Title: Mirror Imperfect - Part 3: Captured

Author: Sgccyberwolf

Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville or Star Trek. Star Trek is owned Paramount Pictures and Smallville is owned by Warner Brothers.

Part 3

Captured!

"Did anyone get the license of that truck?" Clark was just coming from being zapped by a tazer over thirteen times. His eyes were still a little fuzzy but he could tell that he was lying on the floor. Clark reached up and found what appeared to be bunk or a bed. He decided the best course of action was to lie down until his vision returned.

Clark was awoken by what sounded like a voice in distress. "Get your hands off me," it sounded like Chloe.

"Get your hands off me." Clark was sure he heard it this time. He decided to sit up on the bunk that he was lying on. His vision was much better now. From his perspective it appeared he was in a closed end room with the only entrance at the farthest end.

Clark looked out towards the open end; he saw two guards dragging something… it was Chloe. The guards dragging her threw her onto the floor of what appeared to be another cell. This angered Clark. He immediately got up and ran towards the open end of his cell.

Chloe sat up in her cell. "No, Clark, no." Clark heard it but it was too late. By the time he processed what Chloe yelled at him he hit an invisible energy barrier that closed the open end of his cell. The energy discharge from the barrier repelled him back several feet.

"Oh Clark," was all she could say when she saw him rebound off the invisible wall that kept them in their individual cells. The effect of the discharge wore off rather quickly, Clark got back up and walked to the open end of the cell and sat down. Chloe was already sitting at the front of her cell.

As Clark sat down, he was able to get a closer look as Chloe. She had cuts and bruises on her face and bruises up and down her arms. Clark looked at her sympathetically. "How do you fell?"

Chloe looked down and her arms and then put one of her left hand up to her face. "I supposed that I looked worse than I feel, but I still didn't tell that tell them anything."

Just then two guards appeared from down the corridor and stopped in front of Clark's cell. After lowering the security barrier they walked in and grabbed Clark by the shoulders.

"Leave him alone, he doesn't know anything," Chloe exclaimed!

One of the guards retorted, "it is for Mistress Lana to decide what he doesn't know."

One guard led Clark out of the cell and started down the hall. The other took a baton like weapon, from his belt, and struck against the security field on Chloe's cell. This caused a small feedback in the barrier. Chloe suddenly moved back from the field of energy separating her from her freedom. After putting the baton back on his belt the second guard continued down the hall to catch up with the first.

Clark's torture test.

A few minutes after being forced from his cell Clark was led into a room with a chair at the center and several tables of surgical implements. Another table contained a couple a needles with what Clark thought would be truth serum and a third had a acetylene torch and striker. Clark surmised that since Chloe came back in one piece that most of these implements were meant to scare a confession out of the person that they intended on torturing rather than actual use.

Clark also knew that he could not use any of his gifts in front of the guards, as he did not want to expose himself to soon. He had to choose the right time to confront Lana with the truth of his origins.

As soon as he was in the chair they strapped him down and cut open his shirt. He was wetted down and electrodes were placed on his chest and forearms.

The person in charge of his torture was a burly man and with a sour disposition. "If you answer my questions you can go back and join your girlfriend, but if you lie to me, then you get this." As his words trailed from his lips the guard motioned for the man at the switch to give Clark a taste of what was to come. The guard threw the switch and Clark received a jolt of electricity. He knew that being invulnerable had its advantages, so when the electricity passed through his body he told the guard that just tickled.

"Where is the Resistance HQ," the guard asked? With a wry smile Clark answered, "when they tell me, you will be the first one I tell. The guard did not like his insolent tone; he motioned for the guard to jolt him again. The jolt hit Clark much like the first although this one was a little more powerful, but nothing he could take. Clark just sat there like he was enjoying himself.

The questioning went on for just over ten minutes. Each time Clark gave a smart-ass answer or refused to answer a question the guard increased the voltage of the shock. When the guard looked over at the readings on the machine, he was shocked that they already exceeded 110 volts. Clark still sat in the chair and seemed unharmed by the electrical shocks he received.

Seeing that he was not receiving any cooperation from Clark, the guard decided that it was now time to try physical torture. Before he resumed his questioning, the guard decided to try and slap some sense into Clark… big mistake.

As soon as the guard's hand impacted Clark's jaw, a cracking sound was heard. The guard broke his hand on Clark's face. The guard went down holding his and passed out. Another guard tried to hit Clark in the chest with a wooden baton like instrument. When the baton impacted on Clark it splintered into toothpicks Clark decided to make his move.

With his secret out Clark began to free himself from the chair. With little or no effort, Clark broke all the bindings holding his arms and legs. The guard who tried to hit him with the baton tried to jump from behind as he got out of the chair. Clark easily picked this guard up over his head and tossed him against the wall like he tossed a piece of crumpled up paper. The guard screamed as he soared into the wall and was silent when he struck it. He was knocked out cold by the impact.

A third guard, nearest to the door, watched in sheer horror as the events unfolded before him. He knew that Lana possessed these abilities from seeing her use them, but he did not know of any other person possessing them.

The guard was shaking because he felt that he was next on Clark's list. "Please don't hurt me," was all he could get out.

Looking back in the direction of the trembling guard. "If you leave now and renounce your loyalty to Lex and Lana, then you are free to leave here and I will not lay a hand on you."

The guards feeling it was that or get pounded chose betrayal as the better part of valor and ran from the room.

Being that he was unsure if the guard would betray him, Clark decided to wait in the room for Lana to come down to inspect the results of his torture session. Clark moved the bodies of the unconscious guards out of plain sight and sat back in the chair. He wanted to the give the illusion that nothing was amiss and he would be in complete control when she walked through the door.

An hour later

Clark persistence paid off, about an hour late the door opened and Lana strolled in flanked by two of her black armor lackeys. Clark hoped that her over confidence would keep her from noticing there was no one in the room with him, but it did not work. Clark had only seconds to decide. It was now or never.

Clark immediately bolted out of the chair at super speed and made for her guards before anyone could trip the alarm. Lana was caught off guard by Clarks abilities, so by the time she realized what happened Clark had both her guards on the ground and her in a choke hold.

Being that no one took her by surprise. "Just who are you… you can't be the man I killed." The fear in her voice was genuine. Lana was definitely afraid she was going to loose control of the situation.

Lana decided that she had to regain control of the situation. She immediately pushed backward as hard as she could. Clark hit the wall behind him and left an impression of his body, but it freed Lana from his chokehold. Lana immediately moved a few feet away.

"Who are you," she asked again? "I'm Clark Kent, just not the one you murdered you cold hearted snake," he shot back. He looked at him and it hit her that he was an alternate Clark, similar to the one she killed but no the same.

She made a move to come at him again, but he stopped her in her tracks. "We don't have to do this," he said. She looked at him again. "There is no other way; if you stay, then balance of power will be equal." He could see the evil in her eyes. This woman would never be good… Luthor had poisoned her mind… she had to be stopped.

Lana attacked again. This time she tried to ram Clark. He easily stopped her and tossed her like a pillow to the other side of the room. Clark really did not want to fight her, but she was giving him no choice.

Just then an explosion rocked the room and the lights went out. Lana used this moment to her advantage and charged Clark and super-speed and pushed Clark through the closed door and out into the corridor. In the distance shouting could be heard. Someone was saying that the resistance had come and taken out the main generator to the Luthorcorp building.

As she made her next move the emergency lights turned on. Clark was still lying on the floor, but was now able to see where she was. Lana attempted to jump on him. As she was about to land he used his feet to catch her before she landed and pushed her away… straight into another wall. Her small frame made a crevice in the wall of the corridor. It took her a second to get up, but she did not seem hurt by the impact. The fight would continue... at least for another round.

While outside the Luthorcorp

"Kwan to Kent, please respond," was the call that came through on Martha's radio. Martha picked up her radio and depressed the call button, "Martha here." "Power Generator destroyed by the advance team; rally the troops," was the return call.

Martha looked around at the members of her resistance unit. Everyone one of them would be willing to die for her if they had too. "You heard him… lets move out."

The battle was fierce and bloody. The resistance fighters were not as well armed as Luthor's private army. All they had were handguns and rifles against laser weapons. As Martha and her troops made their assault on the gates she couldn't help but think about the end of "V: The Final Battle" in which the resistance stormed the security headquarters. The only difference was that by knocking out the generator the larger energy-based assault weapons were now dead and so were the searchlights. This gave them the advantage.

Using cover and conceal techniques taught by Whitney Fordman from his Marine training the resistance easily made their way through the front gates. Martha knew that Whitney was an asset to her unit. His training and charisma made him a natural leader. If she were to die, then she knew that Whitney would take over in a heartbeat. Whitney's only failing was his love for Lana. She loved her all through high school and carried that love with him to the Marine corp. Martha was afraid that he still loved even though he knew what kind of monster she had become. She just hoped that his heart would make the right decision

Martha wanted to assess her loses before moving forward so she had Whitney set up a perimeter. They finished none to soon as more guards came out of the Luthorcorp building and started a counter-attack.

The battle was once again fierce and both sides suffered casualties. The resistance still had the advantage in number of forces. The small security team that came out to try to stop them from entering the building was no match and was swiftly dealt with. Martha called Kwan to see how his team was making out. Kwan returned her call to let her know they were pinned down at the rear entrance.

Martha and Whitney decided the best way to help Kwan was to split their unit and attack the soldiers pinning down Kwan's team from two sides. Kwan's team would provide a third side of fire if they were still alive. Within minutes Martha's team was in position… they had the shortest distance to travel. Ten minutes later Martha received a call from Whitney that his team was in place. Martha picked up her radio and issued a one word command, "Now!"

The sneak attack was swift and successful. Luthor's soldiers were now the ones pinned down with little or no cover. The combined forces of Martha, Kwan and Whitney's smaller units made short work of the soldiers. Once the gun fire stopped the smaller units moved together and prepared to enter the rear of the building.

As they moved for the doors there was an explosion. Something came out of the sidewall near the doors they were about to enter. Martha told her troops to stop until they knew what was going on. The blur continued to tumble and bop around, but finally came to a stop just a few feet away. Lana had Clark by the neck was trying to choke the life out of him.

Clark was fighting Lana with all the strength he had. "It doesn't have to be this way." Even as Clark fought for his life her was still trying to convince her to switch sides. "I killed you before and I will kill you again." Clark's plea to Lana was unheard… she was truly evil.

Martha wanted to help, but she could not endanger her unit. If Lana turned on them they would be no match.

Just then a green energy bolt struck Lana in the shoulder and knocked her off Clark. Everyone turned to see that Chloe was standing at the back door with her PDA pointed straight at Lana. Back when Martha gave Clark and Chloe their PDA / Identa-cards she did not tell Clark that Chloe's unit contained a little something extra.

Within a few minutes Clark recovered enough to stand. He walked over to Lana's smoking body. The wound on the back of her shoulder was bad. He figured that it was some sort of laser enhanced with a piece of meteor rock to do that kind of damage to her.

He looked over to Chloe who was still holding the weapon. "Chloe, she's down… you can lower the weapon." "No, she responded." Clark stepped in front of Lana in an attempt to shield her from further harm. "I can't let you hurt her further."

Chloe was angered by his actions. He was defending the enemy. "Get out of the way Clark." Clark took a few steps forward closer to Chloe. "If you continue then you would be no better than her. Chloe aimed the weapon straight at him. "Clark, if you don't get out of the way, then I will kill you and then kill her. Clark thought about his life for a second. All the good he did in his dimension, his friends, and loving parents. Was it wise to trade all of that for the Lana of this dimension? "You do what you have to," Clark had made his decision.

"I'm sorry it will have to end this way," with that Chloe depressed the trigger again. A beam of green energy began to emit from the device. Everything started to move in slow motion. For a split second Clark thought about trying to dodge the beam, but this was no bullet. Just as the beam was about to strike Lana moved at super speed and jumped in front of him. "You were right about me," was all she could say before the beam hit her and tore threw her and hit Clark in his abdomen on the right side.

Clark sprang up holding his right side. He was no longer wounded in front of the Luthorcorp building but lying on the couch in the Torch's office.

To Be Continued.

A/N: Hopefully no one is mad that this chapter ends with another cliffhanger. Another short chapter will follow this one to tie up the loose ends.