Chapter 14: In the End

As Clark runs, still holding Alicia, they turn a corner, and the sickening effect of the meteor rocks overcomes both of them. Clark falls to his knees, and Lionel takes his chance. Clark doesn't hear the bastard sneak up near him. He didn't hear the gun cock, and he didn't even hear the gun fire. All he heard was what Alicia said to him.

"The baby kicked."

That's what she said, right before the disaster. All he saw was Alicia's smile, all he smelled was her perfume, until his senses kicked in. He first felt it. The quivering in Alicia's body, her body starting to shake. He then saw it, Alicia's face turning from her beautiful smile to a sudden shock, he smelled it, the burning smoke from the gun, and then he heard it. The laughter. The sickening sound of something evil, something who's plan was a success. Clark looks at Alicia's hands. They're quivering, and her blood veins expand, her own poisoned blood running through her system.

Alicia tries to hold down the blood that is moving up her throat, and Clark takes notice. Tears fall down Clark's cheeks and the whole world seems to stop. Throughout the pain, she moves her hands on Clark's back, and they hold each other in an embrace. The doors down the hall burst open as SWAT and the Metropolis Police squad move in, followed by Chloe, Johnathon, Lois and Lex, as they rund down the hall. Lionel looks over, and points his gun at the squad.

"DROP YOUR WEAPON!" The leader of the SWAT screams at Lionel.

Lionel does, kicking his gun across the hall. Johnathon looks at Clark and Alicia, and notices the blood. Greenish red, if drips off of Alicia's chest, and forms a small pool below her, where Clark's knees are. They are both crying, Clark's tears falling on Alicia, and Alicia's tears, watery and partly bloody, falling out of her eyes.

Clark continues to hold Alicia, and starts to speak.

"Please, Alicia. Please don't die. I love you. I love you with all my heart. Please don't leave me."

Through her coughing, the blood leaking out from the corner of her mouth, she manages to speak.

"I...love...you too, Clark...I will...always be...with you..." Alicia states, before the blood starts trickling more out of her mouth. She starts to cough, and Clark holds her close. She holds him, her arms on his back once again, but this time, he can feel her arms go limp. Clark continues to hold her in his arms, and he X-rays her body. Her heart starts to slow down, until it stops, and then Clark hears the small beating of his baby's heart. He watches as it stops. This pushes Clark off the edge. He holds Alicia's body, crying as he does so. Chloe and Lois stare in shock as Clark continues to hold Alicia, crying terribly.

"NOOOOOO!"Clark screams.

Her body lies limp in his arms. Her once beautiful eyes are now closed, and Clark dares not look at what is underneath. The immense pain and shock from Alicia and his baby's death, makes him sob terribly.

"WHY!" Clark screams, staring up at the ceiling. "Why did it have to be you!"

Clark sits with Alicia's body, which is still warm. Hot, salty tears roll off of Clark's face, while his face turns red. He holds her limp body and the people around him watch as he continues to cry.

"It should have been me, baby. Please don't leave me!"

As Clark sits, holding Alicia's limp body, more tears flow out of Clark's eyes. His arms start shaking from the shock that his only true love has been killed by another person. No, not a person. A monster. Only a monster could have done this, to kill a pregnant woman. His nose now fills with mucus, and he starts breathing with his mouth. As he holds Alicia's body, a bloody, purple hole shows from where she was shot. Her eyes are sunken, the same with Clark's. Her face has started to turn ghostly pale, and her golden blonde sways from his movement. Her lips have turned dark, and dead, as tears from Clark fall across her face.

"NOOOO!" Clark screams again, just as Johnathon walks over to him. The SWAT team apprehends Lionel, and cuffs him. Johnathon tries to hold his son, but Clark moves away.

"Clark, it wasn't your fault. It was-"

"IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME! NOT HER! IT WAS MY FAULT! I SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED HER!"

He continues to cry, and the SWAT team takes Lionel away. As he passes Clark, Clark looks up, directly at the face that took his lover away. Lionel smiles at Clark, and anger besieges him. Johnathon notices, and Lex walks over to look at the grissly scene. Chloe and Lois walk over as well, and try to comfort Clark. Chloe reaches to toach his shoulder, but he stands up.

"Don't touch me, Chloe. I don't want any of your sympathy. You started this...it got Alicia and my baby killed. All you wanted was your place in the Daily Planet. Well, you got your wish. I hope your happy with what you did."

Chloe stares in shock at what Clark said, her tears falling down her face. She cries on Johnathon's shirt, Lois is furious at Clark. She runs up to him, and grabs his left arm. He turns around and looks straight into Lois's eyes. She is frightened by what she sees. Clark is still crying, but his eyes are glowing red.

"Clark, I know your really sad right now-"

"Lois, look at her."

Lois does as told, and sees Alicia still being held by Clark. Her blood vessels stop expanding, and her color has faded.

"I just lost my soul mate. She was the only one in the world with who I could actually have a family with. Now she's dead, and so is my baby. I am completely alone. Sadness isn't what I'm feeling. Depressed is closer my way right now. You wouldn't understand. I have a right to be angry at anyone I choose."

Clark, still holding Alicia, walks away from the group. A SWAT member stops him.

"I'm afraid I'll have to confiscate the body."

"No." Clark states, his tears still falling down his cheeks.

"I have to..." The man says, but Clark walks past him.

"She goes with me." Clark says, and superspeeds away.

Johnathon falls to his knees, and stares at the floor. His son had lost his girlfriend, and his baby. Johnathon would have been a grandfather. Certainly, it wasn't under the best curcimstances, but he would have loved the pleasure to be a grandfather. now it is gone, the chance, and the pleasure. All that is left is his son, who is grieving over both of his losses. Lois helps Johnathon up, and they walk out of the Luthor-Corp lab, now being flooded by the CDC, FBI, CIA, and several media members. Lex stands near a government truck, and in a fit of rage, puches the side of it, leaving a small dent, and a bloody hand. Johnathon sits, and Lex walks over to him.

"Mr. Kent, I'm so sorry...I didn't know Lionel was doing this to people, let alone Clark and Alicia-"

"Lex," Johnathon states, cutting him off. "My son lost his girlfriend, and his only child. I am certain Clark will want revenge, so you better hope prison kills your father before he gets to him."

That statement shocks Lex, but can be understood. Lex nods, and touches Johnathon's shoulder. They walk to Johnathon's truck, along with Chloe and Lois, and drive off towards the Kent farmhouse.

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Clark speeds to the hospital, and immedietly doctors try to revive Alicia. They try to shock her back to life, but with every shock, no heartbeat can be revived.

"Death at 10:34." The main doctor states, another one writing down the time. Clark watches outside the window, as the doctors put Alicia in a black bodybag. They zip it up, the sound running through Clark's ears. Another doctor walks out, pushing Alicia's lifeless body ahead of him. He notices Clark, and stops walking.

"Did you know the deceased?" He asks.

"Yes. She was my fiancee."

"I'm so sorry for your loss." The doctor says.

The door behind Clark slams open, Alicia's parents running over. They notice the body, and Lucy breaksdown, crying on Greg's shoulder. Clark's tears have started again, and Greg looks furiously at Clark.

"HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN, CLARK! WHY COULDN'T YOU SAVE HER!" Greg yells at him, every word cutting through Clark.

Greg starts to cry also, they walk away, holding each other. Clark stands still, and looks at the doctor.

"When will she be ready to be buried?" Clark asks, quietly.

"In a couple of days. We'll notify you. I just need your name and phone number."

The doctor hands Clark a clipboard, and a pen. He writes his name, and his phone number. He hands it back to the doctor, and he pushes Alicia's body away from Clark, and down the hallway to the morgue. Clark turns around, fresh tears fallin down his cheeks, and speeds off, to his "Fortress of Solitude."