Soon To Be Remembered

"Does everyone understand what they're supposed to be doing?" Chloe asked.

Victor and Sam nodded. "We'll call you as soon as we get there." Victor said as he put on a head-set. "Are you sure you're fine here?"

"Yeah. Somebody's got to lead you through the place and with all this information Uncle Sam's given me, it'll be done easily." Chloe looked to Sam. "Are you taking Stewart?"

Sam shook his head. "That runt will only hold us back. It'd be better if he stayed here."

Chloe could see the logic in that. "Please be careful, and get Bart back for me."

Victor smiled. "Don't worry Chloe. He'll be back in your arms before you know it." Victor walked out the door and Sam followed behind him.

Chloe calmed her beating heart as she sat by the computer desk. She pulled up a blueprint Sam had provided. All she could do right now was wait. She wasn't even going to bother trying to strike up a conversation with Stewart.

Oliver pulled over to the side of the road and saw Lois standing beside a payphone with her arms crossed. He stepped out of the car in his Green Arrow uniform, first making sure there was no one else around. He had stopped a few minutes before getting there and changed into it. "Lois, are you all right?" Oliver asked as he jogged up to her. The last time she called him from a payphone, her leg was bleeding.

Lois bit her lip and looked around. "We have to go right now, Oliver. We have to stop Clark."

"We will, once you tell me what happened."

Lois let out a groan of frustration as she stormed to his car. "How about I explain it to you once you start driving to the base?" she opened the door and got in.

Oliver knew he wasn't going to get anything out of Lois right now. He did what she said and drove off.

Lois leaned over and looked at the speedometer. "You could go faster."

"Lois! I'm going twenty over speed limit!"

"We're in Smallville! There won't be any cops around, now speed it up before Clark does something horrible."

Oliver shook his head as he pushed the car even faster. He looked over at Lois and could see her looking out the window with nervous glances. She tapped her finger on the arm rest in a steady beat. "What happened Lois?" Oliver asked as he looked back to the road.

Lois took a deep breath as she looked straight ahead. "Reality hit me."

Oliver bit his lip. He dropped the subject as he pulled up the map Chloe had installed into his GPS.

The tree branches swayed as there was a gust of wind among them. Clark had arrived in the middle of the opening in the forest. He smirked as he looked around at the clearing. To the naked eye, you could see nothing, but Clark knew that the base was there. He walked to what was considered a random tree and laid his hand on it.

As soon as he did, the cloaking came off the base and was now visible, even in the dark moonlight. Clark sauntered to the front entrance. He was going to enjoy this.

Victor and Sam stepped out of the car and walked deep into the forest until they reached the clearing. Sam frowned. He saw the base right in front of him. When he and Stewart left, he couldn't see anything.

Sam motioned to Victor and they went in through the front entrance. Victor stayed against a wall in the dark hallway. "Watchtower, are you there?" Victor spoke into his head piece.

"Here Cyborg. Ask Sam if he knows where to turn off the cameras. I'm pretty sure there's an easier way then having to hack in."

"Do you know how to turn off the cameras?"

Sam nodded his head. "Follow me and stay close to the wall."

Victor and Sam began walking straight. Sam suddenly stopped. There weren't any guards. Justin always had at least two people walking down these halls. "Something isn't right…" he mumbled as he stood in the middle and began looking around.

Victor frowned. "Do you see anything suspicious, Watchtower?" Victor whispered.

"No, I don't see anything."

"Tell her to bring up the camera feed."

"Watchtower brin-"

"I heard him. I brought them up."

There was silence on the other line. "What do you see?" Victor asked.

"Nothing. It's just a static jumbled mess."

Sam had heard Chloe and he was already running to the video control panel. Victor ran after him, quickly catching up. They stopped in front of a box with what should've been several different controls. Instead it was a melted lump of metal.

Sam looked to Victor with what seemed to be fear. "He's here."

Justin looked at the time on the wall clock in his office. It was time to get things going. He put on a suit jacket over his white shirt and straightened it. He wanted to look his best for his guests. Justin opened the door and saw Albert standing outside his door, guarding it.

"You ready to get him?" Albert asked as he put away the gun in his hand.

Justin nodded and the two began walking down the hall. They took several different turns, one left, two right, and then one more left. They stopped in front of a steel door. Justin pulled out a key card and slid it through the lock. The red light on the lock blinked green and the door opened for them.

Albert stepped in before Justin and pulled out his gun, ready to fire. Justin came and stood next to him. Justin frowned as he saw the plate full of food still on the floor. "Why haven't you eaten? We're trying to take care of you, Bart."

Bart narrowed his eyes as he stood up from the ground. He could've sped out of there in an instant, but he hadn't eaten. Without food, he was too weak to run at high speeds. "If you were trying to take care of me, then you would've let me out of this hole a long time ago." he seethed.

Justin chuckled. "I couldn't do that. At least not yet. Come on. You're friends should be here in a few minutes. We need to get going."

Albert walked behind Bart and placed the gun directly in his back. He pushed him forward. Justin followed them out of the room and closed the door behind him. Things in his plan may have changed, but he was still going to win in the end. He was sure of it.

Clark walked down the halls. He had known this place for a while now. After taking out the video feed and every guard he came across, he was becoming anxious. He was ready to get his hands around Justin's neck and squeeze out every breath of air he had in his lungs.

"I won't leave you Clark."

Clark stopped and held his head. He could hear Lois in his head. He kept hearing her repeat it, over and over again. His leg began to ache dully.

"I'll always stay with you."

That was a lie…or was it? She had left him, right? Something at the back of his mind yelled out that she didn't leave him. She went to go get help. He closed his eyes tightly and pushed away any kind of emotions or thoughts that might deter him from the mission at hand.

Clark continued walking down the hall feeling nothing. He listened for Justin and found his heart beat only after a few seconds. He narrowed his eyes and listened for any guards. The only guard left standing was Albert and he was with Justin. Good. He wouldn't have any kind of distractions.

Oliver and Lois walked into the clearing and saw the base. "Cyborg and the general must already be here."

"Come on," Lois said as she continued walking, leaving Oliver behind some.

Oliver quickly put on his head set and turned it on, letting Chloe know he was online. He followed after Lois as they walked into the building. "Lois, I don't want you to go wandering off, understood?" Oliver said as he looked to Lois. She just rolled her eyes in response and crossed her arms. "Watchtower, are the video feeds out?" Oliver spoke into the headset.

"Cyborg and the General said somebody had already cut them."

Oliver checked to make sure Lois was still there. She was. "I've got Lois here with me too. But what do you mean the video feeds had already been cut?"

"Lois is there?!" Chloe yelled at him.

Oliver winced at her screech. "Yes, Watchtower. Don't yell in my ear like that again. Anyways, back to my question?"

Chloe let out a frustrated sigh. "I don't know what happened to the feeds. They just told me that somebody had already done it. I think I heard Cyborg mention that it looked like a lump of melted metal."

Oliver paused "Do you think…"

"I'm guessing his code-name shouldn't be 'boy-scout' anymore."

Oliver silently cursed in his head. "All right, tell us where to go to get Impulse." he looked to Lois, but didn't see her. "Lois?" he quietly called out.

There was no response. He swore aloud this time. "Watchtower, Lois just left."

"What?! First you bring her and now you lost her! You are unbelievable!"

"I'm sorry, I'll find her! Arrow out." he said as he put the headset on stand-by. He really didn't want to hear any of her yelling anymore. Oliver turned and began running down a hallway, his arrow up and ready to fire at any enemies.

Lois slowly skidded to a halt at the end of the hallway. She looked behind her to see if Oliver had followed. She didn't see him. It was a good thing. She needed to do this on her own. He couldn't help her.

Lois looked down the hall to her left and then to the one on her right. It had been a while since she had been there and she had forgotten where Justin's office was. Lois let out a small indecisive groan as she chose to walk down the right hallway. She started picking up her speed until she was in a full out run. Her heart pounded in her chest from the exertion, but she kept going. She just didn't want Clark killing any more.

"Lois!"

Lois stopped in slight shock as she saw Bart being pushed by Albert and Justin standing right next to him.

Justin smiled. "Lois Lane. What a pleasant surprise! Seems like we're going to have a complete reunion here in a few minutes."

"What do we do now?" Victor asked.

"We came here to get Bart. That's what we're going to do." Sam said, quickly getting over the shock of Clark's presence.

He nodded his head as he followed Sam down the hallways. They would stop a few times to ask Chloe for directions before they would continue.

"Cyborg!"

Victor turned and saw Oliver in his Green Arrow uniform running up to them. "Arrow, glad you could make it. What took you?" Victor asked as he crossed his arms.

"Lois. She's here and I sort of lost her." Oliver said, avoiding the death glares from Sam.

"You brought her here and now you don't know where she is?" Sam asked in a tight voice.

Oliver only nodded.

Sam cursed as he ran a hand through his thinning hair. "Well, Clark's here too."

Oliver bit his tongue. "I know. That's why Lois is here. I think she's trying to stop him."

Sam shook his head. "Who knows how Clark's going to react when he sees Lois here!"

"Hey, let's just calm down. We're wasting time talking about this. We need to find Bart and Lois. Once we've done that, we can go." Victor said as he tried keeping the peace.

Oliver looked up at him. "And what about Clark?"

Victor shook his head. "Man, I don't think there's anything we can do for him."

Oliver remembered the gun loaded with kryptonite bullets in his pocket. The only thing they could make sure of was that Clark wouldn't kill any more.

Stewart silently watched Chloe from his seat on the couch. He felt as if he had magically become invisible. Chloe was typing away at the keyboard in front of the computer. She would pause for a few seconds and look at the screen before she clicked the mouse a few times and began typing all over again.

Stewart slowly got up and walked towards her. He stood a few feet away. "How's everything going?"

Chloe looked up, a bit startled when he interrupted the peace. She looked back to the computer. "You don't need to know. You were fine sitting on the couch."

"I want to help, though."

Chloe gave him a hard look.

"I know that this is partly my fault and I want to make up for it. Please?"

"All right, what do you know?"

"Can you first tell me who's there exactly?"

"Victor, Sam, Oliver, Lois, and Clark."

Stewart grimaced when he heard Lois' name. The grimace only grew after he heard Clark's. "Have they seen Clark?"

Chloe shook her head. "And I can't locate him since the video feeds are out."

"Can I pull something up?"

Chloe stood up from her chair and allowed Stewart to pull something up. Stewart looked at the computer screen intently as different windows began popping up. He knew which ones to close and which ones to keep open. He would type in passwords, deactivate firewalls, any kind of block that came up, Stewart was able to get past it. Chloe couldn't say that she wasn't impressed.

Stewart opened a final window and pushed the chair back. "There."

Chloe looked at the picture. It was a human diagram. "What's so important about this?" "This is Clark. The skeleton, muscles, organs, everything you see here. It's pretty much like an x-ray." Stewart highlighted two points on the diagram. One on his leg and another in his brain. "If Clark really is there at the base, then someone needs to shoot him either here in his leg or in his brain."

Chloe leaned in and looked at the two highlighted points. She could see an unnatural speck in the center of both points. "What are those?"

"The one in his brain is a device that controlled his memories and the one in his leg is connected to the one in his brain. Originally it was supposed to be implanted into his spinal cord, but there was no time."

Chloe looked at Stewart, not understanding how they were able implant these 'devices'.

"When Clark and Lois tried escaping and Clark was left behind. The guards were ordered to shoot him with kryptonite bullets. One bullet hit him and that was in his leg. Justin had placed this device into the bullet, so when they pulled out the bullet, they left the device in there." Stewart stood up and wiped his sweaty hands on his pants. "After that device was in him, it couldn't be taken out and the next step was to was easy to place the other device in his brain."

"But if they would have to use kryptonite for the bullet to penetrate him. And using a kryptonite bullet could kill him."

Stewart looked down with a grimace on his face. "Isn't it better to kill one man than the whole world?"

Chloe bit her lip. He had a point. "So which area would be their best bet?"

"The one in his leg. When I was implanting the one in his brain, I kind of…messed up. I was off by a few centimeters and that's messed the whole thing up. If the device in his leg is hit by the bullet, then the entire thing will shut down and Clark will have access to his memories again. That is if he survives."

"Does Justin know that you messed up when you implanted the one in his brain?"

Stewart shook his head. "I hope he never finds out about it."

Chloe nodded her head. She sat back in the chair and began typing on the keyboard. "Cyborg, I need you to pull up a picture."

"Let him go, Justin." Lois said as she took a small step back.

"Who, Bart? Oh, I'm waiting for your other friends to arrive. Wouldn't be a real reunion if it was just you that showed up." Justin said with a smirk.

"You can't do this Justin. It's me and Clark that you wanted. Just let him go and I'll do whatever you want." Lois said trying to keep her calm.

"No, Lois. You can't do that!" Bart exclaimed.

Lois ignored him as she continued negotiating. "You know that if you have me, you have Clark. Just let Bart go. He has nothing to do with this."

There was a large gust of wind around them and as soon as it stopped, Albert and Bart were lying in separate ends of the hallway, both unconscious. Lois looked and saw Justin being held up in the air by Clark.

"Let me go!" Justin yelled as he struggled against Clark's death grip.

"No, you have no idea what you did to me." Clark said through clenched teeth.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"You used me! You ruined me life!" Clark yelled.

"Clark, put him down." Lois said as she cautiously approached him.

Clark loosened the grip on Justin's neck only by a faction. "Why should I listen to you?" he asked, softer than his previous tone.

"Because I know that you don't want to kill anyone. You never did. You were never a killer. It was Justin. All of those things, it was Justin." Clark clenched his jaw. "You don't know that."

"Yes I do, Clark. You were a good honest man. You never murdered anyone." Lois took a few steps forward. "I know you're still in there Clark. Just put Justin down."

"You don't get it, do you? The Clark you knew is gone. The new and improved version is standing right in front of you. And to be honest, I think Justin would get exactly what he deserves if I kill him right now in my hands."

"So are you going to be the executioner? If you really do remember everything then you would remember that you would never give out punishment like this. Sure, Justin's a horrible man, but you need to let the police deal with him." Lois placed her hand on his arm.

Clark dropped Justin once he felt Lois' hand on him. He immediately grabbed her wrist and looked at her with burning eyes. "How can you say all those things? I'm sure you saw what Justin did. You probably hate him as much as I do." he leaned in. "Don't you want to see him dead?"

Lois swallowed. She couldn't say that she wanted Justin to live, but she didn't want Clark to kill him. But as she looked into Clark's eyes, she could feel fear overcoming her. All she could see was a cold-blooded killer staring right back at her.

Oliver, Victor, and Sam jogged through the hallways, still not finding Lois or Bart.

"Cyborg, I need you to pull up a picture." Chloe said through the head set.

Victor stopped. "What is it, Watchtower?"

"Just pull it up."

Victor did as she said and a hologram came out of his arm. He looked at it. "What's it supposed to be?" he asked as Oliver and Sam surrounded him to look at the diagram.

"It's a diagram of Clark's body. You see the highlighted point on his leg?"

Victor zoomed in and found it. "I see it."

"Someone needs to shoot him there with a kryptonite bullet."

"Are you serious?"

Chloe paused on the other line. "I wish I wasn't."

Victor grimaced. "We have to do what needs to be done." he said before turning to Sam and Oliver. "Watchtower says we need to shoot Clark here in his leg." Victor pointed to the highlighted area. "I don't know how we're going to do it, though. We have no kryptonite with us."

"I know Justin has a vault of it, but by the time we get there, it might be too late." Sam said.

Oliver reached into his pocket and pulled out a gun. "This has kryptonite bullets." he ignored the shocked looks he was getting from Sam and Victor. "I had them made when Lois first came out of here. I made them out of precaution."

Victor nodded. "We've got your back."

Oliver looked down at the gun. He turned on the head set. "Watchtower, are you sure you can't locate Clark?"

"Nice of you to turn on your communication line again, Arrow." came Chloe's cold response.

"Look, we don't have anytime for this. Can you locate him, yes or no?"

"I've tried, but I couldn't."

Oliver swore. There had to be an easier way.

A yell could be heard down the hallway. "That was Justin." Sam said. He had never heard Justin yell, but he knew what Justin sounded like.

Oliver turned to Victor and Sam. "Sam, stay back. Victor cover me. I'm going in." he said as he ran in the direction of the yell.

Victor followed him, keeping his distance as they left Sam in the back.

Lois cleared her throat. She wasn't going to be intimidated by Clark. "That still doesn't make it right."

His face remained stony. He didn't reply to what Lois had just said.

"Put her down!"

Clark and Lois looked and saw Oliver pointing a gun directly at him. Clark reacted quickly and placed Lois in front of him, using her as a shield. "I know that you won't shoot me with Lois in front of me."

"I thought you knew bullets couldn't hurt you." Oliver taunted.

"Don't think I'm stupid. I know you have kryptonite bullets in that gun."

Oliver didn't show any expression. "Let her go Clark."

Lois inhaled sharply as she felt one of Clark's hand grip her neck and the other held her wrist. His grip was slowly beginning to tighten.

"You don't want to do this Clark." Lois spoke softly.

Clark tried ignoring her as he continued staring at Oliver. No one noticed Justin slowly creeping away.

"You can do whatever you want, Clark, but I won't leave you." Lois whispered.

Clark shut his eyes tightly as he felt his head swimming. Instead of his grip loosening, it began to get tighter. His head began pounding and a sharp pain entered his leg. Images from the past came up.

He opened his eyes to a bright light. He squinted as he looked around. Clark's head began throbbing as he looked around. It felt as if someone had grabbed incisors and cut his head open.

He was tied to a chair looking at his reflection from a mirror. Clark hadn't seen his reflection in such a long time. His face was bloody and bruised and looked horrible. That was just his face.

Clark remembered him and Lois trying to escape. He felt his heart feel a bit lighter at the fact that Lois had escaped. He didn't want her here. She had nothing to do with it. He didn't care if she went to get help, all that mattered was she was out of this place.

The door opened and Justin came in. "Good afternoon Clark. How are you feeling?"

Clark didn't answer him.

Justin clasped his hands behind his back. "Seems like you're not in a very talkative mood. It's a shame really. Must be because you're girlfriend is gone." Justin stared at Clark's stony face. "Do you know you've been out for a week?"

Clark clenched his jaw. "I'd rather be unconscious than deal with your mindless torture."

Justin scowled. "Well, while you were out, we found her."

Clark's face paled, even more than it already was.

"We have her Clark and there's nothing you can do." Justin smirked as he walked out.

Another man entered, Clark remembered his name, Steve. He began asking Clark one single question, over and over.

"What is your name?"

"Clark Kent." Clark continuously answered every time.

Steve would pull out a kryptonite rock and hit him with it. Clark didn't know how long this was going on. Eventually, Steve traded the rock for injecting pure kryptonite into Clark.

Clark let out a yell as the first injection went through his blood. The door opened again and this time Justin came in. Justin walked to a corner and grabbed a nice sized chunk of kryptonite. He tossed it back and forth in his hands as he walked closer to Clark.

Clark held a steel gaze as Justin approached him. Even though his blood was boiling from being near the kryptonite, he refused to let his gaze lower.

"Mr. Kent, why can't you cooperate with us? You know if you did, life would be a whole lot easier for you. You could move back to your little farm, get with your girlfriend, have a family…wait, is that even possible for you?"

Clark tugged at his bonds, willing them to break loose. "Where is she?"

Justin gave him a quizzical look. "Who are you talking about?"

"Don't play games with me!" Clark yelled.

Justin didn't like being yelled at, so he dropped the rock in Clark's lap. Clark bit back a yell and instead bit his tongue. Blood started to drip out of it because of the pressure he was putting on it. "Don't yell at me." he said in a low menacing voice.

Justin bent down and began whispering. "I just got word from our other base. Lois Lane is dead. She is dead and gone. It's a shame actually. If Lois hadn't escaped, she would've been made your partner. She had an excellent training in self-defense. But it doesn't matter. Lois Lane is dead. Dead, Clark. There was absolutely nothing you could've done. She would've died anyways. She is dead."

Clark looked down as Justin pulled away. He began weeping. It couldn't be true. Lois couldn't be dead. It was just a lie Justin was telling him.

"What is your name?" Steve asked.

Clark hadn't noticed Justin leave. It was just him and Steve again. "Clark?" That was his name, wasn't it? It was what Lois called him. But Lois was dead.

Steve injected more kryptonite into him. Clark began moaning from the pain it brought him. He didn't have the strength to yell anymore.

"What is your name?"

Clark breathed in and out, trying hard to think. He couldn't come up with an answer. His mind was blank. It was completely numb. His mind began yelling out a name. 'Lois,' He had no idea who that was. "I don't know,"

Clark opened his eyes and looked at Lois. She wouldn't meet his eyes as she tried her best to keep looking away. "You're supposed to be dead." he whispered.

Lois looked at him and saw something she hadn't seen in a long time. A sparkle of life.

"Look out!"

Everyone turned to Victor and saw him pointing at someone. It was Justin and he was pointing a gun directly at Lois. He pulled the trigger, the bullet went flying through the air.

"No, Lois!" Clark cried as he let go of Lois and pushed her out of the way.

As soon as Lois was out of the way, Oliver aimed his gun at Clark's leg and pulled the trigger.

Lois' head hit the wall and everything was starting to get fuzzy. She felt a sharp pain hit her shoulder. She tried keeping her eyes opened. The last thing she saw before everything went black, was Clark falling to the ground.

A/N: Thank you everyone for reading and for the reviews! :D I feel bad since I left you so long without an update. But either way, I hope you guys like this chapter. And I now know how I'm going to end this story. Expect about one or two more chapters until the final chapter. Don't forget to leave your thoughts after you've read it! Thanks!