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Chp - 2

Clark's heart instantly dropped when he heard something move that wasn't him and the guy at his feet was still out cold, but at the notion that someone else maybe was there with them, watching him, "Oh my God what if their taping me" he thought. He calls out into the darkness of the ally, making his voice seem as normal as possible, there was no answer, but he wasn't just going to take silence as an answer, he wanted to make sure. With his super hearing, Clark was tuning out the rest of the street noises, people walking, cars driving by, even the hot dog vendor miles away yelling out to the crowd passing by and focused on just the innards between the building walls. There it was, a heart beat, pounding quite fast and the slow panting of someone breathing and it was close. She stepped out into the moonlight, "Coz if this was Superman, he'd get her one way or another, why bother running?" She thought. As they exchanged deep eye stares in silence, Clark's heart dropped even more passed his stomach this time, he lost it all together. "Your hurt" Clark broke the silence, "I was mugged" she answered him back. Clark took her to Smallville General to get checked out, the ride up there was in complete silence, neither one knowing what to say, and Clark was sure not going to bring up the subject, "Maybe she never saw anything" his mind was trying to convince him. She couldn't believe how quickly she was admitted in, back home this little gash would have equaled to at least a two hour wait time. Clark paced back and forth, as bad as an expected father. He wanted to know and at the same time really didn't want to know if she did or didn't see anything. He decided not to stick around, with a wound on her head she probably wouldn't remember him, so he starting making his way out the sliding doors. She got all cleaned up and 12 stitches in her head later she was ready to be let go, just as she was singing out, she saw the tail end of him going out the doors. She quickly signed and ran after him, she grabbed his forearm to get his attention, he tuned so quickly on his heel that she was taken back "Oh shit, hope I didn't piss him off" her mind raced, but was okay when he just gave her a semi weak smile. She thanked him for the ride to the hospital, she wouldn't have made it there on her own, considering she didn't know where it was yet. "How could you not know where it is?" he asked, she told him how she was brand new in town and hadn't really settled in, didn't even have time to exchange her money, so who ever robbed her got less then what he thinks. Clark offered her a ride back to her motel, it was the least he could do, he didn't want to see her get hurt again.

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