9 Hours
It took Chloe about two hour to get to the Kent farm. She pulled her car to a stop and ran inside the barn. She ran up to the loft and started to look for the small iron box that Clark kept his piece of Kryptonite in. She was tearing through things looking for the box. She finally found it. She opened the box to make sure that the piece was still there. she closed the box and then head ran outside.
She had nearly made it to her car when a gun shot stopped her she looked toward the house and saw Martha Kent with a shot gun. Martha walked down the stairs and toward Chloe. As she walked she loaded the gun. Chloe quickly grabbed her can of mace from her purse.
"Where do you think your going little missy?"Martha asked.
"Mrs. Kent I have to hurry to get to Clark or your going to die."Chloe said.
"That's all you ever what is to be near my son. You say your his friend but you want to just make a name for yourself."Martha said.
"Mrs. Kent if I don't find Clark you and everyone else in this town is going to die."Chloe said.
"Your lying your going to the press to tell the world about my son and make a name for yourself."Martha said. Then she aimed the gun at Chloe. Chloe saw her chance and sprayed Martha with the mace. She followed that up with a punch,Martha fell down and Chloe grabbed the gun and threw it across the yard.
"Sorry,Mrs. Kent but it's for your own good."Chloe said then she got to her car and went to find Clark. She knew that the best place to find him was going to be the caves. She drove her car over toward the caves. As she went she started to get a odd feeling in her head. She knew what it was and what that feeling wanted her to do. She tried to fight it,but she couldn't. She pulled out her cell and hit the number for the Daily Planet.
"Daily Planet."the voice on the other end of the line said.
"This is Chloe Sullivan,give me Perry White."she said.
"One moment."the voice said. A moment later a familiar voice came on the line.
"Perry White."He said.
"Perry it's Chloe. I got a story for you."She said. She glanced at herself in the mirror and then shook her head. Then she knew that she was doing.
"Chloe,Chloe."White said over the phone.
"Sorry,Chief."She said. then she hung up the phone.
"DON'T CAL..."
"Oh,God,please don't let me have do that."she said out loud. She pulled her car to a stop and grabbed the box. This time she covered her nose and mouth. She got out of the car and ran into the cave.
When she got into the cave she found a large golden throne in the cave. She looked around and saw that Clark had done some improvements. He now had a large desk and bed in the cave along with some wine.
"Chloe right on time."He said from behind her. She spun around and saw Clark coming out from the shadow. When he stepped into the light he was no longer dressed in his normal clothes of jeans and plaid. Now he was in three piece Armani suit. She was even more amazed at the lit cigar he had in his hand.
"I thought that you would go and put something else on."Clark said.
"I just got excited."Chloe said playing along.
"That's okay. You can have any thing in the world."He said.
"Well then why should we wait."She said then she kissed him.
"You seem eager."He said after the kiss.
"What can a I say I've wanted you for awhile Clark."She said. She took his hand and led him to the bed. She pushed him on the bed and climbed on top of him. Now she had her chance. She took the Kryptonite from the box and pointed it at Clark.
"Ahh,what are you doing?"Clark asked trying to get her off off.
"Come on Clark fight it I did."Chloe said.
"I'm going to kill you for this."Clark said as the world began to spin.
"Please Clark."Chloe beg. Clark used all the energy he could to slap Chloe off of him. She fell to the floor what's worse she dropped the rock. Clark was standing over her in a flash. He glared at her with anger in his eyes.
"You stupid girl. I offer you the world and this is how you repay me?"He said.
"Clark please."she begged.
"I'm going to destroy you."Clark said
"CLARK!"Chloe screamed and then waited for the worse. It never came,she opened her eyes and saw Clark standing over her his hand reaching to help her up. She took his hands and he helped her to his feet. She gt up and hugged him.
"I'm okay Chloe thanks to you."he said.
"For moment there I thought I was dead."she said.
"I would never hurt you Chloe."He said.
"I know Clark, now change we got work to do."she said. Clark looked at what he had on. He used his super speed to change back into his jeans and plaid.
"Let's go." he said. Him and Chloe walked out of the caves. They started to head back to the Torch. As they went,Clark filled Chloe in on what Dr. Palmer had told him about Madden. He also told her about the way Madden began to act toward the end.
Chloe filled Clark in on what she was able to dig up,which was quite a lot. A unknown source. She also found out that the source had a connection to LuthorCorp. Then she told him about her mother trying to shoot her and how she almost outed Clark to Perry White. She drove and waited for Clark's reaction.
"This unknown source at Luthor Corp must have a really big bank roll."Clark said.
"But how as far as I know the only big money belongs to Lex and Lionel."She said. She made a note to ask Clark why he said nothing about her calling the Planet.
"Maybe it's someone who didn't what anyone to know they had the money."Clark said.
"And they known what Madden was working with."Chloe said.
"It has to be red Kryptonite."Clark said.
"Why?"Chloe asked.
"When do I ever lose control like that?"Clark said.
"You mean other than the time you got a e-mail that made you try to run me over."Chloe said.
"Are you ever going to let me forget that?"Clark asked.
"Do you let me forget about Ben Hubbard?"Chloe said.
"Point taken."Clark said.
The world was a blur when Lois Lane woke up. Her head was winning, the last thing she remembered was Clark Kent claiming that He was going to kill her. She also remembered him using this unbelievable strength and when Lana and Lex attacked him nothing happened.
When everything came into focus she saw Lana and Lex lying on the floor. She could see that they where still under the effects of the beating Clark put on them. She slowly got to her feet . When she made sure that she was not going to fall back on her butt. She made headed for the front door.
She ran outside and hopped into her car and head toward the Kent farm. She hit the brakes when she saw Lionel Luthor, standing in the middle of the road. He was holding a bundle. Lois got out of the car and walked over to him.
"Lois,glad you can make it."Lionel said.
"Mr. Luthor?"Lois said.
"Lois tell me have you met my youngest son, his name his Juillan."Lionel said. Lionel held out the bundle. Lois looked at she was shocked to find it was just a roll of blankets.
"Mr. Luthor,that's nothing but some blankets."Lois said.
"Miss. Lane it appears that your father never taught you any manners."Lionel said. He then slapped Lois. Lois was back to her feet a moment later,Lionel was going to hit her again when she kicked him in gut. He doubled over and dropped the roll of blankets.
Lionel lost it when he saw that the blankets hit the ground. He dropped to his knees and picked them up. Tears were running down his face.
"Look what you did to my son!"He said.
"Mr. Luthor."Lois said.
"You killed my son. I swear to god that I'm going to kill you."Lionel said. Then he went into ramblings. Lois left him there,she got back into her car and head back to the Kent farm. Lionel watched her gone. He then stood up and ran inside the house.
Lana slowly got to her feet. She was light headed, and her back was hurting. She had no idea how she had gotten to Lex's mansion. She looked around the room, it was mess. She saw Le lying on the floor, she ran to him and made sure that he was alright. When she felt that she was okay she walked out of the mansion.
Clark and Chloe were back in the Torch working on finding out who funded Madden's research. So far they had come up with a blank. Chloe had search every file that Luthor Corp had on file. She pushed her chair away from the computer and sighed. Clark walked over to her and started to rub her shoulders.
"I take you didn't find anything?"Clark said.
"I'm batting 0 for 2,340."Chloe said.
"Maybe were missing something."Clark said.
"Like what I ran thought every file and no one a net kin that made more that your average factory worker."Chloe said.
"What about anagrams?"Clark said.
"You mean someone might have changed their name?"Chloe asked.
"Kind of like a..."Clark said.
"Like secret identity,like Clark Kent mild mannered farm boy who in reality is a strange visitor from another planet."Chloe said.
"Something like that."Clark said.
"That could take hours."Chloe said.
"Get me the names, I'll run it down in a matter of seconds."Clark said.
"How?"Chloe asked. Clark tapped his temple."How could I forget,super-speed, super-brain."
"I'm going to check on my parents,call me."Clark said.
"Right."Chloe said. A small rush of wind later and Clark was gone.
Clark ran inside the house and called for his parents,when he got no answer he started to worry. He checked around the house. When he went into the living room he noticed one of his fathers boots. He then noticed other followed by other pieces of clothes he picked up each of piece hie even noticed that it was some of his mothers clothes the trail led all the way up to his parents bedroom. He stopped at he down and hoped that he did not see what he thought he was going to see. He used his x-ray vision and looked into his parents room he saw his mother and father asleep. He let out a sigh of relief and then head back down stairs. He was relieved that his parents were okay.
When he got downstairs his cell rang. It was Lana.
"Lana,are you alright?"He asked.
"I'm fine Clark could you come to the Talon?"she asked.
"Uh,sure."Clark said.
"Great."She said then she hung up. Knowing that his parents where safe he headed for the Talon.
In a trip that should have taken him less than a minute. It took him five, as he went he came across people in trouble. First it was Mrs. Bixby,she was running away from what she claimed was large rooster. Next came Coach Johnson his high school football coach and some of the players. All of them were sure that they were being chased by the whole Sharks football team. Then came Ben Hubbard,who was about to lite his father's farm on fire. Ben had tried to light Clark on fire but Clark was able to stop him.
Clark made his way up the stairs to Lana's apartment. He knocked on the door,"Come in."Lana called from behind the door. Clark opened the door, and walked in. Lana had done some major redecorating. The place now looked like something out of a 50's T.V. show.
"Lana."He said.
"Great,sweet heart your home."She said.
"Lana,what's going on?"She asked.
"Dinner will be ready in a few, now go and wash up."Lana said,
"What are we having?"Clark asked, he felt that he should play along.
"Your favorite silly. then after we can you know."Lana said.
"Lana your not feeling well."Clark said.
"Clark, you worry too much."Lana said.
"Trust me Lana."Clark said.
"Clark I called the farm and not one answered, where were you?"Lana asked.
"I was at the Torch with Chloe."Clark said.
"You were with Chloe? You spend a lot of time with her. In fact I think that you and Chloe are sleeping together aren't you?"She asked.
"Lana calm down."Clark said.
"No, all those secrets, it's because you were seeing Chloe behind my back. Maybe I should just kill you and her."Lana said then she took a knife and ran toward Clark. She brought the knife down towards Clark's chest, the blade shattered against his chest. Clark held her.
"Lana,you know that I would never cheat on you."Clark said. Then he kissed her. He kissed her as long as he could. When he felt Lana go limp in his arms he knew that his kissed had worked. She was out in his arms,he picked her up and laid her in her bed. Then he walked out of the apartment he closed the door and melted it closed. He then headed back to the Torch.
Chloe had gotten all the names of the plant employees. She had started to go through the names to see if any of them were anagrams. She was surprised when the door opened and in walked one of Lex's bodyguards. He aimed his pistol at her.
"Chloe Sullivan?"He asked.
"Yes."Chloe asked.
"Mr. Luthor wants to see you."He said.
TO BE CONUTINED...