Chapter 2: Forcfully revealing secrets
"What the hell is this? Is this some kind of game?" Lex asked when he was sure his voice wouldnt falter. "This is no game Lex, this is a matter of importance. The power this child holds could be just what LuthorCorp needs to stay ahead the world." You could clearly hear the disgust in his voice when he said 'child'. Almost like it had left a bad taste in his mouth. "And what power is that Dad?" Lex asked. Lex had to stay calm, he wanted to help her but at the same time he was intrigued as to what his father meant. "Come with me, I will show you what I mean." He led Lex to the door and stepped inside, following behind was one of his fathers drones whose lip curled when Lex glanced over at him. Lex dismissed the look and instead stared at the figure that was on the floor bound by the chains.
Her name was Naomi Meyers newly arrived in Smallville. She had quickley befriended Clark, thus knocking Lana off of his 'Lust List' as Lex liked to call it. She was the tom-boy type and Lex had found out she -like Clark- was adopted. Clark had insisted that he agree to meet her, and Lex whole-heartedly agreed. Besides who was he to disagree meeting the girl that turned Clark from Lana? This was something to see since Clark had a one- track mind when it came to girls, the only person he saw Clark googling over was Lana, finally something new.
Soon after he met her he could tell why Clark liked her, she was open- minded and yet she was still cautious to judge. She was 2 years older than Clark and this was her senior year of high school. Lex had also had a feeling that he had met her before, but when he asked she just said that she always looks familiar to some person or another. Even with that said Lex couldnt shake the feeling and instead tried to remember everyone he had met in Metropolis -which was alot of people, none of which were so nice to him- so it was a dead end. She had wonderful sense of humor -unlike Lana- she also regarded Lex as a person and not a name. She seemed to get along with Chloe and Pete, even Whitney liked her -although Whitney isnt hard to please- but Lana shied away from her. Lex guessed she felt threatened that someone else was as popular as her. The thing that got Lex most was the way Naomi regarded Lana, everytime she saw Lana she would retreat behind one of her many facades -something he knew too well, seeing that he has many of his own- and she seemed to be sizing Lana up.
Lex did have his doubts about her however, she shied away from school activities such as Cheerleading -even though she was offered the co-captian position- she stuck more towards choir and even offered to help Chloe with 'The Torch' when she had extra time. About a month and a half after she had moved to Smallville she'd turned up missing. Her mother was worried and Clark had asked me if I had seen her. That was two months ago, after about a month the police had decided to close the case, while me being a friend of Clark's, I continued to search secretly. This was the last place Lex would have thought to look.
She was hunched over, sitting on her knees and her forehead was currently resting against the floor, her dark red hair covering her face. Her breathing was a bit ragged and slow, she didnt acknowledge our presence in the room. The drone that followed us in walked over to her and kicked her roughly at her side and she let out a pained groan immediately looking up towards us. Her eyes widened when she noticed me and she laughed, her voice was rough and ragged. Her eyes were a bit puffy and her bottom lip was swelled and busted. Dried blood gathered at the corner of her mouth but she seemed oblivious to the discomfort and instead chose to straighten and speak.
"Nice of you to join us, Lex. Come to aid your father in his discovery?" She sounded angry and hurt but at the same time a hint of hopefulness crept into her voice. I chose to remain quiet and I habitually shoved my hands into my pockets. I thumbed my cell phone waiting for a moment to hit the speed dial number for the penthouse, knowing that Clark would hear us talking and would come to my rescue once again. It seemed that everytime Lex was in trouble Clark was there to help. Still I wonder how he knows when im in trouble. Its because he's different, thats why he knows this stuff, his inner voice scolded him. He's the reason you spend so much money in keeping him under servelince, you have since he pulled you and Earl from the catwalk in Level 3. You still have doubts that you hit him that day on the bridge, what did Phelan blackmail him with and what about the blur of movement that was on the tape from the mueseum? Face it Lex, he truly is your mysterious guardian angel. His fathers annoyingly monotone voice woke him from his reveries.
"Why he is here is nothing of your concern, just think of him as a fly on the wall." My father had no emotion in his voice talking as if he were in a meeting. He motioned for his drone and Naomi looked over to him, on cue he pulled out a gun and pointed it towards the girl. My heart felt as if it were going to leap out of my chest, she didnt seem affected by it and looked back towards us.
"Lex pay attention, she may look weak and harmless but i assure you she is nothing of the kind." He turned and looked at me and I met him with a steely look, hiding my emotions at the same time hit the speed dial. This is the best time as any to alert Clark of my problem. "What good will shooting her be? Wouldnt it ruin your tests with a dead subject?" I said with a netural voice, I was hoping Clark could hear if not I was in deep trouble. Without notice he nodded towards his drone and immediately shots ran out and I looked on in horror and fascination as the bullets hit her chest and bounced off. As soon as it had started it was finished, she was bent over and I heard a small groan escape. Bullets barely hurt her. I glanced up at my father and back down to her. Unbelievable! This was something to be fascinated about. This truly is a discovery! I squashed down my inner scientist and looked back at my father. He had a smile upon his face and his eyes shone of evil. He was heartless, of course I knew that but this was way across the line of curiosity and to the point of insanity. I was fearfull of what my father had done and what he was planning to do and I needed to do something to stop him, but before I could react he spoke.
"It seems you were investigating the wrong person Lex. While you were looking into that Kent kid you let the real problem slip about unnoticed." He said this with little emotion although the tiniest bit of anger was in his voice. The mention that he knew of my investigations into Clark almost made withdraw my next question. Almost. "Just what do you plan to do with her?" I ask fearfull of what the answer might be. Knowing that if I survive this Clark wont be to happy finding out my investigations, it may just be the boulder that crushes this friendship. Funny even in a dangerous situation you can still make bad jokes.
"I plan to study her weaknesses and see how she got to be like this. I've already found out that the meteor rocks weaken her it also allows some pain to register. Somehow I have doubts that she is indeed human." He walked around behind her while he said this looking up at me looking for a reaction. I merely shrugged and looked back down at Naomi. When I caught sight of Lionel looking down I snatched the phone from my pocket and spoke into it quickly, thankfully Clark had been listing and was still there, I told him to call the police and come and help before I was roughly pushed back agaisnt the wall and knocked out.
"What the hell is this? Is this some kind of game?" Lex asked when he was sure his voice wouldnt falter. "This is no game Lex, this is a matter of importance. The power this child holds could be just what LuthorCorp needs to stay ahead the world." You could clearly hear the disgust in his voice when he said 'child'. Almost like it had left a bad taste in his mouth. "And what power is that Dad?" Lex asked. Lex had to stay calm, he wanted to help her but at the same time he was intrigued as to what his father meant. "Come with me, I will show you what I mean." He led Lex to the door and stepped inside, following behind was one of his fathers drones whose lip curled when Lex glanced over at him. Lex dismissed the look and instead stared at the figure that was on the floor bound by the chains.
Her name was Naomi Meyers newly arrived in Smallville. She had quickley befriended Clark, thus knocking Lana off of his 'Lust List' as Lex liked to call it. She was the tom-boy type and Lex had found out she -like Clark- was adopted. Clark had insisted that he agree to meet her, and Lex whole-heartedly agreed. Besides who was he to disagree meeting the girl that turned Clark from Lana? This was something to see since Clark had a one- track mind when it came to girls, the only person he saw Clark googling over was Lana, finally something new.
Soon after he met her he could tell why Clark liked her, she was open- minded and yet she was still cautious to judge. She was 2 years older than Clark and this was her senior year of high school. Lex had also had a feeling that he had met her before, but when he asked she just said that she always looks familiar to some person or another. Even with that said Lex couldnt shake the feeling and instead tried to remember everyone he had met in Metropolis -which was alot of people, none of which were so nice to him- so it was a dead end. She had wonderful sense of humor -unlike Lana- she also regarded Lex as a person and not a name. She seemed to get along with Chloe and Pete, even Whitney liked her -although Whitney isnt hard to please- but Lana shied away from her. Lex guessed she felt threatened that someone else was as popular as her. The thing that got Lex most was the way Naomi regarded Lana, everytime she saw Lana she would retreat behind one of her many facades -something he knew too well, seeing that he has many of his own- and she seemed to be sizing Lana up.
Lex did have his doubts about her however, she shied away from school activities such as Cheerleading -even though she was offered the co-captian position- she stuck more towards choir and even offered to help Chloe with 'The Torch' when she had extra time. About a month and a half after she had moved to Smallville she'd turned up missing. Her mother was worried and Clark had asked me if I had seen her. That was two months ago, after about a month the police had decided to close the case, while me being a friend of Clark's, I continued to search secretly. This was the last place Lex would have thought to look.
She was hunched over, sitting on her knees and her forehead was currently resting against the floor, her dark red hair covering her face. Her breathing was a bit ragged and slow, she didnt acknowledge our presence in the room. The drone that followed us in walked over to her and kicked her roughly at her side and she let out a pained groan immediately looking up towards us. Her eyes widened when she noticed me and she laughed, her voice was rough and ragged. Her eyes were a bit puffy and her bottom lip was swelled and busted. Dried blood gathered at the corner of her mouth but she seemed oblivious to the discomfort and instead chose to straighten and speak.
"Nice of you to join us, Lex. Come to aid your father in his discovery?" She sounded angry and hurt but at the same time a hint of hopefulness crept into her voice. I chose to remain quiet and I habitually shoved my hands into my pockets. I thumbed my cell phone waiting for a moment to hit the speed dial number for the penthouse, knowing that Clark would hear us talking and would come to my rescue once again. It seemed that everytime Lex was in trouble Clark was there to help. Still I wonder how he knows when im in trouble. Its because he's different, thats why he knows this stuff, his inner voice scolded him. He's the reason you spend so much money in keeping him under servelince, you have since he pulled you and Earl from the catwalk in Level 3. You still have doubts that you hit him that day on the bridge, what did Phelan blackmail him with and what about the blur of movement that was on the tape from the mueseum? Face it Lex, he truly is your mysterious guardian angel. His fathers annoyingly monotone voice woke him from his reveries.
"Why he is here is nothing of your concern, just think of him as a fly on the wall." My father had no emotion in his voice talking as if he were in a meeting. He motioned for his drone and Naomi looked over to him, on cue he pulled out a gun and pointed it towards the girl. My heart felt as if it were going to leap out of my chest, she didnt seem affected by it and looked back towards us.
"Lex pay attention, she may look weak and harmless but i assure you she is nothing of the kind." He turned and looked at me and I met him with a steely look, hiding my emotions at the same time hit the speed dial. This is the best time as any to alert Clark of my problem. "What good will shooting her be? Wouldnt it ruin your tests with a dead subject?" I said with a netural voice, I was hoping Clark could hear if not I was in deep trouble. Without notice he nodded towards his drone and immediately shots ran out and I looked on in horror and fascination as the bullets hit her chest and bounced off. As soon as it had started it was finished, she was bent over and I heard a small groan escape. Bullets barely hurt her. I glanced up at my father and back down to her. Unbelievable! This was something to be fascinated about. This truly is a discovery! I squashed down my inner scientist and looked back at my father. He had a smile upon his face and his eyes shone of evil. He was heartless, of course I knew that but this was way across the line of curiosity and to the point of insanity. I was fearfull of what my father had done and what he was planning to do and I needed to do something to stop him, but before I could react he spoke.
"It seems you were investigating the wrong person Lex. While you were looking into that Kent kid you let the real problem slip about unnoticed." He said this with little emotion although the tiniest bit of anger was in his voice. The mention that he knew of my investigations into Clark almost made withdraw my next question. Almost. "Just what do you plan to do with her?" I ask fearfull of what the answer might be. Knowing that if I survive this Clark wont be to happy finding out my investigations, it may just be the boulder that crushes this friendship. Funny even in a dangerous situation you can still make bad jokes.
"I plan to study her weaknesses and see how she got to be like this. I've already found out that the meteor rocks weaken her it also allows some pain to register. Somehow I have doubts that she is indeed human." He walked around behind her while he said this looking up at me looking for a reaction. I merely shrugged and looked back down at Naomi. When I caught sight of Lionel looking down I snatched the phone from my pocket and spoke into it quickly, thankfully Clark had been listing and was still there, I told him to call the police and come and help before I was roughly pushed back agaisnt the wall and knocked out.