"Oh my God Chloe, what happened?" Lex ordered a guard to get warm water and clean washcloths.

"I was trying to find out what was wrong with Lois. I left the Talon, went to my dad's and there they were." Chloe collapsed on the floor.

"CHLOE" Lex yelled. He picked her up and put her on his bed. When the guard came back with the cloths he began to slowly dab her wounds. Lex bandaged her up and laid next to her. He couldn't sleep though. He looked at the clock; it was 3:45am. She didn't move at all. Lex closed his eyes after looking at the clock again 4:52am.

When the person next to him stirred, Lex's eyes shot open. He looked over at her. He stood up.

"Lex, I'm so sore. My eye won't open." Chloe mumbled.

"Yeah it's swollen shut. You'll be okay Chloe. I promise." With that Chloe shut her one good eye and went to sleep again. She felt safe. Lex didn't lie down again. Instead he decided to call Clark.

"Hello Mr. Kent, is Clark around?" Lex and Jonathan had nothing in common except mutual friends.

"Yeah Lex hold on. CLARK TELEPHONE ITS LEX. He should be right here." Jonathan put the phone down.

"Yes Lex. What's going on?" This was the first time Lex called before 8:00am.

"It's Chloe. She came over at about 3 o'clock last night. I don't know what happened, but Clark she's pretty beat up." Lex hated this. Chloe was the only one who knew what happened and she's out cold. That's why he called Clark maybe he'll know something.

He had a doctor coming in at about 9:30am. Then maybe he could get some answers.

"Is she going to be okay? What can I do to help Lex?" Clark was worried this was his best friend in danger.

"Yes she will be okay. Um…you can tell me why someone would want to hurt her. If you know of course." Lex was sure Clark knew something.

"Well I did ask her to do some checks. On the love of my life, if ya know what I mean." Clark couldn't imagine why someone would hurt her though.

"Okay Clark, I got to go I think she's waking up again. Bye brother." Lex said.

"Bye Bro." Clark said and hung up.

Lex looked over at Chloe. She was so strong. She made all the way from her house to his, and upstairs two-flights. Wow.

"Lex, I'm going to be okay. I can feel it already." Chloe's sweet calm inspirational voice chimed into his thoughts.

"Yes Chloe you are. Can you tell me what happened?" Lex couldn't make small talk without starting to figure this mystery out.

"Like is said I was just coming home for some supplies. I was going back to the Talon. I left my computer at home. Therefore I couldn't do my research I had started on my cousin's craziness. When I walked in the door was cracked. I figured dad had to come home. He was staying with a lady he has been uh…screwing. But then I walked into a fist. I got kicked. Then they sliced my face saying to drop the investigation on Lois." Chloe took a deep breath. Then touched her face. Lex reached up to where her hand was and pulled it away. Even beaten Chloe looked magnificent.

"You couldn't get a good look at any of them?" Lex knew Chloe was a very detailed person and if by any chance she could have seen one of them, that would have been the first thing she told him.

"No I didn't. They all wore masks. Except one had a LuthorCorps badge. It fell out when he was kicking me. He quickly tucked it back in. Um…"She looked over at a man standing at the door, He had on a white coat, a doctor she supposed.