Hi^^ this is my new fanfic… I wasn't sure of posting it, but I like it and would like to know your opinion^^ Hope you like it!

Jewels - 1

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It was on all the newspapers; "The blur robs another bank in the city"… Lionel couldn't understand it… it couldn't be Clark, instead he was infected by red kryptonite… Any way… he had to find out!

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"$567.000" Clark said after leaving all that money on the table.

"Nice figure" a man replied from the other side of the room "Would you like to see your mom tonight?"

"Yes" the boy answered feeling weaker as the man approached him "…please"

"Let's go, then" and he grabbed Clark's arm. They walked to the basement and passed through a lead door guarded by a couple guys that opened it for them. Once they had passed the door Clark felt even sicker… in the basement walls there were little meteor fragments.

"Come on, Kal" the man said helping him to keep his balance and walked to the other door at the end of the corridor. That one was a simple wooden door that the man unlocked with a key. At the other side, there was a small room with a bed and a toilet, without any window. "You have five minutes!" the man advised pushing Clark inside and closing the door.

"Clark!" Martha yelled out standing from the bed and running towards her son, who'd fallen on his knees, in pain… The walls of the room in the cellar had also kryptonite on them. "Clark, I told you not to come down here again…" she said breaking down into tears.

"I needed to see you" he said with a weak voice "It gives me strength"

"No, no, sweetheart" she was kneeling down in front of him, cupping his face between her hands, looking deeply into his eyes "You have to stop doing what he says"

"He'll hurt you"

"No, I'll be fine… I want you to run away, to go where Morgan Edge can't find you and… never look back"

"I can't do that, mom" he said, almost not breathing "I'll take you out from here, I… promise" then he almost fainted, but Martha held him.

"Take him out!" she shouted "Take him away from here!" she yelled among her sobs while Morgan Edge came back inside. "You're killing him!"

"I'm not" he said helping Clark to stand up "He decides to come or not to see you… it's his decision to be in pain for you"

"You're a monster! You should be ashamed of what you're doing with him"

"Maybe… but he's making me a richer man than I could have ever been…" he left go a laugh and then he left with Clark leaving Martha alone again in that small and dark cellar.

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One more day, Clark woke up in that strange bedroom, had a shower, got dressed, and went downstairs.

"Have a sit" Mr. Edge offered while having his breakfast "What would you like to have this morning? You can ask for anything, you deserve the breakfast of a king… especially today"

"What's different today?" Clark wondered, sitting on the other side of the table, far enough not to feel any pain because of the kryptonite bracelet Edge always wore with him.

"I have new instruction for you"

"Which bank do you want me to rob this time?" Clark asked.

"It's not a bank…" then Edge raised his arm and one of his guys came in and handed a newspaper to Clark.

"You want me to rob in the Daily Planet?" Clark wondered.

"Of course not, read the first page"

And so he did: "Luthor shows the city his diamonds collection".

"Lionel Luthor is making an exhibition with his jewelry collection… Its value is incalculable…"

"Lionel's security is much better than a bank's one… even if…"

"You already passed through his security once for me, Kal… don't try to make me believe you're not able to do it, because I know you are" Mr. Edge said "And, just in case, your mother won't have anything to eat until I have those jewels in my possession"

"You bastard!" Clark yelled out standing up and hitting on the table "I've made you a billionaire in a couple weeks… you better don't let anything happen to her or I'll…"

"You what?" Morgan Edge wondered standing up too and walking towards the boy making him feel sick again "You already tried to get her free… and you failed, Kal… You can keep doing what I say and live like a prince with a nice mother, or you can do what she's been asking you to do since the first day, and run away, being a free orphan…" He looked down to Clark, who had fallen to the ground because of the pain the kryptonite was making him.

"You'll have those diamonds tonight" Clark muttered, and Edge walked back to let the boy stand up "…but you'll give her my breakfast-of-a-king if you don't want me to follow her advice" he finished before leaving the room.

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Mr. Edge himself went downstairs to take Clark's breakfast to Martha.

"Is anything wrong with Clark?" she wondered.

"No… he's fine… but he asked me to take this to you" he said, leaving the tray on the table next to the bed.

"You can take your damn food with you"

"You should talk me nicer, Mrs. Kent… Your son's future depends on me"

"I will kill myself of hunger if that's what's necessary to make him free again" she defied him, and he stepped closer to her, so close, that he could feel her heart beating fast.

"You're beautiful" he said grabbing her chin "…but you still have to learn a couple lessons about obedience" and he stole a kiss from her lips that she stopped by biting him. "You bitch!" he yelled slapping her so hard she felt onto the sheets.

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TO BE CONTINUED…