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Eye for an Eye

Chapter 11

Nightmare

Jenny leaned over and grabbed her shirt from the floor. She put the shirt on and looked at Clark. Clark had also put his shirt on and began to pace back and forth. "What is such a big deal about a tattoo? She asked placing her arms on her hips, "I think it is kind of sexy."

Clark shook his head as he paced around the couch. "As I had mentioned before, I can't get punctured by any needle of any sort," Clark looked at Jenny and stopped pacing, "When I was back in Egypt on my way to destroy the K'Larta, before I did so, I noticed an image on the pyramid wall. "Clark paused and leaned against one of the barn walls. "That image is on my back now."

Jenny walked up to Clark. "How do you think it got there?" She asked grabbing Clark's hands.

"I am not sure exactly," Clark frowned, "I know that I traced the image's outlines, but nothing out of the ordinary happened then."

Jenny shook her head and looked at Clark in the eyes, "What do you think this tattoo means exactly?" She asked squeezing his hands affectionately.

"I wish I knew," Clark said sighing loudly. He removed a strand of her hair from her fore head, "I am glad though that the K'Larta is over with."

"I know and so am I," Jenny said sighing unhappily, "And to think just a few months ago I was planning on using the K'Larta for destruction."

"But now you are not," Clark said placing a hand on Jenny's cheek. He leaned forward and kissed her briefly, "And that is that matters. I am happy you are here with me right now."

Jenny smiled and reached up touching Clark's cheek briefly. She touched his lips and then said, "I am so happy. I really do not know where I would be without you," Jenny finished as she blinked away tears.

Clark leaned forward and again kissed Jenny on he lips, "Now all we have to do is study the all we can about the strange tattoo and we will do it together," He said after kissing her.

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His vision was blurry and he had a major headache. The room he was in was dark and extremely cold. Lex tried to sit up, but found out he was strapped to a bed of some sort. "Is anyone out there?" He asked trying to look around the room.

There was no verbal response right away. But within a few seconds he heard irregular breathing. Fear overcame him when he realized who was doing that breathing. "I am glad you remember me Lex," A voice rang out making Lex tremble in fear. "It would be a shame if you had forgotten about one of your most important projects."

"You are evil," Lex said his voice faltering a bit.

"You once told me there is no good or evil. It is just a matter of perspective." The voice sneered, "At one point I didn't agree with that statement, but that was when I was strapped down to the bed of yours and you were doing all that testing." The voice paused and Lex blinked as a light turned on blinding him briefly, "Since our positions are reversed, I agree with that statement a hundred percent."

Lex turned his head and glared at the pale woman who was now pacing around the small room. The woman was wearing tight leather pants, red and silver mini shirt, and had long boots. She had red lip stick on and had a tattoo of a skull on her back. "You are mad," Lex said through clenched teeth. "What the hell are you going to gain from this?"

"I am going to gain so much," She said seductively as she leaned over Lex' body. She slowly trailed her long finger nails from his chest to his cheek. She walked behind him and threatened as she grabbed his head digging her index fingers into his temples, "You know what I could do and the damage it could cause."

Lex gasped as she dug her nails deeper until blood slowly trickled out. A smile grew on her face as she searched through his memories, especially the painful ones. Blood trailed on to the bed as the light flickered on and off until it went off completely. The light turned on seconds later and Lex found himself not strapped to the bed but actually sitting up in bed. The door opened up and Lex gasped as he saw a woman walk in that he hasn't seen for years. "Mom… how?" He gasped not believing his eyes. He slid off the bed and approached his mother. "How is this possible?"

"I am not dead," She said giving Lex a cold look. "Your dad made it look like I had died."

"I don't understand?" Lex said reaching out for his mother's hand. She took a few steps back not wanting to be close to Lex. "I saw you lying there sick and dying."

"Your dad wanted it to look like that," His mother said perplexing Lex even more, "Your dad and all his testing with those damn rocks. He tested them on me after he found out I couldn't get pregnant anymore."

"No it is wrong," Lex said shaking his head, "This can't be real I saw you die. Yes dad is a lunatic, but he loved you and would never hurt you."

"You are right as always Lex," His mother said as her tone grew colder. "My death was your fault. You couldn't succeed at anything. You had no friends and always complained about everything."

"How could you say that?" Lex asked his eyes becoming teary. "I loved you so much. I had no friends because of dad."

"See there you go again!" She shrieked pointing at Lex, "There you go again blaming things on other people."

To Lex this dream seemed real and In fact it was. The woman had found one of Lex' most painful memories and created a new one about his mother's death. Lex was still lying, strapped down tightly on the bed, while the woman had her finger nails dug into Lex' temples. She had an evil look on her pale face as her eyes glowed red.

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Jonathan set down the newspaper as he took another sip of his orange juice. Martha was by the sink washing the morning dishes. "You know honey," Martha said setting a plate into the dish washer, "Where is Clark? He should get up, it is late."

Jonathan looked at his wife and said, "He was in the barn with Jenny doing chores."

"Did he eat anything?" Martha asked putting the last of the morning dishes into the dish washer. She turned it on and then walked up to the fridge.

"I don't know," Jonathan said shaking his head.

"I'm happy for him," Martha said smiling at her husband, "He can now finally be open about his secrets with someone."

"That is true," Jonathan said in agreement, "He has been waiting for this moment for far too long." He paused and then looked at his wife in concern, "My only issue is that maybe too many people now about Clark."

Martha stepped up to her husband and reached for his hand. "It was only a matter of time before Clark's secrets would become known to his closest friends." She paused and squeezed his hand for emotional support, "As strange as that sounds, Clark isn't as young as he used to be."

"Or is it that we are getting older?" Jonathan asked smiling at his wife before kissing her briefly.

Their moment was cut short with a nock at the front door. Jonathan sighed and walked to the front door with Martha following closely behind. Jonathan opened the door and glared at Lionel who gave Jonathan a warm smile. "What do you want?" Jonathan asked impatiently.

Lionel ignored Jonathan's impatience and asked, "May I come in?" He paused briefly and felt his coat pocket, "I have an important matter to discuss."

Jonathan didn't like where this conversation was going. His eyes narrowed as his vision hardened as he allowed Lionel into the living room. "Make it quick," Jonathan said crossing his arms over his chest, "I have important things to do."

"Of course you do," Lionel said giving Martha the chills. Lionel took out an envelope from his suit pocket and looked at both, Jonathan and Martha. "I can't tell you what project I am working on right now, but I am going to tell you that Clark keeps getting in the way." Lionel took out a stack of hundred dollar bills as Martha's eyes grew wide in astonishment and said. "I hope you know for your son's safety, he should stay clear of my affairs."

"Are you bribing us?" Jonathan asked taking a step toward Lionel.

"Bribing you, not at all," Lionel said setting the cash on the couch by the front door, "But for son's safety and his inhumane abilities." Lionel paused and looked at Jonathan, "Clark will, oh let's just say, find living in Smallville a whole lot tougher than before."

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Clark set down the hammer after nailing a board into the barn wall to make it sturdier. Jenny watched with a smile on her face as she leaned against the barn cabinet. "You know something Clark," Jenny said as Clark reached for another board that was set on top of folding table. 'You look so sexy sweaty." She paused and took a step toward him and in a seductive tone she said, "I guess that would mean we would have to shower together."

Clark turned and grabbed the hammer. He began to hammer the board into the wall as he said, "I don't think that would be such a good idea," Clark reached for another nail and then continued "My parents caught me twice before in that area and obviously weren't too happy about that."

"Oooh," Jenny said crossing her arms over chest, "So there are more things about Clark that I don't know about."

Clark reached for another nail and began to hammer it in. When he smashed the nail in, it was at that moment Clark began to feel dizzy. The hammer fell out of Clark's hands and almost landed on Jenny's foot. She was about to glare at Clark, when she saw him slump to the floor. "Clark!" She gasped just before he fell to the ground.

Clark felt like he was floating in mid-air. He opened his eyes and saw he was floating inside a spherical field of bright light. He was not able to move and a muscle. "Hello Ka-lel," Clark heard his dad say, "You did a good thing by destroying the K'Larta. If it had fallen into the wrong hands on this planet…"

"Well it didn't," Clark said quickly interrupting his dad. "So tell me something, what was the K'Larta exactly?"

"You want to get back to that human girl?" Ju-rel asked, "You have a destiny and you must follow it."

Clark ignored Ju-rel's last comment. "What is the history of the K'Larta?" He asked.

There was a few moments of silence and then Ju-rel answered, "Krypton was once a peaceful planet and for many years it stayed that way. Tat was until one named Set-hal tried to leave the planet which, at that time, was absolutely forbidden to do so. He ended up leaving anyway and then created an item called the K'Larta." He paused briefly and then continued, "He used the K'Larta's powers to cause harm to Krypton, which resulted in one of the reasons of its destruction.

"So how did the K'Larta end up on Earth?" Clark asked partially wondering what Jenny was thinking at this moment.

"The K'Larta was sent to here with you to make Earth our new home world," Ju-rel said, "That is your destiny, but not right now though. Soon it will be and you will find out when exactly; good bye son."

Clark opened his eyes and found himself in the arms of his teary eyed girlfriend. He sat up and looked around the barn. "Clark what happened?" Jenny asked worried, "Are you okay?"

Clark didn't answer but looked at his girlfriend before sighing. He gave her a quick kiss and then hugged her tightly. He knew this would happen. He knew that his destiny would sneak up on him, messing everything he cared about. "Let's just," Clark said nervously and slowly as he looked deeply into Jenny's eyes, "Destiny is knocking on the door."