PART FOUR
INT. PETE'S CAR - NIGHT
Pete and Clark pull away from Eugene's house.
PETE: Well, that was a complete waste of time.
CLARK: It was worth a try.
PETE: Yeah, I guess. But we could have been over to Chloe's by now.
CLARK: We'll be there in about five minutes. Do you think Lana is still there?
Lana's car is speeding in the opposite direction of Clark and Pete. Clark doesn't notice, but Pete does.
PETE: No, because she just drove by us.
Clark looks back and sees Lana's car speeding down the road.
CLARK: We need to follow her.
Pete begins to make a U-Turn in the street, but doesn't complete it because he almost crashes into Eugene's car.
Pete's foot hit the breaks hard. The car comes to a SCREECHING HALT. Eugene smiles, but doesn't stop.
PETE: This can't be good!
Pete completes the U-Turn and follows Eugene's car.
EXT. SMALLVILLE WOODS - NIGHT
Lana stops her car and gets out. She walks to the back door on the driver's side and opens it. Chloe squirms in the back seat. Lana smiles down at her. She grabs Chloe's arm and pulls her out of the car. Chloe falls to the ground, but Lana picks her up. She drags Chloe further into the woods, towards a lake. Chloe struggles wildly.
LANA: Chloe, struggling won't help you. You're going to die.
EUGENE (O.S.): Lana, don't!
Lana turns around and sees Eugene walking towards her.
LANA: Eugene? What are you doing here?
EUGENE: I'm sorry, but I can't let you do what you've come to do. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
LANA: Well, it is.
She turns and continues walking towards the lake. An arrow forms in Eugene's arm. He walks up to Lana, then grabs her. Lana drops Chloe. She falls to the ground with a THUD. She hits her head on a rocka and is knocked unconscious.
LANA: Eugene, what are you doing?
Clark and Pete come running into the clearing. Clark sees that Eugene has a hold of Lana and he also notices the arrow in his hand. Clark runs with super speed to Eugene, knocking both him and Lana to the ground. The arrow flies out of Eugene's hand, somewhere onto the ground.
EUGENE: Clark! You don't understand.
Pete runs near Eugene and begins looking for the arrow.
CLARK: What I do understand is that you're trying to hurt my friends.
EUGENE: No, I'm not. I'm trying to help her.
LANA (O.S.): Yes, Clark!
Everyone turns to look at Lana as she gets up from the ground.
LANA (cont'd): Eugene has helped me out a lot. He's helped me not to hide my feelings for you.
CLARK: Lana!
LANA: I don't know why I was so afraid before. But that's all gone now, Clark. All I see is you.
While Lana is talking, Pete finds the arrow. Eugene sees this and tackles him to the ground. They begin wrestling around. Chloe finally starts waking up. Lana, forgetting about Chloe, walks up to Clark.
LANA (cont'd): Now we can be together.
Chloe wiggles her hands free from the tape.
LANA (cont'd): Clark, it'll just be us together…forever. Isn't that what you want?
Clark GULPS hard and takes a few steps back.
CLARK: It's what I want, but…
LANA: But first, we need to get someone out of the way.
Lana looks away from Clark, in Chloe's direction. Chloe isn't there.
LANA: Damn it! (beat) Oh, well!
She turns around and once again faces Clark, smiling brightly. Chloe has run to Pete's side, trying to fight Eugene. Eugene produdes another arrow and tries to stick Pete with it, but Chloe kicks it out of his hand. Eugene manages to get the first arrow from Pete and gets up and runs toward Clark and Lana. Pete picks up the other arrow and runs after Eugene.
PETE: (to Eugene) Let's see how you like it.
He sticks Eugene in the neck with the other arrow.
EUGENE: What the…?
He falls to the ground, unconscious. Chloe walks over to the group.
CHLOE: So what are we going to do with him?
They all look down at his body.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY BUILDING - DAY
Lex enters a room that we now know is inhabited by Dr. Swann. Lex stops, then closes the door. He looks around in awe. The room is still filled with globes, statues, and dozens of other scientific paraphernalia.
LEX: Hello? Anyone here?
He starts to slowly walk. He is amazed at what he sees in the room. He mentally notes everything that he sees. The place seems to be empty, but Lex continues to walk towards the back. When he reaches the back he smiles.
LEX (cont'd): Dr. Virgil Swann, I presume.
Dr. Swann looks up at Lex and smiles, nodding his head.
DR. SWANN: What a nice surprise. Lex Luthor! What brings you all the way from Smallville?
Lex takes a seat in a chair.
LEX: I think you already know the answer to that question.
He pulls out a picture and slides it towards Dr. Swann. Dr. Swann looks down the picture and sees that it's a picture of the Kent's barn that has the hope symbol burned into it. Dr. Swann looks up at Lex, his smile fading. On the other hand, Lex is smiling brightly.
INT. THE TORCH - DAY
Chloe is sitting at her desk, typing on the latest story for the Torch. She is startled when she hears a knock. She turns around and sees Clark standing at the door.
CHLOE: Hey, Clark!
Clark walks in.
CHLOE (cont'd): I've got the information you wanted.
She hands him a folder. He takes it and opens it up. He reviews the contents of it and looks satisfied.
CLARK: Thanks!
CHLOE: Anytime. It's a shame about Eugene. Did the doctors ever find out what was wrong with him?
CLARK: No. They can't seem to figure out what caused his coma. I can't believe he was actually trying to make Lana better and I tried to stop him.
CHLOE: Clark, we all did.
CLARK: I just hopes he wakes up soon.
Chloe nods in agreement.
CLARK (cont'd): Chloe, can we talk?
Chloe plasters a smile on her face.
CHLOE: I thought that's what we were doing.
CLARK: You know what I mean.
CHLOE: Sure, Clark! What about?
Clark walks to the desk and sits on the edge of it.
CLARK: Are you mad at me?
CHLOE: Mad? Clark, I'm not mad at you. Why would you think that?
CLARK: It just seems like you've been avoiding me all day long. Did I do…or say something to you that I'm not aware of?
Chloe shakes her head. She opens her mouth to deny it. Nothing comes out of it.
CHLOE: (whispering) Can I ask you something, Clark? And I want you to be completely honest with me.
CLARK: Ask away! And yes, I promise to be honest.
CHLOE: Okay!
Chloe takes in a deep breath, then slowly exhales.
CHLOE (cont'd): If I hadn't played the friends card after the tornado...would you still be with me?
CLARK: (thinking) I don't know. What I said to you then, about wanting to try again…I meant it. I care about you, Chloe. A lot. What you said surprised me and it hurt a little at first. Until the tornado hit, I was having a great time at the dance. I wanted to kiss you.
CHLOE: (shocked) You really wanted to kiss me?
Clark smiles, then takes his hand and smoothes down a wild lock of Chloe's blonde hair.
CLARK: Yes, I really wanted to kiss you. I didn't leave you for Lana. I left because a friend was in trouble.
CHLOE: Thing is…you accepted the friend card awfully quick.
Clark gets up and begins to pace around the office.
CLARK: At that point I figured I had screwed everything up between us. Both you and Lana had said to me that once you cross the line you can't ever go back. I was scared of losing you as my friend, Chloe. I kinda suck at the boyfriend thing and I'm not doing so well at the friend thing either…lately.
CHLOE: I've been a pretty sucky friend myself.
Clark stops pacing and sits down on the desk once again.
CLARK: I want you to know something, Chloe. I know I come to you for help a lot, and I don't want you to think that I'm friends with you just to use you for your research skills. Because that's so not true. You mean the world to me.
CHLOE: Thank you, Clark. You mean the world to me too.
Clark stands up and opens his arms.
CLARK: So…friends?
Chloe gets up from her seat and walks into Clark's embrace. She smiles.
CHLOE: Friends!
They stand there, hugging each other tightly. Lana walks to the entrance of the Torch just in time to witness Clark and Chloe. A jealous, yet hurt expression creeps on Lana's face as she watches on.
THE END
INT. PETE'S CAR - NIGHT
Pete and Clark pull away from Eugene's house.
PETE: Well, that was a complete waste of time.
CLARK: It was worth a try.
PETE: Yeah, I guess. But we could have been over to Chloe's by now.
CLARK: We'll be there in about five minutes. Do you think Lana is still there?
Lana's car is speeding in the opposite direction of Clark and Pete. Clark doesn't notice, but Pete does.
PETE: No, because she just drove by us.
Clark looks back and sees Lana's car speeding down the road.
CLARK: We need to follow her.
Pete begins to make a U-Turn in the street, but doesn't complete it because he almost crashes into Eugene's car.
Pete's foot hit the breaks hard. The car comes to a SCREECHING HALT. Eugene smiles, but doesn't stop.
PETE: This can't be good!
Pete completes the U-Turn and follows Eugene's car.
EXT. SMALLVILLE WOODS - NIGHT
Lana stops her car and gets out. She walks to the back door on the driver's side and opens it. Chloe squirms in the back seat. Lana smiles down at her. She grabs Chloe's arm and pulls her out of the car. Chloe falls to the ground, but Lana picks her up. She drags Chloe further into the woods, towards a lake. Chloe struggles wildly.
LANA: Chloe, struggling won't help you. You're going to die.
EUGENE (O.S.): Lana, don't!
Lana turns around and sees Eugene walking towards her.
LANA: Eugene? What are you doing here?
EUGENE: I'm sorry, but I can't let you do what you've come to do. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
LANA: Well, it is.
She turns and continues walking towards the lake. An arrow forms in Eugene's arm. He walks up to Lana, then grabs her. Lana drops Chloe. She falls to the ground with a THUD. She hits her head on a rocka and is knocked unconscious.
LANA: Eugene, what are you doing?
Clark and Pete come running into the clearing. Clark sees that Eugene has a hold of Lana and he also notices the arrow in his hand. Clark runs with super speed to Eugene, knocking both him and Lana to the ground. The arrow flies out of Eugene's hand, somewhere onto the ground.
EUGENE: Clark! You don't understand.
Pete runs near Eugene and begins looking for the arrow.
CLARK: What I do understand is that you're trying to hurt my friends.
EUGENE: No, I'm not. I'm trying to help her.
LANA (O.S.): Yes, Clark!
Everyone turns to look at Lana as she gets up from the ground.
LANA (cont'd): Eugene has helped me out a lot. He's helped me not to hide my feelings for you.
CLARK: Lana!
LANA: I don't know why I was so afraid before. But that's all gone now, Clark. All I see is you.
While Lana is talking, Pete finds the arrow. Eugene sees this and tackles him to the ground. They begin wrestling around. Chloe finally starts waking up. Lana, forgetting about Chloe, walks up to Clark.
LANA (cont'd): Now we can be together.
Chloe wiggles her hands free from the tape.
LANA (cont'd): Clark, it'll just be us together…forever. Isn't that what you want?
Clark GULPS hard and takes a few steps back.
CLARK: It's what I want, but…
LANA: But first, we need to get someone out of the way.
Lana looks away from Clark, in Chloe's direction. Chloe isn't there.
LANA: Damn it! (beat) Oh, well!
She turns around and once again faces Clark, smiling brightly. Chloe has run to Pete's side, trying to fight Eugene. Eugene produdes another arrow and tries to stick Pete with it, but Chloe kicks it out of his hand. Eugene manages to get the first arrow from Pete and gets up and runs toward Clark and Lana. Pete picks up the other arrow and runs after Eugene.
PETE: (to Eugene) Let's see how you like it.
He sticks Eugene in the neck with the other arrow.
EUGENE: What the…?
He falls to the ground, unconscious. Chloe walks over to the group.
CHLOE: So what are we going to do with him?
They all look down at his body.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY BUILDING - DAY
Lex enters a room that we now know is inhabited by Dr. Swann. Lex stops, then closes the door. He looks around in awe. The room is still filled with globes, statues, and dozens of other scientific paraphernalia.
LEX: Hello? Anyone here?
He starts to slowly walk. He is amazed at what he sees in the room. He mentally notes everything that he sees. The place seems to be empty, but Lex continues to walk towards the back. When he reaches the back he smiles.
LEX (cont'd): Dr. Virgil Swann, I presume.
Dr. Swann looks up at Lex and smiles, nodding his head.
DR. SWANN: What a nice surprise. Lex Luthor! What brings you all the way from Smallville?
Lex takes a seat in a chair.
LEX: I think you already know the answer to that question.
He pulls out a picture and slides it towards Dr. Swann. Dr. Swann looks down the picture and sees that it's a picture of the Kent's barn that has the hope symbol burned into it. Dr. Swann looks up at Lex, his smile fading. On the other hand, Lex is smiling brightly.
INT. THE TORCH - DAY
Chloe is sitting at her desk, typing on the latest story for the Torch. She is startled when she hears a knock. She turns around and sees Clark standing at the door.
CHLOE: Hey, Clark!
Clark walks in.
CHLOE (cont'd): I've got the information you wanted.
She hands him a folder. He takes it and opens it up. He reviews the contents of it and looks satisfied.
CLARK: Thanks!
CHLOE: Anytime. It's a shame about Eugene. Did the doctors ever find out what was wrong with him?
CLARK: No. They can't seem to figure out what caused his coma. I can't believe he was actually trying to make Lana better and I tried to stop him.
CHLOE: Clark, we all did.
CLARK: I just hopes he wakes up soon.
Chloe nods in agreement.
CLARK (cont'd): Chloe, can we talk?
Chloe plasters a smile on her face.
CHLOE: I thought that's what we were doing.
CLARK: You know what I mean.
CHLOE: Sure, Clark! What about?
Clark walks to the desk and sits on the edge of it.
CLARK: Are you mad at me?
CHLOE: Mad? Clark, I'm not mad at you. Why would you think that?
CLARK: It just seems like you've been avoiding me all day long. Did I do…or say something to you that I'm not aware of?
Chloe shakes her head. She opens her mouth to deny it. Nothing comes out of it.
CHLOE: (whispering) Can I ask you something, Clark? And I want you to be completely honest with me.
CLARK: Ask away! And yes, I promise to be honest.
CHLOE: Okay!
Chloe takes in a deep breath, then slowly exhales.
CHLOE (cont'd): If I hadn't played the friends card after the tornado...would you still be with me?
CLARK: (thinking) I don't know. What I said to you then, about wanting to try again…I meant it. I care about you, Chloe. A lot. What you said surprised me and it hurt a little at first. Until the tornado hit, I was having a great time at the dance. I wanted to kiss you.
CHLOE: (shocked) You really wanted to kiss me?
Clark smiles, then takes his hand and smoothes down a wild lock of Chloe's blonde hair.
CLARK: Yes, I really wanted to kiss you. I didn't leave you for Lana. I left because a friend was in trouble.
CHLOE: Thing is…you accepted the friend card awfully quick.
Clark gets up and begins to pace around the office.
CLARK: At that point I figured I had screwed everything up between us. Both you and Lana had said to me that once you cross the line you can't ever go back. I was scared of losing you as my friend, Chloe. I kinda suck at the boyfriend thing and I'm not doing so well at the friend thing either…lately.
CHLOE: I've been a pretty sucky friend myself.
Clark stops pacing and sits down on the desk once again.
CLARK: I want you to know something, Chloe. I know I come to you for help a lot, and I don't want you to think that I'm friends with you just to use you for your research skills. Because that's so not true. You mean the world to me.
CHLOE: Thank you, Clark. You mean the world to me too.
Clark stands up and opens his arms.
CLARK: So…friends?
Chloe gets up from her seat and walks into Clark's embrace. She smiles.
CHLOE: Friends!
They stand there, hugging each other tightly. Lana walks to the entrance of the Torch just in time to witness Clark and Chloe. A jealous, yet hurt expression creeps on Lana's face as she watches on.
THE END