1989

Luthor Manor

Lena was getting adapted to her new home very well especially to Lex who immediately liked her from the start. Lionel was shock at seeing Lena the first time but grateful his wife had changed her mind about a companion for Lex. So everything was somewhat normal, well as normal as being a Luthor could be.

One day when Lillian was working late on her documents for a forgetting serum that she has worked on for years, she heard something fall from the room above her. She looks up from the papers as she remembers that the room belongs to Lena. She nearly sprints out of her office to go to Lena's room.
She opens the door without knocking and what she saw nearly broke her heart. There her little Lena sitting on the floor sniffling and hugging her ragged teddy bear. Sheets and pillows all over the room with books and toys all over as if they were flung and toss. Then she saw the table lamp next to Lena. That must have been the thud sound when it fell off the end table.

She walks over to Lena quietly before she sits on the bed and looks down at her on the carpeted floor. She can see that the little girl was really crying.

"What's wrong Lena?" Lillian asks with sincerity and a hint of empathy for the girl.

"No..Nothing is wr.. wrong" Lena says in between sniffles.

"Are you sure my little Lena?" Lillian says as she gets up to kneel in front of Lena.

Lena only nods and tries to hide her tear stained face away from her new mother. But Lillian was not having any of it and simply cupped her face gently and wipe away the tears that were still falling.

"Mommy….. why…. Did my real mommy leave me… Lena said so quietly that Lillian barely heard it.

"Ow my little Angel. That is because she did not have a choice." Lillian said as she pulls her daughter into a hug and kisses the top of her head.
Eventually Lillian manages to get Lena back to sleep. She heads back to her office fill with sadness for Lena when an idea hit her. She went back to her office and spent the whole night working until she finally perfected her serum.

The next day when Lena came downstairs for breakfast alone since Lex had already left for a Science camp last night, she saw a present on the table with her name on it. Lillian walks in and smiles at Lena as she takes the box off the table.

"Go ahead Lena, open it darling." Lillian say encouragingly as she watches the little girl open the present gleefully.
Inside was a big pink fluffy hippo that was just so precious in everywhere.

"It's a Hippo!" Lena squeals with joy as she hugs it tightly. Lillian smiles and picks up Lena to take her outside to play in the garden and have breakfast.

That night when she was tucking Lena in she smiled at how the girl did not even want to let her hippo go. When Lena finally fell asleep. Lillian took away her ragged bear that was tossed aside and forgotten as she left the room. She toss it in the bin and went back to her office.

It was a success the serum she had crafted actually worked. Not only that but it could be used in different forms. She was afraid that pouring it onto the hippo instead of making Lena consume the liquid would have no effect. But apparently even a whiff of it does the trick.

This serum would proof to be one of the greatest discovery Lillian Luthor has ever made not only for her career but for her family. Because of it, Lillian would always be considered as the greatest doctor in Lena's life until she is not anymore.

Present day

Luthor Manor

"Welcome home Miss Luthor." Said a maid when Lena steps into the foyer.

"Thank you Margaret. Have you seen my mother?" Lena asks as she walks towards the nearest bar which is in the guest living room.

"Mrs Luthor is in her office as usual miss." Margaret says worriedly as she witnesses Lena downs two glasses of brandy. And the coffee stained clothes along with the wincing Lena makes from the burns that are clearly seen on her low-cut blouse.

"Alright then. Thank you Margaret." Lena thanks her as she walks away and began to ascend the all so familiar stairs.

"Mom, are you in here?" Lena asks as she knocks before opening the door to her mother's office.

Lillian immediately looks up from her paperwork and covers the ones with CADMUS on them.

"Why Lena, I was not expecting you my dear…." Lillian says happily as she gets up only to frown when she saw the state her daughter was in.

"What happened to you Lena?" Lillian asks angrily and defensively as she walks over to Lena to take a better look.

"Well… ermm… someone accidentally spilt screeching hot coffee on me and it was my fault since I caught her by surprise." Lena tries to explain as her mother takes a closer look.

"Take off your clothes. I need to see how much burning the liquid has caused." Lillian commands as she walks away to grab her medical kit from the safe.

Lena feels her skin flush as she strips before her mother who was putting cooling liquids on a cotton pads. Lillian walks over to her and sits on a stool as she observes the burn marks on beauty porcelain skin that was now glowing red. She smiles wondering whether it is from the coffee or the exposure. But her smile is quick to turn into a frown when she sees just how much skin was burned.

"I am glad you came to see me instead of a doctor Lena." Lillian says as she rubs the cooling liquid on the burned skin.

"I really appreciate it." Lillian says as she looks up at Lena lovingly.

"Well I couldn't go to any hospital without it becoming a fiasco for the press." Lena says before she winces at the pain and Lillian frowns. "Also I know you're the best doctor around." Lena says with a weak smile.

Lillian smiles and gets up to get more pads and liquids. Lena looks down and is amaze instantly at how her wounds where the liquid had touch are immediately healed without any scaring.

She smiles at her mother's third best invention, a cooling gel that cures any burns instantly. She never quite knew what her mother's first two greatest invention truly was.
After getting wiped down and fix Lena is back to being perfectly normal again. She looks at her mother who was tossing the cottons into the bin.

"Mom, I… I should go." Lena says as she picks up her clothes from the floor.

"Nonsense, go upstairs take a shower and come down for tea." Lillian says as she sits back on her seat.

"Alright... Mom… Thank you." Lena says one last time looking at her mother gratefully before heading out.

Lillian nods and looks back at her work. She smiles devilishly knowing that she still got Lena tightly around her finger. Because not only did she perfected a forgetting serum that night but also a serum that induces Stockholm syndrome.