[The scene changes to a small house near the coast. A man comes home with his groceries and comes inside the house. Clark comes running and looks at the clothes that were hung out to dry. Not satisfied, he looks into the car. He hesitates for a moment, and then he steals some clothes and leaves. He arrives in town and sees a yellow school bus, which reminds him of his past]
[The scene changes to a yellow bus going down an open road. Inside are many middle school students, including a teenage Clark Kent. There is also Lana Lang, a fellow cla**mate, and Pete Ross, Clark's bully. Pete taps Clark on the shoulder.]
PETE ROSS: Hey, a**-wipe. [gets up from his seat] What do you think? You see the game?
LANA LANG: Leave him alone, Pete.
PETE ROSS: Oh, what are you, his girlfriend? I wanna hear what he has to say. Come on... dick-splash.
[Suddenly one of the tires blows out and the bus starts swerving left. The driver tries to regain control of the vehicle
Mos SCREAMING]
My son was there.
He was in the bus.
- He saw what Clark did.
- I know he did.
- I'm sure what he thought he saw was--
-Was an act of God, Jonathan.
This was providence.
I think you're blowing it out of proportion.
No, I'm not. Lana saw it too.
And the Fordham boy.
This isn't the first time...
...Clark's done something like this.
I just wanted to help.
I know you did, but we talked about this.
Right?
Right? We talked about this. You have...
Clark, you have to keep this side
of yourself a secret.
What was I supposed to do?
Just let them die?
Maybe.
There's more at stake here than just our lives,
Clark, or the lives of those around us.
When the world...
When the world finds out what you can do
it's gonna change everything. Our...
Our beliefs, our notions of...
...what it means to be human.
Everything.
You saw how Pete's mom reacted, right?
She was scared, Clark.
Why?
People are afraid
of what they don't understand.
Is she right?
Did God do this to me?
Tell me.
We found you in this.
We were sure the government
was gonna show up on our doorstep...
...but no one ever came.
This was in that chamber with you.
I took it to a metallurgist...
...at Kansas State.
He said whatever it was made from
didn't even...
Didn't even exist on the periodic table.
That's another way of saying...
...that it's not from this world, Clark.
And neither are you.
You're the answer, son.
You're the answer to
"Are we alone in the universe?"
I don't wanna be.
And I don't blame you, son.
It'd be a huge burden for anyone to bear.
But you're not just anyone, Clark,
and I have to believe that you were...
That you were sent here for a reason.
All these changes that you're
going through, one day...
One day you're gonna think of them
as a blessing. When that day comes...
...you have to make a choice.
A choice of whether to stand proud
in front of the human race or not.
Can't I just keep pretending I'm your son?
You are my son.
But somewhere out there you've...
You have another father too,
who gave you another name.
And he sent you here...
...for a reason, Clark.
And even if it takes you the rest of your life,
you owe it to yourself...
...to find out what that reason is.