Smallville 4.09 – Bunker

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"Wow," Pete leaned out of his window eagerly and whistled in approval. The nondescript black car made it's way along the curvy beach side road, a private villa it's destination. Clark peered out of his window too and couldn't help but agree with Pete. It was beautiful there, and the weather was great. The sun shone down with such ferocity that Clark mentally cursed himself for forgetting his sunglasses.

Chloe was also peering out of her window eagerly, a full watt smile spread across her face. "It's so beautiful here," she said breathily, unable to tear her attention away from the exotic looking trees and birds long enough to look at the others nod in approval.

"Yes Toto," Lucas ruffled her hair obnoxiously and pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket. "We're definitely not in –"

"Don't," Lex rolled his eyes at the cliché. "And put those away, you'll pollute the clean air here."

"And my lungs," Chloe muttered, flattening her hair back down. Lucas rolled his eyes but put the cigarettes away. He sat back in his seat and practically pouted the rest of the way. Clark bit back the sarcastic remarks that came to mind and resigned to just enjoy the trip.

Thirty minutes later the car turned off of the winding road and onto a long lane. They all watched eagerly, even Lex (though he tried to hide it), waiting for the villa to appear.

Clark felt himself grin when they laid eyes on the villa; it was much bigger than he thought it would be, with numerous large windows and a burnt orange terra roof. Legions of trees and plants surrounded the property, secluding it from the main road, and a wrought iron gate closed behind the car as they pulled into the parking lot.

As soon as the car stopped they piled out into the driveway and stared up at the villa with identical grins on their faces...though Lucas and Lex smirked more than grinned. Clark tried to help the driver with the bags but the driver shook his head and gestured for Clark to join the others.

"Do we have a key?" Pete asked, trying to peer in through the glass windows on the door.

"Should be unlocked," Chloe reached out and tried the doorknob, pushing the door open easily. Chloe and Lex walked in first, then Lucas and Pete, and Clark brought up the rear, leaving the door open for the driver.

Pete whistled again, and again Clark completely agreed. The place may have looked island chic on the outside, but inside it was absolutely comfortable modern. There were no walls separating the kitchen, living room and dining room; instead it was a wide-open space, complete with a gigantic skylight that covered most of the room. Comfy looking leather furniture adorned the living room, plus a large, wide screen TV.

"Good designer out here in the Caribbean," Pete clapped Clark on the shoulder and hurried further into the room to explore, Lucas hot on his heels.

"Well, no ever said that Daddy Luthor didn't have good taste...aesthetically anyway," Chloe shrugged.

"What?" Lex frowned at her and Chloe grinned again, a little wickedly this time.

"That was part of the surprise," she informed Lex. Clark couldn't help but nod eagerly; that had actually been his favorite part. "I didn't rent this villa. It was Lionel's."

"My father's never been to the Cayman Islands," Lex shook his head.

"He must have had plans to," Chloe shrugged. "Because this property turned up in the search that I did on him last year. He didn't report it to Uncle Sam of course, so it was probably a backup in case something went wrong...he didn't think it prudent to mention it to you I guess."

"And now here you are, making use of his private getaway," Clark finished for her.

"Love the irony," Lex nodded appreciatively.

"Hey guys! Come check out the beach!" Pete called out eagerly from where he was pulling open a set of French doors, leading them out onto a back patio. They followed him and Chloe let out a squeal of delight when they saw the beach.

Lucas was already making his way across the sand to the water, his shoes deposited on the patio. Chloe kicked off her sandals too and grabbed Lex's arm, pulling him along behind her and joining Lucas.

"Glad you came?" Clark asked Pete. He let his gaze wander around the kaleidoscope of colors; the startlingly blue water, the shockingly green trees, the intensely yellow sun...

"Oh yeah," Pete nodded, laughing at Chloe and Lucas kicking sheets of water at each other. "Should we go in?"

Clark shot him a grin and they both stepped out onto the white sand.

TBC...