A/N - Hey people, sorry it took me so long to update, I have two stories on the go you see, this story and one on called Kai - The Travellers Story, so I have two commitments.

First of all I would like to thank every one who has reveiwed, its been really good for inspiration I was sure I wasn't gonna get any but you all prooved me wrong.

Second of all I would like to answer a few questions from my reviews, there are no particular pairings in this story, I'm going to commit to the relationships in the serise but add a luthor twist, but for some fan I will add a little Chlark for one chapter only.

Ok I think that's it, enjoy the story :-D.

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Smallville

Diverse

Investigation

Pete ran down the hall to the door of the torch, Chloe was sat at her computer typing up the latest edition of the torch and drinking her order of coffee, she saw Pete run in looking scared,

"Pete? What's wrong?" she asked getting up from her char and putting down her coffee

"It's Kessington… he… he…" Pete tried to explain before his sentence was finished by Chloe

"Disappeared and reappeared in a cloud that seems like vapour… I know, I've been on to him since his many appearances on the scenes of many unexplained robberies" she said handing over a piece of paper with information on him to Pete,

"You knew and you didn't tell me… you know a little heads up might have been nice Chloe" Pete said, annoyed,

"I'm sorry but I wasn't quite sure what the deal was so I waited for some real evidence to show, and one eye witness report from Pete Ross is good enough for me" Chloe said, "so what exactly happen you sneak up and catch him in the act?" she asked taking out a pen and pad,

"No… he appeared behind me, looking weak and asking for help, saying he couldn't control it… then he disappeared" Pete explained

"Well this is new" Chloe said writing it down and then going over to her computer to research,

"So what's the story on Kessington any way?" Pete asked, Chloe took a sip of coffee and explained,

"Well from what I know he was swimming in Samson's lake with his parents when the meteors hit"

"You mean Samson's crater?" Pete corrected

"Well that's what it became after the meteors hit but when they hit a huge surge of heat from the blast totally evaporated the water while Kessington and his parents were in the water, when police arrived on the scene Kessington's Parents had been scolded to death but Kessington was lying at the bottom of the crater where the lake once was, unharmed, the one peculiar detail was that he was soaking wet even after the blast evaporated every last droplet of water" Chloe explained

"What so you think his body absorbed the water in the lake?"

"You know that human's bodies are around 70 water?" Chloe said

"Yea" Pete replied

"Well Kessington's body is probably more like 110 water" Chloe explained

"What about the evaporating thing?" Pete asked

"My guess he learned how to control his body temperature to allow his to seemingly disappear" Chloe answered

"Yea but what?" Pete wondered

"My guess is a heat source" Chloe presumed

"His lucky lighter" Pete realized,

"Well that's part one of the mystery, now we need to figure out why he cant control it and what will happen if he looses control completely" Chloe starts to grab a load of stationary gear, "we're gonna need the schools library for this one"

"I'm right behind you… shoot!" Pete stopped realising

"What is it Pete" Chloe asked, Pete grabbed his bags,

"I'm gonna miss football practice!" he said running out the door

"I guess its just you and me Chloe" Chloe said to her self and walked off to the library.

Christopher gets geared up into the tryout gear, old torn football gear that looks like it was used decades ago. After getting ready he walks out to the football field ready for the tryouts.

"Chris, glad you could make it to try outs, you ready?" Whitney said approaching him straight away, Chris put on his helmet,

"Let's do it" he said enthusiastically,

"Ok Chris, you will be playing centre for me" Whitney informed him "Ok teams, huddle!" all of the players geared up and joined the huddle; Whitney passed the ball to Christopher who got into position in the huddle. Whitney took his position behind Christopher, after the other team got into position Whitney called the plays then started the game off with "hut hut hut!" as soon as the game started Christopher through the ball to Whitney behind him and then in a flash he ran through the opposition and was already in position to be able to catch the ball and be open to score, the people watching watched in amazement, including Pete who was late turning up but not to late to see a few more of Christopher's 'tricks', he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"Whitney, over here!" Christopher shouted, Whitney saw him open and through the ball to him, Christopher caught the ball and was immediately piled by three of the opposition, but this didn't seem to drag him down, after about a second all three of the opposition on top of Christopher got thrown off him and each landed about 10 feet away from him, then Christopher ran towards the line and scored in his triumph he through the ball to the floor causing it to explode. The team ran over to him and Whitney was the first to arrive,

"I don't know how you did that Christopher, but welcome to the team" Whitney congratulated him; Christopher smiled as he was lifted onto the teams shoulders and carried off to the changing rooms.

Later on the boys were all in the changing room just about to leave, Whitney and the other guys from the team were about to head off in their 'jock' group,

"Hey Chris you coming, we're off to the beanery for a team round of lattés" Whitney invited

"It's the only way to complete initiation bro" one of the other 'jocks' added,

"Yea sure why not" Chris accepted without hesitation

"ALRIGHT!" all the guys shouted at once grabbing Chris and dragging him off whilst making weird barking noises, as 'jocks' do, Whitney turned around to Jameson who was still getting changed,

"Hey, Jameson you coming?" he asked

"Yea, tell you what I'll meet you guys there I gotta run an errand first" he replied, then one of the other 'jocks' came out with a comment

"Trixy got you carrying her book again Jameson!" he said laughing

"Hey man shut up!" Jameson shouted at him,

"We'll see you there Jameson" Whitney said following the other guys who had already set off.

Shortly after the guys had left, Jameson heard a noise coming from the showers, but even through the left over steam Jameson swore he couldn't see any one,

"Any one there?" she said putting on his top with haste, he heard another noise from behind him, he turned to see Kessington sat there fully clothed but soaking wet, "hey man what are you doing, you missed soccer tryouts, you don't wanna risk becoming the scarecrow do ya…" then he realized his condition, "hey man are… are you ok?" he asked,

"You gotta help me man!" he said standing up and walking to wards Jameson who was backing away from him in fear, Kessington was sounding extremely desperate,

"Man… what's wrong with you?" Jameson asked him

"I used to be able to control it, but now it just happens randomly, but for some reason it always brings me here!" he frantically explained

"What are you talking about?" Jameson said grabbing hold of Kessington by the shoulders, but as he did this he slipped and fell into the showers still holding on to Kessington; who fell with him, and as they landed into the shower they both seemed to evaporate, not just Kessington but Jameson with him.

At the library Chloe was sat looking at some biology and chemistry books, trying to figure out the mystery of Craig Kessington. Pete walked in, he was looking a little paranoid, looking over his shoulder every five seconds like some one was following him, his pace was quicker than usual. Eventually he go to Chloe and he sat beside her took the largest book he could find and covered his face over with it.

"Pete…What are you doing?" Chloe asked curious to why he is playing hide and seek with his imaginary friend, or so it seemed,

"I'm hiding from the football players" he replied quietly, "I didn't make it to football practice so I'm now at risk of becoming this years scarecrow"

"ooookay… well while you're here you can help me look for answers" Chloe showed Pete what she had already found,

"So far I have found that Kessington may have been able to control his evaporating abilities by heating himself up, but then I found out that every time he does it he looses part of himself" Chloe explained

"What do you mean?" Pete asked

"Well it's hard to explain but by doing this he had caused his body to become unstable and will now evaporate at the slightest amount of heat, or become unstable around steam"

"Like the heat in the showers in the changing rooms" Pete established

"Yes, so my guess is that's where he'll be if we wanna go look for him" Chloe concluded shutting one of the books, "come on"

"Where are we going?" Pete asked

"To the guys changing rooms" Chloe answered, "I need you to go in there and try to talk to him"

"Great" Pete said sarcastically and following Chloe out of the library.

They got to the changing rooms, and Chloe was prepping Pete for his encounter,

"Ok now Pete, I want you to let him know we will get help for him" she explained

"You are he's not dangerous?" Pete asked

"90 sure" she answered

"Only 90?" Pete said now a little more resilient to go in

"What you want me to lie?"

"The reassurance would be nice" Pete said before opening the door and walking in.

"Kessington?" he shouted as he walked in, there was no answer but the steam in the shower was still there, his guess was there where there was steam there would be Kessington, "hey Kessington? You there buddy?"

"Yea… we're here" Kessington's voice said from the steam,

"You got some one there with you?" Pete asked then the steam cleared to reveal Kessington with four arms four legs and Jameson's Head grafted to the shoulder, Jameson's Head looked at Pete with fear,

"Man… you gotta help us!" he said, Pete looked in shock but it didn't take him long to get scared out of his wits and run out of the changing room screaming. As he ran out of the doors he didn't even acknowledge Chloe and he ran down the corridor and out of sight, leaving Chloe to wonder what spooked him.