After Clark and Lana left Lex felt much better. He could tell that his plan was working but he was still a little bit worried that Clark would try something before the scheme was complete. Lex knew that when he was finished Clark would be terrified to come near him but until that time he wasn't sure what to do. He sat at the desk in his office for awhile, thinking and eventually it came to him. He remembered that delightfully polite blind teenager…what was his name…ah yes, Matt Murdock. "Hmm…" thought Lex, "I'll send him a letter persuading him to be my assistant and then he can protect me from Clark, should the need arise. I could offer him lots of money to send home to his father, that would be sure to get him. He's devoted to his father…remarkable." Lex felt even better after this stroke of genius and he went off to find someone to send Matt Murdock the message.
Later that week a confused, hopeful Matt Murdock arrives on the steps of Luther Mansion.
Lex saw the car pull up and waited a few minutes before going down to meet Matt. After he decided that the teenager had waited long enough he went down the long staircase to the entryway and said, "Ah, Matt Murdock, thank you for coming. I was so in need of an assistant and I remembered how honest and hard working you seemed when we met before so I decided to hire you," naturally Lex left out the part about needing protection from Clark.
"Oh, well I'm just glad to help," said Matt, "And my father really needed the money, although he has been winning more fights and they say he's really making a comeback…for some reason…I wish I could be a boxer like my dad."
"I wish my father loved me."
"Oh. Umm, yes." This was followed by a long pause. Matt broke the silence by saying, "So, what would you like me to do for starters?"
"Oh!" Lex was surprised, he had forgotten that he'd actually have to give Matt work to make it seem like he was a real assistant, "Well, why don't you go unpack. I'll have someone show you to your room and tell you what time meals are and so on and then I'll have someone else bring up your things."
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When Matt got to his room he was very surprised, "Holy Hasselhoff!" he exclaimed, "This room is almost the size of my apartment back home!"
"Yes…" said the servant, in a voice that was strangely reminiscent of Riff Raff.
Later that night Clark sits around in his barn staring through the telescope into Lana's bedroom…come on, think how creepy that is.
"Oh Lana," Clark murmured, "How could you kiss Lex? I'm in love with you." Then he murmured, "Oh Lex, how could you go out with Lana you know I'm in love with her and you went ahead and broke the code!"
At the same time Lex is sitting in his office gazing at a screen and watching Clark's conversation with himself, you see, he installed cameras in the barn in order to monitor Clark and always be one step ahead.
Lex chuckled, suavely, gazing up at the screen. He was thinking what a complete moron Clark was when a servant walked in and said, "Mr. Luther there's a disturbance in Quadrant T4."
"What are you talking about?" asked Lex.
"I don't know, sir," replied the servant.
"You're fired." The servant left, leaving Lex mildly curious but overall not really interested or concerned.