Chapter 40- My Own Way Out
Two weeks later…
"I give up, Dad," Lex said coldly.
"Good, son. It's about time," Lionel said.
"Yes, I thought so," Lex said with distance in his eyes.
"What's going on?" Chloe asked walking into the room.
"Lex is coming home," Lionel said smugly.
"No! Lex, say it isn't true," Chloe pleaded.
"It is. I belong with my father," Lex said. His eyes were open, but it was if he wasn't seeing what was around him.
"I will send the limousine for your belongings in a few days," Lionel said.
"You can't go," Chloe said as Lionel left.
"I must," Lex said absently. "I have no choice."
"Stay for me?" Chloe asked.
"Why would you want me to stay?" Lex asked looking straight ahead.
"I don't know…" Chloe said sadly.
"That's why I'm leaving," Lex said in a monotone.
"No, please don't. Think about it," Chloe said.
"I have no choice. There is only one other way to get around it," Lex said pulling a gun out of his desk.
"Lex? What are you going to do?" Chloe asked fearing for her life.
"I have two choices. I either go with my father, or I don't," Lex said feeling the cool metal in his hand.
"Lex, please. Put it down," Chloe said frantically. She felt in her pocket for her phone and pressed number one on her speed dial.
"I know what I have to do," Lex said simply, his eyes never once looking to Chloe.
"Hello?" Clark asked.
"Lex, put the gun down," Chloe urged loud enough to be heard in the phone.
"I'm coming," Clark said quickly.
Chloe shut off her phone and backed away from Lex. "Please?"
"I have no choice. I can't let my father take over," Lex said, his voice icy. He raised the gun up into the air.
"No!" Chloe shouted wracked with sobs.
"I love you, Chloe," Lex said placing the gun to his head.
Chloe fell to her knees and raised her hands up in a pleading motion. "Please, no. Lex, don't. Please don't. No."
Chloe screamed when Lex pulled the trigger. She stood and ran to him, taking his head onto her lap. "Lex! No. Lex, wake up!"
When Clark walked in a few seconds later Chloe was still talking to Lex. Her jeans and shirt were covered in blood. The blood was already beginning to dry on her hands.
"Lex. Oh, Lex. No, no, no. Lex?" Chloe screamed kissing his bloody forehead.
"Chloe? Oh, God! What happened?" Clark asked in horror.
Chloe looked at him through her tears. "He said he was going back to Metropolis. When Lionel left he started saying that he knew a way around going back. Lex, please wake up. Clark, why won't he wake up?"
"Chloe," Clark said trying to pull her up into his arms.
"No!" Chloe said throwing him off. "He'll be alright. We just have to call an ambulance. He'll be fine. It's just a cut."
"Chlo, it's not just a cut," Clark said.
"Yes, it is!" Chloe shouted. "He'll be okay. He has to be! Lex, look at me!"
"Chloe, he's gone," Clark said.
"No! You're lying!" Chloe shouted, absently caressing Lex's face with her blood-soaked hands.
Clark forced Chloe off of the floor and into his arms.
"No! I want to go with him! Please let me go with him!" Chloe shouted pounding her fists onto Clark's shirt. "He can't be alone."
"No, Chloe. He's gone," Clark said trying to restrain her.
"Let me die, too," Chloe pleaded, trying to get back to Lex. "Please?"
"Chloe, no!" Clark said in horror. "No!"
"He'll be alone. He needs me!" Chloe cried finally giving in to Clark.
"Shh," Clark said pressing Chloe's head to his shoulder.
"He said he loved me. Why did he leave me if he loved me?" Chloe asked drenching Clark's shirt with her tears. She couldn't tear her eyes off of Lex.
"He couldn't handle it, Chlo. He thought that death was his only way out," Clark said sadly.
"I can't do it, Clark. I can't go on knowing that I could have stopped him," Chloe said sobbing. When Clark's embrace loosened a fraction Chloe slipped back down to Lex. "Oh, God! Lex, what have you done?"
Two weeks later…
"I give up, Dad," Lex said coldly.
"Good, son. It's about time," Lionel said.
"Yes, I thought so," Lex said with distance in his eyes.
"What's going on?" Chloe asked walking into the room.
"Lex is coming home," Lionel said smugly.
"No! Lex, say it isn't true," Chloe pleaded.
"It is. I belong with my father," Lex said. His eyes were open, but it was if he wasn't seeing what was around him.
"I will send the limousine for your belongings in a few days," Lionel said.
"You can't go," Chloe said as Lionel left.
"I must," Lex said absently. "I have no choice."
"Stay for me?" Chloe asked.
"Why would you want me to stay?" Lex asked looking straight ahead.
"I don't know…" Chloe said sadly.
"That's why I'm leaving," Lex said in a monotone.
"No, please don't. Think about it," Chloe said.
"I have no choice. There is only one other way to get around it," Lex said pulling a gun out of his desk.
"Lex? What are you going to do?" Chloe asked fearing for her life.
"I have two choices. I either go with my father, or I don't," Lex said feeling the cool metal in his hand.
"Lex, please. Put it down," Chloe said frantically. She felt in her pocket for her phone and pressed number one on her speed dial.
"I know what I have to do," Lex said simply, his eyes never once looking to Chloe.
"Hello?" Clark asked.
"Lex, put the gun down," Chloe urged loud enough to be heard in the phone.
"I'm coming," Clark said quickly.
Chloe shut off her phone and backed away from Lex. "Please?"
"I have no choice. I can't let my father take over," Lex said, his voice icy. He raised the gun up into the air.
"No!" Chloe shouted wracked with sobs.
"I love you, Chloe," Lex said placing the gun to his head.
Chloe fell to her knees and raised her hands up in a pleading motion. "Please, no. Lex, don't. Please don't. No."
Chloe screamed when Lex pulled the trigger. She stood and ran to him, taking his head onto her lap. "Lex! No. Lex, wake up!"
When Clark walked in a few seconds later Chloe was still talking to Lex. Her jeans and shirt were covered in blood. The blood was already beginning to dry on her hands.
"Lex. Oh, Lex. No, no, no. Lex?" Chloe screamed kissing his bloody forehead.
"Chloe? Oh, God! What happened?" Clark asked in horror.
Chloe looked at him through her tears. "He said he was going back to Metropolis. When Lionel left he started saying that he knew a way around going back. Lex, please wake up. Clark, why won't he wake up?"
"Chloe," Clark said trying to pull her up into his arms.
"No!" Chloe said throwing him off. "He'll be alright. We just have to call an ambulance. He'll be fine. It's just a cut."
"Chlo, it's not just a cut," Clark said.
"Yes, it is!" Chloe shouted. "He'll be okay. He has to be! Lex, look at me!"
"Chloe, he's gone," Clark said.
"No! You're lying!" Chloe shouted, absently caressing Lex's face with her blood-soaked hands.
Clark forced Chloe off of the floor and into his arms.
"No! I want to go with him! Please let me go with him!" Chloe shouted pounding her fists onto Clark's shirt. "He can't be alone."
"No, Chloe. He's gone," Clark said trying to restrain her.
"Let me die, too," Chloe pleaded, trying to get back to Lex. "Please?"
"Chloe, no!" Clark said in horror. "No!"
"He'll be alone. He needs me!" Chloe cried finally giving in to Clark.
"Shh," Clark said pressing Chloe's head to his shoulder.
"He said he loved me. Why did he leave me if he loved me?" Chloe asked drenching Clark's shirt with her tears. She couldn't tear her eyes off of Lex.
"He couldn't handle it, Chlo. He thought that death was his only way out," Clark said sadly.
"I can't do it, Clark. I can't go on knowing that I could have stopped him," Chloe said sobbing. When Clark's embrace loosened a fraction Chloe slipped back down to Lex. "Oh, God! Lex, what have you done?"