Title: Starting Over

Author: MSCIBET

Premise: Set at the end of Hypotnic, with some slight changes. Just to make sense of it all, Lionel Luthor died in prison, and Lex is now in charge of Luthorcorp. Jonathon is the Senator, and although the whole episode was set up to drive the wedge in the Clana thing, this changes the storyline somewhat. Oh, and there's no Milton Fine or black ship. Lois is not in this at all; she's in Metropolis becoming a famous reporter, like the comics.

Key Ships: ultimately Chlex, little Clana, little Lexana, little Chlark, little Clex (can't make up my mind at the moment, but are mostly friendly in nature)

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters – just borrowed them for my own entertainment. They are owned by DC/WB/CW

Prologue:

"Finish him off Clark, and make him suffer," Simone breathed as she watched Clark's outstretched fist reach back.

Clark pulled Lex toward him slightly, still holding his shirt collar and whispered, "gladly."

Lex's eyes widened and as he opened his mouth to plead, Clark slammed his head into the wall and met his jaw a left hook. Dropping him to the ground, Clark kicked him the stomach and head and walked away. "So, where to now?" Clark looked at Simone and turned to the door.

Preoccupied with watching the whole event of Lex's demise take place, both Simone and Clark had been completely oblivious to the woman who had walked in, noticed the gun that had slid out of Lex's bag, and now pointed it at them.

"Clark, kill her." Chloe stood in shock as she held the gun in one hand and revealed the green meteor rock in the other. Buckling over, Clark snapped out of the hypnosis and pleaded for Chloe to throw the rock away. Watching Simone walk toward her, she let out a whimper, closed her eyes, and shot the weapon.

Watching as Simone hit the ground, she ripped the necklace off Simone's neck and smashed it with the handle grip of the gun. Throwing the gun away, she ran over to Clark and pulled the lead box out of her purse and put the green rock back in its safe place.

"Clark, are you ok?" Chloe raised his head up as he came to. Helping him stand, they both eyed Simone who was now bleeding all over a very expensive rug. "God, I hope he's not mad at me later for that."

Clark walked over and looked at Lex and tried to move him. "Lex," Clark said as he tried to sit him up. Pulling his hand from behind Lex's head, he noticed the blood that covered his hand. "Chloe, call 911."

Chloe stopped and read Clark's face. For almost a year now Clark had been the dire enemy of Lex, and it all came down to this. Clark, under a spell, nearly killed Lex Luthor, and now he was remorseful. "Yes, this is Chloe Sullivan. There has been an incident at the Luthor mansion."

Chloe walked over to Clark and tried to help lay Lex down. Lex stirred slightly but was still barely breathing. Chloe and Clark looked at each and wondered what Lex would do to them both after waking up from this, if he did. "Clark, did you kill him?"

She saw Clark take a deep breath and look at her with worried eyes. Looking over Chloe's shoulder, he heard another voice barely whisper, "Oh my God."

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