Chloe felt her heart thudding in her chest as she lay upside down in the turned over car.
The guy, presumably Tess's hit man, began to get closer and closer to the car, a gun held tightly in his hand. She began panicking but she couldn't move.
When was Clark going to come save her?
The guy didn't shoot at her right away.
He looked at her coldly for a moment before going to the trunk of his car and pulling out a box. Chloe frowned; what was he doing?
Suddenly the guy turned the box upside down and big glowing green chunks of meteor rock fell out and onto the road.
Her eyes widened; her expression one of horror.
It was Kryptonite.
Of course Lex must have confided in Tess about Clark so she knew everything including his secret...and his weakness.
What have I got Clark into? Chloe wondered panicking.
The man turned back to the car and began smirking.
"Your alien friend won't be able to see you. Your boyfriend will be dead by the time help comes and so will you. That reporter will be finished with by the end of the night as well"
At the mention of her comatose cousin, Chloe was about to say something cutting and angry when suddenly there was a blur of red and blue in the distance.
"Not if I stop you" Clark said, speeding in front of them.
The hit-man turned and grinned crookedly at Clark. Clark came closer but then fell to his knees, weak. His eyes immediately locked onto the huge chunks of Kryptonite in front of him.
So Tess had told him how to weaken him.
Clark exchanged a worried glance with Chloe.
With Clark lying in the middle of the road helpless, they were as good as dead.
"You're really going to be able to put up a good fight when your down on the floor like that" the guy drawled sarcastically, laughing cruelly as he began to load the gun that was in his hand.
Once Lois had finally managed to recover from the shock of discovering that Clark of all people, Clark, her work partner, the farm boy from Smallville, her best friend and the man she...loved, was Metropolis's very own red-blue blur.
Clark Kent was a hero, Lois could barely believe it.
No wonder him and Oliver were so secretive, she realised as she began to quickly fly off into the direction Clark had supersped in. Somehow, it was like she could sense where he was so it wasn't too difficult to trace him down.
On her way, Lois wondered if Clark was ever planning on confiding in her about his secret or if he would never trust her with it.
Maybe he didn't trust...Lois shook her head, forcing herself to think of something else, only being jolted out of her thoughts as she finally made it to where she had followed Clark.
Her eyes widened with horror.
Clark was on the floor looking severely ill and Jimmy's car was overturned by the side of the road.
She came close and knelt down next to Clark as she caught the guy that had put her into a coma load his gun. Tess, Lois realised angrily before looking down at the desperate sight in front of her and remembering her cousin needed help, quickly.
"Clark, you need to get up, you need to help Chloe..." Lois whispered urgently.
Clark's expression grew shocked and his green eyes widened comically. He had completely forgotten about Lois it seemed.
"I don't care that you're the red blue blur or that you never told me. I understand. But you need to get up and save my cousin and Jimmy"
"I-I- can't" Clark managed to croak out weakly."Meteor rock weakens me"
"Oh god" Lois hissed."What are we going to do? You're all going to die if I don't do something!"
"L-Lois" whispered Clark weakly."Remember what I said before?"
"Smallville now is not the time. We need to come up with a plan..." Lois's voice rang out urgently in his ears but Clark barely took it in.
He could barely breathe as Tess's Hench man frowned.
"There are no bullets, Damn, I forgot the bullets" he growled angrily and Lois and Clark both felt relieved. But the relief quickly died as the guy flung the gun down onto the ground and shrugged."Oh well, it doesn't matter"
"You can't shot us now" Clark pointed out weakly."If you move the rocks, I'll help you get away from Tess...I promise"
The man just smirked darkly and ignored Clark's attempt at persuading him to give up. He never gave up on any of his jobs, no matter who he was working for. This time was no different.
"Maybe I can't shoot you but I still have a car. I guess it will be quite appropriate. I mean, I did use a car on your friends after all, perhaps it's only fitting that I do the same with you" he sneered.
At his words, Lois got up onto her feet and practically snarled at the man in front of her.
"You won't hurt Clark while I'm still here and while we're at it, I hope Tess is paying you enough to get your ass kicked by a spirit" Lois fumed.
"Any last words?" the hit man, Lois suddenly remembered Tess called Brian over the phone, asked smugly as he opened the door to his car.
Lois rolled her eyes.
"Oh please, can't you at least be original? That's the oldest villian line in the book" she sniped even though only Clark could hear her.
Clark smiled a little. At least if he was going to die now, at least it was to the sound of Lois's voice insulting the man who was going to kill him in her typical Lois fashion.
"Y-You won't get away with this" Clark breathed out.
"Miss Mercer has me fairly well protected" Brian replied smugly as he got into his car.
"Oh yeah, well that isn't what I heard" Lois retorted in her usual biting tone but secretly she was beginning to panic.
If she didn't do something, Clark was going to be run over and he actually would be seriously hurt because of the Kryptonite. Lois had to remind herself that Clark wasn't invincible just because he happened to have superpowers...
"Clark!" Chloe screamed from Jimmy's car, looking and sounding frightened. Lois turned her eyes to Clark as Brian started up his car.
"Clark, you've got to move, you need to at least try!" Lois exclaimed, horrified.
"I-I can't" Clark croaked."L-Lois, what I said earlier...I meant it"
"Clark don't do this now" Lois whimpered as tears filled her eyes."You're going to be alright, you don't need to do this now..."
Even though he couldn't see her, Clark's eyes moved to exactly where her face was.
"Yes I do" he replied."I-I love you"
"I love you too, Smallville" Lois smiled weakly, a tear leaking down her cheek."And your not going to die, not if I have anything to say about it"
Clark was about to answer her but the bright headlights of Brian's car suddenly blinded his sight.
Lois saw Brian's car about to hit Clark and suddenly without even thinking, she threw herself in front of the car and the kryptonite, in an attempt to shelter Clark.
Meanwhile Clark lay completely still on the road, with his eyes closed tightly, waiting for the impact but he felt nothing.
Maybe his death had been quick, he wondered. But as he opened his eyes he was shocked to see that Brian's car had somehow been driven off the side of the road, right next to Jimmy's car.
"Lois?" Clark said Lois's name but there was no reply.
He frowned."Lois? Lois, are you there?" there was still no sound.
Clark looked down and saw blood splattered all over the chunks of Kryptonite.
But the blood was definitely not his.
His clothes were not even ripped nor did he have a scratch anywhere on him.