Chapter 17- An Ambush and A Torrent of Blood
Author's Note: Again, a lot of research went into this chapter. Here are my sources:
www.lexslash.com/newpages/SVtranscripts.html
www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show.cgi?show=81
Thank you very much to these websites! They are amazing!!
"It was a little after midnight when the phone rang. Chloe looked at the caller I.D. before looking to her friends. "It's the folically- challenged apathetic millionaire," she told them.
"Let me answer," Clark said grabbing the phone. "Hello?"
"Clark? It's Lex," Lex replied.
"I know," Clark said shortly.
"I didn't do anything wrong, Clark," Lex said.
"You didn't do anything wrong? Do you realize how you made Chloe feel?" Clark asked.
"Clark, you don't understand," Lex said.
"I do understand. I know what it's like for you, but you really hurt her," Clark said.
"She doesn't understand my point of view," Lex told him.
"No, you don't understand Chloe's point of view," Clark said getting angry.
Lana took the phone from Clark as Chloe looked on in amusement. "Lex, you brushed her off three times tonight. Not one, not two, but three," Lana told him.
"How nice to hear from you, Lana," Lex said sarcastically.
"She gave you two chances after the first time and you blew it," Lana told him.
"Lana, it was business," Lex explained.
"Chloe needs to come before your precious PR," Lana said, her temper rising. "She loves you, Lex."
"Chloe loves me?" Lex asked.
"Yes, and you might have just blown it," Lana pointed out.
It was Pete's turn to grab the phone. "You did blow it, Lex."
"Well, isn't this quite the little party," Lex replied.
"I don't ever want to see you, or hear about you touching Chloe like that ever again. Do you understand me?" Pete raged.
"Pete-" Lex started.
"Don't 'Pete' me! You need to decide how you feel about Chloe. If you only have feelings for her when it's convenient for you, then she deserves better," Pete fumed.
Clark decided it was best to try and run interference. "Lex. Chloe has been our best friend since eighth grade. We are very protective of her. I understand you getting upset, but you crossed the line when you left a handprint on her arm," Clark said.
"Clark, I didn't realize," Lex said shocked. He didn't know he had grabbed her that hard.
"I know you didn't, but you need to watch who you're dealing with," Clark replied.
"Let me talk to her."
"Yes?" Chloe asked taking the phone.
"Chloe? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your arm," Lex said.
"Lex, you don't get it. Yea, you hurt my arm, but you did so much more than that. You hurt my feelings, and my heart. The pain of my arm is nothing compared to the pain of that," Chloe explained sadly.
"Chloe, it was business," Lex tried to explain.
"I know it was. You could have at least had the decency to tell me that you were going to treat me that way," Chloe said.
"You're right. I should have. I just figured that, like Clark, you would have known that. Will you forgive me?" Lex asked.
"I really like you, Lex. I seriously do. I actually thought that you felt the same way, but the way you acted tonight made me think otherwise. I can't forgive you until I can see what I mean to you," Chloe said softly.
"I care about you, Chloe," Lex told her.
"Words mean nothing. You have to show me, Lex," Chloe said her face dropping.
"Chlo?" Lex asked when she became silent.
Clark took the phone as a single tear slid down Chloe's cheek. Lana and Pete each put a hand on Chloe's shoulders.
"Lex?" Clark said into the phone.
"Clark, I'm not done talking to Chloe," Lex said, almost pleading.
"She's done talking to you, for now," Clark replied looking worriedly at Chloe.
"Clark, I'm sorry," Lex said.
"So am I," Clark said. "So am I."
"Bye, Clark," Lex said hanging up the phone.
"Bye," Clark replied. "Chlo, are you okay?"
Chloe nodded and forced a laugh. She wiped her tear away forcefully. "Look at me. Crying over a guy who could care less," she said through a forced smile.
"He does care, Chlo. He just doesn't know how to show it. He didn't have- " Clark started.
"A family to show him how to love. Yes, I know. Believe me, I know," Chloe finished for Clark.
Lana yawned, causing a chain reaction throughout the group.
"Let's sleep," Chloe offered.
"Good idea," Pete replied rubbing his eyes.
When Chloe made the pallet for the guys she turned to Lana. "Which side?" she asked gesturing to the bed.
"By the wall," Lana replied climbing under the covers.
Clark laid down closest to the bed, with Pete beside him. The four friends were sound asleep within minutes.
**There is a large plaque of the Presidential Seal. It has an ethereal glow. The room slowly spins, focusing on the Oval Office. Lex is wearing a white suit and leaning forward on a large wooden desk. His right hand is encased in a black glove. Everything, has an unworldly brightness to it. As if in fast forward, Lex walks past the desk to a door. Suddenly, all that can be seen is one of Lex's piercing blue eyes.
The glow is gone as Lex is standing in a field of beautiful sunflowers surrounded by mountains. Lex bends down to smell the yellow flowers. He runs a gloved finger over the flower and the flower immediately shrivels and dies. Spreading out in a ring around him all the flowers wither and turn black as they die. When the flowers are gone they leave behind a field of human bones and skulls.
Lex has a happy smirk on his face as the sky turns red. A red drop falls on Lex's white suit and he glances at it. Soon, more drops fall and Lex looks to the sky. As the drops become a torrent of blood Lex raises his arms in a glad welcome. **
Chloe woke up covered in sweat. She looked around to assure herself that she was in fact in her own room. She was brought back to reality by the sight of her friends around her. Clark, Pete, and Lana's presence comforted her very little as she began to tremble. She covered her mouth with her hand as she was wracked with sobs.
Without a word Clark reached up and took her free hand. Chloe held his hand tightly before slipping down beside him. Chloe wept endlessly into Clark's chest. Clark knew that Chloe just needed to be held. So, he held her. His shirt was quickly soaked, but he didn't notice.
No matter how hard Chloe tried she couldn't make her limbs stop shaking. She was afraid that she would never stop crying. This was by far the worst in her series of dreams. It froze her veins when she remembered the way Lex had lifted his arms proudly to the blood. It was as if he expected it, welcomed it, yearned for it. Not even Clark could protect her from these pictures in her head. This new vision would haunt Chloe for a very long time.
Author's Note: Again, a lot of research went into this chapter. Here are my sources:
www.lexslash.com/newpages/SVtranscripts.html
www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show.cgi?show=81
Thank you very much to these websites! They are amazing!!
"It was a little after midnight when the phone rang. Chloe looked at the caller I.D. before looking to her friends. "It's the folically- challenged apathetic millionaire," she told them.
"Let me answer," Clark said grabbing the phone. "Hello?"
"Clark? It's Lex," Lex replied.
"I know," Clark said shortly.
"I didn't do anything wrong, Clark," Lex said.
"You didn't do anything wrong? Do you realize how you made Chloe feel?" Clark asked.
"Clark, you don't understand," Lex said.
"I do understand. I know what it's like for you, but you really hurt her," Clark said.
"She doesn't understand my point of view," Lex told him.
"No, you don't understand Chloe's point of view," Clark said getting angry.
Lana took the phone from Clark as Chloe looked on in amusement. "Lex, you brushed her off three times tonight. Not one, not two, but three," Lana told him.
"How nice to hear from you, Lana," Lex said sarcastically.
"She gave you two chances after the first time and you blew it," Lana told him.
"Lana, it was business," Lex explained.
"Chloe needs to come before your precious PR," Lana said, her temper rising. "She loves you, Lex."
"Chloe loves me?" Lex asked.
"Yes, and you might have just blown it," Lana pointed out.
It was Pete's turn to grab the phone. "You did blow it, Lex."
"Well, isn't this quite the little party," Lex replied.
"I don't ever want to see you, or hear about you touching Chloe like that ever again. Do you understand me?" Pete raged.
"Pete-" Lex started.
"Don't 'Pete' me! You need to decide how you feel about Chloe. If you only have feelings for her when it's convenient for you, then she deserves better," Pete fumed.
Clark decided it was best to try and run interference. "Lex. Chloe has been our best friend since eighth grade. We are very protective of her. I understand you getting upset, but you crossed the line when you left a handprint on her arm," Clark said.
"Clark, I didn't realize," Lex said shocked. He didn't know he had grabbed her that hard.
"I know you didn't, but you need to watch who you're dealing with," Clark replied.
"Let me talk to her."
"Yes?" Chloe asked taking the phone.
"Chloe? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your arm," Lex said.
"Lex, you don't get it. Yea, you hurt my arm, but you did so much more than that. You hurt my feelings, and my heart. The pain of my arm is nothing compared to the pain of that," Chloe explained sadly.
"Chloe, it was business," Lex tried to explain.
"I know it was. You could have at least had the decency to tell me that you were going to treat me that way," Chloe said.
"You're right. I should have. I just figured that, like Clark, you would have known that. Will you forgive me?" Lex asked.
"I really like you, Lex. I seriously do. I actually thought that you felt the same way, but the way you acted tonight made me think otherwise. I can't forgive you until I can see what I mean to you," Chloe said softly.
"I care about you, Chloe," Lex told her.
"Words mean nothing. You have to show me, Lex," Chloe said her face dropping.
"Chlo?" Lex asked when she became silent.
Clark took the phone as a single tear slid down Chloe's cheek. Lana and Pete each put a hand on Chloe's shoulders.
"Lex?" Clark said into the phone.
"Clark, I'm not done talking to Chloe," Lex said, almost pleading.
"She's done talking to you, for now," Clark replied looking worriedly at Chloe.
"Clark, I'm sorry," Lex said.
"So am I," Clark said. "So am I."
"Bye, Clark," Lex said hanging up the phone.
"Bye," Clark replied. "Chlo, are you okay?"
Chloe nodded and forced a laugh. She wiped her tear away forcefully. "Look at me. Crying over a guy who could care less," she said through a forced smile.
"He does care, Chlo. He just doesn't know how to show it. He didn't have- " Clark started.
"A family to show him how to love. Yes, I know. Believe me, I know," Chloe finished for Clark.
Lana yawned, causing a chain reaction throughout the group.
"Let's sleep," Chloe offered.
"Good idea," Pete replied rubbing his eyes.
When Chloe made the pallet for the guys she turned to Lana. "Which side?" she asked gesturing to the bed.
"By the wall," Lana replied climbing under the covers.
Clark laid down closest to the bed, with Pete beside him. The four friends were sound asleep within minutes.
**There is a large plaque of the Presidential Seal. It has an ethereal glow. The room slowly spins, focusing on the Oval Office. Lex is wearing a white suit and leaning forward on a large wooden desk. His right hand is encased in a black glove. Everything, has an unworldly brightness to it. As if in fast forward, Lex walks past the desk to a door. Suddenly, all that can be seen is one of Lex's piercing blue eyes.
The glow is gone as Lex is standing in a field of beautiful sunflowers surrounded by mountains. Lex bends down to smell the yellow flowers. He runs a gloved finger over the flower and the flower immediately shrivels and dies. Spreading out in a ring around him all the flowers wither and turn black as they die. When the flowers are gone they leave behind a field of human bones and skulls.
Lex has a happy smirk on his face as the sky turns red. A red drop falls on Lex's white suit and he glances at it. Soon, more drops fall and Lex looks to the sky. As the drops become a torrent of blood Lex raises his arms in a glad welcome. **
Chloe woke up covered in sweat. She looked around to assure herself that she was in fact in her own room. She was brought back to reality by the sight of her friends around her. Clark, Pete, and Lana's presence comforted her very little as she began to tremble. She covered her mouth with her hand as she was wracked with sobs.
Without a word Clark reached up and took her free hand. Chloe held his hand tightly before slipping down beside him. Chloe wept endlessly into Clark's chest. Clark knew that Chloe just needed to be held. So, he held her. His shirt was quickly soaked, but he didn't notice.
No matter how hard Chloe tried she couldn't make her limbs stop shaking. She was afraid that she would never stop crying. This was by far the worst in her series of dreams. It froze her veins when she remembered the way Lex had lifted his arms proudly to the blood. It was as if he expected it, welcomed it, yearned for it. Not even Clark could protect her from these pictures in her head. This new vision would haunt Chloe for a very long time.