Clark carried the passed out Lois, back upstairs to the guest room. He then hurried back downstairs, just as a shaken Lana, Jonathan and Martha, came in. They watched as Clark hurried to the phone.
"Who are you calling son?" Jonathan asked worriedly. They couldn't call the police and tell them that a spaceship had disintegrated two military men!
"I'm calling Dr. Swann at Wolfram & Hart."
"Why?" Martha asked, moving closer to him.
"Because I was a fool to think I could do this alone. We can't deliver this baby here. We can't stay here. There has to be a way to keep that ship from going berserk and doing whatever it plans to do, once the baby is born."
"Oh God!" Lana cried, sinking down onto the couch. Martha hurried over to her, and told her to place her head between her knees. Clark gazed at Lana for a moment, before turning his attention to Jonathan.
"What are you planning on doing? Flying this Dr. Swann here?" Jonathan asked in a low voice, so that Lana would not hear.
Before Clark could confirm or deny, Lana suddenly brought her head up and stood up to face Clark.
"You never answered my question from before."
"Lana, please, I will answer everything you need to know later...."
"How did Lois get here? I mean it's plain to see that her father didn't know she was here. Did you have her flown in?"
"Lana...."
"You've known from the very beginning that you were the father of her baby. And you also knew what happened to her, when Chloe and I found Lois in that shower. This 'spell' left your handprints on her? Why?"
"Lana, honey, why don't I get you something?" Martha tried to cajole her. Lord, this was one huge mess, that kept getting bigger and bigger by the minute!
"I'm leaving, that's what I'm doing!" Lana snapped. Clark walked over to her and tried to reach for her hands, but Lana snatched them out of his reach.
"You've lied to me for the last time, Clark Kent." she said in a somewhat quieter voice than he had been expecting.
"Lana, that ship out there is dangerous! You can't just leave."
"The ship wants Lois or her baby....and I'm sorry for that. In a way I'm sorry for her. But I can't be a part of this and not know what's going on."
"You do know what's going on."
"I only know because I stopped by here! You weren't going to call me at the dorms...you lied to me about that professor and if I had not come by here, you were going to lie to me about Lois's being here, weren't you? Like you did before."
"You remember that?"
Lana nodded.
"I do, Clark. I also remember you didn't give me a very straight answer about that either then."
"Lana, believe me when I tell you that when I keep things from you, I'm not doing it to hurt you. I'm doing it to protect you."
"Whatever, Clark. I'll take my chances and run for my car."
"But the police...."
"You can explain that ship, since I know you know why it's in your barn. You can explain the dead men, you can explain the spell that let Lois throw you through this house and have you survive. You can explain the spell to her father, who's going to be thrilled that you didn't come forward and admit all of this before."
Lana then turned and walked out of the house. The ship did not venture from the barn, and Lana made it to her car without incident. Clark sadly watched as she got in and drove off.
Martha put a hand on her son's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Clark."
Jonathan moved near him too.
"Yes, son, we both are. But we'll fix this."
Clark turned back to face his parents.
"I don't have time to be sad. I'll deal with getting Lana back later. Lois and I are putting you in danger by being here."
Clark then moved to the phone and began dialing.
Angel put Clark on speakerphone, as he, Dr. Swann, Wesley and Spike, listened in. Gunn was dealing with General Lane's proposed lawsuit against the firm.
"Go ahead, Clark!" Angel called out.
"Lois was drugged and in a helicopter with Lex. I brought her back here, where she woke up and called her father. He sent two men to take her to Lex's, who by the way, she had not idea she had married! What's up with that?"
"I knew it!" Spike snapped.
"Who is that?" Clark asked.
"That's Spike, Clark, now...."
"The dog?"
Spike gasped! Who was this bloody git? "Look mate, I'm not a sodding hound, alright? I'm a friend of Lois's!"
Clark didn't quite know how to respond to the righteous sounding anger he was hearing, nor did he have the time to get into a sparring match with this....person.
"Dr. Swann is there?"
Angel nodded. Dr. Swann spoke.
"Yes, Clark. How is Lois feeling?"
"She's big, and I think the baby has my powers because she threw me through the house."
Angel whistled. Everyone else looked at one another, just as Connor walked in. He eased over, as he recognized Clark's voice. Angel put his fingers to his lips when he saw him. Connor reluctantly did as he was told, but listened in anyway.
"Clark, Wesley Wyndam-Price here. Lois has been able to see through things as well. That is something you can do too?"
"Yes," Clark answered, "but there's more here. The ship is in our barn and when the military men came to take Lois away, she resisted. The ship came out of the barn and....."
"Turned the men to dust." Angel finished. He shook his head. Connor pulled him away from the speakerphone.
"Lois is trapped with Clark then at his farm?" Connor asked. Angel nodded.
"What was he thinking taking her out of here? We could've protected her here."
Angel couldn't answer that. He moved back towards the speakerphone.
"I need you here, Dr. Swann. I don't think we can deliver this baby alone. And yet, I don't know what will happen to any of us if we get near Lois. The ship is just going haywire." Clark noted.
"Clark, I want you to listen to me: I think that you can deflect the rays with your hands, or your body in general."
Spike snorted!
"Are you bloody kidding me? What kind of half-arsed advice is he giving the ponce there? He'll get himself dusted!"
"What did you call me?" Clark asked, now a bit angry at this foul mouthed stranger, that he kept hearing in the background.
Connor stepped forward.
"Clark, it's Connor."
Clark eyed his parents, who were hanging on every word.
"Connor, the same Connor who started this mess."
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that Kent. My spell didn't leave handprints on Lois, or get her pregnant."
"Your point?"
"I'm here to help, Kent. Anyway I can."
"How is Chloe by the way? Why don't you just concentrate on her." Clark said in a tight voice. He didn't know what it was about that guy that irked him, but he had just never liked him.
"Chloe is going to be fine. Everyone will be. Since you can fly, and I know this because I saw you, why don't you bring Lois back here?"
Angel shook his head.
"Lois knows about your powers, Clark? I mean, what happened when she saw you survived being thrown through the house?"
"She thinks it's part of the spell. That neither one of us would really be this strong if it weren't for it."
Spike suddenly sat up.
"Wait a minute....are you telling us that Lois thinks that the shagging you gave her, was part of the spell too?"
Connor tilted his head as well.
"I suppose you had to tell Lana something. Otherwise you'd have just had to have told her the truth: that you wanted Lois."
Angel held up a hand!
"Okay, stop it! Clark was infected with the same kind of rock that turned me back into Angelus, only his was red....if that makes any sense."
"It does to me." Dr. Swann said. "Clark, let's not get off track here. Why don't you come here and take me back with you? When the ship attacks, deflect the rays with your hands, or like I said before, your body. I am quite sure they will have no affect on you."
"Quite as in 100 percent?" Clark asked, unsure.
"More like 99 percent and....what was that?!" Dr. Swann asked. Connor, Spike, Wesley and Angel leaned in.
"Clark? What was that noise?" Dr. Swann asked.
"Lois....she's crying out....."
"Clark, her labor has probably begun. I have an idea, but I need to get there right away. Can you come and get me?"
"Yes! Anything to keep her from going through this pain!" Clark said, his voice sounding more and more agitated.
"I'll see you shortly then." Dr. Swann said, cutting off the call. Angel looked at him.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to perform a C-Section. It's the only safe way to get this child out of Ms. Lane's body."
Wesley stood up.
"Angel, we have to tell General Lane the truth here. He is still our client."
"And Luthor." Spike said grimly, "since he now fancies himself Lois's husband."
"I'm going back to sit with Chloe." Connor said, turning and walking out of the room. It's not that he didn't feel for Lois, but in a way, Clark was right. Chloe was his concern now, and this mess that Kent was in, was his own doing.
Connor opened the door to Gunn, who nodded and swept past him.
"Angel, the General and Luthor are in the conference room. He hasn't heard from the men that were supposed to pick up Lois from the Kent farm. He also wants to know how she got there in the first place."
"And his lawsuit?" Angel asked.
"Well Luthor is the one trying to keep him calm, so I think if they just knew that Lois was safe, this all might go away."
Angel nodded.
"Okay, I'll meet with them....alone."
Clark hung up the phone and ran upstairs to Lois's room, where his parents were already. He heard another cry, and realized it came from him father!
"Dad?!" Clark cried out, rushing into the room. Martha was helping Jonathan from it.
"Lois accidentally broke his arm!" Martha cried out.
"Clark, you are the only one that can hold her down. This baby is coming!"
Clark hurried past them and over to the bed, where he grabbed ahold of Lois's arms.
"Lois, you have to calm down!"
"Oh that's easy for you to say, Smallville! This baby is trying to KICK it's way out or somethin.......AAAAAHHHHHH!"
"Lois, I need for you to listen to me: I'm bringing someone who is going to deliver this baby, alright? It won't take but a few minutes."
But Lois was not listening to him. She was looking by the window.
Lady Lara was standing there, in her God awful clothing again. She walked towards the bed, her expression dispassionate.
"The baby will be named after his grandfather, Jor-El."
"No! No, I'm not naming my baby Jor-El!" Lois cried out. Clark looked at his parents, who looked equally as stunned.
"Lois? Who are you looking at? Why did you say that name?"
Lois screamed again and Clark realized her strength equaled his. He was forced to let go of her, as she writhed on the bed. As he stood up, he saw it.
The red 'S' on her stomach, was glowing through the hospital gown that Wolfram & Hart had given her! Clark hurried out into the hallway.
"I'm going to get Dr. Swann. When we get back, Mom, take Dad to the doctor. We'll handle this."
"How? That ship....." Jonathan gasped in pain.
"Dr. Swann came up with an idea." was all Clark was say. His parents nodded and Clark rushed down the stairs and outside, before looking around and leaping into the sky.
Connor walked down the hallway to Chloe's room, only to find someone wheeling her out of her room. Chloe was asleep.
"Hey! Where are you going with her?"
The orderly ignored Connor. Connor rushed up and shoved him so hard, that he went flying backwards into a wall, smashing it. He then slumped down to the ground, unconscious.
Connor removed the straps that held Chloe down, picked her up and rushed back towards Angel's office. Maybe Clark had had the right idea about getting Lois the hell out of here! That's what he intended to do with Chloe himself, right before he cursed out Harmony! She was up to something and if he had not come along, he probably would've never been told where Chloe was!
As he made his way back to the hallway outside of Angel's office, he saw Angel speaking with General Lane and Lex Luthor. They looked when they saw him.
"What the hell?!" General Lane barked. "Put my niece down there!"
"Connor, what's going on?" Angel asked.
"Well, I'll tell you! Someone is trying to pull a fast one around here! I found some creep wheeling Chloe off to God knows where!"
"What concern of that of yours?" Lex snapped. "You know what? Never mind! Chloe is coming with us as well. The ship is gone, but I'm going to arrange for a private ambulance to take my wife's cousin to my plane."
General Lane turned back to Angel.
"Now, are you going to tell me how one moment, my daughter disappears from a fallen helicopter, to ending up at the Kent farm? Or am I going to have to sue this place for all it's worth, to get some answers?!"
Suddenly, Harmony stomped past them crying! She sniffed and sat down at the receptionist's desk. Everyone stared.
"Uh, Harmony, what are you doing?" Angel asked. Harmony glared at then all.
"The big, bad General over there got me demoted! I'm back to being a stupid secretary! The senior partners didn't like my handling of everything."
"Were you the one that was going to have Chloe taken away?" Connor demanded to know, still carrying Chloe in his arms. Harmony looked away.
"Okay, so who has your position now?" Angel asked.
The elevator doors opened, and Lilah stepped off of them, fresh from hell. She smiled and walked over to the group.
"General Lane and Lex requested that I be brought back in, since everything has been handled so badly. General, Lex, Lois is probably delivering her baby right now. The Kent farm is too primitive a place for her to be giving birth in, so we'd better get a move on and pray for the best."
Lilah then turned to Connor.
"As for our deal, the ante has been upped now, something I'm sure Harmony made you aware of."
Harmony sniffed pitifully. Connor eyed her.
"I know that. But we're going with our original deal."
"Which is?" Angel asked.
General Lane suddenly took out a pair of handcuffs. Connor handed Chloe to Angel, who's mouth dropped open. The General smiled.
"The spell didn't really work on me either. Connor here, is going to surrender himself to the New Initiative. It's either him or the child."
Angel shook his head adamantly, as Spike and Wesley came out. Angel handed Chloe to Spike.
"This was the deal you made on the plane? No! No, you're not taking him! And you wouldn't take your own niece's kid from her?"
"I won't now, no." General Lane said, clicking on the handcuffs. Lex gave the General a puzzled look.
"What is this all about? What spell and what deal?"
"You just concentrate on being a good husband to my Lo, and a fine father to my grandchild. We have to get going now. Come along, Connor!"
A crash from inside Angel's office made everyone take notice. The group hurried in, only to find Dr. Swann's empty wheelchair, and one of the windows devoid of glass.
"That ponce Clark must've taken him." Spike muttered. But Lex looked at him.
"Clark who?" he demanded to know.