Chapter 26

Is There ever a Dull Moment?

Both Clarks were heading to Lex's office on the 60th floor. Of course they met up with many security guards on the way but we know what happened to them, no need to explain. When they finally arrived the older Clark started barking orders.

"Stay here and make sure that no one else comes."

Then he went into the famous office that was left over from Lionel's rule. Once he had opened the safe there were the stones in all their glory. Easy enough rite? Wrong!

O. Clark began to feel the effects of kryptonite behind him. When he turned around there was y. Clark holding the green k. in his hand like he wasn't being bothered at all.

"Clark what are you doing?" O. Clark asked.

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Pete looked up to see what had caused him to black out. He saw what it was, but this didn't surprise him. Two meteor freaks loomed over him.

"Wow, he though to himself, "they still have meteor freaks running around."

The freaks were about to release another bolt of energy when suddenly his older counterpart jumped in front of him. All of a sudden a force field appeared. This caused the energy to boomerang back to the freaks knocking them out. For the second time that day Pete had a priceless look on his face.

"What? It was an industrial accident." The older replied.

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The younger Clark walked closer to him allowing the kryptonite to take full effect.

"Number one I'm not Clark," he said snapping his fingers, "and number two neither is he."

When he said this another Clark came in dragging a weakened and pain stricken true 'Clark' through the door way.

Wha--, who are you?" o. Clark asked.

"The names Kal," he replied, "you really didn't think that all your blood had been destroyed did you?"

"Why won't the kryptonite effect you?" y. Clark managed to ask.

"Oh, please," said the 'Clark' that was holding him, "do you really think that Lex Luthor would go through the expense of cloning Superman and not eradicate that weakness from your DNA?"

"Good work Kal." Lex said as he walked into the room with Lana and Chloe being dragged behind him.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my arch rival. And apparently his jr." he said taking notice of the younger Clark. "I don't know how this happened but in a little while it won't matter." Lex stated in a sarcastic tone.

"Let them go, they never did anything to you!" y. Clark managed to utter in a raspy voice.

"Oh, but they did." Lex replied. "Lana here used me, and Chloe played along with your little game. Too bad it's over. It's been fun Clark but I really must run see I have a whole world to conquer! Kal, K-El, finish them off.

When he said that an evil glint came into the clones eyes.

Suddenly both Pete's came out of nowhere and jumped an unsuspecting Kal.

y. Pete kicked away the kryptonite and Lex had no other choice but to drop the two girls and run for it. Then a thought came to his mind.

The stones.

He ran to the safe picking up the rock of green k. and grabbing the stones. Everyone ran after him.

"STOP HIM HE'S GOT THE STONES!" The older Clark exclaimed. But it was too late. The energy field had already begun to form around him.

"Sorry Superman," Lex said as he held out the kryptonite. "but you not going to stop me this time. Not you, not your friends, not even your jr. here."

There was a blinding light and a burst of energy and when it was all over Lex had vanished.

"Where do you think he's going?" y. Clark asked.

"The only place he can catch you off guard," the older Pete replied.

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Lex was in his office. It had only been a week since the whole "Onyx" incident and he was being haunted by the same question that he had been facing for the past seven days.

Had the accident created an evil Lex of had it released that being from his very soul?

His thinking was broken by a chilling voice.

"You look a little lost."

A when Lex looked up he was greeted by a 31-year-old Lex.

"Who are you?" Lex asked.

"You fairy godself." He replied.

Lex went for his gun.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The other Lex said. He already had a gun drawn and it was pointed at Lex.

"I thought that you had been put away." Lex said still thinking that this was Alexander, the horror he had just dealt with seven days ago.

"I'm not that Lex if that's what you're worried about." The other replied seaming to read his mind.

"Then who are you?" Lex asked.

"Like I said I'm your future."

Lex scoffed at this. He didn't even know if this even happening, besides the fact if this was even possible. But now that he was in the game he might as well play. Lex started to play 20 questions.

"If you're from the future how'd you get here?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out."

"Why are you here?"

"To rid myself of a pest that will plague our future if let unchecked."

"And that would be?"

"Clark Kent."

"And what do you plan to do with him."

"Kill him of course." The O. Lex said hauntingly calm tone.

"You want to kill Clark, what did he ever do to you?" Lex asked.

"What did he ever do to US!" The other exclaimed bringing his face close to his. "Tell me do you really think that he's ever been totally honest with you?"

"There's a side to him I don't know-"

"Exactly," the other interrupted, "and he never told you or me his secret. But he told Pete. And a couple of years later he told Lana and Chloe too, but never you or me. In his gut he always knew that we couldn't be trusted. And what do you know? He was rite.

"What are you?" Lex asked wondering whom was this person talking to him.

"What you will become." His older counterpart replied.

"No, I don't know who you are, but you're not me. You're worse than my father!" Lex shot back.

"Let me let you in on a little secret," the other said whispering in his ear in a sinister tone, "some people can't fight their destiny."

"I will not let you kill Clark Kent." Lex said.

"Who ever said I was going to kill him? You are." The older Lex said in a matter of fact tone.

"You will never convince me to do that." Lex said.

"Oh, I think I will." The other stated taking hold of Lex's arm.

There was a bright light then they were gone.

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When Lex opened his eyes he was in what looked like the Luthor Corp. office of Metropolis but it was somehow different.

"Where are we?" Lex asked.

"Your future." The other replied. "Now I think now you'll change you outlook on Clark Kent." He said while flipping a switch. When he did the whole room lit up. It was filled with newspapers from the "Smallville Ledger." And video clips from Metropolis's present all containing the then well known Superhero with his signature blue, yellow and red suit. When Lex saw all of this he was shocked.

"This is Clark?" he asked confused.

"Yes, doesn't it all make since. The day you went off the bridge, the countless times he saved your life? Now he's Metropolis's hero."

"He's not even human is he?"

"Oh course not."

Anger rose in Lex. How Clark not tell him this? How could he tell all of his friends and not him? He knew the answer. He was a Luthor; no matter what he did Clark would never trust him. Then Lex thought of something that calmed him down. He really didn't deserve to be trusted; he had broken Clark's trust too many times for him to trust him with something this big so with soon.

"No, I won't help you. Clark may have not have told me the truth yet; but if I were in his shoes I think I would be doing the same thing. I can't blame him for not trusting me. Y. Lex said.

"Lex," the other said in great disappointment, "I wish I didn't have to do this." He said as he suddenly turned around injecting a glowing red liquid into his neck.

Lex felt is self-control start to slip away, and something else take control. His anger and frustration.

"Now let me ask you again, how do you feel about Clark now?" the other Lex stated.

"He lied to me, if Clark doesn't trust me I'll give him a good reason not to. Clark Kent is going to pay."

A smile came onto the other Lex's face. "Just what I wanted to hear."

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Lex had just disappeared. Lana and Chloe had just come to their sense when they saw something that startled them. There were four Clark's in the room! For a second they thought they were seeing double; but they soon noticed that the room wasn't spinning this was real! One of them held out his hand to Lana.

"Do you need any help?" he asked.

Lana didn't know what to do, but she didn't have anytime to react, the real Clark jumped in front of her.

"Get away from her!" he exclaimed.

"I just wanted to help." Kal replied.

"What are you talking about?" y. Pete said, "You just let Lex escape! How do you call that helping?"

"You don't understand we couldn't let Lex know what we were doing." The other clone replied whose name was K-El.

Chloe's investigator side kicked in.

" And what exactly were you doing?" she asked.

"Trying to get from under daddy dearest's grip," Kal said. "He had a plan for us. Once he had gotten the stones he was going to go back in time and convince a younger version of himself to kill Clark while he still trusted him. With him out of the way the Superman of 2012 would cease to exist. And once you were out of the way," he said directing the conversation to the older Clark; "he would use us to take over Metropolis and then the rest of the world."

"What made you go behind Lex's back?" Lana asked. Since these two had been raised in the Luthor world, Lana wondered how they were so much like the boy scout that was Clark Kent.

"Lex may have been some kind of father to us but we still knew write from wrong. Despite is warped thinking." K-El said.

"With a psycho father figure like Lex Luthor how could you know rite was rite and wrong and wrong?" O. Pete asked.

"Look at who we were cloned from," Kal said gesturing to the younger and older Clark, "morals are practically built in their DNA, there is no way Lex could ever sway us to his side. Now I have one thing to ask you," Kal said.

"What's that?" o. Clark asked.

"Do you want to get out of here, because you'll want to be prepared for when Lex comes back."

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"So how do you want to do it to him? Kill him instantly or torture him and watch his squirm? Y. Lex asked.

"Well, I really am tired or him and since he did since my life on the bridge I'll do him a favor and kill him instantly," O. Lex said.

"Really, are you going soft on me?" y. Lex asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"Really now. I was never really evil, just misunderstood." O. Lex said with a smile twitching on his lips.

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"So we're going to go back to Luthor Corp.?" Lana asked.

They had regrouped at Chloe's apartment and were trying to come up with an idea on how to thwart Lex's latest scheme.

"Yeah, that's the plan." O. Clark replied.

"Ok then, I have something to tell you." Lana said slowly.

"What is it?" Chloe asked concerned.

"Well, when we were at the restaurant Lex asked me to marry him." She replied.

Everyone's jaws just dropped.

"He WHAT, are you kidding me?" Chloe asked.

"No" Lana replied.

"Well, what did you say?" o. Pete asked.

"Are you kidding me? I said no, but than he got a phone call and then he knocked me out!" Lana said.

"What happened?" K-El asked as he walked in.

"You don't want to know." Y. Pete said while holding his head in his hands like this was too much for him. I mean seriously, he was seven years into his own future. He had met his future self and Clark's who had turned out to be investigative reporter/tight wearing super hero. And if that want enough, there were clones of his best friend running around. He felt as if he had just stepped out of the Twilight Zone. And now he was learning that the most diabolical mind on the face of the Earth had made a proposal to Lana. Anymore and his brain was going to hit overload.

All of a sudden they heard a thump in the kitchen and another behind them where clones were. Lana, Chloe, and both Petes turned their heads around in horror. The Clark clones were both on the floor writhing in pain. Then they heard groans of pain from both the real Clarks and turned their heads so fast you'd think they'd get whiplash.

What they saw shocked them all.

Lex was standing there with…Lex holding kryptonite and a kind of remote in his hand. A younger Lex was staring at everyone with a smirk on his face.

"What are you doing here?" both Petes said with equal venom.

"Well, I came to fetch my clones, all I had to do was locate them on my GPS. And where do I find them? They're having a nice and peaceful conversation with the people I told them to kill, bad move on there parts. So you see I had to disengage them. This is a very handy thing to have don't you think?" the o. Lex said motioning towards the remote.

"How could you? Have you no self-pride? You come into my house, and hurt my friends. I wish Clark would have never have saved your life? Chloe stated venomously at Lex. Then she began to glare him down and advance toward him, and to tell you the truth Lex seamed just a little scared.

"Chloe, stop, he'll hurt you!" Lana exclaimed. But Chloe didn't seam to notice, she was only paying attention to the older Lex. By this time the younger Lex had slipped behind her and had taken hold of a lamp, before she knew it she was lying on the ground in a heap.

"You"-names that will not be said here-"I hate you!" Lana said running at both Lex's and knocking the younger out with a swift spin kick. But the older Lex was quicker. He ducked and in doing so dropped the kryptonite; also two certain stones fell out of his pocket. No one seamed to notice this but Chloe, who was not unconscious just unable to get up. The stones were right in front of her. She slowly reached out and grabbed them and put them in her bra. Meanwhile with the effect of the kryptonite gone both Clarks had regained their composure. Y. Clark went to the aid of Chloe, and seeing Clark go there, y. Pete went to help. O. Clark and O. Pete both turned their attention to O. Lex. Lana had managed to pistol whip him over the head with one of her heals. But not before kicking the green k. all across the room. After she had hit him he grabbed her and threw her into a bookshelf.

"Now it's just you and me wonder boy, as well as your side kick." Lex said, "Where's junior anyway? Oh I see now, he's, helping his little girlfriend." Lex said not considering the older Pete much of a threat. All of a sudden there was a whooshing sound and Lex was now knocked strait into a wall with the older Clark towering over him. Lex got up but fell back down onto a windowsill nearby because hid right leg was broken.

"Go ahead Clark, kill me, I know you want to, go ahead." Lex said tauntingly, leaning back. But he found a sickening surprise. The window had been left open.

Lex fell out erupting a hollow yell.

Nine stories at that.

A/N: Ok Guys, Lex just fell nine stories, he's a pancake. A very bloody, evil, pancake.

We REALLY hate Lex, can't you tell?