Chapter 6
Lana was sitting and waiting she had been on the phone with the police off and on for hours now. Suddenly another call came and she didn't recognize the number so she answered
"hello, who is this" asked Lana. Jack was on the other end of the phone and answered back
"We have your boyfriend , but he isn't talking so if you ever want to see him again I suggest you come to your little talon coffee shop right away" Lana was scared about the situation and replied
"Why, what do you plan to do"? Jack smiled and responded
"Let's just say maybe he'll have a better memory with his little girlfriend here" Lana was angry at this mysterious man but she responded
"fine, I'll go to the Talon, just please don't hurt him". Jack grinned
"Fair enough , by the way don't go to the cops because we will know".
Lana went to the Talon and waited though she was worried for Lex, she was also now worried for herself. She didn't know anything about these people or what they wanted, and she didn't know what they meant by saying that he wasn't talking. But she showed up at the Talon like they asked and she did not tell the police. Suddenly a man walks up to her and tells her to follow him so she does though she doesn't know the man the man is in fact Todd, one of Lex's kidnappers. He says to her
"get into the car , and when we start driving put this blindfold on" Todd hands her a blindfold and she nods her head and complies to his wishes.
"Please just tell me he is safe" responds Lana worried about the safety of Lex.
"He is fine, just do as I ask and soon you will see him". Lana hopes in her heart this man is telling the truth, she hoped Lex was still alive.
Chloe was on her computer at the Daily Planet research Security Services of Metropolis, she noticed that the firm was a legal business and was registered as a legal business. So she hacked into the business information and found that the Firm owned many warehouses across metropolis as well as Kansas itself. Chloe was curious as to why this security firm owned warehouses because it seemed strange to her. Chloe thought to herself that whatever these warehouses were for she could guess that it was probably not all legal and she was going to tell Clark right away.
Clark was across the street from the Firm in metropolis, he used his X- ray vision to see how many guards were there. Clark tried using his super hearing to hear if Lex was in the building but he didn't hear his voice and he wasn't exactly sure of how far he could hear so he decided the best approach was to search the firm itself. His X-ray vision spotted some guards in the building but not many, it wasn't a very tall building, it was only 4 stories high. There weren't many guards but Clark knew that if he used his speed to break in it could set off an alarm which would alert the guards and could lead to them cutting their losses and potentially killing Lex so Clark decided against that plan. Clark decided to use his superhearing again and listen to the conversations of the guards.
He heard about their wives and various aspects about their lives when suddenly something strange happened, Clark's mind starting having strange visions he could literally see visions of the rooms that the guards were speaking in in his mind. Clark was surprised by this because it had never happened before, he wasn't using his X ray vision so Clark knew that wasn't the reason.
Clark was only using his superhearing but yet full images of the various rooms were flowing into his head clouding his mind. Clark thought to himself
"Sound travels in all directions, maybe my hearing is picking up the other sound waves somehow and turning whatever the waves are bouncing off of into visions in my head.. just like sonar". Clark realized that this was a new power, Somehow he now had the power of sonar hearing along with his regular superhearing. Clark closed his eyes and focused on one room at a time when suddenly he had an image of a desk with papers, one of the papers had a list of addresses and luckily with his memory he could recall every address in his head, but first he decided to quickly check in with Chloe to see what she found. Clark wanted to make sure the addresses were not a dead end just in case she found something more useful. So he raced to the daily planet and stopped where no one could see him and then he walked to Chloe's desk
"hey Chloe, did you find anything"? Clark asked
"yeah Clark, I found that Security services owns a bunch of warehouses across the state of Kansas, which I find strange for a private security firm". Clark looked at her and realized that the Addresses his mind saw probably match the warehouses Chloe found.
"Did the warehouses have addresses attached to them Chloe"? Clark asked with hope that this would lead him in the right direction. Chloe nodded her head yes and gave Clark a list of addresses to each warehouse.
"Chloe, these addresses match the ones I saw with my mind when I listened in at the Security services building". Chloe looked at Clark Suspiciously and asked
"What do you mean, you saw them with your mind"? Clark looked at Chloe and decided to explain
"It's the sound waves bounced off objects in the room and my mind created an image of it, like sonar hearing, Chloe I think that not only can my ears hear sound waves far off but they can also pick up the other sound waves from the source of the sound and create images of whatever they bounce off of in my head". Clark thought he sounded crazy explaining this but it is the only thing he could think of.
Chloe looked at him with gleam in her eyes and smiled.
"Wow Clark, that is really amazing, looks like your talents are growing" Chloe said with love for her friend. Clark realized that he needed to check each address one by one but before he could leave Chloe put her arm on his shoulder and said
"let me come with you" Clark gave her a questioning look and asked
"why" Chloe gave Clark a concerned look and responded
"If they have kryptonite you're going to need back up" Clark looked at her and nodded his head. Clark didn't want to bring her along but he knew she was probably right, just in case there was kryptonite it would be a good thing if she were there
"Alright, Chloe you can come, but first sign of trouble and you leave" Clark said with concern for Chloe. Chloe knew that Clark was worried about her and she responded
"fair enough". With that said they both walked outside, Clark found a place with no one looking and he picked up Chloe and started Speeding to each address. Clark put the 1st address into his phone and that gave him a precise location as well as directions. He then used superspeed to take himself and Chloe to the 1st address.
"WHY DID YOU BRING HER INTO THIS" screamed Lex as he heard Lana's voice enter the room. Jack sarcastically replied
"Maybe if you were more helpful with your answers then maybe we wouldn't have to" Todd tied Lana up to a chair and gagged her so that she couldn't talk and to make sure she could not get away. Lex still blindfolded and not knowing really what to say responded
"I told you everything I know" Jack was now getting upset and raised his voice a little and replied
"No, you haven't you're keeping it all a hush hush so no one knows your true involvement with Dark Thursday, aren't you Luthor"? Jack then pulled off Lex's blindfold and said
"It's alright Luthor, you can see me, not like your leaving here alive anyway" Todd gave Jack an irritated look and spoke up
"What do you mean he is not leaving here alive, Why did you take his blindfold off"? Jack looked at Todd and responded back to the younger man
"He is too dangerous to leave alive, he is hiding something that nearly destroyed the world". Todd walked up to Jack and whispered
"He wants answers Jack, not a dead body, this isn't what we were paid for" Jack roared back with anger and struck Todd with a right cross punch and yelled
"I DON"T GIVE A DAMN WHAT HE WANT". Jack then pulled out a taser and tased Lex, Jack laughed at Lex. Todd then got up and rushed Jack taking him to the Ground, Todd was not about to let Jack ruin his payday by killing Lex.
While those two were fighting Lana secretly had a small sharp knife which she was using to cut the ropes that was binding her to the chair. Lana had been captured before and she wanted to make sure she was ready this time so she hid a tiny little knife in her sleeves in a secret sleeve compartment just for this kind of situation.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH" yelled Jack.
"I WONT LET YOU RUIN MY RETIREMENT PAY DAY YOU BASTARD" screamed Todd.
Lex was beginning to wriggle his hands some to loosen the bonds of the ropes tying him down. He could feel the rope loosening some and he was wriggling his hands and body as much as possible to get free. BANG, Todd managed to pull a gun away from Jack and shoot him dead. Todd then set the gun down on a nearby table
Lana finally but the rope and freed herself and as Todd was trying to shake the wounds of the previous fight off Lana saw on the ground the taser Jack used before and she went for it and rushed to use it on Todd and she went to tase him but he blocked it and he pushed her down.
He started walking toward Lana when suddenly Lex escaped from his binds and with Todd's back turned he managed to shoot him in the back. Lex then ran to Lana as they embraced in a hug.
"hey love birds" Todd said with pain from the bullet
"What now" Lex said as he held Lana close. Todd pushed a button in his pocket and smiled causing flames to come up all across the warehouse
"What did you just do"? asked Lana
"you son of a bitch" Said Lex
"Fire bomb, just in case" said Todd with his dying breath, then Todd died.
Flames quickly rose across the warehouse as Lex and Lana looked around they both realized there was no escape and they gave each other a hug. They ran to a spot with small covering and they sat down waiting for the inevitable.