He walked through the house and sighed feeling almost helpless. He couldn't fix his families crops, he couldn't find Rodger's killer; all he could do was wait. He sat on the couch and stared at the blank television set. Martha walked in and looked at her son with a sigh. "Clark." She said with sympathy. "I don't know what to do." He said. She sat beside him and put her hand on his back. "There is nothing anyone can do." She said. "We just have to…" "Wait." Clark said with disappointment. "I wish I could tell you something new Clark." She said. "But all of this is out of our hands." Clark nodded and leaned back on the couch in defeat. "I could check out the tower for myself." Clark said. "Lex's scientist have already taken samples Clark." Martha protested. Clark nodded. "I still want to see it." He said getting up. Martha followed him out the door and watched him till he stepped into super-speed.
He reached the water town in minutes and stared up at the ladder. A glimmer of dread in his eyes he climbed the first rung before speeding up to the top. He looked out over the trees at the sleeping town he loved. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest and stomach. He hunched over holding his torso. He only got this pain around kryptonite but he couldn't find any around. He was over a hundred feet in the air, where could kryptonite be. His eyes fell on the wall of the water tower. He used his x-ray vision to look through the thick metal wall. An assortment of rocks and pebbles rested on the bottom of the container. Most were just rocks and sediment but a few were glowing a bright florescent green. Another sharp pain hit Clark and he fell to his knees. He turned as he heard foot steps on the metal walk way that surrounded the tower.
A woman emerged from around the corner. She was dressed in a black corset top and tight black pants. Her stiletto heels clicked against the metal as she stepped one step closer to Clark and squatted down to his eye level. She wore a black mask over her eyes gleaming green eyes and atop her long black hair rested a pair of black cat ears. Something about her was attractive to Clark. He couldn't pin point just what but he had a strange urge to just watch her. "Good evening." She said with a hint of anger in her voice. She smiled at Clark as she unwound a whip from her waist. Clark tried to crawl away not realizing his dilemma. He was at the top of the tower with no where to go but straight down. He looked over the edge and grimaced. "What do you want?" Clark asked in pain. She stood up and cracked the whip just above Clark's head. He jerked and caused himself to lay flat on his back. She walked over standing above him. Clark looked to the sides of him and saw four inch stiletto heels with a razor blade at the back of the heel. Squatting down again she practically sat on his stomach. "I want you to stay out of my affairs." She said through her teeth. Clark stared into her eyes but she back handed him across the face. He could taste a hint of blood in his mouth. "Do we have an understand Kent?" she asked harshly as she almost touched her nose to Clark's. "Sure." Clark said as another pain hit him hard in the gut. He turned his head away from her in pain. "Good, because if I hear that you've been messing around in my business again you are going to wish you were never found." She said standing up. Clark looked up in confusion to her statement but she was gone. He managed to sit up on his elbows and look around but there was no sign that anyone else had even been there. Managing to find the ladder and get down far enough before another pain struck him Clark surveyed the area. Reaching the ground he staggered away in pain towards his house.
He rushed through the door and called for his mother. Martha came down the stairs with worry in her eyes. "There's kryptonite in the water tower." Clark said. "Are you sure?" Martha asked. Clark nodded. "I saw it." He said. Martha looked over her shoulder as Jonathan descended the stairs. "We can't do anything until Lex's scientists figure it out. How would we explain it?" Jonathan said. Clark shook his head. "I just won't water anything from those pipes. I'll tell everyone else to do the same." Jonathan said. Clark nodded. "There's more." Clark said. His mother looked at him. "I was attacked." Clark said. "By Catwoman." He added. "That burglar from Gotham? What did she want?" Martha asked. "She told me to stay out of her business." Clark said. "And that if I didn't I'd wish I'd of never been found." He added. His parents looked at him with fear. "Did she say found?" Jonathan asked. Clark nodded. "How could she of known?" Martha asked. "I don't know. No one even knows who this woman is." Clark said. "I think you should stay away from the whole topic." Jonathan said. "There's no need to be bring attention to yourself, specially if you think she knows anything." He said. Clark nodded. "We should all get some rest." Martha said. "We've had a long day." she added walking up the stairs. The boys followed close behind.