The reason why this is incredibly late? Well long story short, my email account still doesn't like me and I have 3 exams tomorrow that I haven't revised for yet! AAAAAAHHHHHH! Runs away
Mindgames
Part 5
The door burst open with such extravagance that Lex half expected the President himself to enter. Instead Lionel Luthor strode in after the display and headed directly for his son, who was sitting at his desk sipping Tynant, enjoying his father's frustration.
"What is it, Lex? You should know I have no time for mind games." Lionel addressed him abruptly, and as antagonistic as all Luthors are, Lex finished his drink and sat up slowly. He aimed to aggravate.
"Nice going, Dad. You've successfully caught and held the interest of quite a few people over the Asidian Affair, as it's come to be known." He greeted Lionel smoothly.
Lionel looked at Lex with disdain for a moment before speaking. "Lex, Lex, Lex, what have you done now?" He turned and walked to the drinks cabinet, pouring himself a glass. "What's leaked to the press this time?"
"Help yourself to a drink, Dad." Lex answered, not letting the misplaced accusation get to him. He'd known his father would try to shift the blame. "Somehow, a student at Smallville High was able to access top security files on the notorious Aaron Asidian. Any idea how that happened?"
"I'm sure they had some assistance in the matter; there's not many High School students I know of that are able to hack their way into confidential databases." Lionel replied blithely. "Does this student of yours have a name?" He added, not letting anything slip.
"But you do know some." Lex dodged the question artfully. "This isn't about how they achieved it, it's about how you managed to let things out of hand."
Lionel chuckled. "I'll take care of it for you Lex, don't worry. However, I would search closer to home if you're looking for someone to point the finger of blame at."
Lex smiled indulgently. "And home is where the heart is, that's what they say, isn't it, Dad?" Without waiting for him to answer Lex stood up, face to face with Lionel. "Stop treating me like your personal scapegoat. You got yourself into this mess, you can get yourself out. Without my assistance. Now if you can find your own way to the door, I'm sure you have some important meeting to attend to, haven't you Lionel?"
Lex stood there for a few seconds, oozing confidence before Lionel finally spun on his heel and walked smartly to the door. He sat back down and switched on the computer. Lionel's voice suddenly interrupted him from the doorway. "If I were you, son, I wouldn't be so cocky."
"Is that a threat or a friendly warning?" Lex threw back, but Lionel simply smirked knowingly and was gone.
It was nearly six hours later when Lex was next interrupted from his work. A strange scuffling noise was coming from outside the door. Frowning over the top of his laptop, he glanced back at the simulation of his car hitting Clark Kent then shut it with a resolute snap. A muffled scream soon followed the scuffling sounds, and Lex stood up, grabbing a handgun from the drawer built into his desk.
Looking up, he saw the double doors begin to slowly sneak open, and a hand appeared in the narrow gap.
"Who's there?" He demanded, and upon receiving no reply, Lex moved in front of his desk, feverishly snapping the cartridge into place and levelling the gun at the door.
In one quick stab of pain and confusion, the door slammed open and Lex fell to his knees simultaneously, dropping the gun as his hands flew to his head. He squeezed his eyes tight shut and against his will sunk onto the wooden floor, curling up into a foetal position and covering his head as if that would protect him from the pain and sudden images flashing on the insides of his eyelids.
The pain stopped as quickly as it had come, and Lex opened his own eyes to glimpse a pair of green-tinted ones before he succumbed to the darkness.
The first thing Lex saw when he awoke was the same pair of unnaturally green eyes. He momentarily jerked with pain again as he felt his mind being attacked and for a while he saw only what the attacker wanted him to see.
He wasn't tied to a chair at all, there was no gag preventing him from screaming, he wasn't being held hostage in his own home but he was laughing and talking with his old schoolfiriends, and there was his father striding through the door, a genuine warm smile on his face and his arms spread wide for a hug from his beloved oldest son, and there was Julian beside him, all grown up and joking with his mother and they weren't dead at all, no, Julian had never been murdered at Lex's hands just as father had said, everything was fine and happy, his mother hadn't died, his father really did love him…
Lex screamed as he was snapped back into reality, a harsh slap across the face compared to the dream world he'd been living in, blissfully ignorant for the last few minutes. The room was dark and unforgiving, and there was the pair of ghostly eyes in the inky blackness, taunting him with their tales of a better place. Tears coursed down Lex's face and his breathing was ragged, he hadn't cried since his mother had died and he'd never been short of breath since the meteor shower.
He tried to speak, tried to let out a proper scream but the gag prevented him. He choked and started to cough and the man knelt and ripped the material off.
"What… happened?" Lex gasped out, a mixture of hot rage and empty sadness stirring inside him as he remembered the warm hugs and joyful smiles. What cruel world would taunt him with something he could never have? What sadist would show him everything he'd ever wanted, everything he ever could possibly want only to snatch it from under his nose? What kind of monster was this man before him?
"A taster." The man finally replied bitterly. "Feels amazing, doesn't it? To have everything you ever wanted? I know I had that for a while. Then your father took it away from me. Took Katie away from me." His iron-grey eyes hardened and he gritted his teeth as tears sprung to his eyes.
"You're… Aaron." Lex gasped out, still recovering from the mental onslaught.
The man stood up and walked away from Lex. "Yes. I didn't want it to come to this, Lex. Believe me, I don't want to do this." Aaron turned around and looked Lex dead in the eyes. "But I will if I have to."
That look sent shivers down Lex's spine, which was a hard thing to do to a Luthor. Aaron's eyes were tortured, desperate, empty. He'd been to Hell and back, and he'd had enough of playing nice.
End of Part 5
Thanks for all the feedback, yes I love cliffhangers (evil grin), sorry for the lack of updates and also sorry for the lack of Chlark in this chapter!
Please review! Gotta go revise so bye!
P.S: This is set in season 3, but when I wrote this (which was ages ago) I hadn't seen any of season 4 and quite a bit of season 3. At the time I personally believed that Chloe already knew Clark's secret, so in this story although she's throwing out lots of hints, it's really up to you to decide on how much she knows. Oh and Clark is always surprised by new meteor freaks, the BDA. ;)