"What? How is that even possible? Are you sure?" Ollie cried.
Chloe moved back slightly at his outburst. "What's going on?"
"Are you sure, Bart?" Ollie ignored the woman, his eyes were glued to the boy.
"I wouldn't tell you it was me, unless I was positive." Bart replied, feeling anger course through him.
"That's impossible!" Ollie shouted.
"I know it is." Bart whispered. "It was an older version of me. I don't understand either."
Chloe started to understand and her eyes grew wide. "It's you? You're the person who kidnapped Clark?"
"Ok let's get this straight it's not me, it's an older version of me." Bart said.
Somewhere far away Clark was staring at his captor. "No. I can't- Just NO!" He yelled, so many questions floated around in his brain.
"Clark, please."
"You are not Bart! I know he grows up quickly but come on!"
"How else would I know your one weakness, Boy Scout?" Clark backed away slightly. The man in front of Clark had kidnapped the superhero while holding a piece of kryptonite, he had whispered an apology before Clark had passed out.
"You could have talked to many different super villains. They've used it enough times."
"How would they know your alias?" The older Bart asked kindly. When he had entered the cave, that eventually would be Bart's secret lair, Bart had left Clark without any bindings. He knew Clark well enough that if he told him the truth Clark wouldn't run. Bart had taken the kryptonite far away from his old friend so that he wouldn't be in any more pain.
Clark lent against the wall. "There is no such thing as time travel."
Bart grinned, "You have no idea."
"So what do you want with me?" Clark couldn't say Bart's name, this wasn't the Bart he knew and loved.
Bart looked hurt by Clark's question. "Nothing. I'm trying to save you."
"From what? Who?" Clark asked and Bart looked away from him.
"It's a long story. You have to understand it wasn't my fault." Clarks face contorted with worry.
The TV turned on in the main room, "There has been a break in…"
"What on earth? Since when has the TV done that?"
"Shh." Ollie told Bart, missing where the location of the house was.
"Witnesses say two elderly people were taken out of the house, by force, and a man who moved at an incredible rate destroyed the house."
"Oh my god." Bart stared wide eyed at the TV as the news station showed two elderly people, holding each other. "Those are my grandparents."
"It was like a tornado…" A large woman started talking to the reporter.
"Are you sure?"
"Like I'm going to forget what my grandparents look like. I have to go and see them."
"NO!" Ollie yelled as Bart ran out of the tower. "Shit." He phoned Bart's mobile and luckily the boy picked up. "Impulse, this villain seems to be targeting you, so come back here before your killed. Your grandparents will be fine."
He could hear Bart slowing down then speed up again, "Your right, I'll be there in a flash."
Ollie was shocked by Bart's acceptance, but wouldn't question it for now. When Bart appeared he had a video in his hand. "This should tell us all we need to know."
"Where did you-"
"It's best if you don't ask questions, Chloe. You won't want to know the answer." Chloe was taken aback by the way Bart had brushed her aside, he usually would have tried to impress her.
He played the tape and all three of them could see a blonde man wearing glass armour walk into the house. The next thing Ollie and Chloe saw was the two elderly people sat on the sidewalk and the house being destroyed by an invisible force. Bart saw the man bring out his grandparents and sit them on the sidewalk and destroy the house, he seemed to be looking for something. The man looked very familiar for some reason.
Bart didn't realise his friends were staring at him until he turned and saw them. "Oh." He explained what he had seen and watched the tape again. His granddad seemed to be saying something. "Please Malcolm?" Bart questioned. "Wait a second. Ollie? Can you take pictures of my granddad and the guy whose destroying the house? You know freeze frame, whatever."
"Um yeah." Ollie connected the video player to the computer. He freeze framed a picture of Barry Allen's face and the face of the intruder.
"Put them side by side." Bart demanded, "And could you make it better quality?" Ollie did as the boy asked and Bart groaned. "You have got to be fucking kidding me!"
Ollie raised his eyebrows. Chloe just stared at the boy. Bart sighed, "That is Malcolm Thawne. My grandfathers twin brother." Ollie stared at the pair, now he knew, he could see how similar the brothers were.
"And the plot thickens… around Bart. Shocker." Chloe muttered.
"But granddad looks so much older than him, how is that possible? And why didn't granddad defend himself and grandma?" Bart asked himself, ignoring Chloe.
"Well, maybe he came back with the older version of you." Ollie offered. Bart nodded still a little bemused.
"Aren't you forgetting someone? We've got to find Clark, for all we know he could be dead right now!" Chloe yelled. Bart raised one eyebrow at her.
"Calm down, Chloe. Look." Ollie pulled up a map on the computer, he was slightly more sympathetic towards her than Bart was being. There was a flashing dot near the Himalayas. "That's Clark, there."
Chloe whacked him around the head. "Why didn't we go in the first place?"
"That dot only tells us whereabouts Clark is," Ollie replied rubbing the spot where Chloe had hit him, "this guy has gone into an unknown area, so we can't find them easily. We need Bart so he can dip in and out of the caves quickly, so we can find Clark, and we needed Bart to tell us how dangerous the kidnapper was and what possible motive he might have. It just so happens that just after Clark's been kidnapped, by an older version of Bart, so it seems, a super villain appears, who is related to Bart, and destroys Bart's grandparents house, who I assume are also superheroes?" He took a deep breath, "Something is wrong, really wrong and for some reason, you," Ollie turned to Bart, "are the centre of it all."
"What are we waiting for?" Bart stood up and grinned crookedly, "Lets go save Clark!" Ollie smiled and went to grab his green arrow uniform.
Ok well as you can probably guess I'm taking a lot of characters from the comics so if there are any gaps between Smallville and this chapter please don't get too annoyed. I hope your enjoying it! Let me know what you think. :D