Chloe was in the Torch office researching Dr. Monroe's death when she came across some interesting information.
" What the..........?" She picked up her cell phone and hit speed dial.
" Hello, Kent farm." Clark's voice said on the other line.
" Clark I think I found a name for your Casper." Chloe said excited.
Madison was sitting in Talon reading a book. Lana brought her a latte.
" On the house tonight."
" Lana, you don't have too."
" I wanted to."
" Lana you're really nice. I see why he likes you so much."
" Who?" Lana said confused.
" Clark. Your friend?"
" Oh, Clark, friend, right." She said somewhat disappointed.
"Thanks for the latte but I'm gonna have to take a rain check on the chat session. I told Lex I'd be back in time for dinner."
" Of course. I'm sure dinner at the Luthor Manor are to die for."
" Well, dessert is killer to your thighs." Lana giggled.
" Night Lana."
" Night Madison." Madison got up and walked out of the Talon. It was dark and starting to rain.
" Figures." She walked around the corner to where her car was parked. But before she found her keys. Something grabbed her and put a cloth over her mouth. She fought against it. But she was only hitting thin air. Then she felt a sharp prick in her shoulder and she felt her eyes get heavy and everything went black.
Clark met Chloe in the Torch office where she had the desk covered with papers. " What's up Chloe?"
" Do remember how I said Dr. Monroe worked with human genetic alterations involving meteor rocks. Well his actual job was finding cures for people affected by the meteor rocks. It seems he was funded through Harrison Green. "
" Madison's father."
" But that's not the trippy part. I got his autopsy results back and his cause of death was a poisonous gas called Nioxicide. But there was no evidence of a gas leak anywhere in the building he was murdered in. Then I came across this." She walked over to the table and pulled out an article." A gas explosion at a Smallville factory 6 months ago. One man was caught in the explosion a Mr. Jack Johnson. Though his body never was found. They worked in the smelting factory they were melting meteor rocks to make lead as an experiment. Dr. Monroe worked with a patient from Smallville named Jack, though no last name was given. "
" What does all this have to with Madison?"
" Well the plant was owned by Lionel Luthor but ran by Mr. Green. The factory was closed a week after the accident. The chemical found in Madison's blood steam after the attack was Nixoicide the same thing that killed Dr. Monroe."
" So the explosion turned Jack into a ghost?"
" Well, more like a bonafide gas man. " Clark was a bit lost by the term "gas man".
"Chloe what can this gas man do, other than poison people?"
" Well see he isn't solid, but seeing how he was able to hit you with a bat I think he can channel his atoms to become solid or gas at will making it near impossible to attack him." She thought for a solution. " Liquid nitrogen might work. If you froze him in his solid state he couldn't transfer, thus making him pretty much helpless." Clark nodded his head but it all still didn't add it up. He repeated the information to Chloe to get his story straight because he still couldn't see why the gas man would want to attack Madison.
" So, Dr., Monroe was working on curing him when..." He started.
" Jack got impatient and killed Dr. Monroe blaming..." Chloe answered added in.
" Harrison Green for his misfortune.."
" And attacking..."
" Madison." Clark said. He suddenly got worried as it all hit him. Clark looked at the article again and saw Jack's picture. He realized then where he saw him.
" Chloe I saw this guy outside the Talon a few days ago." It suddenly hit Clark where he needed to go he ran quickly out of the room.
" Really? Maybe I should call the police they can find him before he can hurt anyone." Chloe looked up to see Clark missing. " Clark? Clark?" She rolled her eyes and sighed. " I really wish he'd stop doing that."