Smallville
The Evil Legend
Taken Over
Chapter Two - Lucas
Notes to readers: I know some of you have asked to fill you in, but that would just ruin the story now wouldn't, but I'll give you a little bit of spoilers.
- Lex called Carrie Castle at the end of book one, and took her out to eat, and then he was going to get a hold of Lucas.
- Helen wants to know if Lex's is actually alive and is using the mutants from Smallville and other's as well to help her out.
- Clark is being held in a building outside Metropolis so it's about another hour away than normal where Doctor Conners is working with him.
- Logen is still upset with himself for what he did.
- Marie is going to Metropolis with Chloe to meet up with Lana Lang who is staying with her father after his divorce with Jennifer. [I always thought that lady had issues and not Henry, but you can have your own idea on that.]
- And Paul Haden died during the fight at Liberty Island.
- Peter is just starting to figure out if he's on the right side or not, and knows that Doctor Conners is silently going crazy.
- Clark is being protected through Jor-El at this time, and he just got his ice breath after being in that machine.
The full moon loomed eerily over the glass windows of the apartment. Grandville had been Lucas new home for the past year since his little interlude with Lex and his father. The two had become closer than they knew their own father, but he didn't care. The omen of their family ever coexisting peacefully together was erratic. It had been happening to them through out time, space and full individual of heroism, which he would never see. The apartment in which Lex had kindly paid off for him was comfy and just right for him. He could tell his brother had good taste of texture and color, which didn't bother him. Though the night brought a whole new look to the darkened room of loneliness, he turned on the surround sound to the television knowing he'd never fall asleep.
It had been a few months now since Lex's wedding with Helen, and after hearing the news that he had died in the plane crash, he left his sorrows behind knowing it was not in the Luthor's handbook to cradle such a burden. He didn't mind Grandville, as the small town carried its own wait of business every day. Getting up from his couch he strolled over to the kitchen hearing the microwave resound through the empty rooms. He had gone all day without eating, and the uneasiness of his stomach not wanting him to say no any longer left him rambling for food in the unorganized freezer. The room was a soft brown color with paintings of unknown artiest on the wall around him. One of them Lex did himself and had given it to him as a parting gift, but he cared less about it as he looked up at it, as he sat down. The small wooden table was circled with three chairs, but he hadn't had any visitors since Lex showed him the apartment. His connections were cut off after his death, and he hadn't heard anything from Lionel, not that he cared. Hearing the mumbling sounds of Law and Order playing in the other room, he made his way to the leather couch, before he took a bite of food the cell phone in his back pocket began to ring idiotically.
He had planned on changing the damn ring, but hadn't since he moved in. Placing the end of the phone to his ear he answered; "Hello?" He said quietly.
"Hey bro;" Lex's voice drifted to his ears. At first he didn't want to believe it was his voice and cleared his throat.
"Lex;" Lucas responded with a melancholy ton that Lex was surprised to hear. There was a long silence of brotherhood that left them a bit uneasy. Lex cleared his throat.
"There's much to explain." He paused seeing if his brother was going to say anything idiotic or cuss curly to him, till the ends of the earth unless he totally broke down and told him what happened, but when he didn't as much breath on the other end he continued; "I need you to meet me at Wayne Enterprises tomorrow morning eight sharp. The flight tickets have already been arranged, and everything has been put in order." He stopped once more just to be sure he knew Lucas like he thought he did, and without any word from his brother he continued; "I'll be there to fill you in on any of what has happened, and not a word to anyone on who your meeting. We want to make this as quiet as possible." Lex pointed out to him.
Lucas stood up and was now walking around the room. He still was having a hard time believe that this was Lex on the other line, and the brother who had died only a few months ago. Was it really him? He sighed and he heard Lex stop breathing as if hearing his uneasiness; "How come Clark Kent isn't helping you on this?" Lucas asked him bluntly knowing how well the two were the last time they were together. Lex lowered his head on the other end; "That's part of the conversation we will have once you're here. We think our father may have him under lock and key right now." Lex stated; "Lock and key?" Lucas asked confused; "We'll talk later, it's not safe for me to be on the phone long someone could be hacking in." Lex told him.
"Be at there at eight sharp. If you're late, I know something came up." Lex stopped; "I'll be in touch." He finished and hung up with Lucas standing in the middle of the room totally dumfounded on what he just heard. Clark Kent under lock and key, Lex alive and his father totally going down, what the hell had happened since he'd left that sick family behind. A whole hell of a lot, and not enough for him to even contain all the information in one day, he just prayed that Lex had a good explanation on what was actually going on. Sitting back down slowly he finished his meal and began to pack his things for the long trip ahead of him.
~*~
Professor Xavier sat in the hallway with Doctor Swann. Both chatting away at what they should do about Lionel Luthor, the professor was still worried about that man. He had ways of getting his way and covering up every nook and cranny no matter how immense or diminutive. The halls of school were busy that morning. Scott had taken care of two classes, and Terry helped Logan with one that he had offered to teach. They had twisted the man's arm and a leg in more ways than one since he was still going crazy about Spider-Man. Terry still knew that they did not get along, but she didn't blame him. The two saw the world in a different color, and Bobby was trying to help, but so far nothing was working. He would always grunt and curse out the door after the class was finished. Terry shrugged her shoulders at Bobby, as they entered the den.
Ororo slowly came down the stairs seeing the two men engrossed with their on going conversation that hadn't stopped since that morning; "So what have you come with?" Ororo asked sneaking up behind them. Doctor Swann swallowed as he turned to see the tall lady approach him. He had the pleasure to talk to all the students and help them with the sciences since Gene was still gone. He was highly talented for the job and already became well known throughout the school. He smiled brightly up at Ororo; "Charles thinks I should stay here longer just for my safety." Dr. Swann told her.
"Do you think Mr. Luthor is hiding something?" Ororo asked them.
"Yes;" Charles answered; "His secret plain that I can't seem to break out of his head without nearly killing him;" Charles explained; "Even though the man will just wake up with a headache in the morning." Charles laughed a little about that. Swann joined in. They were both shallow about that man. The top billionaire in the world, and he had some crazy issues that Charles didn't even want to find out himself.
"Even though he's a smart man, he's clearly had some drama that he won't allow the public to see." Charles told her.
"Drama huh, well if you to end up finding out what his drama then hook me up. I always loved a good drama movie." Ororo teased brightly with a smile as she turned on her heals and left the two men alone once more. Making sure Ororo was out of ear range Charles turned to Virgil; "You know I'd allow you to go back, but you just can't. Seeing the man probably has an inside spy already at your place." Charles informed him. Virgil's head pricked up with panic; "No;" He shouted loudly; "Yes, but as for right now. I don't want you near that man. From where I see it, the man is setting up something to get to you, and I don't want you taken under any circumstances." Charles told him worried.
"You are paranoid." Virgil said bluntly; "I mean I know I hate that man to, but your making is sound as though my place is already swamped with men higher to kidnap me." Virgil said dryly; "Why in hell would the man want me?" Virgil asked him.
"Look at the facts." Charles paused giving his friend plenty of time to figure out why Lionel would be so interested in kidnapping him making it look like someone else did it. Virgil leaned back in his wheel chair; "Well once you figure out there are hit men at my place I'm going back. I need to find out where they took Clark. He's partly my reasonability when he comes here." Virgil pointed out. Charles wheeled in front of him making it plainly clear he wasn't allowing the man to leave; "I can't have you do that." Charles said bluntly.
"Charles;" Virgil started to say, but before he could he felt someone take hold of his wheel chair and pushed him down the hall to one of the bedrooms that weren't being used; "Do you want me to lock it?" Logen asked as he pushed the doctor inside; "Yes." Charles answered as they both left the good doctor inside the room.
"This is for your own safety." Charles told him with concern. Virgil knew he was right, but he still had to find out what Lionel wanted with him. The thought of that made man taking control of Clark in the wrong kind of way broke his heart in two. The halls fell silent once more as Virgil wheeled over to the opened computer screen near the wall on the other side of the room. As he flicked it on he smiled broadly. Right as the main screen kicked on his mouth opened in anger as it went suddenly black; "Sorry Virgil, but I can't have you contact anyone right now." Charles told him inside his mind; "Charles!" Virgil yelled angrily through the room, and sat there in the dark room as the lights came on.
~*~
Lionel sighed heavily as he took a sip of his brandy and sat down to read the latest news on the project at hand with Clark. So far Dr. Conners was still thawing him out, and his extra help has suddenly vanished. He had been hearing that Peter Parker was good friends with Spider-Man, and this gave him some more ideas that held firm at the top of memory. Hearing the door open slowly he saw a bright young lady come through the doors. Lionel smiled and stood up slowly shutting off his laptop and walked out from his desk to greet her.
"Mr. Luthor." Carrie Castle said brightly as they shook hands firmly. Lionel knew that with a firm handshake came trust and he liked that in this lady. She had a grasp at realistic relativism and didn't take no for an answer. He had asked her to work for him before, but she had turned him down on an afford his son handed to her with opened arms. Warring a black short dress and high boats the young report let go of Lionel's hand; "Miss. Castle." Lionel stepped away from her moving over by his desk.
"It's been a while." Lionel pointed out dryly as he took another drink. Carrie's eyes stayed steady and firm against his hard and unfeeling blue eyes that seemed to entrap her with a knowing formative that he was going to address.
"Work has been good." She said, as she made her way to the chair off to her right; "I see you've been busy Miss Castle, but I have another offer for you." Lionel turned suddenly now leaning slightly on his desk.
"I need you to go interview this Peter Parker for me. He's a photographer at The Daily Bugle in New York. Right now he's assisting one of my scientists just outside of town, but the good doctor has informed me that he is now missing." Lionel informed her. Carrie had a good feeling the man wanted her to follow him to see where he was hiding.
"It sounds like an interview." Carrie told him.
"It's an order." Lionel snapped suddenly. Carrie back away from him suddenly afraid of the man, he had never out spoke like that around her, and he seemed very troubled about this Peter Parker helping the doctor out; "Does the doctor know anything at all on where he is now?" Carrie asked trying to sound like she was getting information on the project at hand.
"No;" Lionel exhaled.
"But I have the doctor's phone number. You can call him this afternoon to see what you get." Lionel told her as he handed her the pieces of paper. Lex was going to be happy with this information. Closer to Clark Kent, and farther away from his father was something he had always dreamed of; "I'll get right on it." Carrie assured him as she picked up the information and started for the door of the office; "Miss Castle." Lionel stopped her right as she held the door open; "I hope you won't let me down this time." Lionel asked her.
"You won't be." Carrie assured him and left the office.
On her way out of the building she saw two men in black walk in and headed back up the office. Carrie shook her head and left with what she had knowing that if she got in the way again he'd probably hand the project off to someone else, and she knew Lex didn't want that to happen.
~*~
Lex sat in the meeting room at Wayne Enterprises. He had been waiting for a half an hour and Lucas was already late. Bruce and Alfred had just arrived with coffee and a fresh amount of muffins and donuts. Lex still enjoyed Mrs. Kent's homemade cooking better than take out, but right now he couldn't afford being seen. Helen was probably already figuring it all out. The room was larger than most of Bruce's well layout board meeting rooms. He liked this one because of the private conversations no one would here. Hearing a knock at the door Alfred opened it to see Lucas enter, tired and undressed.
"Sorry I'm late. Traffic was backed up on the highway." Lucas said intellectual.
"That's alright. A lot of people are on summer break, so we fully understand." Bruce told him.
"Do we;" Lex stepped in the conversation at hand already. He hated wasting time, even when it came down to his father; "So what is the plan?" Lucas asked.
"I'll have you run things so that you can find out what Helen is doing." Lex told him. Lucas liked the sound of it already; "So you don't enjoy the company of your wife I see." Lucas said bluntly.
"No. She still thinks I'm dead, and I'd like to keep it that way to find out what she's really up to." Lex told him.
"What do you want me to do?" Lucas asked him. Bruce brought a small bottle of green liquid and sat it down next to them; "If you are around her at any time of the day make her drink this." Bruce told him.
"It's not going to kill her is it?" Lucas asked.
"No, it will just make her go a little crazy." Lex replied; "That way we can find out where she's been placing all my money during the time I was gone, and now. My father was right about one thing. She was just in it for the money. Plus see if she knows anything on my father and what he is doing." Lex told him.
"Sure thing;" Lucas answered as he picked up a donut.
"The only thing I need to know is how am I going to prove to her that I own the company?" Lucas asked his brother. Lex threw down a vanilla folder in front of him.
"This will help you. It has all the contracts and signed papers to giver her prove enough." Lex told him. Lucas opened the vanilla folder and started reading through it. Most of the papers were co-signed company records and the deed to the mansion in Smallville.
"Alright;" Lucas said brightly.
The phone was heard on the other side of the room. Bruce went to go answer it; "Mr. Wayne. Miss Sullivan is on line one." The lady from the front desk announced.
"Thank you Penny. I'll be down there in a minute." Bruce replied. He turned to see the look on Lex's face; "Why is Chloe calling you?" Lex asked worried. The whole room fell silent as if a riff of unpleasant irresolute fell upon them.
"I'm not sure, but I'll let you know." Bruce told him, as he made his way out of the room; "It was nice meeting you Lucas." Bruce told him.
Lucas turned to face his brother; "I'll leave in the morning." Lucas assured him; "Good idea." Lex answered. As the room became silent once more as they waited to here from Bruce.
End of Chapter Two
Authors Notes: Thank you for your time and all the awesome reviews, I know it's been hard for me to update every week. But once summer arrives and classes are over I'll be updating a lot more. But thanks for your time. Enjoy chapter two. I placed some spoilers up so that some people wouldn't be totally confused. I know a lot of people liked it even though a lot was going on. But that's what makes this book so fun to write. If one idea doesn't sound right then I'll go with idea B… J
Also I had someone ask me if I used the titles to some of Evenscene songs, and yes I did. I thought it fit well with the chapter…
