Two years have passed, and Clark, Lana, Chloe and Lois attend Smallville University. But time as changed some things.
Clark and Lana are together and are thinking of taking that big step in their relationship. That being, having sex for the first time. Chloe is already having sex, with a mysterious student that has transferred in from Los Angeles. His name is Connor.
Chloe and Lois are Journalism majors, but as Chloe's relationship with Connor had deepened, she has also begun to neglect her studies. Lois, on the other hand, has taken a shine to the major, and has decided to do some snooping....into Connor's past.
Lex Luthor is also very interested in Connor, since it is his arrival that begins a series of savage murders....murders in which the victim's blood has been drained. And in some cases, the victims graves have been disturbed, as if they have clawed their way back to the living.
Clark feels guilty that he has been so into Lana, that he has neglected to help the victims. He also feels something odd, maybe a small pang of jealousy, when it becomes clear that Lois and Lex, are getting closer, as they try and figure out Connor's connection to the murders.
Lois sat in the graveyard, bored. What the hell was she thinking?! Why was she spending her night in this fashion?
Because someone had to.
Lois looked around, not feeling THAT invincible! She looked at her watch. It was 11:30 already. Would this murder/creature thing that had already killed four Smallville University students, show up tonight? Would one of the victims claw their way out of a grave?
Lois glanced at the name on the particular gravestone she was near. Lynda Smith. She had been leaving some sort of Women's Safety Rally, that had taken place on campus last week, when she had been attacked and murdered.
Now there were no more rallies. Lois guessed people figured that all the karate in the world, wouldn't help them against whatever, or whoever, this was.
Lois sat on the top of another nearby gravestone, still watching Lynda's. She was determined to write something for the University paper on this! Something that would not only give her an edge in this major, but maybe help stop whatever was going on.
Lois's mind wandered from the killings, to Chloe. It was good to see her cousin happy. Not just rebound happy, but crazy in love, happy.
She was just glad that the girl was not waiting around for Clark Kent to notice her.
Clark and Lana looked as if they were finally going to be able to make a go of this little romance of theirs, not that Lois had much time to notice lately, or even glance at them. Then again, she wasn't close with the couple anyway.
Lana was always polite, but distant. And Clark looked as if he wanted to run whenever she came his way! Lois giggled out loud! The look on his face was hilarious! Maybe that's why she always needled him whenever she saw him....
Lois's mind jumped back to the task at hand, when she suddenly heard something! Lois's eyes perched on the grave across from her. She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a digital camera! Finally, finally she was going to find out what the hell was going on around here!
But Lois could see nothing out of the ordinary going on with Lynda Smith's grave. Lois relaxed, but still held onto the digital camera. She swung her legs back and forth, as she wondered if Chloe and her new boyfriend, Connor, would be occupying the room what? Chloe never did say. Or maybe Lois hadn't thought to ask? He was cute....in a sort of boyish type of way. Kind of the way Clark was....
No, Clark just had a boyish type of face, but a body like a man. Lois shook her head again. Why was she comparing her cousin's boyfriend to Lana's?
Time for her to get a guy of her own, Lois guessed. She looked around and sighed. Maybe there wouldn't be a murder tonight. That was a blessing, she guessed, though she would not get her story tonight.....
Suddenly, something grabbed Lois's foot! She screamed as her digital camera flew out of her hand, and she realized that someone, or something, was coming out of the grave she was sitting on top of!
Lois kicked with all of her might, as a dirty hand wrapped around her ankle and pulled her off of the headstone! Lois tried to crawl away, with all of her might, but the hand was so strong, that she could feel he was crushing her ankle!
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Lois screamed in pain. She didn't give a damn about the stupid picture now, or this story! She just wanted out of here! She tried to stand and found she couldn't, so she managed to crawl over to a stone bench. Lois pulled herself onto it and turned to see what had attacked her.
Some guy.....something, that used to be 'Kevin Lewis', had pulled himself out of his grave! He had also broken her damned ankle and....
Lois felt herself gasping, as she saw his face....and his teeth! It was then that she realized that there was more than one killer running around here, and that the people that had witnessed what she was seeing right now, weren't stoned, doped up, or drunk college students!
Lois screamed as she tried to crawl off of the bench and make a pathetic getaway. But 'Kevin' caught up with her fairly quickly, grabbing the back of her hair painfully. Lois twisted as he pulled her up effortlessly, her feet dangling off of the ground. Kevin then turned her around and sank his teeth into her neck!
Lois cried out, just as Kevin seemed to suddenly disappear, or 'bite the dust', literally. The last person she saw, before she passed out, was Lex Luthor.
Lex dropped the stake he had used to kill the vampire, bent down and swept the unconscious Lois Lane into his arms. Lex then carried her out of the graveyard.
NEXT DAY: LATE AFTERNOON
Chloe lurked around the messy scene in the cemetery, trying not to be noticed by the police, and the lab techs. She folded her arms, feeling suddenly chilly, even though the sun was hot. She watched as a wooden stake was put into a plastic bag.
Lois had not come home last night, and Chloe didn't know what to think.
She half turned and was surprised to almost bump into Clark! Then again, that's how it was with him. He could disappear as quickly as he appeared.
"What's going on?" Clark asked, looking around.
"Another grave disturbance. It doesn't look as if anyone was killed....this time." Chloe sighed with relief.
Chloe looked around, as Clark watched her and surreptitiously, used his x-ray vision to see if anyone was still buried in 'Kevin Lewis's' grave.
It was empty.
"Oh my God!" Chloe yelled, running towards the grave. Clark tried to grab her arm!
"Chloe! What are you doing....this is a police investigation...."
But Chloe shook him off and hurried over to one of the labtechs! She snatched the digital camera they had found, out of his hands!
"Where did you get this?!" she demanded to know. One of the officer's made their way over to her.
"And you are?"
"Chloe Sullivan! This is my cousin's digital camera!"
"Your cousin's? And her name is?"
"Lois Lane! God! We room together over at Smallville University! She didn't come home last night! Oh my God!"
"Okay, listen, Ms. Sullivan. Let's not jump to conclusions. Why don't you come with me so I can get some more information, okay?"
Chloe nodded, near tears! Clark but a hand on her shoulder.
"Lois is fine, I'm sure. If anyone can take care of herself...."
"Clark, you don't understand! She probably stayed out to give Connor and myself....well...time alone." she sniffed, wiping her nose.
Clark nodded, but for some reason, felt uncomfortable by the 'Connor' reference. He didn't like the guy. He didn't know why or what it was, but there was something about him that he didn't trust.
"Listen to me, Chloe: I'll go back to the dorms and look around. Maybe Lois made her way back there. I'm sure she's fine."
Chloe nodded tearfully, then reluctantly walked off with the officer. Clark's jaw clenched, as he began to scan the area for any signs that Lois had been wounded, or was hurt.
It was then, that he saw Connor, of all people, over by a stone bench. Clark looked around, then walked over to him.
"Connor, right?"
Connor glanced at him.
"Yeah, you're Clark."
"Yeah....what are you doing here?"
"What are you doing here?" Connor asked him back. Clark could feel annoyance creep into his senses. Annoyance, and something else he had yet to define.
"I'm here for Chloe."
"I'll be here for Chloe from now on, thanks." Connor replied, his manner bordering on hostile. He then turned away from Clark and sniffed! Clark raised a brow, but said nothing. Connor then turned back to him.
"Lois was here....with someone else."
"Uh, yeah, probably the guy that's been running around killing people!" Clark said in a sarcastic manner. He knew it was guilt that was making him so on edge. His parents, Jonathan and Martha, and counseled him, telling him he couldn't save everybody. But he wasn't even trying. He should've been in this graveyard, ready to kill whatever it was that was taking human life.
"No....someone human."
Clark said nothing, and began an x-ray scan of the area. He saw nothing that put someone here with Lois. He didn't see anything that even put Lois here.
But Connor could smell whoever it was. And he was picking up a scent. He was going to go and be with Chloe, then he would track down the person that had taken Lois away. Connor walked away from Clark, without even so much as a backward glance.
Clark walked down the hallway of the dormitory that Chloe and Lois stayed in. The halls were empty, and he looked around, before knocking. When he got no answer, Clark looked around again, then forced his way into the room, breaking the lock!
Once inside, he closed the door and looked around. There was no sign of Lois, nor did it look as if she had been here at all. Connor's words kept coming back to him. Was it possible that Lois had run into some other criminal and had been kidnapped?
Clark looked around again, then walked back to the door. He opened it and was surprised to find Lana there, about to knock...
"Hey you! I was just about to see if Chloe was in. What are you doing in here?"
Clark knew it looked bad, his being in the girls room this way, but he didn't like the feel of any of this.
"Lana, I sort of broke in."
"Broke in? Clark, why...."
"Lois is missing."
"Yeah, I know. That's why I came here to see Chloe. I mean I knew she had to be upset. People are saying that Lois might have been murdered."
"No....I mean no one knows anything. No one except that creep boyfriend of Chloe's."
Lana gave him a look.
"You mean Connor?"
"Yeah, Connor! He was at the crime scene today....sniffing the air! I mean it was almost as if he thought he could smell where Lois went or something!"
Lana gave him a funny look.
"What?"
"What were you doing there?"
"Where?" Clark asked.
"At the crime scene. Clark, this killer scares me! I just think that we should stay out of it."
"Lana, Chloe is our friend. I mean you do want to help her get through this, don't you?"
"Oh course I do! But running around and chasing after this maniac is not the way. Now I care about Chloe, but Lois is reckless! There is a curfew and most women haven't left their dorms at night since these killings started. What was she doing in the graveyard so late?"
"You know how Lois is....she was probably trying to get a picture of the killer or something."
"A picture?" Lana asked.
"Yeah. Chloe freaked out when the police found Lois's digital camera at the scene. Something has definitely happened to her."
"God! Well, where is Chloe now?"
"Probably with Connor."
"Well it's good that she has someone with her. I like him. He does seem devoted to her."
"Yeah."
"But you don't like him?"
"Lana, it's just....the guy showed up out of nowhere...."
"He's from California."
"Okay, fine! There's just something about him, that makes me fear that Chloe is going to get her heart broken." Clark said. He then shook his head and pulled Lana into his arms, lifting her off of the ground. Lana laughed.
"What's this all about!"
"You know what? I don't want to talk about Connor or Chloe anymore! You're right! Let's just let the police handle it. I'm sure Lois is fine. So, we're still on for dinner at the farm?" Clark asked, wrapping his arm around Lana's waist. They began to walk away from the room.
"Yes, seven sharp. I can't wait! Your mother's cooking beats the slop around here anytime."
Clark stopped walking and looked down into her eyes. Lana had such beautiful eyes and gorgeous skin.....and he loved her so much.... he tipped her chin up for a kiss.
Lana melted in his arms, wondering how long they could keep going on like this? Doing nothing but kissing and holding hands? Was she ready to take that next step with him?
Clark ended their kiss.
"I will walk you to your next class." he said, taking her hand in his his, his face red at the thoughts of what he would like to be doing with Lana right now.
Clark kissed Lana once more, before watching her head into a science building. He then turned and began walking.
He realized he had made that little speech to Lana, back at Chloe and Lois's dorm, for his girlfriend's benefit. He did not want her to worry.
But he himself, was still worried. About this whole situation.
And it was as Clark was walking, that he saw Connor and Chloe, some distance away. They kissed, for quite awhile, before he stroked her cheek and she walked off. He then turned and began walking. Clark decided to follow him....at a safe distance back.
Lex Luthor closed a file that read PROJECT CONNOR, just as the doctor he had called for Lois, walked into the study.
"Well?" he asked.
"She'll live. Her ankle is only sprained. I'll leave you with some anti-biotics to stave off the infection for her neck wound."
"So she's conscious?"
"No."
Lex stood up and walked over to him.
"Why not?"
"I don't know, though I strongly suspect it's the shock of it all. Mr. Luthor, I really should report this to the police. That girl has the same neck wound as all of the other murder victims...."
"I realize that. But I would prefer you didn't, doctor. You'll be paid handsomely for your silence."
"She might be able to identify the killer, Mr. Luthor."
"Yes, and I'll take her to the police, as soon as she's better." Lex assured the man, handing him an envelope. The man sighed, took it, and walked out of the room. Lex watched him, then left the study himself. He walked down an array of hallways, then hurried up the stairs, walked down more hallways, until he reached the room that Lois Lane was lying in.
She was wearing a nightgown, and appeared to be tossing and turning, feverishly. Lex sat down beside her, took a cool washcloth, and began dabbing at her forehead.
"There, there, Ms. Lane. You are in good hands now. You're safe." Lex said in a soothing whisper.