Chloe sat in the empty hospital room across from Martha's, and watched what
her eyes could not believe. She had come to do a story on any victims of
the power surge, and had not expected to find the Kents there. When she
had, she crept into the empty room across the hall to see what was going
on. Then things began to get interesting.
She watched Pete and Lionel meet each other in the hall, and look into the window. She watched them enter the room, and how Jonathan let Lionel in. She could hear snippets of conversation, and knew basically what they were talking about. She watched Martha talk to Lionel, and begin to cry, and falling into his arms. She saw Pete slowly slink out of the room. She watched Jonathan look on, slowly accepting what was going on. Chloe watched Lionel talk to Martha, and Jonathan look on. She watched the two proud men stare at each other, thinking the same thoughts about the other, and Martha. She watched as Martha, unnoticed by the two men, slowly turned her head to the window, and looked straight at Chloe. Chloe watched Martha smile weakly at her, before turning her head the other way. She watched Lionel slowly pick her up as if she were a porcelain doll and put her gently down on the bed. She watched as Jonathan and Lionel both put a blanket over her. She watched Lionel kiss her softly on the head.
Chloe watched the two men; rulers of separate worlds that had so inharmoniously collided, speak a few gentle words to each other, each accepting the other because it was the right thing to do, and more importantly, being what Martha would want them to do. She saw Lionel walk briskly down the hall, and Jonathan sink into a chair, gazing at his beloved wife.
Chloe looked on, still in shock from the events in the past few days. First, Lana dating Clark and not telling her. Then the fight with Clark, next him running away. And now, Martha's loss of the baby that apparently only the Kents had known about. Chloe could understand the hesitation to make knowledge of Martha's pregnancy public, she had heard all about the Kents' inability to have a child. How awful this must be for them, the loss of the only chance they had to have their own baby. But, the reporter in her head wanted to know, why now? How could Martha suddenly be able to conceive and get pregnant now, after all these years of not being able to? And the reporter in her head had an answer, an answer very common in Smallville- the Meteor Rocks.
But, the sensible Chloe in her argued the possibility. Martha had not been in Smallville the day of the meteor shower, she had been in Metropolis, with Jonathan, adopting Clark. Chloe's brief research of Clark's adoption had confirmed that fact. That was the day when the adoption papers said he had been picked up. And why would Metropolis United Charities lie? So, the answer to Martha's mystery couldn't have been the meteors. Something struck Chloe as odd about her last thought. Metropolis United Charities. Where had she seen that name before, outside the research of Clark, and the scarring encounter with Rachel DunLeavy? Somewhere, different. After a minute of thinking, it hit her. One day, during a meeting with Lionel, he had to step out for a minute to take a phone call.
"No Snooping!" he had told her jokingly. And therefore, the journalist in her was peaked, and she did just that. Chloe hadn't gotten very far though; she was just looking in a filing cabinet for information on Clark, just to see what Lionel already knew. She found a file, label Metropolis United Charities(C.K/L.D). There was only one paper in it. The paper had only a few lines on it.
DunLeavy-1985-illegitamite son- R. DunLeavy put away-location of boy unknown
Clark Kent-1989-illegal adoption-Jonathan and Martha Kent, Smallville, KA
The paper had no more information, so Chloe had hastily put it back, thinking that the charity was something he had funded and those were special cases he was interested in. But a new thought now entered her brain. What if he was the owner and creator of the charity? Chloe's eyes widened in excitement. Lionel Luthor had done Clark's adoption! But what had the Kents done for this? Chloe started to rapidly ask herself questions; why did they need Lionel to do the adoption? Where did they find Clark? And so on and so forth, then, it hit her.
Lionel ran the agency, but Clark and the DunLeavy case were the only adoptions to ever take place! When she had researched, and sent out info on Clark, Rachel was the only one to respond because she was the only one who could respond! And that's how she was so sure that Clark was her son, because her son was the only one put into Lionel's sham of an agency, and Clark was the only one to ever come out of it! But it had been proven that Clark was not Rachel's son, Lucas was! But Lucas had never been adopted; he had been kept in secret in the agency. But if Rachel wasn't Clark's mother, then who was? And why did Lionel fake the adoption? Chloe smiled with glee. She had just figured out one of the Kent's biggest secrets, and now knew why Clark was so private about his adoption. This was the kind of thing that could ruin him, his family, and Lionel, if anyone ever found out. At least it would give them a lot of attention, which is what Clark never wanted. Chloe couldn't wait to tell Lionel. She would show him who now had the upper hand in their mysterious partnership. She glanced back at Martha and Jonathan and sobered. Martha was still asleep, and now it was Jonathan who was sobbing. She looked sadly on this pitiful site. Did she really want to hurt the Kent family anymore than it already was? Then she turned away and closed her eyes, and all her memories of Clark came rolling back into her brain. How he never forgave her for one bad thing she did. How he yelled at her when she was trying to help him. How he never even told her he was dating Lana. How He always took Lana's side, even when she was wrong. How Clark only cared about Lana and would even use Chloe to get to her. And finally, how Clark would, and did, sacrifice, and use their friendship as a tool to build his relationship with Lana.
Chloe got up and left the room, unnoticed by the mourning Jonathan on the other side of the hall.
Yes, she wanted to hurt them.
She watched Pete and Lionel meet each other in the hall, and look into the window. She watched them enter the room, and how Jonathan let Lionel in. She could hear snippets of conversation, and knew basically what they were talking about. She watched Martha talk to Lionel, and begin to cry, and falling into his arms. She saw Pete slowly slink out of the room. She watched Jonathan look on, slowly accepting what was going on. Chloe watched Lionel talk to Martha, and Jonathan look on. She watched the two proud men stare at each other, thinking the same thoughts about the other, and Martha. She watched as Martha, unnoticed by the two men, slowly turned her head to the window, and looked straight at Chloe. Chloe watched Martha smile weakly at her, before turning her head the other way. She watched Lionel slowly pick her up as if she were a porcelain doll and put her gently down on the bed. She watched as Jonathan and Lionel both put a blanket over her. She watched Lionel kiss her softly on the head.
Chloe watched the two men; rulers of separate worlds that had so inharmoniously collided, speak a few gentle words to each other, each accepting the other because it was the right thing to do, and more importantly, being what Martha would want them to do. She saw Lionel walk briskly down the hall, and Jonathan sink into a chair, gazing at his beloved wife.
Chloe looked on, still in shock from the events in the past few days. First, Lana dating Clark and not telling her. Then the fight with Clark, next him running away. And now, Martha's loss of the baby that apparently only the Kents had known about. Chloe could understand the hesitation to make knowledge of Martha's pregnancy public, she had heard all about the Kents' inability to have a child. How awful this must be for them, the loss of the only chance they had to have their own baby. But, the reporter in her head wanted to know, why now? How could Martha suddenly be able to conceive and get pregnant now, after all these years of not being able to? And the reporter in her head had an answer, an answer very common in Smallville- the Meteor Rocks.
But, the sensible Chloe in her argued the possibility. Martha had not been in Smallville the day of the meteor shower, she had been in Metropolis, with Jonathan, adopting Clark. Chloe's brief research of Clark's adoption had confirmed that fact. That was the day when the adoption papers said he had been picked up. And why would Metropolis United Charities lie? So, the answer to Martha's mystery couldn't have been the meteors. Something struck Chloe as odd about her last thought. Metropolis United Charities. Where had she seen that name before, outside the research of Clark, and the scarring encounter with Rachel DunLeavy? Somewhere, different. After a minute of thinking, it hit her. One day, during a meeting with Lionel, he had to step out for a minute to take a phone call.
"No Snooping!" he had told her jokingly. And therefore, the journalist in her was peaked, and she did just that. Chloe hadn't gotten very far though; she was just looking in a filing cabinet for information on Clark, just to see what Lionel already knew. She found a file, label Metropolis United Charities(C.K/L.D). There was only one paper in it. The paper had only a few lines on it.
DunLeavy-1985-illegitamite son- R. DunLeavy put away-location of boy unknown
Clark Kent-1989-illegal adoption-Jonathan and Martha Kent, Smallville, KA
The paper had no more information, so Chloe had hastily put it back, thinking that the charity was something he had funded and those were special cases he was interested in. But a new thought now entered her brain. What if he was the owner and creator of the charity? Chloe's eyes widened in excitement. Lionel Luthor had done Clark's adoption! But what had the Kents done for this? Chloe started to rapidly ask herself questions; why did they need Lionel to do the adoption? Where did they find Clark? And so on and so forth, then, it hit her.
Lionel ran the agency, but Clark and the DunLeavy case were the only adoptions to ever take place! When she had researched, and sent out info on Clark, Rachel was the only one to respond because she was the only one who could respond! And that's how she was so sure that Clark was her son, because her son was the only one put into Lionel's sham of an agency, and Clark was the only one to ever come out of it! But it had been proven that Clark was not Rachel's son, Lucas was! But Lucas had never been adopted; he had been kept in secret in the agency. But if Rachel wasn't Clark's mother, then who was? And why did Lionel fake the adoption? Chloe smiled with glee. She had just figured out one of the Kent's biggest secrets, and now knew why Clark was so private about his adoption. This was the kind of thing that could ruin him, his family, and Lionel, if anyone ever found out. At least it would give them a lot of attention, which is what Clark never wanted. Chloe couldn't wait to tell Lionel. She would show him who now had the upper hand in their mysterious partnership. She glanced back at Martha and Jonathan and sobered. Martha was still asleep, and now it was Jonathan who was sobbing. She looked sadly on this pitiful site. Did she really want to hurt the Kent family anymore than it already was? Then she turned away and closed her eyes, and all her memories of Clark came rolling back into her brain. How he never forgave her for one bad thing she did. How he yelled at her when she was trying to help him. How he never even told her he was dating Lana. How He always took Lana's side, even when she was wrong. How Clark only cared about Lana and would even use Chloe to get to her. And finally, how Clark would, and did, sacrifice, and use their friendship as a tool to build his relationship with Lana.
Chloe got up and left the room, unnoticed by the mourning Jonathan on the other side of the hall.
Yes, she wanted to hurt them.