DISCLAIMERS: I don't own Smallville. I don't own the WB. And I sure don't own Lex...but I wish I did. This isn't complete and it will be long, but I wanted to get this out.
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Lionel was standing in front of one of many windows inside of his spacious office. Deep in thought, he swished the reddish liquid contents of a vile labeled, "Foreign Material" back and forth between his hands. He brought it up to the light. It looked normal to him, but he always knew Clarence was special. It had been difficult to retrieve the blood from his adopted son. Clarence's skin was hardly penetrable. It took the boy's own baby tooth to cut the finger. How he came up with that he could laugh about now. But then it was anything but a laughing matter. As the memories flooded his mind back to that morning he placed the vile inside of a safe behind a painting on the wall.
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"LARRY!"
Lionel was holding the boy around the waist trying to get him to calm down. They were inside of a lab room in downtown Metropolis. Completely out of the way little place that only Lionel and a few choice, well paid people, that he trusted knew about. He used it for experiments on the child. To test his abilities, which seemed to multiply every year.
Clarence wasn't cooperating with the older man, nor the nurses. He was surprisingly strong for a teen. In a fit of rage he had two tables knocked over and a chair shattered. Lionel and two other strong men had him down long enough for a shaky nurse to attempt to get a sample of blood. She shook her head and Lionel sighed at the bent needle she displayed.
It was time for another sample of blood. He had already used up the last remains. The skin on the boy was getting stronger and less vulnerable. Last time it was a lot easier. Clarence's teeth were falling out and new ones growing back in. Like a normal child. Or so Lionel thought. But when the teeth came out so did a significant amount of blood.
He looked around the room for something stronger. A jar labeled, "Teeth" caught his eye. He grabbed for it. "If it worked before surely it will work now," he thought to himself. The glass fell to the floor shattering into a million pieces. Cursing as a sharp piece cut into him, he grabbed a tooth and yelled at the nurse to use it before it was too late.
She took it and extended the kid's finger. He was squirming and the men couldn't hold him down much longer.
"HURRY!"
The nurse quickly tried the tooth against his skin and it broke just a little. She then quickly put a new needle in. Clarence calmed down immediately. Surprising both Lionel and the two men who were practically sitting on top of him.
Once the nurse had filled four of the glass tubes Clarence was let go. The boy just sat there in stunned silence.
Lionel kneeled down next to his son. "Yes, it's scary isn't it? You can get hurt, Clarence. I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you. If you cooperate with me you won't get hurt. But if you don't do what I tell you to do….just remember this day, son."
He got up and lifted Clarence to his feet.
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It was a seemingly normal day. Lionel and Lex were on a "father/son" business trip. His wife had insisted on it. Lionel didn't much care for "bonding" with Lex. It wasn't something a Luthor did. His father had never done that for him and he had never wanted him to either. If it wasn't for his wife he wouldn't do much with Lex at all.
He had never really wanted a child. When his wife had told him she was pregnant with Lex it came as quite a surprise. It made his wife happy but it had distracted him. He was in the middle of some important business changes and it couldn't have been worse timing.
His wife was the only reason he wanted to bring Lex today. That and maybe the boy would pay attention and actually learn something.
"Dad! Can I go outside?" A very impatient Lex was beginning to open the door to go even before his father's permission.
Lionel thought about it. It was just a stupid cornfield but he didn't like the idea of Lex messing up his suit. Lex's mother had him all dressed up in a stupid outfit that Lex hated. He squirmed in it and kept taking the tie off.
"No, I want you to stay here with me. I'll let you go outside when I'm through."
He had a lot of work to do actually. It was piling up and he didn't have time for foolishness from a 9 year old. He chastised himself for letting his wife talk him into this.
Lex moped around the office picking up objects here and there. Dropping them making them break. He would look up at Lionel each time and smile when his father would get all red in he face. He thought it was funny.
"Stop it! Fine! Go outside!"
Lex ran for the door but stopped when he saw huge meteor rocks falling from the sky.
"Daddy! Look outside!"
Lionel shook his head and ignored his son at first. "I'm busy! Can't it….." Then he heard a loud boom. He got up and went outside to see what just exploded.
To his amazement he saw all of the cornstalks smashed flat to the ground. Just like every science-fiction movie he'd ever seen. Crop circles. Only this was all over.
Lex started running and Lionel shouted after him.
"Lex!"
Lionel ran after him but stopped when he saw his son standing motionless in front of something. He moved his son away so he could see what he was looking at. It was a little boy that looked to be about three years of age.
Lionel spoke softly to the child. "Do you know where your parents are?"
The little boy didn't say a word just smiled. He tried to get the boy to talk but he wouldn't speak at all.
Lionel told Lex to go into the building and wait for him there. Lex didn't go at first. Just stared.
"Go now, Lex!"
He reluctantly did as his father asked. Scampering off into the building backwards keeping his eyes on the small boy and then finally turning around completely to walk into the building.
Lionel lifted the boy up in his arms and decided to search the grounds for some sign of where he came from. That's when he spotted the remains of an old truck. Burnt to the ground almost except for a beat up frame. He shuddered and tried to see if there was anyone inside still alive. He couldn't make out anyone in the car. He assumed this was where the child's parents had died.
The kid kept looking over his shoulder as if he was looking for something. Lionel looked in the direction and saw something strange protruding from the ground. He walked over to it and discovered it wasn't a car. Some sort of transportation device but Lionel had never heard or seen anything like it. The child got out of Lionel's arms and began to hit on the contraption. It opened up and the boy got inside. The lights came on and the machine started making a very loud high-pitched noise. It wouldn't move however. It remained on the ground.
Lionel didn't much believe in aliens. He thought they were silly ideas from the human imagination. He laughed. It was some kind of joke for sure. I mean meteor rocks? And a spaceship with a very human looking alien.
The boy got out of the "spaceship" and took Lionel's hand.
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A knock on the door broke the memory Lionel was conjuring and made him yell a little louder than he intended.
"WHO IS IT?"
Lex answered. "Father, may I have a word with you? It's important."
Lionel huffed and opened the door with a fast motion.
"What is so important to interrupt me?"
Lex held his hand out. He showed Lionel a bandage.
"It's about Larry. I found this on his finger. When did he cut himself?"
Lionel smiled.
"Since when do you care? He's a kid! Kids get scrapes and broken bones all the time."
Lionel turned and walked back into his office. But Lex stood in front of him, knowing when his father was hiding something.
"I saw the cut dad. It wasn't normal. And Clarence isn't a normal kid. We both know he never gets hurt. He's always is in perfect health. Never complains of injuries."
Lionel's eyebrows raised a little and he thought to himself, "What if he knows?" He cleared his throat.
"What kind of a cut is it?"
Lex looked down at the bandage.
"I don't know but it seemed to be healing so it must have happened a while ago."
Lionel smiled inwardly. "He doesn't know a thing."
"Well, the school would have told me if a child had harmed him, Lex. I know you worry about Larry but he isn't a baby. I'll ask the nanny if she has seen him rough housing with anyone lately."
Lionel patted his son's shoulder. Side stepping Lex, he walked into his office and shut the door.
Lex shook his head thinking there was more to this. But what was still a mystery to him.
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Lionel was standing in front of one of many windows inside of his spacious office. Deep in thought, he swished the reddish liquid contents of a vile labeled, "Foreign Material" back and forth between his hands. He brought it up to the light. It looked normal to him, but he always knew Clarence was special. It had been difficult to retrieve the blood from his adopted son. Clarence's skin was hardly penetrable. It took the boy's own baby tooth to cut the finger. How he came up with that he could laugh about now. But then it was anything but a laughing matter. As the memories flooded his mind back to that morning he placed the vile inside of a safe behind a painting on the wall.
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"LARRY!"
Lionel was holding the boy around the waist trying to get him to calm down. They were inside of a lab room in downtown Metropolis. Completely out of the way little place that only Lionel and a few choice, well paid people, that he trusted knew about. He used it for experiments on the child. To test his abilities, which seemed to multiply every year.
Clarence wasn't cooperating with the older man, nor the nurses. He was surprisingly strong for a teen. In a fit of rage he had two tables knocked over and a chair shattered. Lionel and two other strong men had him down long enough for a shaky nurse to attempt to get a sample of blood. She shook her head and Lionel sighed at the bent needle she displayed.
It was time for another sample of blood. He had already used up the last remains. The skin on the boy was getting stronger and less vulnerable. Last time it was a lot easier. Clarence's teeth were falling out and new ones growing back in. Like a normal child. Or so Lionel thought. But when the teeth came out so did a significant amount of blood.
He looked around the room for something stronger. A jar labeled, "Teeth" caught his eye. He grabbed for it. "If it worked before surely it will work now," he thought to himself. The glass fell to the floor shattering into a million pieces. Cursing as a sharp piece cut into him, he grabbed a tooth and yelled at the nurse to use it before it was too late.
She took it and extended the kid's finger. He was squirming and the men couldn't hold him down much longer.
"HURRY!"
The nurse quickly tried the tooth against his skin and it broke just a little. She then quickly put a new needle in. Clarence calmed down immediately. Surprising both Lionel and the two men who were practically sitting on top of him.
Once the nurse had filled four of the glass tubes Clarence was let go. The boy just sat there in stunned silence.
Lionel kneeled down next to his son. "Yes, it's scary isn't it? You can get hurt, Clarence. I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you. If you cooperate with me you won't get hurt. But if you don't do what I tell you to do….just remember this day, son."
He got up and lifted Clarence to his feet.
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It was a seemingly normal day. Lionel and Lex were on a "father/son" business trip. His wife had insisted on it. Lionel didn't much care for "bonding" with Lex. It wasn't something a Luthor did. His father had never done that for him and he had never wanted him to either. If it wasn't for his wife he wouldn't do much with Lex at all.
He had never really wanted a child. When his wife had told him she was pregnant with Lex it came as quite a surprise. It made his wife happy but it had distracted him. He was in the middle of some important business changes and it couldn't have been worse timing.
His wife was the only reason he wanted to bring Lex today. That and maybe the boy would pay attention and actually learn something.
"Dad! Can I go outside?" A very impatient Lex was beginning to open the door to go even before his father's permission.
Lionel thought about it. It was just a stupid cornfield but he didn't like the idea of Lex messing up his suit. Lex's mother had him all dressed up in a stupid outfit that Lex hated. He squirmed in it and kept taking the tie off.
"No, I want you to stay here with me. I'll let you go outside when I'm through."
He had a lot of work to do actually. It was piling up and he didn't have time for foolishness from a 9 year old. He chastised himself for letting his wife talk him into this.
Lex moped around the office picking up objects here and there. Dropping them making them break. He would look up at Lionel each time and smile when his father would get all red in he face. He thought it was funny.
"Stop it! Fine! Go outside!"
Lex ran for the door but stopped when he saw huge meteor rocks falling from the sky.
"Daddy! Look outside!"
Lionel shook his head and ignored his son at first. "I'm busy! Can't it….." Then he heard a loud boom. He got up and went outside to see what just exploded.
To his amazement he saw all of the cornstalks smashed flat to the ground. Just like every science-fiction movie he'd ever seen. Crop circles. Only this was all over.
Lex started running and Lionel shouted after him.
"Lex!"
Lionel ran after him but stopped when he saw his son standing motionless in front of something. He moved his son away so he could see what he was looking at. It was a little boy that looked to be about three years of age.
Lionel spoke softly to the child. "Do you know where your parents are?"
The little boy didn't say a word just smiled. He tried to get the boy to talk but he wouldn't speak at all.
Lionel told Lex to go into the building and wait for him there. Lex didn't go at first. Just stared.
"Go now, Lex!"
He reluctantly did as his father asked. Scampering off into the building backwards keeping his eyes on the small boy and then finally turning around completely to walk into the building.
Lionel lifted the boy up in his arms and decided to search the grounds for some sign of where he came from. That's when he spotted the remains of an old truck. Burnt to the ground almost except for a beat up frame. He shuddered and tried to see if there was anyone inside still alive. He couldn't make out anyone in the car. He assumed this was where the child's parents had died.
The kid kept looking over his shoulder as if he was looking for something. Lionel looked in the direction and saw something strange protruding from the ground. He walked over to it and discovered it wasn't a car. Some sort of transportation device but Lionel had never heard or seen anything like it. The child got out of Lionel's arms and began to hit on the contraption. It opened up and the boy got inside. The lights came on and the machine started making a very loud high-pitched noise. It wouldn't move however. It remained on the ground.
Lionel didn't much believe in aliens. He thought they were silly ideas from the human imagination. He laughed. It was some kind of joke for sure. I mean meteor rocks? And a spaceship with a very human looking alien.
The boy got out of the "spaceship" and took Lionel's hand.
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A knock on the door broke the memory Lionel was conjuring and made him yell a little louder than he intended.
"WHO IS IT?"
Lex answered. "Father, may I have a word with you? It's important."
Lionel huffed and opened the door with a fast motion.
"What is so important to interrupt me?"
Lex held his hand out. He showed Lionel a bandage.
"It's about Larry. I found this on his finger. When did he cut himself?"
Lionel smiled.
"Since when do you care? He's a kid! Kids get scrapes and broken bones all the time."
Lionel turned and walked back into his office. But Lex stood in front of him, knowing when his father was hiding something.
"I saw the cut dad. It wasn't normal. And Clarence isn't a normal kid. We both know he never gets hurt. He's always is in perfect health. Never complains of injuries."
Lionel's eyebrows raised a little and he thought to himself, "What if he knows?" He cleared his throat.
"What kind of a cut is it?"
Lex looked down at the bandage.
"I don't know but it seemed to be healing so it must have happened a while ago."
Lionel smiled inwardly. "He doesn't know a thing."
"Well, the school would have told me if a child had harmed him, Lex. I know you worry about Larry but he isn't a baby. I'll ask the nanny if she has seen him rough housing with anyone lately."
Lionel patted his son's shoulder. Side stepping Lex, he walked into his office and shut the door.
Lex shook his head thinking there was more to this. But what was still a mystery to him.