Chapter 11: Spy Game
-SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPLOAD. I'VE BEEN WORKING AND AT SCHOOL. AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A TRAILER, BUT MY MOVIE MAKER WON'T SAVE IT, SO I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO WORK, IDEAS ARE WELCOME :)
BUT HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
" I've been investigating you for a while," Dan Turpin said as he sat in the office at the Daily Planet.
" And I'm sure you already knew that I know that," Tess sat across from him in her Daily Planet office. She began to smile . " If your not here for the great company coffee, then why are you here?"
" Lex Luthor,"
There was a dead silence in the room as Tess watched Dan. She was ready to make any excuse for him to leave it alone.
" What about Lex?" Tess leaned forward on her desk staring into his eyes.
" Since he suspiciously disappeared, you've been looking for him." Dan said, " I'm here to tell you to let us do our job."
" Your job," she smirked. " I don't think I'm going to leave Lex Luthor's life in the hands of Metropolis' Finest."
Dan looked at her.
" You know Danny, why don't you let me find him. You should concentrate on that murderous monster running around the city," she paused. " Why are you so interested in Lex Luthor anyway?"
" After his father's suicide, weird things started happening. Random gun fights, plane crashes and suspicious oil drilling."
She shook her head, " I don't have time for your recap of the year, I have two meetings to get to, and you weren't one of them."
The door opened to her office. Dan stood up to exit.
" Let us find Lex," he said.
He walked towards the door. Emil Hamilton stood in the door way waiting to talk to Tess. Dan exited to the elevators. Tess walked to Emil in slight shock.
" What the hell are you doing here." she said. " I told you not to come see me."
" It was urgent," he said following her as she walked into the main hall.
" Urgent," she glanced at him. " Haven't you ever heard of a phone."
" That reporter, Clark Kent, he was there, with Oliver."
Tess' stare softened as she looked at him, " really," she smiled. " Anything else?"
" And, I can't spy for you anymore. Mr Queens parents were friends of mine. It just doesn't seem right"
" I should have known you'd try to get outta this," she shook her head. " I don't care what you do after this, I have enough information with the bugs you planted in his apartment." she walked to the elevators. " Thank you for your assistants, I don't ever want you to come in contact with me again." she entered the opening doors. " If you inform anyone of what "I" did, your daughter will meet a friend of mine." the elevator door closed as she finished her statement. Sweat and tears were rolling down Emil's face. There was nothing he could do, he sold his friend to the devil.
Knock. Knock.
Martha walked to the door. Matt Cage stood in the doorway as she opened it, she smiled at him.
" Hi, your Clark's friend aren't you?" she said.
Matt didn't know how to respond, he just smiled at her. " If i didn't introduce myself before," he extended his hand. " I'm Matt Cage, Metropolis PD."
Martha shook his hand, " Well are you just going to stand outside, its starting to get cold." Matt entered the house, " well, would you like some coffee?"
" Yes, that would be nice thank you," he said, he followed Martha into the kitchen. " If your looking for Clark, he's out chasing a story somewhere." She grabbed a mug form the cupboard and reached for the pot of coffee. " I still can't believe my son works at the Daily Plant."
Matt rubbed his faded beard. " Actually, I'm here to see you."
Martha looked at him.
Matt looked into her eyes, " I know his secret."
Martha stopped, she didn't want to jump to conclusions too fast. She waited to see what else he would say before truly responding. " Well, we all keep secrets."
" But not all of us are from another planet," Matt said. Martha put the mug on the counter. " How do you know that?"
" Ms Kent, how I know that is irrelevant. But what I know, that's what you should be interested in." he looked at her. " We need to talk."
" Chloe, I got an idea," Lana was on her cell phone. She stood in the waiting front area of the Isis Foundation. " Why don't you work for Oliver, I mean, I don't think he'd mind buying this building."
Chloe too was on her cell phone, she had just entered the Talon after visited Jimmy. She laid her bag on the table. Stopped in the middle of the room as she watched cloths being thrown on her bed. " Lana, that is a good idea, but I still don't think that's what I wanna do forever." she said into the phone. Chloe walked closer to the bed to see what was happening. A bewilder look came across Chloe's face as she watched Lois riffle through her closet.
" Your right, you been around meteor freaks all your life, probably don't wanna be around them forever." Lana began to chuckle as she said this, she started thinking about all the crazy things that happened to them. Then she started thinking about all the times Clark saved her. She began to glow, happiness was brightening her face.
" Lana can I call you back?" Chloe said over the phone.
The door to the Isis office opened as Tess stepped inside. Lana looked at her. " Yeah, a late patient just walked in anyway." She pulled the phone from her ear and looked at Tess.
" Lois, what the hell are you doing?" Chloe said.
" Sorry 'bout the mess cuz, but I can't find my blue dress."
" And why would it be in my closet. Besides, don't you have like fifty other dresses?"
" Yeah, but this one says I'm available, but not for you, you know what I mean, and I can't find it."
" How bout we go to your apartment and make a mess, and I'll help." Chloe said.
Lois laughed as she walked towards the door. " What, help me find a dress, or make a mess?"
Chloe followed her out the door. " Mostly make a mess, but we'll discuss that later."
" Chloe told me about you breaking in," Lana said. " I know your not her to visit, so what are you doing here?"
" I just came to talk," Tess stepped towards Lana. " I think we left things in a bad place this morning."
Lana chuckled again. " Anyone that is devoted to Lex... they seem to have that effect."
" So, did you love him?" Tess' anger was starting to show in her face. " Or did you just want his money."
" I thought I loved him, it must of been apart of my imagination."
" Lex did say you were a bitch." Tess smiled.
" That's funny, Lex never talked about you. For me to know you existed, I had to read about you in his files." Lana said. " What did it say- o that's right, you were his- closed case."
Tess raised her hand and swung it into Lana face, slapping her to the side. Lana held her face, raised her hand and she too slapped Tess. Tess swung to punch her, Lana blocked with her forearm and punched Tess into the couch. Tess stood back up, Lana spun around with her leg extended. Tess ducked her kick gave her a spin kick of her own. Lana stumbled back to the floor. She began to pick her self up, Tess lunged at her. The both of them slammed into the doors, shattering the glass as they fell to the floor, Lana's phone slid to the open book case. Tess reached inside her jacket for her gun. Lana swiped it out of her hand with a kick. Lana grabbed Tess' hair and punched her into the computer area. Lana picked up the gun as she got off the floor. Tess stood up slowly.
" I thought you were here to kill me." Lana said as she wiped the blood off her lip.
" I was going to ask where he was." Tess said. " I heard you had a little, vendetta against him. and I think you know where he is."
" No, I don't, but why are you still looking for him?"
" Lex saved my life, I owe him everything."
Lana stepped towards her. " Were you this devoted, before or after your accident?" Lana's phone began to vibrate. Tess looked at it. She reached down to pick it up. Tess viewed the name of the sender, she looked at Lana.
" Lana! Chloe!," a voice came from the office. As Lana turned to see who it was, Tess pulled another gun from her shoe.
They looked at each other, fire in their eyes.
Oliver entered the room, " Lana what happened?" He looked at Tess, then at the guns. " Why can't we ever discuss things over a cup of tea?"