Clark's POV

I scrunched my face up in concentration and willed a picture of a brick wall in my mind. It helped a little but I still felt weak in the knees. More than likely it was because of the faint meteor rock substances in her blood and most definitely not because of her kisses and caresses.

As I let my mind wander trying to relieve some of the pressure Alexa was putting on my mind, a faint scent reached my nostrils and a familiar awareness rippled through my body. I opened one eye and saw Lana creeping up behind Alexa with a huge long pipe clenched in her hands. Her knuckles were white with I guess a mixture of fear and strain from the weight of the weapon. Panic shot through me. I don't know how Lana figured out I was in danger, especially how this situation looked, but I couldn't let Lana get hurt again.

Alexa tensed in my arms and moved to remove herself from our embrace. I quickly grabbed her by the neck and deepened our kiss. I opened my mind a slight bit. Alexa grabbed at the opportunity like a hungry dog does to a bone. She moaned into my mouth and grabbed my crotch in her hands, all thoughts of an intruder apparently gone from her mind.

Lana's eyes met mine before traveling down to where Alexa had her hand placed slowly stroking me. Her eyes lifted up to mine once again. Immediately I saw she had fires burning from them and I'm sure if she had my ability to throw them out of her eyes the whole barn would've gone up in flames.

Lana lifted the heavy pipe high above her head. I gave her a slight nod and she brought the weapon down with a resounding thwong onto the top of Alexas shiny brown hair.

Alexa's eyes widened and for a minute I thought nothing had happened to her until

they rolled into the back of her head as she slumped onto the floor unconscious.

I grabbed the sides of my head gasping trying to get my bearings back. I heard Lana drop the pipe and quickly walk toward me putting her hands on my shoulder.

"Clark? Clark, are you okay?" Her voice was tight with emotion. Her face was filled with a combination of fear and relief.

I nodded my head and looked up at her the pressure fading away fast.

"Lana how did you know-." I began

Lana gave me a sheepish look as she took my right hand away from my head and replaced it with her own. "I came here to talk to you and I overheard Alexa telling you about her powers."

"Uh, how much did you over hear exactly?"

"I got here just when she started to tell you about when she was growing up." Lana gave me a strange look. "Why?" She said warily.

I blushed as I realized she had heard Alexa talking about my being a virgin. Granted it was not exactly that big of a deal and the least of my problems at the moment but still.

"I, uh, just wanted to make sure you knew what she was capable of. But obviously you figured it out." I took Lana's hand from my head, placed it in my own and looked down at her small frame. I could fit my hands around her waistline and her face was so delicate, yet she had the courage of ten men. God how I loved her. "Thank you Lana." I whispered.

Lana looked into my eyes and said "I'm just glad you're okay." Out of thin air she giggled.

"What?"

Lana giggled again as she spoke a mirror of my earlier thoughts, "Nothing. It's just……you're thanking me from stopping you from being seduced by a pretty girl. I don't think any other red-blooded American male would have done the same." Lana said with a small smirk.

How about a red blooded Kryptonian male?

"Well it wasn't like that. She was invading my mind. My privacy."

Lana gave me a knowing look. "And we all know how much you love your privacy. All the better to keep your secrets right Clark?"

Oh boy. I knew where this was going. Before I could reply Alexa gave a groan and her eyes fluttered before she relaxed again.

Lana started to panic. "Clark what are we going to do with her? I think she's starting to wake up. I doubt she'll let me hit her with that pipe again." Lana looked around the room for where she had dropped the only weapon we had right now. She walked toward it and picked it up with some difficulty. I walked to her and took it out of her hand. I pretended to droop under it's weight slightly.

"How the heck did you carry this? Not to mention raising it above your head. It's heavy." I looked at Lana in amazement.

Lana looked at me clearly as bewildered as me. "Adrenaline I guess. I had no other option. I knew you were in danger." Lana's brow furrowed even further. "Clark? If she's supposed to be such a strong conduit for emotions, how come she didn't sense me when I was behind her faster? I mean I could understand when I was downstairs she probably was caught up in you but when I was directly behind her she should have sensed me then."

I shook my head at her as much in bewilderment as she was. "Well, she did tense up when you were directly behind her somewhat, but I, um, distracted her for a moment." I said sheepishly.

Lana raised her eyebrow at me, "Distracted her huh?"

Yeah well, you know I – LEAD!" I yelled a little too loudly as an idea popped into my head.

"Huh? Okay pardon me if I'm a little confused here, but I don't get it. What do you mean lead?"

My mind was going a mile a minute as I paced a little trying to keep as far away as possible from Alexa. I still felt funny around her whenever I was too close but it wasn't until she tried to invade my mind that I felt the full force of the kryptonite in her blood.

"For whatever reason lead tends to block out the effects of the meteor rocks. When you were coming up behind her you were carrying that pipe in your hands. That pipe is just one out of many old lead pipes that me and my dad removed months ago when we replaced them with new non-lead pipes. We never got a chance to dispose of them properly. The lead probably helped prevent her from reading you right away. Before the meteor shower she had slight psychic abilities already but most of the strength of her powers come from the meteor rocks in her system."

Lana looked at me excited about this new revelation but at the same time confused. "How did you know that Clark and how do we use that to our advantage? How do we get her out of here and to the police without letting her get into our heads?"

I shook my head deep in thought when……..

"CLARK! LOOK OUT!" Lana yelled.

I turned around to see Alexa unsteady on her feet. My head started to pound familiarly but I still had the lead pipe in my hand. Her pull was nowhere near as strong as before.

Lana reached Alexa and started to grab for her. Alexa turned full force toward Lana making Lana stop dead in her tracks as an immediate glazed look came over her eyes.

Alexa must have thought she had me as much in check as Lana because she wasn't paying any mind to me whatsoever. She obviously had no idea what lead did to her abilities. I started to raise the pipe once more muttering a quick "Sorry" under my breath when-

"Mom? Oh my god! Mom!"

I looked at Lana standing in the middle of the room tears of happiness were starting to stream down her cheeks and she was holding out her arms toward Alexa as she walked to embrace her. Alexa stood with a self-satisfied smirk on her face that I couldn't wait to wipe off. The look of pure happiness on Lana's face was the only thing making me hesitate. I've never seen Lana more open than I had at that moment. No matter how close we had gotten at various points in our relationship I had never really seen total and complete happiness in her eyes. There was always a sadness hidden beneath their hazel depths. Now she had a look of pure joy, joy I was about to take away from her….…again.

Alexa must have sensed a whisper of my inner turmoil because she ducked to one side just as I brought down the pipe. Alexa broke out into a run down the steps of the loft.

I swore and started to go after her until I made the mistake of looking at Lana.
She was standing off to the side her eyes darting back and forth looking confused and, god, so disappointed.

"Clark,….." Her voice wavered. "What happened? My mom was right here. She was standing right in front of me. She looked so beautiful. I-I could've sworn…….." Lana's voice trailed off as her eyes met mine and the cloud lifted from her mind. She bit her lip and shook her head trying to keep the additional tears at bay. "That was so cruel. To be given what you want so much and then have it taken away in the snap of a finger. It brings it back all over again." Her voice quavered once again and I couldn't help but take two long strides to her and take her into my arms, Alexa momentarily forgotten. Lana willingly put her arms around my waist as she buried her face into my shirt.

"I'm so sorry Lana." I couldn't help but whisper.

Lana looked up at me in confusion. "Sorry for what Clark you didn't do anything."

Sorry for being the first person to take your parents away from you. Sorry for the fact that If I hadn't, you wouldn't be crying right now, you wouldn't have that look on your face that I'm so often responsible for.

But of course I didn't say any of those things.

"I'm sorry you're hurting. I hate seeing you like this." I ran my fingers through a couple of strands of her hair in an attempt to push them away from her face
Lana was looking into my eyes, her tears slowing as she gazed at me thoughtfully. I could practically see her mind working as she tried to figure out why I wasn't being completely honest with her. Then her eyes widened and she said, "Oh my god Clark, Alexa, she's getting away. We have to call the police."

Lana dropped her arms from around my waist, and even though I don't normally have any type of reaction to either the hot or cold, my body immediately lost some of it's warmth. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands and tried to put herself together.

I grabbed her hand and caressed it in what I hoped was a reassuring way. As I led her down the stairs, I gave her a slight smile and said, "Come on. Let's get inside the house. We'll call the police, then we'll call Chloe to see if maybe she can come up with a way to use the lead against Alexa and keep you company while I go look for her."

At my words, Lana tensed and pulled me to her at the bottom of the stairs. "Clark, no you can't!" She said frantically. "You've experienced firsthand what she can do. She'll hurt you! She'll use your own mind against you! When will you get it through your head that your not some…….some superhuman?" Lana whispered that last part as though it was taboo.

I grimaced slightly at Lana's use of words. She had no idea how close to the truth she truly was. In actuality, she was right. Alexa was very strong. The only reason she could use that against me though was because of the traces of kryptonite in her system. That was the part Lana didn't know.

"Lana I'll be fine. Don't wor-"

Lana grabbed at my shirt with both hands. "Clark, please! Don't do this. Stay with me and let the authorities handle it. That's what they're there for. I don't want to be alone right now. Let's just call the sheriff and wait for your parents to come home." Desperation was laced into every word. Lana's reaction was one I had never experienced before. A "be careful" maybe. A look of great concern perhaps. But not this extreme fear. Now that I thought about it whenever I've told her "Stay here. I'll be back" Lana's never put up much of a fuss. Especially lately.

I looked down into her face and nodded. "I'll stay until my mom and dad get home so that they can stay with you." I glanced down at my watch and realized a lot less time had passed than I had expected. My parents wouldn't be back for another couple of hours. "After that if the police haven't gotten anywhere with their search, I'm going after her myself." Lana relaxed visibly at my words. She took my hand and let me lead her into the house.

End Part of part Six