Poltergeist by Electric Spyro
A.n. hi again! here's the next chapter! thanx for the postive reviews! keep it up! glad u liked Clark's attractive pants. haha
o and Cheese Diva - ur not far off about Clark sleeping on Lana...lol :o)
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*~*~*
"We will be arriving at the Eerie Depot in ten minutes. Everyone must be ready to leave the train as soon as it stops. Thank you."
Clark stirred a little as the anouncement was being made on the intercom. He wished he could sleep a little more but then he remembered what he was wearing. Yeah, that would go over real well with Mr. McDaniels.
He opened his eyes and almost fell off the chair in astonishment.
Lana was sitting next to him in a deep sleep. Her head was resting on his shoulder with both her hands were wrapped around his arm. Her breathing was soft and hot on his neck.
He snapped his head over to Chloe and Pete hoping they hadn't seen this and taken it the wrong way. Thankfully, Pete was asleep on the floor with his empty Cheetos bag (once again dreaming of Frank and the Purple Turtles) while Chloe was curled up in her seat drooling in her sleep.
Clark swallowed uneasily. If he didn't move he wouldn't have enough time to change. But if he did move, Lana would wake up. What would she say? Did she mean to fall asleep half on top of him?
That's when Lana opened her eyes.
"...Clark? Clark! Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
She slid back into her chair next him with reddened cheeks desperately avoiding his eyes.
"No, it's okay. Don't worry about it," Clark confirmed smiling goofily at her.
She glanced up into his eyes and for one split second they felt the instant connection to hold each other like they had been a few minutes ago. But then Clark remembered he had only ten minutes.
"I - uh - I gotta go change. We'll be arriving at the Eerie Depot soon," he said quickly as he stood to grab his bag and walk out the door.
"Really? I better change too," Lana informed as she too stood to get her clothes.
Just then, with a screech of the brakes, the train jolted to an abrupted stop sending everyone and everything towards the front of the train with a smash.
Chloe fell out of her seat and onto the floor next to Pete who rolled over onto his other side and took no notice that anything had happened.
"What the heck?" Chloe snapped groggily as she wiped her tired eyes in an attempt to wake herself up.
Clark wasn't actually sure how it happened, but Lana was no longer standing next to him. He had fallen backwards into a chair and now Lana was on top of him. His hands were on her waist while her arms were linked completely around his neck. Her face was inches from his. He could smell her hair. Taste her breath. Almost everything inside him yerned to kiss her. But something else told him not to.
Not yet anyways.
"You okay?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, I'm - I'm fine," she answered standing up slowly.
"What happened? Why aren't we moving?" Chloe asked sleepily.
"I don't know. Um - I'll go see what's goin' on," Clark stated standing up and escaping Lana's stare as he snatched his clothes and walked out the door.
'Gosh, Clark, why must you always chicken out when you get the perfect chance to kiss Lana?' Clark asked himself mentally. 'Why do you always have to be such a loser?'
As he continued down the hallway, he noticed Lance - a sophmore at Smallville High.
"Lance!" Clark called out as the student turned his head toward his voice. "Do you know what's going on with the train?"
"Something about the tracks. Mr. McDaniels told everyone to stay in the train until they take care of it."
Clark thought about this. What could be wrong about the tracks? Should he go check it out?
Just then the intercom buzzed on.
"Attention students of Smallville High. We are experiencing some difficulties with the train tracks. Get all your things together. We will walk the rest of the way to Eerie. Our engineer will be our guide. Do this quickly and quietly so we don't get behind on our schedule. Thank you."
"Man, I knew this trip would be crazy," Lance announced affirmatively.
"Really? Why?" Clark wondered.
"Jeremy, my oldest brother, said that ten years ago his best friend's sister went here on a school trip. All this weird stuff kept happenin' to them. And by the end of the week, four of em went missing."
Clark didn't know whether to laugh in doubt or widen his eyes with terror.
"Well, don't you think it would be a bigger deal then? I mean - how come I've never heard about it?"
"Believe it or not you don't know everything, Kent," Lance explained rudely. "Besides, it was ten years ago. It's old news."
"Old news? Didn't their famlies care? Aren't their families curious as to what happened to them?" Clark asked unbelievably.
"Sure they cared! But after their kids went missing, the families started experiencing strange happenings. They lost things and found them in oddest places of their house. The television and faucet would turn off and on on its own. Voices and footsteps were heard in their houses at night when everyone was in bed. The families were finally driven out of Smallville and never heard from again." Clark didn't say anything. "Go ahead and doubt me, Clark. I know it's true. Just make sure you get a good look at the ones around you. You might not see them again."
With that, Lance shuffled down the hallway leaving Clark in his thoughts about what he'd just learned.
'Well, that's about as practical as Chloe and her website findings,' Clark reassured himself.
Still, there was this small place in his head that didn't fully cancel out this information. After all, he was from Smallville and Smallville was no average American town.
*~*~*
Clark got dressed quickly and met everyone else outside of the train. A huge bulk of the students were crowded around the locomotive of the train looking down at the tracks.
"What're they looking at?" Clark asked Chloe.
"See for yourself," Chloe replied knodding towards the spot.
Clark looked from the tracks to Chloe and then made his way through the crowd.
He finally reached the center and realized what everyone was so skeptical about - a large chunk of the metal railing was completely torn off and the gravel was spilled out everywhere. The wooden planks were crunched and splittered. It basically looked like an angry bear grabbed the tracks and ripped them off like a child opening a present.
"Holy crap! Look at the size of that hole!" Ryan, another student, exclaimed awed by the strange display.
"How the hell did it get there?" someone else asked rhetorically.
Clark remained silent trying to examine every part of the scene. He then withdrew his spot in the crowd and walked back to his friends.
"What do they think did that?"
"I asked Mr. McDaniels and Charlie the engineer but neither one are saying a thing. Makes you wonder if they have somethng they're trying to hide." Chloe informed reportively.
"I have a feeling this trip is going to get a lot weirder," Clark replied half to himself.
"Why do you say that?" Lana wondered.
Clark went on to tell them of what Lance had said to him earlier.
"And you heard this from Lance Garner? The loony sophmore who also believed a monster lived in his closet till he was in 8th grade?" Chloe asked unbelievably.
"All I'm saying is that it's not out of the realm of possiblity that it could've happened. I think we better be extra careful around here."
"I can't believe you bought that hook, line, and sinker," Chloe exclaimed smiling.
"Chloe, quit being so hard on Clark. He has his reasons to believe Lance just like you have yours to believe that website," Lana dictated calmly.
Clark looked over at Lana who smiled at him sweetly.
"Is everybody out of the train? Alright let's get going!" Mr. McDaniels shouted over the many rumors about the tracks.
The crowd began to mingle away following Charlie and Mr. McDaniels.
"Wait," Chloe suddenly stopped as the train finally disappeared from their view.
"What is it?" Lana asked automatically.
"Pete! We totally forgot him!"
Clark quickly scanned around and realized Chloe was right. Pete was still in the train.
"I'll get him. You guys go ahead," Clark volunteered as he rushed back where they came from.
*~*~*
"Pete! Pete, you in here?!" Clark shouted walking back to the compartment Pete had been sleeping in.
He opened the door and noticed something very obvious: Pete wasn't there.
"Pete? Pete, this isn't funny. We're gonna get it bad from Mr. McDaniels if you don't come out," Clark warned looking around the small room.
All his belongings were still there. Even his empty Cheetos bag.
But where was Pete?
Thoughts of what Lance had told him filled his head. But Pete couldn't have disappeared. He wasn't gone. Was he?
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
Clark's ears heard the terrified scream of his friend coming from somewhere outside of the train.
"Somebody help!!!"
Clark super sped to the exterior part of the train and x-rayed the layers of thick forest surrounding the tracks.
He suddenly spotted a skeletal figure struggling on the ground. It looked as if something invisible was attacking its neck.
"Pete!"
Clark practically exploded through the trees as he sped towards the choker and its victim.
He reached the spot where he'd seen them at but now there was only one - Pete.
"Pete, are you alright?" Clark asked concerned as he bent over his friend.
"Fine...I think," Pete answered in a rough dry voice.
"Tell me what happened while we get your stuff and catch up with the others."
*~*~*
A.n. now it's getting interesting...:o)
review!
A.n. hi again! here's the next chapter! thanx for the postive reviews! keep it up! glad u liked Clark's attractive pants. haha
o and Cheese Diva - ur not far off about Clark sleeping on Lana...lol :o)
Pleez R&R now!
*~*~*
"We will be arriving at the Eerie Depot in ten minutes. Everyone must be ready to leave the train as soon as it stops. Thank you."
Clark stirred a little as the anouncement was being made on the intercom. He wished he could sleep a little more but then he remembered what he was wearing. Yeah, that would go over real well with Mr. McDaniels.
He opened his eyes and almost fell off the chair in astonishment.
Lana was sitting next to him in a deep sleep. Her head was resting on his shoulder with both her hands were wrapped around his arm. Her breathing was soft and hot on his neck.
He snapped his head over to Chloe and Pete hoping they hadn't seen this and taken it the wrong way. Thankfully, Pete was asleep on the floor with his empty Cheetos bag (once again dreaming of Frank and the Purple Turtles) while Chloe was curled up in her seat drooling in her sleep.
Clark swallowed uneasily. If he didn't move he wouldn't have enough time to change. But if he did move, Lana would wake up. What would she say? Did she mean to fall asleep half on top of him?
That's when Lana opened her eyes.
"...Clark? Clark! Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
She slid back into her chair next him with reddened cheeks desperately avoiding his eyes.
"No, it's okay. Don't worry about it," Clark confirmed smiling goofily at her.
She glanced up into his eyes and for one split second they felt the instant connection to hold each other like they had been a few minutes ago. But then Clark remembered he had only ten minutes.
"I - uh - I gotta go change. We'll be arriving at the Eerie Depot soon," he said quickly as he stood to grab his bag and walk out the door.
"Really? I better change too," Lana informed as she too stood to get her clothes.
Just then, with a screech of the brakes, the train jolted to an abrupted stop sending everyone and everything towards the front of the train with a smash.
Chloe fell out of her seat and onto the floor next to Pete who rolled over onto his other side and took no notice that anything had happened.
"What the heck?" Chloe snapped groggily as she wiped her tired eyes in an attempt to wake herself up.
Clark wasn't actually sure how it happened, but Lana was no longer standing next to him. He had fallen backwards into a chair and now Lana was on top of him. His hands were on her waist while her arms were linked completely around his neck. Her face was inches from his. He could smell her hair. Taste her breath. Almost everything inside him yerned to kiss her. But something else told him not to.
Not yet anyways.
"You okay?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, I'm - I'm fine," she answered standing up slowly.
"What happened? Why aren't we moving?" Chloe asked sleepily.
"I don't know. Um - I'll go see what's goin' on," Clark stated standing up and escaping Lana's stare as he snatched his clothes and walked out the door.
'Gosh, Clark, why must you always chicken out when you get the perfect chance to kiss Lana?' Clark asked himself mentally. 'Why do you always have to be such a loser?'
As he continued down the hallway, he noticed Lance - a sophmore at Smallville High.
"Lance!" Clark called out as the student turned his head toward his voice. "Do you know what's going on with the train?"
"Something about the tracks. Mr. McDaniels told everyone to stay in the train until they take care of it."
Clark thought about this. What could be wrong about the tracks? Should he go check it out?
Just then the intercom buzzed on.
"Attention students of Smallville High. We are experiencing some difficulties with the train tracks. Get all your things together. We will walk the rest of the way to Eerie. Our engineer will be our guide. Do this quickly and quietly so we don't get behind on our schedule. Thank you."
"Man, I knew this trip would be crazy," Lance announced affirmatively.
"Really? Why?" Clark wondered.
"Jeremy, my oldest brother, said that ten years ago his best friend's sister went here on a school trip. All this weird stuff kept happenin' to them. And by the end of the week, four of em went missing."
Clark didn't know whether to laugh in doubt or widen his eyes with terror.
"Well, don't you think it would be a bigger deal then? I mean - how come I've never heard about it?"
"Believe it or not you don't know everything, Kent," Lance explained rudely. "Besides, it was ten years ago. It's old news."
"Old news? Didn't their famlies care? Aren't their families curious as to what happened to them?" Clark asked unbelievably.
"Sure they cared! But after their kids went missing, the families started experiencing strange happenings. They lost things and found them in oddest places of their house. The television and faucet would turn off and on on its own. Voices and footsteps were heard in their houses at night when everyone was in bed. The families were finally driven out of Smallville and never heard from again." Clark didn't say anything. "Go ahead and doubt me, Clark. I know it's true. Just make sure you get a good look at the ones around you. You might not see them again."
With that, Lance shuffled down the hallway leaving Clark in his thoughts about what he'd just learned.
'Well, that's about as practical as Chloe and her website findings,' Clark reassured himself.
Still, there was this small place in his head that didn't fully cancel out this information. After all, he was from Smallville and Smallville was no average American town.
*~*~*
Clark got dressed quickly and met everyone else outside of the train. A huge bulk of the students were crowded around the locomotive of the train looking down at the tracks.
"What're they looking at?" Clark asked Chloe.
"See for yourself," Chloe replied knodding towards the spot.
Clark looked from the tracks to Chloe and then made his way through the crowd.
He finally reached the center and realized what everyone was so skeptical about - a large chunk of the metal railing was completely torn off and the gravel was spilled out everywhere. The wooden planks were crunched and splittered. It basically looked like an angry bear grabbed the tracks and ripped them off like a child opening a present.
"Holy crap! Look at the size of that hole!" Ryan, another student, exclaimed awed by the strange display.
"How the hell did it get there?" someone else asked rhetorically.
Clark remained silent trying to examine every part of the scene. He then withdrew his spot in the crowd and walked back to his friends.
"What do they think did that?"
"I asked Mr. McDaniels and Charlie the engineer but neither one are saying a thing. Makes you wonder if they have somethng they're trying to hide." Chloe informed reportively.
"I have a feeling this trip is going to get a lot weirder," Clark replied half to himself.
"Why do you say that?" Lana wondered.
Clark went on to tell them of what Lance had said to him earlier.
"And you heard this from Lance Garner? The loony sophmore who also believed a monster lived in his closet till he was in 8th grade?" Chloe asked unbelievably.
"All I'm saying is that it's not out of the realm of possiblity that it could've happened. I think we better be extra careful around here."
"I can't believe you bought that hook, line, and sinker," Chloe exclaimed smiling.
"Chloe, quit being so hard on Clark. He has his reasons to believe Lance just like you have yours to believe that website," Lana dictated calmly.
Clark looked over at Lana who smiled at him sweetly.
"Is everybody out of the train? Alright let's get going!" Mr. McDaniels shouted over the many rumors about the tracks.
The crowd began to mingle away following Charlie and Mr. McDaniels.
"Wait," Chloe suddenly stopped as the train finally disappeared from their view.
"What is it?" Lana asked automatically.
"Pete! We totally forgot him!"
Clark quickly scanned around and realized Chloe was right. Pete was still in the train.
"I'll get him. You guys go ahead," Clark volunteered as he rushed back where they came from.
*~*~*
"Pete! Pete, you in here?!" Clark shouted walking back to the compartment Pete had been sleeping in.
He opened the door and noticed something very obvious: Pete wasn't there.
"Pete? Pete, this isn't funny. We're gonna get it bad from Mr. McDaniels if you don't come out," Clark warned looking around the small room.
All his belongings were still there. Even his empty Cheetos bag.
But where was Pete?
Thoughts of what Lance had told him filled his head. But Pete couldn't have disappeared. He wasn't gone. Was he?
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
Clark's ears heard the terrified scream of his friend coming from somewhere outside of the train.
"Somebody help!!!"
Clark super sped to the exterior part of the train and x-rayed the layers of thick forest surrounding the tracks.
He suddenly spotted a skeletal figure struggling on the ground. It looked as if something invisible was attacking its neck.
"Pete!"
Clark practically exploded through the trees as he sped towards the choker and its victim.
He reached the spot where he'd seen them at but now there was only one - Pete.
"Pete, are you alright?" Clark asked concerned as he bent over his friend.
"Fine...I think," Pete answered in a rough dry voice.
"Tell me what happened while we get your stuff and catch up with the others."
*~*~*
A.n. now it's getting interesting...:o)
review!