Lex was walking through one of his labs, checking on the progress of his scientists. To the public, it was just a research facility. In reality, it was a place where they conducted experiments on those who had been affected by the meteors that had twice struck Smallville, a 33.1 facility.

"Dr. Fowler, give me good news on what you and your scientists have been working on here."

"Well, Mr. Luthor, I'm proud to say that attempts to clone the test subjects you recommended have been a complete success. We'll have to do some follow-up tests over the next few days to be sure, but I'm confident that they'll be in perfect mental and physical health."

"Excellent. Once I've judged the specimens myself we can move on to phase two of Project: Afterlife and begin work on Mr. Gray."

Suddenly, a young female scientist walked up to them frantically.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, sir, but there's a reporter here who wants to ask you a couple of questions, says she know you."

"Chloe Sullivan. How did she get past security? Nevermind, have her escorted out. I have nothing to say to her."

Just as Lex was about to continue his conversation with Dr. Fowler, an explosion occurred from somewhere within the building. Fowler grabbed a radio that was attached to his coat and tried to talk to one of his assistants.

"Fields, what's going on in the east wing?"

"It's awful, Simon! When they gained consciousness, they were immediately in a blind rage, all three of them. At first they were screaming for their parents. When we tried to contain them, their powers activated. They started blasting everything and everyone in sight. It's like rage is the only emotion they feel. We f-"

Before Dr. Fields could finish her sentence, she herself was caught in another explosion.

"Evacuate the building. Anyone who's left, anyway. And bring me Miss Sullivan. We have to make sure she get's out safely."

He may not like Chloe much anymore or her meddling in his affairs, but she was Lana's best friend and he wouldn't allow her to die like this.

"Sullivan's disappeared, sir."

"I'll find her. The rest of you find who you can and get out."

"But, sir, shouldn't you let security look for-"

"I SAID GET OUT!"

Following their boss's orders, everyone around Lex ran to find the nearest exit.

Meanwhile (I love saying that) Chloe was tiptoeing around corridors of the building, not quite sure what was going on. She knew that whatever it was, she would need Clark's help so she decided to give him a call.

Back at Chloe's desk, Clark, who had been talking to Peter for over an hour by this point,

picked up his phone.

"Clark, I'm gonna need you to do that special kind of help you love to do so much. I snuck into a Luthorcorp lab on Kring Street because a source of mine told me they were doing weird experiments on meteor freaks here."

"33.1."

"Exactly. I wanted to get a comment from ol' Lexy, but then I heard this massive explosion followed by lots of screaming. Never a good thing. I ran to another wing of the building to take advantage of this mass hysteria, but I thought I'd call you in case that big boom was more than just an accident."

"I'm on my way."

Clark hung up the phone and thought of an excuse to get away from Peter.

"That was Chloe. She needs my help on the story she's working on. She said it's best if you stay here. We'll be back soon."

"What? Why can't I come? Just let me grab my jacket."

Peter turned around and put his jacket on. When he turned to look at Clark, he was gone.

Strange, but I've seen stranger. If Chloe's in trouble, I think I'm a little more equipped to help her than you are, Clark. Peter found an empty closet and teleported to this lab where Chloe was.

Outside of the lab, everyone who had tried to escape had become trapped in a giant cage of fire. Rick Garrison, the oldest of the pyrokinetic siblings, was enjoying making his victims suffer before he killed them. The Garrison kids, Rick, Haley, and Patrick, watched their parents die in front of them during the last meteor shower, while they were stuck under the debris of their house. Now the rage they felt at their inability to save them was the only thing they could feel. Clark appeared a few feet behind Rick. He opened his mouth to try and reason with Rick, but there was no hope. Whoever Rick used to be was not in this experiment. Rick shot a blast of flame at Clark that he was able to dodge. He tried to get closer to Rick talk sense into him, but Rick just continued back away and shooting flame blasts at him. When Clark finally had him backed into a corner, he jumped on top of him and slammed a fireball into his face. Clark grabbed him and slammed him into the wall as lightly as he could, which still knocked him unconscious. He used his super breath to blow away the fire cage trapping all of the lab personnel and ran inside to find Chloe.

Come on, Chloe. You don't even have to say a word. I just need you to think loud enough for me to hear you.

Peter had been walking around the lab looking for Chloe, trying to pick up on her thoughts, so far to no avail. Finally, he picked up on something and found her. Only they weren't from her head. They were from Lex Luthor's. Lex had found Chloe, but had only succeeded in leading the two youngest Garrison siblings straight to them. Using his invisibility, Peter tripped Lex as he and Chloe ran past him, causing him to fall and hit his head. Once he became visible again, Chloe looked at him shocked.

"Peter, thank God you're here. Those two chasing us, they're mindless. From what I've gathered, they're…clones."

Not even having time to react, Peter got in front of Chloe to protect her from two blasts of flame that were coming towards them. Peter yelled in agony. By the time the siblings decided to stop, there was almost nothing recognizable about Peter's back. Chloe gasped once she got a look at it, but it had already begun healing and within seconds all signs of a burn were gone. Peter pushed Chloe behind a corner. Haley and Patrick came at him with their fists on fire and began punching away at him. They were hitting him so hard and so fast that he could barely concentrate. Eventually, after some struggling, he was able to teleport ten feet behind them. He slammed them both against the wall with his telekinesis, knocking them out.

"Are you okay, Chloe?"

"I think I should be asking you that question. For a second-"

Suddenly, and without warning, both of the Garrison kids spontaneously combusted, proving that they weren't real people after all. Before either of them could say a word, Clark walked up.

"Peter, what are you doing here?"

"From the way you were acting I could tell Chloe was in trouble so I took a short cut to this lab to try and help."

"A short cut?"

"Why don't you boys discuss traveling routes later? The both of you can drag Lex outside for me."

Outside there were ambulances waiting for all of the injured lab workers. Chloe made sure Lex was taken care of and then she and the guys bolted to her car to avoid talking to police. On the drive back to the Daily Planet, Chloe posed a question.

"So how did the convo go? You boys gonna be roomies now?"

"Yes we are. I told him he could stay at the farm for as long as he needed to. And you're right, we do have a lot in common. And I'm sure we'll discover more things as time goes on."