Chapter 3
Continued at the mansion...
Lex was sword fighting with his trainer to get out all his frustration. He finally won a match against his trainer.
"Your getting better at this Lex. What brought out the change?" His teacher asked.
"Frustration, anger, rage,..." Lex explained. He finally was able to calm down.
Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap... Lex looked as he saw his father clapping as he came in the room.
"Coagulations Lex, you finally passed the test. We will no longer be needing you're services." Lionel told the fencing trainer.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to sell out you're friend Clark Kent. It took longer than I had hoped but you finally did it, I'm proud of you son." Lionel said.
"That was all you're doing?" Lex asked. "You arranged everything?"
"You choose to send the material to the news station. Its going to make a nice edition to tonight's 6 o'clock news. Have you heard from your friend lately? Wonder what's keeping him?" Lionel asked.
"Oh God, What did you do?" Lex asked.
"I didn't do anything. All I did was leave out the matches, and you were the one who started the fire." Lionel explained.
Lex pointed the fencing sword at his father. "Where is Clark?" He demanded.
Lionel was backed up against the wall. "I don't know." Lionel said. He would never back down to a demand even if his own life was at risk.
"Tell me now, or else." Lex said.
"Look, I don't know where Clark and Lana are I don't keep tabs on them." Lionel said.
"Lana's missing too?" Lex yelled. He couldn't let his father get away with this, its gone on way to far.
He still had feelings for Lana. Even though she would never love him back.
A man came in saying someone from the old warehouse wanted to talk to his father. "I need to take this." His father said as he left the room.
Hum... There is only one warehouse in Smallville that he knew of and it was a half an hour away. There was no business coming from it. His father had closed down the warehouse long ago. It didn't make since why he would be taking a call from their unless that's where his friends were. He called the police and said he was an anonymous caller and said there were two people being held hostage in an old warehouse. He also figured all the evidence was probably faked from the package he sent to the news station. He still had time maybe he could fix that too. He found out that the mail from the mansion still hasn't gone out luckily. And the package was still unopened. His father must still have the mansion bugged he thought. He's going to have to call an exterminator team come in again. There is no other way he could have known he tried to sent the box to the news station or what was in it. This was serious. He was going to have the box destroyed. His father had faked it all. He was sick of his father's games. He started a fire in the fire place and burned everything all the evidence he saw. But kept the meteor rocks.
Lex drove up to the warehouse to try to help his friends. The police had the place surrounded but when he went up to find out what happened, the police said that someone called in an anonymous call and no one was there. Just a ton of meteor rocks.
Back at the warehouse... (same time of the mansion when Lex was sword fighting)
Clark was waking up slowly. He was sitting up in the chair. The last thing he could remember was his chair falling over and talk to his teacher. He grimaced, boy did he have a head-ache. He wished he could move his arms to feel his head to make sure it wasn't bleeding.
"Clark, are you ok?" Lana asked. She woke up right as Clark was calling out her name. "You were unconscious for a long time. I've been trying to wake you up." She said.
"So that's why when I was dreaming I heard your voice calling my name." Clark said. He just figured it was a normal dream. She's been in his dreams many times before.
"They say you have power's, Clark." Lana said. "Is that true?"
"No it's not. It was a class assignment. For creative writing and computer class." Clark started to explain. "Someone must have gotten their hands on it and mistook it."
"Class assignment?" Johnson asked as he walked in. He still didn't fully believe it. "Explain."
"Well, I have a creative writing class and our assignment was to wright on what we wanted to be when we grow up... And make it as creative as possible. So I embellished, and the teacher loved it. She even put it up for some kind of an award. Said I wished I had super power's and I'd be a journalism reporter. And meteor rocks would make me sick. I was making rough drafts on it and threw some away with my name on it at Lex's mansion." Clark lied. He figured he'd add that part because Lex said his father was receiving a package from Johnson.
"How could it be true if I am bleeding right now? And I'm still tied up? You moved all the meteor rocks away If I had super power's I'd just pop out of the ropes." Clark said. Hoping he would believe him. His teacher heard everything when he came in.
"Well, you did turn in your project with the DVD of you going fast." His teacher said. Oh God we made a mistake he thought. He's just normal. No power's what so ever.
Johnson went to his office and called Lionel Luthor. He needed to figure out what game he was playing. "Lionel. You were wrong, he has no power's. He's normal. A human being."
Clark's teacher still wanted his job and to stay out of prison. So while Johnson was on the phone he helped Clark and Lana out of the ropes and they went out the back door. His teacher drove them home.
"Do I still have to worry about Johnson ever coming after me again?" Clark wanted to know.
"I think that Lionel Luthor will have a bone to pick with him and you'll be off limits from now on. Look I'm sorry about everything. I really thought that the evidence showed that you had power's and were allergic to meteor rocks. Can you ever forgive me?" His teacher asked.
"Ya, sure your forgiven." Clark said. He was kinda worried cause that would be really hard on him if people did that when they thought he had powers that weren't normal.
"Lana are you ok too? " The teacher asked. As they drove up to Chloe's house. She was still Chloe's roommate.
"Yep, I'm fine I've been through worse." She said. "I'm sorry it turned out you really didn't have power's I was really hoping it was true." She smiled as she left he car.
Clark wished he could tell her everything but the fewer the people know the better. As they drove up to his house the front door was ripped off its hinges. How was he going to explain this one he wondered. "Aw man the hinges came loose again. There isn't enough wd40 to fix it in the world." Clark said. "The price to pay of living on a farm." He said as he got out.
"Maybe you used one size too small hinges for the door. I had that problem once and the door would never stay up." The teacher said.
"I'll look into that thanks for the advice." Clark said. "See you Monday. Can I take a make-up exam?"
"Ya, sure just come an hour before class. And we will get you set up." The teacher said.
"Bye, have a good night." Clark said. He watched the teacher leave as he came in side. He hoped Pete was handling his power's ok. He needed them back as soon as possible. His stomach hurt from being punched and his head still had a migraine from the fall. "Mom, Dad, Pete... Is everything ok?" Clark yelled.
Pete heard Clark using his super hearing from the barn. He hurried into the house in super speed. And ran into Clark and knocked him over into wall. "Sorry about that Clark. I thought I was going normal speed. I can't get a hold of these power's. How do you do it every day? I'm starting to feel sick. Do you have a meteor rock on you?"
He searched his pockets and found one in his coat pocket. The bad guys must have slipped one in. "Here it is I didn't even know it was there. Long story I'll explain later. Well it took years of practice. I think everything is squared away. Ready to return my power's back?" Clark asked.
"Yes!" Pet, Mr. And Mrs. Kent all said at the same time.
"Ok lets go to the barn and make the switch. I needed the meteor rock anyway we don't normally keep them around." Clark said. They went and switched the power's back. He was glad to be himself again. He head didn't hurt anymore. He even welcomed the sickness from the meteor rock. Except this one was too big he couldn't move. If he had his power's back in the warehouse he would have been dead by now.
"Yes. I'm back to normal." Pete said.
"Pete, the meteor rock." Clark gasped as he tried to move but couldn't.
"Opps I forgot." Pete explained as covered the meteor with a dried up paint bucket.
"Thanks." Clark said. "Now about the front door. I'll have it fixed in two seconds. See their fixed."
"Ya, I'm sorry about your parents came home and needed help, so I opened the door. And told them everything. Now I know why you kept these power's a secret all these years from me." Pete said.
"We forgot about the package." Clark reminded Pete and his parents in the kitchen As Chloe rang the door bell. "The one that was supposed to be sent to Lionel Luthor. Chloe your planned worked." He told everything them everything that happened.
"Hi is everything ok?" Lex said as he came to visit Clark.
"Everything is fine." Clark lied.
"Well you know that box about Clark I intercepted Lionel and destroyed it." Lex said. "I overheard my father talking about how he set up fake evidence showing you had power's when you didn't have any." He figured it would be best to leave it out the rest of the story about his father being behind the kidnaping. He was just glad that his friends were ok. He had just talked to Lana a few minutes ago using business for the Talon as an excuse.
"Have a good night." Lex said. And walked out the front door and drove off.
"Well now that's taken care of. It's a Friday night and its only 6pm." Chloe said. "I got plans. Unless you need me for anything else."
"Nope. Good night. Glad to have you on the team." Clark smiled. After he said by to Pete he had a long talk with his parents about not procrastinating on college homework.
Back at the mansion
It Saturday and Lex was tossing a meteor rock up and down wondering if Clark actually had those powers. Clark walked in the room to give Lex some produce that he ordered from the farm.
"Since when are you interested in meteor rocks?" Clark asked. He was at the door way. Too far away to feel the effects. Lex's office was huge. He needed to keep his distance that was the same shape of meteor rock that was used in the kidnaping.
"Since my father cared so much about them. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about." Lex lied. "Think fast." He said as he tossed it to Clark.
Clark caught the soft ball size meteor rock. Then fell over in pain. He couldn't get up the rock was too big he was in too much agony.
Lex began to lecture Clark about friendship and trust. "Don't worry I took care of my father's bug problem. You just need to tell me everything. And I won't move the rock until you confess."
"Lex, you don't understand; You're killing me..." Clark gasped. He knew no one was at the mansion on Saturday's. Not even his father.
