Two mahogany doors flew wide as they were pushed open.
The coat swirled around him; it was a perfect match for his mood: black. The spikes in his hair rifled, and seemed to stick even straighter upward. Marching in, he yelled, "LEX!"
"Lucas! Brother," Lex smiled and opened his arms. "I'm so glad to see you! Sorry to kick you out of the mansion. But you have your own home right? You're free to visit any time you wish though, we are brothers after all. Sorry, I don't mean to ramble. Please, come, sit, have a drink with me…"
"No, brother," Lucas said darkly. "No, no more friendship. No more."
The look on the bald man's face was one of confusion until he saw the gun. With a resounding boom, there was the smell of gunpowder in the air. A surge of pain, and warmth enveloped the bald billionaire's body. Lex looked down, it wasn't a dart as he had thought, it was a bullet, and that was blood on his leg. Lucas had shot him in the lower left calf.
Stumbling towards his attacker, he mumbled a quick 'why?' before collapsing from the loss of blood. His pants where no longer black silk, but more tainted sinister color that was deepening every second.
"Oh god I'm so sorry, Lex, I really am," the man lamented. Thoughts of what happened if he disobeyed his orders ran through his head. It certainly meant a fate worse than death. Besides, he reasoned, you can't stop what's already been set in motion.
He then picked up a walkie-talkie, "Lionel? Yes, his leg is severely bleeding; yes I'll have him there in a minute."
Shaking his head, he pulled a towel from his pocket and began to stench the blood. "What a challenge, what a challenge," he murmured absent mindedly.
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"Lex," Clark hissed to himself. "Of course!"
He shook his head. Already he had spent two hours on a Biology assignment he did not understand, he was aggravated. Having a 21 year old genius helped put his mind at ease.
Walking out of his loft with his backpack on, he used his super-speed to get to the mansion. Whatever his thoughts were they immediately disappeared. There was a blood spot in the middle of Lex's study, and his friend was no were in sight. Exhaling he realized this would be a mystery.
Most often mysteries can prove to be quite a challenge, especially this one.
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Blinking, the bald man tried to shake his head. He could not; his neck had a chain around it, securing him to a cold metal table. There was also a chain around his each of his biceps, legs, and also his waist.
His blue eyes shot open, but they shut almost immediately. A blinding whit light was right over him. All he could see was white light. Nothing else was in his vision.
"Alexander are you awake?"
Groggily, the groaned answer was, "Perhaps."
"Ah. Yes then. Don't fret; you'll be free in a few hours. Well at least free from the table." The voice chuckled a little.
"It's those few hours I worry about," Lex moaned. Now that his brain was mildly awake, he realized the voice was coming from the intercom. This meant they probably had him under surveillance also; never mind the other list of gadgets any techno freak could come-up with to torture someone. There was not much he knew about Lucas, but he hoped he was not a technical genius. Of course his brother could have just hired someone...damn, he thought.
"Oh, don't fear. We just want you to rest, so your leg will be strong. You'll need all your strength at the end of those few hours."
"Yeah, mmm-hmmm," his body was already half-asleep. In the back of his mind he realized that no matter how much his leg had hurt, this, whatever this was that was going to happen, this would be ten times more painful. He had to be ready.
"Until then, rest, await your challenge," the voice concluded with a click.
Was that Lionel's voice?, his thoughts pondered, nah, relaxing he fell into a dreamless sleep. It was a challenge even thinking as he lay there. He hoped the feeling would pass.
-----to be continued------
To those who feel they need to know!
Soaring: Lucas is heir, when Lex goes into a comma. Turns out Lionel were just trying to off his son for being weak. Lex beat it though, and that pissed Lionel off. So Lionel still wants Lex out and is using Lucas. Thus this brings us to 'Challenge.'
Please review if you want more! And disclaimer: I own none of Smallville, just pictures of some of the actor's in my mind.
