Angel eased over to the tarp and lifted it up. What the hell?!
It appeared to be some sort of little....more like a mini flying saucer or ship or something. Angel blinked, thinking back to the file he had on Clark Kent. He had first arrived on the day that this town had a terrible meteor shower. One that had killed people. This ship looked tiny enough to carry a baby.
And the meteor rocks were really bits of the planet Krypton. Boy, Angel had encountered quite a lot in his 300 hundred years of life.....and the time he spent in a hell dimension. But this.....
He heard someone coming and looked around. Should he hide? Probably.
Angel looked at the ship. It had stopped humming. He looked around and found two hay bales stacked on top of one another. He hurried over and hid behind them.
Meanwhile, Clark and Lana walked in, holding hands.
"Okay, Clark, what did you want to tell me?" Lana asked. They began to walk upstairs to his loft.
"I was thinking that maybe I should go to L.A. and see how Chloe and Lois are." Angel heard Clark say. Angel rolled his eyes! He just bet that Clark thought he should hightail it to L.A.! The more time he spent just in this barn, the more sure he was that Clark knew what was going on with Lois.
Angel raised up a bit, so he could see up in the loft. He could only see the top of Clark and Lana's heads, but what he really wanted to see were Kent's hands! Angel suspected that if Clark rested his hands on one of those prints that adorned Lois Lane's body, it would be a perfect fit! He shook his head and crouched back down again. And he had thought Lex Luthor was bad! "Clark, I'm worried about them too. But you heard Chloe's father. Maybe this is a private, family thing. We'll find out what's wrong when they're ready to let us know. Now, I want to talk about something else."
"Okay.....what is it?"
Lana swallowed, then just came out with it.
"I think we've waited long enough."
"For what?"
"Clark! For the two of us to finally make love. I'm ready, Clark. I'm really ready." she breathed, kissing him.
Oh brother! Angel thought with disgust. Then, his cellphone rang.
Both Clark and Lana stopped kissing! Clark looked around and with his x-ray vision, could see that there was someone behind a hay bale....next to the ship.
"What is that? That was a phone ringing." Lana said, looking around as well. Meanwhile, Angel muttered a curse, having forgotten to turn off his cell. He slowly raised up.
"Clark!" Lana screamed, pointing. But Clark stared Angel down. What was HE doing back here?
Clark turned and put an arm around Lana.
"Lana....uh, that's my Pysch professor. I forgot that I asked to meet him here."
"He's a professor?" Lana asked, frowning.
"Yes....uh hello Professor Angel!" Clark called down. Angel raised a brow. What had Kent called him?
Clark pulled Lana by the hand, as they walked down the stairs. Angel edged towards them.
"Yes, Lana, this is Professor Angel and I needed to talk to him about my Pysch grade."
"Hello, Professor Angel." she said.
Angel smiled at her, then looked at Clark.
"That's right....Clark, you're in danger of flunking."
"Clark, no!" Lana cried out. Clark let go of her hand.
"Lana, I need to talk to him alone. And could you not say anything to my folks? I wouldn't want them to find out about this."
"Yes," Angel chimed in. "Not when there's a chance for a D- or something."
Clark gave him a harsh look.
"Or maybe a C." Angel amended. Clark turned and kissed Lana. Lana smiled at Angel.
"It was nice meeting you, Professor Angel. Try and do what you can for Clark, okay?"
"I will!" Angel said, a bit over enthusiastically. Both Clark and Angel watched as Lana walked out of the barn. They then faced one another.
"Obviously, by the fact that you covered for me, I take it that the spell didn't work on you."
"Spell? Is that what this is? This amnesia everyone has?"
"Everyone except for you, Clark. Look, Connor, my son, made a deal with the firm I run, Wolfram & Hart...."
"You run Wolfram & Hart?"
"You've heard of them?"
"I know you had one of your goons kill a woman to get information about me!" Clark went off. "I suppose you were the one that had that woman give me the red Kryptonite ring?"
Angel just stared at him.
"I have NO idea what you're talking about. Why don't you tell me what you need to tell me first, then I'll tell you why I'm here." Angel suggested.
45 minutes later, both men had gotten their stories out. Angel, for his part, was secretly fascinated by Clark's origins and his beginnings. He would've liked a nice couple like the Kent's to take care of Connor. Granted, a nice couple does believe they raised Connor. But still, if he had to choose a life for his son, this simple one, out in the middle of nowhere, would've been ideal. Though, Clark did seem kind of lost, not knowing exactly what he could do, powerwise, etc. He was rather isolated.
Angel was a bit concerned about this business of the ship. He glanced over at it. Clark said they hadn't seen it in years, and now, during this stressful time, it just shows back up? He had the feeling that this was another part of the problem that they did not need!
Meanwhile, Clark rolled his tongue around in his mouth. Connor's spell had altered reality, but not enough to wipe away consequences. Chloe was pregnant with his child.
And Lois was pregnant with his.
Angel spoke next.
"So you would've never slept with Lois, if you hadn't been affected by this red Kryptonite? That's what that rock is called?"
"Yes...it's fragments from my home planet." Clark said quietly, unable to focus. Lois. Lois was carrying his child. What was he going to do? What was he going to tell Lana? Would his child have all of his strengths and weaknesses? What was he going to tell his parents?
What was he going to tell Lois?
Angel could only imagine what was going through Clark's mind right now. He had to somehow explain this pregnancy to his girlfriend and somehow make her understand that he was not himself when the child was conceived, without revealing the fact that he wasn't quite human. Angel's thoughts moved to Connor. He would have to be told as well. There was no getting around it that he could see.
"Is there anyway to reverse this spell?" Clark asked. "Maybe turn back time?"
Angel's phone rang again.
"Hold that thought." he said, answering it. "Angel."
"Angel, it's Wesley. There have been quite a few developments since we last spoke. Lois Lane's pregnancy has been....well troublesome."
"In what way?" Angel asked. Clark turned away from him. His eyes fell upon the stall that he and Lois had made love in. Clark ran a hand over his face. He had to see Dr. Swann. This pregnancy made it all the more critical that they find out exactly what the consequences of his time with Lois, would be."
"Tell Luthor we don't have time for him, Wesley!" Angel snapped. Clark turned back around.
"Lex is there?" But Angel was still on the phone with Wesley. Clark was really unnerved now! Why was Lex in L.A.?
"Look, I may have some answers soon. Tell him we don't have time to figure out anything about a cave, goodbye!"
Angel hung up and turned back to Clark.
"What's going on? Why is Lex there?"
"Lex is the one that referred General Lane to us about Lois. He wants our research department to investigate some cave markings that have suddenly disappeared."
"The markings are gone? Great!"
"You've seen this cave?"
"I've been there. Many times. The markings have to do with my arrival here. Though I don't understand why Connor's spell would make those disappear"
Angel took a deep breath.
"Maybe it wasn't Connor's spell, Clark. Look, from what you've told me, your affair with Lois wrought many repercussions and...."
"Lois and I did not have an affair! I told you I wasn't myself....God, Angel, what am I going to say to her? Have you seen her? Does she know how this happened? Does she remember anything?"
"She has no idea and to be frank, I don't think her father is buying that. Though, he does kind of believe that she was raped by some kind of demonic pervert."
"Raped?! First of all I'm no 'demonic pervert'!"
"I didn't say you were! I'm using the General's words!" Angel protested.
"And another thing: I was a....a....well, I wasn't very experienced. Lois did almost everything...... and quite well....but the point is that.....God, Angel, I remember that every area of her body that I touched, my hands just burned an imprint onto her. I remember that at the time, I didn't know why it was happening."
Angel felt for him. He sounded confused and a bit frightened. That and he knew from experience, what regret felt like. Regret when you had done things to hurt people, when one was not 'quite themselves'.
"Let's go see your friend, Dr. Swann. I'll fill him in on what's happening and then I can take something back when I return to L.A."
"I'm going with you to LA.."
"Clark, no, I mean, I still have to find Connor and tell him about Chloe. Telling Lois would be like revealing your secret. Then General Lane would have to be told. We'll figure something out."
"I can't let Lois go through this alone."
"She's not alone. She has Chloe, her father.....and even Spike has taken a liking to her."
"Spike? Who is that? Your dog?" Clark asked, confused.
"No.....not quite. I just think that your presence there will look suspicious."
"I don't care. I have to see how she is. What did your friend on the phone say?"
Angel decided to lie. He couldn't tell Clark that the baby was growing at a rate faster than normal, or that Lois was experiencing strange symptoms....
"Can you see through things?" Angel suddenly asked.
Clark tilted his head.
"Why would you ask me that?"
"Just curious."
Clark gave Angel a hard look.
"Yes I can see through solid objects....except for lead. I don't know why that is though."
Angel nodded. The baby probably had Clark's powers. Now Lois had them, through their child.
Clark sensed Angel was hiding something from him. Probably a lot from him. He looked past Angel and towards the ship, that was still under the tarp. They needed to get to Dr. Swann right away.
Just as they began to leave the barn, the humming noise started up again. Clark and Angel looked over at the tarp.
"It was that noise that drew me to the barn." Angel admitted. Clark walked over to it and pulled the tarp off. The ship was lit up and began to rise. Clark backed away and both he and Angel ducked, as it took flight and zoomed out of the barn, missing the open door and crashed through the wood, off into the night.
Jonathan, Martha and Lana came running onto the porch.
"What was that?!" Lana asked, shocked. Jonathan looked at Martha. The ship was gone. What did that mean?
Lois had been given a sedative, to keep her calm. Fred wasn't worried about it hurting the baby.
It didn't seem like anything could.
Lex left Harmony's office, very dissatisfied. Who was this Angel sonofabitch? Who the hell was he to turn down any request of his?
Lex came upon a forlorn looking General Lane, sitting down near the infirmary. Lex slowly approached him and sat down.
"How is Lois?"
"My Lo is turning into some kind of creature!" he blurted out. Lex's eyes widened.
"Really?"
"Well, no, but whatever she's carrying isn't human! I mean, the people here think it will look human but will have extra special abilities."
"Extra special abilities? Like?"
General Lane looked at Lex.
"My daughter, through this kid, can see through things! Jesus! She's not keeping this freak! She's not!"
"General, this 'freak' is going to be your grandson, or granddaughter. Surely you don't mean what you say."
"I do! And I plan to make arrangements for Wolfram & Hart to take this baby as soon as it's born. They can place him or her with God knows whoever. I just want whoever did this to my little girl, caught!"
Lex stood up.
"With all due respect, General, it doesn't sound like Lois is giving birth to a monster or anything. He'll be human but with special gifts. I don't think you should just be so quick to decide something like this in haste."
"What are you talking about? What choice does my Lo have? How is she going to have any kind of decent life raising a kid from some demon or worse yet, an alien or something!"
"Would you be so against Lois raising the child, if she were married?"
"To the creep that did this?! No, absolutely not!"
"I was actually thinking of someone else. Like....me."
General Lane just stared at Lex.
"Is this a joke?"
"I never joke, General, not about marriage. I've actually always been secretly fond of your daughter...."
Meanwhile, off in the shadows, Spike shook his head with disgust! What a bloody load of poppycock! Luthor has always been 'secretly fond' of Lois! Spike had no doubts whatsoever, that that was news to her!
But as he watched General Lane, his dead heart sank. Spike could see that Lane was warming up to pawning his daughter off on this ponce, Luthor. Yes, he was quite familiar with the family, though not with Lex.....but his grandfather Lyle.
Back in the day, Spike and his ex-flame, Drusilla, used to frequent many parties that the mogul used to attend. They had both eaten many of his mistresses as well. They always used to taste so good. Yeah, old man Luthor had had very good taste in women.
Spike backed away and walked off to find Wesley and Fred. He hoped like hell that Angel found out something that could help this situation, that was progressively getting worse. Lex Luthor hadn't come up with that nonsense about marrying Lois, until he heard the General say that he was giving this baby to Wolfram & Hart.
Lex wanted this child, not the mother. And chances were, it was so Luthorcorp could make some kind of profit. The poor kid.
Meanwhile, the ship, landed on the roof of the Wolfram & Hart building on Los Angeles, California.