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Between a Clark and a Hard Place
Clark ran at top speed until he was outside of a small jewelry store. He could see that, through the walls, a young worker was being held at blank point. The gun pressed against the worker's head was held by a man in a ski mask. Clark couldn't help but feel amused by the stereotypical robber at the moment.
He sped into the building, toppling the robber down. His bag of jewelry flew to the ground and spilled in different directions. Normally, Clark would've already been out of the building if not for one small problem. A necklace fell to the ground. As it fell, coming closer to Clark, he noticed that the necklace had a large green stone. It was glowing!! Clark stopped and tried to back away from the necklace.
It felt as if his blood was on fire. He crashed onto the ground. It was unfortunate that the robber happened to get up at this time. The robber climbed to his feet and tried to grab his gun.
"What the…" he said as he spotted Clark.
It was then that he noticed the worker as she was crawling away under the counter.
"Stop…right…there," he growled pointing the gun at her. The poor woman could only faint in response.
Clark struggled to get away from the glowing necklace as the robber notched his gun towards him. Before he could pull the trigger, though, something crashed through the store window. Clark looked over to see that it was a……lamppost? Sure enough, the lamppost was lodged into one of the store's walls.
Before Clark could think, the alarm rang. Two figures ran into the building with super speed. One of the figures, a girl, knocked the robber down at top speed. The second started to pull Clark away from the kryptonite. As he dragged Clark away, Clark could see sweat forming on the figure's face. It was a familiar face, Clark realized. It was Johnny! And Cate had been the one to knock down the robber.
"Uh…sis," Johnny said, "A little help, please. The kryptonite is hurting!"
"I know," she answered, "I can feel it from over here."
Cate took a nearby watch and threw it at the necklace, knocking it out of harms way. Johnny picked up Clark, with remarkable strength, and they sped out of the store.
When they got far enough away, Johnny put Clark down.
"Can you stand?" he asked.
"Yes," Clark said, "But perhaps you'd better explain."
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Clark dragged the two teens back into Jimmy and Chloe's apartment. The two were set down harshly on the ground.
"Okay," Clark said staring hard at them, "How could you to do that? Those were Kryptonian powers!"
"What are you talking about?" Chloe asked.
"These two rushed into the store with super speed and somehow threw a lamppost!"
"What!" both Chloe and Jimmy exclaimed.
"W-we can explain!" Cate stammered.
"Okay, I'm waiting," Clark said.
"Well, it's kind of hard to say,"
"Really?" Clark said disbelieving.
"Let me handle this," Johnny said, "You just have to say it and get it over with."
Johnny stared seriously at Clark.
"We're your kids."
Johnny turned back to Cate. "See it's not that hard."
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Clark didn't move. After a few seconds, Jimmy waved his hand in front of Clark's face.
"This is the reaction that I've been waiting for!" Johnny said with a huge smile.
"I think he's in shock," Jimmy said.
Clark twisted his head in Jimmy's direction.
"…or not"
"They said that they we're going to follow you," Chloe explained, "They thought that they could help, but I didn't expect something like a lamppost though a window."
"Don't worry about it," Clark said, "I'm more interested in the 'We're your kids' part of the explanation."
Cate sighed. "Listen, if you don't believe us, it's fine. We know that it's tough to take in."
"We have proof, though." Johnny said.
Everyone, including Cate, turned their heads towards Johnny.
"What? Do you have a picture of the three of us in your wallet?" Cate asked.
"Not exactly."
Johnny lifted up his T-shirt revealing a large Kryptonian scar. Clark peered at it. It was an exact replica of the one that Jor-El had given him years ago.
"What is that, C.K.?" Jimmy asked.
"It's the Kryptonian symbol for my family. It's our crest, I suppose you could say," Clark answered.
"You never told me about this," Caitlyn said with a disappointed look on her face.
"Dad didn't want you or Mom to worry," Johnny explained.
"I'll believe you…for now," Clark said, "But this complicates things."
"Um…it's going to get even more complicated," Chloe said, "I think I found Dr. Baxter."
Chloe was sitting in front of her computer. She had somehow been to connect her mainframe with the one inside of the Isis Foundation. In other words, Watchtower was online. Nobody could hide from her now.
"Don't leave us is suspense, Beautiful," Jimmy said, "Where is he?"
"I was able to track shipping of Uranium in all surrounding areas of Smallville," Chloe said, "There was one dealership where my satellites picked up the image of Dr. Baxter."
The group looked at Chloe's computer to see the same man that had sent them to the past in a shipping area for cargo.
"Now for the bad news," Chloe said, "I was able to bring a close-up image on the trucks that were packing up the Uranium."
Chloe clicked on the image of the trucks some more until the group was looking at the familiar image of a company's symbol.
"Oh great," Clark sighed, "He's in with Luthor Corp."
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Everyone continued to look at Chloe's screen before Johnny spoke up.
"We're going to need help," he said.
"Of course we are," Caitlyn added, "It's not easy to break into a billion dollar company. Even for us."
"Yeah, well it's going to be even harder," Chloe said, "I've read a new article recently about how Tess Mercer reinstated a whole new security program."
Clark sighed. "Great! She already has a hunch about my powers. It would be just great if she got them on film!"
"Uh…Clark," Jimmy said, "I may not be a genius, but I think that this may be one of those times to call in a favor from your super powered friends."
"The League?" Clark asked, "I don't know…"
"I agree with Jimmy, Clark," Chloe said, "I think Oliver will be interested in the fact that Luthor Corp. is shipping boxes of Uranium to one of their labs."
Caitlyn sighed. "This is defiantly going to mess up the time stream."
"Chillax sis," Johnny said leaning back on the couch, "It'll be fun to see the League in its younger days."
As Clark, the twins, Jimmy, and Chloe made their way to Oliver's, Jimmy chose this time to ask some questions to the kids from the future.
"So, you guys know the League in the future?" he asked.
Johnny smiled. "Know them? We hang out with their kids all of the time!"
"Johnny, don't give away too much future information," Cate warned.
"So, the League members have kids in the future?" Jimmy asked Johnny.
"Yep," he answered, "Did you think that our dad was the only superhero to settle down?"
Cate crossed her arms. "Sure, just keep on ignoring me."
Johnny flashed a smile. "I always do, sis."
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Oliver Queen paced back in forth with his phone in hand.
"Victor, I don't care if your car is in the shop. Take the bus to Metropolis."
"Hard ass," the voice on the other end mumbled.
"Just be here on time," Oliver ordered as he hung up.
Before he could blink, Bart Allen zoomed into the room with a yellow file in hand.
"Hola, Amigo!" Bart said cheerfully, "All is well in the south!"
"The first one here, as usual," Oliver said taking the folder from Bart's hand.
Oliver's desk phone started to ring. He picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Queen, this is Jones with security," the man on the other line said, "Mr. Kent and some friends have arrived. They're on their way up in the elevator."
"Thanks, Jones," Oliver said hanging up.
He turned on the security camera for the elevator. Sure enough, inside was Clark, Chloe, Jimmy, and two teenagers that Oliver had never seen before.
"Strange," he said.
"What is?" Bart asked running over to his side.
"I haven't even called Clark about the meeting," Oliver explained, "and, yet he's here."
The elevator door opened, and the group climbed out.
"Bart?" Clark called, "What are you doing here?"
"Green Bean called me over," Bart explained, "We should bail, though, and go for some burritos!"
"No thanks."
"I could go for some burritos," Johnny said.
"What's going on, Oliver?" Clark asked.
"Just a regular meeting," he answered, "I was about to call you."
Clark relaxed. Oliver had been calling together monthly meetings to review the progress of the League.
"Now," Oliver said, "Why are you here?"
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