Downward Spiral Part IV: Sequel to The Sins of the Father
A Smallville story by Merrie
Disclaimer: If I did own anything from Smallville, you would see my name in the credits, now wouldn't you? Alas, I've checked and it's not there.
Summary: Sequel to The Sins of the Father. Lex needs Chloe's help in a big way, but will she be around when he needs her?
Characters: Any and all, including Lance Thorne, and all new, problem causing OFC!!
Author's Note: I AM SO VERY VERY SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO POST!! I've had computer trouble for the past two weeks, and I just now got everything back in working order. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!!
Rating: This story is rated PG-13 for language and drug use.
Chapter Four: Consequences
"I'll get it, Mom." Clark said, getting up to answer the ringing phone. "Hello, Kent residence."
"Clark? It's Gabe Sullivan."
"Oh hello, Mr. Sullivan. We were just sitting down to eat dinner. Is there something we could help you with?"
"No Clark. But you might be able to help Chloe."
"What do you mean? What's wrong?" Clark asked, worry creeping into his voice. His face paled as Gabe told him.
"Clark, honey, what's wrong?" Martha Kent asked him upon seeing the look on his face.
"It's Chloe." Clark said, a distant look on his face as he hung up the phone.
"What about Chloe? Is she alright?" Mr. Kent asked, walking over to his son.
"No, she's at Smallville Memorial. She was in a car accident."
"Oh my God." Martha said, putting a hand to her mouth.
"A car accident with whom?" Jonathan asked with a small frown.
"With Lex." Clark said quickly, heading out the door before his father could respond.
Clark ran at top speed toward the hospital, the only thought running through his brain was that he didn't know what he'd do if Chloe was hurt. 'Or Lex.' He added as an afterthought. Slowing to a fast run, he raced up to the front desk and remembered to look out of breath. "I'm here to see Chloe. Chloe Sullivan. Can you tell me what room she's in please?" Clark asked the stern looking woman.
"You'll have to wait, young man. Ms. Sullivan is still in serious condition. Only family members are allowed in right now, I'm sorry."
"But Mr. Sullivan called me and told me too-"
"It's alright. He can come in and see her." Mr. Sullivan cut in from behind Clark. "Chloe would want it that way."
"Is she alright, Mr. Sullivan?" Clark asked with a silent plea for a yes.
"They don't know yet, Clark. But it could have been a lot worse."
"How is Lex?" Clark asked, hoping not to stir up any negative reactions Mr. Sullivan might be feeling towards him right now. He just had to know.
"They don't know that either, Clark." Mr. Sullivan said with a bitter laugh. "The doctors say he's gone into extreme shock. He wouldn't leave Chloe's side to allow the doctors to operate so they had to sedate him. They actually put him in the same room as Chloe to avoid a scene when he wakes up."
"I've got to see him. Both of them. Can you please take me to them?"
"Of course you can, Clark. Where are your parents?" Gabe asked, casting a confused look toward the door.
"Oh they'll be here in a few minutes. You might want to wait around for them in case they have the same kind of trouble I did though."
"Alright, I'll do that. Chloe and Lex are in room 326 Clark. I'll be there shortly."
"Thank you, Mr. Sullivan." Clark said, making his way to the room.
Clark couldn't hold back a gasp at what he saw before him. There was Chloe. His Chloe, lying in a hospital bed with a rubber oxygen tube sticking out of her mouth. "Oh God, Chloe." He whispered, putting a hand to her face. He quickly used his X-ray vision to run a scan over her. Once he saw that nothing was broken, he frowned. 'What's wrong with her, then?' "Chloe?" he asked, laying a hand on her shoulder. "Chloe, it's me, Clark." He waited a few minutes but there was no response. She just kept on breathing through that goddamned tube, looking as if she might never wake up. Clark narrowed his eyes in anger and looked over to the other side of the room. As soon as his gaze fell upon Lex's still body he softened. Clark moved over to his friend's side and took a good look at him. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with him at all, and yet he seemed dead to the world. Clark reached out a hand to the side of Lex's neck and touched the flesh-colored bandage there. As he did, he remembered what Mr. Sullivan had told him. The doctors had been forced to sedate Lex so they could attend to Chloe. Clark sighed and ran a hand across his face. "Oh Lex, what happened? How could you do this? How could you do this to Chloe?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Lex stirred. "Lex?" Clark called to his friend, trying to bring him back to consciousness. "Are you alright?" Lex groaned and opened his eyes. Clark almost sighed in relief upon seeing his eyes open again, but was stopped by the fevered look he saw in them. "Lex? It's Clark?"
Lex didn't answer, and frantically scanned his eyes around the room, stopping on Chloe's inert body. It was then that Clark noticed the beads of sweat trailing down Lex's face. "Lex?" Clark asked, coming into Lex's line of sight again. "Talk to me, please. Tell me what happened. Tell me what's wrong?" He put his hands on Lex's shoulders and brought the other man's focus onto him. "Lex, tell me what's wrong." As soon as Clark put his hands down, Lex flinched away and climbed off the opposite side of the bed. He stumbled a bit upon standing, the drugs still running through his system. As soon as he did however, he felt to the floor again, clutching his stomach. "Lex?" Clark ran over to his friend who was still on the ground groaning in pain. "I'll be right back, Lex. I'm going to go and get some help." With that, Clark fled the room, leaving Lex to writhe on the floor in pain.
TBC
A/N: So sorry this took so long to post! Thank you for your patience!! The next chap should be up in a day or two!! Keep reading!!
A Smallville story by Merrie
Disclaimer: If I did own anything from Smallville, you would see my name in the credits, now wouldn't you? Alas, I've checked and it's not there.
Summary: Sequel to The Sins of the Father. Lex needs Chloe's help in a big way, but will she be around when he needs her?
Characters: Any and all, including Lance Thorne, and all new, problem causing OFC!!
Author's Note: I AM SO VERY VERY SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO POST!! I've had computer trouble for the past two weeks, and I just now got everything back in working order. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!!
Rating: This story is rated PG-13 for language and drug use.
Chapter Four: Consequences
"I'll get it, Mom." Clark said, getting up to answer the ringing phone. "Hello, Kent residence."
"Clark? It's Gabe Sullivan."
"Oh hello, Mr. Sullivan. We were just sitting down to eat dinner. Is there something we could help you with?"
"No Clark. But you might be able to help Chloe."
"What do you mean? What's wrong?" Clark asked, worry creeping into his voice. His face paled as Gabe told him.
"Clark, honey, what's wrong?" Martha Kent asked him upon seeing the look on his face.
"It's Chloe." Clark said, a distant look on his face as he hung up the phone.
"What about Chloe? Is she alright?" Mr. Kent asked, walking over to his son.
"No, she's at Smallville Memorial. She was in a car accident."
"Oh my God." Martha said, putting a hand to her mouth.
"A car accident with whom?" Jonathan asked with a small frown.
"With Lex." Clark said quickly, heading out the door before his father could respond.
Clark ran at top speed toward the hospital, the only thought running through his brain was that he didn't know what he'd do if Chloe was hurt. 'Or Lex.' He added as an afterthought. Slowing to a fast run, he raced up to the front desk and remembered to look out of breath. "I'm here to see Chloe. Chloe Sullivan. Can you tell me what room she's in please?" Clark asked the stern looking woman.
"You'll have to wait, young man. Ms. Sullivan is still in serious condition. Only family members are allowed in right now, I'm sorry."
"But Mr. Sullivan called me and told me too-"
"It's alright. He can come in and see her." Mr. Sullivan cut in from behind Clark. "Chloe would want it that way."
"Is she alright, Mr. Sullivan?" Clark asked with a silent plea for a yes.
"They don't know yet, Clark. But it could have been a lot worse."
"How is Lex?" Clark asked, hoping not to stir up any negative reactions Mr. Sullivan might be feeling towards him right now. He just had to know.
"They don't know that either, Clark." Mr. Sullivan said with a bitter laugh. "The doctors say he's gone into extreme shock. He wouldn't leave Chloe's side to allow the doctors to operate so they had to sedate him. They actually put him in the same room as Chloe to avoid a scene when he wakes up."
"I've got to see him. Both of them. Can you please take me to them?"
"Of course you can, Clark. Where are your parents?" Gabe asked, casting a confused look toward the door.
"Oh they'll be here in a few minutes. You might want to wait around for them in case they have the same kind of trouble I did though."
"Alright, I'll do that. Chloe and Lex are in room 326 Clark. I'll be there shortly."
"Thank you, Mr. Sullivan." Clark said, making his way to the room.
Clark couldn't hold back a gasp at what he saw before him. There was Chloe. His Chloe, lying in a hospital bed with a rubber oxygen tube sticking out of her mouth. "Oh God, Chloe." He whispered, putting a hand to her face. He quickly used his X-ray vision to run a scan over her. Once he saw that nothing was broken, he frowned. 'What's wrong with her, then?' "Chloe?" he asked, laying a hand on her shoulder. "Chloe, it's me, Clark." He waited a few minutes but there was no response. She just kept on breathing through that goddamned tube, looking as if she might never wake up. Clark narrowed his eyes in anger and looked over to the other side of the room. As soon as his gaze fell upon Lex's still body he softened. Clark moved over to his friend's side and took a good look at him. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with him at all, and yet he seemed dead to the world. Clark reached out a hand to the side of Lex's neck and touched the flesh-colored bandage there. As he did, he remembered what Mr. Sullivan had told him. The doctors had been forced to sedate Lex so they could attend to Chloe. Clark sighed and ran a hand across his face. "Oh Lex, what happened? How could you do this? How could you do this to Chloe?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Lex stirred. "Lex?" Clark called to his friend, trying to bring him back to consciousness. "Are you alright?" Lex groaned and opened his eyes. Clark almost sighed in relief upon seeing his eyes open again, but was stopped by the fevered look he saw in them. "Lex? It's Clark?"
Lex didn't answer, and frantically scanned his eyes around the room, stopping on Chloe's inert body. It was then that Clark noticed the beads of sweat trailing down Lex's face. "Lex?" Clark asked, coming into Lex's line of sight again. "Talk to me, please. Tell me what happened. Tell me what's wrong?" He put his hands on Lex's shoulders and brought the other man's focus onto him. "Lex, tell me what's wrong." As soon as Clark put his hands down, Lex flinched away and climbed off the opposite side of the bed. He stumbled a bit upon standing, the drugs still running through his system. As soon as he did however, he felt to the floor again, clutching his stomach. "Lex?" Clark ran over to his friend who was still on the ground groaning in pain. "I'll be right back, Lex. I'm going to go and get some help." With that, Clark fled the room, leaving Lex to writhe on the floor in pain.
TBC
A/N: So sorry this took so long to post! Thank you for your patience!! The next chap should be up in a day or two!! Keep reading!!