Chapter 2: Obscure Proposals
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"Great going Sullivan." Lex snapped into the darkness.
Chloe spun her head around but didn't manage to quite fully face the man hanging by a cable behind her.
"Do *not* blame this on me! If you'd just stop the whole ego trip..." Chloe trailed off, realising that arguing wasn't going to get either of them anywhere.
"You know what?" Chloe stated, "We can yell at each other later. Right now we've got a dog to rescue."
Lex gritted his teeth, annoyed that he hadn't been the one to end the conflict, "Fine. We're almost at the entrance on the second level. It's not that deep, you just need to pull your upper body through the opening and grab the dog."
Chloe felt around the darkness as her hand made contact with the steel edge of the opening, "Here it is... they weren't lying when they said it was small." she mumbled.
"Can you do it or not?" Lex asked, somewhat impatiently as Chloe stuck her head and arms through the opening.
"No problem... if I reach a little further... I think I can... yes!" the girl exclaimed in triumph.
"What? Did you get the dog?" Lex asked, securing his arm around Chloe's legs... just in case.
"No," she said re-emerging, "But I found the flashlight you dropped."
"The flashlight that *we* dropped," Lex corrected, his comment was blatantly ignored by the blonde girl.
Chloe turned the light on and illuminated the dank column they were in. "Eeeew..." she stated looking at the green goo spilling of the sides.
"So that's where the smell was coming from, and here I was thinking it was your new cologne." Chloe quipped, handing the flashlight to Lex carefully.
"I'm not surprised... with the men you dated, I hardly think you'd know the smell of quality cologne." Lex returned, holding the flashlight into the dark hole. He wasn't entirely sure if he wanted Chloe to go in there.
"Can we please not talk about the men I've had the misfortune of dating?" Chloe asked rolling her eyes as she descended further into the darkness. Strangely enough she wasn't too scared, especially since the man above her had a lethal grip around her legs- just in case.
"Why? Sensitive topic?" Lex smirked as Chloe peered around the second level.
"Very. I don't know why I'm telling you this, but all the guys I date are jerks. Or else they're just really clueless. Anyway, why don't we talk about the wonderful article I'm going to write about this rescue mission instead?" Chloe asked, still searching for the dog. She wasn't about to have a heart to heart with Lex Luthor.
Lex shifted his arms around her legs to get a better hold, "Can't you just drop *one* story? It's not going to kill your career or anything... I'll do you a favour in return?" he suggested. There was no way he could let Chloe write about *this*.
Chloe paused, still hanging upside down. The conversation had just taken an interesting turn...
"What? Like an interview?" she asked curiously.
"No!" Lex stated, thinking hard. What could he do for Chloe that nobody else could?
"I think I have a suggestion..." Lex stated.
"I'm listening." Chloe prompted, shifting aside pieces of metal plates that were lying around to get a better look around the dank sewer.
"I'll help you find a boyfriend!" Lex stated confidently. He couldn't exactly offer to bribe her, and despite popular belief he wasn't going to threaten a sixteen year old into secrecy.
Chloe's laugh echoed around them, "What are you? Smallville's pimp?"
"I'd rather not use that term," Lex said, "Is it wrong to help friends with their relationships? Especially since you'd be doing me a favour in return?"
"Firstly you're not my friend and secondly it's an impossible job, you'd never be able to find be a guy." Chloe stated. She couldn't believe she was discussing this with Lex.
"You're just going about it wrong, I could get you a guy in a week, and I wouldn't have to pay his either!" Lex returned.
"So in return for finding me Mr Right, I'll be sworn to secrecy? I don't know, I guess I'll have to think about-" the girl stopped when her eye caught a slight movement.
"Chloe? What's wrong?" Lex asked, "Do you see it?"
"Yeah, she's in the corner... poor thing, she looks so scared." Chloe's voice filled with compassion for the poor creature. It's brown hair was matted and its ear was torn and bloody.
"Well grab the stupid thing and lets get the hell out of here." Lex ordered.
"I can't reach her." Chloe sighed in frustration extending her arms as far as she could in vain. Maybe she could call it over.
"Come here honey... it's okay, we're here to help you... good girl... we love you so much... who's a pretty girl? Come here sweet-"
"Get over here you stupid animal!" Lex bellowed. The small dog retreated further into its corner and Chloe sighed.
"Thank you Dr Evil, I'll be needing more cable to reach her now."
"We need more cable," Lex said into the earpiece, "What do you mean there's no more?!"
Chloe pulled herself out of the second level next to Lex and thought for a second, "Do you think you can support my weight?"
"I could..." Lex stated, unsure of where the girl was heading with this.
There was only one way to save the dog, and if that meant sacrificing a little of her dignity, then she'd do it.
"Good. I have a plan. Anything that happens from this point onwards should in no way be construed as a sexual act." Chloe stated.
Slowly, she twisted herself around so that her face was opposite Lex's. She then tentatively hung her arm around his shoulder and hooked her legs around his waist.
"Um...?" Lex mumbled, growing more uncomfortable by the second.
"Don't worry, everything's under control." she said into his ear as she unhooked the metal clamp between them so that she could move freely.
"What are you doing, Sullivan?!" Lex snapped, immediately grabbing her back so she wouldn't fall.
"I'm going to let go of you by my arms and hang onto you by my legs, okay?" Chloe said, cringing at how bad the sentence had sounded.
"Alright." Lex said, moving his hand away from her back and resisting the urge to smirk. He shifted so that Chloe's upper body reached fully into the opening and held onto the jagged metal edges to support her weight.
With a quick motion, Chloe picked up the dog and held it close to her. It was shivering slightly as she pulled herself out of the second level. It was definitely a puppy, a very dark, dirty puppy who looked extremely nervous.
"Okay, I got her." the girl said, holding onto Lex's shoulders again.
"Great. Pull us up." Lex ordered into the earpiece. He glanced warily at the animal that wriggled between them.
"Are you sure that's a dog? It looks like an overgrown rat." he stated. "Smells like one too."
Chloe rolled her eyes, "Will you just get us out of here?"
"No problem," Lex stated with a smirk. The situation was resolved.. now all he had to do was make sure Chloe accepted his obscure proposal to find her a soul mate. Easier said than done.
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"Great going Sullivan." Lex snapped into the darkness.
Chloe spun her head around but didn't manage to quite fully face the man hanging by a cable behind her.
"Do *not* blame this on me! If you'd just stop the whole ego trip..." Chloe trailed off, realising that arguing wasn't going to get either of them anywhere.
"You know what?" Chloe stated, "We can yell at each other later. Right now we've got a dog to rescue."
Lex gritted his teeth, annoyed that he hadn't been the one to end the conflict, "Fine. We're almost at the entrance on the second level. It's not that deep, you just need to pull your upper body through the opening and grab the dog."
Chloe felt around the darkness as her hand made contact with the steel edge of the opening, "Here it is... they weren't lying when they said it was small." she mumbled.
"Can you do it or not?" Lex asked, somewhat impatiently as Chloe stuck her head and arms through the opening.
"No problem... if I reach a little further... I think I can... yes!" the girl exclaimed in triumph.
"What? Did you get the dog?" Lex asked, securing his arm around Chloe's legs... just in case.
"No," she said re-emerging, "But I found the flashlight you dropped."
"The flashlight that *we* dropped," Lex corrected, his comment was blatantly ignored by the blonde girl.
Chloe turned the light on and illuminated the dank column they were in. "Eeeew..." she stated looking at the green goo spilling of the sides.
"So that's where the smell was coming from, and here I was thinking it was your new cologne." Chloe quipped, handing the flashlight to Lex carefully.
"I'm not surprised... with the men you dated, I hardly think you'd know the smell of quality cologne." Lex returned, holding the flashlight into the dark hole. He wasn't entirely sure if he wanted Chloe to go in there.
"Can we please not talk about the men I've had the misfortune of dating?" Chloe asked rolling her eyes as she descended further into the darkness. Strangely enough she wasn't too scared, especially since the man above her had a lethal grip around her legs- just in case.
"Why? Sensitive topic?" Lex smirked as Chloe peered around the second level.
"Very. I don't know why I'm telling you this, but all the guys I date are jerks. Or else they're just really clueless. Anyway, why don't we talk about the wonderful article I'm going to write about this rescue mission instead?" Chloe asked, still searching for the dog. She wasn't about to have a heart to heart with Lex Luthor.
Lex shifted his arms around her legs to get a better hold, "Can't you just drop *one* story? It's not going to kill your career or anything... I'll do you a favour in return?" he suggested. There was no way he could let Chloe write about *this*.
Chloe paused, still hanging upside down. The conversation had just taken an interesting turn...
"What? Like an interview?" she asked curiously.
"No!" Lex stated, thinking hard. What could he do for Chloe that nobody else could?
"I think I have a suggestion..." Lex stated.
"I'm listening." Chloe prompted, shifting aside pieces of metal plates that were lying around to get a better look around the dank sewer.
"I'll help you find a boyfriend!" Lex stated confidently. He couldn't exactly offer to bribe her, and despite popular belief he wasn't going to threaten a sixteen year old into secrecy.
Chloe's laugh echoed around them, "What are you? Smallville's pimp?"
"I'd rather not use that term," Lex said, "Is it wrong to help friends with their relationships? Especially since you'd be doing me a favour in return?"
"Firstly you're not my friend and secondly it's an impossible job, you'd never be able to find be a guy." Chloe stated. She couldn't believe she was discussing this with Lex.
"You're just going about it wrong, I could get you a guy in a week, and I wouldn't have to pay his either!" Lex returned.
"So in return for finding me Mr Right, I'll be sworn to secrecy? I don't know, I guess I'll have to think about-" the girl stopped when her eye caught a slight movement.
"Chloe? What's wrong?" Lex asked, "Do you see it?"
"Yeah, she's in the corner... poor thing, she looks so scared." Chloe's voice filled with compassion for the poor creature. It's brown hair was matted and its ear was torn and bloody.
"Well grab the stupid thing and lets get the hell out of here." Lex ordered.
"I can't reach her." Chloe sighed in frustration extending her arms as far as she could in vain. Maybe she could call it over.
"Come here honey... it's okay, we're here to help you... good girl... we love you so much... who's a pretty girl? Come here sweet-"
"Get over here you stupid animal!" Lex bellowed. The small dog retreated further into its corner and Chloe sighed.
"Thank you Dr Evil, I'll be needing more cable to reach her now."
"We need more cable," Lex said into the earpiece, "What do you mean there's no more?!"
Chloe pulled herself out of the second level next to Lex and thought for a second, "Do you think you can support my weight?"
"I could..." Lex stated, unsure of where the girl was heading with this.
There was only one way to save the dog, and if that meant sacrificing a little of her dignity, then she'd do it.
"Good. I have a plan. Anything that happens from this point onwards should in no way be construed as a sexual act." Chloe stated.
Slowly, she twisted herself around so that her face was opposite Lex's. She then tentatively hung her arm around his shoulder and hooked her legs around his waist.
"Um...?" Lex mumbled, growing more uncomfortable by the second.
"Don't worry, everything's under control." she said into his ear as she unhooked the metal clamp between them so that she could move freely.
"What are you doing, Sullivan?!" Lex snapped, immediately grabbing her back so she wouldn't fall.
"I'm going to let go of you by my arms and hang onto you by my legs, okay?" Chloe said, cringing at how bad the sentence had sounded.
"Alright." Lex said, moving his hand away from her back and resisting the urge to smirk. He shifted so that Chloe's upper body reached fully into the opening and held onto the jagged metal edges to support her weight.
With a quick motion, Chloe picked up the dog and held it close to her. It was shivering slightly as she pulled herself out of the second level. It was definitely a puppy, a very dark, dirty puppy who looked extremely nervous.
"Okay, I got her." the girl said, holding onto Lex's shoulders again.
"Great. Pull us up." Lex ordered into the earpiece. He glanced warily at the animal that wriggled between them.
"Are you sure that's a dog? It looks like an overgrown rat." he stated. "Smells like one too."
Chloe rolled her eyes, "Will you just get us out of here?"
"No problem," Lex stated with a smirk. The situation was resolved.. now all he had to do was make sure Chloe accepted his obscure proposal to find her a soul mate. Easier said than done.
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