Chapter 9

Emil Hamilton had slowly opened the talon apartment door to hear raised voice's.

"I shouldn't have left him alone…"

"Lois you couldn't of known that he would run away…he was barely able to walk last night"

"I should of known that his ever so frequent stubbornness would find away to escape"

"Lois he wasn't are prisoner…"

"I KNOW THAT!!"

Dr Hamilton coughed uncomfortably to grab the two bickering cousins attention.

"Dr Hamilton…" Chloe said thankfully as he walked into the room and smiled.

"Please…Call me Emil"

Lois noticed a folder in his hand and forgone the greeting and stepped forward immediately asked.

"Are those Clark's test results?"

Emil noticed the urgency in her voice and slowly nodded and confirmed his results.

"Of course in Clark's unique condition…running tests to confirm his current condition are difficult as they are…"

Emil opened his folder to reread his hypothesis.

"…However after a previous examination Clark allowed be to conduct on him a month ago I can confirm even in his present condition he is still Kryptonian…"

"Wait a minute…" Lois said holding her hands up to stop him.

"…What is with all this Krypton, Kryptonian your making Clark sound out of this world…"

Chloe went to intervene but Emil lit the firework before she could.

"…I thought you knew?"

Lois blinked a few times and slowly spoke.

"I need a drink…"

She headed for the cupboard and pulled out a bottle of southern comfort when Chloe who knew that Clark's other half of his secret had now been revealed to her big cousin spoke alarmingly.

"Lois…its 9 in the morning"

Lois stern look at her baby cousin as she poured the whiskey into the small glass and downed it in one and with a deep sigh she returned to the table through the disbelieving eyes of Chloe and Emil.

"Ok…where were we?" Lois said with a deep sigh entering back into the conversation.

Emil looked to Chloe for guidance but the blond knew that whatever Lois now knew in more detail she will get the brunt of later the fact of the matter was that Clark was the priority now and that's all that mattered.

Emil adjusted his glasses as he continued.

"Well…as I was saying Clark's polygraph confirms that his vitals still indicate the kryptonian cells are still there in his bloodstream as they are suppose to be…but it seems they are…dormant"

"…Dormant?" Chloe said with surprised.

"Yes Chloe it is as if his powers are being restricted or hidden deep within him that he seems he cannot access"

Chloe thought back of 3 years back when similar circumstances taken place.

"There was a time Clark…had his powers stripped by Jor-El due to his disregard to his biological fathers wishes to embrace his destiny but he had become human…"

Lois just shook her head not understanding the information being passed between the conferring duo.

"But whatever has happened Clark does have the power…he just has know way to use it"

Emil then looked to the door where he last examined Clark and then started to head to the doorway.

"I think I will take some more blood and see if his status has changed any."

Chloe then spoke to him on his way to Lois room.

"You may be in for a disappointment"

Emil entered the room and after 2 seconds returned to the living room.

"Erm...were is Clark?"

Lois then abruptly re-entered the conversation.

"He's gone Sherlock…"

"Can I ask were?"

"Well judging by the open window in my bedroom…I'm pretty shore he is not using the can!!"

"Lois!!" Chloe quickly scolded her for venting her frustrations on the innocent Emil.

Lois quickly turned toward Emil and sighed out.

"I'm sorry ok?"

Emil half grinned and nodded reassuringly he knew that Lois was more worried about Clark than anyone and even he could tell the reason why even though she herself couldn't.

"Well it seems ladies are first order of business is to locate Clark and find out what has happened to him…do we have any idea where that may be?"

Chloe was the first to hypothesize.

"I guess he will try and be fulfilling his duties as the blur with or without powers…I guess are search could start at the watchtower and check our leads there."

Emil nodded when Lois then concluded.

"Yeah you guys try there I want to follow my own lead…"

Chloe immediately interjected.

"You sure you don't need us…"

The brunette shook her head in reply.

"No Chlo…I'm just going to follow my gut"

What Chloe and Emil didn't realise was as they left for the watchtower Lois had kind of told a little white lie as it was not her gut she was following.

It was her heart.