Chapter 2: Saving the girl
"If you want me I suggest you leave her alone and come and get me." Clark said, fury in his eyes, the thought of someone hurting Lana was unbearable.
"Clark ..." Lana just couldn't say anything else, she felt her heart stop for a second, and then start beating so hard she could hardly take it.
"So you're Clark Kent, I think you should lose the hero act, or your girl here ..." the man holding the gun said pointing it at Lana. He seemed to be the brain of the operation, since the other guy just stared and didn't say anything, his job was basically to break stuff, and he was pretty good at it too.
"Lana ... , I'm ..." he found it hard to search for words, she looked so beautiful, just the way he had dreamt of her everyday, and she also looked so scared, he just wanted to kill those guys for making her feel like that. "I'm about to do something that you probably won't understand, but I promise I will explain everything to you, just remember that I love you." He said this his heart aching in anticipation of what she might think when she discovered he was an alien.
"Hey kid, I don't think you heard me right ," the guy didn't finish his sentence when he realized that he was gunless and the bat guy was knocked off on the ground. "How did you ... It's not possible ." the man looked around in disbelief, not knowing exactly what had just happened but he knew he had to get out of there. He made a run to the door, but there was Clark standing in front of him.
"Not so fast, now before I let you go you are gonna have to tell me who sent you."
"He said he would kill me if I told anyone, he... he said you would be a problem, I just didn't listen, oh my God, he knew just what you would do. He knew you would show up if I threatened this girl, and he knew you would stop me." The guy was going on and on, not stopping at once, he was speaking too fast and was breathless.
"Who? Who knew about me? I'd start speaking or I won't leave enough of you for him to kill, if you don't tell me his name you will get to him praying to be killed."
Lana just stood there, motionless. She couldn't believe her eyes, how was Clark able to move so fast? She didn't have words, she couldn't think about it, or talk about it, so she just stood there staring at him, hardly even hearing him, however two words caught her attention, that name, how did they not think of it sooner.
"It , it was Lionel Luthor" the terrified man let out in fear.
"Mr. Luthor?!" was all Clark could say, he let his body fall and in this mean time the man ran past him and out the door. Clark was so confused, just how did Mr. Luthor find out about him, and what did he want him for. He then remembered Lana was standing there. He looked straight into her eyes.
"Lana, I , I can explain. Just give me a chance." He pleaded
" I just don't understand, I don't know Clark. You come back after 4 months without even a letter or anything to say you were ok, and you come back now, and you just moved so fast, and I just ..." she let out, there were just too many emotions flowing though her and she just couldn't make sense of her words.
" Lana, I know how hard it must have been, trust me it was hard for me too, but I can explain everything, please, I love you too much to lose you now, just when I was finally able to make it back home. I need you to understand, I need you to know everything, no more secrets, no more lies, I promise, just hear me out. If you ever meant what you said about not giving up on me this is the time to use it." He didn't know how to act in front of her freaked out face.
" Of course I meant it Clark, I'm sorry for being this way but it is really difficult to understand. I spent so much time trying to get over you, thinking you would never come back ..."
" And are you? Over me, I mean" he asked in sad tone, that was the worst thing he could think of happening on his way back, he wasn't even worried about facing his parents, since he knew where they stood, or at least his father. He was so sure that with his mother it would be so much easier, she missed her a lot, and couldn't wait to see her, but right now, he just had to sort things out with Lana.
" No, I'm not. How can you even think that? Did you think you'd walk in here and find me with someone else already? I really do love you Clark, I couldn't move on that fast.
"I'm sorry Lana, I just was so scared of coming back and finding you so mad at me that you didn't love me anymore. I'm so sorry I hurt you like that, I know how it is for you when people leave, just know I didn't do it because I wanted to."
" Then why did you Clark?" she interrupted him.
" I will explain everything, would you just come to my house with me? It's just that I haven't been there yet and I wanna see how my parents are doing. My dad was mad at me, I'm still afraid to face him, and my mom, God, she must be devastated. I was responsible for the baby's death." As he said this, his expression went from worried to sad, he couldn't bear that he had something to do with the baby's death.
" Clark, I just can't believe that you could ever hurt anyone on purpose, how?"
"I'll explain later, come on, the sooner we get home the sooner I get to tell you everything" and with that, they exited the Talon, Lana just locked the door and placed the sign that said "Closed".
"If you want me I suggest you leave her alone and come and get me." Clark said, fury in his eyes, the thought of someone hurting Lana was unbearable.
"Clark ..." Lana just couldn't say anything else, she felt her heart stop for a second, and then start beating so hard she could hardly take it.
"So you're Clark Kent, I think you should lose the hero act, or your girl here ..." the man holding the gun said pointing it at Lana. He seemed to be the brain of the operation, since the other guy just stared and didn't say anything, his job was basically to break stuff, and he was pretty good at it too.
"Lana ... , I'm ..." he found it hard to search for words, she looked so beautiful, just the way he had dreamt of her everyday, and she also looked so scared, he just wanted to kill those guys for making her feel like that. "I'm about to do something that you probably won't understand, but I promise I will explain everything to you, just remember that I love you." He said this his heart aching in anticipation of what she might think when she discovered he was an alien.
"Hey kid, I don't think you heard me right ," the guy didn't finish his sentence when he realized that he was gunless and the bat guy was knocked off on the ground. "How did you ... It's not possible ." the man looked around in disbelief, not knowing exactly what had just happened but he knew he had to get out of there. He made a run to the door, but there was Clark standing in front of him.
"Not so fast, now before I let you go you are gonna have to tell me who sent you."
"He said he would kill me if I told anyone, he... he said you would be a problem, I just didn't listen, oh my God, he knew just what you would do. He knew you would show up if I threatened this girl, and he knew you would stop me." The guy was going on and on, not stopping at once, he was speaking too fast and was breathless.
"Who? Who knew about me? I'd start speaking or I won't leave enough of you for him to kill, if you don't tell me his name you will get to him praying to be killed."
Lana just stood there, motionless. She couldn't believe her eyes, how was Clark able to move so fast? She didn't have words, she couldn't think about it, or talk about it, so she just stood there staring at him, hardly even hearing him, however two words caught her attention, that name, how did they not think of it sooner.
"It , it was Lionel Luthor" the terrified man let out in fear.
"Mr. Luthor?!" was all Clark could say, he let his body fall and in this mean time the man ran past him and out the door. Clark was so confused, just how did Mr. Luthor find out about him, and what did he want him for. He then remembered Lana was standing there. He looked straight into her eyes.
"Lana, I , I can explain. Just give me a chance." He pleaded
" I just don't understand, I don't know Clark. You come back after 4 months without even a letter or anything to say you were ok, and you come back now, and you just moved so fast, and I just ..." she let out, there were just too many emotions flowing though her and she just couldn't make sense of her words.
" Lana, I know how hard it must have been, trust me it was hard for me too, but I can explain everything, please, I love you too much to lose you now, just when I was finally able to make it back home. I need you to understand, I need you to know everything, no more secrets, no more lies, I promise, just hear me out. If you ever meant what you said about not giving up on me this is the time to use it." He didn't know how to act in front of her freaked out face.
" Of course I meant it Clark, I'm sorry for being this way but it is really difficult to understand. I spent so much time trying to get over you, thinking you would never come back ..."
" And are you? Over me, I mean" he asked in sad tone, that was the worst thing he could think of happening on his way back, he wasn't even worried about facing his parents, since he knew where they stood, or at least his father. He was so sure that with his mother it would be so much easier, she missed her a lot, and couldn't wait to see her, but right now, he just had to sort things out with Lana.
" No, I'm not. How can you even think that? Did you think you'd walk in here and find me with someone else already? I really do love you Clark, I couldn't move on that fast.
"I'm sorry Lana, I just was so scared of coming back and finding you so mad at me that you didn't love me anymore. I'm so sorry I hurt you like that, I know how it is for you when people leave, just know I didn't do it because I wanted to."
" Then why did you Clark?" she interrupted him.
" I will explain everything, would you just come to my house with me? It's just that I haven't been there yet and I wanna see how my parents are doing. My dad was mad at me, I'm still afraid to face him, and my mom, God, she must be devastated. I was responsible for the baby's death." As he said this, his expression went from worried to sad, he couldn't bear that he had something to do with the baby's death.
" Clark, I just can't believe that you could ever hurt anyone on purpose, how?"
"I'll explain later, come on, the sooner we get home the sooner I get to tell you everything" and with that, they exited the Talon, Lana just locked the door and placed the sign that said "Closed".
