By David Mycock Time Wave 15
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of smallville or superman they belong to the people who created them at the time the other characters belong to their respective creators.
Pairing: Clark/Lana/Raya
Summary: Set during season Four, Clark is hit by a mysterious wave of energy which gives him knowledge of the future and how to prevent a dark future from befalling him and those around him. He decides to act on the knowledge especially concerning Lana.
(Kent Farm)
Isobel watched as the sheriff continued to question them about what had happened including what had led up to this event, she knew from Lana that the sheriff was good at her job and would follow through as Martha appeared looking slightly better than she had straight after the attack but still shaky. The sheriff was a bit more easy with her questions to Martha not that she was too surprised but she was beginning to get a little annoyed with how long this was taking and she could tell Lana wanted nothing more than to see how Clark and Raya were but they could not just leave.
"I think that is enough for now Mr and Mrs Kent" the sheriff finally said after a couple more questions "I will talk to Lionel Luthor today and then if he confirms the attack on him I will bring Lex in for questioning when he gets back from his latest trip" she added as she finished writing down the answers she had been giving
"Thank you sheriff" Jonathan said with a nod and a tired smile "I need to get started on fixing this mess" he continued as he looked at the broken door and window
"Then I will let you get to it but I would advise Mr Kent that when Clark does get back you keep him away from Lex especially before I question him" the sheriff stated with a stare
"I understand sheriff and I will" Jonathan agreed although inwardly he had no idea how he was going to be able to do that especially if he placed the red kryptonite ring on and became Kal as this attack will have stoked his anger but he would try
"Good then I will bid you goodbye and get to work, something tells me this is going to be a big problem no easily sorted" she added
"Bloody hell, what happened here Mr Kent" a new voice asked and they all turned to find Lois Lane standing in the broken door way "Is everyone okay?" she added
"We're a little shaken up Lois but we are okay" Martha finally spoke up with a smile at the girl "Please come in and sit down" she added noting Lois looked a little pissed off
"I would advise you Miss Lane against taking any action once you learn what went on here, that is my job and it goes double for you friend Clark" she warned her before leaving
"What happened?" Lois asked again noting the serious looks on everyone's faces as they heard the sheriff pull way with the last of her people
"Lex sent a group of people to capture Lana and take Clark out" Chloe answered with a shiver "Clark and Raya were injured because the bullets were coated in green kryptonite but we managed to get them out and they are now at the fortress recovering" she explained "Luckily for us Isobel took control of Lana and took them down hard" she added with a small smile which everyone could tell was forced
"Damn" Lois spat concerned not that she would admit it for Clark and his friend
She was still getting used to the fact that her friend was an alien for another world as was some of his friends, when she had been brought into this group she had at first thought it was a big joke only to see no one was laughing and then she had been shown the crystal with the memories on it which shook her to the core. Her first instinct was to go to her father and report what she had learned to him but Clark had reminded her no one would believe what they said and all that would happen would be they would end up locked up most likely in a nut house and Lex could go about his business without any interference.
So far she had not had much to offer them but it was clear they could use all the help they could get, some of the stuff she had been told would happen in the future surprised her like becoming a reporter like her cousin always wanted to be and Clark's partner at work to boot. Then there was the subject of having a relationship with first Arthur Curry, then Oliver Queen and finally with Kyle Rayner. It seemed she had used her position to get any dirt on Lex and his followers only to end up captured and killed four years into the war, that had really shook her and she had noted her death had affected Clark whilst Chloe had outright cried at the news which Clark had obviously not yet told them.
Lex had obviously now begun to move against them and she was sure the League would strike back, but with Clark and Raya out of action she wondered who would lead this fight back
"What are we going to do?" she finally asked breaking her train of thought
"First you, Chloe and Lana are going to the fortress to check on Clark and Raya whilst I fix this mess" Jonathan replied "Then come back and help, something tells me it would not be a good thing if we all disappear right now, also tell Lionel he needs to head home and confirm he was attacked as well as the change in Lex's behaviour when the sheriff comes to talk to him later on today" he stated
"You got it Mr Kent" Lois said with a nod noting Chloe come over to join her with her crystal to the fortress in her hand
"I should stay Jonathan Kent" Isobel spoke up "In case they send more men to attack you, it would be very bad for Kal-El if something happened to you" she added "Lana agrees with me in this, we will see Clark later" she stated
"Are you sure that is what Lana wants?" Martha asked
"It is Mrs Kent" Lana replied as Isobel let go of control of her body "If something happened to either of you Clark would loose it just as badly as if something happened to me, Raya or Diana and then we would have even bigger problems to deal with" she continued with a shake of head "I can wait" she added
Lois and Chloe nodded and then touched the crystal and vanished whilst Jonathan went to see how badly the damage to the house was, Martha went to make some tea still shaky but getting better and Isobel resumed control of Lana in case of attack
(Japan)
J'onn easily dodged the attack by Lex with a smile as the cyborgs Jor-El had made countered his bodyguards and the fight spread through out the room, he counterd with a weak punch as he knew he was not supposed to win this and Lex was supposed to end up with the last fake stone. Lex blocked his punch and lashed out with a kick to his side which he turned into and then managed to land a blow to his chest forcing him backwards before he rallied and began a combination attack which forced him back towards the door
"You aint so tough now are you?" Lex taunted him with a cruel look in his eyes as he thought of ways to make his enemy pay for dareing to attack him
J'onn didn't bother to respond and lashed out catching Lex in the side and followed it up with a kick to his knees and then a right hook to his head which Lex managed to block before retaliating with a quick strike to his midriff and then a kick to his side and an attempt at his kneecap which he jumped out of the way off, Lex J'onn decided was not a good fighter especially compared to some of the criminals he had taken down over the long years for Jor-El and he was nothing compared to a white martian.
They began to trade blows whilst Lex's bodyguards tried to overpower their oppolents unaware they were actually cyborgs and they were not even really trying to taken them down, finally J'onn managed to land a decent blow to Lex's face and knock him to the ground. He reached into his pocket and withdrew the fake stone
"Is this what you want so badly Luthor?" he taunted "Do you really believe you are worthy of it's power?" he asked stepping a little closer on purpose and Lex did not dissapoint as he suddenly lashed out with an upwards palm out strike which he allowed to hit him and knock him backwards whilst dropping the stone
He watched as Lex quickly grabbed the stone and ran out of the room followed by his bodyguards who quickly broke off their fights and followed their boss, he shook his head in amusement at how easy Lex was to manipulate before ordering the cyborgs to return to the fortress before he followed in a red streak of speed.
Back in his limo Lex breathed a sigh of relief as they pulled away from and drove off at top speed, he finally had the last stone of power and now he could join them together and receive their power and knoweldge. He could hardly wait but first he had to find and take care of Jason or at least make him watch him achive what he and his deceased mother had wanted so badly before killing him he thought with a cruel smile as he fixed himself a drink and then reached for his phone and phoned Jackson for a report on the men he had sent to capture Lana and kill Clark
His fist tightend on the phone as he heard they had somehow been subdued and arrested by the sheriff, also he was angered to learn he had been implicated in the whole thing after one of them talked for some reason Jackson had not determined yet. He ordered Jackson to send some of his enslaved meteor freaks to attack the jail and either free the men or kill them before hanging up and wondering how they had been taken down, what power was it that Clark hid before shaking his head and leaning back in his seat and looking at the last stone in wonder
(33.1 Lab on the outskirts of town)
Batman smirked as he led the attack on the lab making sure to take down the guards hard but causing no serious injuries to them as they went, Kara and Diana he saw had just blown right through a section of the wall followed quickly by Jade and Nightwing as he went through the glass skylight and landed in between two guards who were raising their guns to fire at Robin so he quickly lashed out and knocked one off the guardrail and then headbutted the other causing him to drop his gun before nailing him in the face with his gloved fist and dropping him to the ground
"Nightwing head to their computer core and get whatever information you can from it before blowing it" he said into his earpeice "Zatanna you back him up" he added
"Confirmed Batman" came back from both of his team mates before he launched himself off the rail and headed for the next set of guards as Jade followed Diana who was using her braclets to rebound the bullets that were been shot at them whilst Kara was hiding behind a boiler
He frowned at that until he looked down and noted the bullet cases that were on the ground were all coated in green kryptonite and he cursed as he realised why Kara was been so careful, he reached into his belt and withdrew a batarang and flung it upwards catching both guards in the back of he head allowing Kara to move forward
(33.1 Lab in the abondoned factory complex)
Kyle led the charge straight through the roof of the lab complex after Green Arrow had blown the roof with a an explosive, the guards all looked up in shock and then began to raise their guns upwards to meet the threat but most of them were too late and they easily taken down by the superior skill and powers of his team. He ordered Huntress to find the computer core and destroy it with Arthur to back her up, he and Bruce had both agreed blowing the cores of the labs would set Lex back quite a lot and anger him even more.
He ducked as machine gun fire spat in his direction before he raised his hand and projected a huge gloved fist which plowed into the guard and flung into the wall and knocked him out cold as on the other side Donna took down the next guard whist she was covered by Obsidian and Flash shot forward in a blurr to take down two more who were guarding a steel door
(Fortress of Solitude)
Talia looked up as Chloe and Lois appeared in the fortress but frowned when she realised Lana and the Kents had not come and she wondered why, she listened as Chloe explained what had happened and what Jonathan Kent had told them to tell them, Lionel nodded and vanished from the fortress to make sure he was able to meet the sheriff when she came to question him.
"Are they okay?" Lois asked pointing to where Clark and Raya lay
"They should be" Dax-Ur responded as he looked up from his work bench "The kryptonite bullets were removed fast enough so they did not cause too much damage to them and they should recover soon enough" he continued
"Where is everyone else?" Chloe inquired as she looked around the almost deserted fortress
"They decided to hit two of the 33.1 labs Lex has set up" Ra responded from where he was reading a document Jor-El had given him "This should distract Luthor somewhat and by time for us to really come up with a plan of attack and for Clark and Raya to fully recover" he added
They all paushed as J'onn returned followed by three others who Chloe and Lois did not recognise, J'onn went to check on Clark and Raya whilst the three new comers went into another section of the fortress
"Who were they?" Lois inquired
"Cyborgs built by Jor-El to give us some more help and so we do not get recognised by anymore" Dax-Ur answered with a smile "I take it J'onn Lex has the final fake stone?" he asked turning to the martian
"He does and what is almost amusing he actually believes he won it in a fight" J'onn responded with a smile of his own "He does not for a minute believe he is been manipulated, it is almost sad" he added
"Indeed but from what I have learned of the man he has such an overflated opinion of himself it is no surprise he believes himself incapable of making a mistake or been manipulated" Dax-Ur stated "He reminds me of some of my own people before I left Krypton" he conitnued with a sad look on his face
They were all shocked when Clark bolted upright in his bed and then rolled onto his knees and clutched his head in his hands, J'onn knelt down and tried to speak to him but Clark seemed to be unable to hear him or just ignored him, Raya moaned as she opened her eyes
"Raya, are you awake?" Chloe said desperately as she believed she knew what was wrong with Clark "Raya, something is happening to Clark" she almost shouted
Raya rolled out of the bed and walked unsteadily to Clark's side before dropping to her knees and pushing his head up so she could look into his eyes and what she saw disturbed her but before she could say anything Clark shot upwards and changed into his custom
"Where are the others?" he ordered and everyone could hear the change in his voice, it sounded deeper and more hollow
"Bruce led some of the League to the lab on the outskirts of town including Diana and Kara whilst Kyle hit the one in the abondoned factory complex with the others" Dax-Ur responded and was shocked when Kal-El shot out of the fotress
"What the hell just happened?" Lois asked
"I believe he has been consumed by the memories and emoitions of his future self brought on by the attack we just under went" Raya said as she forced herself back to her feet still feeling weak "It almost seems as an alternate personality has appeared within him which is along the lines of what his future self was like when they sent the message backwards in time" she added as Talia helped her back to her bed
"And Clark?, our Clark?" Chloe asked horrified by this turn of events and wondering what Lana and the Kents would say when they learnt this newws
"He is buried underneath the new personaility and should be fine, he most likely will regain control after he has got over the shock of been attacked, I believe this only happened due to the shock and pain of the attack it has triggered something inside him something I do not believe his future self took into account when he chose this course of action" Raya tried to explain
"This is a dangerous turn of events but it also could be a blessing, Chloe return to the Kents and report what has happened we may need Lana soon" Dax-Ur spoke up before he opened up a com line to Bruce and the others
(33.1 Lab on the outskirts of town)
Batman ducked the wild swing of the meteor infected man he was currently fighting, they had discovered several of them in a cell and they had not realised until they they had opened the cell the people inside were all insane most likely driven into it by Lex's experiments. He cursed as he was forced backwards unable to hear Dax-Ur's in his ear peiece as he was fixed on the fight, Diana was off to the side and even she was having trouble fighting these insane people, their powers seem boosted from what they had expected and it made him wonder what exactly Luthor had been doing to them.
As he, Diana and Kara who was to the side of him were forced back to back there was a huge explosion as the wall near by was shattered as Clark swept in taking the meteor freak attacking Diana down with a hard right hand but he did not stop and he picked the man up and threw him upwards before grabbing the man's leg and jerking hard enough on it to break his leg and knock him cold as the man hit the floor. He did not pause and jumped the meteor freak who had just managed to knock Kara down and drove him into the wall raining down blow after blow until the man fell uncounsious and finally he fired his heat vision at the on he was fighting and Bruce almost winced at the scream of pain before the man dropped to the floor also defeared
"Is there anymore?" he asked as he headed to where Diana stood and pulled her into a tight hug which seemed to surprise Diana
"Jade has them trapped in the cell we found them in and Nightwing and Zatanna have just blown the computer core after downloading everything in it" Bruce responded noting Clark seemed very different
"Good make sure you destroy the camera footage before you leave Batman, I'll go and help the others" he added before he vanished
"He seemed different" Kara noted with a worried expression as she just barely saw her cousin vanish into the distance as Bruce finally managed to hear Dax-Ur
"Damn, according to Dax-Ur and Raya Clark's personility has been overtaken by a fascimily of his future self" Bruce informed them "We better finish up here and then see if we can help Clark regain control, Kara destory all the cameras whilst I make sure there is no back up computer core" he ordered before walking away
Diana herself continued to tie up the last few guards and the three meteor freaks Kal-El had taken down, she was worried by this news because he meant the warrior with barely anything to live for was no in charge of Clark's powers and she knew from what he had admitted to her how dangerous he could be and she also knew it would be down to her to bring him back and to keep him in control. She informed Bruce she was headed after Clark before leaving as Nightwing and Zatanna entered the room
(33.1 Lab in the abondoned factory complex)
Kyle and the others were just as surprised by the brutality of Clark's attacks after he appeared as Bruce and his team had been but they could not deny how effective he was in taking down the last few guards and someone who was either a meteor freak or one of Luthor's allies, they were just watching as he finally put the man down just evading a blast of what looked like heat from the man's hands and managing to land a wicked right hook which knocked flying backwards into the wall
"Enough Kal-El he is defeated" Diana's voice rang out and they all turned to face her as she landed behind Clark
"I am just making sure they stay down Diana" Kal-El replied somewhat perplexed by her order "We are in a war remember, they do not care for us and we have lost too many friends to care for them" he added
"Kal-El you have forgotten we are not in your future this is the past" Diana stated moving closer to him "You memories and emotions have overwhelmed you past self and somehow forged a fascimily of your future self which has assumed control of your body" she told him
Kal-El was confused by what Diana was saying before he turned and noted that many of the people standing were infact people he knew to be dead, he clutched his head as he felt pain before shaking his head and focusiing on Diana
"This makes no sense, this cannot be possible" he said
"Kal-El obviously something has gone wrong, something you did not know would happen when you sent back your memories but it has and now we must deal with it, we shall return to the fortress" Diana responded "Green Lantern remember to destroy the camera's and to check for a back up computer core before you leave" she added before she grabbed Kal-El and transported them back to the fortress where she hoped they could pull Clark back into control