By Sonia K.

END OF SEASON 4 (Recap)

The helicopter carrying Lana is struck by a meteor and crashes to the ground, Lana awakes and drags herself out and away from the helicopter up a mound of dirt to be faced with a spaceship.  Jason and the Kents, whom he is holding hostage at their home, are caught in an explosion due to a meteor striking the Kent Farm.  Lionel is at the Luther Mansion in some sort of trance brought on the by the stone he unsuccessfully tried to conceal from Lex.  Lois drives towards a hill, and runs up it, to see what is left of Smallville.  Teary-eyed and scared, she witnesses the devastation of the meteor shower.

...And Now...

Chloe and Lex are in the Kiwatchi Caves, unbeknownst to Lex, Clark is also there, in the secret chamber, where several bright lights are flashing.  Clark holds the stones of power in his hands and suddenly a flash of white light transports him to a mountain of snow….

Clark is somewhere… in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mountains and snow.  The Kryptonian symbol that transported him to the caves acts as a compass and guides Clark to what appears to be a fortress made of ice, which grows out of the snow as Clark approaches.  He is met by Jor’El’s voice inside the fortress and is told that his life in Smallville is a memory now and he must prepare for his destiny and to save the world against a greater evil.  He is surrounded by knowledge from Jor-El and is in a deep trance as he absorbs it all at an advanced rate, it forms a sort of wall or barrier around him causing the wind to blow furiously around Clark. 

Lana is at the edge of the crater and as she peers over she is blinded by a bright light.  She drags herself away and is confronted by the two beings, a female and a male, who have emerged from the ship.  As the police surround them, Lana staggers away leaving the man and woman to battle it out with them.  As they obliterate their opposition they reveal their purpose, to find Kal-EL, and they speed away to find him.

The meteor shower has left a gaping hole in the middle of the Kent home.  Lois drives up and runs in to find Mr. Kent conscious and helps him to locate Mrs. Kent in all the rubble and they get her to the local hospital.

Lex awakens to find himself alone in the caves.  He picks up the octagonal key and tries to hide it when Atheyr & NamEk show up, after figuring out that he cannot be Kal-El because he bleeds, they take the key from him and leave a stunned Lex in the caves as they speed away.

Chloe awakens to chills and finds herself in what appears to be the North Pole.  She sees the ice fortress and makes her way towards it.  As she enters, she sees Clark undergoing his “lesson”.  As she tries to get closer, the winds inside seem to attack her and she tries to call out to Clark for help, yet can only make out a whisper.  Clark comes out of his trance and rushes to help Chloe.  He promises Jor-El that he will return before the sun sets to finish his lessons, so that he can save Chloe.  Jor-El allows Clark to leave but warns that if he should not return in the time allotted, the consequences would be grave.

Lana stumbles onto the roadway and runs into Lex.  She tells him they have to escape the two beings from the spaceship.  He asks her where she saw the spaceship and she tells him.  He begins to tell her that she is in shock and hallucinating.  Lana gets angry and turns to walk away but collapses from her injuries.

Clark gets Chloe to the safety of the hospital where they finally come clean with each other.  Chloe reveals the details of how & when she figured out Clark’s secret and Clark lets Chloe know that he is not even human let alone a meteor freak.  Chloe responds by telling him that she thinks he is amazing and that she will never let his secret leave her lips.  As they watch the news, they see the damage back home.  Chloe tells him she’s fine and that Smallville needs him more than she does.  And away he goes……..

Lana wakes up at the Luthor Mansion to a scratching sound.  Downstairs, Lionel is busy carving a symbol into the floor.  He tells Lana that they are the “Disciples of ZOD” and that “They must be stopped”.   He looks toward the kryptonite stored in Lex’s vault and says “Their home is their only poison”.  Lana asks Lionel where she can find the two beings from the spaceship.

At the hospital, Lois is being thanked by the Kents for her help when a huge explosion knocks them off their feet.  The Disciples of ZOD have arrived and are losing patience in their search for Kal-El.  As Lois intervenes and tries to help free Mr. Kent from their grips, they instead focus on Lois and as they are about to hurt Lois, Lana shows up and tells them she knows where Kal-El is hiding and that she would lead them to him at the Luthor Mansion.

As Lana points them towards the kryptonite filled vault they are almost overcome by the green meteor rocks but get away in enough time to assault Lana for lying.  Clark reaches the hospital after running into a very skeptical Lex who tells him where his parents are.  He talks to Lois and she tells him that Lana has led the two strangers to the Luthor Mansion.  Clark reaches the mansion to find that the two strangers are actually the last remaining survivors of Krypton and that their mission is to destroy and rebuild Earth as a new planet for Kryptonians with Clark’s help.  Clark refuses and they unleash an attack almost capable of swallowing Clark whole.  As he fights being sucked into the portal he hangs on long enough for them to turn their backs to him, and as they do, he manages to free himself.

He knocks both of them, one after the other, into the portal which then collapses into what looks like a square picture frame, trapping the two and their cries for

help within it and the box itself takes flight, shattering a window to the outside which reveals to Clark, a setting sun.  As he checks on Lana, he realizes his finger is bleeding, for the first time ever.

Mr. & Mrs. Kent return home to a less super-Clark.  He reveals that because he did not return to Jor-El before the sunset, he no longer possesses any of his super-abilities.  As happy as he is to be normal, his parents are more worried than ever.

As Chloe sleeps, she’s roused out of sleep and calls out Clark’s name but it’s Lex who has found her at the hospital.  He questions how she ended up so far from Smallville and why she assumed he was Clark.  Back in Smallville’s local hospital, Lana’s in bed reading a newspaper, with a highlighted article regarding the deaths of Jason & Genevieve Teague.  The headline is circled in red ink, with a note saying “You Owe Me One” signed with only an “L”.  As Clark enters the room, she hides the newspaper.  Clark asks Lana if she meant what she said before the meteor show hit town, specifically the “I Love You Clark” part.  They both confirm that they are in love and seal it with a long kiss.