Chapter 3

Chloe was back home from the hospital in her apartment above the talon in the town of Smallville after her cousin Lois Lane had picked her up. Lois had noticed that Chloe was staring into her mug of cocoa has the vapors soothed her head.

"Penny for your thoughts Chlo" Lois said sitting next to her and putting around her she always felt like the big sister figure to Chloe and always knew when something was wrong.

"It's nothing Lo…really" trying to force a smile which was Lois was not buying it. Lois sighed in annoyance

"Your not still pouting over Jimmy our you, because I said I'd break his legs if he brought you down"

Chloe smiled and shook her head.

"No Lois it's not Jimmy"

Lois quickly responded hoping to catch her off guard.

"Oh Chloe it's not our very own flannel wearing farm boy who's started upsetting you because I will gladly break his legs without any provocation"

Chloe responded with a mixture of frustration and sarcasm.

"No…Clark and I are fine …seriously Lois its just been a long day" all she really was thinking about was Adam she was really worried about him and even though they only spent a matter of hours together.

Lois knew something was up but she only hoped Chloe would tell her in time. A moment later there was a knock at the door. Lois got up and slowly opened the door and expressed a stubborn look at the visitor.

"Smallville…surprisingly late for a change"

Clark Kent walked into the room with an immediate apologetic look.

"Sorry…" as he tried to think of an excuse rather than

I've been chasing phantoms across the eastern seaboard.

Lois shook her head and turned to her cousin.

"Well its not me you should be apologizing to…now if you'll excuse me I'll get back to work" Even though it was down stairs. Clark let Lois passed and heard Chloe thank her for what she had done. He Sat on the table in front of her while she lifted her knees to her chest and sat pondering in deep thought.

"Chloe…I said I was sorry" Clark spoke with deep regret.

Chloe shook her head realizing she was not paying attention.

"Clark it's not your fault, your not suppose to be on my beck and call you know" she smiled reassuring him.

He then asked the most grueling part of the conversation.

"What happened?"

Chloe sighed trying to put together the events piece by piece.

"I was leaving the planet to get my car when these thugs try to take my keys. I managed to get away into the alleyway but clumsy me slipped and hit my head"

Clark's blood boiled angry at himself as he gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"They didn't hurt you did they"

She hesitated for a moment but didn't know how to tell him because she knew this was something Clark needed to know about but how he would react she wasn't sure.

"Clark they took my car…no-one touched me...its just" Chloe trying to put into context how to put it.

"Chloe, What Happened?" not raising voice just sounding more concerned.

"Someone saved me from the gang Clark!" she said in her raised tone.

Clark sat quiet for a moment squinting his eyes trying to put two and two together.

"How?" he finally asked

Chloe was surprisingly annoyed by that remark responded quite sarcastically

"Clark you're not the only one in the world who has the hero complex you know. If it wasn't for Adam I don't know what would have happened."

He looked closely in her eyes.

"What else is it Chloe? Is it about this Adam?"

Chloe sighed in defeat she couldn't hide the truth from him it was impossible he was her best friend.

"I still don't know how but he stopped the gang but he took me to the hospital and waited with me while I was out of it…"

She seemed to move closer to him to make sure no-one could walk in while she said what she was about to say as she.

"When I came to we started talking…and we really hit it off, it was weird it was like I was the first girl he had ever talked to it was so cute" reliving the moment in the hospital room.

"Chloe…" Clark said in a surprisingly un-amused tone wanting to get to the point.

"Sorry…Sorry…" She said trying to hide her blushing which was hard to do as he could read right through her.

She continued "Its just after a while he began to become distracted and started to really sweat and started complaining about his eyes were burning"

Clark didn't understand were this was leading as she concluded.

"Clark…if I hadn't moved to help him I would have been a barbecue…he had burnt through my bed and it caught fire."

Clark tried to hide his surprise but shrugged his shoulders.

"So this Adam has heat vision there was bound to be a meteor infected human who was going to have that ability"

Chloe annoyingly grunted as he had interrupted her.

"Clark that wasn't all he panicked and he made a very swift exit if you know what I mean"

Clark blankly stared at her she realized he didn't, it was surprising how Clark and Adam shared similar traits.

"I mean he super sped himself out of there in a fraction of a second just like you can"

Now this got his attention he then realized why Chloe was reluctant to tell him.

"So there's a possibility that this Adam has got some of my abilities as he shown any ability of strength?"

Chloe shrugged her shoulders as she replied.

"That could explain how he stopped the gang but Clark, Adam's only seemed to have only started to develop these abilities he was shocked as I am when he toasted the room"

"Well what do we know about him?" Clark quickly probed bringing out the investigative reporter into him that always made Chloe tense because she knew he would some day make a great reporter if it wasn't for saving the world and driving tractors.

"That's the thing…I named him Adam apart from that he doesn't know anything about his life his parents nothing."

Clark tried to put this in context.

"Let me get this straight a complete stranger saves you from a gang asking nothing in return but has some resembling abilities of mine but has no memory of who he is or where he comes from"

Chloe sighed with relief as Clark finally understood.

"Yes my big dumb alien, we have a possible meteor infected super John Doe"

Clark got up from the table

"Listen I'll get back to the farm and speak to Oliver see if the Justice League our aware of this new guys presence"

Before he could even look back she had already got her coat on ready to leave he swore she had super speed and she wasn't telling him.

"Were you going?" he said abruptly, she merely brushed off the question.

"Clark, I feel like Adam is my responsibility and I wouldn't want anything to happen to him and even the man of steel would have to agree on that one."

Clark sighed in defeat for even all his abilities there was one thing he was weak of apart from Kryptonite and that was trying to win a argument with a Sullivan or a Lane.