Chapter 8

The boy's blood was euphoric. Like nothing Lex had ever experienced. It was like power flooded through him filling him with the information in the stars. He knew everything this boy knew, and everything he would know. He knew he should stop drinking, but he couldn't bear to let it stop. It was taking over him.

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Clark gasped in shock, spluttering. How had he managed to pierce his skin? Why was Lex a vampire? He just didn't understand. Then, just like an epiphany, the explanation came to him. And it was the same one that seemed to always apply to the unexplained. The meteor shower. It must have done more than just make Lex bald in this dimension. It made him into some sort of vampire.

While usually this would have made him feel really guilty, he was too weak to think it through properly. The levels of blood in his system where almost depleted. In short, if Lex didn't stop he would die in a matter of seconds. Clark was determined not to let that happen.

He fought the creature, trying desperately to move his head away from his neck. But it wouldn't move. He was stronger than Clark in this weakened state. In a moment of pure sadness, Clark knew that he was lost.

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Lex flew into the barn wall, crashing through it and landing on the hard earth outside. He got up and looked back at the person who'd attacked him, aghast to find Clark - his Clark - standing over his unconscious victim and lifting him up.

The others watched, also in shock as Clark began to walk slowly out of the barn.

"What are you doing?" Lana screamed.

"I'm taking away my brother, we share the same blood so we share the same enemies. And I will not have you converting him to your side," Clark told her, not turning around once to face her.

Before she could say anything else, he sped off towards the Talon.

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Lex looked around the barn, enraged beyond belief. That wasn't the plan. Clark had made him out to seem a fool. The other vampires joined Lex by the barn wall. They glared back at the kids.

"Leave this place, or you'll never see the dark of night again," Kyle told them.

Lex gave him one last snarl and turned to leave. The sun would be coming up soon anyway. And he needed to know what was going on. Clark had never betrayed him before, and he wasn't about to let him start now. They were equal fighters, even if Clark liked to think otherwise. Lex stayed loyal because of their friendship, and the fact that he was the key to power. And that was something Lex had to have in any lifetime.

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Sorry for leaving you in the lurch. Hope this has made it all better. Will continue soon.. Please review. Pretty please!

OHHHHHHHH. for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, 'Pirates of the Caribbean' is amazing. It only came out in England yesterday and I went to see it hehe. Let's hope that the fact they gave it a sub heading (the curse of the black pearl) immediately means there will be a sequel.