I know it wasn't fair to leave you guys like that. Sorry!! But here's what happened next!! There's a little romance in here so have fun!!
P.S I still don't own Smallville (or anyone in it) and I don't own Fantastic Four (or anyone in it)
Chloe sat straight up in the cot, and wiped the sweat off her forehead. She looked around her; Hailey was still asleep but other then that, everything was the same as when she went to sleep. She picked up the blankets that she had thrown on the floor in her sleep, and got up and went to the bathroom to splash some cool water on her face. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and all she could think of was how she would feel if she ever did lose Clark and his mom. She walked back to Hailey's room and laid back down and tried to get back to sleep. She tossed and turned for about a half hour before she decided that she needed some fresh air. Then she remembered what Hailey had told her. She could go outside as long as she was with someone, and she made sure that the window didn't close all the way behind her. If it did, she would be stuck out there unless she wanted to be fried. So Chloe grabbed a book, but she didn't want to wake up Hailey. It would be too difficult to explain what she saw in her dream because, (A) she was pretty sure that Hailey would be upset that she was a killer in Chloe's dream, and (B) she didn't want Hailey to assume anything was going on between Clark and herself.
So she just decided to go out by herself. She opened up the window, crawled out, and propped the window open with the book. As she stepped qquietly out on the balcony she thought about how tired Hailey must be.. But what she didn't realize was that Hailey would'nt have minded being woken because Hailey was having the same dream that Chloe had. Hailey had used her empath powers without knowing it. Hailey was just as scared as Chloe was, she couldn't even control her own body. She felt herself pick up the phone and ask if Lex had killed Chloe yet, she heard Chloe drop the phone. She super sped ran down to the Kents farm and there was nothing she could do. She threw Chloe across the room. She felt all the emotions without knowing why she was upset that Clark had killed Alex. It was like slow motion, her hand rose up and she felt her powers boil inside her, she saw the fire shoot out of her hand and she heard Chloe's scream. Hailey sat straight up in bed. She looked at Chloe's cot and saw that she wasn't there, she heard Chloe scream again. Hailey jumped out of bed and ran to the balcony just in time to see Alex grab Chloe, look at Hailey, grin at her, the take off off the balcony and flew off in to the darkness.
"Noooo!" Hailey screamed. She stepped back and was going to fly after him, but Clark grabbed her.
"What are you doing?!?!?! Let me GO!! We have to save her!!" Hailey was screaming.
"I want to go after him as bad as you do but we can't" She was fighting Clark for all she was worth, but Clark would'nt let her go. The rest of Hailey's family came rushing in to her room.
"Hailey! Hailey! Calm down!!" Sue rushed up as Hailey collapsed in Clarks arms. She groaned
"He got her, that slimy sonvabitch got her." Reed stepped forword and squeezed Hailey's shoulders.
"Hailey, there was nothing you could do. We under estimated him, we won't do it again." Hailey just stood there.
"What was she doing out there anyway?" asked John.
"If I'm right then Alex was using mind control to control her dream and freak her out, she probably went out there to cool off."
"It looks like you had a rough night too, Hails" Said Ben noticing that she was all sweaty.
"I put my empath powers up so that I could feel if Alex came anywhere near my room and I must have been intersepting Chloe's dream and that's why I didn't feel him so close to us. He's probably been following us this whole time." Hailey looked so defeated.
"Alright everyone inside. Now!" Sue sounded like a drill sargent.
"Mom, what about Chloe? We have to help her? What if Alex hurts her...or..."
"Chill, Hailey! He isn't going to do anything to her, and he certainly isn't going to kill her. What he wants is for you to chase after him so blinded by hate that you mess up. We need to get some more sleep and then we will be able to make a clear headed plan. Hailey, I don't want to hear it. Whether you like it or not, I am still the head of this family, what I say goes."
Hailey had tried to interupt Reed to say that they needed to at least follow Alex to see where he went. But Reed wasn't going to let her say anything. So she figured that there was no use in trying to fight her father.
"There is no way I'm going to be able to get back to sleep now." said Hailey
"That's just the adrenalin talking. Why don't I make us all some tea and that will knock us right out? Come on everyone follow me." So everyone followed Sue into the kitchen and sat in the stools around the table. Everyone except Hailey. She stayed standing and leaned against the wall. They all sat there looking at the center piece on the table while Sue made the tea. John was the first to speak.
"So, should I go de-fire the windows?" Reed looked up at him
"I don't think that it matters right now. On the other hand, it could be a good idea for our own safety."
John left to unprotect the windows and when he got back Sue was passing out mugs.
"I'm going to drink mine on the roof" said Hailey. Sue looked up
Rising, Clark said "I don't know if that's such a good idea Hailey"
"It's alright . I'll go with her." Reed gave him a look but Clark didn't have time to pursue it because Hailey had already headed for the roof stairs. Clark followed after her. When he got to the top she was leaning on the edge of the roof looking out at the city. Clark walked over and stood next to her. He looked over at her but she didn't seem to notice. She was just staring out at the city.
"How are you holding up?"
"Oh, me? Oh I'm great!" she turned and looked at Clark.
Clark grinned at her. "Do I sense a hit of sarcasm?" Hailey rolled her eyes.
Returning her gaze to the city, she said "Can we talk about something else, please?"
"Sure! What do you want to talk about?" Hailey looked at him again
"Your disguise." Hailey was staring at him as hard as she could. But she still couldn't see through it.
Clark laughed. "Ok, what about it?"
"How does it work?" Hailey inquired.
"Well when I wear my costume, my facial features change."
"I wish I could do that!" said Hailey in excitement.
Laughing, Clark noted "Well it's not all that it's cracked up to be sometimes."
Hailey sighed as she was looking out at the city.
"It's amazing isn't?" Hailey looked at Clark "Life, I mean." Clark was really confused.
"Yeah, I guess, sometimes." Hailey looked at him.
"But, that's the beauty!! Sometimes it's there forever, but sometimes it just...leaves" Hailey looked away and Clark saw her eyes well with tears. He turned her face back to him and looked her straight in the eye.
"We'll get him. Nothing is going to happen to Chloe, I promise." Hailey gave him a small smile and Clark pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her. Hailey let go all of the fears and all the pain. She let go. She didn't feel that she had to hide her feelings. She was safe in Superman's arms. He would never let anything bad happen to her.
Clark was over whelmed at the emotions that he was feeling. He had no idea how much Hailey had been hiding. He didn't think she even knew how much she had been holding back. They stood there for a while before Hailey calmed down. Clark looked at her and smiled.
She looked at him and laughed at herself. "I'm all red and splotchy aren't I?"
Clark smiled at her "No."
Hailey pushed him lightly. "Liar liar pants on fire!"
They started to laugh. Clark looked at his watch. "Alright missy, I think I've played enough Dr. Phill, time for some sleep." Clark grabbed the tea mugs in one hand and put the other in the small of Hailey's back and gently led her back towords the appartment. She resisted for a second and then realized that he wasn't going to let her stay up any longer and let him lead her to her room. He walked her to her room and made sure that she got into her bed he turned around to go but Hailey stopped him.
"Clark, thank you. For everything."
Clark smiled and turned off the lights. He headed for the kitchen to watch the mugs before he went to bed. He was at the sink when he heard someone move behind him, his heart pounded and he whipped around. Sue was leaning against the doorway.
"A little jumpy?" Sue smiled. "It's ok, we're all a little on edge these days, especially Hailey. How do you think she's holding up?" Clark took a second to think about this question, he didn't know if he should tell Sue that Hailey had spent 20 minutes crying on the roof .
"Well, right now she is scared, and upset. But I think that with your support she will be able to handle it." This earned a strange half smile from Sue.
"The only way you would know that is if she opened up to you. Did she tell you why she left?" Clark shook his head.
"Do you want to know?" Clark was unsure whether he did want to know but he shook his head yes anyways.
"Well, when Hailey first realized what Luther had done to her, she told her father. He told her that she shouldn't use her powers, she might hurt someone. She, being a teenager, thought that he was saying that she was untrustworthy. She thought that Reed was telling her that he didn't trust her. She left and we hadn't heard from her until yesterday."
Clark was in shock. He had no idea how hard that comming back must have been, he felt sorry that he had pushed her to take them there. Sue was looking at him.
"What?" asked Clark
"She really trusts you, you know that right?" Sue was staring at him hard, like she was looking right through him.
"Well, that happens in this business. You learn to trust people when they save your life."
"You also learn to depend on the people you trust, and Hailey is the type of girl, who once she finds someone she trusts doesn't give up easily on them, and sometimes you end up trusting the wrong people, or putting your faith too much in one spot." Sue looked like she was trying to choose her words carefully but it wasn't working for Clark.
"What are you saying?" Clark wasn't sure exactly what Sue meant.
"Don't take it the wrong way, but what you need to know is that Hailey has gotten used to you saving her from something that she is avoiding. For example, Alex. Every time she goes against him, she ends up down while you save her from somthing she could easily beat."
"Sue have you seen Alex fight? He's strong"
"No, Clark I haven't seen him fight. What I can tell you is that Hailey has had powers all her life and Alex has had them a year, maybe."
"Sue, the man who gave him those powers would have compensated and has probably had the best of the best train Alex. Lex Luther isn't new to the war scene. His family practicaly invented what a war is supposed to look like."
"I'm sure that Lex Luther has train Alex but there, I'm sure, have been times where Hailey has hesitated when she should have gone for it, Alex could be a long lost memory by now."
"Well he isn't, and it's not Hailey's fault, there were times that I could've taken him out myself but didn't. The past is past. We all make mistakes and it's a lot for Hailey to take in all at once."
"You're right" Sue said looking straight at him.
"I am?" Clark had expected some huge lecture, he deffinatly didn't expect her to agree with him.
"Right now we need to focus on getting Chloe back. But right now let's get something straight, Hailey is the one who needs to take out Alex. You can't save her from doing that, most likely Alex will make sure that he and Hailey are isolated so that he can try and mess with her head. All we can do is make sure that nothing he says can get to her."
Then it hit Clark what Sue was talking about, she didn't want to push Clark away. She wanted his help to get Hailey ready for Alex.
"So what can I do?" he asked
"Well you need to make sure that she needs to handle Alex on her own and that she CAN handle him by herself."
"Umm How am I supposed to do that?" asked Clark compleatly clueless of what to do.
"There's something that she's holding back from us, we can't figure out what it is, but now that she has opened up to you, we are thinking that she will tell you." said Reed as he came around the coner. He must have been standing there the whole time.
"Wait, first you tell me to leave your daughter alone or else, and now you want to use me to get close to her again?" Clark wasn't really mad, he just didn't like the idea of spying on Hailey.
"I haven't been telling you to leave her alone. Just don't fall in love with her, and it's obviously to late for that, so now you might as well try and help her get through this."
"Hailey is stronger then you both think, I know that Hailey is going to make it through this, she is very strong. What she needs is her family being up front with her, not her family trying to send in spys to find out what's wrong with her. If you want to know what's wrong with her, then ask her."
Clark left the kitchen and went back to his room to go to sleep. Sue and Reed sat at the table for a while longer then got up and went to bed. They left the kitchen, and if Reed had been 2 inches to the left he would have run in to Hailey. Hailey had followed Clark in to the kitchen to help clean up when her mother had come in. She had sat through the whole thing. She wasn't sure how she felt about the whole thing, but what she did know was that if she had any doubts about Clarks loalty to his friends they were gone now. He had refused to spy on her, AND he had stood up to her father!! That is what floored Hailey the most. Hailey was thinking about this for about 10 minets in bed before she fell asleep, but the last thought that ran through her head was how much she appreciated Clark.
