trans_9 | Bendy-timed to before clone plot

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Bendy-timed to before clone plot

While Clark counted himself lucky that his Earth, at least at this point, had no supervillains, there was a minor downside to living in a world without a Luthor. Namely, Clark didn't even have an educated guess as to what his limits were. Something, as it became more and more obvious he was here for the long haul, he should probably figure out.

"More." He said, calling to the sensorium to add even more weight to the already massive object he was currently lifting. He was starting to feel some strain, but not enough to quit.

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"Not bad," said a voice in the doorway. "You knew or someone I just haven't seen before?"

"Depends on what you mean by new. I'm Clark Kent, been here since the last podpop." Clark said, putting the weight down.

That made Kon raise both eyebrows.

"As in... you know..."

Was this a version that was a young Kal?

"From Kansas, Clark Kent?"

"From Picketsville, Kansas, yeah." Clark stressed, "Probably not the Clark you're thinking of. My parents have a lousy sense of humor, and apparently the universe does too."

Color him confused.

"If...you're not the Clark I'm thinking of, how do you know which Clark I'm thinking of?"

"Because he's a fictional character in my universe." Clark said, feeling a little awkward about it. "That would be why my parents named me after him."

Which was, well, exactly like Superboy Prime, although Clark had no idea who that was.

"Prime..." Kon said, taking a step back.

Was it him? He wasn't sure because this guy was a little younger and looked a tiny bit different, but that could've been age.

This could be Prime, before...before everything. Spouting off all his crazy crap about them being comics and knowing their lives...

Clark raised an eyebrow "Okay, what'd I say?"

Did he tell him? Would he even want to know what he became?

Could it change things? Knowing now?

Then again, how could he know this was the same Superboy for sure?

"I don't know if I should even tell you this, and...I'm not sure if you're him. I don't know. If you are, maybe it's better you know when you're less...crazy. But we--we had this enemy, Superboy Prime, who totally freaked the hell out on us and he came from a world that was destroyed that had us all as comic books or something--he was always spouting weird crap in battle."

He gestured to Clark.

"Thing is, you lost your world like the rest of us and you're not flipping out over it. So if you're a younger him, why not? Or it means you aren't. Or..."

He was confused.

Clark just looked bewildered at that. "It's stuff like that that makes me glad I don't willingly read comics."

"Look" he said, sighing, "I don't think I'm this Superboy Prime guy you're talking about. If only because of that fact that if I do end up deciding to put on tights and fly around helping people? I'm fairly sure I won't call myself Superboy."

Wait, so he didn't read comics?

"If you don't read about us, you can't be him. He knew like everything about our lives. It was creepy. So...so you're just...another dude from a world that has us with comics in it, you're named after... and you have powers? Where'd you get the powers? Natural-born meta, homo magi, what?"

"I honestly don't know," Clark shrugged, "One day I was normal, the next one I was flying. The only thing I know for sure is that I'm not an alien, since my parents probably would've told me if I was adopted."

"Well, how does everyone else in your world get powers?"

It was the way his world was. Powers were part of it, metas, aliens, half-aliens like him. The concept of other worlds not being that way naturally was sometimes hard to grok.

"As far as I know, I'm the first." Unknown to Clark at this point, there probably were others, but they either kept it secret, or had been kidnapped and experimented on by the government.

"You're the only meta. In the whole world?"

Wow.

"At least tell me you don't have a ton of supervillains yet because it'd suck facing them all alone."

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Clark shook his head, "There aren't any."

"Good luck on your part then. Supervillains suck."

Interesting.

"What else can you do besides the superstrength? Can you fly?"

"Fly, shoot heat vision out my eyes...basically everything Superman can do. And," he added, having realized this earlier, "if the fact that I haven't felt any weaker means anything, I don't think I need sunlight to use them."

"I don't supposed you've ever been exposed to K-rock or magic, have you. I wonder if you're immune."

Interesting. Very very interesting.

"So somehow, you got named after Superman, randomly developed powers, and now you're not just a meta, you're a super."

"Sounds even more ridiculous when someone else says it, but that's basically it."

"Whatever the case, you're one of us."

Yes, Clark, Superboy just adopted you. "We could show you how to use your powers better. And that whole truth, justice, and apple pie thing, if you're into that."

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"Seriously? That'd be great." He said gratefully, It was better than just playing things by ear.

"Yeah, we can't leave you dangling in the wind like that. One of the best parts of being a super's the other supers, you know? Learning from other people, making friends, joining teams. You can do way more good that way."

He nudged Clark's shoulder in a friendly fashion.

"I'll tell Kal about you and we can get you trained up in no time."

He shrugged.

"You shouldn't have had to spend so much time on your own in the first place."

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