I awoke that morning still sprawled out on my bed as I was last night. I took a glance at my digital clock as it struck 5:00 in the afternoon, "Huh!" I screamed as I remembered my date with Jordan was in two hours, "Oh no! I won't be ready in time!" I slammed my door open, almost hitting Clark in the face, "Oops! I'm sorry," I rushed passed him not even looking at him.
"Whoa! What's the rush?" Clark asked in disbelief.
"Big date! Gotta run!" I shut the door in the bathroom and took a nice warm shower. By the time I had gotten out, it was already 5:30, "Oh no! I'll never make it in time," I said to myself as I ran down the hall with nothing but a towel on.
Right at that moment I heard the bell ring, "Crap!" I yelled as I ran at full speed into my room. I hid in my closet as I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and at the foot of my door. I gasped as I shouted, "I'll be right out!"
It was my mom who was at the door, "Kiara, Lex is here to see you," she said as she knocked four times against my door.
'Lex?' I thought as I quickly threw something on. I ran down the stairs as I was still buttoning my shirt. I jumped down the last step and swung around the railing. Sure enough, Lex was standing right in the doorway.
"He says it's something crucial that he needed to talk about with you," Mom left us to it.
"Umm, hi," I said, "There is something you wish to speak with me about?"
Lex stepped through the doorway and into the house, "We found out who poisoned you. But we need you in immediatly for examinations. We think the poison is spreading." "Why? It's only Morphine... what can it possibly do to me," I said harshly, closing the door behind me.
"I don't expect any questions from you. Get your things. You're gonna spend a few days in the lab," Lex replied, as he waited for me outside.
I stood put for as long as it took to collect my thoughts, which seemed like a while but really only a matter of seconds. I rushed upstairs and told Clark what happend.
"No! I will not let you go with him." Clark stood up and moved towards the door.
"Clark! It's no use," I looked down, "He needs me. It's almost as if he wants to help me." "Look, I know Lex like the back of my hand. You can't trust him. It may seem he's trying to help you, but he only wants you for his own good," Clark's hand reached out and touched the knob of his door.
"I'll go with him!" I raised my voice then lowered it quickly, "I have to." I got up and packed a few shirts and clothing and left with my head down, "Tell mom I said I'm leaving." I looked down and shut the door behind me. I went down the stairs with a dull expression on my face. I sighed and took a deep breath, "I'm ready to go, Lex."
"Good," He responded, as one of his agents took my bags and threw them in the trunk of the limo. I got in the back seat and managed to sit as far away from Lex as I possibly could, which wasn't pretty far considering it was only a car. Lex never really told me who drugged me, yet again, I never really asked. I didn't want to.
It took us a good twenty minutes until we finally arrived at Luthor Corp, the creepiest place to be on Earth, let me tell ya. The limo driver opened my door and I got out and waited until Lex got out before I went with him. We walked up to the double entrance doors as he put his hand through a scanner and the doors to Luthor Corp opened suddenly. We walked down the lobby as his employees waved hello to him. There was even a 'Good evening,' and 'How are you?' in there somewhere. I felt a chill in the air. Not the kind of chill when a wiff of air rushes passed you, the kind when you sense something's wrong or something doesn't feel right. I felt my lips turn cold and then my body, and for a split second, forgot where I was. I continued following Lex, not uttering a word as we paced the corridors on the left and right of us.
'Room 27, room 28, room 29," I read to myself as I felt my legs grow numb, 'I wonder where he's taking me.' Then, just up ahead, there was this rather large room. It almost looked like a warehouse. It was strange. I almost felt as though I was going to the doctors office.
"Just think this as going to the doctor," Lex explained as he pointed me in the direction of a small chair in the center of a huge room.
I nodded and walked on, "Oh wait!" I spun around quickly remembering my date with Jordan, "Umm, can I just make one quick phone call?"
Lex nodded as I walked outside. I pulled out the slip of paper containing Jordan's number on it and punched in the digits on my phone. It rang two in a half times before there was any answer, "Hello?" I asked a bit nervously.
"Hey Kiara?" A voice answered back.
"Hey yeah. Umm... I just wanted you to know that," I paused for three seconds, "That I won't be able to make it tonight."
"Are you ok? You sound a little spooked," Jordan replied calmingly.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just getting tested at Luthor Corp."
"Luthor Corp? Why are you getting tested there," He raised his voice a bit.
"It's a long story I'll tell you about it late-" I was cut short by a punch I received across the face, "Urgh!" I yelled as Jordan could clearly hear the phone fly out of my hands and crash to the floor.
"Kiara? Hello? ...Ok stay right there! I'm coming for you!" He hung up the phone.
I tried to open my eyes as someone was dragging me into the room, my cell phone still on the floor. I tried endlessly to keep myself conscience. As my vision proceeded to get blurry. The last thing I could remember seeing was a shadowy figure jump down from the ceiling and attack Lex, the next moment I was on the floor.
I cringed as I felt someone reach out and touch me. Very slowly I opened my eyes, only to see myself surrounded in blood. I gasped as I crawled back and hit the wall. I stood up only to get a closer look at what had happened. My eyes darted across the room as I saw Jordan lying there on the floor, drenched in blood, "Jordan," I rushed over to him and literally fell down next to him. He was still alive, "Jordan! Who did this to you?" I demanded as I felt his hand reach up and gently touch my cheek.
"Ki...ara?" He gasped between words. Blood was dripping from the sides of his mouth. I ripped the sleeve of my shirt off and tried to wipe as much blood as I could away from his face and wounds.
"Shhh..." I said as tears formed in my eyes once again, "Tell me, Jordan, who did this to you?" I requested with a sniffle.
"It...it- doesn't... mat-ter now that... you-'re safe," He smiled weakly as it tortured my heart.
"No!" I cried, "Jordan! Please tell me!" At that second the door slammed open as Lex and his assisstant barged in, "What are you doing?"
"Ki-ara," Jordan tried to whisper to me, "Get...out of-here!" His voice was quickly dying down.
"No! I won't leave you here! Lex! Tell me what you did to him!" I demanded as they tried to drag me away from him, but I would not follow orders.
"Kiara, let's go!" Lex yanked me off, half breaking my arm, "This was none of our doing!"
"I don't care! He needs me!" I screamed, crawling back over to him. The assisstants nails dug into my arm as I let out a piercing scream. Blood ran down both sides of my arm like a dying fountain.
Jordan tried to get up using the bar against the wall, "Dont... you lay a finger...on her!" his colour was quickly draining from his face. I could tell that he wouldn't last much longer, even if he tried. I managed to get away from Lex and the other one with nothing but a few scratches. I staggered over to Jordan and held him tightly in my arms.
"I'm sorry!" I whispered in a high-pitched, above normal voice.
"You have nothing... to be sorry for." He rested his head on my shoulder as I sobbed quietly into his chest, "Lemme see your arm," He weakly rolled up the sleeve that wasn't torn off. There was four huge wounds on the topside of my arm. I quickly pulled my arm away.
"It's nothing. Nothing compared to your wounds! Lemme see them!" I pulled up his shirt, and there right in the middle of his stomach was a ginormous hole at least five inches deep and a width of at least seven inches. He was in critical condition and he needed medical attention - and fast! I needed to find a way out of here. No matter what it took, I was going to get him out of here - one way or another, "Can you use your powers?"
He tried but failed, "Agh! No. Sorry." I panicked for a few seconds before Lex took hold on my shoulder and started pressing inward.
"Agh!" I gasped as I was slowly falling to my knees. Everything around me was rapidly going in and out of focus. I tired to grab onto something that would have prevented me from passing out again, but nothing was in sight. All faded away in a blur of golden light.
I opened my eyes only to see myself in the hands of Clark, "Wha-, Clark?" I gazed around the room, yet there was no room, "Where...where is he?"
Clark looked up and saw my gashed up face, "Kiara, I didn't know. Lex was only doing this to see what you could withstand."
"What? He almost killed-" I stopped in mid-sentence only to discover that Jordan was no where to be seen, "Jordan! Where is he?"
"He," Clark paused only for a moment.
"He what?" I gasped, "He's not dead is he?" My eyes filled up with tears as I choked on my words.
"No. He's at the hospital," Clark added. I was relieved. He really appeared to be dying back there to me.
"We have to go over there! This was all my fault!" I got up, limping slightly.
Clark came up behind me and gripped my waist, "I know a better way! C'mon!" He lifted me off the ground as he and I sped up to the hospital. I watched as I looked around at all the trees and the environment fly passed us as Clark sped faster than the vehicle speed limit. My hair was whipping my face as I swung in his arms. I could just imagine what Jordan must look like, as I recalled the time before I passed out. I felt a tear drop down the corner of my eye because of the wind speed. Once we stopped, my hair brushed over my forehead as my face was slowly getting warm again. Clark placed me on the ground infront of the double doors leading to the hospital. I looked at him as I proceeded forward with a blank expression on my face. I walked up to the registration desk and stated my name and asked to see Jordan.
"Certainly. He's been expecting you," the secretary said in a calming tone.
I glanced at Clark with a more relieving look in my eyes and followed the doctor down the long and drawn out hallway. Each room looked identical to the one next door to it. And there, all the way at the end of the hall, in room 127 lay Jordan Campbell on the hospital bed.
"Mr. Campbell, your friends are here to see you," the nurse said as she walked off to help another patient.
I stepped in the dark, blue-ish room and took a seat by his bed.
"I'll wait outside," Clark suggested like he knew that Jordan would probably want to see me alone. I nodded as he closed the door behind him only leaving it ajar. I held out my hand for Jordan to reach it and he placed his hand gently in mine.
"Kiara," he whispered weakly as if he's been sick with the flu for a week, "I'm sorry...I couldn't- save you."
Tears came to my eyes once again as those words now shattered everything inside of me, "No," I gasped as the tears were now free falling from my eyes, "I should be the one who's sorry." I lowered my head in shame. I felt his hand move up to my chin and lifted my head up and we were face to face.
"You have nothing... to be sorry about." He said with a serious shine in his eyes. I couldn't bare to look at him. Even though he said that it wasn't my falt, somewhere, deep down inside, I knew it was. I didn't know what to say as he gripped my hand tighter with love, his eyes darted all around me as he wanted to lean in to kiss me. I blushed and wipped the tears from my eyes. I leaned down towards him, eyes closed, and our lips locked together. I didn't know what to expect, considering it was my first time kissing someone other than a family member. It felt pretty weird. But, I will say one thing, it was, indeed, magical. I felt his hand brush up against my face sweeping the hair away from my cheeks as he sat up.
"No." I pushed him back down, "You shouldn't get up. You're not in good condition."
"Don't worry. I'm fine," he tried to kiss me again but I pulled away, "What's wrong? You didn't like it?"
I swallowed, "No, I liked it. Maybe even a little too much," I licked my lips then stopped, "But you're in no condition to be up right now."
"Are we still on for our date?" he pulled the covers off him.
I smiled sweetly, "Of course," I went on over to him again and gave him a kiss good-bye.
"I love you," he replied back, I stopped in the middle of the door way and blushed even more, I turned around back to him and smiled a smile that not even I could control, "I love you too." I gently closed the door behind me.
Clark could just tell something big was going on by just the look on my face, "You look happier than usual. What exactly happend between you two?"
I tried to hide my blushing again, but it was no use. I was caught red-handed, "Life, Clark," I looked up and sighed in, "Just, life."
"Oookay, are you sure you're feeling all right. Cuz...this isn't you," he joked as I laughed a little bit.
"Yes, this is the real me." I stretched out as we walked all the way back home without Clark using his powers. It was nice, because I almost felt like I had a normal brother for a change.
"Mom, we're home!" Clark shouted from downstairs.
Mom rushed down as quick as possible, tears sweeping down her face as she squeezed me tightly, "Oh, Kiara! If I would have known Lex was going to do that to you, I would have never let you go with him!"
"It's ok, mom. I'm fine." I said gasping for air as she squeezed me tighter.
She finally let go, "Yeah, yeah. That's what they all say," She beckoned me to the kitchen table, "I didn't know if you were hungry or not, but I made you some left over dinner."
I didn't realize how hungry I just was because as soon as I saw the turkey on the table, I practically jumped ontop of it. Clark also took a seat next to me and my mom on the other. I grabbed a plate and started gobbling down dinner. Although I really wasn't quite fond of turkey, anything eatible infront of me would do. Yep, down to the last drop, turkey leg after turkey leg, then I moved up to the wings. I definitely didn't mind my manners, the way I was eating was like a starving pig. I don't even want to tell you what that looks like. I ate until I could barely swallow anymore food. Mom finally calmed down after what seemed like ten minutes of freaking out. She took my plate and placed it in the sink. She and Clark both were surprised at how fast I could eat. I stretched out over the table almost knocking Clark's plate off the table, "Whoops, sorry." I said as I caught the glass that almost crashed on the floor, "Well, I'm exhausted, so I'm gonna hit the hay early tonight ok? G'night!" I said as I kissed everyone good night and ran off to get a good night sleep. I don't know but for some reason, when ever I'm in my room, I become depressed, and I knew, this time, it's because of what I did today, and to Jordan.