Chapter 6: Soul Ripped Apart
Kal floats, 300 feet above the Atlantic ocean, and watches Clark. Clark watches Kal, wary of his next move.
"Kal, we need to talk... killing people isn't the solution to our problem."
"But... they hate us, Clark. They hated Alicia, remember that piece of paper that human showed us? It said FREAKS on it. Alicia didn't deserve that..."
"Well she didn't deserve this either, us fighting over how we should handle this. You killed hundreds of people, Kal."
"You killed Lana and Chloe. You almost killed Lois, too. I may have been in control, but they were your hands which killed them. It was your rage I was feeding on. You hated them, even though they went to Alicia's funeral. Why did you hate them, Clark?"
"They went for me, to be sympathetic. They didn't go for Alicia. They weren't crying for Alicia, they were crying for me, and it wasn't right. But I didn't want them to die..."
"It's too late, Clark. I might have listened to you before, but not now. I am your evil side, Clark... and I will not go back to the deepest part of your mind. It's too dark and lonely. Here, I'm free. Free to do whatever I want... Unfortunatly, the one thing I want is gone, she was killed by...Lionel..."
Kal's purple eyes seethe anger, and in an instant, Kal speeds off, across the Atlantic. Clark follows, a slight idea of where Kal is going. The ocean whips at him, and Clark can see Kal, speeding ahead of him. Clark flies faster and faster, until he is less than 5 feet away from Kal.
"Where are you going, Kal?"
"To fix my first wrong doing. I am going to kill Lionel and Lex Luthor."
Clark speeds up, until he is shoulder to shoulder with Kal.
"Why are you going to kill Lex? He did nothing to us."
"Wrong, Clark. He is Lionel's son, and he knew Lionel had those labs. He knew Lionel was founding illegal experiments on humans, and yes, Clark, he knew that he kidnapped Alicia."
"No! That's not true!"
"Oh it's true, Clark. Lex had everything against Lionel. Why do you think he went to Alicia's funeral? He went because he knew you two were close. He didn't care for her, only for her ability, and he let Lionel kill her. He knew he was insane, but Lex didn't do anything to stop it. He wanted you to suffer, Clark."
"How could you know all this?"
"Because, Clark... when Alicia died in your arms, I sensed Lex moving down the hall. All the power you were expressing over Alicia's death went through me, I saw and heard everything Lex saw, did and knew. I didn't let you find out, because you were emotionally unstable. That's when I saw Alicia, dead in your arms. I felt all the emotions of you, and I wanted revenge."
Kal and Clark fly past New York city, and head toward Metropolis. Hundreds of miles fly past in an instant, and the large city of Metropolis looms into view. Kal speeds up, determined only by revenge and anger. As Clark flys after him, a hundred different questions fly throughout his mind.
Is Kal-El telling the truth? Lex knew about the kidnapping of Alicia? She didn't do anything to anybody, she was innocent, yet Lex let her get kidnapped... he knew she'd die... That BASTARD! Clark screams inside his head, and his rage sends Clark speeding faster and faster, past Kal-El, and straght through Metropolis. The Luthor-Corp building is seen, and Clark speeds right through the walls. Clark lands on his feet, and stands up, watching the crowd of people listening to Lionel's speech on his winning of the trial. Clark walks through the crowd, pushing people out of the way, and stands in front of Lionel.
"Well, hello Clark. It's been a long time."
A crash from behind the crowd startles several people, and Kal-El walks out from the wall, and stands next to Clark.
"Oh... two Clark Kents? Clark, I didn't know you had a twin."
Clark jumps on to the podium, and stares at Lionel. He smirks at Clark, and pulls out a green piece of kryptonite. The pain overcomes Clark and Kal-El, but they both stand their ground.
Clark grabs Lionel by his neck, and lifts him off the ground. Lionel continues to smirk, and even though it hurts like hel, Clark grabs the green kryptonite, and throws it out the window. Lionel's face turns to horror as Clark tightens his grip. Several people gasp at the sight of Clark, and Kal-El jumps up to the podium, watching as Clark lowers Lionel so that their eyes meet. Clark squints his eyes at Lionel, and begins to speak.
"People of Luthor-Corp, Lionel Luthor is a murderer. He killed two people a week ago, and you let him free. Why'd you do it, Luthor!" Clark screams at him.
Lionel smiles at Clark, and he tightens his grip.
"She was a freak, and so are you, Kent. You fucing alien! I wanted you to suffer every moment you had, to have the idea that the meteor freak, and that abomination she was carrying were your only ticket to being normal. Your not normal, Clark. Your a fuccing alien, your a freak and so was Alicia!"
Lex sees Clark tighten his grip even harder, runs up to Clark, and tries to stop him. Kal-El grabs Lex by his neck, and throws him into a wall, knocking him unconcious. Clark tightens his grip even more, Lionel's face starts to turn purple from lack of oxygen. Clark smiles at his anguish, and throws him into a wall agjacent to Lex, impaling him on a flag post. People scream at the murder they just witnessed, and Clark watches Kal. Clark reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a fragment of the black kryptonite.
"Kal-El...It's time for you to rejoin my soul. I know what to do to fix all this. Will you rejoin me?"
Kal watches Clark, and nods. He walks up to him, Clark holding the Black Kryptonite, and they shake hands, a black purplish light shines around them. Both Clark and Kal shine bright white, and they both walk into each other, the light explodes like a flash bomb temporarily blinding everyone in sight. The light leaves, and all that stands is Clark, who calmly walks over to the window, and jumps out.
"Oh my god, stop him!" A woman yells, but Clark flys off, back towards Smallville. He passes above the Kent farm truck, which is just leaving Metropolis. When he enters Smallville, he heads towards the Smallville Cemetary.
Clark lands on the ground, and walks up the large hill towards Alicia's grave. He stops, and falls on his knees. The angel that marks Alicia's headstone has a broken wing, along with an arm that is sitting on the ground. The wing sits, crumbled behind the statue. Graffitti is written all over the headstone, and over the inscription for Alicia. Words like METEOR FREAK, DEVIL, and ABOMINATION are seen, written in red paint. Clark falls to his knees, tears streaming down his face.
The world hated her...they hate me, too... I must fix this. I must fix all this...
Clark picks up the angel's arm, and using his heat vision, welds it back on, fixing the cracks. It stays, and he then picks up the remainders of the wing, and starts to put it back together. Piece after piece, he welds it together, until it is fixed, he welds it to the angel's body, and speeds off.
Seconds later, Clark returns, holding a bucket of water and a sponge. He walks to the angel, treading on the still fresh dirt in Alicia's grave. He dips the sponge in the soapy water, and begins to scrub off the graffitti. He speeds up, scrubbing harder and harder, until the words dissappear. He looks at the angel, perfectly fixed. Clark smiles at his creation, and sits down in the evening grass.
"Hi, Alicia. Sorry I haven't been here in a while. I was taking care of a few things. I miss you a lot, Alicia. I miss you so much.." Clark says before crying again. His sobbing can be heard all over the cemetary, but no one is there to hear it. Clark holds his head in his hands, as memories of him and Alicia wash over him. Their date in Metropolis, when she met his parents and he met hers. When they were eating at her cousin's restaraunt, when they were making out in the theatre. When he asked her to marry him, and she said yes.
So many memories, but she's not with me... I need you, Alicia... You make my world go round...I love you so much...
Clark stands up again, as he hears a car pull up the road. Quickly, he speeds off, and the door to the car opens up. Martha gets out of the car, a sponge and bucket in her hands. She notices the angel, free of graffitti, it's arm and wing fixed, and she starts to cry.
"Clark, come back to us..." She says as she gets back in her car and drives off towards the Kent farm.