Chapter 4

As Lex approached, he heard a siren warning that made him hopeful. "That must be Clark," he thought. Straight ahead was the plant and he entered quickly. Before he knew it he had reached the elevator. However, his dad was ruthless and was already prepared. From behind him shots rang out. Lex was forced to duck down, but in all the confusion, he made his way into the elevator and directed it straight down.

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Kyle and the gang had reached the elevator. The twins were holding up Clark, who had come too a little while back. They waited impatiently for the elevator to come down. When the doors opened, they gasped.

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Lex was stunned but quickly moved out of the way. Clark and a group of 6 others clambered into the small elevator as a group of guards came round the corner. The door closed just in time. Lex thought he recognised one of them as Kyle Tippet. Then he glanced at Clark for a second. He had never seen anyone look more out of it, but he seemed coherent. He looked away and spoke to Kyle.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I managed to escape, and with the help of my friends here," he gestured towards the others, " we found Clark and now you. What's going on up there?"

"I came to help Clark, up there, my father's people are shooting at nothing, stupid fools," he told them.

"No wait, Lex," Kyle started, "It's not your father. It's a shape shifter. Your father is . well, we don't know where he is"

Lex was shocked. Maybe he had been wrong about his father. Maybe he really wasn't capable of all the evil things done here. Whoever it was, they had to be stopped. The elevator came to an abrupt stop. The doors opened and what awaited them was an eerie silence that made them hesitate. Where were all the guards? Then Lex picked himself up.

"We have to get out of here," he said, realising the danger they were putting themselves in by waiting.

They rushed to the front exit. Most of then were out of the door but Lex saw something. It was the spaceship. This was his chance to gain back Clark's friendship. Or at least add another brick for rebuilding.

When Lex saw Kyle approaching he said, "Get out of here," he said, "I'll be alright, I can stall them. They think my father controls this operation so they won't shoot me."

Kyle hesitated. The big metal garage like door had begun to close.

"They need you more than I do," said Lex.

"It's too dangerous. What if they know the truth about the shape shifter? Then your dead," said Kyle.

With that Lex stood up and pushed Kyle through the closing doorway, just enough for one person to get through.

"Lex," Kyle screamed as the door finally closed, sealing him inside.

But Lex was determined to fool these people until he could find a way of retrieving the ship. Then suddenly, the elevator began to whir.