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AN: For those who have read my stories, I have revised the story mostly due to the speed of events. The original First/Third tense issue was only due to uploading the stories in Microsoft word. I should have saved it in web layout and uploaded in web format. I intend to do the same with all my stories.
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CHANGESMartha Kent, adoptive mother of a sixteen-year-old runaway alien son, and would have been new mom of either a beautiful baby boy or girl, sat on her living room sofa brooding over the what might have been had she not miscarried her precious unborn baby. Anyone standing anywhere within her vicinity, would have felt her sorrow, because of the intensity of her pain and emotions. The unbearable pain of loosing her children was partly due to loosing her unborn child, but at least she could have lived out her life because the pain would lesson with time. What did cause her immense grief was loosing her 16-year-old, and that was initiated by a very hellish hologram from the biological father of her adopted child. If her son never came home to her, she wasn't sure she could survive.
Her adopted son, although sixteen and a very mature adolescent, was still her beloved child. She couldn't live her life without him. He was her light and joy not just during good times, but also when she was falling. Therefore, when he ran from his home without the intent of coming back, she felt as if someone aimed an arrow and shot directly at her sensitive heart. Therefore, loosing her unborn baby to the fate of death would be very painful, but she would still be able to carry on and go about her life. Where as loosing Clark, was, as if she had died herself.
It's been two long weeks since her 16-year-old son ran away. Two very hellish weeks with constant fighting to relieve the frustration and heartache at not knowing where her son is. Jonathon was not helping the situation and truth be told, the blame belonged to Jonathon alone. Had Jonathon not said anything to her son, then Clark would still be here at her side, comforting her. Instead, he was somewhere all alone in a city where who-knows-how-far-away form his town, coping alone with grief and pain, and above all, the feeling of someone who didn't know they were loved.
Never before had their family life become so complicated. Never before had Clark done something so wrong, and would cause him such desolation, that he felt the need to leave Smallville behind. To make matters worse, Lana was asking an ample amount of questions that they were not prepared to answer; Chloe's giving the cold shoulder on anything relating to Clark, and Pete's on a major gilt trip that's not his fault. She's also hurting for the newly weds that are lying in ICU in metropolis General, neither Lex nor his wife Helen Bryce-Luthor had awakened. She's not sure that Clark had heard the news of Lex's plane crash or he would have been sitting at Lex's side. She so wished she could get hold of him, if at least to give him a synopsis on the prognoses of the condition his best friend was currently in.
Lionel Luthor could not ignore the words of the infamous Dr. Walden. The very doctor whom Lex had hired with the intent of learning the Smallville's caves hidden secret. The moment he'd heard of the caves mystery, he'd been intrigued. The fact that Smallville is centered around one Clark Kent adds to the mysteriousness of Smallville. He was amazed that so many could love someone who was so double faced. No Maybe not double faced, but lying repeatedly, to the ones he holds dear, not that I could really blame him. He is just an adolescent with a secret so big he has to hide it from everyone. What happens after his closest friends find out? Will they still care and be chums? If I were the one with so many secrets of who I am, I would rather not think about the outcome. It would not be pretty. He would probably loose every one of his friends, but is something I am currently doing- by using one of his three closest friends- Chloe, yet, I do not really have the heart to do this, so why am I? He had once thought. However, the concept was a recurring theme.
The deal he was currently enmeshed in had nothing to do with Chloe alone. The motive for fitting Chloe in his scheme was all because of the recent deep strain that inserted itself into their friendship. Chloe isn't his hidden agenda, no that belongs to Clark Kent. You see, since meeting Clark last year, he had been lusting after Clark. Clark was such a beautiful boy both inside and out. He was so perfect for the ultimate corruption, so much so, he had to remind himself of Clark's age, to keep his hands to himself when it concerned Clark. So therefore, would it not be a given for one so evil, or not so strong of a character, to not give into temptation in the corruption of a minor and such exotic beauty and innocence? So hard was this temptation to overcome, that it took all of his skill to control himself, again something so unlike Lionel Luthor; he's known to get everything his way.
For the third time in his life, he felt a strange need and within himself. He needed to and wanted, to protect a person from harm. That was a rarity in and of itself. Why would Lionel Luthor want to protect someone? Even more peculiar, why was it someone from the wrong side of the tracks? Why did he have to lust a after a farmer's son from a backwater small town? It was odd, because at the same time, he was so tempted to corrupt this young innocent with such goodness. Therefore, it was a surprise to himself that he would even attempt at the idea of protecting one so different from himself. It was nearly impossible, but he kept his hands as chained to himself as possible, keeping his hands off his potential 'client'.
Due to his sons past habits of his being bi, there would have to be an attraction for Clark overwhelming his son. He knew about the lusting and also understood it because he was going thru the very same thing. The crushing on Clark was as strong for him as it was for his son, and all he knew was, he is more infatuated with Clark as the days pass. Another obstacle, and most important of all, was that Clark was jailbait due to his age. For any kind of non-friendship relationship with a minor, under the age of consent, is a criminal act. For this reason, he tried to persuade Lex to stop being friends with Clark. He didn't succeed, and it only backfired because Lex is lusting after him also.
Lionel had been taking extra precautions since Lex and Clark started their friendship. He had always used listening devices to eavesdrop on Lex's conversations, so he used newer state-of-the-art equipment. The devices can receive a longer-range distance, so he'd receive information where normally, it would have been impossible if it weren't the newest, most expensive equipment. However, the listening devices were not sufficient, and therefore, after last year's tornado, Lionel had inserted hidden video cameras. They where installed throughout the mansion, every unlocked room had at least one camera and three listening devices. The closed off areas did not have any. There was no need for it, because all the proof he needed was shown in the video cameras.
For a while now, he had been searching for a very talented computer hacker and a locksmith. His intent to hire the locksmith is for no other reason than making a master key and showing how to pick the lock without destroying it. Due to Lex's injuries, he gained access to the locked rooms; he hired experts to break into those rooms, but warned them "In no uncertain terms will these locks be damaged, you will do a clean break, and keep the locks intact. Is that understood?" In one of the rooms, he found some of the evidence he'd been looking for; the Porsche, green and red meteor rocks, computers, files etc. He thanked and rewarded the experts for their service, and sent them on their way.
Another thing Lionel was keeping track of was the Kent family and Clark in particular. It wasn't easy to hold his mask of indifference towards Clark when he is around him. Thing is, Clark's the second male he has strong feelings for, the first was Clarks father Jonathon. For all the hurt Lionel imprinted on Jonathon, as a cover to hide his feelings, he could not take away either of his two chances at happiness, Clark and Martha. It was a good thing he did not, because at least, he has a slim chance at a relationship with Clark in the not-so-far future. He never had an affair with another male before, so why should he start now? For many reasons, he backed away from the idea of same Gender relationships, but he isn't sure he'd be able to resist Clark; he's not sure anyone can. Funny thing is, the way he feels about Clark, he felt for one other person- his dead wife Lillian. Many people call what he felt for Lillian and now Clark, as love. He shouldn't, because he is Lionel Luthor, and Luthors don't love. Funny, isn't it? Lex found love, maybe twice, (if you include his feelings for Clark) and chased after it, being happy with Helen.