Smallville

Previously on Smallville:

Tell me what you've done.

I warned you that the elements could not fall into the hands of a human.

The three must become one.

In approximately three hours, a meteor shower is predicted to hit Smallville.

And I want you to have this. I somehow know that it's meant for you.

Your curiosity always has a way of landing you in precarious positions.

Where is it?

This is about you getting your hands on that stone.

I don't have the stone.

Who did this?

You know more than you're telling me, Chloe.

Now, who took the element?

Lana, you're talking like we're never gonna see each other again.

I love you.

I love you too.

Kal-El, you have traveled far.

One journey has ended. A new journey is about to begin.

Welcome home, my son.

> Somebody save me &.

J Let your warm hands break right through it &

> Somebody save me &.

J I don't care how you do it &

8 Just stay, stay & -8 Stay with me &.

J; Come on, I've been waiting for you J.

J To stay with me &.

J I made this whole world shine for you J.

J Stay, stay &.

J ComeonJ

Please don't hurt me.

Lie down on the ground.

Open fire! Open fire!

Where's the girl?

She's irrelevant.

We must find Kal-El.

Hush, Shelby.

- Oh, my God. - Martha?

Martha? Sweetheart?

Martha?

Mr. Kent.

Are you okay? Mrs. Kent?

Clark?

Clark wasn't in here. He's all right. Martha?

Mrs. Kent.

Martha?

Here! She's here.

Sweetheart. I'm gonna get you out of here.

It's okay. Easy, easy.

- She's barely breathing. - She... She's gonna be fine.

Okay.

We're gonna get you out of here.

Can you help me get her out of here?

Come on. Come on.

Chloe?

Chloe?

Where'd you go, Chloe?

Where'd you go, Chloe?

Everything's under control here, officers. I'm sure you're needed elsewhere.

He has the key.

Who are you?

- Are you Kal-EI? - Who wants to know?

It's not him. Kal-El would not bleed.

Clark?

Clark!

I thought Krypton was destroyed.

It was.

But here in your Fortress of Solitude,

the geography of our planet has been replicated for your training.

I know there's a lot I can learn from you,

but I have to get home where I'm needed.

The meteor shower is only the precursor.

A dark force from Krypton has been awakened, Kal-El,

and its sights are set on Earth.

What do you want me to do?

You must do as I tell you and study with diligence,

for that is the only way to save this planet.

Clark.

Clark, I know you can hear me. Help.

Clark, please help me.

Chloe.

Kal-El, you must continue in your education.

You cannot stop.

She's my friend. She needs help.

Your destiny is far greater than saving one human life.

No, I won't let her die.

Each time you let human-learned emotions guide you,

you put the fate of the entire planet at risk.

- That is your weakness, Kal-El. - Please, I'm begging you.

Very well. Under one condition:

You must return to me before the yellow sun has set.

I'll be back. I promise.

Do not fail me, Kal-El,

or the consequences will be grave.

You have my word.

Hey.

I think it's time you switch into super-Clark mode now.

Super Clark?

I know you run faster than a speeding bullet, Clark.

Take me along for the ride.

Go, Clark.

- Lana, what happened? - They're still out there.

- They'll kill us if they find us. - It's okay. You're safe now.

Lana, you need to get off that leg. I'll call a doctor.

You don't understand. We're not safe. No one's safe.

- Don't touch me! - Lana, you're in shock.

It's over.

The meteor shower stopped. It's over.

There's a man and a woman,

they're right behind us.

- They came out of... - Out of what?

What did they come out of?

A spaceship.

- Where? - Landers Field.

After what you've been through,

it's normal for your mind to play tricks on you. Trust me.

No, Lex, you trust me. I know what I saw.

- We have to get as far away as possible. - Lana.

Thank you.

I wonder who's more freaked out right now.

Me, knowing that I'm in a hospital

where they get their medicine via dogsled

or you, finally finding out I know your secret?

- How long have you known? - I guess I've always had my suspicions.

The quick exits, the miraculous recoveries, the lame excuses.

But I think when I saw you catch a car

like it was a beach ball,

that kind of confirmed everything.

Why didn't you say anything?

I figured if you wanted to tell me you were of the superpowered persuasion,

you would when you were ready.

On your terms, not on mine.

You're a good friend, Chloe.

Obviously not good enough.

There were so many times I wanted to tell you.

Clark, I don't blame you.

Loose lips sink ships, and God knows I've sunk my share of flotillas.

What about Lana? Does she know?

No.

Well, I want you to know that I will never be the iceberg to your Titanic.

And your secret will never, ever leave my lips. No matter what.

I appreciate that.

There are still a few blind spots, though.

Like, how did we get beamed from the Kawatche cave to the North Pole?

And, uh, what was really going on in that 40-story igloo?

Chloe, there's a lot of things about me that even I don't understand.

The meteor rocks...

they didn't make me who I am.

So you're saying you were born this way?

I wasn't born anywhere near Smallville.

In fact, I wasn't born anywhere near this galaxy.

Okay.

Okay, so that would then make you, like, an...

Yeah.

But you... You look so...

Human?

I'm still the same person.

Clark, |I...

I think you're so amazing.

You save people's lives and take zero credit for it.

To me, you're more than just a hero.

You're a superhero.

- Chloe... - I'm serious, Clark.

If more humans were like you, the world would be a better place.

In what scientists are describing as an incredibly rare astronomical event,

Smallville, Kansas was hit by the second meteor shower in 16 years,

killing 23 people and injuring scores of others.

They didn't get out. My parents didn't get out.

Smallville needs you more than I do, Clark. Go.

Go!

Whoa.

Mr. Luthor?

Mr. Luthor.