Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville, but Chloe owns me...*sigh*...
*****
"Come on, Todd, let's be serious about this," Mary said for the tenth time.
"It's stupid! And I can think of much better things we could be doing," Todd replied, kissing Heather's neck lightly.
Heather ducked away from him. "Come on, let's just get it over with."
"Alright," Todd threw up his hands in defeat. "Let's do it."
The three of them sat in a circle on the ground and tried in vain to balance the board between them.
"We need something to level out the ground with," Todd said, looking around.
"Here," Mary grabbed some rocks from a pile on the ground. "Call them an accessory."
"What's up with these?" Todd asked, grabbing one from Mary's hand and looking it over. "It's, like...green. Where in the hell did you find a green rock?"
"That's none of your business," Mary answered, snatching it back from him. "Like I said, just call them an accessory and let it be."
"Yeah, whatever," Todd mumbled.
They balanced the Ouija board over the rocks and their own laps awkwardly.
"Now, put your fingers on it lightly," Mary said solemnly.
Todd burst out laughing all at once.
"Todd!"
"Sorry."
They placed their fingers on the oracle again.
"Is anyone out there?" Mary said. "If you're there, send us a sign!"
All at once, lightning streaked across the sky.
*****
"Lana, where are you?" Chloe called as the sky lit up.
"Right here," Lana answered. "Are you...?"
"Shh!" Chloe held up a hand to silence her. She started laughing softly. "Listen, somebody's trying to conjure up spirits. 'Send us a sign, send us a sign!'" she mimicked.
They both laughed together for a moment.
"Come on, let's check it out," Chloe said, grabbing the other girl's arm and dragging her along despite her protests.
*****
"Hey, somebody's out in the woods," Heather said, nudging Todd gently.
"Yeah," he said, standing up as the two girls entered the clearing.
"Well, if it isn't the snoop of Smallville," he mocked.
"Bite me, jockstrap," Chloe replied pleasantly.
"With pleasure." He turned to Lana. "Lana Lang, a pleasure, as always. Does Whitney know you're out here?"
"He doesn't own me," Lana answered, lifting her chin defiantly.
"I won't tell him if you won't," he whispered in her ear.
"Come on, Chloe, let's go," Lana said, turning away from Todd.
"Wait a second," Chloe said, striding over and picking up one of the rocks. "Where did you guys find these?"
"Send us a sign!" Mary said again, completely oblivious.
Lightning flashed again and a low rumbling started, gradually getting louder.
"Let's get out of here!" Todd called. He, Heather, and Mary left quickly.
"What is that?!" Chloe shouted over the noise.
"I don't know!" Lana yelled back. "Let's go!"
Chloe nodded and the two girls headed back out through the woods.
Chloe still clutched the meteor rock tightly in her hand.
The ground shifted beneath them as it began to rain hard.
Chloe tripped and fell due to the movement, and as Lana grabbed her hand to help her up, both girls may have felt a shock if they weren't thoroughly frightened, as it were.
*****
Lana was on her front porch when she realized she'd forgotten her keys, so logic dictated she knock.
Nell came to the door a moment later, and the rather large smile planted on her face quickly faded.
"Where's Lana?"
*****
Chloe trudged up the stairs towards her room, thankful that her dad wasn't home to fuss over why she was out in this kind of weather and that she should get out of those wet clothes so she didn't catch a cold and did she want a cup of coffee-which she'd kill for-but the rest was all a hassle.
She dropped her bag just inside the door and turned to the mirror to take inventory of how horrible she undoubtedly looked.
She blinked rapidly, sure she was hallucinating due to caffeine deprivation.
Staring back at her was the face of Lana Lang.
*****
"Come on, Todd, let's be serious about this," Mary said for the tenth time.
"It's stupid! And I can think of much better things we could be doing," Todd replied, kissing Heather's neck lightly.
Heather ducked away from him. "Come on, let's just get it over with."
"Alright," Todd threw up his hands in defeat. "Let's do it."
The three of them sat in a circle on the ground and tried in vain to balance the board between them.
"We need something to level out the ground with," Todd said, looking around.
"Here," Mary grabbed some rocks from a pile on the ground. "Call them an accessory."
"What's up with these?" Todd asked, grabbing one from Mary's hand and looking it over. "It's, like...green. Where in the hell did you find a green rock?"
"That's none of your business," Mary answered, snatching it back from him. "Like I said, just call them an accessory and let it be."
"Yeah, whatever," Todd mumbled.
They balanced the Ouija board over the rocks and their own laps awkwardly.
"Now, put your fingers on it lightly," Mary said solemnly.
Todd burst out laughing all at once.
"Todd!"
"Sorry."
They placed their fingers on the oracle again.
"Is anyone out there?" Mary said. "If you're there, send us a sign!"
All at once, lightning streaked across the sky.
*****
"Lana, where are you?" Chloe called as the sky lit up.
"Right here," Lana answered. "Are you...?"
"Shh!" Chloe held up a hand to silence her. She started laughing softly. "Listen, somebody's trying to conjure up spirits. 'Send us a sign, send us a sign!'" she mimicked.
They both laughed together for a moment.
"Come on, let's check it out," Chloe said, grabbing the other girl's arm and dragging her along despite her protests.
*****
"Hey, somebody's out in the woods," Heather said, nudging Todd gently.
"Yeah," he said, standing up as the two girls entered the clearing.
"Well, if it isn't the snoop of Smallville," he mocked.
"Bite me, jockstrap," Chloe replied pleasantly.
"With pleasure." He turned to Lana. "Lana Lang, a pleasure, as always. Does Whitney know you're out here?"
"He doesn't own me," Lana answered, lifting her chin defiantly.
"I won't tell him if you won't," he whispered in her ear.
"Come on, Chloe, let's go," Lana said, turning away from Todd.
"Wait a second," Chloe said, striding over and picking up one of the rocks. "Where did you guys find these?"
"Send us a sign!" Mary said again, completely oblivious.
Lightning flashed again and a low rumbling started, gradually getting louder.
"Let's get out of here!" Todd called. He, Heather, and Mary left quickly.
"What is that?!" Chloe shouted over the noise.
"I don't know!" Lana yelled back. "Let's go!"
Chloe nodded and the two girls headed back out through the woods.
Chloe still clutched the meteor rock tightly in her hand.
The ground shifted beneath them as it began to rain hard.
Chloe tripped and fell due to the movement, and as Lana grabbed her hand to help her up, both girls may have felt a shock if they weren't thoroughly frightened, as it were.
*****
Lana was on her front porch when she realized she'd forgotten her keys, so logic dictated she knock.
Nell came to the door a moment later, and the rather large smile planted on her face quickly faded.
"Where's Lana?"
*****
Chloe trudged up the stairs towards her room, thankful that her dad wasn't home to fuss over why she was out in this kind of weather and that she should get out of those wet clothes so she didn't catch a cold and did she want a cup of coffee-which she'd kill for-but the rest was all a hassle.
She dropped her bag just inside the door and turned to the mirror to take inventory of how horrible she undoubtedly looked.
She blinked rapidly, sure she was hallucinating due to caffeine deprivation.
Staring back at her was the face of Lana Lang.