As with many Smallville episodes, this one starts out in a secret lab. In Smallville, all of the secret labs are somehow going to be evil, even if they have good intentions. I can't really tell what this secret lab is all about, but there seems to be a bunch human body parts. You begin to wonder what they could be building and we soon get our answer when generic Asian scientist man sneaks in, injects something into this black kid that was locked in a cage, and then apologizes for all of the bad things that he did. Superhero 101 tells us that if this kid kills the scientist that let him out, he will be a bad guy, but this black kid, who looks like a shorter version of Taye Diggs, does nothing so he has to be a good guy.

Unfortunately, when generic Asian scientist let his people, er, person go, the alarm sounded, meaning the security for the secret lab was going to be in hot pursuit. This black kid is so fast, he is easily able to outrun the security through a maze of what looks to be some sort of huge personal container storage. I'm not *that* impressed, because he is fast, but not like the Flash. So, what makes him so special? Well, for one, he was able to run right through four inches of metal that was supposed to keep everybody inside. I'm not sure what budget these people have, but if I am doing some bionics to Taye Diggs, my secret lab would be underground, just to avoid this type of problem.

This guy might have had a nice simple life if he didn't happen to be traveling down the same road as Lana Lang, who hits him with her truck. Black kid is not hurt, but we can't say the same about Lana, or her truck. Luckily, black kid is nice enough to help Lana to the hospital, even though it would be very bad news for anybody to know about his abilities. I mean, there are probably more than a few people in this world that could take a hit like that, thanks to the Kryptonite and whatnot, but it's still better to lay low.

Although I have had the feeling that Lana and Clark have been growing farther apart, he is the first one that she calls. When Clark hears that she was in an accident, he gets to the hospital fast. So fast, in fact, that Lana actually wonders why it didn't take him long. If only she had been paying attention the last five years, she might have caught on that Clark moves around pretty well. She doesn't dwell on the issue, but instead tells Clark about this kid that she should have run over and killed, but was walking around like nothing happened. You can understand why Clark was worried, because when you hear about indestructible people, you never know what could happen. The chances of the person being friendly aren't that great, and if the person is another evil Kryptonian like Milton Fine or the disciples of Zod, well, everybody has a problem.

Clark catches up to the black kid, which is awesome, because Clark recognizes him. His name is Victor Stone, and he used to play wide receiver for Metropolis High. His career was cut short by a tragic accident that killed him. That's right, it killed him. As much as Victor liked a familiar face, he had to be evading the police, not sitting around and talking. It pains him, but Victor has no choice but to throw Clark up against a wall so he can get away. Clark hits the wall, and does a lot of damage to the building, but Victor is just as surprised to see Clark get up without a scratch on him. Clearly Clark was made of something different as well. Now that he knows that Lana wasn't lying, Clark decides to take a little x-ray peak himself, and what he sees is sure to surprise anybody.

By now, Victor wasn't scared of Clark, and he decided to go with Clark back to Smallville and hangout in the Kent barn. And that is when Victor decided to tell his sad tale. Victor and his family died in a car accident, and he expected to wake up and be sitting in heaven with them, but obviously he didn't die. Instead, he woke up in a lab run by a company called Syntechnics, which had been experimenting on many bodies. Victor had the dubious honor of being the first one to survive all of the work. He was there against his will, and without generic Asian doctor, he wouldn't have been able to escape.

Posted by J-Unit on February 20, 2006 9:43 AM