Disclaimer: These things are redundant. If you read the first chapter it is totally obvious that the authors are just siphoning off the show and adding our own ideas and perspectives. But do I really need to put here that I own nothing and no one but my characters and ideas? Come on you people are smart enough to figure that out.

2 Big Brothers? Smallville, KS

Clark slowed to a stop and turned face the 30 foot wide ravine he had just crossed. He stood there catching his breath, wondering if he could do it again. He sped toward the ravine; at the edge he closed his eyes and leapt. He sailed toward the full moon. And when he opened his eyes he was about mile in the air staring down at the ravine.

The sight made him gasp. "Whoa," he said. He popped his fist in the air and took off yelling, "Yes! Whaaaaaahoooooooo!" His laughter rang out as he toured his sleepy hometown and headed back toward the farm, chasing farm animals along the way. As he got closer, Clark looked down. His folks were standing in the yard. "Ma. Pa." They both looked up and gasped as Clark landed in front of them.

Martha ran to hug him. "Oh Clark."

Jonathan laughed and hugged them both.

"It's okay," he told them.

"Clark can fly." All three turned to look at Carin who was standing in the middle of the yard in her pjs. Martha and Jonathan looked at each other, wondering how they were going to explain this to a three year old. Clark beat them to it.

"I can fly," he said walking over and picking her up. "But we need to keep that between us, ok? It's our secret."

Carin's eyes lit up. "Secret? I can keep secrets."

Clark laughed. "Come on, Jinx. I'll fly you back to bed." He rose about three feet off the ground and landed on the porch. Carin was thrilled. Clark took her upstairs and put her to bed.

Martha and Jonathan followed them in and waited in the living room so they could ask Clark questions about the box. When half an hour went by and Clark had still not come downstairs they went looking and found him still in Carin's room.

"It could have been her in that camper today. I can see that terrified little girl and can so easily see Carin instead," Clark said as they entered the room.

Martha put her hands on her son's shoulders. "Clark, you got there in time. She didn't die, in fact she doesn't even have a bruise on her. You did the right thing today and we are very proud."

"I saw my parents. I mean my real parents. No I take that back. You are my real parents. My biological parents. The box was a recording device of some sort. Their names were Lara and Jor-El. The planet I came from was called Krypton and it was destroyed a long time ago. According to them, I was the only survivor."

Martha exchanged glances with her husband. 'How do we deal with this?' she silently asked him.

He shrugged as if to say, 'Let him talk it out.' Martha nodded.

Clark shook his head as if to clear it. "I've made a decision. I want to use my powers to help people and make this world a better place for other kids like her."

"That's an admiral goal, Clark. Any ideas as how to pull it off?" Jonathan asked.

"I don't think so, Pa. Not yet, but I am going to look in to it."

Clark thought long and hard about finding something to do with his life that he could still use his powers and have a life. He even told Devlin about his new abilities and they both racked their brain for ideas. But their break came in the first few weeks of Clark's senior year. He had room for an easy A course and his counselor advised him to take the newspaper class. One day he accidentally over heard some of the jocks talking about steroid use. When he reported it the editor of the paper, his story got first page priority. Clark found that he was good at investigating and liked it.

When he got accepted to Kansas State's journalism program, Clark knew that he had found something that would allow him to have a life and do something good with the powers his biological parents chose to gift him with. Devlin had been accepted to Yale's School of Business. They were able to keep in touch more now that they didn't have to worry about Clark's parents looking over his shoulder… not that they did, but just in case. If they were friends before they were brothers now. Carin/Khyrran was their link and they used it to the best of their advantage. Before they knew it their sophomore year had come to a close. And they would both get their wish to meet again in person.

Clark looked up from packing as the phone rang. Most of the campus had left for the summer, so he was left alone in his room and on his floor. He sighed as the noisy instrument kept ringing. "Hello."

"Clark, its Devlin. When do you get out of class for the summer?"

"I'm packing now," Clark answered with the phone between his ear and shoulder. "Why?"

"I'm coming for her. There has been no reasoning from the Over…from the people above me. She has to come home," Devlin said, obviously upset. "They want to deliberately put her life in danger and I can't get a damn explanation out of ANY of them."
"Devlin, they may have their reasons. But I will be getting home tonight. When will you be in Smallville?"

"Tomorrow at the absolute latest."

"Ok. Just remember that if things get too hairy up there she can always come back here."

"I know man, I know. Listen I got to go. My folks are here. See you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow," Clark echoed. "Bye." They each hung up their respected phones wondering how tomorrow was going to play itself out.

Clark was sitting on the porch steps the next morning, drinking a cup of coffee. Carin was sitting next to him drinking a cup of milk. She had hardly let him out of her sight since he had come home last night. It was almost as if she knew something was up.

"Carin, what do you think is going to happen today?"

"We are going fishing at the creek. You promised, 'member?"

"Yeah, Jinx I do. But I don't think that is going to happen today," Clark said.

"But you promised," she pouted.

Clark set down the cup coffee, picked his little sister up, and put her in his lap. "You know, I didn't want a little sister, but I wouldn't trade you for the world. I love you, Carin."

"I love you, Clark. Is something bad going to happen today?" she asked.

"Of course not," Martha answered from the doorway. Jonathan was standing behind his wife, his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't be so sure Ma," Clark said as a black car pulled up in front of the house.

A young man, with dark brown hair got out of the driver's side. And much to the Kents' surprise, Mike got out of the passenger side. They exchanged looks as the pair approached the family. Clark stood and met them at the end of the stairs.

"Devlin, it's been a long time." Clark reached out and shook the young man's hand. "Welcome again to Smallville."

"Thanks. I forgot how nice this place is, not that I saw much of it last time." He allowed himself to look at the little girl in Clark's arms. "And you must be Carin."

She nodded and looked him right in the eyes.

Martha and Jonathan came out to greet Mike and be introduced to this young man. "That's odd she is usually shy around people she doesn't know," Jonathan commented.

"She definitely got the red hair… poor kid. I know a few people that will be happy about that," he said grinning.

"There has yet to be a host to the Guardian of Mann'ahoia that hasn't had red hair," Mike chimed in. He turned to Martha and Jonathan. "This is Devlin Sheridan. He is Carin's big brother."

"No…," the whispered plea came from Martha's mouth before she could stop it.

"Martha, Jonathan, believe me, I would rather leave her here for a few more years but I am being asked at this point to bring her home. If we do it this way, she gets a nice transition period. If it happens the other way… well, let's just say it will be bad for everyone," Devlin tried to explain.

"Where were you six years ago when she was left on our doorstep?" Martha accused Devlin, angrily.

"Martha, I… maybe this would be easier to do inside where you can sit down," Devlin suggested. Jonathan quickly agreed and escorted his wife into the house.

"How did you get here so fast?" Clark asked as they entered the house.

"I flew out last night and since Mike is a mutual friend I asked him to come along."
"What do you mean Mike is a mutual friend?" Jonathan asked, overhearing the boys' conversation. They all had a seat in the living room, Khyrran still in Clark's care.

Devlin looked at Mike. He nodded and took out a small pendant that was shaped like a bird's wing out of his pants pocket. He slipped the necklace on and closed his eyes. Mike inhaled a deep breath and when he let it out he was a completely different person. This bald headed man was wearing a yellow tunic that reached the floor and was embroidered along the scoop neck as were the cuffs of the sleeves. He straitened his tunic and looked at Martha and Jonathan

"The man you know as Mike Hartley died in a car accident while in college. It was not his time to go and in exchange for letting him come back, he agreed to be a host for one of the Overseers. I was the one chosen to bond with Mike. Most of the time he runs around just like he had never died. But when I have need of his services in social work, I am allowed to control his body for 24 hours only. When you needed help adopting Clark, I was the one who did that. My… gifts, allow me to alter things that otherwise would cause suspicion.""Wait," Martha interrupted. "Who are the Overseers and why wasn't it Mike's 'time'? And who are you?
"Maybe you should start from the beginning, Elvind," Devlin said laughing.

"I would watch my attitude, youngster. Anthanasuis is mad enough at you as it is. You don't want to spend eternity guarding the gates to Hell," Elvind said with twinkle in his sapphire eyes.

"And put Hades out of a job? What would we do with him?"

"Anyway, our tale begins thousands of years ago. Eight thousand to be exact. The inhabitants of this time period included fairies, leprechauns, phoenixes, humans and Azorians. The Azorians were a spin off race of humans who had a few mutated genes and were able to create magic. The two races co-ruled the planet and intermarried at will.

This attitude changed when an Azorian prince, Cyrano, fell in love with a human princess, Edaena. She had refused all of Cyrano's advances and tokens of love. She had fallen for a knight of her father's kingdom, Nordin. When the news of their impending wedding reached Cyrano's ears, he was consumed by a terrible rage. He knew that if he could get her away from Nordin, she would fall in love with him. That night he snuck into the castle, using magic as not to be seen. Cyrano took her from her sleeping bed without a struggle. When she awoke, Cyrano had a holy man wed them.

King Garron, furious over his daughter's kidnapping, gathered an army and stormed Cyrano's castle, Nordin by his side. Cyrano left his wedding bed to defend his keep. Edaena, left unattended, went to the balcony and watched the battle unfold before her. She watched as her love and her husband fought, each trying to kill the other. It was a nasty battle and in the end Cyrano drove the invaders out of his home, taking the lives of Nordin and Garron in the process. Seeing the bodies of the two men she loved most in the world lying in the blood soaked courtyard, Edaena did the only thing she could to escape. She raced out of the room and down to the kitchens. There she found a poisonous plant called hallinausious. She took enough of it that the effects could not be stopped or reversed, even by magic.

Thus the war between the kingdoms of Garron and Cyrano began. Slowly they began forming alliances with the other kingdoms of the planet, turning it into a world war. Seven of the kingdoms refused to fight. Each one sent the smartest, most cunning citizen to a secret peace conference. It turned out all were either full- or half-blooded Azorian. They combined forces and created a twin planet of Earth, named Mann'ahoia meaning to cast out. No other method had made a dent in stopping the war, so the seven of them had decided to just separate the two sides. The two opposing sides had managed to align themselves mostly with kingdoms of their race and since Cyrano started the whole thing his side was chosen to be sent into exile. Fearing that the Garron kingdom would begin discriminating against the other races and creatures, the seven sent them to the other planet as well. Both planets protested the breech of justice. The seven, now calling themselves the Overseers, declared that neither planet was capable of making rash decisions and would be put in the care of one of the Overseers until they could stop feuding.

The decree didn't sit well with either planet. The people of Earth tried using a type of forbidden magic known as 'Destruction Magic' on the people of Mann'ahoia. Their efforts released an ancient group of mystical, evil creatures known as the Infuryites. They had been imprisoned by the people of Earth a millennia before for the slaughter of thousands of innocent children.

The Overseers now had two major problems to tackle: protecting the people of both planets from the Infuryites and capturing them. To give themselves and edge, the Overseers created an elite group of fighters, known as the Guardians. They chose the best of each planet and gave them abilities with which to fight. A human prince, received the gift of Earth, a human knight, accepted the power of Fire, a half-human-half-Azorian wizard from Earth obtained the gift of Air, a half-human-half-Azorian wizard from Mann'ahoia was given the power over Water, and a sorceress from the Azorian ruling family was given the gift of Mann'ahoia. They were sent to capture the Infuryites so the Overseers could send them back to prison.

The Guardians went into battle and managed to capture eight of them, but the ninth, the leader, was a little harder to catch. All of the Infuryites had to be captured and sent back at the same time. One by one the leader, Diot picked off the Guardians until only the Guardian of Mann'ahoia was left. She went to the Overseers seeking help. They gave her the powers of time travel, life and death to aid her. She immediately brought the others back from the dead. As a team they tracked and captured Diot. The Overseers sent the Infuryites back to their new and improved prison.

With that threat out of the way, the Overseers discovered they couldn't combine the two planets so used the Guardians as examples of cooperation between the two races.. The Guardian of Water married a princess from the island of Atlantis on Earth. The Guardian of Fire married a merchant's daughter from Crete. The Guardian of Air married a powerful witch from Tpyge, a small kingdom on Mann'ahoia. The Guardians of Earth and Mann'ahoia married and had children, the oldest male would guard Earth and the oldest female would guard Mann'ahoia.

The Guardians of Earth and Mann'ahoia had three sons. There was no guardian for Mann'ahoia. The youngest son tried to claim the throne, but the elders had decreed only a female would rule. This sparked a debate that turned to war. Wanting to prevent a repeat of history, the Overseers moved Mann'ahoia to a different plane of existence and erased all Earth's memory of the planet, its creation and its people. They gave each kingdom a creation myth/story and left the civilizations to build off of that. The occupants of Mann'ahoia were forbidden to have contact with Earth, but they continued to visit and legends of their power spread over the planet. The Guardians were stripped of their power and sent to live on Earth, with the exception of the Guardian of Mann'ahoia. She was sent back to rule her planet until the day when the Guardians of Earth and Mann'ahoia are reunited again."

"If the Overseers erased all knowledge of Mann'ahoia from Earth, how do we know about Leprechauns, fairies and the others?" Martha asked.

"There are two gates between our worlds. One of them is located in Stonehenge. The other is located in Machu Picchu the ancient Inca holding. These gates can be accessed by both worlds if one knows where to look. But some of the mystical creatures came here to make mischief and hence this world had myths of them," Elvind said with a sigh.

"That is an interesting story, but what does this have to do with our daughter?" Jonathan asked.

"Khyrran is the host to the Guardians of Mann'ahoia, Time, Life and Death. Her return has been heralded throughout the planet. No thanks to somebody's big mouth," Devlin said obviously disgusted.

"Etrigan made a mistake and Anthanasuis will take care of him."

"Khyrran's name sounds a lot like mine," Carin chimed in, not wanting to be left out.

Devlin smiled and went to kneel before Clark. He pulled a small orange globe from his pocket. Carin's attention was instantly captured.

"Is that the same one as last time?" Clark asked.

"One and the same. Carin I want you to put both of your hands on this globe ok?"

"Why?" she asked still transfixed.

"Geesh, she hasn't changed in six years. Because, you are my little sister and it's time you had your power back," Devlin said in exasperation. She looked him right in the face; he held her gaze. She turned and looked at Clark who nodded.

"It's true. He is your brother too," Clark said.

"You can't possibly know that for a fact, Clark," Martha said.

"Ma when you and Pa were in here signing the adoption papers, Devlin and his Guardian," he stopped and looked at Devlin for confirmation. Devlin nodded. "Devlin and his Guardian, Alistair came and Carin… Khyrran… this one dove straight for him. She knew who he was."

"Ok. If Clark says it's true…," the little girl said. She sucked in a deep breath and put her hands on the globe.

"Repeat after me: Guardians of old, come forth. Your master commands thee."

"Guardians of old, come forth. Your master commands thee." The entire room flashed with a bright white light followed by black, purple and orange.

"That should do it," Devlin proclaimed.

A/N: Well, how about that; two chapters in one day. Am I good or what? R&R people! Promise more explination in the next chapter!