Shield Meets Shield

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or Smallville, the only thing I own in this is my own creations which are few and far between.

A few key points for this story

· Set at the end of season 8 after saving the world from Doomsday, the final scene where Clark tells Chloe is dead has been altered.

· Set at the middle of Agents of Shield first season in between TAHITI and Yes Men. Coulson's team indentifies an unknown energy signature similar to an Asgardian but instead find things a whole lot more weirder than they could have imagined.

· Clark's age is over 21 now; I am setting it at 21 in this story.

· Powers wise, I am setting him where he is at the point where he caught a monorail train in the start of season9 and will progress his abilities as the story goes on. A Monorail can weigh 50tons on an empty 6 cart or up to 100tons if additional carts are added, now Clark caught the one in the opening episode with ease and set if down so his strength level would need to be significantly more to absorb the weight of the train as it crashed.

· In my version Clark has the brand again on his chest from the end of season 2, as punishment for not dealing with Doomsday as he should have. It is to remind him of the pain Doomsday caused, of the lives they took and of Clarks commitment to his training. The brand is less subtle than the one from season 2, it looks faded after 5 months of having it; the flesh is no longer swollen but the symbol is clear to any who look upon it.

Synopsis:

Clark finds himself on a world similar to his own but without the trappings of his own world, an accident with the crystals in his fortress. Clark has appeared in what is New York at the start of the age of heroes; how will he fit in with the crazy world of Marvel's heroes and Villains.

Act 1:

"I don't have a home." Clark said to Chloe as he gazed around the site of Jimmy's death.

"I don't like the way that sounds. " Chloe said, angered that he didn't come to her when she needed him. Clark is her best friend, her love for him was once that of a lover but now over time that love has become something better; he was her brother in all but blood and she feared those few words he had uttered.

"Chloe, I need to honour Jimmy's death and to do that I have to die; this world needs me focused not split between my girl of the week crisis or my emotions getting the better of me. Goodbye, Chloe."

"No Clark!" she cried.

"Clark Kent is dead Chloe, he died in the chaos of Doomsday's crazed assault on Metropolis. I need to fulfil my training with Jor-el."

And before Chloe could stop him, he vanished in a blur and she just broke down on the floor and cried.

Time skip 5 months:

Kal-el as he now calls himself has dedicated all his time to training, absorbing the knowledge of the crystals; his every waking moment he has strived to honour his promise to Jimmy and when you need little rest that is a lot of time to use, to move on from his emotions, to cut all ties so he can better prepare himself for what is to come, but even he has limits when it comes to the AI of his father. He is now dressed in all black, a silver symbol of his family on his t-shirt and a black full length coat.

"Kal-el you must listen, focus on what I am telling you to do! The Crystal's that control the portals and the ability to view them are essential in this part of your training. You must focus and watch what I am going to show you."

"What is the point of showing me something that has already happened? Why must I see yours or anyone's deaths again?" Kal shouts, as he does not to see another parent die in front of his eyes.

"Kal-el we have been dead many years now my son; you fear is understandable from a humans perspective, but as a Kryptonian you must embrace death." Kal growls under his breath as he grabs and manipulates the crystals in front of him, causing several crystal structures to rise from the floor creating a large viewing screen.

"You need to embrace the logical side of your Kryptonian nature; death is inevitable even for you my son. Long may you live, countless people you will know but even time is stronger than you are and you must prepare your mind to withstand the losses that will come."

Kal-el had been struggling to suppress Clark within him, he has tried hard and come far in the last few months but even he had to acknowledge he wasn't fully Kryptonian just as he wasn't fully human; to be fair to himself he was what could be called a hybrid or amalgam of the two and he decided to tell Jor-el just that.

"Father, I am human as much as I am Kryptonian, more so even as I was raised here; Human values, Human love is what I know. I am trying to push down my human side to embrace the culture and mental aspects of Krypton, but remember this I was raised here on Earth, born on Krypton but here I became something more I became me. I am both Kal-el and Clark Kent!"

"I understand more than you think my son; you forget I once walked Earth as much as you do now. I knew love, I knew the power of the human experience and that is what I must push you. I know the pain of loss, of letting go and I wish to spare you my son but you and I both know you need to keep your word and fulfil that which you have sworn to do." Jor-el said with more emotion than the AI has ever shown.

"Now continue my son, we must strive forwards. Use the control panel as I have taught you."

Kal distraction at his father's words began to adjust the crystals that he thought allow the memories recorded to appear, but in carelessness he used the wrong crystal.

As Jor-el cried out for him to stop, the fortress was blanketed in a white light as images flicked across the screen as world after world began to spin like a roulette wheel.

An Earth of pure fire, a world covered in cities of technological wonders, an apocalypse styled earth, medieval, primal, ancient and futuristic scenes spun round as Kal found to his horror that he was being drawn into the portal's screen.

He clung to the crystal spire with all his strength, but even if he was one of the strongest beings to ever walk the earth, a spire made of crystallised ice is still just frozen water and the cracks appeared. The forces acting on his body were even too much for him and he screamed as he felt his body pulled apart by the tectonic energies as his purchase on the ice shattered, drawn into the ever shifting portal the world turned to black.

"Sir, we have an unknown energy spike." Fitz called out over the buses comm. system.

"Fitz? Am I reading this right?" asked Simmons "It looks similar to Asgardian energy signatures, but this is even more powerful."

"Hmmm, I think Simmons is right sir. The power levels are even stronger than the ones Dr. Foster recorded from Thor's visit on New Mexico." Fitz stated as Coulson, Ward and May entered the lab.

"When and where?" asked May, ready to go to the cockpit to get the plane aka the bus going.

"Looks like Kansas, middle of the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. I am sending the co-ordinates through to you now. Looks like the energy spike lasted around 10 seconds, but the fallout could last ages; until we locate then the potential fallout is unknown" Fitz said: May looked at Coulson who just simply nodded, they've known each other long enough that they don't need words to communicate.

As May left, Simmons pulled up the maps of the area and brings it up on the holo-table, a 3d rendering of the land appears. They all begin to study the map, as Fitz adds the point of origin and known info the 3d model before them.

"We can land here and then drive in but will have to go in on foot some of the way, terrain should be steady underfoot and we can use the access road here," Ward pointed to areas that he then marks on his tablet "Fitzsimmons can use the dwarves and examine the area whilst we check for tracks and signs of any visitors." Ward also highlights the tracks in and out of the area on his tablet and they appear of the projected model; he still can't get the hang of the holo table.

"Agreed, but I want Simmons to stay with Skye and then we can put the plane on lockdown whilst we are gone; Simmons how is Skye doing?" Coulson ordered, both concerned for her health and the safety of the girls whilst they were gone.

"Better sir, now if I could get some more blood from you to compare?" she tries again as the numerous time she has asked she has been shot down, but she is not giving up.

"Not happening Simmons, we are leaving this alone."

"But sir, think of the breakthroughs this could lead to." Replied Simmons, clearly stressed at having been hampered in researching the serum. Coulson stared at her and she quickly quietened.

"I am thinking, of the price I paid and of the risk to Skye. Now leave it alone!" Coulson all but shouted as he brought the matter to a close. Jemma and Fitz backed up as the venom all but dripped off Coulson's tongue, what price had he paid they both wondered; yes he was experimented on, yes it was a risk to use the drug on Skye but what other risks had he left out.

"Now prep the gear, Ward check weapons. I prefer the night-night guns but go with both as we don't know what we will be up against. Fitz prep the gear you will need and make sure the dwarves is fully charged and check the readings again. Simmons brief Skye, but stress she is not to leave her bed."

Everyone nodded and left to their tasks. Coulson meanwhile couldn't get the images of out his head as he begged them to let him die.

Meanwhile a confused and clearly disorientated Kal stood up, "Where am I?" he noticed his family symbol burned into the ground. His coat was torn and too damaged now to wear so he threw it to one side; he looked around at his surroundings and tuned his hearing trying to pick up familiar sounds.

So his hearing is working, right and a quick check of his abilities later he seems to be at full strength, but how did the sun affect him here? Will they give out or will he carry on as normal?

"Jor-el is going to put me on ice for this." And with that Kal began to explore the area surrounding him.