TITLE: Double, Double, Love & Trouble? – Chapter 25

WRITTEN BY: Heather Ferguson (fergus80)

RATING: PG-13 (NC-17 where applicable will be separate)

SUMMARY: Rewrite from the end of the episode 'Unsafe.'

SPOILERS: Everything!

DISCLAIMER: All Smallville character belong to their respective whatever, the WB, etc. etc.

FEEDBACK: Always makes me smile:)

DEDICATION: To all the fellow Nuns, writers, reviewers, and readers at NWP, and of course Jensen!

RANT: I THOUGHT I would be done by this one. I guess not! LOL

"So very interesting to find you two here."

Isobel and Clark spun around at the sound of Lex's voice. Her eyes went wide in slight shock and fear at seeing Jason walk in with him. Clark spoke up next to her, "We were just looking at the symbols. Seeing if maybe something could help Lana…"

Jason cut him off, "Really, Lana. Is that why you are really here with Clark?"

Clark took a step in front of her, "It's really none of your business." Isobel winched, knowing what was coming next.

"Really Clark?" He looked directly over his shoulder into the girl's eyes, "So, how long have you been dating the BOTH of us?"

Clarks eyes grew, and he quickly looked back at her, "What?"

Isobel wasn't sure what to do. She knew she had to diffuse the situation, but one of the men were going to lose. The question was, which one did she still need? She had got the first stone from Jason, and she knew where the one Clark had was. So who would help her get the third one? She looked at Jason, "I'm not dating Clark." She started to walk around Clark to him, "We just came here to look around. I thought you were at…"

He stopped her, "Don't try and play me Lana. I talked to Martha."

"Lana… what are you saying?" Clark asked in disbelief. "You told me that you and Jason broke up. You asked me to Prom."

Jason smiled, "Oh, and Clark, thanks by the way for bringing her back to her apartment that night. She told me that you all had went out as 'friends'." He kinda felt bad for the guy. But just barely. He kept his eyes on her, waiting, seeing what she would do now that she was being cornered. But he didn't have to wait long for things to escalate.

"Where are they!" The four turned to the scream of the bearer of the question. Genevieve pushed Lionel in the back towards the group. When no answer was forthcoming, she asked again, "Where are the stones?" She demanded looking at Lana. "I know you have them."

Isobel clutched her purse towards her subconsciously, "I don't know what you are talking about." Jason saw the movement, and in that instant realized she had set him up the whole time. She still had it.

"Don't play with me!" Genevieve screamed at the woman as she shoved Lionel towards Lex and the cave wall as she advanced on Lana. As she neared the other girl her own purse and that of Lana's started to hum.

Clark's hands immediately went to his head at the sound that assaulted his ears. With another step their bags started to shake, making it apparent to everyone there that both women each possessed one of the powerful stones.

Isobel smiled, now she had access to all three. A flash of purple floated through her eyes, she raised her hands, "Murus scinde!" Upon her yell, the cave wall started to part. The sound intensified as the stone behind the wall reacted to the others.

Seconds later, Clark collapsed to his knees from the pain. Lex saw him sink to the ground and moved towards him, trying to figure out what was wrong with him. "Clark… are you okay? What's wrong…"

With a smile Isobel turned back to Genevieve, the purple swirling behind dark eyes. The older woman pulled out a gun and pointed it back at her. Jason moved quickly between the two women, "You won't hurt Isobel, only Lana."

"If Lana's not around to house Isobel's soul, then Isobel will be gone too."

"Mother… stop this."

"She wants to kill all of us son. She wants to end the family line!"

He looked straight at her. "If you pull that trigger, you'll hit me, and effectively do the deed for her."

Her hand wavered slightly, and Lionel saw it. He took his chance and charged towards her, attempting to take the firearm from her. Her finger pulled the trigger as he hit her. Jason's arm move behind him, grabbing Lana's side as he fell to the ground trying to bring her with him. Lionel gripped onto the metal as they both fell to the rock. Another shot rang out as the two struggled for possession.

Isobel sat up from the ground, pushing Jason off of her by his now slick shoulder. She looked at her red stained hands as she got to her feet. Her slight shock from him saving her quickly washed away as she watched Lionel back up from Genevieve's limp body. A small smile played over her face as the knowledge that her vendetta was done. Now she only had one more thing to do. Her purple eyes moved to the discarded purse. Her red palms raised in the air.

"Lex… the purse!"

Isobel turned to the sound of the man she thought was dead, briefly. But it was enough time for both Lex and Lionel to get to their feet and grab Genevieve's bag. Just as Jason pulled the other stone from Isobel's purse she had left on the floor in her haste. Her eyes stormed in a purple rage at the two men, "Porta!" Electric energy zapped from her fingertips to throw the two men hard against the cave wall. Both fell to the ground unconscious. Thus losing their grip on the purse, the stone fell out and rolled onto the rock floor. Her eyes watched it roll into the hands of the man who saved her. She smiled at him, "Give them to me."

He slowly moved to his feet. Clutching the stones. His eyes scanned the room. Noticing Clark still struggling on his knees near the third stone on the rock table. His mind played events over and over. He swallowed, "If I give them to you, what will happen to Lana?" It was a question, but one that he already knew the answer too. And then if in understanding, he knew what he had to do. "Clark!" He yelled, grabbing the man's attention as he threw both of the stones to him.

Clark caught one in each hand, and struggled to get to his feet.

Isobel screamed, and then started to raise her hand to push the man from his feet once again, only to be shoved to the hard floor.

Clark quickly placed the two stones into the rock table with the first. Instantly a bright white light emanated from the joined pieces. It enveloped him as Isobel screamed and struggled against Jason, who had her pinned down. Just as quickly the bright light, the stones, and Clark disappeared and Isobel screamed again. But this time the purple energy ripped itself from her body, seeming to explode through her mouth, eyes and fingertips. Her body went limp. The cave wall moved back together, the walls sealing back up perfectly.

Jason looked around at the very still room, and then pulled Lana's body into his lap. His arms went around her. A grimace on his face from the pain in his shoulder. Her closed his eyes and rested his head against her hair.

Everything was white. His eyes could barely function from how blinding it was. His feet landed in a deep pile of snow, his brain taking in the mountaintops in the distance, as cold gusts of wind assaulted his body. The stones had joined into one, and floated up into the air in front of him. As if he knew what he had to do, his hand reached out and grabbed on to it. He threw it into the air. It traveled a large distance and then planted itself into the snow. The same bright light started to engulf the area as Clark watched on.

Soon Jason could hear the groan of one of the other men. He heard them stir, and then, "What happened?"

His eyes opened slowly, looking towards Lex, and he lied, "I have no idea. I just woke up."

He watched the other man get to his feet and move over to his mother. His eyes closed, already knowing her fate, even before the confirmation in words from the man washed over his ears.

Lex then moved over to his father. He found his pulse, and then turned back to the couple. "Where's Clark?"

Jason just shook his head. He really did not know where Clark had disappeared. But he now knew the other man's secret. At least enough to know that he could never tell Lex. Or Lionel. Or even Lana. And with the thought of her, he felt her move in his arms. He looked down to watch her eyes start to slowly flutter open. And with a very shaky voice she spoke, "Jason?"

He gave her a soft smile, "Yes. I'm right here."

She looked up at him with fear, "Tell me it was all a dream."

He swallowed hard, "What do you remember?"

"I'm not sure. Most of it's a blur," she started as she sat up, and then she saw the blood on her hands. Her eyes went wide, and then she saw the soaked sleeve. "Jason…" she said in a panic.

"I'm fine…" he started, but then his head started to spin. "Okay… maybe not… fine."

"I'll get an ambulance," Lex said as he opened up his cell phone and made his way out of the caves to call.

Lana looked around, her hand went to her head, as slight flashes of what happened played back to her. But she snapped back to reality when his body started to lean heavier against her. Her arms went around him. This time her body held and comforted his. She kissed the top of his forehead, her hand holding onto his. "They'll be here soon." She tried to tell him, but his eyes slipped shut, and his hand fell from hers. "Jason!" She screamed.

To be continued.

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