*Abandon* by Electric Spyro

A.n. hey people! i'm back with another chap. i'm sorry it's a little short and it's a semi cliffy. least i updated right?

anywayz i believe there is about four or five more chapters just ta let yall kno.

k, that's all 4um me. enjoy!

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At around noon, Lex suggested that they better get going. A phone call from the police department informed Jonathan that the main roads had finally managed to be shoveled and cleared and Lionel Luthor wanted to know the condition of his son as soon as possible.

"He's probably just worried that I won't be around anymore for him to mess with. Besides, I have to make sure everyone in the mansion got through the night without freezing to death," Lex stated after Jonathan hung up the phone and explained to everyone about the call.

"We could help Mr. Kent shovel out the driveway so he can get the turck out and drive you home," Sarah suggested helpfully."Your leg is still hurt and you really shouldn't move around that much."

"I can just call up Daniel and he can bring the limo by. We could all hitch a ride in it," Lex announced.

"Do you think I could stay a little longer?" Lana asked curiously."I just want to be here when Clark wakes up. I promise you won't even know I'm here."

Jonathan, Pete, and Martha exchanged looks as if mentally communicating with each other.

"I don't know if that's a good idea," Jonathan finally said sturnly."He still looks pretty out of it. You would probably have to stay all night. And there wouldn't be anything for you to do while you wait."

Lana sighed and looked down at the floor.

"You're right, Mr. Kent. Just - maybe, when he's awake, tell him to call me?" she looked back up at him hopefully.

"Of course, Lana," Jonathan smiled politely.

"Thanks," she replied.

"Speaking of Clark, we should get a ambulance out here to take him to the hospital," Byron spoke up worriedly.

"No, he probably just needs rest. We'll take care of him. Don't worry," Martha explained as she smiled brightly at all of Clark's very concerned friends.

"Well, just make sure you let us all know when he's alright," Chloe exclaimed. "An interview with him would be great and - oh, sorry. Journalistic instinct."

Lex called Daniel and he arrived almost a half an hour later. Lana spent most of the thirty minutes next to Clark. He was stiff and unconcious but he no longer looked cold and dead. He had to wake up.

'I wonder if he'll remember anything that happened in the cave,' Lana pondered in her mind.

The limo pulled up in the icy driveway that the gang had managed to clear earlier. Jonathan wished many times as he illiminated most of the snowy mess that Clark was awake. Within five seconds he would've easily melted the unwanted slush and even created a walkway from the drive to the Kent's front door like he'd done every other time it had snowed. It just went to show Jonathan how much Clark ment to him as well as the farm.

"Remember to let us know about Clark," Lana said to Jonathan and Martha as she sat down in the extremely warm and comfortable vehicle.

Jonathan nodded as the limo awkwardly backed out of the driveway and accelerated down the road.

"Do you think it would be easier to take the ship to the living room or take Clark to the cellar?" Martha suddenly asked as the limo sped out of view.

"I think it would be less risky if we moved Clark. I'll carry him out and you can hold the door."

*~*~*(i originally was gonna stop the chapter right here. lucky 4 guys i felt generous 2day. lol)*~*~*

A few seconds after the Kents carried their adopted son into the cellar, a blast of blinding white light gusted throught the cracks in the cellar door. Then, it immediately disappeared and the faint sounds of a happy family celebrating their son's awakening could be heard from outside.

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"Hello?"

"Lana?"

"Clark?!" Lana suddenly focused all her senses on the phone. She had been reading a magazine and now the magazine lay forgotten on her bed.

"Yeah, it's me."

"Oh my God! Clark, you don't know happy I am to hear your voice! I swear I thought you weren't going to make it."

"Well, I made it through pretty well. Are you okay?"

"I'm great. Better then great now that I know you're okay."

There was an awkward break in the conversation.

"Uh...Lana? Do you think you could come over for a few minutes? I hafta tell you something. I've been kinda meaning to tell you for a while..."

"Sure, I'll be over in as soon as I can. And Clark?"

"Yeah?"

"We are back together - right?"

Lana listened eagerly for his reponse.

Clark hesitated,"Could you just come over when you get a chance?"

"Um...Okay," Lana wasn't sure how to take that. "I'll see you soon."

"Yeah. Bye."

"Bye."

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