"For your sake and the sake of those around you.." "...emergency measures have been taken." "Emergency measures?" "My powers are gone." "We have removed your natural abilities as a precaution." "Until they have undergone the natural evolution.." "...they would be unsafe, unpredictable." "The purple crystal must be engaged." "What evolution?" "What purple crystal?" "There is no purple crystal." "Once inserted into the transport's receptacle.." "...your abilities can once again be controlled." "And they will be returned." "If however the crystal is not found within eight hours this program will be terminated." "And your abilities will be gone forever." "Gone?" "I'll never fly again?" "(Jackson) This is it." "And this where you saw the crystal?" "Right." "Which should arrive at our hotel room within the hour." "What about witnesses?" "Is there any local corroboration to the sighting?" "None, once it was on the ground." "But I've been replaying that day in my mind and there was something that might be significant." "Well, every little bit helps." "A pick-up truck passed just as I got here." "Now, I didn't think much about it at the time but they came right by here." "They must have seen something." "It's not a lot to go on." "We should start talking to the people in the area." "Well, you know the Kent farm is just right over there." "Clark lived around here?" "Explains a lot." "It's as good a place to start as any." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." " Lana!" " Hi!" "How wonderful to see you!" "What a nice surprise!" "What a nice surprise!" "I'd like you to meet Matt Ritter and Dennis Jackson." "How do you do?" "They work with Clark and I at the Bureau." "Clark talks about you both all the time, especially you." "Is, uh, Clark here?" "Um, well, he's...he's around here somewhere." "Why don't we wait in the house?" "Oh, that's okay." "I'll go find him." "Actually, we're here on official business." "About 20 years ago, to this exact week some kind of a UFO was sighted in that field over there." "Twenty years." "Well, that's a long time." "This is not a sight you'd ever forget." "And judging by how long and how deep the trench it left behind was, this was not a sound you would ever forget either." "We were away a lot." "We probably weren't here." "This is a farm, isn't it?" "Never heard of farmers who were away a lot." "What I think he's trying to say is it's easy to forget things over time." "But...with a little effort, it can come back to you." "Like tact." "[dramatic music]" "I-I'm sorry." "Did I interrupt anything?" "No, I was just doing some chores." "What are you doing here?" "Uh, Mr. Jackson and Matt are investigating a 20-year-old case." "Something about a meteor landing nearby." "Just about the same time we were born." "Really?" "How interesting!" "Let's go say hi." "Are you coming?" "We're staying at the hotel in town." "If you remember anything.." "...please...call." "Okay, Matt, the crystal should have arrived at the hotel by now." "Your work must be very fascinating." "Meteors, UFO's, crystals." "How do you tie that all together?" "I found that crystal in the field the day all this happened," "I must therefore assume a connection." " Simple." " Amazing!" "Lana and I will check the rest of the farms on foot." " We'll meet you in town." " You got it, chief." "Come, see us again." "Nice meeting you folks." "That truck is a classic." "Must be...20-years old?" "More like 25." "Hello, Mr. Jackson." "What are you doing way out here?" "On the trail of a mystery, Kent." "One I intend to solve." "Nice meeting you folks." "Thank you for your help." "Miss." "Lang." " See you later." " Alright." "We'll talk later." " He talked about a crystal." " Yeah." "It sounded like the one you're looking for." "Probably fell off when the rocket hit." "He's expecting it to arrive at his hotel." "He sent Matt Ritter to get it." "I better get there first." " Can I borrow the truck?" " Oh, sure, sure, sure." "No doubt about it." "I'm onto something here." "I've never seen you this excited." "What'd they say?" "Wasn't anything they said, was what they drive." "Theirs was the pick-up truck I saw that day." "We need to check with the Smallville clerk's office." "I want birth certificates medical records, everything on the Kents." "I've known the Kents all my life." "They'd have to be pretty sure to be hiding anything." "A look into their past won't hurt." "I wish I hadn't sent Matt off in the car." "I'll tell you what.." "...I'll get the information for you." "You can continue with the investigation out here." "When you get back in town, it'll be ready." "Okay." "Wait a second!" "You're my guide." "How am I supposed to find my way back?" "I'll draw you a map." "[dramatic music]" "Hello, Lana." "Forget something?" "No Mooney Road here." "Well.." "...if it isn't my old punching bag." "Hello, Richard." "I thought after graduation you became one of them lily-white city types." "Well, I come back every now and again." "Just to remind myself of why I left." "What do you want, Kent?" "I'm supposed to pick up a package for my boss." "That's it there." "I don't see nothing on there about no Kent." "Come on, Richard." "It'll make me look good with my boss." "You understand." "Well.." "...it's against regulations." "But I guess I couldn't say anything if you were to go ahead and just take it.." "...while my back was turned." "Hmm?" "[intense music]" "What do you think I am?" "Stupid?" "Now, get out of here!" "Wimp!" " Lana!" " Hello, Clark." "Or should I say Superboy?" "[dramatic music]" "How could I possibly be Superboy?" "I have a theory about that." "That meteor Mr. Jackson's investigating." "He said it crashed to earth 20 years ago, yesterday." "On your birthday." " That's a co-inci" " I'm not done." "Let's just say there was something on board." "Something like a baby.." "...with unimaginable strength." "And let's say a couple happened by.." "...a childless couple." "Does any of this ringing a bell?" "And let's say this child grows up with powers and ability that eclipse any normal boy's." "It's only obvious he'd need another identity.." "...to protect the ones he loves." "Mr. Jackson said he saw a truck driving away from crash site." "A truck owned by a..." "local couple." "A childless couple." "Ma and Pa Kent?" "Which can only mean one thing." "That baby was you." "That's just about the dumbest story I think I've ever heard." "Not to mention, it's just bad investigative technique." "Where's your proof?" "What good is a theory without proof?" "This time I'm gonna get proof." "Ow!" "Lana, what are you doing?" "Getting my proof." "This-This is some kind of trick." "Ow!" "Cut it out!" "I'm sorry but I, uh.." "I was.." " I was so sure." " Well, you are wrong." "Maybe this will put an end to your silly theories." "Of course." "Clark, I, uh.." "Clark, I'm sorry I didn't.." "Ow!" "Stop that!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry." "[light music]" "Where the hell am I?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Wait!" "I'm lost." "Can you help me?" "I bet I can." "There's only an hour left." "How am I gonna get that crystal?" "Easy, son, easy." "Don't give up hope." "I almost had it.." "...if it wasn't for that Richard Charles." "After all these years, I can't believe he's still trying to hurt you." "Only, now, he can." "Clark, don't forget what I always told you." "At the heart of every bully is a coward afraid to be found out." "A coward." "(Jackson) What do you mean?" "That's alright, he's probably gone out to dinner." "I'll try again." "Figures!" "Finally got a foothold in my first case in 20 years" "I'm stuck here, in the middle of nowhere." "(female #1) Ouch!" "Is my company so bad?" "Nah, of course not." "You're so tense, Dennis." "Gotta learn to relax." "After all, it's just a job." " That's easy for you to say." " No, it's easy to do." "Just have to learn how." "(Matt) Listen, I heard." "But when my boss comes in, if I don't have that package" "I'm gonna be in deep trouble." "Now, I understand you're closing soon.." "The box stays here." "Until somebody named Jackson shows me some proof." "Are you city folks this dense?" "There's no need to get hostile." "Maybe it's just that us city folks have a little class." "I'll show you the kind of class us country folk have." "(Clark) I wouldn't do that." "Or what?" "Try me." "[dramatic music]" "Hey, listen." "Hey, I didn't mean anything by it." "I'm just tired of that whole, that whole city attitude." "Hey!" "Hey." "Hey." "Come on, it's no biggie." "Tell him!" "Look-Look you can have your stupid box." "Okay?" "Thanks a lot." "Is there anything I can do to repay you?" "Uh, yeah, you could." "Give me that." "You're involved in this?" "Do me a favor." "Don't ask me any questions." "Okay." "Would you do me a favor?" "Don't tell anyone where you got it." "Ow!" "[dramatic music]" "So that's it." "Thanks, Pa." "Time's running out." "The purple crystal must be activated." "I sure hope this works." "[whirring]" "I don't know how you talked me into this, Grace." "I told you, I'm gonna teach you how to relax." " Hmm." " I was like you." "Burning out in a high stress job." "Comin' home to a high-rise." "Then I gave it all up, and came here." "It's made all the difference." "Look around you, Dennis." "There are other things in life besides work." "Like clouds." "You're right, of course." "Sometimes I miss the most obvious things." "Congratulations!" "You're on your way to full maturity." "Until the next time of passage, be well." "Hearing's back." "Hello?" " Is somebody there?" " Lana, are you okay?" "It's you." "What are you doing all the way out here alone?" "I figured it out." "Somehow you've lost your powers." "That's why the pin didn't bend." "You're crazy." "I saw you when you left the hotel." "You stubbed your toe." "You're just a normal guy now." "Oh, no!" "But I-I thought, I thought that.." "Lana, get some help." "And leave poor Clark alone." "But when I stabbed Clark, it shouldn't have gone in but it did." "And when I stabbed you, without your powers.." "...it should've gone in but it didn't." "So Clark and.." "No." "But you.." "You know what you need?" " What?" " Proof." "Would Clark do this?" "What are you so happy about?" "Apparently, I missed something last night." "Where did you two go?" "I ended up having to eat dinner by myself." "Thought I was gonna have to spend the whole trip back to capital city, bolstering your ego." "Nonsense." "Why?" "Because you didn't solve your big case." "The crystal's gone." "Probably lost in the mail." "You still have no idea what landed here or where it went." "Doesn't that bother you a little?" "Matthew, my boy.." "...you're gonna have to learn how to relax." "After all, it's only a job." "Think I can catch a ride to the airport with you?" "More the merrier." "So now that you've had time to think about it.." "...I bet you feel kind of silly about that whole Superboy thing, huh?" "[theme music]"