Madison had just finished up Track practice, it was late. She and the rest of the girls team went into the girl's locker room to gather their stuff. The rest of the team headed home.
" Bye Madison." Said one of her teammates.
" See you tomorrow." Said another.
" Later." She decided to hit the showers before going home, she hated being sweaty. She undressed and wrapped herself in a towel. She went over to the showers and turned them on, when the lights went out. She turned off the shower and looked around.
" Who's there?" She heard something in the corner and tried to look to see what it was, she was scared. There was a thick mist leaking into the locker room. She started to cough and cover her mouth. She felt her way around to the door it was locked. She banged on the door.
" Hello is anyone there?" She heard something behind her. She banged on the door harder .
" Somebody help me!" She coughed from the gas. Clark was busy in the Torch office trying to finish his article before tomorrow or Chloe would have his head. Clark looked up from his work he could have sworn he heard something he got up and went to investigate. Madison pulled on the door but it wouldn't budge. She heard another sound and went to find another exit. She looked all around but couldn't see anything because of the gas. Suddenly out of nowhere she felt a hard object hit the side of her face. She fell backwards to the ground with a thud. She had a bleeding cut on her forehead.
" Who's there?" Something grabbed her and slammed her against the locker. She yelped in pain. She started coughing more from the gas. She heard a laugh coming from somewhere. She got up and started to run, but something stopped her by grabbing her throat. She tried to pull it off but it was like a hand in thin air was restraining her. Clark came bursting in.
"Madison!" The hand let go and she fell to the ground. Clark rushed to her side. She was barely breathing. "Madison are you all right?" She coughed a little. Clark suddenly felt something hard hit him. It was a steel bat. The bat shattered into pieces. He heard a male voice whisper.
" What the..?" He looked around but didn't see anything. He used his X ray vision and saw nothing. The gas started to disappear, and then he saw it. A skeleton appeared out of thin air and rushed out the door. He would have gone after it but he had to take care of Madison who started to come to. He was very confused as to what he saw not sure if it could be possible of if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Lex was sitting in his desk, when Clark came in. He had been waiting for Clark.
" Clark."
" Hey Lex. How's Madison?"
" She's a little shaken but fine. She's had worse days. The hospital's letting her come home today . They had to remove all the poison gas from her lungs. I don't know how to repay you Clark; first you save my life now my little sisters, yet you'll only take my word of thanks."
" Guess Money isn't everything." He said smiling at Lex. Lex chuckled a bit.
" Madison's your little sister?" Clark questioned.
" Well we've been close for a number of years. When she and her family moved to Metropolis I took her under my wing, and when she enrolled in Prep I took care of her. Madison's not from Metropolis and the big changed scared her. I guess my presence was one thing that eased her life. To me Madison was the cute little sister I never had someone who no matter what I did with my life would always accept me and be there for me. For a long while we were the only family each other had. She means a lot to me Clark. I'm not really sure what I would do if anything happened to her."
" Madison a great girl. I'm not sure why anyone would want to attack her."
" I don't know Clark, but I trust somehow you will find out as usual. "
" I'll do what I can Lex." Clark turned to leave.
"I knew I could count on you Clark."