Chapter 7
The Ninja held Lex high above the ground, on the roof of the mansion. Lex tried not to move hoping that the ninja would not drop him. Lex was now had chance to get a good look at the ninja. He noticed the armor on the shoulders and chest,and the gauntlets. Lex really could not see the eyes of the ninja.
"Do you know who I am."Lex said.
"Does it matter."Bruce said.
"What do you want."Lex said.
"I want information."Bruce said.
"About what?"Lex said.
"The gunrunning that happens at the mill outside of town."Bruce said.
"I don't anything about that."Lex said.
"You lie."Bruce growled.
"I don't have any thing to do with the weapons."Lex said.
"Who does."Bruce demanded.
"I don't know."Lex said.
"Who are you protecting."Bruce asked.
"No one."Lex said.
Lex felt himself moving though the air. He landed hard on the roof of the mansion. Lex watched as the Ninja stepped to the edge of the roof and leaped off. Lex moved to the of the edge of the roof and looked for the ninja, He saw no one.
"Mom."Clark called. He waited for his mother's reply.
"Up here,Clark."Martha called down from the attic. Clark climbed the steps and found his mother in the attic. She had always said that she was going to clean the attic one day he guess this was the day.
"What are you doing up here"Clark asked.
"Cleaning. I just didn't know how much stuff we had up here."She said. She looked though a old trunk. Then something caught her eye.
"Oh god I can't believe it."Martha said.
"What is it mom."Clark said.
"It;s the engagement ring your father gave me."She said. She opened the small box. In it was a gold ring with a red ruby. It was high school football state championship ring
"It's a football ring mom."Clark said.
"When your father and I started dating,it was the only ring he ever wore. He wore it all the time he never took it off. When he proposed to me your father was trying to get the farm running again after your grandfather died. So when he proposed to me he said."I know it's not the hope diamond,but even that would show you how much I love you.""She said.
"Could I have it."Clark asked.
"Sure sweetie,planning on giving it to someone"Martha said.
"Don't start mom."Clark said.
"Alright,for now anyway."she said.
Lana walked into the Lex's office. Lex was seated at his desk, He was studying the throwing star. He wanted to know how had the gall to do what that manic did to him last night.
"Thinking of taking up kung fu."Lana asked.
"No,it was gift from visitor that I had last night."Lex said.
"It that why you have all the extra security."Lana said.
"He dangled me off the roof of the mansion and integrate me."Lex said.
"Sounds scary."Lana said.
"Terrifying. The odd thing was I think my visitor liked it."Lex said.
Clark was in the Talon,getting his jollies by giving Lois a hard time. At the moment Lois was holding her own,she had messed up on two orders. Clark had to admit he had a very sick sense of humor watching Lois be a waitress. Lois finally filled all the orders and had time to herself.
"Don't you have cows to milk."Lois asked.
"And miss out on your great waitressing skills."Clark said.
"You Smallville,I think you do this because you have nothing better to do."Lois said.
"No,I do it to remind myself that you can't cook."Clark said.
"Well for your information, your mother has been teaching me to cook."Lois said.
"I doubt that you could cook as good as my mother."Clark said.
"You want to make a bet."Lois said.
"It looks like Clark and Lois are having one of there friendly spats."Lana said.
"Hi, Lana."Clark said.
"So what do your very silent partner have to say"Lois said.
"I think he was more worried about the visitor he had last night."Lana said
"What visitor."Clark said.
"He said that last night some guy dangled him off the roof of the mansion."Lana said.
"Maybe he pissed off a acrobat. What do you think Smallville"Lois said.
"He's gone."Lana said.
"I hated when he does that."Lois said.
Clark walked into Bruce's room. He was on the phone with someone.
"I'll call you back."Bruce said. Then he hung up the phone.
"I told you that Lex had nothing to do with this."Clark said.
"When are you going to wake up and realize that Lex Luthor is trouble."Bruce said.
"Why does everyone think that Lex is evil."Clark said.
"He is evil Clark you just don't want to see it. All of you here in Smallville are blinded by him. Trust me Clark the worst thing you ever did was save his life."Bruce said.
"Lex is not evil,I know he's not."Clark said.
"I hope your right Clark."Bruce said.
"Hey guys what's up."Chloe asked.
"Bruce might have a idea who suppling the guns."Clark said.
"Well who is it"Chloe asked.
"One of the Luthor's"Bruce said.
"That says a lot,which one Lionel or Lex."Chloe said.
"He thinks it's Lex."Clark cut in.
"You think it's Lex."Chloe asked.
"I think he knows something but more than likely it's his father.
"Why do you think it's Lionel"Chloe asked.
"Last night he went and held Lex off the roof of the mansion"Clark said
"You did what"Chloe said.
"It got the job done."Bruce said.
"And if he didn't give you the answers you wanted would you dropped him"Chloe asked.
"You and Clark both live in this dream world. People like Luthor use fear to get what they want. Its time for them to be afraid o something."Bruce said.
"To be afraid of what."Chloe asked.
"Me."Bruce said. Chloe taken back by Bruce's tone.
"I just saw fear in your eyes and I like it."Bruce said Clark stepped between them.
"You scared her now try scaring me."Clark said.
"I've waiting for this farm boy."Bruce said.
"So have I rich boy."Clark said.
"Stop"Chloe said. It was too late Clark and Bruce both threw a punch at the same time. They connected on each others jaw. Their heads snapped back . Then they look at each other.
"Clark stop."Chloe said.
"You better listen to her I don't want to hurt you."Bruce said.
"You couldn't hurt me even if you tried."Clark said.
"Both you stop. We have more important things to do."Chloe said.
"This is not over"Clark said.
"No by a long shot."Bruce said. Bruce and Clark glared at each other.
"Men."Chloe said. Then she turned and headed for the door.
Bruce and Clark had not cooled down since the altercation at the hotel. They had however manged to keep things in control. Both of them knew that if it was not for Chloe. They would have tore down the hotel fighting.
"We need to find out what kind of weapons that Luthor Corp is making."Chloe said.
"My contact in Gotham says that the new M-4 close quarter weapons."Bruce said.
"So we should check to see if Luthor Corp has any defense contracts"Chloe said. After a few strokes of the keyboard Chloe found what she was looking for.
"Bingo."She said.
"You found something"Clark said.
"Luthor Corp had a contracts with the army to make the M-4 but thing fell though when a other contract fell though."Chloe said.
"Who was the other contract with."Clark said.
"Wayne Applied Sciences."Bruce said.
"You were working on a defense contract."Chloe asked.
"We were working a survival suit. The army thought it cost to much so they dropped us."Bruce said.
"So the army was only going to take the weapons if the army took the suit."Clark said.
"When they didn't take the suit. Luthor corp was left with a bunch of weapons that they could not sell."Chloe said.
"Not legally anyway."Bruce said.
"Why wouldn't he just sell the weapons from Metropolis?"Chloe asked.
"To throw the heat off of him."Bruce said.
"You have proof of this."Clark said.
"The day after my date with Chloe. I had a meeting with him he never showed up."Bruce said.
"So."Chloe said.
"He was in Smallville but he never met with me because He was hiding the weapons."Bruce said.
"But where."Chloe said.
"The plant."Bruce said.
"If the police found the weapons there they would think that Lex was behind it."Clark said.
"How could he do that to his own son."Chloe said.
"He killed his own parents and tried to kill you."Bruce said.
"How did you know that."Chloe asked.
"I did my home work on you."Bruce said.
"But how do we know that he was at the plant."Clark said.
"If he was he could make it look as if he wasn't"Chloe said
"Then try the records in Metropolis."Bruce said.
"Me and Chloe will check out the plant."Clark said.
"I'll go have a talk with Mr. Luthor."Bruce said.
"Bruce be nice."Chloe said.
"Hey its me."Bruce said with a smile.
TO BE COUNTINED...