the kind of future you don't want to have ((future!verse))

[slayers_desire]

It was midnight.

The perfect time for Dark Oak to be out hunting. There was no out at this time beside the ones she hunted anyway. They locked up the humans to control the streets. The Kandorians.

But they couldn't control her. She was the best one for the job when it came to an assassination, such as her goal for tonight. To get in and do the job without getting noticed and without leaving any trace of what happened.

One night at a time they attempted to reclaim their world. Tried to work against Zod and his army. And tried to reclaim the lives of thousands of innocent people.

And while she worked for a rebel team, Dark Oak still felt alone. Her heart felt heavy, ever since she and Clark got separated. Zod seemed determined in making Clark hurt... and Dark Oak did what she could to hurt Zod back.

The darkness was there again in her mind. And she had to take a moment to stop... and wait...

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[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Zod approaches Clark now, angry and not noticing the theft of the Legion ring. "You chose to fight me. You forced me to unleash my power! We could have made this planet a paradise!"

Clark no longer fears Zod, and grabs his jacket lapels. "It already was."

His lack of fear proves fatal. It's been so long since he's felt the sting of kryptonite, he forgot that Zod still had the knife. Until he feels the blade slide into his chest, under his ribs.

((turns out my uncle has wifi :) ))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

April feels the pain from Clark, sharp and sudden. Go now Lois. Go back to the past.

She moves quickly, back to where Zod just killed her husband. And comes out of shadow form to grab Zod. "That was your last mistake." And she snaps his neck.

((woot!!))

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

Lois is nearly hysterical now. She holds it together under normal circumstances, but she just saw Clark killed. And then April appeared from nowhere and killed Zod. "What just happened?!"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't matter what happened." April throws away the dead body of Zod. And kneeling by her husband, she touches his face. And pulls out the Kryptonite knife, hoping that maybe he will heal.

"What matters is you can change it. Go back into the past Lois. Go back and make sure none of this ever happens."

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

"I can't leave now..."

And on the street corner, not noticed by anyone just yet, Alia glares at them. Furious that Clark and his helpers have destroyed their world.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"What keeps you here to stay?" April glares up at Lois. "This is not your timeline. This is not your world. This is not your future."

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

Lois is a bit taken aback by April's tone, even after everything she's seen. And she looks down at the Legion ring.

"I'll stop this... I promise."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"You are our only hope right now..." April whispers. She will be mean if that works. She wants to mourn her husband, but has to make sure that Lois does the right thing.

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

Lois nods. And draws in a deep breath, moving to slip on the ring.

Alia breaks into a run, bolting towards Lois. And reaches her just as the ring flares purple, opening the portal to send Lois back in time a single year.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Damn..." April is unable to stop Alia from teleporting back in time with Lois. She finally feels free to cry, after all the pain and hurt she experienced in the last year.

And leans over Clark, holding him in her arms, crying on him.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((What a depressing place to have to end))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((true, but it fits the theme of that future world))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((It really does. And since Lois succeeds, kinda, the world gets overwritten at this point. So there's not a lot to do after, poor things.))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((good thing. means a much better future for our pups.))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((indeed, that's always a good thing!))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((so would Absolute Justice be next?))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((Hmm... it would if we were doing things totally chronologically... I do want to at least play out Clark seeing Lois's memories of the alternate future and the reaction from it, if we don't backtrack and do anything with Idol.))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((hmmm good point. Did you want to do Idol, and then Clark seeing Lois's memories?))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((I think we could do enough with Idol to make things interesting. So if you don't have any objections, I think we could do that next

Although I still am trying to think of what to do about Jor-El's clone, lol))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((no objections here. I am good for another scene))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((It occurred to me after about thirty tags on this one that we should've waited until actual Pandora, but oh well, lol. I do like how it turned out though. Good drama, not quite a happy ending like they usually get, and gives us a good footing for the past-side of the episode))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((it was good to feel this one out. To see what memories that Lois would show Clark. And how that affects him.))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((I totally agree. Always good to see how we break canon and what the consequences are))

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

((I learned that badFuture!April had truly embraced her darker side))

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

((It'll be interesting to play out their reactions to seeing Lois's memories in full, since future!Clark didn't give as much detail))