.. to get Clark to go anywhere he doesn't want to." said Jonathan in a fatherly tone.

"I know Mr. Kent, and thanks." replied Pete.

"Oh," jumped Martha, "speaking of green kryptonite, let me go get some." She ran into the kitchen and under the sink in a lead box was the green kryptonite that they kept just in case something like this happened. When she returned she put it in Pete's jacket and gave him an encouraging motherly look.

"Look, I don't mean to rush anything, but we really need to get going," said Robin modestly. The Kents nodded. "We'll be in touch if anything happens, good or bad," added Robin, trying to make them feel as comfortable as possible.

The sun had set now, and without another word they expressed their goodbyes to two very emotional parents, and Pete drove them to the site where they landed their plane. Pete was in awed silence as he marveled the most unique aircraft he'd ever seen. All the same, they buckled themsevles in and headed back to California in the dark of the night, this time prepared to face Kal with a lot more knowledge than the first two times.

IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTES! Sorry if you thought this chapter was long and boring, but I had to put it in for story purposes. I'll admit it wasn't very exciting because it was basically one long conversation, but the next one will be much MUCH better, I promise! Please REVIEW because I need to know what the readers think!

Also, I'm thinking about starting another story that's a crossover with X-men Evolution. If you know what that is, tell me if it's worth writing a little story about. Think about it: Clark is the amazingly good-looking guy with boy scout morals who has a giant crush on the most beautiful and popular girl in school (lana), who happens to be going out with the overly-jealous quarterback star who's an asshole. (whitney). Same thing goes for Scott Summers (cyclops): Amazingly good-looking guy with boy scout morals who has a giant crush on the most beautiful and popular girl in school (jean grey), who happens to be going out with the overly-jealous quarterback star who's and asshole. (duncan matthews)

For those of you who don't know what X-men EVOLUTION is, it was a cartoon show that started in 2000 that depicted everyone's favorite mutants as teenagers in high school just trying to fit in and deal with their powers. Hmmmm, sounds a lot like Smallville...