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Chapter 5:

The ride to the hospital was short. It didn't take a long time until Lois was put on a bed. She didn't quiver anymore, and she stayed still all the ride to the hospital. Lex noticed Clark's worried eyes, he held Lois's hand and didn't let go. But Clark wasn't the one on his mind right now. The man in the blue suit wasn't an amateur after all, he thought to himself, but why did he shoot Lois? Weren't I the target?

The room Lois was put in was fulsome. The walls were blue; there were pictures of clowns and flowers all over them. The curtains and the bed were white, sickening all the room along with the pictures. A doctor and two nurses entered the room, and started attaching medical objects on the patient. The doctor looked like a pro, he wore a blue doctor suit, had a black hair and glasses that covered his blue eyes.

Clark let go of Lois's hand to talk to doctor blue eyes. "What's going on? Can you do something?"

The doctor shook Clark and Lex's hands and introduced himself, "Hello, I'm doctor cartright, I'll be taking care of Miss Lane here. The bullet penetrated into Miss Lane's chest, it caused an enormous amount of blood to drip to the space between her heart and the Heart's mantle. We'll have to perform a surgery; we have to open her thorax".

"I'm sure you'll do the job great," Lex smiled at the doctor, he inserted his hand to the pocket, felt a couple of dollars and put them in the doctor's hand. "I hope you'll do you job perfectly".

"Yes, Mr. Luthor." Dr. Cartright put the money in his pocket and smiled back at Lex.

Lex took Clark and they exit the room. They sat on the black chairs outside and watched the TV. It didn't take very long until the story got to the news; pictures of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor were all over the screen. Clark leaned his head on the wall, looking at the ceiling. "Tell me it's all just a dream, the first day I'm actually working and my partner gets shot."

Lex didn't answer, important things occupied his mind. He couldn't get the murderer out of his head. When he heard the shot, he knew his life isn't going to be as good as they've been for a year. He thought the mental institution meant the end of Lionel Luthor, but he was wrong, terribly wrong. The battle between his father's legacy and himself has just begun; he was afraid of it but well aware of it. He recalled the day Lana and he went to visit his mother's grave a year ago. He told his mother about all his doings and swore to her, that he'll never turn out to be like his father. He hoped Lana listened to him, because she was the only one who could assure he wouldn't turn to be a Luthor, that's why he loved her so much, she was his only savior. He looked back at Clark, his head was still leaning against the wall, and his eyes were closed.

I'm sorry for all the misery I caused you, Clark. Lex said in his mind. Please, I had to do it for my own sake, I had to take Lana. You know she was the only trustworthy woman in Smallville, she was the only trustworthy I knew all my life, after my mother's death. Suddenly a voice came to his head. Why do you think you own the guy an apology, you did what you had to do and you did it very well. That voice was his father's, he shook his head, trying to get rid of the horrible voice, but as he came to think about it, he agreed with that voice. He felt confused, he had to get up and get out of the place. "Clark?"

Clark opened his eyes and turned his head to his friend. "What?"

"Would you like to take a walk outside? Get some fresh air and maybe coffee."

"I'm sorry Lex," he returned to look at the ceiling, "I prefer staying here, but you can go."

"Ok, I'm going outside, and I'll get you some real coffee."

Clark smiled, "Thanks." He closed his eyes again as he heard Lex's footsteps. He couldn't take a walk with Lex, it was a great idea to do it but he just couldn't. Every move Lex made, every word he said, reminded him of Lana Lang, the girl of his teen dreams. The woman appeared in every dream he's had since he was a 5 years old kid. He saw a beautiful future for the two of them, but Lana crushed them when she told him she's going to Metropolis. He went to college with his friend Chloe Sullivan, he had a few girls to call girlfriends, but they weren't the girl who had left him behind. He found out his ambition for journalism in college, after Chloe's sudden death from cancer, he decided he's going to pursue her dream of being a journalist at the "Daily Planet", he promised her he'll do that when he sat beside her in her final hours. He knew deep inside, that he wasn't going to move to Metropolis just for Chloe, he wondered how Lana was doing. Throughout college he sent Lana letters about his studies and Chloe, but she didn't reply to any of them. When he wrote her about Chloe's condition, she didn't even come to visit her, and from then on he decided to stop writing. He was a fool in love, and he hoped he'll get over it.

When he got to the "Daily Planet", his world went upside down. Smallville was a little quiet town, but Metropolis was an unstoppable city. He was surprised to meet Lois once again; he hoped he got rid of her the day of graduation. She didn't come to visit Chloe, but not because she didn't care, it was because she couldn't see her cousin suffer. She sent Chloe flowers every week, sent her letters and one day Clark saw her standing in front of the hospital, but she couldn't enter.

He wasn't happy to see Lois again, but he was happy to see some partly friendly face in the "Daily Planet". She didn't change, he was sure about that, but after spending a few weeks with her, he discovered she wasn't that bad. Every time they said goodbye to each other, he found out that he didn't think about Lana while he was with Lois.

Clark opened his eyes to see the ceiling again, but he didn't see the ceiling, he had a vision of Lana in his mind. He shut his eyes; stop thinking about her you fool! He said to himself. He turned over from the ceiling to find another vision of Lana, but now it wasn't an illusion, it was reality. Lana approached him, and he could fell his heart skip a beat.

"Are you here for Lex?" She asked, her face was serious as ever.

Clark gazed at her. She looked older than he remembered, but she was still a beauty. Her soft green eyes amazed him, they were so intense. They had a great influence on him. "Ah," He tried to answer; he couldn't believe he still acted like a teen around her, "What are you talking about? Nothing happened to Lex."

Lana sat beside Clark, she took a deep inhale and exhaled all of the air that was left in her mouth, "I really don't know what's going on with me, I turned on the TV, heard only two words: Lex and hospital and here I am."

Clark smiled, he didn't want to say it, and he couldn't believe he's going to say it: "I guess love makes us crazy sometimes."

Lana gazed at Clark's eyes, they were always a comfort for her, one look at them and she knew she had someone in her life. One gaze at the turquoise in his eyes and she felt like all her fears of loneliness magically vanished, particularly when he gazed right at her. "Uh," she mumbled, trying to gather her thoughts, "so why are you here?"

"The thing you heard on TV? Well, my friend Lois got shot and Lex was the one to call an ambulance. I sometimes forget how great Lex has been to me."

"Lex is wonderful," Lana recalled her night with Lex 4 months ago; they had love on the floor, in front of the burning flames of the fireplace. She's never felt so protected, so secure. When Lex caressed her, when she felt his breath, she couldn't feel more loved. "I love him." She hadn't said that in quite a while, but from the memory of that night, she could feel the truth in the word love. She discovered she was daydreaming, and Clark sat bent, looking at the floor. She wanted to say something, anything, but Lex had just showed up. She got up from the chair and hugged her husband.

Lex chuckled, "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"I was worried about you, so I came. Clark told me about all that had happened in the park." She turned around to see Clark still looking at the floor.

"Yeah, I heard about the accident too." Said a rough voice.

The three people in the hospital corridor turned around to see a hated familiar face. He wore a black suit, his hair was long and he's face was hidden by hair that wasn't shaved. He stood with his hands in his pockets and a big grin on his face. "Surprised to see me, Lex, my son?"

A/N: So this is chapter no. 5, what did you think of it? You can write all your thoughts if you REVIEW ;), please REVIEW!

Naty: Thanks for still reading my story, I'm glad you like it and thanks for the compliment, I'm not an expert in writing as you but I'm trying! I'm happy you liked the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one, although it's kitchy ;)