Chapter 7- Fake-Out

Meanwhile…

Clark was out of his apartment with the first cry for help. He could tell it was a little girl.

She's in the civic center, how did she get in there? he thought.

He slowed when he entered the room they used for the 3-ring circus. He surveyed the room. There was no one there. He x-rayed the walls and floor to make sure.

I can't see through the ring boundaries, he thought, they must be made of lead. How strange!

As the screams started up again he noticed something in the middle of the main ring. He walked up to it. It was a tape recorder.

What the…he thought, flipping it off.

Before he could finish his thought he began to feel a little queasy.

What is going on?!?

He started to feel worse. It was at that moment that he saw Lex Luthor walking toward him. Lex was tossing a kryptonite rock in his left hand.

"Long time, no see Clark," Lex said with a mischievous grin.