Secrets part 4 - Consequences
Chapter 1
Lex stood talking to a burly looking man. Jonathon and Martha stood uncomfortably to the side. They were in a small room with three computers in. A couple of fairly young boys sat working with the bug they had given them and did not look up once until it seemed as though they had found something. The room was a mess, wallpaper peeling of the walls and a dank smell of moisture was about the air. It made them very uneasy. As if the house itself could not be trusted. Lex finished with the older man and walked over to them.
"He says that the signal is coming from under Luthorcorp," Lex revealed, "Clark must be on the third level of the plant."
"But that doesn't make any sense," said Jonathon.
Lex had thought that too. Gabe Sullivan had once joked about alien autopsies being performed on level three, before they had known it was real and not just a rumour. Now it seemed as though he might have been right. His father must have converted it into a research facility without him even knowing. The bastard, he'd given him the plant to manage and still acted like he was running it. But if the bugs were getting signals from it, then that's were they had to go. In a way it was clever, hiding in plain site. Lex would never have thought to look there.
"Where do we take it from here?" asked Martha.
"I honestly don't know, maybe I could convince my father that I wanted back in," he suggested.
"It's a little risky, I don't want you getting hurt," said Martha sincerely.
"It's up to you," said Jonathon apathetically, "If you think it will help Clark, then do it."
Lex had never thought he could fall any further in Mr Kent's eyes. But unlike all the other times that he had been pissed off with him, this time he had actually done something terrible. He didn't think he could ever face Clark again. Maybe, all though only to a small extent, saving Clark would prove him better than they thought right now. It would at least stop Jonathon from wanting him dead, even if it did mean risking his life.
"I'm doing it," he finally decided.
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Lionel and a team of others had come back several times during the day. They took blood samples, injected him with drugs to see if any effected him. Subjected him to numerous tasks and forced him to demonstrate his X- ray vision. It had left Clark with little of himself left. He was a wreck. Anyone who saw him would think he was crazy. The only thing that kept him going was Lana. Her name spoke to him with comfort; it was all that was keeping him from disappearing into his own heart. Hate bubbled up inside him again and he felt that he could kill Lionel for this, no matter what the consequences.
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Chapter 1
Lex stood talking to a burly looking man. Jonathon and Martha stood uncomfortably to the side. They were in a small room with three computers in. A couple of fairly young boys sat working with the bug they had given them and did not look up once until it seemed as though they had found something. The room was a mess, wallpaper peeling of the walls and a dank smell of moisture was about the air. It made them very uneasy. As if the house itself could not be trusted. Lex finished with the older man and walked over to them.
"He says that the signal is coming from under Luthorcorp," Lex revealed, "Clark must be on the third level of the plant."
"But that doesn't make any sense," said Jonathon.
Lex had thought that too. Gabe Sullivan had once joked about alien autopsies being performed on level three, before they had known it was real and not just a rumour. Now it seemed as though he might have been right. His father must have converted it into a research facility without him even knowing. The bastard, he'd given him the plant to manage and still acted like he was running it. But if the bugs were getting signals from it, then that's were they had to go. In a way it was clever, hiding in plain site. Lex would never have thought to look there.
"Where do we take it from here?" asked Martha.
"I honestly don't know, maybe I could convince my father that I wanted back in," he suggested.
"It's a little risky, I don't want you getting hurt," said Martha sincerely.
"It's up to you," said Jonathon apathetically, "If you think it will help Clark, then do it."
Lex had never thought he could fall any further in Mr Kent's eyes. But unlike all the other times that he had been pissed off with him, this time he had actually done something terrible. He didn't think he could ever face Clark again. Maybe, all though only to a small extent, saving Clark would prove him better than they thought right now. It would at least stop Jonathon from wanting him dead, even if it did mean risking his life.
"I'm doing it," he finally decided.
* * * * *
Lionel and a team of others had come back several times during the day. They took blood samples, injected him with drugs to see if any effected him. Subjected him to numerous tasks and forced him to demonstrate his X- ray vision. It had left Clark with little of himself left. He was a wreck. Anyone who saw him would think he was crazy. The only thing that kept him going was Lana. Her name spoke to him with comfort; it was all that was keeping him from disappearing into his own heart. Hate bubbled up inside him again and he felt that he could kill Lionel for this, no matter what the consequences.
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