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Chapter 3:

Lex opened his eyes, and breathed a fresh air of relief. It was night, and Lana had already gone to bad. He went to the bathroom to look at himself in the mirror once again. The red eyes were still there, but he felt great. He got back to bed, and put his head on the big red pillow. He gazed at Lana, trying to interpret her beauty. "Your intelligence can get you luck with the woman, but you'll never really figure out who they are" his father once said, and Lex didn't disagree on that. Lana was beautiful to him in everyway, she was the white rose in his dark life, she was the only one he trusted and confided on. She's been the only one to light a candle in his heart.

Suddenly Lex heard a glass break, when he looked outside he didn't see the trees moving, or any other sign of wind. Probably one of the housekeepers, he thought to himself. Slowly, he closed his eyes, smiling; it was all just a dream. He didn't see his father after all.

Another glass broke. The noise ringed in Lex's ear and he couldn't fall asleep afterwards. He wondered how Lana didn't notice the noise. He got up, put his pants on and from his top drawer, grabbed a gun; he had to be safe at all cost. He placed the gun under his pants and continued forward to the next room. There was nothing there. He turned on the lights and saw the room is empty. He looked right to the corridor, and it was silent. He sat on the couch behind him and giggled, he has no reason to be paranoid, and it's not his nature. All of a sudden the light was turned off. Lex felt a deep pain in his chest, like something was pushing him to lie on the couch.

"You know, Lex, if I were you, I would've already called the police" said a well-known voice. "Did you really think a gun would help you against me?"

"Dad! What are you doing here?" Lex didn't see anything, there wasn't any light on, and the pain in the chest paralyzed him. All he could do was talk. "How did you get out of your cell? Free me!"

No one answered; he just heard a scary giggle. He felt his eyes rolling, while in his mind he was thinking of a way to get out, always realizing that he can't move. Finally, someone lit up a candle, and then another one. The two little flames started to move towards him, and started to turn into a shape of two eyes. The eyes looked straight at Lex's face, and red fire burned inside them. The giggle came from their direction.

"Lana!" He yelled, "Wake up! Please wake up!"

"Ha!" Laughed the voice of his father, I wonder what you would prefer: my meeting with you to be a dream or this to be it."

"Lana!"

"Stop yelling Lex, you're starting to sound like a baby! I didn't raise a son to be a baby, now listen to me! You're going in with me to the cell, it's your destiny, if I'm crazy, then you're maniac! Admit it! You are just like me!"

"No!"

"A man can't deny his true nature, Lex! We're Luthors! And you're Mr. Luthor! Mr. Luthor!"

The burning eyes turned into a burning figure shaped like Lionel, they kept screaming "Mr. Luthor!" Lex tried to cover his ears but he couldn't do anything, his hands were to heavy to carry. The burning figure kept approaching him, and the hit almost suffocate him, there was no way to escape.

"Mr. Luthor, are you awake?" asked a familiar voice.

Lex opened his eyes to discover a vague room. "Who's there? Where am I?"

"It's Albertos, your housekeeper; you are at your house now, sir"

Can it be that all of the pain and anger were just a dream? He hoped so.

"Sir, two men were here, they carried you to this couch. I asked them what happened to you, why you were unconscious; they said something happened in the middle of your conversation with your father"

So, it wasn't a dream. He did meet his father in the institution. Suddenly the meeting didn't look so bad after all. He tried to move his feet, but they were too heavy to lift. He moaned from the pain, and whispered slowly: "Do you remember how they looked? What did they wear?"

"I don't remember, it happened a few days ago."

"WHAT?"

"Yeah," said a feminine voice, a soft voice Lex has always loved to hear. "You've been unconscious for 5 days". Lana Lang sat on a chair, next to the grey couch on which her husband laid. "You can go now, Albertos" she turned to the house-keeper, smiling. When she turned back to Lex she kept the smile on her face. "I'm glad to see you finally talking."

He looked at her, her dark-red hair lit the room, and her eyes stared straight at his, suddenly the room wasn't so vague. "I hope you didn't take advantage of my situation." He tried to smile the grin she always fell for.

But Lana didn't fell for it now. "Can you please tell me why two men carried you here, after a meeting with your father, a meeting of which you. I guess, forgot to tell me…"

"If I told you about this, your life would've been at risk."

"I don't understand, I thought we were safe from your father once he was put in the Metropolis mental institution".

"Well…" Lex didn't get to finish the sentence since the phone started to ring. He tried to get up, but found out he was still paralyzed. He couldn't feel his spine. Lana got up and picked up the phone in the other room. He could still see her, she seemed upset. She took the phone next to the couch and pressed the receiver to Lex's ear. "Speak, the Daily Planet wanted to talk to you, it seems like their new reporter won a great story." Lex didn't understand his wife; he has never seen her so upset.

"Hello? Who is it?"

"Hey Lex," said a voice from the other side, "It's me, Clark Kent".

Author Notes:I wrote thischapter after watching "Onyx", this episode was magnificent, it's nice to see Smallville at its best. Since "Memoria" Iyearned for a Lex-centric episode, and finally it came! I actually borrowed a line from the episode (I won't tell you which one! lol)to thischapter.It's funny, I always think about how I'd like the chapter to look like, butonce I write the chapter it tunrs outto be theexact opposite :) I hope you liked this one. Please, keep submitting reviews, it keeps me motivated! ;)

Wally, I hope the chapter didn't disappoint you! Thank you for the kind words!

Natoosh, You gotta watch "Onyx"! That's all I gotta say right now! Thank you for your nice review, and keep reading if you wanna know the answer to your question ;)