Chapter 29
Lilly ran into the hospital with her dad not too far behind. She halted at the front desk and looked around for anyone that could help her, but the desk was deserted.
"Where the hell is everyone?" said Lilly.
"Mrs. Luthor?"
Lilly turned around to see a nurse walking up to her.
"Yes?" asked Lilly. "Where's Lex?"
"Follow me, please." uttered the nurse.
The nurse turned around and started walking towards Lex's room with Lilly hot on her heels. Jonathon was following after her, just to make sure that nothing happened to Lilly or the baby when they reached Lex.
"Here he is." said the nurse, pointing to room 315.
"Is he okay?" asked Lilly, fear rising in her throat.
"We have sedated right now, to help him sleep, but he should be fine. I'm sorry that's all I know. The doctor should be with you in a moment." said the nurse.
"Thank you." said Jonathon.
The nurse left while Lilly stood outside, staring at Lex's unconscious form through the window. She placed her hand on the window, tears beginning to fill her eyes.
"Sweetheart, go in." said Jonathon.
Lilly looked back at her dad and nodded apprehensively. She turned to open the door but froze, she couldn't do it.
"What if it didn't work?" she whispered, turning back to Jonathon. "What if he's never the same?"
"Lilly, we don't know that. Not yet." consoled Jonathon. "The only thing you can do right now is go in there."
Lilly let a stray tear fall. She didn't know if she could live with herself for what she had done. Yes it wasn't her idea but she still went through with it, and the guilt was enough to make her sick.
She opened the door warily, hearing the machines beeps enter her ears, letting her know Lex was still alive. She closed the door behind her and stood in the shadows, watching Lex's chest rise and fall with each breathe.
She pulled a chair up next to his bed and sat down. She looked up at his face, seeing blood stains travel from the back of his head and down his neck. That's where Clark had knocked him unconscious. She saw a cut along his forehead and a fresh bruise forming along the side of his face, which would indefinitely swell his eye close to the point of shutting.
She grabbed his hand into hers as she began to cry, letting the tears finally fall. All the wires and tubes made Lilly's guilt rise even more. Knowing that she put him in here was enough to send her to hell, but wasn't it for a good cause?
"Mrs. Luthor?"
Lilly turned to see the doctor walk in, closing the door behind him.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Strider." he said, reaching out his hand.
Lilly shook it, forcing a small smile onto her face for effect.
"What happened?" she asked, trying to sound innocent.
"Your husband was involved in a terrible car crash. His car went off the road and ended up against a telephone pole. Thankfully he survived with only a few scrapes and some bruising." said the doctor.
"What are you leaving out?" she asked, feeling a big chunk of the puzzle missing.
"Mrs. Luthor, your husband has amnesia." said the doctor.
"Amnesia?" she asked, tears beginning to form again.
She knew that this was the side effect, but the tears still came. Not out of show, but out of pure guilt and fear.
"He doesn't remember anything that happened to him." said the doctor.
"Does he remember me?" she asked, fearing the outcome.
"We haven't tried that yet. We wanted to get a few tests done first and wait until you got here. It'd be easier if he could see the person he's trying to remember." said the doctor.
"When will he wake up?" she asked.
"Well we sedated him so he could get some rest, but he should be waking up here soon." said the doctor.
"What happens if he can't remember anything?" asked Lilly.
"Well, so far he remembers everything he's ever learned as a child. He remembers his mother, his father, school, business, work, you name it. But we couldn't get an answer out of him when we asked about what happened."
Lilly could only nod, to scared of her voice. She sighed, knowing that nothing important had been erased. The one question she was worried about was if he remembered her at all.
"We'll continue his questions when he wakes up." said the doctor.
"Okay." whispered Lilly.
The doctor placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and then left the room. Lilly looked back at Lex, relief and guilt running through her.
"Lilly?"
Lilly turned around to see Chloe and Clark walk into the room.
"Hey." she said, standing up.
"How is he?" asked Clark.
"The doctor said that he doesn't remember anything that happened. He remembers everything about his family and work and school." said Lilly.
"What about you?" asked Chloe.
"We don't know yet. The doctors are going to wait until he wakes up." whispered Lilly.
Chloe enveloped Lilly into a hug as the tears broke free once more. Chloe cried also, pain filling her up inside. Clark ran his hand along Lilly's back, all the while looking over to Lex.
He stepped over to Lex's bedside and looked down at him. He saw the wound on Lex's head that he had made, but there were a few more that had shown up. The air bag had probably gone off.
Clark was thinking hard on what he had done, hoping everything that had occurred worked for the better. His air supply was cut off shortly after his last thought by Lex's hand.
"Clark!" yelled Lilly, after hearing Clark's gasp for breathes.
Lilly tried to pull Lex's hand away from around Clark's throat, but he was too strong for her. Lex pulled Clark closer to him and stared him in the eye.
"I know who you are." whispered Lex.
Clark's eyes widened in fear. Clark was about to lose consciousness when Lex suddenly let go. Clark fell to the floor and Lex began to seize. He was thrashing about all over the bed. Chloe ran out into the hall and yelled for a nurse or a doctor.
The room was instantly filled with two doctors and three nurses, all trying to contain Lex. Lilly stood in the corner with Clark, tears falling from her eyes once more.
"Mrs. Luthor, I'm going to have to ask that you step outside." said the doctor, ushering her out into the hall.
The door was slammed in her face as she was left to wonder what the outcome of Lex would be. Clark had his hands on her shoulders, partly comforting her and partly containing her, just in case she did anything that would cause harm.
"How is he?"
Lilly and Clark turned to see Chloe walking up to them with some coffee for Clark and hot tea for Lilly. Lilly accepted with a nod and went to sit down on the chairs, leaving Clark and Chloe.
"He isn't doing to good. After you called the doctor, they pushed us out here. We don't know what's happening." said Clark.
"I feel so helpless." said Chloe.
"You don't have to be." said Lilly.
Chloe turned to her and frowned at her new best friend. She looked awful. Mascara ran down Lilly's face from all the tears, her hair was a mess and she looked as if she hadn't slept in weeks.
"What do you mean?" asked Clark.
Lilly sniffed and grabbed her purse. She dug around for a few seconds and emerged with a folded slip of paper. She stood up and walked to Chloe, handing her the paper.
"I need you to find out who this address belongs to." said Lilly.
"You think they have something to do with Lex?" asked Chloe.
"They have something to do with Clark." said Lilly. "Whoever this person is knows everything there is to know about Clark."
"What!" exclaimed Chloe. "How much do they know?"
"Everything. Who he really is, where he came from. What he's capable of. Everything." said Lilly.
"I'll get right on it. I'll be at the Planet if you need me, okay?" said Chloe, giving Lilly a hug.
"I'll call you when we find something out." said Lilly.
"Ok. Bye." said Chloe.
Lilly watched Chloe leave and hoped she was able to trace the address. She turned back to Clark and he looked as if he would hyperventilate.
"Clark? You okay?" she asked.
"Fine." he said.
"Chloe will find out who it is, don't worry." she said.
"Yea." said Clark.
Clark and Lilly sat next to each other, waiting for the doctor. Hours passed before someone decided to let them in on what was happening.
"Mrs. Luthor?" asked the doctor.
"Yes!" she exclaimed.
"Lex will be fine. The seizure was caused by his body trying to rid itself of the leftover toxins. Good news is that they're all out of his system." said the doctor.
"What's the bad news?" asked Clark.
"He still doesn't know what happened to him." said the doctor.
"Can I see him?" asked Lilly.
"Sure." said the doctor.
Lilly jetted past the doctor and into Lex's room. She saw him sitting up in his bed, his face tired. He looked to have more wires in his body than before, but he was awake and that's what mattered.
"Lex?" asked Lilly, scared of what he might say.
Lex looked up to her with confusion on his face. He held Lilly's gaze for minutes and Lilly was getting scared.
"Lilly?"
Lilly heaved a huge sigh and let the tears fall. She smiled big and walked over to his bed. Lex held his arms open and grabbed her into his arms when she was close enough. He held her close, thankful she was alright.
"I thought you were gone." he whispered through her hair.
"I'm okay." she cried.
Lex pulled away and looked at her, making sure she was as she said she was. She looked to be okay, and when he was done inspecting he pulled her in for a kiss. Lilly closed her eyes tightly, hoping this all wasn't a dream.
"I love you." whispered Lex, pulling away.
"I love you too." she cried.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You were driving to my parent's house when you crashed into a telephone pole. The doctors aren't sure what caused the accident, but they're saying that you fell asleep at the wheel." said Lilly, trying her best to make the lie believable.
"I haven't been getting much sleep lately." uttered Lex. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" asked a confused Lilly.
"For putting you through this. I never meant to scare you like this. I'm so sorry." said Lex, pulling her into another hug.
"It's okay." she whispered. "I'm just glad you're alive. That's all that matters."
Lilly sat with Lex till he fell asleep. His eyes twitched behind his eyelids, hopefully dreaming of something good. Lilly sat and watched, glad it was all over, but horrified at the fact she caused all of this.
Lilly was broken from her guilty thoughts when her phone rang. She looked at the caller i.d. and saw Chloe's name.
"Hey Chloe." muttered Lilly.
"I know who the address belongs to." said Chloe, rather quietly.
Lilly sat upright, noticing the tone of Chloe's voice. Whoever it belonged to surely had shocked the reporter herself.
"Who is it?" asked Lilly, timidly.
Lilly's eyes widened and hardened. Anger flooded through her veins as she shut her phone and stood. She grabbed her coat and purse and walked out of Lex's room, without a word to anyone. She had business to take care of, and she would die before she let her family fall apart over someone so trivial.
Oooooo i wonder who it could be?!?! Please review and let me know what you thought about this chapter!! Thanks everyone!
