Do you want to play

Do you want to play? - 7

Martha's tiptoes were slipping on her own blood when somebody opened the dungeon's door.

"Lionel!" she exclaimed happily when she saw him coming inside.

"Oh Martha! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry about all these!" he said with some tears on his eyes, while he cut the rope with the only arm that Albert gave him, a knife.

When Martha was free she felt on his arms and Lionel hugged her. They kissed and then he saw the hurt on her back.

"Oh my god!"

"It's ok… It seems more that it hurt…" lied Martha. "How could you come here?"

"It's the end of the game… We have to go out and then we will be free…"

"That's all?"

"No… they are waiting us to go up…" said as he hold her hand to go out. But she stopped him, and pushed him towards her, and kissed him softly.

"I love you, Lionel Luthor…" said Martha "and if we survive to that stupid game I want to began a live with you…" she kissed him again, imagining how happy they would be, while Lionel imagined how sad Martha would be if she discovered that he was dying.

"I would like too…" he said, trying to not lye her.

They went out the room hand in hand. Just behind the door a man was waiting for them.

"Don't look" advised Lionel to Martha before stabbed him. The man felt dead on the floor and Lionel took his gun.

When they arrived to the stairs Lionel asked Martha to wait him down. He went upstairs first and she listened three shoots. He came down again and giving her a hand he asked her to close her eyes. He didn't want her to see that bloodshed.

They went to the second floor because nobody would be waiting for them there. They entered to a room. Lionel was more tired. He opened the window.

"Take this" said giving her the gun "I will go down first, then you jump and I will take you… If anybody entered into the room, shoot him, ok?" He was staring at her and she felt save just with that lovely look.

"Ok" she said.

Lionel slip down a pipe and arrived to the floor. Then Martha did the same and Lionel took her on his arms when she arrived down.

"Great! You did it so great!" said him caressing her hair, thinking that he would never be able to do caress her.

They just needed to cross the garden to arrive to the gage. It wasn't so high, so they would be able to jump it.

"Will you be able to run up to the gage?" he said with a low voice.

"I will" said Martha, who's hurt on her back was hurting her so much, too.

They hold each other's hand and they both started to run together. Lionel felt really tired, so Martha run faster than him even her back hurt her, and she was wearing that long blue dress. Some guards appeared near them, they all were armed. Lionel felt, Martha stopped, they still joining each other's hand.

"Run!" shouted Lionel.

"Not without you!" exclaimed Martha.

"Martha, I'm dying! Run, please!"

"What do you mean?"

"He poisoned me, I'm dying, run away, leave me!"

"No! I'm not going to leave you die!" exclaimed crying while she let her body felt on her knees next to Lionel.

She caressed her front, it was hot and sweated, but he was trembling.

"Why have you said me that we could begin a live together if you knew you were going to die?"

"Because I want you to live… run away, Martha… you have enough time, yet…"

"No!"

"If you stay here you will become hers… run away, please…" he couldn't breath well.

Suddenly, Martha stood up and began to run up the house. Albert went out at the same moment.

"Give him the cure! Let him live!" shouted her.

"Why?" asked Albert.

"Give him the cure and I will be yours"

"Are you sure of that? Do you really want to give your freedom for his life?"

"I do"

"Ok. The cure is in one cupboard of the library. It's a little white bottle. Hurry up!"

Martha run inside and went to the library, he began to opened all the cupboards, and finally she found it.

Lionel was unconscious when she kneeled down next to him. Albert was behind her with two guards. She ignored them and opened Lionel's mouth to give him the cure. He didn't breath.

"Lionel…" said Martha "Lionel please…"

"He's dead… anyway… you're mine" said Albert grasping Martha's shoulder.

"No! He can't be dead!" exclaimed slapping at his hand and turning round to Lionel again. She kissed him, she kissed him as she was crying for his life, and suddenly he opened his eyes.

"Martha…" he whispered.

"Lionel! You're fine!!" said happy.

"I am… How?"

"She took you the cure…" said Albert "… in exchange for her freedom"

"What?! No!"

"I'm sorry Lionel… but I couldn't let you die at this way…"

"I will kill myself if I have to live knowing that I can't have you…"

They kissed and then Albert grabbed Martha's arm and took her with him, hoping that Lionel would go out.

"You lose, Lionel" and began to laughed.

But Lionel remembered that he still having that knife that Albert had given him, he grasped it and he throw it against him.

Albert stopped, he felt a hurt on his back, he let Martha's arm and he turned round to Lionel. Martha saw the blood on his back.

"Oh my god!" she exclaimed.

"You're a son of a…" said Albert, but before he could finished the sentence he felt dead.

Martha run to Lionel. The two man tried to stop her, but Lionel took out the gun he still having too, and they stopped.

"No, Albert, you lose." Said, and Martha hugged him, and they kissed "Come on, you need to go to a hospital…" said, walking to the helicopter.

"I'm fine, Lionel…"

"No, you're not. And you shouldn't discuss this with your future husband" he smiled.

"What?"

"You said that you wanted to start a life together if we survive to the game…don't you?"

"Are you asking me to marry me?"

"No, I'm not asking it to you… I don't need it… Because I just accept an answer…"

They entered to the helicopter. The pilot wasn't there, he was dead on the floor.

"Do you know to pilot this?"

"Of course… anyway… it will be a great moment to be the first time!"

"Don't joke, Mr. Luthor!"

"Don't get upset, Mrs. Luthor… we're going to the hospital…"

That afternoon, after had gone to the hospital, Martha and Lionel were sitting in the sofa of the farm's living room, kissing each other, when Clark arrived.

"Mum?!"

"Clark!?" exclaimed "What are you doing here, sweetheart! I was waiting you for tomorrow…"

"I know… but I felt something strange and I decide to come back sooner… Are you ok?"

"Sure! I'm fine!"

"Are you sure?"

"I have never been better, sweeter… I'm getting married…" she smiled showing him the ring that Lionel had given her at the hospital.

"What?! What happened while I was out?"

"Nothing" said Martha and Lionel at the same time. "Lionel just take care of me…" said Martha caressing him "and today he asked me to marry him and I said yes"

"Ok… so… congratulations!" and he hugged both lovers. Then was when Martha's hurt pain her and Clark saw the cut. "What happened on your back!?"

"Ok dear… sit down… it's a little long story…"

THE END.