A/N : Thanx to moonmaid, snowflake and everYours for the latest reviews. Chlex will come eventually, but the journey to that point won't be easy...

(For disclaimer, etc - see chapter 1)

Chapter 11

Lana groaned as she awoke in the truck. Her eyes fluttered open and everything in front of her was a blur. Her head hurt, pain was definitely a prominent feeling, in fact her whole body ached, like it was being crushed. She shifted her body and realised why she couldn't move. Turning herself from her side to her back she came face to face with an unconscious Clark Kent.

Just for a moment she didn't move. Studying his face, just inches from hers, it would have been so easy just to lean up and kiss him, but no, that was wrong. She reminded herself of her attachment to Lex and of Clark's love for Chloe. Her good sense returned to her and she shifted so her hands were against Clark's body. She pushed, forcing both herself and him up in their seats. It was only as she finally managed to get them both in a seated position that she noticed the bump on the back of his head. Whatever had hit him, it hadn't broken the skin but it had evidently hit him hard.

"Clark" she said his name, as she shook him gently, "Clark" she repeated, but he wasn't coming round. Lana was starting to worry now. It was only now as she looked up around herself that she realised what had happened.

The earth and rocks that had slid down the banks, had surrounded the car. On her own, there was no way she would be able to open either of the doors. Mud and stones covered all the window, making the interior of the truck decidedly dark and murky. A hole in the driver's side window let in a little light, but it had also let in some of the debris.

Despite all of this, Lana breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Clark's chest rise and fall. Yes, he was unconscious, but he was alive, and there was no blood on him, that had to be a good thing.

Lana fumbled in the bag by her feet, trying to find her cell phone. With shaking hands she dialled her Aunt's number.

"Well, here we are" said Lex as he parked the car outside the Kent farm house. Chloe just smiled a little and got out. The journey from her house to here had been mainly passed in silence. All she could think of was her dream and what a horrible person she was for having had it in the first place. Lex himself was also feeling guilty for a few less than innocent thoughts he'd had about the girl next to him. He couldn't bear to look at her, nevermind talk to her. He knew if he did he could end up saying or even doing what he really wanted to do and that would only hurt Clark and Lana, besides Chloe probably didn't want him anyway, she loved Clark.

Inside the farmhouse, Martha and Nell sat at the kitchen table as Jonathan paced up and down.

"I just can't understand what's happened" Lana's aunt was saying as Chloe and Lex came to the door, Jonathan let them in.

"Mr Kent, have you heard from them yet?" Lex asked.

"No" he said flatly, "No-one's heard anything"

"Maybe we should call Ethan" Martha suggested, close to tears.

"With respect Mrs Kent," Lex began, "the authorities won't pay any attention to a couple of teenagers who are late back from a road trip, especially when they've only been gone a few hours"

Jonathan looked daggers at the young Luthor and Chloe found herself wanting to defend him.

"He's right" she said suddenly, "Maybe we could look for them ourselves" she suggested, "They've got to be somewhere between here and Metropolis"

The three adults looked thoughtful before agreeing. There was only one main road out of Smallville but that forked off in three directions, each of which could take you to Metropolis. There was no telling which way Clark and Lana would have travelled. One or two of the routes may have become impassable due to the weather, meaning they took a route they might not normally use.

It was decided that the Kents would take one route, using their neighbours truck, Nell would take another route in her own truck and Lex would take Chloe in his car down the third route. The Kents took their cell phone with them and Chloe took hers whilst Lex leant his to Nell, she had left hers at home and she didn't want to have to go and fetch it now, she just wanted to find her niece. It was decided that if they found anything they would let the others no.

The two trucks and the Porsche moved away from the farm like a convoy, splitting up as they reached the junction. Lex noticed that Chloe's hands were shaking as she gripped her cellphone.

"We're going to find them Chloe and I'm sure when we do they'll be fine" he assured her.

"I know" she nodded, but he knew she didn't believe him anymore than he believed himself.

He took one hand off of the steering wheel and put it on hers, just for a moment. He wasn't sure why and she wasn't sure what to make of it but it just felt right at the time.

"Aunt Nell, where are you?" Lana said to herself as the phone rang and rang, but no-one picked up. After about the thirtieth ring, Lana gave up and tried to think of someone else to call. She looked through the numbers logged into her phone.

"A, B, C...Chloe" she said to herslef as the alphabetical list reached the reporters number. She remembered Chloe gave her cell phone number to her once when she was working on an article the Torch, 'in case you need help with anything' she'd said.

"Well, I do need help now" said Lana, nervously to herself as the phone started to ring.

Chloe physically jumped as the phone on her lap started to ring and vibrate at the same time. She glanced at the screen to see who was calling, the Kents or Nell, she was surprised, but relieved to see Lana's name there.

"It's Lana!" she said, answering at the same time, Lex glanced over as she put the phone to her ear.

"Lana? Where are you?" she asked.

"I don't know, Chloe, but we need help" Lana said quickly, the signal was not good inside the truck, surrounded by all the earth and rocks. Chloe could barely make out what the ex-cheerleader was saying.

"Lana what happened?" Chloe asked, "Where's Clark?"

Lex glanced between the road and Chloe, starting to worry again now as Chloe's tone got more agitated.

"Clark's here" Lana explained, "but he's..."

Chloe pulled the phone away from her ear and Lex asked what was wrong.

"It went dead" she said, checking the screen.

"What did Lana say, are they okay?" he checked.

"I don't know" Chloe felt tears coming to her eyes as she explained "I couldn't make out much of what she was saying, but I think she said something about a landslide and I'm pretty sure something's wrong with Clark" she blinked hard and tried to focus on the phone in her hands that were shaking even more now than they had been before "I'm going to try and call her back"

"A landslide?" Lex echoed, "Then they have to be on this road. It's flat land either side of the other two routes" he realised.

There was a moments silence as they waited for Lana to answer her phone, but she didn't.

"Don't ever expect to hear this again" Chloe said, turning to Lex, "but I think you should drive faster"

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