N/A: Sorry for the long delay between my post, my muse is gone on vacation and she don't want to come back...
Chapter 35
Chloe was now strapped beside the girl who was revealed to be Cassie. The bruise on her face and the dim light had made Cassie impossible to recognise until the man spoke.
"Cassie, it looks like you have a new friend. You're lucky…. So, girl, what's your name?"
"Why should I tell you anything?" Chloe answered him.
"Because if you don't answer me, I'll make sure nobody ever look at your beautiful little face again." He had said, starting to laugh.
Chloe then felt the electricity going through her body.
"That my dear is electricity and if I turned this a bit more, it will start to hurt you really bad. Ask Cassie there, she knows…" The man said with a sadistic grin on his face. "Now, one last time, tell me your name?"
"Chloe Sullivan" she said thinking that her name wasn't that much of a secret.
"Miss Sullivan, how interesting, a famous writer and if what Lex told me is true, you were quite a good friend of Clark Kent. Maybe not as close as Cassandra, but still close enough to maybe shed some light on your friend extra-curricular activities."
"I don't understand"
"ENOUGH!" the man shouted "I'm done with you, you young lying brat." He added turning the knob so quickly that both Cassie and Chloe could feel the pain.
Hours later, Chloe was totally drained. She had been able to hold on the information she knew about Clark even thought she didn't know a lot. Every single part of her body was numb or aching.
"That's funny, you know Miss Sullivan. It seems that Clark doesn't trust you that much…"
"What do you mean?" Chloe asked feebly
"He told Cassie his biggest secret and he knew her for less than a month."
"What secret?"
"About who Clark Kent is. The real boy isn't …" He didn't finish his sentence as there was a big noise coming from outside.
"What the …" the man mumbled turning away and walking toward the door.
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"Sir the energy reading we received comes from the center of that clearing." Carter said pointing at the empty looking clearing.
"Teal'c, you're with me. Carter, Daniel you cover our six. Clark stay down and keep out of trouble." O'Neill said.
Clark watched the colonel and Teal'c walking out of the forest. He looked a little around and switched to x-ray vision. There was a small log house on the other side of the clearing. He concentrated on it and when he saw what was happening inside, he didn't think twice and super-speeded his way toward the house. But midway to his destination, he hit an energy wall. The shock was so strong that he flew back a good fifty feet landing on his back and breaking some trees. Jack started to swear when he saw the little tubular spaceship appear and move a good 5 feet almost rolling on its side.
"Clark, are you alright?" Daniel asked after the last tree fell and Clark stood in the middle of them.
"What the hell was that? Clark, didn't I tell you to stay back?" O'Neill asked as he came back with Teal'c.
"Sorry, it's just that there are people in trouble in that little house…"
"How can you tell?"
"I'm able to see through things, remember, and I saw two girl strap on a chair and one tall man doing something. There was a lot of wires and…"
"Teal'c, Carter, you follow me we'll go see what going on in there."
Then the door of the cabin opened.
"Everybody down…" O'Neill said but every one, including Clark, had already fallen to the ground when the door opened.
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"How many have surrendered to us?" The goa'uld asked.
"40, my lord. Our fleet now has over two hundred ships."
"Excellent, soon we'll be able to face the system lords one by one. Get us to the next system."
"Yes, my lord!"
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"Colonel, let me do it. He's alone and I'm fast. He won't see anything…" Clark whispered to Jack.
"I think he could do it. We could cover his advance by firing at the man." Teal'c said in the same tone.
"All right, Clark, on my mark you go there and knock that guy unconscious. Teal'c, Carter I want him to talk… Daniel you figure out what the hell that ship is. It looks vaguely familiar but I can't figure out where we saw those…"
Jack made a quick gesture to Clark and the rest of the team and they all rose at the same time. Clark super-speeded his way toward the cabin.
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"It's no use, I've try over and over again." Cassie said to Chloe when she saw the other girl struggling to get free.
"Well, I won't give up without a fight." Chloe said.
Cassie looked at the girl for a moment but the pain she was feeling overwhelmed her. She felt tears coming down her face. She had revealed everything she knew about herself, the stargate and Clark. No one would ever forgive her for that. She began to sob.
"Cassie, don't give up. We'll get out of this…" Chloe said but she was force to stop her struggling when she felt the rope cut through her wrist.
Looking around the room, Chloe tried to find a way out of her chair when suddenly the door seemed to explode. In the middle of the debris she saw for a brief second a well known silhouette. But it disappeared and she felt the rope broke loose. A gush of wind and everything seem to calm down. Looking at Cassie she saw that the rope had been cut too. Outside, she could hear the gizmo being fired. Chloe wince at the sound remembering the pain. Then she heard the man scream and everything was silence again.
"CASSIE…. CHLOE…." They both heard Clark yelled from outside the little house.
"Oh god! Am I happy to hear him… CLARK, inside…" Chloe answered,
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"Miss Lang, do you always complain this much?" The nurse asked Lana when she told her about the unfair treatment the chief nurse had put her through.
"I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that…"
"I know what you're saying and I know you think it's not fair. But do you realise the opportunity, the incredible luck you were given to work here. We all have been chosen for our talent. The chief nurse is the best in her field. Dr Frasier is the best, god damn it, even the nurses are the best or the most discreet girls they could find in the world… And you just pop out of nowhere Kansas, with your attitude of little missy princess. If you're not happy about the ways you're treated here don't talk to me, I'm no more thrilled to work with you and babysit you than anyone in the infirmary. But that's the job I was given and I will do it. If you want to complain about something go see Dr Frasier or even the General but I don't think they will listen to your whining long. So if your finished, you still have three beds to change…"
"That's it! I'm going to talk to Dr. Frasier. You're even worse than the other nurse. You're just looking at me while I'm doing all the jobs…"
"Go ahead! I've heard she's with the general. So be my guest."
Lana stormed out of the room, angry at the nurse, all day long they had given her the worse jobs they had been able to find. As she walked toward the elevator she grew angrier with every step, thinking about the way they had treated her. The doctor and the general would listen to her.
TBC…