Smallville: Darkseid
(Smallville is ©2001-2011 The CW Network & DC Comics. Trinity Jean Knight is my character but her powers are ©2001-2011 The CW Network & DC Comics. Any and all Knight Rider Elements are ©1982-1986; 2008 Universal Studios. Hannah Melvin is used by Permission)
Chapter 10: Connor Kent
Smallville, Kansas, 1941: Blinding light flared in the room as the form of a 16-Year-Old boy took shape. He had been sent back in time from the year 2011. Trinity Knight stared at the boy. He was dressed in the ceremonial robes of The House of El, complete with the House of El symbol on the Tunic of the room.
"Hi," He said to her. She smiled at him. "What's your name, son," She asked as she offered him her cybernetic hand to help him up from the kneeling position.
"Connor Kent. I've been cloned from the DNA of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor. Tess made sure I had Kal-El's indestructibility and her brother's intelligence. What's going on? Why am I here and who are you?" Connor asked looking around. Jor-El smiled.
"So, The Americans have broken their own laws. I thought Cloning was illegal. It was deemed illegal on Krypton, but the Science Council decided to rescind that law to save our civilization. How did you get Kal-El's DNA?" Jor-El asked curious.
"When my brother's ship was discovered there was a Purple Crystal discovered in it that was apparently placed there by Zor-El with instructions on cloning procedures and it had both your DNA and Lara's DNA. Lex discovered the DNA when he purchased Cadmus Labs but never did anything with it, but apparently one of his scientists, who was later to be discovered to be Tess Mercer, understood the procedures and was looking for to create a hybrid between the alien DNA and a human. When Lex's body had been discovered dead, she merged the DNA with Clark's and didn't do anything with the clone. She named him Connor after a previous clone of her cousin after a previous experiment with a sheep was partially successful. Her "cousin" Conner Mercer died in a plane crash going from Vancouver to New Mexico. That happened 3 years ago. I didn't know about the clone until Tess revealed it to me. I warned her not to reveal it to anyone because the US Government would come and shut LuthorCorp down, which I have a control interest in," Trinity explained. Hyrum stared at her.
"The future you come from must be incredible to have learned how to clone someone," He remarked.
"It's very similar to this era, full of its own unknowns. Cloning maybe off-limits but humanity seems to have learned to continue surviving," She answered.
"Where is Kal-El? I am interested in meeting him," Connor said. Hyrum shook his head.
"He's gone. He believes he alone can stop Darkseid. He let his own pride and vanity get in the way instead of being patient," Hyrum said. Connor stared at Hyrum.
"How in God's name am I supposed to stop Kal-El? He's virtually my equal?" Connor said.
"You may have my son's powers but you don't have his weaknesses. I've been told Krypton will be destroyed and the fragments of Krypton will land in Smallville, which will affect any Kryptonian, except for you. You're a hybrid, like Trinity, half-human and half Kryptonian. Trinity brought a fragment of Kryptonite to stop Kal-El. We need him back to normal. If Kal-El joins Darkseid then this planet will face utter darkness and domination," Jor-El said. Hyrum smiled.
"The man has a point. If a being like Kal-El falls to his own vanity and pride He'll use his powers for evil, not good. How do we proceed?" Hyrum said. Trinity smiled.
It's simple. We find the most selfish man that's here in Smallville, and see if he can help us," Trinity said.
"Who would that be?" Jor-El asked.
"A man who tried to steal from Louise McCollum. A man named Lachlan Luthor," Trinity said simply.
"He was at the local pub in Gotham according to a buddy of mine," Hyrum said.
"How far away is it," Connor asked. Trinity smiled.
"3 hours away, about the same length of time to get from Smallville to Metropolis. It's actually a little further but with either super speed or flight you can get there in 5-10 minutes," She said. Connor nodded and grabbed a leather jacket that Clark wore when he had pretended to be "Joe" to scare Mayor Billy Tate in the year 2002.
"I'll bring him back here, and we'll ask him what to do about Kal-El and Darkseid," Connor said as he walked outside and jumped in the air and he was flying…
To Be Continued…