Chapter 5: Another Attempt
"Everything is set, Mr. Luthor." A guard said outside of Lex's office. "Would you like for me to
summon your car?"
"No Anthony, I'm staying here." Lex said.
"Sir?" Anthony asked.
"When this thief is caught I want to see him," Lex said. "I'll be working here in my office in the
meantime."
"Ok Mr. Luthor, I will contact you if anything happens." Anthony said. Lex nodded, and
Anthony left the office.
'I can't let this happen to Lex,' Clark thought, on his way to LuthorCorp. 'Lex in jail and Lionel
free, Chloe would definitely be his first target.'
Clark arrived, and started circling the building. 'I guess Lex isn't that bad, he was just trying to
protect Chloe, like I would.' He walked around a little more, and saw a rope hanging from the
fourth floor to the ground. Clark grabbed the rope and speeded up it and through a cut glass
window.
Clark started walking around the room, and watching. He used his x-ray vision to see a figure in
a small room, then walk out. He wore a black costume with little black horns on the head, black
cape, and a small belt around his waist. "Who are you?" Clark asked.
"Batman," he replied in a low voice. Batman then threw a small bat-shaped disk at Clark, but
Clark moved as it flew past him. Batman's eyes widened as he started to run but Clark speeded
in front of him. Clark held him against the wall, then threw him to the floor. Batman started
crawling back and took out another bat-disk, but Clark heated it until Batman had to drop it.
Clark picked up Batman, spun him around and threw him hard at the wall. Batman fell on the
floor with a loud thud and a few chunks of the wall. Batman wiped some blood from his face
and slowly crawled to his feet. He staggered over to Clark and threw a punch, but Clark caught
his fist and slammed Batman at the wall. Clark then grabbed Batman and ripped off his mask to
reveal Bruce Wayne. "I wont let you ruin Lex and free Lionel."
"I don't want Lionel free," Bruce chocked out.
"What?" Clark asked, as he dropped Batman to the floor. "Don't you work for Lionel?"
"I don't work for anyone," Batman replied. "And I think that Lionel Luthor got what he
deserved."
"Then why are you trying to frame Lex?" Clark asked.
"Listen kid, your friend is not what you think." Bruce said. "I'm just trying to let the truth be
heard and justice served."
"Then our views of justice are different," Clark said as he looked down. He ripped off Batman's
belt and took a computer disk out of it. "My justice is you getting caught for breaking, entering,
and stealing." Clark then broke of a piece of steal and bent it around Bruce's hands. He put the
disk in his pocket and went out the window.
Clark arrived at school the next morning and went straight to the Torch office. He saw Chloe
typing at the computer and Lois going through some files. "Good morning," Clark said.
"It's not such a good morning," Chloe said.
"Why?" Clark asked. "Didn't Lex get the thief last night?"
"No," Chloe replied. "And the thief got away with Lex's disk."
"Oh," Clark said, surprised.
"Then since you didn't know that, why are you here?" Chloe asked.
"I wanted to find out about someone named Batman," Clark replied.
"Oh, I know about him." Lois said. "Chloe, could you finish this up so I can show Clark on the
computer?"
"I guess so," Chloe said with a sigh. She walked over to the filing cabinet, as Lois sat at the
computer.
"I'm surprised to see you still here," Clark said to Lois.
"Yeah, well I have to finish up some things first." Lois said. "But I feel good about going to
university after a week of high school," she said with a little laugh as she brought up some pages.
"The Batman, from Gotham." Lois began. "He's a vigilante, very mysterious. The Batman has
supposedly been involved in the capture of several major criminals in Gotham, but I don't think
anyone else has ever even seen him."
"So, he's a good guy?" Clark asked.
"You wouldn't think, but yeah." Lois replied. "I'll print off some pages for you now."
"Thanks," Clark said.
"Sorry to interrupt you two, but I have class now." Chloe said. "Didn't you say you had
something to do while I was in class."
"Oh yeah," Lois said. "I have to get some credits straightened away, thought I'd do it while the
office wasn't busy."
"Well, I can finish up here for you," Clark said.
"Thanks Clark," Chloe said, then walked out the door with Lois.
As the pages printed off, Clark piled them on the desk. He then took the LuthorCorp disk out of
his pocket and put it into the computer. Information came flooding upon the screen as Clark
read. "Lex..."