Started: January 13, 2003
Finished: January 19, 2002
Last Episode Seen Before Writing: Skinwalker
Pairing: Slight Lana/Lex
Rating: hard R
Category: Horror, Suspense, Drama
Spoilers: None
Summary: "No more," Lana whispered, pulling the trigger.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except the really cool action figures Ali bought me for my birthday!
Author's Note: Much profuse thanks to my beta team philtre and LaCasta. They are the greatest thing since sliced bread!
To Secure What's Yours
Chapter 1
I hear a voice say, "Don't be so blind."
It's telling me all these things that you would probably hide.
Am I your one and only desire?
Am I the reason you breathe?
Or am I the reason you cry?
Lana pulled a stark white envelope out from under the windshield wiper of her car. It had nothing on it, only her name scrawled across the front in black. She glanced up and down the deserted street, wondering who could have put it there. She quickly slid into her car, pried open the envelope, and took out the papers.
Lana's breathing got shallow as she looked at the contents of the envelope. Page after page was filled with evidence that supported a claim against Lex. Lana flipped through the pages, each one bringing Lex's dirty dealings more and more into the light. As she read them she felt a band tighten around her chest.
Lana folded the papers quickly, creating a jagged rip in one in the process. She stuffed the papers into the envelope and threw the envelope to the floor of the car as if it had burned her. Her hands gripped the steering wheel, making her knuckles go white. Lana shut her eyes, trying to make the envelope disappear. When she looked down the envelope was still there.
She took a deep breath, slowly letting her hold on the wheel loosen. It had to be a mistake. Lex would never do what people are accusing him of. Right? Now, Lana was seriously starting to doubt her faith in Lex.
Reality hit with a dull pain. The calls, the secrets, the violent episodes, the change. Lex was hiding something. Something big enough to make Lex go against all his morals and values he worked so hard to erect. Something to make him start acting more like… Like Lionel Luthor. Lana should have seen it earlier, but she had refused to believe it. Even Clark had been trying to avoid Lex lately.
All Lana knew was that she had to get out before Lex drug her down with him. She was afraid of what he would do if he found out that she knew what he was up to. With another worried glance down the street she made her way to the mansion.