Persona Part 2
Clark feels sick.
It's not the kind of sick he felt last year after having been in the Phantom Zone or even way back in high school when he'd been infected with green K dust. It's the kind of sick that sits in your stomach and you can't ever get rid of, the kind that comes from knowing something horrific happened to someone you care about and you weren't there to protect them from it.
He'd been hoping he'd return home after being released from the Fortress to find that everyone was okay, that the phantom had decided not to bother with them and go about his own agenda. Maybe even that Kara had returned. Clark should know better, but finding out that he'd been posing as Clark and moved Lana into the farm with him and they'd...
Clark doesn't want to think about it. All he can remember is the look on Lana's face when he finally convinced her it hadn't been him. If he feels sick, he can't imagine how she feels.
As usual, dealing with the repercussions is going to have to wait until the phantom's actually been taken care of - for good this time. Jor-El would be the best person to ask... but Clark doesn't think he'll be going back to the Fortress anytime soon. Lionel's the next best thing and fortunately, he has the information Clark needs: Blue kryptonite will destroy the phantom. It might depower Clark, but it will over power his clone and he won't be able to contain it. The third Kryptonian living on Earth, will have some. All Clark need do is take the beacon he already has and speak the Kryptonian's name - Dax-Ur - and he'll be taken to him.
It sounds easy enough, but of course, it's not. The beacon isn't where Clark hid it in the loft and he can't help but wonder if the phantom had gotten there first after all. When these things fail Chloe is his idea-bouncer so it's off to the Daily Planet to see if she knows anything. She freaks out for a minute until he convinces her he's really himself and then, because she's just that awesome, she admits she'd taken the beacon after the phantom asked her for it, thinking Clark was acting strangely and that it might just not be a good idea for him to have access to it. She happily hands it over to the real thing and Clark is on his way.
...to the desert, apparently. Arizona as it turns out, where Dax-Ur is living a fairly solitary and mundane life as a mechanic. With a human wife and son. He's using blue kryptonite to keep himself depowered so he can have a normal life with them. It hits Clark a little close to home and Dax must be able to tell, because he asks what "her" name is when Clark inquires about taking some blue K back with him. Clark just adds it to the list of things he'll explain later when he comes back to see Dax again. It seems like they could both use a little connection to home.
He thanks Dax for the help and then heads back to Metropolis.
It's not the kind of sick he felt last year after having been in the Phantom Zone or even way back in high school when he'd been infected with green K dust. It's the kind of sick that sits in your stomach and you can't ever get rid of, the kind that comes from knowing something horrific happened to someone you care about and you weren't there to protect them from it.
He'd been hoping he'd return home after being released from the Fortress to find that everyone was okay, that the phantom had decided not to bother with them and go about his own agenda. Maybe even that Kara had returned. Clark should know better, but finding out that he'd been posing as Clark and moved Lana into the farm with him and they'd...
Clark doesn't want to think about it. All he can remember is the look on Lana's face when he finally convinced her it hadn't been him. If he feels sick, he can't imagine how she feels.
As usual, dealing with the repercussions is going to have to wait until the phantom's actually been taken care of - for good this time. Jor-El would be the best person to ask... but Clark doesn't think he'll be going back to the Fortress anytime soon. Lionel's the next best thing and fortunately, he has the information Clark needs: Blue kryptonite will destroy the phantom. It might depower Clark, but it will over power his clone and he won't be able to contain it. The third Kryptonian living on Earth, will have some. All Clark need do is take the beacon he already has and speak the Kryptonian's name - Dax-Ur - and he'll be taken to him.
It sounds easy enough, but of course, it's not. The beacon isn't where Clark hid it in the loft and he can't help but wonder if the phantom had gotten there first after all. When these things fail Chloe is his idea-bouncer so it's off to the Daily Planet to see if she knows anything. She freaks out for a minute until he convinces her he's really himself and then, because she's just that awesome, she admits she'd taken the beacon after the phantom asked her for it, thinking Clark was acting strangely and that it might just not be a good idea for him to have access to it. She happily hands it over to the real thing and Clark is on his way.
...to the desert, apparently. Arizona as it turns out, where Dax-Ur is living a fairly solitary and mundane life as a mechanic. With a human wife and son. He's using blue kryptonite to keep himself depowered so he can have a normal life with them. It hits Clark a little close to home and Dax must be able to tell, because he asks what "her" name is when Clark inquires about taking some blue K back with him. Clark just adds it to the list of things he'll explain later when he comes back to see Dax again. It seems like they could both use a little connection to home.
He thanks Dax for the help and then heads back to Metropolis.