Smallville: Assassin II
(This story is rated M for Mature. Smallville is copyrighted 2001-2007 The CW Network. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are copyrighted above. Any and all Knight Rider references are copyrighted 1982-1986 NBC/Universal Studios. Hannah Melvin is used by permission. All other characters are mine)
Chapter 4: Power
Clark stared at the grave that bore the Kryptonian hieroglyphics that bore the name of his biological father Jor-El. He was trapped in a sinister mirror Universe where history was different than in his own. Here, Jor-El had been killed, while in his own universe, the man lived bearing a cloned body of Lionel Luthor, the CEO and Chairman of LuthorCorp. He had been encouraged to come here by this universe's version of Garth Knight and Hannah Melvin. He had first gone to the caves and discovered the cave painting that was meant for him. A cave painting that showed an image of him wearing some type of costume with a stylized S on it. Him with all of his powers available to him. He began using his X-ray vision to scan beneath the dirt to look for this alleged Kryptonite crystal that would enable all of his powers. He saw it. In the burial casket that was of Kryptonian design.
"Somehow I knew I'd find you here," Spoke a voice that he recognized. He spoke her name for he knew it so intimately.
"Lana," he said as he turned around to see a woman carrying a gun in her hand.
"Hello Kal-El or are you the one called Clark Kent?" She asked cocking the trigger back on the gun.
"I am Clark Kent. I was sent here by Hannah Melvin to discover a crystal." He said holding up his hands. He knew things were different here. He wasn't sure if his invulnerability was intact as it was in his own universe. She then grabbed him and kissed him hard and passionately. He had never known such passion from his own Lana.
"The Emissary sent you here. Good. Did you find what she sent you here for?" Lana said. Clark nodded.
"It's buried with my father's grave here. Help me dig it out." He said. She shook her head.
"You can use your telekinetic ability to raise it instead of us digging it up. 'You' have that ability here. If Kal-El has that ability here, so should you, Clark" she said as they stared at the grave.
"How did my father die?" He asked. Lana stared at him.
"Get the crystal and it would be revealed. You must stop Kal-El and the only way to do that is to unlock all of your powers. Do it. Focus on the casket and think about it rising out of the ground." Lana said. He nodded and closed his eyes and focused on the casket he had just viewed using his x-ray vision. He envisioned it rising from the dirt. The ground started shaking and a few minutes later; Clark stared at the casket of Kryptonian design, which bore the symbol of his family. A hexagonal shape with a stylized S in the center of it.
"Father I never got a chance to tell you I love you, despite the fact that you made my life a living hell," Clark said as he opened it and saw the body of his father in traditional Kryptonian burial clothes, a one-piece robe which again bore his family symbol. In his hands was a purple colored crystal. He removed it from the dead man's hands; it began to glow in his hands a purple color.
"My Son it is time," Spoke the voice around them. Clark began to feel a new energy fill him.
"Your powers have been fully released. Now there is no more division within you. There is no Kal-El or Clark Kent. Now there is only Kal-El. All of your powers and memories of Krypton are released. You are a child truly of Krypton and Earth. You have the gift of flight and being able to blow things with your breath that when combined with your other gifts will truly make you a superhuman being among mortals. Remember where you came from, my son and remember us. A People of dreams and hopes, which were dashed by one madman who thought he could control the world. I realize in your universe it was Zod who aided in Krypton's destruction. Here it was you. You must undo the damage he has caused to Earth. You must not hesitate and show no mercy to your double here in this universe. Only then will you realize your destiny is for a greater good. That your destiny lies with not one single human life but the Salvation of the world. Son, this world cries out for a Savior. Untill that time, you must show them the way," Spoke the voice of Jor-El.
"Remember that your mother and I will always love and cherish you," The voice again said before fading out.
Clark Kent grew 2 inches taller and he felt the power fill him. He then turned to Lana Lang.
"I will take you some place safe. Hold me," he said. The girl then put her arms around his neck, and Clark began to rise up in the air and they were off to a place of solitude and of peace in this twisted reality,
To be continued…