Clark walked in through the front door of his house, followed by Chloe, Lana, and Whitney. He noticed Pete sitting on the sofa waiting for him and his dad and mom sitting on the other side of the sofa.

“Clark, I just came by to say I'm sorry.” Pete said. “Sorry for being a jerk to all of you.”

“You don't have to be sorry Pete. We know it wasn't your fault.” Clark said.

“I know. But putting red kryptonite in your pocket was a stupid idea.” Pete told him. Then he noticed Whitney.

“What the hell is Whitney doing here?” Pete yelled, jumping up.

“He's ok.” Lana said. “Pete, he knows about us, and he's not going to hurt you. He's been experimented on, and it did something to his head – something he can't remember. But as of now, like I said, he's ok.”

“I think it's where I was thinking of Lana to get me through the experiments they did. It's probably a side effect.” Whitney said, unsure.

Pete still seemed uncomfortable but he didn't say anything.

Then Jonathon spoke up. “Clark, I don't want you going anywhere near Lex from now on. Is that clear?”

Clark gulped. “It's a bit late for that, dad.” He said. “I just came from his house.”

Both Pete and Jonathon looked at Clark and said, “What!”

“Lex is investigating you, man!” Pete said.

“I know he was. It doesn't matter now anyway because he knows. I couldn't keep it from him any longer, so I told him.” Clark said.

“Clark! That was an irresponsible and dumb thing to do!” Jonathon yelled. “All these years of protection, ruined in a single day.”

“You act like this is hurting you. I'm the one who'd get taken away and experimented on, remember? Or did you even think about that when you decided that you get to make my decisions for me?” Clark said sarcastically.

“Now listen here!” Jonathon yelled. “Everything I did was only for your safety and your safety alone!”

“Jonathon, stop!” Martha said. “It's his choice.”

“No, Martha, it's not his choice. He's not even eighteen yet. He can still be taken out of his home. And he's endangered everyone that knows. So yes, I am angry and I have reason to be. Clark, you're grounded.” Jonathon said angrily.

“Dad, it's not like I went to Lex's with the intent to tell him anything! He told me what he knew and he was dead on.” Clark protested. “What was I supposed to do, blatently lie to his face?”

“Clark, get up to your room now!” Jonathon ordered.

“I bet that's the only reason you kept me around all these years, wasn't it dad? I'm a great farm tool, one that you don't want to lose.” Clark yelled, obviously upset, and having to get in his two cents before leaving. Clark then reluctantly headed up the stairs to his room. It was the first time he'd ever been grounded.

“Mr. Kent, don't you think that's a little extreme?” Lana asked. “If at all possible, Clark would have chosen not to tell Lex, but he obviously already knew something.”

“And whose fault is it that Lex knows anything?” Jonathon asked. “It's Clark's. He should have been more careful.”

“You're too hard on him, and one of these days he's going to resent you for it. I'm pretty sure it's impossible for anyone to understand exactly what he goes through every day, so take it easy.” Chloe told him.

Clark listened in, noting Chloe's defense for him.

“You don't know what he's been through, Chloe. None of us does. But Martha and I have been with him all of his life and all we've ever wanted was for Clark to make the right decisions. Telling Lex was not a good decision.” Jonathon argued. “It's a decision that could cause him a drastic change in his life.”

“Did you ever think that maybe you're overprotecting him?” Chloe asked.

Before Jonathon could answer, Whitney jumped in.

“I've been through experiments that made me like Clark,” Whitney said. “And I honestly think that Mr. Kent is valid in his fears, especially where Lionel is concerned. Trust me. Being in a lab is not fun.”

Jonathon looked around, both surprised at Whitney and frustrated with the others. “I'm not changing my mind.” He said, frustrated, “Kal-el will listen to me, even if I have to force him to!”

Everyone recoiled in horror at Jonathon's words, including Jonathon himself. Martha looked at him. “Jonathon, why did you say that?” she asked, fear evident in her eyes.

“I was just so angry I…I don't know Martha. I don't know what came over me.”

Martha noticed the scar Jonathon had dim from glowing.

“Oh no.” she said, her hands on his. “Not again, Jonathon. Not again.”

Chloe, Lana, Pete, and Whitney took that as their cue to leave, with both Chloe and Pete worrying that they would turn on Clark too.

The four teens walked out to the loft. “What are we going to do now?” Lana asked when they reached the loft.

“Referring to Lionel, or to the strange incident in the house?” Chloe asked.

“Yeah, what if we turn on Clark too?” Pete asked. That had been plaguing him for some time now.

“We'll just have to fight it, Pete.” Chloe said.

Lana looked at Chloe. “Why would you turn on him?”

“Because of this.” Chloe said, turning and displaying her scar to Lana. “The AI in the caves did this.”

“Oh my God.” Lana gasped. “Chloe it's glowing!”

Before Chloe could react her body stood up and began to leave. She felt herself being repressed by another being.

“Chloe, where are you going?” Pete asked.

She turned and glared at him. “I'm going to free Kal-el from his primitive punishment,” she said, “And then I'm going to teach him to obey our father. His rebellious streak is shameful, siding with your pitiful race.”

Pete's eyes widened and he stood up. Before Chloe could walk outside, he zipped in front of her. “You're not going anywhere.” He stated.

“You're pathetic.” She said. “You aren't even worthy of the power you now have.”

“Give Chloe back you bastard!” Pete said, as the two erupted into a flurry of punches. But eventually, whatever entity was possessing Chloe let her return to normal, and she collapsed onto the floor.

“Chloe, are you ok?” Pete asked. Chloe's scar had stopped glowing.

“Yeah, I guess. I just feel a little dizzy, that's all.” She said.

“Chloe, that entity just sounded like…like she was Clark's sister.”

“What?” Chloe exclaimed. “Clark has a sister?”

“It seems so.” Pete told her.

Chloe stood up and tried to calm herself. It didn't work so immediately she repressed the problem and jumped into full investigative reporter mode.

“Let's start planning for the break-in. We're going to have to fill in Clark later.” Chloe said hurriedly.

Since Chloe seemed normal, and obviously didn't want anyone to ask her about her experience, the group began to plan for operation Lionel.

Clark processed the information from his room. What he had heard scared him, to say the least. His dad had been temporarily possessed by, well, his dad, or at least the chip's version of his birth father. And now he had found out, through hearing the commotion in the barn, that he had a sister. He shook his head and laid back. This could prove to be a very big problem.