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the calvary arrives in Smallville

It was time to mount a rescue effort in Kansas. After losing Clark to the Phantom Zone, April had helped Lionel get back to the safety of his mansion, and then had disappeared to the Nexus. Where she was able to find a couple of people who wanted to help keep the peace.

PINpointing back to the farmyard with her allies, April waited for everyone to get settled. Then she took a breath, and gave them a briefing. "So basically right now we have mass public panic, no technology is working, and there are several friends of Clark's that are missing."

"We have two enemies that we need to be concerned about," April pulls out two artist renditions. "The first is Brainaic, a Kryptonite supercomputer who has been posing as Professor Milton Fine. He has all the Kryptonian powers of flight, strength, speed and healing... but isn't affected by Kryptonite. Meteor rock. He can also shapechange. Chloe, you will go with Alice, Victor Van Dort, Doc and Marty to find Brainaic. Also do what you can for those innocents who need to be saved from this chaos. You will also need to find Martha Kent and Lois Lane, as they are both missing."

"The second is General Zod, who has taken possession of Lex Luthor. Once again Zod has all the Kryptonian powers, and I am not sure if meteor rock will affect him. I haven't had a chance to test it."

"Victor Allen and I will try to find Zod, as we have more experience with dealing with crazy Kryptonians. We will also look for a way to bring Clark out of the Phantom Zone."

"I am going to give each of you a piece of Kryptonite, just in case. And hopefully we can figure out a way to get through this situation." April took a breath. Hoping that their little plan would work for the better good.

((this will be a split thread. Alice and Her gang will go off with Chloe to deal with Brainaic. Victor Allen and April will deal with the Clark issue))

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"Metropolis isn't like other cities. There are good people, but Clark... he told me once that the city has this dark undercurrent, full of poverty and desperation, and the cops are fighting a losing battle. He lived in the underworld of the city for three months once, and he's never really talked about it, but what he saw there changed him somehow. He got to know people, the kind of folks who were out rioting today."

"Yikes -- sounds a little like Gotham," Marty says. "He mentioned that in the Nexus when we first met, but -- I dunno, I guess I have trouble picturing Metropolis like that." He shrugs.

"I don't think any town's quite free of that," Victor admits. "Even Burtonsville had its share of crime and poverty, and it was just a little village that happened to host a very successful cannery. Honestly, I'm not sure why Mother never insisted on Father moving somewhere more 'fashionable.'" He looks back on the footage. "Then again, perhaps she knew of things like this and wanted to avoid them."

"Oh, Gotham's much worse," Chloe says immediately. "They don't pretend to be as nice."

"I'm sure everywhere has crime, but I kinda doubt a village could have multiple crime syndicates killing each other off all the time."

"Don't think Gotham pretends to be nice at all," Marty replies.

Victor's eyes go wide. "Ah -- no, I d-don't believe t-that was the case," he says, clearly shocked.

"I'm sure the police can take care of this -- at least the worst bits," Alice says, trying to get an optimistic mood back around here. "Even after the worst disasters, people can rebuild."

"Oh yeah, definitely. Things won't be the same, but now we can start trying to get things back to normal. Clark's going to blame himself, like he always does, but we can beat some sense into his head when he does."

Alice almost jokes, "And we even have an appropriate instrument with which to do it," but she's still feeling a little embarrassed about greeting Clark with her Vorpal Blade in hand, so she refrains.

"I don't think April will let him do that," Doc says. "And neither will the rest of us." You hear that, Clark? No self-blaming.

"He's lucky to have friends like us," she says with a grin. "He doesn't always listen to me, but if we get enough people saying it maybe he'll believe it for once."

"Maybe we should paint it on a big billboard," Marty jokes. "Or make him wear it on a hat or something. Just so we're sure he gets the message."

She smiles, but sighs when her attention is drawn back to the news broadcast. "God, what a year."

"It -- it can only get better from here?" Victor says tentatively. Because, really, technological virus taking out the world's technology, Clark getting put in the Phantom Zone (even if it was only for a while), Martha and Lois's plane crashing, and the Fortress going offline -- that's gotta be about as low as one can go, right?

"That's what we're hoping, anyway." Unknown to everyone right now, the six other lights that split off from the energy anomaly that brought Clark back to Earth were also escaping prisoners, caught in the backwash of energy formed by Clark's escape. The search for these escaped, and very dangerous, criminals is going to take up a good portion of the next year for Clark.

Oh lovely. But one thing at a time, for now. "One thing at a time," Alice says, echoing the mun's position. "Today's already gotten better, so let's see what tomorrow brings."

A familiar PINpoint portal flashes, and April appears in the farmhouse. She looks drained, and there is a burn mark on her shirt from where she was hit by Zod (but the wound itself is healing).

"Hey guys. Guess you all saw Clark first. But he took care of Zod. And Lex was left free of the possession."

"Oh, that's great news," Chloe says, breathing a sigh of relief. "Mrs. Kent's on the phone with Washington right now, trying to do damage control I guess. Getting people organized."

"So Zod's out of Lex? Without having to use the knife?" Victor asks, looking deeply relieved.

"Sounds like it," Doc says with a grin.

"Glad to hear that's taken care of," Marty says, though he's looking rather concernedly at April. "You okay?"

"I need to rest and heal more. And Clark will need time too. It sounds like he was in The Phantom Zone for longer than he was missing out here. And he lost a friend."

"Victor Allen is getting Lana. And I think for tonight we have done all we can. The recovery from today will take time."

Chloe looks confused and concerned when she mentions that Clark lost a friend, assuming that it was someone outside the Zone, because how could he have a friend inside of that place? "God, that's awful. I'm so glad this is finally over."

Victor automatically looks around for a place he can offer April to sit, ever the gentleman. "Is the other Victor all right?" He's only met Victor A a couple of times, but he likes her.

"He lost somebody else? Oh jeez," Marty says with a wince. "Send along our condolences, okay? Ouch. . . ."

Accepting Victor's help to sit down, April explained a little more. "She was a friend of his Father's, that was in the Phantom Zone as protection. She helped him escape. Sacrificed herself so he could come home."

And to April that means a whole lot.

"Oh," Chloe says softly, because she knows that Clark is incredibly lonely for his people sometimes, and before now the only, and very few, ones he's met at home have been hostile. To find a friend, someone connected to family, and then to lose her so soon... "Is he okay?"

"Oh dear," Victor says softly. "I'm so sorry -- for them both." Clark for losing her, and that poor woman for having to sacrifice herself. It's very unfair that he should find a friendly member of his species and not be able to bring her to earth as well.

"Oh man, that -- yeah," Marty says, unconsciously moving a bit closer to Doc. "How is he?"

April shrugs sadly. "Clark will need time to heal. He was practically living in Kryptonian Hell for quite a while. And so... we all need to give him space."

She should be used to this by now. She isn't.

"I wanted to thank you all for helping out."

"No problem," Chloe says, still frowning. "If there's anything else we can do..."

"You guys are our friends -- we're always willing to go to bat for you," Marty agrees.

"You've helped us out at other times," Alice adds. "It's only right to pay such kindness back. Is there anything else we can help with?"

April smiled softly. "Tonight is a time we should all rest. I would gladly think you assistance in the next coming days would be welcome."

"I need to recover from tonight. Eat. Shower. Sleep. And none of you can help me with any of that." She manages a small teasing smile.

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