Chapter Eleven

Second Wedding

A teary-eyed Lois sadly frowned as she threw out her Wonder Woman costume. "I'm sorry, Ollie," she sadly whispered.

"Hey," Chloe smiled as Lana slowly started to wake up. "Wake up, sleepyhead…"

"Where am I," Lana asked in confusion as she realized that she was on the ground. "And did you just enter into the room from a bookcase…"

"I've heard of wedding day jitters before, but yours are ridiculous," Chloe smiled as she helped Lana off the ground. "A bookcase door, what a ridiculous idea…"

"I'm already married, Chloe," Lana said in concern. "And I know what I saw…"

"Right," Chloe smiled and laughed. "You told me about that dream where you married Clark…"

"It was not a dream," Lana insisted. "I was wearing my wedding dress and you were wearing your maid of honor dress…"

"I see," Chloe smiled and laughed. "Do you have psychic powers that you never told me about?"

"No, Chloe," Mary said in concern. "I promise you that it happened…"

"And I promise you that it did not," Chloe said in concern. "Let's see… we have twenty bags of potpourri… seven gifts for the wedding party… and a partridge in a pear tree…"

"We had this conversation before," Lana determinedly said.

"And blindfolds," Chloe smiled as she gave a confused Lana a blindfold. "It is a Sullivan family tradition…"

"What is," Lana asked in confusion.

"It is a tradition in my family," Chloe smiled. "The bride and groom wear blindfolds to show that love is blind during the wedding ceremony. After the wedding ceremony, they take off the blindfolds to show that love is not blind anymore. Please wear it, Lana, it will mean so much to me…" Chloe smiled.

"Okay," Lana forced a smile as she put the blindfold on. "Maybe we did not have this conversation before," she said in confusion.

"Where are you, Lana," Clark said in concern as he, Chloe and Caleb looked out the broken window.

"The fire escape is down," Chloe suddenly said. "Most of the time, it is up, but somebody must have taken it down…" She hurriedly climbed up the fire escape and Clark and Caleb followed her.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife," the minister smiled as Lana and her groom kissed. Chloe and the best man removed the blindfolds from Lana and her groom. To her horror, Lana realized that the person that she had just married was Lex, not Clark.

"Chloe," Lana said in a panic. She tried to reach Chloe's arm; however, her hand went through Chloe's arm. "You're… you're a hologram," Lana said in a panic. Suddenly, Lana ran away from the altar.

"There's nothing in here," Clark, said in frustration as he, Chloe and Caleb walked into the room where the fire escape led.

"Except a bookcase," Chloe curiously said as she walked towards the bookcase.

A tired Lana collapsed and hyperventilated in the bridal preparation room. "Lana," Lionel happily said. "Is everything okay?" As Lionel said this, Lana looked up to see him burning the wedding certificate of Lana and Clark in the fireplace. Without a word, Lana hurriedly left. "Mary," Lionel desperately called out after her. "It's not what it looks like…" He ran after her as she ran towards the bookcase. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Leaving," she angrily said as she tried to push the bookcase to the side.

"Think of how this will affect my son," Lionel angrily said. "He does not know that you were with Clark. I made him forget about your marriage because it devastated him…"

"Tell Lex that I am sorry," Lana sadly said. "Mr. Luthor, please try to think of how this will affect Clark." She paused. "I love Clark, Mr. Luthor." Just as Lana started to open the bookcase, Lionel stabbed her in the heart, making her fall to the ground.

"Lana," Chloe called out in a panic as she opened the bookcase. Suddenly, she saw Lana's bloody and dead body on the ground. "Lana," Chloe cried as she knelt down beside her. Suddenly, Chloe looked up to see Lionel. "You did this," a teary-eyed Chloe angrily said as she walked towards him. "I know you did…" Suddenly, she pushed him through the window, sending Lionel Luthor to his death.

"Chloe," Clark called out in concern as he pushed the bookcase to the side. Suddenly, he saw Lana. "Lana," Clark said as tears streamed down his face.

"Clark," Chloe wept as she hugged a weeping Clark.

"Lama," he sadly said.

"Lana… dad," Lex sadly wept as he watched them from a noise blocking glass room above. A teary-eyed Lex angrily looked at Chloe and Clark. "It was your fault," he sadly yet determinedly said.

Later, Chloe sadly sat by Caleb on the playground swings. "I'm sorry, Chloe," Caleb sadly said.

"I…" Chloe determinedly paused. "I need you to tell me everything you know about Superman…" She sadly yet determinedly looked at him as Caleb told her everything he knew about the Superman mythos.

"I'm sorry, Lana," Clark sadly said before he threw his Superman costume in the trash.

Lois determinedly frowned as she tried to study the DNA on the arrow that someone had used to murder Oliver.

"I was wondering where you guys were," Jimmy smiled as he walked towards Chloe and Caleb.

"Jimmy," Chloe sadly said. "There's something I need to tell you…"

"Chloe, I…" Jimmy paused and smiled. "I can't wait another minute." He bent down on one knee. "Chloe Sullivan," he smiled. "Would you do me the honor of becoming my wife…"

"I…" Chloe sadly paused. "I want to, Jimmy, but I have to tell you something…"

"Go ahead," he smiled.

"I…" Chloe paused as several FBI agents ran towards them.

"Chloe Sullivan," one of them said. "You are under arrest for the murder of Lionel Luthor…"

"What," Jimmy asked in a panic. "That's not true. She…"

"Jimmy," Chloe desperately said as two agents carried her away. "Get Clark and Lois…"

"I will," he quickly said as he left to find them. The FBI agents left with Chloe.

"Lois," Jimmy desperately said as he knocked on the door of her apartment.

"I want to be alone, Jimmy," she sadly said.

"Chloe is missing," he called out desperately. "And I need your help…"

"I'll go," Lois said as she opened the door. "Just this one time…"

"Thank you," Jimmy desperately said as they left for Clark's apartment.

"I'll go," Clark determinedly said after Jimmy had explained what had happened. "Just this one time…"

"Funny," Lois frowned and raised her eyebrows. "That's what I said." They left.