Lost love - 2
Martha was sitting down waiting for Lionel to have lunch, but it was nearly three o'clock in the afternoon and he hadn't returned yet. Martha began to be worried, so she rang to his mobile phone. He didn't answer.
She decided to go to the airport, and she asked for the Luthor Corp's jet, she wanted to know if he had already went there to take his baggage, or not. A young woman who worked in the airport said Martha that there was any jet of the Luthor Corp. there. Martha couldn't understand.
Going to her apartment again she rang to Smallville.
"Yeah?" said a voice.
"Lex?"
"That's me"
"It's Martha Kent"
"Hello Senator, how are you?"
"Worried, Lex. Listen, your father visited me yesterday, and he has disappeared this morning"
"That's impossible, he had to be in Europe until tomorrow"
"I know, but he came earlier"
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Kent, I can't help you, I have a meeting in five minutes, call me again later if you want" and he cut the phone down.
Before she arrived to her apartment, Martha made another call:
"Clark? It's mum, I don't know why you aren't home, I suppose that you have some work in the Planet, but I need you, please, call mummy back, ok? I love you, sweetheart" said she to the answering machine of the Kent's farm.
Martha put the key in the door trembling; she couldn't understand how she could wake up in front of a man, and a few hours after he had disappeared.
She closed the door softly. She was tired, she needed to rest, but she couldn't, she didn't know where was the man who she had said the last night that she was in love with.
There was somebody waiting for her in the living room, a man who wasn't Lionel.
"Who're you!? What are you doing here?!" exclaimed Martha scared and with the telephone on her hand.
"Good evening, Senator" said the man standing up from the sofa "You should keep that" advised the man pointing the mobile phone.
"Who're you?"
"A Lionel's Luthor friend" said the man, and Martha left the phone on the table.
"Where's him?!"
"He's fine"
"I said where's him"
"I can't say you that" said the man seriously.
"What do you want?"
"Why don't you have sit, Senator?"
"What do you want?" repeated Martha lowlier.
"Sit down!" ordered the man taking out a gun. Martha obeyed. "Well done" said the man smiling.
"Where's Lionel? What have you done him?"
"Mr. Luthor is with some friends of mine, waiting to come back" said the man "But firstly I need you to do a favour to me"
"What kind of favour?"
"The election's campaign began this week. I want you to tell everybody that you're not going to run on this elections"
"I won't do that!"
"Of course you will!" said the man walking to Martha and staying behind on her "Because if you don't do it, your loved Lionel will die" whispered the man on her ear as he took the TV commandment and put on the television and the video. Then, on the screen appeared Lionel. He had been hurt, he was bleeding from some injuries, but he still alive: "Martha, I'm fine, don't worry about me" said Lionel on the video.
Martha was making an effort to not cry.
"Your next speech is in two days, you will do it then" said the man while he walked to the door "Oh… and don't call the police" said before he left the apartment.
When the man had closed the door, Martha began to cry. But somebody opened the door again. It was Clark.
"Mum! What's the matter? Who was that man who left the apartment?"
"Clark!" exclaimed Martha standing up and running to her son's arms.
"So, somebody has kidnapped Lionel to obligate you to leave the senate…" repeated Clark after give a cup of tea to his mother.
"That's it" said Martha a little more calm.
"You can't do it"
"I know… but… I… I don't want Lionel to be hurt" said before she began to cry again.
"Mum… what was Lionel doing here?" asked Clark understanding the situation.
"I asked him to come… I… I needed to speak with him about our feelings"
"What do you mean?"
"We spent the night together…" she looked to her son to see his reaction.
"Are you crazy?"
"I'm not, sweetheart, I love Lionel"
"You can't love him! What about daddy?"
"Clark, you father dead four years ago, you can't ask me to live the rest of my live just with his remember…"
"I can't believe what you're saying…"
"Clark…" said Martha when she saw her son walking to the door "Sweetheart…"
"No mum…"
"But dear, you have to help me… I can't face this alone…"
"I'm sorry mum, if you want to save him you will have to leave the senate…"
"but son...!" exclaimed Martha, but Clark had already disappeared.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Kent, I can't help you on this… if they are asking you to leave the senate you have just two options… leave it, or leave my father die" said Lex when Martha explained him the situation.
"But Lex, is your father!"
"Yeah… and if he dies I will be the richest man of the USA…" said him laughing "Good luck, Senator"
Nobody was going to help her, she had to decide what she was going to do, because she was going to be alone…
TO BE CONTINUED…