Chapter 16

Clark zipped into the caves and landed before the wall. He looked around hoping noone was in the caves. Then yelled at Jor'el.

"I am here, show me what you need to show me." Clark yells.

"My son come into the wall and all will be explained." Jor'el said.

"No, tell me here. I will not be a pawn for you any more, what is it you want?" Clark asks.

"Kal'el it is the only way, i promise you will not be gone long." Jor'el says.

"No, i will not leave again." Clark says.

Suddenly thier in the cave next to Clark is Lana, and his parents. He sees them and tears comes to his eyes.

"Your thoughts are not lost on me my son, i know who you think about." Jor'el tells him.

Clark slowly reaches out to touch Lana's face and it fades away into a million diffrent firey pieces. As does his parents, causeing Clark to inhale a huge breath.

"My son, i am not trying to take you away from these people you love and care for. I meerly want to prepare you to be able to protect them from the dangers that lay ahead. You must allow me to do this, or you may loose them forever and be destroyed yourself." Jor'el tells him.

"This is the only way?" Clark asks.

"Yes my son, i promise you will return to the ones you love, and in better shape to protect them. You must learn all the things your people have learned, allthe danger of what happened to our planet." Jor'el tells him.

"Why so i can rule this one, as some sort of dictator?" Clark asks him.

"No my son, the only ones i want you to rule like that are the ones who have the ability to do to that planet as we did to ours. The rest are the ones i want you to protect, like the Earth girl Lana, she is of good character, as are your Earth parents. I knew i made a good choice when i sent you too them." Jor'el explains.

"Fine Jor'el i will do as you wish, but understand this. I will not go against Lana, or any other good person on this planet." Clark says.

"That is all i ask. Now come forward and recive all the knowlage we have gathered in the history of our planet." Jor'el explains.

Clark slowly moves toward the wall, as he does the wall opens into a blinding light and Clark disapers into it. The last thing you see is Clark standing in a blue light with darkness all around him and his body convulsing uncontrolablly.

Lana walked into her apartment. She was tired, she had helped her new found mom and dad on the farm, since Clark still hadn't returned. It has been two weeks now and still no Clark, she was really starting to worry. All she wanted was for him to return to them in one piece and still be the Clark she feel in love with.

She has went to the caves several times in the last two weeks, but has found no trace of him. She know it is useless to go to the caves but it helps her, she feels like she is doing something to find him. As she is about to sit down and relax a little before taking a shower, there is a knock on her door. She gets up and answers it a little shocked to see who is there.

"Hello Lana my i come in?" Lex asks her.

"Sure Lex come in." Lana tells him as she backs up aloowing him room to come in. "What do i owe the pleasure of this vist too?"

"Well to be honest with you it is about Clark. Do you know where he is, i really need to talk to him." Lex asks her.

"No i am sorry Lex i have no idea. He told me he had something to do and that he would see me when he got back." Lana said.

"Don't you find that strange Lana, i mean you two bearly back together and he leaves out of the blue?" Lex asks her.

"No Lex i don't, i trust Clark. If he said he had something to do and he would be back as soon as he could, i believ him." Lana says.

"Ok, well when you do see him could you tell him i am looking for him?" Lex asks her.

"Sure Lex i will do that right after i welcome him home." She says with a blush to her checks.

"Ah, i understand. That will do for me, i wouldn't want to interupt the home coming." Lex tells her with a smirl on his face, as Lana's blush deepens.

"Ok, well i will see you later Lex i really need a shower." Lana says.

"Ok, I'll let myself out take care Lana. Remember if you need anything, just let me know." Lex says.

"I will, and Thanks."

"No problem." With that lex walks out the door.

Lana turns and walks into her bathroom and begins to take a shower.