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Expect updates once a week, as this one is still being beta'd.

Thoughts?

I have always wondered about this concept. I like how you seem to have made Trask a bit more sympathetic character. I have one story in the works where a alt- universe Clark is raised by the government and becomes one of the worst people in that world (it's basically the anti- universe to the primary one.). I'm looking forward to this story (the thing I mentioned won't be in my story as it's just the backstory for his character.)

Hi, Christina!

So glad you're enjoying it so far. Trask isn't much of a sympathetic character. I just wanted to flesh him out a bit to explain some of his motives/insanity. Which, in turn, may or may not rub off on Jason Trask. Trask will definitely *want* Clark to become one of the worst people. However, I will spoil nothing!

Yours sounds interesting too!

Ooooh. You've got me on the edge of my seat already. I was wondering at first who Cameron was, but when it was mentioned he was a "Trask" and he has a son, I figured he must be Jason Trask's dad. Scary. Clark and Trask raised by the same man, even possibly as brothers. (Although doubtful, being that this Cameron guy plans of controlling Clark and making him a super solider.)

I personally have little sympathy for this Cameron character being that he had both a girlfriend and wife at basically the same time. It's always possible that Tempus was behind the trial of Cameron Trask and made both this man and Jason into the men that they became. I personally could see him being guilty of the crime and not consider himself guilty since sex back then was a man's perogative, and since it usually wasn't considered rape if they were dating. (We've come a long way in the last 50 years.)

Tempus, as usual, is being evil. A hug for Martha and Jonathan for being there for Clark, if only too late. I didn't expect to see them because in "Tempus Fugitive" it is revealed that Kal-El's ship actually landed in the afternoon. But different dimension, different landing time. Always possible.

I hope Lois, Martha, and/or Jonathan are there for Clark later on when he'll clearly need them again. Hugs for baby Clark.

Aw! Baby Clark, no!! Why can't you already have super strength like in Superman: The Movie?? Bust Tempus' nose or something...

I love it and can't wait for more!!!

Adolescent rebellion ought to be interesting... not to mention the effect on Jason of having an alien younger brother.

Yes, Cameron is indeed, Trask Sr. Clark and Jason will be raised by the same man, though "raised" has a completely different meaning when it comes to Clark. As brothers? Surely not!

I actually hadn't meant for it to seem like Cameron was cheating on his wife. I meant the ex-girlfriend as someone he dated before he met and married his wife. Thanks for pointing it out though. I may have to fix that in the archive prep. And he actually *didn't* rape the woman. But the accusation and fact that no one believed him is what drove Cameron over the edge.

Yup. Different dimension, different circumstances. Like in this dimension, there is no appearance of Zara and Ching later on down the line. He really *is* the Last Son of Krypton here.

Not saying a word here to prove or disprove who might creep up in this story.

Hi, Mouse!

Because that would make for a short fic and a *lot* less drama?

Happy to oblige! I finally have enough beta'd material to start posting. And this time, I actually waited until I wrote the whole long fic (unlike Contractually Bound) to get the whole process started!

Son? No. Not even close. Kents...not saying. Tempus...is never content with leaving things alone.

Well, to be fair, Clark will *not* be his younger brother. But his presence *will* influence some of the decisions Jason makes. Thanks for stopping in, Marcus!

I did assume that we were meant to assume that Cameron would be innocent of the charges by current, early 21st century interpretation of the accusation.

On the "was he cheating on his wife" issue, I assumed that the fact she was a former girlfriend meant she was pre-marriage. However, it would probably be good to make it clearer, maybe suggest at the time he had not been married very long.

I guess part of it is I assumed we were getting to see the start of why Trask was disturbed, not just the views of a disturbed man.

I guess the issue is at some level I assume people start of more or less good, at least not deeply evil, and that something pushes them over the edge.

I assume we will see Lois at some point because it can't be Lois and Clark fan fic without both Lois and Clark in it, now can it?

Hi John!

Yes, we'll get sort of a peak into why Trask is such a lunatic. His father isn't much better.

Trask Sr. actually has been married a while. I went with Jason being a little bit older than Clark. Clark is twelve when Jason is in college. I purposely left it vague if Cameron was cheating or not - you can draw your own conclusion if he was cheating or if the woman in question was just a wackjob.

Lois will definitely be in this, just a while down the road. The beginning is all Clark's life.

Hi, DC

One part and I'm already addicted : now, I'm looking forward to the next chapter! It's a wonderful story.

Oooooh!

So, Tempus, and…?

Hmm…either a random nutjob or Trask Sr. Or Trask’s superior?

That’s all quite convenient. Cameron really is a tad unhinged. Also, ‘infant son’ aka Jason?

Oh boy. He *is* certifiable.

What the…

Huh. Did she wait years to come forward? And what prove did she have that the boy’s club actually took her seriously? Or did she claim it was a recent event? Was she actually raped by Tempus disguised as Cameron? Or did Tempus simply implant a false memory?

So, she came forth after he got married? Or was she an extra-marital activity and his wife simply decided that a man needs what a man’s needs are?

So, is this an alternate universe, one where Tempus did not show up during Tempus Anyone?

I just had a thought. Will Clark one day take a discarded toy from his older brother who will then push Clark’s head into the open fireplace of their living room until the younger boy’s face is slightly charred on one side?

At least, until he delivers an alien charge into his underwear.

Why is tempus calling him a ‘thing’? Is that just for show, to set Cameron’s mind into the correct state?

Kryptonite side-effects?

That’s leaving quite a paper trail.

Oooooh!

They’re educated. And they’ve marched in the civil liberties’ movement.

So, Unca Tempo isn’t going to come babysit when the parents want to go out on a date?

Oh boy.

Oh boy.


Great start, Vicki!
Michael

Hiya, Sydney!

Oooh, yay! So glad to make you an addict! Expect more on Thursday or Friday.

Michael is here!



Yup. Senior Trask.

Cameron - completely off the deep end. Son - Jason. <nods> But Jason is a number of years older. He's in college when Clark is a preteen.

<nods, hands over brochure on lovely place with padded walls>

Hmmm...I really *am* going to have to polish this before the archive. I was thinking so out of the blue said he did it recently (recently at the time, I'm thinking he's been out a few years at least).

Didn't believe the allegations.

Yup. Totally an A/U.

Then he will wear a dog's head helm for the rest of his days.

<whistles innocently>

Two-fold. 1) He loathes Clark for creating utopia and doesn't want to refer to him as a man. 2) Reinforcing/conditioning Cameron.

Not really.

I *do* have a reason for it! I swear!

Yup. But Trask doesn't know that.

Nope. He'll convienantly be out of the diamension.



Thanks, Michael!

Michael

Great start! It's always a winner when you can summarize the fic in one sentence:

"What if it wasn't M&J who discovered Clark?"

And then you chillingly explored this premise.

Post more soon!

Thanks so much, Io! I wish I could do more than once a week, but I only have 10 of the 18 chapters beta'd.

Did I mention how much I detest my job, especially when there is such a wealth of good fics to read? Sigh.

Anyhow, when I get on the plane, I'll start catching up on this story. So far, so great!