The taxi pulled off of the main street and headed down the long dirt road
that led to the Kent home. Lex was busy sorting through some papers when he
looked up and saw Nixon, and Lex's car speeding towards them.
"Driver, pull over!" Lex shouted as the driver complied. Lex hopped out of the car and saw Nixon drawing closer, slowing down now that he saw Lex. Lex stood in the middle of the road and Nixon came to a sudden stop in front of him. Nixon tumbled out of the car, out of breath and bleeding from a cut over his head.
"Lex...the Kents...I have...proof...John...attacked me, I...had to...defend myself..." Nixon panted, out of breath and scared as well. Lex grabbed Nixon by the collar and threw him in to the car.
"I told you.the Kent project is closed!" Lex pulled Nixon off his feet and threw him into the car again.
"Lex...I have...proof!" Nixon pulled a video tape out of his jacket and handed it to Lex. Lex took the video and examined it for a moment
"So this is all the proof you have?" Lex questioned, looking down and the bloody and beaten Nixon
"Yes... but...I...I saw...the." Before Nixon could finish, Lex pulled the video apart, pulling out the stream of film and cracking the tape apart. Lex tossed the destroyed film in to a puddle as Nixon looked on in shock
"Do you realize what youve done! that could have been the biggest story in history!" Nixon staggered to his feet and spit in Lex's face
"Oh...I most certainly realize what I've done. I've kept you around too long and you've put my relationship with the Kent family in jeopardy!" Lex shouted at Nixon as he wiped the spit off his face. In the distance, Johnathan Kent began to jog towards the two men. As he grew closer Lex lay into Nixon with a series of punches and then threw him into the backseat of Lex's car. Lex drove towards Johnathan Kent, who stopped running when he saw the car headed back towards him. Lex pulled up next to Johnathan and stepped out of the car, and as soon as he did Johnathan was upon him. He grabbed him by the shirt collar and stared into his eyes coldly.
"You have a hell of a lot of explaining to do!" Jon screamed.
"Mr. Kent, if you'll just calm down, I can explain everything." Lex said as Jon eased off a bit, but still held on to Lex. "Nixon was acting without my authority, whatever damaged he may have caused your family I will reimburse, but, again, Nixon acted alone. Mr. Kent...Johnathan.my relationship with your family means a great deal to me, Nixon put that in Jeopardy...and as you can see, I was upset with him for that."
"Beating up your lacky dosen't put you in my favors Lex. What was Nixon looking for? Why was he intrested in my family, and where is the footage he had of Clark?" Johnathan asked angrily.
"I dont know what he was looking for. Like I said, he acted alone. The footage: I destroyed it. If you don't believe me, you can walk up the road and look for yourself. It's in a puddle up there. Mr. Kent, please believe me, I did not want this to happen!" Lex pleaded. John let go of his grip and walked towards the taxi parked several hundred meters away. The two men walked towards the Taxi and eventually came upon the destroyed footage. It was where Lex said it would be--in a puddle.
"Thank you, Lex...this...means a lot." John said as he picked up the destroyed tape up and looked at it. The two men then turned to head back to the Kent Farm, only to have Lex's car come speeding towards them. John was still examining the tape, but Lex saw the car coming at them. He jumped on top of Johnathan and the two men rolled out of the harm's way. However, the taxi was right behind the two men. Nixon couldn't stop in time, thus the taxi driver ran from the vehicle as Nixon slammed in to it at full speed. Lex and Johnathan continued to roll away as the cars exploded and bits of scrap metal flew in every direction. As the smoke cleared, Johnathan and Lex stood back up.
"We'd better call the hospital!" Johnathan said, forgetting the pain and torment that Nixon had put him through that day.
"No...there is no way he survived that," Lex commented, as he felt the left side of his chest tingle with pain. The rolling had irritated his already injuried ribs and his bandage had peeled off a bit. "John, do you mind if i get taped back up at your home, my ribs..." Lex lifted his shirt and showed that he had indeed aggravated an already serious injury, and the blood was dripping out of his re-opened wound.
"My gosh, Lex. What happened?" Johnathan asked in shock.
"The mansion was destroyed. I got this injury trying to save my father from being trapped under it as it collapseed and I ended up getting trapped under the rubble myself." Lex realized that all this happened mere hours ago. The pain began to increase, and Lex had to sit down on the dirt road. His expensive suit was covered in blood, some his, some Nixons. He breathed deeply for a few moments and then stood back up and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed a number and put the phone against his ear.
"This is Lex Luthor, there has been an accident on the road near the Kent farm...Yes...alright...yes, the taxi driver will meet you here...No, no, no I wasn't hurt in the accident...uh huh...thank you" Lex flipped his phone shut and walked towards Johnathan.
"Why did you call it in?" Mr Kent asked.
"Someone has to come to give that taxi driver a ride home," Lex laughed and hobbled back towards the Kent farm behind Johnathan. J ohn was a ways ahead of Lex when Lex walked over the tape. It had rolled out of Mr. Kent's hands when Nixon tried to run them down. Lex looked at it. He then picked it up and placed it in his inside coat pocket, then he continued to walk towards the Kent Farm.
"Driver, pull over!" Lex shouted as the driver complied. Lex hopped out of the car and saw Nixon drawing closer, slowing down now that he saw Lex. Lex stood in the middle of the road and Nixon came to a sudden stop in front of him. Nixon tumbled out of the car, out of breath and bleeding from a cut over his head.
"Lex...the Kents...I have...proof...John...attacked me, I...had to...defend myself..." Nixon panted, out of breath and scared as well. Lex grabbed Nixon by the collar and threw him in to the car.
"I told you.the Kent project is closed!" Lex pulled Nixon off his feet and threw him into the car again.
"Lex...I have...proof!" Nixon pulled a video tape out of his jacket and handed it to Lex. Lex took the video and examined it for a moment
"So this is all the proof you have?" Lex questioned, looking down and the bloody and beaten Nixon
"Yes... but...I...I saw...the." Before Nixon could finish, Lex pulled the video apart, pulling out the stream of film and cracking the tape apart. Lex tossed the destroyed film in to a puddle as Nixon looked on in shock
"Do you realize what youve done! that could have been the biggest story in history!" Nixon staggered to his feet and spit in Lex's face
"Oh...I most certainly realize what I've done. I've kept you around too long and you've put my relationship with the Kent family in jeopardy!" Lex shouted at Nixon as he wiped the spit off his face. In the distance, Johnathan Kent began to jog towards the two men. As he grew closer Lex lay into Nixon with a series of punches and then threw him into the backseat of Lex's car. Lex drove towards Johnathan Kent, who stopped running when he saw the car headed back towards him. Lex pulled up next to Johnathan and stepped out of the car, and as soon as he did Johnathan was upon him. He grabbed him by the shirt collar and stared into his eyes coldly.
"You have a hell of a lot of explaining to do!" Jon screamed.
"Mr. Kent, if you'll just calm down, I can explain everything." Lex said as Jon eased off a bit, but still held on to Lex. "Nixon was acting without my authority, whatever damaged he may have caused your family I will reimburse, but, again, Nixon acted alone. Mr. Kent...Johnathan.my relationship with your family means a great deal to me, Nixon put that in Jeopardy...and as you can see, I was upset with him for that."
"Beating up your lacky dosen't put you in my favors Lex. What was Nixon looking for? Why was he intrested in my family, and where is the footage he had of Clark?" Johnathan asked angrily.
"I dont know what he was looking for. Like I said, he acted alone. The footage: I destroyed it. If you don't believe me, you can walk up the road and look for yourself. It's in a puddle up there. Mr. Kent, please believe me, I did not want this to happen!" Lex pleaded. John let go of his grip and walked towards the taxi parked several hundred meters away. The two men walked towards the Taxi and eventually came upon the destroyed footage. It was where Lex said it would be--in a puddle.
"Thank you, Lex...this...means a lot." John said as he picked up the destroyed tape up and looked at it. The two men then turned to head back to the Kent Farm, only to have Lex's car come speeding towards them. John was still examining the tape, but Lex saw the car coming at them. He jumped on top of Johnathan and the two men rolled out of the harm's way. However, the taxi was right behind the two men. Nixon couldn't stop in time, thus the taxi driver ran from the vehicle as Nixon slammed in to it at full speed. Lex and Johnathan continued to roll away as the cars exploded and bits of scrap metal flew in every direction. As the smoke cleared, Johnathan and Lex stood back up.
"We'd better call the hospital!" Johnathan said, forgetting the pain and torment that Nixon had put him through that day.
"No...there is no way he survived that," Lex commented, as he felt the left side of his chest tingle with pain. The rolling had irritated his already injuried ribs and his bandage had peeled off a bit. "John, do you mind if i get taped back up at your home, my ribs..." Lex lifted his shirt and showed that he had indeed aggravated an already serious injury, and the blood was dripping out of his re-opened wound.
"My gosh, Lex. What happened?" Johnathan asked in shock.
"The mansion was destroyed. I got this injury trying to save my father from being trapped under it as it collapseed and I ended up getting trapped under the rubble myself." Lex realized that all this happened mere hours ago. The pain began to increase, and Lex had to sit down on the dirt road. His expensive suit was covered in blood, some his, some Nixons. He breathed deeply for a few moments and then stood back up and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed a number and put the phone against his ear.
"This is Lex Luthor, there has been an accident on the road near the Kent farm...Yes...alright...yes, the taxi driver will meet you here...No, no, no I wasn't hurt in the accident...uh huh...thank you" Lex flipped his phone shut and walked towards Johnathan.
"Why did you call it in?" Mr Kent asked.
"Someone has to come to give that taxi driver a ride home," Lex laughed and hobbled back towards the Kent farm behind Johnathan. J ohn was a ways ahead of Lex when Lex walked over the tape. It had rolled out of Mr. Kent's hands when Nixon tried to run them down. Lex looked at it. He then picked it up and placed it in his inside coat pocket, then he continued to walk towards the Kent Farm.