Chapter 2: A World Apart

Tuesday, August 13, 2007

Journal Entry 5

Hello Journal.

To whoever found this, my plan has succeeded. I have disappeared, without a trace. There were many things that led to my dissapearance, but the first was Alicia. Yes, you have found the last journal entries to Kal-El of Krypton. These journal entries tell my story, the ways that turned me to what some people call "Evil." I don't think of myself as evil. Atleast I didn't in the beginning. No, I was determined. Determined to find out how to save the only good person in my life. I sacrificed my Earth life, as Clark Kent, to embrace my kryptonian heritage, to save Alicia, and to bring her back. What you've read before, the killings of Chloe and Lana, were just the beginning. I am Kal-El of Krypton, and my good natured earth ego, Clark, had no idea how to escape what was brought forth.
(Now told in 3rd person Transient)

Kal-El left the school in superspeed. He ran to Metropolis, and decided this is where he'd start his ruling. No emotions crept through his consiousness, he was, for what Jor-El would put it, the perfect Kryptonian. No one noticed his entrance to downtown Metropolis, and in a surge of energy, Kal's heat vision kicked in. Aiming it at Main Street, the fire melting the tar and pavement until it was molten hot, and boiling. Hundreds of cars sunk into the molten pavement, their tires exploding.

"Hey what the fuk! What the hell are you!" A man screams from his taxi.

Kal smiles, amused at the anger he brought forth. In an instant, he walked through the molten pavement, and snapped his neck. He then picked up the taxi, and threw it into a neighboring building. Several people scream, terrified at his immense strength. Kal picked up another car, this time holding a woman and her child, and threw it into the building, exploding upon impact.

"Someone call 911!" A woman yells, and whipping noises in the air rouses Kal's attention. A jet black helicopter flies towards me, US ARMY RESERVE written on it's side.

So, the army thinks they can stop me, huh?

Almost as if they heard his question, hundreds of bullets shoot out towards Kal, he walks closer, the bullets busting on his robes and skin. Kal's invulnerability cancels out the bullets, he raise his head towards the helicopter. Two rays of thermal energy explode from his eyes, and impact with the helicopter's tail, exploding it. The helicopter falls onto two more cars, and Kal speed to the wreckage. He picks up the remains of the helicopter, and tosses it into another building, this time, leveling it. Kal hears hundreds of people scream, their voices cease, death taking it's toll.

"Hey Clark, what the hell are you doing!" yells a familiar voice.

Kal turns around, and Lois stands in front of him, tears in her eyes. He smiles at her anguish, and she backs away.

"I am doing what Jor-El wants me to do for all these years. If I do this, I get my share of the bargain that Clark made."

"You killed Lana and Chloe! Your evil! You are a MONSTER!"

Kal continues to smile, and Lois tries to run away. He speeds in front of her, grabbing Lois by her neck. She watches Kal, tears falling down her eyes. Even as he holds her above the ground, she manages to speak.

"You think...this will bring back Alicia? It...won't...She wouldn't love you...not after what you did..."

Kal stares at Lois, tears beginning to fall down his face. Kal lets go of Lois, letting her fall to the ground. She begins to cough, and her tears start again, falling down her face.

Kal falls to his knees, his robes and his cape, his tears falling to the pavement.

WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE, KAL-EL! WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE? Clark screams inside his head.

"I...just...I was doing what Jor-El said..." Kal states, Lois listening to him.

WE BOTH THOUGHT JOR-EL...WOULD BRING BACK ALICIA...BUT THIS ISN'T THE WAY...

"I miss her, Clark...I miss her so much..."

I MISS HER TOO...WE BOTH LOVED ALICIA... SHE DIDIN'T DESERVE TO DIE, KAL-EL.

Kal continues to kneel on the ground, but looks around at the destruction he did. Cars, buildings destroyed, hundreds of people dead, and he looks at Lois.

"Oh God, look what I did... Jesus, I'm a monster..."

Five police cars roar down the street, their tires getting stuck in the half molten pavement. The cops jump out of their vehicles, and point their guns at Kal.

"Raise you arms, or we'll open fire!"

Lois continues to watch Kal, and starts to back away. Kal raises his hands in front of him, and they start to shake.

"Jor-El...he made me do it, Clark... He was controlling me..."

I know...he shouldn't of done it.

"I want revenge, Clark. Don't you want revenge, Clark?"

Yes... but not this way. Innocent people have been hurt.

"How can we go on living, Clark? After all this... destruction..."

We'll find a way.

"No... I have to finish what I started... I'm sorry Clark, but I love Alicia, and I will do anything for her."

No, Kal-El... Don't do this.

Kal stands up, and the police open fire on him. Through Kal's rage, He grabs a man by his arm, easily lifting him off the ground, and throws him into one of the destroyed buildings. His screams cease upon impact, and a strange sound fills Kal's ears.

FWUMMP. FWUMMP. FWUMMP. FWUMMP. FWUMMP. FWUMMP.

The sounds of more helicopters. Their blades beat through the air as they approach. The overcasting sky cuts away as they continue towards me. Thousands of people evacuate Metropolis, the danger of Kal sits in their souls.

"STOP YOUR TERRORIZING OF METROPOLIS. THIS IS AN ORDER!" Yells a man, leading the squadron of helicopters.

The helicopters unleash thousands of bullets, many missing Kal by mere inches, but several hit his chest. They bust in impact, doing nothing to him. The sudden torrent of fire explodes from Kal's eyes, engulfing the main rotor of the leading helicopter, blowing up the gas tank, and explodes, taking out another helicopter. The remains fall on the now rehardened pavement, as the helicopter on my left unleashes a missle, impacting with Kal. A cloud of dust and blown up chunks of pavement fill the street, and several people run for cover. The dust settles, and no movement is seen or heard. Lois watches, tears still falling.

The helicopters continue their assault with the missles, and bombard the piles of rocks. If anyone had noticed it, they would've seen hand in the rubble, a hand which closes into a fist.

Silence hits Metropolis, and the only sounds heard are from the helicopters. Suddenly, an explosion of heat and fire erupts from the pile of rubble, aimed at the leading helicopter. Upon impact with the extreme torrent of fire, the helicopter explodes, thrown back into another one, the fireball impacts, and the remains of them fall to the street, landing on a police car. The other helicopters, out of ammunition, swerve in the air,