1 "Friend"
Original Smallville Fanfiction
By Rich Wheeler
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or anything else related to Smallville, it's all property of the WB. I'm just borrowing them to make a (hopefully) good story.
Summary: As Chloe prepares herself for the move to Metropolis to start her summer internship, she helps Clark and the gang solve one last mystery involving a very suspicious young boy and his imaginary friend.
Rated: PG13 for some violence and mild language
Category: Action/Adventure/Drama
Setting: After Whitney has left, one week before Chloe leaves for Metropolis.
Authors' Note: My first piece of Smallville Fanfiction in quite a long time. My last one was another unfinished story mostly about Lex. I was going to finally finish that but I had lost my train of thought for that story and couldn't really get back in to writing it. So, I bring you a brand new one, I hope everyone enjoys it and remember…any and all feedback is appreciated. Special thanks to my beta reader BeresfordLane.
Chapter One: Simon
On a warm Sunday afternoon in Smallville, Kansas, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping. Kids are outside having fun and riding their bikes down the street, laughing and playing. On the corner of Marshall Street, in a fairly large home, a young boy named Danny Walsh sits in his room alone, except…he's not really alone.
"Do you like this show, Simon?"
"Me neither, I'll change it to something better."
"We'll just watch cartoons, I know you like cartoons a lot, Simon."
He talked to him all the time, for as long as Danny could remember he saw Simon, he was the only one that could. Most people passed Simon off as a figment of Danny's imagination, but to Danny he was real, to Danny he was always his one true friend. Danny continues to watch television as the door to his room swings open, his new stepfather stands there.
"Come on, Danny…I thought I told you to stop talking to yourself like that, everyone will think you're crazy." His stepfather Ted says. Danny doesn't reply; he just keeps staring at the TV, smiling as the Coyote falls off the cliff yet again. "It's the first week of summer vacation and here you are sitting in this room watching TV instead of going outside and making some real friends." Ted says, still not receiving any response from Danny. "No son of mine will be a loser, do you hear me, Danny? You've been with your mom for too long…now that I'm around I'm going to see to it that I knock some damn sense into you. No more talking to yourself, if you found a friend you could talk him and be like all the other kids."
"I have a friend, he's sitting right next to me." Danny says, keeping his eyes on the television.
"Dammit, Danny…enough of that! There is no one there, what's the matter with you?!"
"This is one of my favorites, Simon, do you like it too?" Danny asks. Ted is about to yell but instead leaves the room very angry. He walks down the hallway into the kitchen where Danny's mother Sarah is scrubbing some dishes in the sink.
"I swear, Sarah, if you don't do something about that kid of yours, I will!" Ted says loudly, leaning against the kitchen counter.
"Please, Ted…I know Danny is a little different, but…" Sarah starts, but is interrupted.
"Different?! The kid's a retard, Sarah!"
"Don't call him that, Ted! I won't listen to you talk about my son like that!"
"No, Sarah…he's our son now, and that means it's time for Danny cut the crap and be a normal kid…I won't hear him talking to himself like that any longer!" Sarah doesn't say anything else, she continues washing dishes. Ted opens up the refrigerator and takes out a bottle of water, he opens it and takes a drink. "Everything is going to be alright…once we move out of this pathetic little pig town and start our new lives in Metropolis, Danny will learn." Ted says as he takes another drink of his water.
"Don't say those things about Smallville, Ted…you know I grew up here, I've lived here my whole life…" Sarah starts. "I love it here…" She says under her breath.
"Well it's time to move on, to bigger and better things."
"Ted…I wanted to talk to you about that…" Sarah starts, seeming somewhat scared.
"No, Sarah…you agreed when I married you we would move to Metropolis after things settle down a bit, we are not going to stay here in Smallville…and that's final." Ted responds, almost warning her.
"But, Ted…you know how much I love my work at the clinic, and now I realize those years at med-school are actually paying off, I have a shot at becoming a real doctor, Ted, my dreams might actually come true!" Sarah declares, pleading with him.
"Your dreams are in Metropolis, Sarah, our dreams are in Metropolis!"
"Please, Ted…just hear me out, I know I said I would move but now things are different and…"
"Nothing is different! I've got good business in Metropolis, business that will make me a very rich man! You will not screw this up for me!" Ted yells, becoming more aggressive. Sarah becomes frightened and holds her tongue, not wanting to make him yell like that again, she hated it when he yelled. By now Danny has come out of his room, he watches the two from the hallway with a frown on his face. "I will provide well for this family, we will all be very happy in Metropolis. We are leaving by the end of the week and that's it, no more discussion." Ted says very seriously. A moment of silence begins, something inside Sarah builds, anger…for Ted the things he says and does, and she can't take any more.
"No! No, Ted…I refuse to leave now! Everything was going perfect before I married you…you will not control me! And you will not control my son! If you can't deal with this than I want you to leave, Ted, I want you to leave forever! I've had enough…and I'm not going anywhere! I'm staying in Smallville and if you…" Sarah starts, but is unable to finish her sentence when she is slapped across the face by Ted and knocked to the floor. Danny runs to try and help her, crouching down next to her, unsure about what to do. Ted leans in towards her, she holds her face in shock, Ted has abused her verbally but never physically.
"You listen…and you listen good…end of the week we are out of here, you are coming with me to Metropolis and we will start our new, happy little life together." Ted says, getting back up to his feet. "You will thank me for this someday, Sarah…you may not like the idea now, but someday you will thank me. Now get up and finish the dishes…I'm going out to the garage." Ted says more quietly as he opens the side door and leaves the house.
Danny watches him leave, his face turns into a scowl, he has a sense of enormous hatred for Ted, and he wants to do something but can't. Instead, he helps his mother sit up, and she hugs him close. "Everything…everything will be OK, Danny…everything will be OK…"
Outside in the Walsh's garage, Ted lays underneath the hotrod he has been restoring for several years, a hobby of his. Inside, the usual garage clutter sits around. The door is open so the sunlight can come in, but Ted is still underneath with a flashlight so he can better see what he's working on. He reaches for a wrench and picks it up, his hands black with oil; then he brings it under the car with him to use. He tinkers around underneath the car for a few more moments when suddenly the garage door closes. Ted hadn't triggered it to close so he gets out and to his feet to check it out. He presses the button to open it back up but it doesn't respond. He tries a few more times but still nothing. Then, Ted hears a strange noise in the back of the garage…he becomes very suspicious and tries not to let the noise scare him as he hears it again, this time closer. "Is…is anyone in here?"
There is no response. Ted tries to stay calm as he walks forward a bit, inspecting the area. He hears the noise again, coming from a different direction. "Come on now…if there's anyone in here I'm gonna…" Ted stops. He now feels very uncomfortable and runs for the door, but he can't get it open. The noise is heard directly behind him, he slowly turns around to face whatever it is, completely terrified. A second later Ted lets out a horrible scream, another second later everything goes silent as his blood splatters against the wall.
The next afternoon in Smallville, it's another beautiful, sunny day. The Talon is busy as usual, outside the sign reads: "Kareoke Night Every Friday". Inside, music is playing and the environment is calm as kids socialize and drink their beverages. Waiters and waitresses walk around serving customers and on the East Side of the Talon a sign informs the stage area is under construction and being re-modeled. Some familiar faces sit at a table near the register, Clark, Chloe and Pete. "Here it is, Chloe, your last week in Smallville before your big move to Metropolis for the summer." Pete says.
"What will you guys do without me?" Chloe asks with a smile.
"Yeah, it's going to be hard not having you around to make remarks about the heat, the bugs and why you never want to swim in the lake." Clark jokes, showing those bright white teeth as he smiles.
"You know you'll miss me." Chloe says as Lana comes around to the table and sets three drinks down, each of the three taking theirs.
"Of course I'll miss you, Chloe, its going to be a long summer." Clark says.
"We'll all miss you, Chloe, things will be strange without you." Lana says.
"Thanks, Lana, as if Smallville could get any stranger." Chloe replies. "It will be weird though, adjusting to life outside of Smallville, without the weekly meteor rock freak trying to kill someone." She adds, taking a drink of her own coffee. Lana gets a weird look on her face, somehow still being the one that is never in on all the latest Krypto- Mutant news. Pete takes out the day's Smallville Ledger and immediately flips to the Sports section while taking sips of his coffee.
"Yeah, looks like we'll have to put the scooby-doo mystery machine in the shop until you get back." Pete says, still reading the paper and drinking his coffee.
"Just another thing about Smallville I'll miss." Chloe says.
"Hmm…looks like you might have one more mystery to solve before you leave on Friday, Chloe." Clark says, looking at the front page of the newspaper.
"What? Let me see that…" Chloe says as she lays the newspaper down on the table and reads the headline of the article Clark had observed. "Bloody Corpse Found in Smallville! Police Clueless."
Original Smallville Fanfiction
By Rich Wheeler
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or anything else related to Smallville, it's all property of the WB. I'm just borrowing them to make a (hopefully) good story.
Summary: As Chloe prepares herself for the move to Metropolis to start her summer internship, she helps Clark and the gang solve one last mystery involving a very suspicious young boy and his imaginary friend.
Rated: PG13 for some violence and mild language
Category: Action/Adventure/Drama
Setting: After Whitney has left, one week before Chloe leaves for Metropolis.
Authors' Note: My first piece of Smallville Fanfiction in quite a long time. My last one was another unfinished story mostly about Lex. I was going to finally finish that but I had lost my train of thought for that story and couldn't really get back in to writing it. So, I bring you a brand new one, I hope everyone enjoys it and remember…any and all feedback is appreciated. Special thanks to my beta reader BeresfordLane.
Chapter One: Simon
On a warm Sunday afternoon in Smallville, Kansas, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping. Kids are outside having fun and riding their bikes down the street, laughing and playing. On the corner of Marshall Street, in a fairly large home, a young boy named Danny Walsh sits in his room alone, except…he's not really alone.
"Do you like this show, Simon?"
"Me neither, I'll change it to something better."
"We'll just watch cartoons, I know you like cartoons a lot, Simon."
He talked to him all the time, for as long as Danny could remember he saw Simon, he was the only one that could. Most people passed Simon off as a figment of Danny's imagination, but to Danny he was real, to Danny he was always his one true friend. Danny continues to watch television as the door to his room swings open, his new stepfather stands there.
"Come on, Danny…I thought I told you to stop talking to yourself like that, everyone will think you're crazy." His stepfather Ted says. Danny doesn't reply; he just keeps staring at the TV, smiling as the Coyote falls off the cliff yet again. "It's the first week of summer vacation and here you are sitting in this room watching TV instead of going outside and making some real friends." Ted says, still not receiving any response from Danny. "No son of mine will be a loser, do you hear me, Danny? You've been with your mom for too long…now that I'm around I'm going to see to it that I knock some damn sense into you. No more talking to yourself, if you found a friend you could talk him and be like all the other kids."
"I have a friend, he's sitting right next to me." Danny says, keeping his eyes on the television.
"Dammit, Danny…enough of that! There is no one there, what's the matter with you?!"
"This is one of my favorites, Simon, do you like it too?" Danny asks. Ted is about to yell but instead leaves the room very angry. He walks down the hallway into the kitchen where Danny's mother Sarah is scrubbing some dishes in the sink.
"I swear, Sarah, if you don't do something about that kid of yours, I will!" Ted says loudly, leaning against the kitchen counter.
"Please, Ted…I know Danny is a little different, but…" Sarah starts, but is interrupted.
"Different?! The kid's a retard, Sarah!"
"Don't call him that, Ted! I won't listen to you talk about my son like that!"
"No, Sarah…he's our son now, and that means it's time for Danny cut the crap and be a normal kid…I won't hear him talking to himself like that any longer!" Sarah doesn't say anything else, she continues washing dishes. Ted opens up the refrigerator and takes out a bottle of water, he opens it and takes a drink. "Everything is going to be alright…once we move out of this pathetic little pig town and start our new lives in Metropolis, Danny will learn." Ted says as he takes another drink of his water.
"Don't say those things about Smallville, Ted…you know I grew up here, I've lived here my whole life…" Sarah starts. "I love it here…" She says under her breath.
"Well it's time to move on, to bigger and better things."
"Ted…I wanted to talk to you about that…" Sarah starts, seeming somewhat scared.
"No, Sarah…you agreed when I married you we would move to Metropolis after things settle down a bit, we are not going to stay here in Smallville…and that's final." Ted responds, almost warning her.
"But, Ted…you know how much I love my work at the clinic, and now I realize those years at med-school are actually paying off, I have a shot at becoming a real doctor, Ted, my dreams might actually come true!" Sarah declares, pleading with him.
"Your dreams are in Metropolis, Sarah, our dreams are in Metropolis!"
"Please, Ted…just hear me out, I know I said I would move but now things are different and…"
"Nothing is different! I've got good business in Metropolis, business that will make me a very rich man! You will not screw this up for me!" Ted yells, becoming more aggressive. Sarah becomes frightened and holds her tongue, not wanting to make him yell like that again, she hated it when he yelled. By now Danny has come out of his room, he watches the two from the hallway with a frown on his face. "I will provide well for this family, we will all be very happy in Metropolis. We are leaving by the end of the week and that's it, no more discussion." Ted says very seriously. A moment of silence begins, something inside Sarah builds, anger…for Ted the things he says and does, and she can't take any more.
"No! No, Ted…I refuse to leave now! Everything was going perfect before I married you…you will not control me! And you will not control my son! If you can't deal with this than I want you to leave, Ted, I want you to leave forever! I've had enough…and I'm not going anywhere! I'm staying in Smallville and if you…" Sarah starts, but is unable to finish her sentence when she is slapped across the face by Ted and knocked to the floor. Danny runs to try and help her, crouching down next to her, unsure about what to do. Ted leans in towards her, she holds her face in shock, Ted has abused her verbally but never physically.
"You listen…and you listen good…end of the week we are out of here, you are coming with me to Metropolis and we will start our new, happy little life together." Ted says, getting back up to his feet. "You will thank me for this someday, Sarah…you may not like the idea now, but someday you will thank me. Now get up and finish the dishes…I'm going out to the garage." Ted says more quietly as he opens the side door and leaves the house.
Danny watches him leave, his face turns into a scowl, he has a sense of enormous hatred for Ted, and he wants to do something but can't. Instead, he helps his mother sit up, and she hugs him close. "Everything…everything will be OK, Danny…everything will be OK…"
Outside in the Walsh's garage, Ted lays underneath the hotrod he has been restoring for several years, a hobby of his. Inside, the usual garage clutter sits around. The door is open so the sunlight can come in, but Ted is still underneath with a flashlight so he can better see what he's working on. He reaches for a wrench and picks it up, his hands black with oil; then he brings it under the car with him to use. He tinkers around underneath the car for a few more moments when suddenly the garage door closes. Ted hadn't triggered it to close so he gets out and to his feet to check it out. He presses the button to open it back up but it doesn't respond. He tries a few more times but still nothing. Then, Ted hears a strange noise in the back of the garage…he becomes very suspicious and tries not to let the noise scare him as he hears it again, this time closer. "Is…is anyone in here?"
There is no response. Ted tries to stay calm as he walks forward a bit, inspecting the area. He hears the noise again, coming from a different direction. "Come on now…if there's anyone in here I'm gonna…" Ted stops. He now feels very uncomfortable and runs for the door, but he can't get it open. The noise is heard directly behind him, he slowly turns around to face whatever it is, completely terrified. A second later Ted lets out a horrible scream, another second later everything goes silent as his blood splatters against the wall.
The next afternoon in Smallville, it's another beautiful, sunny day. The Talon is busy as usual, outside the sign reads: "Kareoke Night Every Friday". Inside, music is playing and the environment is calm as kids socialize and drink their beverages. Waiters and waitresses walk around serving customers and on the East Side of the Talon a sign informs the stage area is under construction and being re-modeled. Some familiar faces sit at a table near the register, Clark, Chloe and Pete. "Here it is, Chloe, your last week in Smallville before your big move to Metropolis for the summer." Pete says.
"What will you guys do without me?" Chloe asks with a smile.
"Yeah, it's going to be hard not having you around to make remarks about the heat, the bugs and why you never want to swim in the lake." Clark jokes, showing those bright white teeth as he smiles.
"You know you'll miss me." Chloe says as Lana comes around to the table and sets three drinks down, each of the three taking theirs.
"Of course I'll miss you, Chloe, its going to be a long summer." Clark says.
"We'll all miss you, Chloe, things will be strange without you." Lana says.
"Thanks, Lana, as if Smallville could get any stranger." Chloe replies. "It will be weird though, adjusting to life outside of Smallville, without the weekly meteor rock freak trying to kill someone." She adds, taking a drink of her own coffee. Lana gets a weird look on her face, somehow still being the one that is never in on all the latest Krypto- Mutant news. Pete takes out the day's Smallville Ledger and immediately flips to the Sports section while taking sips of his coffee.
"Yeah, looks like we'll have to put the scooby-doo mystery machine in the shop until you get back." Pete says, still reading the paper and drinking his coffee.
"Just another thing about Smallville I'll miss." Chloe says.
"Hmm…looks like you might have one more mystery to solve before you leave on Friday, Chloe." Clark says, looking at the front page of the newspaper.
"What? Let me see that…" Chloe says as she lays the newspaper down on the table and reads the headline of the article Clark had observed. "Bloody Corpse Found in Smallville! Police Clueless."