Chapter 8
"Yes, you could tell me where my real father is," said Lex from behind, a gun pointed at the shape shifter's head.
Lex had thought about his father's weird behaviour and realised that his father would never have said those things. He came to the conclusion it was the shape shifter, and not a minute too soon. The shape shifter turned around to face him, but still held the flask in the same place.
"Well now, isn't this an interesting predicament? You can either kill the bad guy, and your friend, or you can put the gun down on the off chance that I might save you if you tell me where the others are."
Lex tried to think. Through the whole speech, they had been moving around, Lex trying to survey his surroundings, the shape shifter trying not to loose eye contact for a second. Which was the safest angle to take. If he waited anymore Clark would probably die from the pain anyway so he made a snap decision. Then he caught something out of the corner of his eye that made him change his mind.
"No."
"No, to what?"
"To both," said Lex smugly.
"What are you…" he began before being struck on the back of the head. The flask landed on the floor and Kyle picked it up quickly, throwing it down the nearest corridor as Lex walked Clark out the door.
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That night, Lex came up to Clark's barn to find him looking in his telescope again. What he didn't know is he was not watching stars, more like one star, Lana. Hearing Lex's footsteps he turned slowly around. This was going to be uncomfortable.
"Lex, I know that it's a shock, the truth about me…" he began.
"Clark wait," Lex interrupted, "there's something I have to tell you. I'm not going to remember any of this. In…" he looked at his watch, "… approximately 2 minutes I will not remember anything of the last week."
"What?" asked Clark, confused?
"It's something the shape shifter did. He erased my memory. That leaves you one choice. You can either tell me again, or you can act like normal. As though I never found out."
"But I don't know what to do. What do you want me to do?" asked Clark, completely clueless.
Lex thought long and hard.
"Don't tell me," he said finally.
Then his eyes glazed over.
"What am I doing in your barn Clark?" he said after what seemed like hours.
"You… You just came over to say hi."
"Oh, well I have to go, see you Clark"
Clark waved at his friend, knowing that the moment a few minutes ago was the closest Lex would ever be to Clark again.
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A week later Clark was back at school. He was recovering well although for the first few nights his sleep had been restless, full of nightmares and horrors he couldn't bare to face. Kyle and Grianne had gone away together, swearing to help the world, the twins had joined Smallville high, Raven had found his parents again and Jenny and Eric had fallen in love and were off travelling. It seemed that everything was right again. When Chloe saw Clark coming down the hallway she smiled so much that it looked like her mouth would break.
"So, our credited farm boy decides to make an appearance," she said flirtatiously, "where have you been?"
"Sick," he replied after a few seconds. After all, it wasn't exactly a lie. There's something he was sick of, lies and secrets. As Chloe put her arm in his and walked him to their lesson, filling him in on all the new stories, he wondered if one day he would ever be able to let anyone in.
The End
"Yes, you could tell me where my real father is," said Lex from behind, a gun pointed at the shape shifter's head.
Lex had thought about his father's weird behaviour and realised that his father would never have said those things. He came to the conclusion it was the shape shifter, and not a minute too soon. The shape shifter turned around to face him, but still held the flask in the same place.
"Well now, isn't this an interesting predicament? You can either kill the bad guy, and your friend, or you can put the gun down on the off chance that I might save you if you tell me where the others are."
Lex tried to think. Through the whole speech, they had been moving around, Lex trying to survey his surroundings, the shape shifter trying not to loose eye contact for a second. Which was the safest angle to take. If he waited anymore Clark would probably die from the pain anyway so he made a snap decision. Then he caught something out of the corner of his eye that made him change his mind.
"No."
"No, to what?"
"To both," said Lex smugly.
"What are you…" he began before being struck on the back of the head. The flask landed on the floor and Kyle picked it up quickly, throwing it down the nearest corridor as Lex walked Clark out the door.
* * * * * *
*
That night, Lex came up to Clark's barn to find him looking in his telescope again. What he didn't know is he was not watching stars, more like one star, Lana. Hearing Lex's footsteps he turned slowly around. This was going to be uncomfortable.
"Lex, I know that it's a shock, the truth about me…" he began.
"Clark wait," Lex interrupted, "there's something I have to tell you. I'm not going to remember any of this. In…" he looked at his watch, "… approximately 2 minutes I will not remember anything of the last week."
"What?" asked Clark, confused?
"It's something the shape shifter did. He erased my memory. That leaves you one choice. You can either tell me again, or you can act like normal. As though I never found out."
"But I don't know what to do. What do you want me to do?" asked Clark, completely clueless.
Lex thought long and hard.
"Don't tell me," he said finally.
Then his eyes glazed over.
"What am I doing in your barn Clark?" he said after what seemed like hours.
"You… You just came over to say hi."
"Oh, well I have to go, see you Clark"
Clark waved at his friend, knowing that the moment a few minutes ago was the closest Lex would ever be to Clark again.
* * * * *
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A week later Clark was back at school. He was recovering well although for the first few nights his sleep had been restless, full of nightmares and horrors he couldn't bare to face. Kyle and Grianne had gone away together, swearing to help the world, the twins had joined Smallville high, Raven had found his parents again and Jenny and Eric had fallen in love and were off travelling. It seemed that everything was right again. When Chloe saw Clark coming down the hallway she smiled so much that it looked like her mouth would break.
"So, our credited farm boy decides to make an appearance," she said flirtatiously, "where have you been?"
"Sick," he replied after a few seconds. After all, it wasn't exactly a lie. There's something he was sick of, lies and secrets. As Chloe put her arm in his and walked him to their lesson, filling him in on all the new stories, he wondered if one day he would ever be able to let anyone in.
The End
