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The Experiment

23 year old Ronald was the experiment he needed. The man was given to him for the price of the baby girl that he just birthed. 

When he was a teenager, he worked with his childhood friends to figure out a formula for males to give birth. It was to help his friend Harry, not for him. He was in a happy relationship with his longtime girlfriend Hermione. But everything changed when they were successful. He and his partners, Neville and Luna had figured out the formula. 

But things went south quickly. Both Neville and Luna were killed in their lab and the formula destroyed, Ronald went missing.   

Everything was blamed on Ronald, his family and friends helped in the search to catch him and turn him in. 

What they didn't know, was that Ronald was kidnapped and raped after he had been given the formula. 

He was then shipped off to North America and kept at a secret base in Mexico. Lionel was offered the chance at the man, who, along with his friends that were killed, has been shown to exhibit strange abilities. 

Ronald was never the smart one, he was more of the tester or gopher that had occasionally good ideas. He was the perfect person to frame.

Lionel was positive that the boy would birth him an army of soldiers that would help him take over anything he wished, wether it be a company or country. 

Lionel pushed the man back, his knees hit the bed. 

"Please. Don't." The man's, no, the boys voice quivered a bit but he didn't push Lionel away, he just looked at him with fear, a shake to his shoulders. 

"You belong to me. I own you. I will do what I wish to do." He told him, pushing him softly, but firmly enough for the boy to fall to the bed beneath him. 

Lex Luthor, 16 year old son of billionaire Lionel Luthor, was just getting home for spring break. His father should have been there, not having been at work. 

He walked through the mansion slowly, not wanting to confront his father, but knowing that avoiding him would just ensure that he would not be left alone.  

Lex found his fathers door, and knocked softly. 

He heard a soft curse, hushed whispers and the shuffling of a blanket against skin. He berated himself for catching his father with one of his whores, but he couldn't change it now. 

The door was yanked open and his father glared at him, until he realized who was at the door. His face softened and his shoulders relaxed. 

"Lex. I didn't think you would be getting home so soon. Welcome back. We can talk more at dinner." Lionel gave his son a quick, fake, smile before closing the door. But not before Lex saw the boy laying on the bed, his face hidden as he looked away. 

Lex blinked slowly before turning on his heel. He walked quickly to his room, trying to erase what he just saw from his mind. 

That night his father introduced his 'lover' Ronald. The boy, who was technically a man, looked scared, but Lex just assumed that it was because he didn't know how Lex would react. He would later regret his choice to ignore it. 

Lex left after the break was over. Lionel would take Ronald often, regardless of the boys protests. 

He stopped when the pregnancy was obvious. 

Nine months later Ronald gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Lionel was furious. He wanted a boy, not a girl. That boy should have had power, but alas, a baby girl with wave red hair stared at him with curious brown eyes, matching his perfectly. 

He was going to get rid of it, but Ronald predicted this, and begged for him to reconsider, to allow him to raise his daughter. Lionel agreed, on the condition that Ronald would stay, no matter what. 

He agreed instantly. 

Lex hadn't been back at the mansion since he first met Ronald. It had been four years. He had stayed with his friend Bruce over breaks, his father had told him that he wasn't to come back to the mansion until he called for him. And so, when he received the invitation to a baby shower to be held at the mansion, he was immediately thoroughly pissed off. His father didn't want him back, so he could go and have more kids? He wanted him gone so he could replace him? 

If it wasn't for Bruce, Lex didn't think he would have calmed down enough to accept the invite. He wanted to see who replaced his mother, who was replacing him. 

So on the night that the party was scheduled, he and Barbra, a friend of Bruce's that really wanted to go, made their way through the entry hall, greeting guests and laughing merrily, all faked. 

Lionel was in the ballroom, a bundle in a blue blanket was held tenderly in his arms. Lex didn't want to like the kid, his father introduced him as Logan, but his adorable little face was brightened by a gummy smile and bright blue eyes. His red hair was a small tuft at the top of his head. 

Lex was startled when a couple of children seemed to appear behind him. Two girls, maybe three and four, were grinning as they looked up at Lex. A man, that Lex recognized as the lover from four years ago, came rushing into the room with two more girls, one on his hip, the other clutching at his hand. 

The man would be beautiful, if it wasn't for the dark bruises that showed on his cheek. The slight limp was the only outward indicator that the man was hurting, but even though the limp was noticeable, he hid it by holding the girl in a way to make it seem the limp was from holding her. 

"So sorry Lionel. The girls wanted to meet their brother." His eyes fell onto Lex. It was then that Lex realized that the girls all shared the same freckled faces as the man and the boy in Lionel's arms. Two of the girls had Lionel's brown hair and another two his eyes. 

"Lex. These are Amanda, Kelly, Grace, and Heather. They are your half sisters." 

It's been three years since he met his half siblings and stepfather. It was a surprise that his stepfather could give birth, but the news was told that it was a birth defect that allowed the man to give birth. He had supposedly met Lionel when he was run out of his close minded hometown. The two men hit it off and married. They were told that Lionel was surprised when Ronald announced his first pregnancy. 

Lex knew otherwise. There was something in the way Ronald acted around his father. It was with weary trepidation that the man would interact with Lionel. It was there whenever Ronald had to leave his daughters in Lionel's care. 

In the three years since he met his siblings, he gained another two. Both boys, and Ronald was pregnant again. 

"Mandy!" Lex called out when his sister raised her fist. The boy that was held in her grip looked at him with wide frightened eyes. 

"But Lex!" She whined, "he called mama a freak. I can't just let him get away with it." She glared at the boy, pulling her fist back again, getting ready to hit, but she sighed and let him go when Lex glared. 

"You can't just go around hitting people you don't like." Lex told her as he gathered the children to his car. Mandy, Kelly, and Gracie were all glaring at the boy as he was taken to the nurse, Lex wasn't able to stop the girls in time. 

He was just glad that the boys were too young to go to school. It would have been a blood bath. 

"Hey Lex, are we still going to move?" Mandy asked, her hands playing restlessly in her lap. A small piece of metal in her grasp, being bent and squished and smoothed over and over. An exercise in controlling her strength. 

"Unfortunately." He grumbled. If he had been with anyone else he would not have answered that way, but these were his sisters, his little devil girls in angels clothes. 

"Oh. But the boys get to stay?" Gracie may be the youngest in the car, but she knew that their father didn't want them. She knew that he wanted sons. 

"Is mama coming?" Kelly asked, her foot tapping out a beat, a bit faster then should be possible. 

"No." Lex cringed. He didn't want his stepfather anywhere near his father, but there was nothing he could do. 

He would be taking the four girls to Smallville soon, within the next two days, and there was nothing he could do to change that. 

When they reached the mansion, he picked up Heather, who had been waiting for them with a tear stained face. 

"Mama and father are fighting again." Lex cringed internally. 

He was almost sad to think that the girls know when her parents were fighting. Ronald and Lionel never raise their voices. In fact, the two wouldn't even look at each other, but the negative emotion was picked up on by the empath. 

"Don't worry. They will stop fighting soon." When Ronald submits, went without being said, the girls being to young to understand. 

Everything was packed. Ronald had said his goodbyes, before making his way to his room, feeling a bit ill. Lex could make out tear tracks before the man turned. 

He wanted to do something, but his father was too powerful, the girls would get hurt too badly. And he knew that the only reason the girls are still there is because of Ronald. 

But Ronald was getting weaker with each pregnancy. He's unable to leave the mansion, sometimes unable to leave his bed. Even when he isn't pregnant, his body had become frail, his skin sickly. 

That was probably the only reason Lionel had been able to convince Ronald to let the kids go to Smallville. 

Lex gathered the four girls into his car, their stuff had been sent beforehand, each only had a small backpack with stuff to do on the drive. 

The boys cried as their brother and sisters drove away, before being shushed by their father. 

Lex had dropped the girls off at the mansion and decided to take a look around town. He wanted to go fast, without his sisters in the car. 

Heather somehow got ahold of a phone and called him, she distracted him so he didn't see the metal on the road. Or the boy. He heard his sister cry in fright, his eyes were on the phone trying to reassure her, when he hit something, he was sure it was the rail. His car plunged into the lake. 

His world went black for a minute, and when he came too, he saw the most handsome man.  He grinned down at him when he looked up. 

"You okay?" His voice was that of an angel. 

"CLARK!!!" The panicked yell made Lex turn his head to see another man, this one much older then them. He looked like a farmer. 

"I'm fine dad." The man, Clark, said. Lex assumed that Clark was either in college, or taking a break to help his father on the farm. 

"What happened?" The farmer asked with worry. 

"He saved my life. I hit something on the road and wound up in the lake. Clark here dove in to save me." Lex didn't really understand why the man paled. 

"And who are you?" The man asked. 

"Lex Luthor." His outstretched hand was ignored as the man glared at him. The man took his son's shoulder and practically pulled him to the truck. 

Lex didn't meet the man again until two weeks later, when he opened the door to the local coffee shop to see the man with two teens. 

He looked so much younger sitting there with the others, his shoulders slouched and his timid grin hidden behind a mug of hot chocolate. 

Lex didn't dwell on it as his sisters pulled him to the counter. They ordered four hot chocolates and a coffee. The girls swarmed around a table and quickly took over, their scheming was currently focused on finding the man that saved their brother. Heather had made him a badge that said hero, but was spelled Heerow. Gracie had a card written out for her saying 'Thank you for saving Lexie.' on it. 

Both Mandy and Kelly had gotten it in their minds that Lex has to marry the man, because in all the stories, the prince always marries the damsel in distress. Lex blushed red the first time he heard that. 

"Is that him?" Heather asked, her eyes taking in the boy. Lex was sure now that he was a boy. There was no mistaking the mannerisms as those of an adult. 

Before he could stop them, the four girls were gone. He turned to see them crowding Clark, his face bright red as he listened to their recounting of his saving Lex. 

He held the badge and card with a shy smile, his friends were eyeing the girls incredulously. Lex decided to save them. 

"Girls. What have I told you about running off?" He asked from behind Clark, the boy jumped and turned to him. His eyes widened and his face flushed a darker red. 

"Sorry Lex." The girls replied happily. 

"You should keep your kids on a shorter leash." The black teen mumbled as he sipped his chocolate. Gracie glared at him. Her hearing was exceptional. 

"Leave my brother alone you big meany." She stuck her tongue out at him. Her sisters glared. 

"I'm sorry for them. I'm Lex Luthor, these are my sisters, Mandy, Kelly, Gracie, and Heather." Lex introduced. 

"I'm Clark, and these are my friends Chloe and Pete." Clark blushed as he shook Lex's hand. 

"Are you going to get married?" Kelly asked, her eyes wide and hopeful. 

All four over the age of ten choked a bit at that, startled by the question. Lex didn't think they would ask. 

"Because you saved Lex and the prince always married the damsel in distress in the books." Mandy explained, her eyebrows scrunched up in thought. 

"Right Lex?" Lex used all his willpower not to blush, but he still looked a bit sheepish. 

"This isn't a book." Lex informed them. 

"I don't think my parents would allow that." Clark said softly, his face still red. 

"How old are you?" Gracie asked, blinking up at him. Lex tried to get the girls to go back to their cocoa, but they refused. 

"15." Lex gaped. His mind shorted out. 

"Oh. Then you're too young to get married. Mama didn't marry father until he was 23. That's Lexie's age. What if you guys waited until you were the same age as Lexie? Then it wouldn't matter if you got married." Mandy mused. She opened her mouth to continue, but Lex covered it with his hand. 

"I am so sorry. We're just going to go. It was nice to meet you Clark, Chloe, Pete." Lex herded his sisters out the door, leaving their cocoa on the table, practically untouched. 

Clark watched them go, a feeling of mortification still lingered. Chloe and Pete had burst out laughing as soon as they were gone. 

Kelly was frightened. She was just jogging with her sister, like they do every night to burn off extra energy, when all of a sudden, she was in the middle of nowhere. 

She looked around, but saw only cornfield after cornfield. She curled up into a ball and cried. 

She heard something, making her jump to her feet in fright. She got her fists up, even though she wasn't as strong as her sister, she could punch really hard. 

"What are you doing out here so late?" A man, tall and lanky, asked as he eyed the little girl. Her bottom lip trembled. She heard a soft moan come from behind the man, it was filled with such pain, even she could feel it, and she had the weakest empathic powers out of the four sisters. The man took off, leaving her there, blinking in confusion. She took a step forward moving slowly she peaked through the stalks and saw Clark hanging like a scarecrow, stripped to his boxers, with an S painted on his chest. 

She watched as her brother appeared from the opposite side and helped the boy. She grinned, maybe that meant that they were meant for each other. 

"Are you okay?" Lex asked, his face scrunched in worry. Kelly wanted to hug him. 

"I'm fine. I need to go." 

"Do I at least get your last name?" 

Clark looked up at Lex while pulling on his pants, "Kent. I'm Clark Kent." 

And with that, the boy turned and made his way toward her. She let out a silent squeak before hiding in the stalks as he stormed past her. She looked at him, and was about to let him know she was there, when he 

suddenly disappeared. If she wasn't a speedster, she wouldn't have realized that he sped away instead of just vanished. 

"What are you doing here?" Lex was there suddenly. 

"Oh! Lex! I ran!" She grinned, keeping the info of Clark's speed to herself for the time being. 

Mandy tried not to touch anything, her strength was acting up, she accidentally shattered the bed post, bent her doorknob, cracked her chair and plate, and squished her sandwich. She and her sister skipped school. 

She and Kelly were practically attached at the hip they did everything together, even runaway for a bit. 

They found their way through a lightly wooded forest till they got to a lake. The girls played in the water until noon before laying on towels, which Kelly had ran to grab. 

They were practically hidden from view. They peaked over a rock to see Clark, sifting through a pile of rocks, mumbling about something. He lifted a giant boulder with ease, making the sisters gape at him. But when he tossed it aside and picked up the next rock, he seemed to lose all his strength, he gasped before green veins seemed to appears on his arm, where a glowing green rock sat innocently. The girls hurried over to him and helped move him, Mandy pulled him out, and Kelly grabbed the car keys that were under the green rock. They got Clark over to their towels and laid him out. He seemed to soak up the sun, his breathing wasn't labored anymore. 

"What was that?" Kelly asked. 

Clark didn't look at them. 

"Hey. We know you have powers. We're just curious about that strange green rock." Mandy scrunched up her eyebrows. 

"How?" Clark looked at the two with wide eyes. They girls shared a look. 

"Tell him?" Mandy asked. Kelly nodded. 

"So here's the thing. I'm seven. And I just carrying you over fifty feet without trouble." Mandy looked at him pointedly. 

"I kinda saw you speed away a few days ago, when you were practically nakey and hanging like a scarecrow." Kelly told him.  

Clark gaped at them almost like a fish, making the girls giggle. 

"We didn't tell Lex about your powers. But our sisters know." Kelly told him. 

"So you need a ride into town?" Clark finally asked. The girls grinned and followed Clark to his truck. They piled their towels and backpacks into the bed before piling themselves into the passenger seat. 

"Mandy! Kelly!" Lex called out when Clark pulled up to the mansion. 

The girls looked sheepish as they got out of the truck. 

"Where were you? The school called. You never showed? What were you thinking?" The girls didn't look up. 

"Clark?" Lex finally cooled down enough to realize Clark was standing there. 

"Yeah. I found the girls over by the lake." Clark rubbed the back if his neck sheepishly. 

"Oh." Lex narrowed his eyes at the girls. 

"We were just practicing. My strength went wonky this morning and Kelly ran to the corn field yesterday." Mandy mumbled. Lex looked up at Clark in fear, hoping that he didn't hear her, but at his incredulous look, Lex knew he knew. 

"You didn't say you were having problems." Clark accused. Of course it looked ridiculous because the girls are so young. 

"You won't tell anyone?" Lex looked ready to bolt, probably to get a phone. 

"No! Never. They saved my life actually." Clark looked away.  

Lex looked down at the girls. 

Clark looked at them, he knew he could trust the girls, it was just Lex that was giving him second thoughts. What would he do? 

"If you need help with your powers, I could teach you." Clark said lowly. Lex looked back at him, his eyes wide. 

"I'm not an expert, but I do have better control over mine now then I did when I was your age." Clark didn't meet Lex's eyes. 

Mandy and Kelly squealed in excitement. 

"Thank you! When can we get started? You can come over on Fridays after school, or Saturday if you want!" Mandy was jumping up and down while her sister talked a mile a minute. 

So Clark found himself at the Luthor mansion ever Saturday from noon to 3. His parents didn't know that he was teaching the girls how to use their powers, just that he was tutoring someone. 

That's why he found himself at the Luthor mansion when two boys, ages about 3 and 4, came running into the library. Another boy toddled behind them. 

"LEX!!!" The oldest called out as they barreled into the mentioned man. 

"Now now boys. Let your brother breath." Lionel Luthor strode into the room with a purple wrapped newborn in his arms. 

"Father. What brings you here?" Lex's voice was cold to the man, Clark noticed the children shiver. 

"I just brought the youngest over. Thought you might want to meet your youngest brother. Lex, girls, this is Gabriel. And you are?" Lionel added the last part when he saw Clark. Thankfully they were just working on practicing their strength with arm wrestles instead of lifting things. Clark let his strength go, Mandy pushed his hand down easily. 

"I'm Clark sir. I babysit the girls when Lex is gone." Clark held out his hand after rubbing it. Instead of taking his hand, Lionel turned to Lex. 

"Letting strangers watch the girls? I'm surprised at you Lex." 

"He's not a stranger father. He's Clark." Gracie pouted. 

"Clawk?" Logan asked as he looked up at the teen. Nicky, the second boy, looked up at Clark in awe. There was something about the boy that sent shivers up Clark's spine. 

The third boy didn't look up, his eyes trained on Clark's backpack. 

"Are you gonna stay long?" Mandy asked, wrapping her arms around the youngest boy, who was still starring at Clark's backpack. 

"Just till morning. The boys have lessons on Monday." Lionel didn't even look at her. 

"How is mama?" Kelly asked. Heather looked up at him expectantly. 

"In bad condition. Might not make it past the month." Logan repeated from memory, making everyone freeze. 

"What?" Lex glared at his father. All the kids looked close to tears. 

"I've got the best doctors doing everything they can. We won't know anything for sure until next month." Lionel informed them almost nonchalantly. 

"I've got to go Lex. My parents are going to worry." Clark gathered his things and made his way to the door. He had to pass Lionel to get to the door. Doing so made him shiver. Something about the man made Clark's skin crawl, way worse then the boys. Where the boys made him feel exposed, Lionel made him feel weak, vulnerable, and gave him a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. The smile on the older man's face as he passed him made Clark want to take a shower. 

Clark got home that night, his mind still playing back what had happened at the manor. He now knew why his parents hate Lionel. 

It had been three and a half years since the Luthor children moved to Smallville. Clark, now 18, was laughing as the youngest girl, 2 year old Karen tried to rush him as he walked into the manor. 

Her sisters were in the library as they walked in. Lex was still at work, Lexcorp can't run itself after all. 

"Clark! Your early!" Mandy squealed as she hugged him. The ten year old had been practicing her strength and let the large pile of books she was balancing fall to the floor. Kelly rushed around, picking them up quickly and piling them on the table. 

"Yeah. I finished early." Clark laughed. 

"Can we go to Metropolis tonight? Mama hasn't answered our texts in over a week." Heather asked as she walked over, her arms laden with books of all kinds. 

"You need to ask Lex." Clark reminded her. For some weird reason, the girls think that Lex will do anything Clark asked, Clark had yet to test that theory. 

"Fine." She pouted. Gracie rolled her eyes. 

They spent their time practicing as they waited for Lex to arrive. 

It was getting late when the door finally opened, the girls had settled into the couch to watch a movie. 

"Hey, you're still here?" Lex asked as he eyed Clark. 

It was then that Clark noticed the pink bundle in Lex's arms. 

"Another one? How's Ron holding up?" Clark asked as he took the baby in his arms. Lex shook his head. 

"This was the last. Ron isn't holding up, he can't even wake up. He's been comatose for the past twelve hours, they don't think he'll wake." Lex looked over at his sisters with dead eyes. 

"Girls, I was thinking, let's go visit father and Ronald tomorrow." Lex smiled when his sisters rejoiced, before his smile fell when he remembered why it was they were going. 

Clark had just finished high school, and wouldn't start college for awhile. 

"I can go with if you need me to." Clark offered as he rocked the baby girl. 

"I thinks the girls would love that. Thanks." Lex grinned a tired grin before sitting next to his sisters on the couch. Clark just watched as the baby slept in his arms. 

Lionel glared at the comatose man. Ronald probably wouldn't make it, he was so weak. 

He was practically falling apart, but then, after 13 kids, anyone would fall apart. 

Lionel knew the formula to make a man pregnant so he wasn't worried about that. 

It was just finding someone with the special abilities that can be passed on to their kids that would be the hard part. 

But then, who is strong enough and special enough for him to impregnate? He just needs 6 more boys to have an army of twelve. Twelve specially trained super soldiers would be perfect. 

Lex opened the mansion door cautiously. Before pushing it open to permit his sisters, each carrying a backpack of clothes and other essentials, access to the foyer. 

Clark came in last, the baby girl, Rose, was sleeping peacefully in his arms. 

"Father?! Mama?!" Gracie called out as the girls scattered, trying to find their beloved Mama. 

Logan met the girls outside their fathers' door. 

"Where is mama?" Heather asked her brother, who looked to be on the brink of crying. 

"He, he," he couldn't finish it. 

Gracie pushed past him, her sisters following behind her. 

The doctor was at their mama's bedside. Their other brothers were sitting quietly in the corner, each had a book, except the youngest, who was napping. 

"How is mama? Is he going to make it?" Mandy asked, worry etched into her face. 

"This is amazing. The moment you entered the room, his breathing evened out and his heartbeat went back to normal." The doctor looked up at Clark in awe. 

Clark was sure that it was the baby that made Ron better, but then, the baby had been near Ron before without making a difference. 

"It must have been a coincidence." Clark chuckled. 

19 year olds Ron, Neville, and Luna were experimenting with this strange rock that had been sent to them via a friend in America. 

It had blue, green, red, and black fragments embedded into it. 

The three didn't know what they were getting into. 

They got really close to figuring the rock out, when it exploded in their faces. 

Since then, the three had inhabited unique abilities, that they used to further their scientific exploits. 

It was thanks to a mix of the red and blue fragments that their Mpreg formula worked. 

Of course, no one but Ron knows this, and he had no idea what the fragments were. 

When Lionel found out that meteorite was used in the formula, he made a couple of batches. 

Clark automatically felt a connection with the man laying in the bed, even though this was the first time he saw him. 

"He seems to be getting better much faster now that you're here." The doctor informed Clark, who blushed red and didn't meet anyone's eye. 

Lionel strode into the room. 

"My, it seems you've still got the child under your employment, unless he is something else." Lionel smirked when Clark turned an even brighter red them before, whether it was out of anger or embarrassment, he didn't know. 

"He's a friend. He came for the girls." Lex informed his father, his eyes cold, though his words were formal. 

"Of course. Now, your rooms are ready, it's still early. I suggest that you get your bags into your rooms, then we'll sit for an early dinner." Lionel told them, a smile on his face. 

Clark pulled Rose closer to him when Lionel looked at him. 

"You heard the man. Let's go get ready." Lex smiled at his siblings, who gave him big smiles in return before rushing out of the room, the boys carrying the girls' bags. 

"Now that the children are gone. How long does Ronald have?" Lex looked to the doctor. 

"Well, if you'd've asked me that an hour ago I would have told you not more then the day. But he seems to have stabilized. At the rate he is healing now, I'd say that he should wake up within the next day or two." Lionel looked surprised. 

"He's stable?" Lionel asked, walking over to the mans bed. He let his hand caress Ron's face lovingly. 

The doctor suppressed the roll of his eyes. 

"Yes. And he's most likely going to make it. I would suggest no more children though. His body won't be able to handle it." 

Clark didn't know what it was about the man that kept pulling him back to that room. 

So it didn't really surprise him when the man's blue eyes opened and looked right at him. 

"Wh-" the man coughed. Clark sped over to the table and grabbed water before lifting the cup to Ron's mouth, helping the weak man to drink. 

"Who are you?" Ron asked when the drink was placed on the table once again. 

"Clark Kent. I take care of the girls when Lex is at work." Clark smiled. 

Ron's eyebrows rose. 

"Did," 

"I know about their powers. I kinda, tutored them." Clark had no idea why he was so trusting of this man. But something about him made Clark feel like he was talking to his dad, it felt like he was home. 

"Oh. So, you too? You were infected by the meteors as well?" Ron didn't look Clark in the face. Clark was surprised. 

"Er... Not exactly." 

Ron looked him in the eye for the first time, and gasped. 

"You- you're-" Ron's eyes were wide and his mouth agape. 

"Kal-el." He whispered finally, making Clark freeze. 

"Excuse me?" 

"I, I was an empath with seer abilities when I was a kid, but something happened when friends of mine invited me over so we could work with this cool new rock that was sent to them. Something happened, the rock exploded, leaving shards everywhere. Right before I blacked out, I saw your face, and I heard your name. That was the last time I had a vision." Ron explained slowly, they both realized how fast Ron was recovering, it was unnatural. 

"It looks like your presence is amplifying my own abilities." Ron clenched a fist. 

"I noticed that with the girls too. They had no control of their powers when I got there, and now they have more control then me. It might be just because they are geniuses, or because I was there. They don't have as much control when I'm gone according to Lex." 

The two continued to talk, mostly about the girls, until Lionel entered the room an hour later. 

"Ronald, you're awake!" Lionel sat next to him, hugging him, Ron cringed away. 

"I'm so glad. I thought I might have lost you." 

"You can cut the act Mr. Luthor. Everyone in this room knows you don't actually care." Ron ground out, Clark was surprised at the way Ron addressed Lionel. 

"Oh, I care. Of course I care." 

"About what you would have to do to get another baby maker with power." Ron muttered. 

Lionel glared at him. 

"Clark. What are you doing here? The girls were looking for you earlier." Lionel decided to change the subject. 

"Oh, just, talking." 

"An interesting conversation to keep you both here for hours." Lionel smirked. 

Both Ron and Clark froze. How had he known how long Ron had been up?

"It would be a shame if the wrong person would have over heard some of the topics."