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Spoilers for season 2 finale and X-Men 2. Please don't read if you haven't seen the movie. It will ruin everything for you. If you haven't seen the Smallville season 2 finale. It is okay; you will just be a little confused.

Summary: Clark is wearing red kryptonite and has run away from home. Professor Xavier is in Cerebro and notices a blue dot. Sends some X-Men to investigate. Alternate Universe (AU) This is not the comics.

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Clark sat on his motorcycle and was driving somewhere, anywhere. He had to get as far away as he could from Smallville. He had caused his parents to loose the baby, something that was extremely important to them, maybe even more than him. He had felt so bad that he ripped through Chloe's office and found the red kryptonite class ring. He wanted it, no, he needed it. He didn't want to feel what he was feeling. He hated himself and the ring would make him not care so much.

He thought back to when he left Lana. He had wanted her to go with him. She refused and it broke his heart. Why had all this happened now? He finally was with Lana everything was great.

Then the voice from his ship had to go and ruin everything. It said it was his father's memory. It called itself Jor-El. It said it was here to guide him to rule the world. He didn't want to rule the world, he just wanted to be Clark Kent. He wanted to just be a normal kid with a girlfriend and living with his parents. Why does nothing good happen to me?

Clark revved the engine and poured on the speed. He knew he could go faster than the bike ever could, but he didn't want to run right now. He didn't want someone to see him and have another problem on his hands.

He had been driving for a couple hours when he noticed his gas was nearly on empty. He hadn't thought about gas and he had no money. Just then he drove by a gas station with an outside ATM machine. A small smile pulled at the sides of his mouth and he turned the motorcycle around. He turned into the parking lot and pulled up to a pump. He filled up the motorcycle and looked around. No one was there, only the worker, probably the owner, was inside watching TV.

He didn't want any problems with the police right now so he looked around and saw a camera, he was still out of its line of sight. He looked at it and a second later the camera was on fire. He walked up to the ATM punched a hole in the side and pulled out a handful of cash. He was thankful the clerk had the TV blaring or he would have heard the crunch from the machine. He could have taken all of it but he knew he could get more cash anytime he wanted. He didn't want the police or something worse after him, so rather than just steal the money and gas, then go, he thought it would be smarter to pay for the gas. After all who would believe that someone would steal from an ATM just to pay for their gas. He stuffed the hand-full in his pocket only keeping out a twenty to pay for the gas.

He walked into the store it smelled old and rotting. It was dirty and needed repairs but he didn't care it wasn't his place. He would have grabbed something to eat and drink but those were the last things on his mind. He walked up to the counter eager to pay and get back on the road. He set the twenty on the counter when he heard the ding of the door opening. The cashier rung up the gas and was about to give Clark the change when he heard a gun cock next to him.

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Professor Xavier was completely baffled at what he had found. He was in Cerebro and had been searching for any new mutants that he thought he might be able to help. He didn't know if the person he found was a mutant, or not. His brain activity was unlike anything he had ever felt. His mind was unusually strong and Xavier would have never noticed it in the first place had something not happened. The anger and pain the person was feeling upped his brain waves just enough that he was able to notice him. He followed the blue dot for a moment longer. It was traveling north of Metropolis, Kansas.

Xavier then pulled off his helmet that connected him to Cerebro and set it on the console in front of him. He turned in his wheelchair and headed out. He wanted someone to check this out as soon as possible. He would send Jean and Ororo. Then Xavier felt an ache in his heart. He kept doing it. Forgetting that Jean was gone. It hurt to still think that he had lost one of his people. He didn't quite understand why she had left the plane himself. But he kept up a strong face for Scott. He knew if he showed any weakness Scott might possibly have a breakdown.

He would send Scott and Ororo. He contacted them telepathically and told them to meet him in his office.

"What do you think it is?" Scott asked. His skin was slightly pale and he had dark circles under his eyes. He looked as if he hadn't slept for a week. And it was probably true.

"I'm not quite sure. He is definitely not human and I am not even sure if he is a mutant." Professor Xavier said.

"Do you think he could be a mutant and his ability is to be able to block anyone from invading his mind?" Storm asked.

"I don't know. All I know is I can only feel his presence with the help of Cerebro and even then I can't get in his mind."

"How do you know it's a him?" Ororo asked.

Xavier smiled, "there are some things that you just know."

"We'll go find him right now." Scott said as he turned to leave the room.

"You don't have to do this if you don't want to." Xavier said. Even though he knew Scott wanted to. He knew Scott wanted something to do, to keep his mind off of her. "Scott be careful. Something bad has happened to him and he could be unstable. I will send you his new coordinates when you get into the area."

Author's Note: Please don't be afraid to critique us we're not afraid. In fact we learn better that way.