"You sure you don't want to ride with us?" Lana asked as she hopped on the horse, with me helping Chloe onto her's while Clark climbed up on his.
"Horse riding isn't my thing, I'm just here to drop Chloe off." I said, with me passing Chloe her camera. "Here you go, just call me when you want me to come get you or whatever." I said, with Chloe nodding with a smile, where she started riding off with the other two, having next to no control over the horse.
Turning around, I started walking back towards the car, but as I walked, I could feel that I was being watched. Looking around while I walked, I started to quicken my pace. Reaching the car, I pulled out my keys and reached for the door, but was stopped as someone placed their hand on my shoulder. I didn't move out of fear of them aiming a gun at me.
"Brother." I heard, with me spinning around and seeing my twin sister for the first time. We did look alike, with her having more of Jessica's features than a male. Her hair resembled Jessica's length, but the style and darkness of it were different. It was more puffy that Jessica's straight, and it was pitch black, like it was died or looking into a black hole. As for her eyes, they were red. Not that she was crying, but the color of her eyes them selves were red, a bright red at that.
Looking around, I tried to find a place that she was hiding behind, but I couldn't think of anywhere that she could of hid and then ran over to me. "Sister, how did you get here?" I asked, placing my hands in my coat pockets as it was cold out, as winter was coming soon.
"I have my ways." She said, walking over to the other side of the car and opening the door. "We need to talk." She said, with me getting in the car with her, where she locked the doors.
"What is it that you wanted to talk about?" I asked, starting the car and turning the heater up for us.
"Each other." She said, with me raising an eyebrow at that. I watched as she pulled out a notepad and opened it. "What are five words your friends might use to describe you?" She asked, with me leaning away from her as she asked that.
"What is that, some kind of dating question?" I asked, with her glaring at me. "Fine!" I said, holding my hands up in defeat. "Five words... Smart... strong, kind, mysterious and... serious?" I said, not sure how people see me.
"What would you like to do more of in life, but don't?" She continued, with me holding my hand up.
"No, you go next!" I said, with her looking at me with a raised eyebrow. "What are five words that your friends would use to describe you?" I asked, with her nodding her head.
"I know what you are asking, but I don't have friends, I have coworkers." She said, making me frown. "What would you like to do more of in life, but don't?" She asked again, making me sigh.
"I don't know... help people I guess!" I said, leaning back in my seat.
"Why don't you?" She asked, curious in my answer.
"If I reveal to the world who I am, then I feel that they would reject me for what I am and not accept who I am." I said, looking at her. "You?" I asked, with me leaning back into the seat.
"Peace." She said, looking at me. "I want to stop fighting, but its become second nature. I want peace so that I can stop." She said, with me feeling sorry for her. She had to grow up in war, living a hard life. Me? I grew up with a family and had an easy life. "Fill in the blanks: "I used to think "Blank", and now I think "Blank"." She asked, with me looking forward.
"I used to think that the world was simple, and now I think that its more confusing than anything." I said, with me seeing her looking forward.
"I used to think that I was alone, and now I think that there's more to us than meets the eyes." She said, and she was right, there was more to us than meets the eye. "What is one thing you've learned the hard way in life?" She asked, making me smile at that.
"Our family is full of bad luck." I said, shaking my head.
"That the world isn't what it seems." She said, crossing her arms. "What is something you'd like to change about yourself?" She asked, looking at me.
"Nothing, I wouldn't change anything. I said, with her nodding.
"I would change my past, stop the fighting." She said, flipping the page. "What is something you'd like to do, but are scared to try?" She asked, with me narrowing my eyes a bit at that.
"To go further with my feelings for Chloe." I said, rubbing my head as I said that.
"Ah, my brother had a crush on his roommate!" She said, with me looking at her.
"How do you know I'm staying with her?" I asked, with her smirking.
"I've been watching over you ever since we started having visions on our mother." She said, with me turning to face her. "Who do you think closed that wound?" She asked, placing a hand on where I was stabbed, with me grabbing her hand.
"That was you?" I asked, with her nodding.
"I wasn't going to let you die, not like that." She said, taking her hand back.
"I don't have a problem with you helping me, ok, we both know we heal faster than normal." I said, with her nodding.
"Yes, but sometimes, it the wound is too great, it can kill us." She said, opening the door and stepping out. She leaned down, looking in the car. "We're not immortal, remember that." She said, closing the door.
Stepping out myself, I looked at her, but she was already gone, but a bird flew by on the other side of the car, heading into the woods. Getting back in, I drove off, thinking on what she said.
Later, Chloe's place
"Kyle attacked Lana?" I asked, following Chloe into her room. "The old hermit rarely leaves his man cave, what reason would he have to attack her?" I asked, while Chloe plugged in her camera into her TV. We watched as Lala had fallen, and a few moments later, Kyle was there, soon after that, Clark came into view and Kyle ran.
"It doesn't show Kyle attacking Lana, he's checking on her, making sure she's ok." Chloe said, with me crossing my arms as she stood up, thinking.
"I don't think she was attacked." I said, with her looking at me. Taking the camera, I rewind it. We watched the same thing, but I stopped at the part where Lana had fell. "There, top right corner." I said, pointing at the wing.
"What, a bird?" She asked, with me shaking my head.
"I don't think its just any bird, Chloe." I said, looking at her. "I think that's my sister." I said, making her laugh.
"And how can you be sure that your sister has the power to shapeshift?" She asked, with me looking back at the TV.
"I remember a bird at my house the same day that I was stabbed." I said, pulling my shirt up and showing her my scar, shocking her. "Earlier, I was talking to my sister and she just appeared and vanished at the same time, followed by a bird flying away. Then there is a bird, some time during the Lana incident." I said, pointing at the TV.
"Lets back up, you were stabbed?" She asked, sounding shocked.
"It was before I was turned into kid, but that's not important right now, but what is important is that she's been watching me, she knew that I was staying with you!" I said, with her looking around the room.
"You don't think my rooms been bugged, do you?" She asked, with me shaking my head.
"I don't think so, but I will set up some cameras to watch me sleep for a while, just to see if she has any other tricks up her sleeve." I said, with me taking her camera. "Mind if I use this?" I asked, with her nodding.
"Go ahead, just make a copy of that and send it to me!" She said, with me nodding and walking out. "And tell me what you learn or if you ever talk to sister dearest again!" She called out as I walked out the door.
The next day, School
"Tipmen hasn't broken hermit status in years and suddenly he's Smallville's most wanted." Chloe said as we all sat in the Torch, with me watching myself from last night.
"Something must of made him snap?" Pete suggested, with me shrugging as I didn't care about it.
"I think its Bob Rickman." Clark said, with me knowing the man.
"From my own research, the two worked together years ago." I said, with them looking at me as I said that. "I didn't look into it that much." I said, going back to watching myself.
"Can you do some more digging?" Clark asked, with me looking at Chloe.
"I'll send you what I got and we can look it over later?" I asked, with Chloe nodding as she knew I was busy with trying to find out about my sister.
Hearing someone walk in, I looked up and saw Lana, with me knowing she wasn't happy. Pulling out some headphones, I placed them over my head and started listening with the volume all the way up. Watching the video, I watched as something appeared. It was thin, but noticeable. Seeing my sister step out of it, I watched as she put her sword away soon after. I was then shocked as she made her way over to my computer and plugged in a flash drive into it. After ten minutes, I watched as she walked over to the window and opened it, turned into a bird and flew off, leaving the window open.
I jumped up at what I saw, as I couldn't believe what I had just seen. Taking Chloe's camera, I unplugged it and stored it in the bag and started leaving, ignoring the confused expressions from Clark and Lana.
Later, Chloe's place
Running into my room, I moved the curtain to my window and saw that it was still open. Closing it, I made my way over to my computer and looked through it, with me seeing a file hidden within. Opening it, I saw that it was Bob Rickman talking to someone. I watched as he shook the mans hand, and had a green glow to it. I watched as the man moved over to the window as Bob left. He stood there for a good bit, then jumped through the window, shocking me.
'She has proof that he has powers.' I thought, leaning forward as I rewind the video and turned the volume up. I only got static, as the audio file was corrupted somehow. Standing up, I made my way over towards Chloe's room. Once there, I knocked on her door, with her opening it. "You need to see this!" I said, grabbing her hand and leading her into my room and over to my computer, where I played the video once more.
Once it was over, she turned to me. "How did you get this?" She questioned, with me opening my bag and holding her camera up.
"I watched my sister put it there, but that's not all, she can both teleport and turn into a bird!" I said, shocking her.
I plugged her camera in and played the video, with her blinking a few times. "I don't see why she didn't just teleport away, why leave through the window?" She asked, with me thinking about it.
"Maybe her teleportation is limited? Maybe she can only teleport to someone she cares about. She did say that she didn't have friends, she's done nothing but fought her entire life." I said, with her nodding.
"Or, she can only do it a certain amount of times a day?" She asked, with me shaking my head.
"That can't be it, why waist an ability like that for a video like this?" I asked, with her nodding her head.
"I don't know, but we cant really do anything without the audio." She said, making me sigh as she was right.
The next day, beanery
"So, we did some digging-"
"I did the digging, just passed you the work." I said, with Chloe looking at me for a second. "Its true." I said, drinking my coffee.
"Anyways, Kyle and Rickman were partners in the eighties." Chloe said, looking at Lex as he was sitting in front of us with Clark sitting next to him.
"What did they do?" He questioned, with Chloe smiling.
"Sold farmer equipment, they were salesman of the year three years running." I said, gaining Lex's attention.
"89, 90, 91." Chloe said, telling him what year they were salesman of the year. "A year after that, Rickman started his own company and Kyle went Wildman." She said, looking over at Clark.
"Wonder what happened?" Clark said, not understanding.
"I don't know, but we found this story in the Smallville ledger." Chloe said, passing him the paper.
"Salesman trapped in car after meteor shower." Clark read, with us knowing that was bad news.
"I'm guessing whatever is going on, started that sunny day twelve years ago." Chloe said, with me nodding as Clark passed the paper over to Lex, who looked it over.
"Lets go ask him." Lex said, confusing us as we knew that Kyle was arrested yesterday and broke out the same night.
"You know where he is." I said, a bit shocked at that. Seeing him smirk, we packed out things and got ready to leave.
Later, Lex mansion
As we walked down the hall, we stopped as a bird flew past us, with me watching it while the others ducked as they didn't expect it. "How did a bird get in?" Lex questioned, with me walking past them.
"I'll try to get it out, you three go find Kyle!" I said, giving chase. Following after the bird, I saw it enter a closet, with me running over to it.
Once I reached it, I was grabbed and pulled inside, with my sister pinning me against the wall. "Why didn't you turn in that video?" She questioned with a whisper, narrowing her eyes at me.
"Why did you give it to me in the first place!" I shot back, grabbing her arms and pushing her back a bit. "I would of never found that video if I didn't record myself that night!" I whispered back, with her eyes widening.
"You watched it without the timer going off?" She questioned, with me nodding. "You corrupted it, you weren't meant to find it, it was meant to play once you got back later that day!" She said, with me raising an eyebrow at that. "This complicates things!" She said, rubbing her chin. "Kyle is on his way back to his place, get proof from him and then you can put Rickman in jail!" She said, where she turned me around.
Hearing something behind me, I turned around and grabbed the bird, with the door opening and getting a gun aimed at me. "I ah... was after the bird!" I said, showing it to the man, smiling at him.
Seeing Lex walk by, he looked at me. "Its ok, he's with me!" He said, with the man putting his gun away. "Better hurry up and catch up with Clark and Chloe, they are leaving to catch up with Kyle!" He said, with me nodding and running out with the bird.
Later, Kyle's place
Coming to a stop, I jumped out of the back and stood by, with Chloe and Clark walking over to Kyle as he walked out of his trailer with some bags. Leaning against the bed of the truck, I watched as they talked, with me thinking on how to get Kyle to reveal the truth. Seeing him take Chloe's hand, I raised an eyebrow as there was a similar green glow with their hands. Seeing Chloe storm over to me, I got off the bed of the truck. "Everything ok?" I asked, with her reaching behind me and pulling me closer, kissing me on the lips.
Freaking out, I started flapping my arms as I didn't know what was going on or what was happening. As she broke the kiss, she grabbed me between the legs and squeezed, making my eyes widen. "This is mine." She said, before backing up. "How did I get over here?" She asked, looking around then over at Clark and Kyle. She then looked at me, with wide eyes. "Oh, we-"
"Ya!" I said, wide eyes as well.
"That would explain the taste of caramel." She said, placing her hand on her lips. "Did I do anything else?" She asked, with me looking away from her. "Oh god, what did I do?" She asked, placing her hands on her head.
"Well, now that the party tricks are over, I got to hit the road." Kyle said as he walked up to us.
"You have these gifts, but you hid in the woods, why?" Clark asked, making Kyle sigh and turn to him.
"Because I was scared, that I wouldn't be able to control it, that I would wind up like Bob!" Kyle said, with me looking back at Chloe, seeing that she was having an identity crisis of sorts, trying to figure out what she did.
"What happened between you and Rickman, why does he want to kill you?" Clark asked, with me wrapping an arm around Chloe and walking away from the truck.
"Don't put too much thought into it, just know, that the kiss wasn't bad." I said, blushing as I said that.
"Not the best thing to say!" She said, with me nodding. "This is weird, he made it weird!" She said, with me taking her hands in mine.
"Hey, its only weird if you make it weird!" I said, with her looking at me like I was crazy. Looking behind her, I then looked back at her. "I like you." I said, with me smiling with a raised eyebrow. "Like... like, like you." I said, with her eyes widening. "I don't want an answer, but its been there for some time, and I wont push you into it, just... think on it." I said, with Clark walking over to us.
"I'll drop you off at your car, and I'll take Kyle out of town, that way you two can go home while we get in touch with Lex and reveal what Rickman really is!" Clark said, with me looking at Chloe, who nodded her head.
"Right, good plan." I said, letting her hands go. "Kyle, you're in the back with me!" I said, jumping in and catching his bag, where I placed it down and sat against the back with the others getting in as well.
Later that night
Sitting on my bed, I watched as a black and purple portal opened up, with my sister walking through and putting her word away. "How do you do that?" I asked, with her smirking.
"I met this sage on my travels, and he unlocked something within me." She said, pulling up the chair from my desk and taking a seat. "He called it a "life energy that flows through your body". Everyone has their own, and once awakened, you unlock a power unique to yourself." She said, with me nodding as she held her hand up. "Want me to unlock yours?" She asked, with me shaking my head at her.
"No, I'm good." I said, with her nodding. "I told Chloe." I said, with her nodding.
"I heard, I was there." She said, making me groan. "A step forward, but whatever." She said, shrugging her shoulders. "We stopped Rickman today." She said, shocking me as she said "We" and not "I". "I have to say, Clark took me by surprise when he survived the bullets Lex shot at him." She said, shocking me again. "And while he was taking care of Lex, I got Kyle out of there, and Kyle made Rickman kill himself." She said, with me nodding.
"I guess that's the justice of this world." I said, with her shaking her head.
"Its the way of the world, justice has nothing to do with it." She said, a frown on her face. "Years from now, I will require your help." She said, confusing me. "This cannot involve your friends, only us." She said, with me nodding. "There is this secret island, I will show it to you one day, and when I do, you have to help me save it." She said, confusing me.
"Ok, when this Island makes an appearance, I will join you?" I asked, making her smile.
"Good, and I have to go." She said, standing up and walked over to the window, where she jumped out as she opened it. Walking over to it, I looked out and saw her flying away, with me closing it for the night.