Poltergeist by Electric Spyro

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hehe. well, i figured i should update because IT'S TOM WELLING'S 27TH BIRTHDAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!

lol. ok. so, this is a little more towards the action side i guess....um so yea. i don't wanna bore you so ENJOY!

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Chloe jumped at the sound of screeching tires outside the mansion. She walked over to the nearest window she could find in the hallway she had been walking through to her room. She reached one the windows at the end of the hall and peeked through curiously. She spotted Marshall slamming the door of a very expensive car shut and rushing towards the front door. Chloe hurrily raced down the stairs to meet him at the entrance.

"Chloe! Chloe, you've GOT to come with me!" he shouted trying not to jumble his words.

"Shhh! Mr. McDaniels will hear you and I'm not suppose to be out this late," Chloe answered back quietly. "What's going on?"

"I know what happened! I know how the kids were invisible!" Marshall pulled out the recently taken picture from his pocket. It showed a kid - Brad Martin to be exact - strangling Lex Luthor in the deep forest that Marshall had narrowly escaped from.

"Wha - what's this? Is Lex okay? Where's Simon?" Chloe's journalistic mind went into over-drive once again.

Marshall took a breathe before beginning. "Simon and I decided that we should check on the forest ourselves and as we were going in, Lex pulled up. He tried to give us a ride home in his car but this weird music drew us into the forest. When we got in something grabbed for Lex's throat. It said something about getting revenge on Lex - I think they thought that Lex is the one responsible instead of Lionel. I took a picture of it and that's when I realized something - they're invisible unless you take a picture of them! They're visible in pictures!"

"So you left Lex and Simon in the forest and stole Lex's car to come here?" Chloe asked amazed.

"I had to. It was coming after me! Please, we have to save them," Marshall urged feeling tears welling up in his eyes. Simon was his best friend...

"I'll go get some back up. Wait in the car."

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"Really? So...so you really don't mind going to the dance with me?" Jason asked for the hundreth time as Lana walked him to his room.

"No, I really don't mind, Jason. It would be an honor," Lana repeated smiling. "And thanks alot for the ring. It means alot."

"You're welcome." Jason stared longingly into Lana's eyes.

"Jason!" Clark exclaimed in the doorway of their room. "And...Lana. Um, I was just gonna look for you. It's really late. I don't think we should be out here."

Lana noticed Clark's hurt face but she didn't take time to pity it. She looked confidently back at Jason and gave a peck on the cheek.

"I'll see you later."

Clark swallowed harshly. He knew that kiss was specifically to make him boil with jealously. It was doing a very good job.

Jason blushed and smiled even more. "R-right. Bye."

Just as Lana turned to leave, Chloe came bounding up the stairs.

"Chloe, what were you doing down there? Did Mr. McDaniels catch you?" Lana wondered with concern.

"No, he didn't. But I need you help." She looked at Clark as if mentally calling a truce between them. "We have a major problem."

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"This is insane. This is crazy. We're gonna be in so much trouble. No, worse than that - we'll die right there in the forest and no one will ever know," Pete stated pessimistically.

"Pete, just shush, okay?" Lance snapped crudely.

All of them - Chloe, Lana, Lance, Pete, Clark, Jason, and Marshall - were smashed into the tiny porsche. How they'd all gotten in there, Clark would never know. The simple fact was: they were in there and they were heading to a forest occupied with four time warping kids.

Clark's leg bounced nervously. He knew he could get there faster by running. If he didn't try, Lex and Simon might be lost forever.

"Uh, guys? I-I think I'm getting claustriphobia," Clark lied pleadingly.

"We're almost there," Chloe retorted from the driver's seat.

"I don't think you understand. When I'm in really small places I tend to get a stomache ache. And when I get that I..." Clark leaned forward and pretended to make disgusting gurgling noises in his throat as if he was about to vomit.

A few minutes later, Clark was dropped off on the side of the road with the promise of his friends coming back for him as soon as Lex and Simon were alright. Clark smiled in spite of himself as the car disappeared in the night.

A gust of wind blew past the trees in a mere half second Clark was in the forest switching on his super-sonic hearing and x-ray vision. There was absolutely nothing. He sighed defeatedly. Where was Lex and Simon?

Just then, he heard the swish of something rush past him. As that happened, he felt an acute pain shock his gut. He fell to the floor and realized that the meteor rocks were taking their tole on Clark. He tried to regain his breath, but just then he felt someone's hand grab his throat.

"You came at the WRONG time," a boy's voice stated from above Clark.

Clark was thrown backwards and tossed around by the grass and bushes.

"What do you...want...?" Clark tryed to ask holding his stomache painfully.

"What do I want?" the voice repeated with added anger. "WHAT DO I WANT??? MY LIFE! THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANTED! You have NO idea what's like to move through time wishing you had a place in the world again. Wishing that your families could see you once more."

"Just let Lex and Simon go....we...we can figure something out..." Clark explained weakly.

"SHUT UP!" the voice boomed. "Luthor did an experiment on us years ago that caused us to be caught in time and never return to our original time zone ever again. We can't live normally anymore, so why should he?"

Suddenly, Clark noticed a bundle lying towards the right of him. With closer expection, Clark realized it was Lex and Simon. His eyes widened in terror. He tried to stand as best he could and hobbled over to them. He noticed that both of their faces were pearly white and expressionless.

"In a few moments, we'll be taking to those two with us through time. They'll be lost and feel the same way we do. Only then will we FULLY GET REVENGE!"

Clark opened his mouth to say that he had the wrong Luthor and Simon wasn't involved, but the invisible being had grabbed his throat once again and lifted Clark so high his feet left the ground (which is pretty gosh darn high it ya ask me).

"Agkkhhgggkk," he stuttered urgently.

"Clark!"

Clark heard his name, but couldn't tell who it was. Everything was getting dark and fuzzy and his neck felt like it was shrinking slowly.

"Ah!" shouted the voice as someone jumped on top of him. The invisible person let go of Clark and they all hit the ground rapidly.

Clark tried to look around. He saw the outline of a figure punching at the air and short hurtful grunts could be heard after every swipe. Clark realized it was Marshall who was inflicting the wounds. It was obviously getting back at the invisible kids for attacking his best friend.

"Clark! Oh my God."

Clark heard someone rush over to him. But before he could figure out who it was, everything went completely black.

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