Chapter 8

The elevator doors opened in front of Lois and Clark,the party was in full boom when they got arrived. They did went inside the large ballroom and tried to blend in as much as possible. Clark scanned the room for any sign of Chloe and Lana he was about to use his x-rays when Lois grabbed his shoulder.

"We need to blend in so your going to have to dance with me."she said.

"Shouldn't we try looking for Chloe and Lana?"He asked

"Trust me Smallville I know what I'm doing."Lois said. Clark and Lois began to dance.

"Make sure you hands stay in the northern part of the world."Lois said.

"Lois,I would dream of going south of the border."Clark said.

"You woul... Good."Lois said. They dance for few moments. Then some one walked up from behind them.

"You guys Lois and Clark."He said.

"Yes."Clark said.

"Follow me."He told them. Clark and Lois started to follow him.

"I told you it would work."Lois said.

The man lead them down a long hall way to a very large office. Two met guarded the doors. When they stopped at the large doors the man stopped and turned to them.

"Okay check them."he said The guards stepped forward and checked Clark for a gun. They were about to move on to Lois.

"Look at her dress do you think she could hide anything in their."Clark said.

"Kids right,besides he's clean."One of the guard said.

"Open the doors."He said.

They opened the doors. Clark and Lois entered the large office. They looked to see if anyone was in the room with them. The room was empty, no one was in the room but Lois,Clark and the guy that lead them to the office.

"Okay what's the deal."Lois asked.

"What do you mean."The man asked.

"Where's my friends."Lois asked

"Mr. Sloan and his guest will be arriving shortly."He said. he turned and then walked out.

"Great this is great what's next, someone pumps the room full of poison gas."Lois said.

"Lois that only happens in comic books."Clark said.

A door at the other end of the room opened and in walked Sloan and six of his henchmen with them was Chloe and Lana. They looked tried and scared,but for the most part alright. They made Chloe and Lana sit on a large leather sofa. Sloan's men took the corners of the room and Sloan sat behind his desk. He took out a cigar and lit it. He took a long puff on the stogie and blew a smoke ring.

"I'm not impressed."Lois said.

"You know you and miss Sullivan over there has very good gene's."Sloan said.

"We got what you want now let them go."Clark said.

"Really can I see it?"Sloan said.

"No not until I know that Lois,and my friends are safe and away from here."Clark said.

"Clark,if your trying to impress me it worked when I saw you the tuxedo."Lois said.

"?If you want the file let my friends go."Clark repeated.

"Fine you have a deal."Sloan said. Sloan looked at the Rex and Johnny. They untied Chloe and Lana. Rex then opened the office door so they could leave. Chloe,Lana and Lois headed for the door.

"I'll be down in a few minutes."Clark said. Clark took the files out of his back pack and tossed the files onto the desk. Sloan picked up the files and started to go though the files. He smiled.

"Good job kid."Sloan said.

"Now promise me that you will never go after my friends again."Clark said.

"That's not going to happen kid."Sloan said.

"What are you talking about?"Clark said

"You see kid when your friends won't ever get to the bottom floor."Sloan said. he then pulled his gun and fired. The bullet hit Clark in the chest. He fell to the ground to give Sloan and his men the idea that they had killed him. Sloan and his men then went to the elevator to try and stop the girls.

The girls were near the ground floor when the elevator stopped.

"Okay what's going on here."Chloe said. The elevator then started to go up.

"We're going back up."Lana said.

"I knew that this was going to happen."Lois said. The elevator stopped at the 20th floor. The girls got off the elevator and went to find a place to hide. They ran down the hall or tried to as they had to wait for Lois. She knew that she was slowing them down and kicked off the high heels she was wearing. They ducked into a closest and waited.

"Where's Clark?"Lana said.

Back in Sloan's office. Clark hopped to his feet and went to find his friends. He opened the door and walked into a hale of lead. The bullets bounced off of him and hit the walls around the him. He went to the gunmen and took their guns. The men were frozen in disbelief as Clark took the guns and crushed them. He pick up the two men and threw them against the wall. the men slumped to the floor. They would be very sore when they woke up in the jail.

Chloe's opened the door and peeked out. She saw that the coast was clear. The girls then made a mad dash for the elevator. They stopped in their tracks when the bell on the elevator dinged and the door opened. Sloan and his men stood on the other side of the door. He smiled and raised his gun and fired. His shot barely missed Lana. They turned and ran as fast as they could to get away.

Clark used his speed to get to the 20th floor. He heard the gun fire and followed it. He turned the corner and saw. Sloan and his men chasing the girls. He quickly followed the sounds to get to the girls.

Clark saw two guards standing at the elevator. He went to take them out. The guards saw Clark ans rushed his. They pulled out swords and rushed Clark. Clark ran at the men at a regular pace. The men slashed at Clark. The men turned to find a teenager cut in half. What they found Clark standing. They looked at their blades and saw that they were shattered. Clark grabbed them and tossed them against the wall.

Outside the building police cars came to a stop. Maggie and Henderson got out and pulled their guns and lead the officers inside. When they went inside they found Sloan's men waiting for them. Soon a huge gun fight broke out.

"You sure you don't want to throw those two in jail now."Henderson.

"If we get out of this I'm going to lock them up and throw away the key."Maggie said.

In Smallville, Martha and Jonathon were putting away the dinner dishes. Martha was worried sick,but she said nothing to Jonathon. Jonathon was also worried,but he knew that his could trust Clark to find the girls and keep them safe. He however was not to sure if Clark would keep his powers and abilities under warps. Clark had been discovering more of his powers and had been getting a bit too careless. That could be dangerous. After they saw the Planet and Clark and Lois' story,they really worried.

Martha and him sat down to watch television. They had played on watching the baseball game but got a news report. The report was coming from Queen Towers. The report was saying that there was a major gun battle at the tower and reports were coming out that there was some teenagers still in the building.

"Jonathon."Martha said.

"Martha right now all we cal do is sit tight and hope that everyones going to fine."Jonathon said.

"Jonathon we got to get out there."Martha said.

"Martha by the time we get to Metropolis this could all be over."Jonathon said.

"How about we fly."Lex said."I'm sorry I saw the news and came over here."he said.

"Lex,right now I think it would be best if we all just stayed right here."Jonathon said.

"I understand."Lex said.

"Jonathon,I think we should go with Lex. Just in case."Martha said.

"Alright,we'll go."Jonathon said.

"Great is it okay that the chopper lands in the field?"Lex asked.

The girls were now hiding in a small office. They had though about calling the police but seeing the police outside made them realize that it would not be necessary. So now all they could do was hide.

Lana not had time to go over the events in her head. She had seen Clark get shot,she saw his blood. Clark had to be dead. He had to. Chloe however told her other wise and it lose like she was right. Ten minutes ago Clark Kent,tall,handsome,Clark Kent stood in front of her alive and well.

"Chloe I thought Clark was dead."Lana asked.

"What?"Lois asked.

"We saw Clark get shot,they shot him."Lana said.

"He must have slipped because we were going to take him to the hospital he was fine."Lois said.

"Clark knows when to duck."Chloe said. She hoped that he pitiful explanation would work. She knew why Clark was fine he had meteor powers.

"We got to get back to that elevator,or else we going to become worm food."Lois said.

Out in the hall way Sloan, Rex and Johnny were looking for the girls. They had checked all the offices but had turned up nothing. They were heading to the office were the girls were hiding out.

"We're did these women go."Sloan said.

"I knew we should have killed them when we had the chance."Rex said.

"It's to bad,I like the blond,she has spunk."Johnny said.

"Lets check in here."Sloan said.

He turned the door knob and opened the door. At the other end of the room the girls huddled together,hoping that Sloan and his goons would not find them. The men fanned out and check under the chairs desks and tables. In the corner the girls huddled tried to remain as quite as possible. Sloan and his men continued to check the room.

Outside in the hallway Clark was also looking for the girls. He turned down the hallway. He used his x-ray vision and looked around the floor. He stopped at a corner office and saw the skeletons nod three men all holding guns. He scanned the room and found three more skeletons hiding in the corner. He knew it was the girls. He used his super-speed to get the the room.

Sloan and his men were about to leave the room. When a glint caught his eye. He followed the glint to the corner. He had found the girls. He pointed his gun to the corner. He and his men headed that way. They all got to the girls at the same time.

"I love diamonds."Sloan said. Lois looked at the bracelet on her wrist.

"Diamonds a girls best friends my butt."Lois said.

The girls stood up Sloan and his men aimed their guns at them.

"Come on Clark."Chloe said.

"Sloan let them go."Clark said.

Sloan and his men turned and fired at Clark. Clark dove behind the wall. More to hide his powers than fear of the bullets.

"Go get him."Sloan said. Johnny and Rex went to find Clark. When they had left he turned back to the girls. He pointed the gun at them.

"You come with me."He said and grabbed Lois. Lana and Chloe were about to fight back when Sloan fired his gun in the air.

"I'm done with you two,I'm going to the Swiss Alps and I'm taking this girl here with me." He said. He then turned and left the room dragging Lois with him.

In the hallway,Clark had made Rex and Johnny chase him into the restroom. They followed him in and started to shoot up that place. They then went to each stall and did the same thing. They got to the stall Clark was hiding in. Clark waited for a moment and then pushed the door off the hinges. It flew and hit the wall. Clark walked out. Johnny and Rex fired their guns. Clark shot a blast of heat vision at magazines of the guns. They guns blew up in their hands. Clark then walked up to them and punched them. He used just enough of his super-strength to knock them out. He them let the room and went to find Sloan and the girls.

Sloan was leading Lois up to the roof top. They were almost there. He took out his cell phone and called his chopper.

"You know your going to jail right?"Lois said.

"Why do women alway say that?"Sloan said. Then they headed up the stairs.

Chloe and Lana were running up and down the halls. They were looking for Clark or Lois. They turned the corner and ran right into Clark.

"Are you okay?"Clark said.

"We're fine,we though you were dead."Lana said.

"It's okay I just slipped and fell."Clark said.

"Sloan got Lois,he's headed for the roof."Chloe said.

"You two start heading down stairs,I'll find Lois."Clark said.

"Okay."Lana said.

"You guys be careful."Clark said.

"You too Clark."Chloe said.

Clark watched as Chloe and Lana headed for the elevator. He knew that he had some issue to work out with both of them when this was all over.

Lex's helicopter landed just across the street of the Towers. Jonathon,Martha and Lex. They saw Maggie and went over to her.

"Inspector I want to know what is going on?"Jonathon said.

"We just had a major gunfight. It's over now we are looking for your son and the girls that had kidnapped.."she said.

The front doors of the tower opened and Chloe and Lana ran outside. Martha saw them and ran to them.

"Lana,Chloe are you two alright?"Martha said giving then a hug.

"We're okay Mrs.Kent,but Sloan's got Lois."Chloe said.

"Clark went after them."Lana said.

Sloan and Lois got to the door to the roof. He tried the knob. The door was locked. He fired his gun at the door. He then kicked the door open and went on to the roof. He then stopped and pushed a barrel up against the door. He then went to the helicopter pad. Clark ran up the stairs at super-speed. He tried to open the door,but it would not move. Clark then pushed the door harder. This time the door flew off the hinges and sent the barrel off the building.

Sloan turned at the sound. He pointed his gun at the door and fired all his bullets. He missed,in truth all the bullets hit Clark,but no of them did anything. Clark walked to the helicopter pad. Sloan loaded his gun and pointed it at Lois' head.

"Move and I'll kill her."Sloan said.

"That's fine with me I don't like her anyway."Clark said.

"Clark,that's not funny."Lois said.

Sloan smiled. He like the fact that these two kids were agreeing. He soon stopped laughing. Lois turned at started to lay it on think. She began to whisper in his ear. Clark watched this in awe. He didn't what to know what to know what Lois was telling him. Lois saw this as her chance. She sent her knee right into his gut. Sloan had gotten the wind knocked out of him. He was now angry. He took his gun and hit Lois on the side of the head.

The world started to show down. Clark fired a blast of heat vision. Sloan's gun melted in his hand. He fell to the ground in pain. Lois tumbled over the rail and fell. She saw the ground coming up very quickly. She was now thinking about the old saying. "It's not the fall that kills you it's what you hit at the end." Lois began to pray. She hoped that be some miracle could save her. Clark knew that what he was about to do was very dangerous and may expose his secret but at the moment he had to save Lois.

He did a swan dive off the roof and tried the flying thing that had been going on. He felt as if he was not falling anymore. He felt more like floating then like he was falling slower. Then he got to the point were he could feel that he was flying. He look and saw that he had passed Lois. He knew that this next trick was going to be the one that saved Lois. He curved his body. He saw that he was turning up. He then turned his body to face the wall and he looked up at Lois. He quickly saw that Lois speed was very fast and when they met she was going to knock them down. Clark pushed down with his toes. He felt himself pick up speed. They met a moment later his arm went around her waist. Lois grabbed Clark around his neck.

"Don't worry I got you."Clark said.

"You've got me? Who's got you?"Lois asked.

Clark smiled and flew up to the roof on the building. He landed on the roof gently. He let go of Lois. She stood in a amazement of Clark. Sloan had made he way toward the door. Clark walked over to him. Sloan's eyes filled with terror. He thought Clark was going to tear him apart. Clark slapped Sloan on the head. Sloan slumped to the ground, he was out cold. Lois walked over to Clark.

"How did you..."Lois started to say, then she fell to the floor. Clark grabbed her and gently held her. Clark smiled Lois looked so peaceful and clam. She also looked so beautiful. Clark gently kissed her on the lips. He then picked her up and carried down the stairs.

The Kents,Lex,Chloe and Lana they wanted to know what was going on. The door opened a moment later and Clark walked out carrying Lois. The Kents,Lex ,Chloe and Lana looked on in awe. Clark looked older that he looked and very, very, very ,heroic . Chloe smiled.

"Gentlemen this woman needs help."Clark called out to a EMT. He laid Lois on a stretcher."I think she has a concussion."Clark told them. He then turned and hugged Lana and Chloe as tight as he could without hurting them.

"Thank you Clark."Lana said.

"Thanks Clark."Chloe said.

"You look very heroic Clark."Lex said.

"Thanks Lex."Clark said

His mother and father went up to him.

"Are you alright?"Martha asked.

"I'm fine mom,I just want to make sure Lois is okay."Clark said.

"She's going to be okay Clark,good job son."Jonathon said.

"Thanks dad."Clark said.

Lionel sat in his office. In his had was the final journal entry of Virgil Swann.

"Now knowing that the government of Krypton had doomed it's people,Jor-el had decided to save his family. He had built a small craft to sent his family. He then began to look for a planet to send his family. He looked thought the star charts and found a place to send his family. He found the planet Earth and was going to send his wife and son to our planet. As he began to sen his family,when the planet became more and dangerous. He was ready to send them to earth. However his wife,Lara decided to stay with her husband. In the final moments of the planets Krypton. The small ship left the planet. With the demise of Krypton,only Jor-el's son was left. It took about seven years for the ship to come to earth. After hours of research I have found that this child of Krypton is on earth and living here as one of us. He could be living in the American mid-west. His Earth name is unknown to me at the moment,but his Kryptonian name is Kal-el,the last son of Krypton."

It could not end like this. This journal could not end like this. He had been so close to finding out who this person was. Why did Swann not finish. Maybe Swann was hiding something. Lionel would not work harder to find the Last Son of Krypton.

TO BE COUNTIED...