Chapter 3: Payback

I sped through the town, searching for Lana. Until finally I arrived at the Talon, the famous coffee shop of this rural town. Her apartment was there and she worked there, so it was a logical place to start. But first, I would need to get some new clothes, I always disliked plaid.

I sped across the street to the Fordman's store, where I sped through grabbing a pair of jeans, a black t-shirt, and a black hoody. I sped out of the store too fast for the alarm to sound when I left with the stolen clothing. I quickly changed, and went back to the Talon. Before entering I put my hood up, to cover my face.

I pushed the doors open, the wind gusting at my back blew loose papers around, a storm was coming, and if I had anything to do with it, it would be raining blood. I walked over to the counter searching for any sign of Lana. The lady manning the register had her back to me, when I coughed; she turned around, and guess who it was… Lana.

"Hi, how can I help you?" I looked at her grinning evilly under the shadows of my hood. She looked at me, confused at first when I didn't say anything, then her confusion began to change, to fear, just the emotion I wanted. She waved her hand in front of my face, "Hello… Anyone in there?" My grin widened.

"Oh yes, I'm in here." I pulled down my hood revealing my face. She looked at me then smiled. "Oh, hi Clark, you want the usual?" She asked, but her gaze never left my face. I shook my head no, and she looked strangely at me.

"I want you…" She looked shocked and ecstatic. She had no idea, it wasn't Clark… this was going to be fun.

"What do you mean?" She asked through a smile.

I extended my right hand, "Come with me and I'll show you." She took my hand and we began to walk out of the Talon, when Mr. Goody Two-Shoes walks in, looking worried. He looked around briefly before spotting us, his eyes opened up wide in horror… he really cared about this human. I just stood there, and grinned. I grabbed Lana and picked her up then sped out of the Talon, Clark in pursuit. I was going to test his love for this one, then once it was too much I'd kill her to push him over the edge.

I sped through town, towards Shuster's Gorge, Clark a few yards behind. Upon reaching the gorge, I immediately stopped, as did Clark. I turned to face him, and evil grin on my face.

"I'm surprised you were able to keep up, Clark. I thought your fondness for humans made you weak, but it appears that fear and anger fuels the fires that is your soul." I left out a quick smirk and look into his eyes; they brimmed with anger, fear, hatred, and sadness.

"Let her go!" He screamed, I shook my head and smiled and took a step towards the edge of the cliff. He began to move forward, but I held his dear Lana out with one hand over the edge.

"Now, now, Clark, we wouldn't want anything to happen to Lana now would we?" I could see and feel the rage boiling inside of him, it was quite wonderful. Power is like a drug, once you get a taste you want more, and nothing else will do.

He took another step, and I took another step back, my heels hanging over the ledge of the cliff. I still held Lana by her throat, she was watching in horror as her life hanged in the balance of our struggle. Only one of us knew what was going to happen, and that was me and they knew it, and it showed on their weak little faces.

"Now, how much do you love this girl, Clark? And be truthful, I can tell when you're lying." I smirked at him and awaited his answer. He looked at me, his eyes watering, and his bottom lip shaking like an earthquake.

"Wi… with all my heart…" He finally spoke. I looked at him sympathetically.

"Aww… you mean like how I loved Alicia!" My voice boomed off the walls of the gorge. "Did you think I'd let you get away with what you did?" MY anger began to rise, and my hand clenched tighter around Lana's delicate throat, she grimaced as my grip got tighter and tighter. "Please… Cla… Clark… help me…" I looked at her, and my eyes softened for a bit, but then rage took over, and I turned my head back to Clark. "You took away the love of my life, and now it's payback time Clark…" I took another step back over the edge of the cliff, I knew I'd survive, but Lana wouldn't.

As my feet began to leave the floor, I saw a flash of green, then felt some of Lana's weight leave my arm, I looked up, and it was my Alicia… I knew something was wrong when her feet left the ground, falling with me and Lana… my eyes widened in horror as I realized now Alicia would die as well.

"NO!" I let loose a scream that echoed off the gorge walls for minutes, and attempted to concentrate to fly, but I couldn't control my emotions enough to focus, and the ground was fast approaching. I was finally able to focus enough to slow our decent, but it was too little too late, the two of them impacted the ground with a loud thud and loud cracks that sent shivers through my spine… What had I done…

I quickly, stood up and sped over to where the two landed… they were a mess of tangled limbs and blood, it was gruesome to say the least… but even with the horrific scene, all I could think about was my Alicia's angelic face, and that smile that could melt anything that saw it… and how I'd never see them again… torrents of fiery tears rained from my eyes as I walked over to her body…

I knelt down next to her, and cried. The tears just kept coming, I covered my face with my hands, and sobbed uncontrollably, when I brought my hands back, they were red with blood. When I finally noticed it, I was confused, but at the moment it was at the back of my mind… I had killed my precious angel… I was still crying when Clark sped down, and knelt next to Lana, he began to cry as well.

We both knelt there crying as the loves of our lives had been taken away, by one foolish action. My bloody tears still fell when I looked up to see Clark staring at me, his eyes full of rage, my tears stopped and my anger grew, this was his fault, if he hadn't ruined things with Alicia none of this would've happened.

We both stood at the same time, he just kept looking at me like he wanted to kill me, and the truth was, I wanted to kill myself too. I balled my hands into fists, and ran at him, swinging hard at his face…