Chlexville Season 3

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For the past few months it seemed that nothing went as planned in Chloe Sullivan's life. She had been given a taste of everything she had ever dreamed of. She had been promised a lifetime with the only man she knew would ever make her heart race the way he did. Lionel Luthor had given her all the core of her dream career.

Now it would all be taken away. When her world crumbled, it was an explosion.

Now she was blacklisted from the newspaper that had been her fantasy employer. Her father lost his job. And worst of all, Lex barely remembered her.

As she packed away the possibility of reaching her goals, the man she respected opened the door to his office and asked her in. She handed over the diskette that contained her investigations. Chloe would make sure that even if she did not get the glory of her byline, the world would know what it was that she truly represented in this play.

Maybe someday her baby would believe her if she told him or her that she had been a brave young woman. Chloe grinned sadly when she thought about whatever spunk that the baby would inherit with her, and Chloe imagined the baby scoffing and saying that the articles were Aunt Lois' because that was the name printed on the paper. Chloe wouldn't be able to blame the kid.

Meanwhile, Lex Luthor had been working in his office, trying to push away the words that Lucas had fed into him. He had absolutely no recollection apart from those nightmares. If Chloe had been such a huge part of his life, enough to create a baby that still appeared in his dreams, there would be countless traces in his small world. He searched for pictures or notes, or little gifts. However, he came up with a bug in his system that just would not allow him to continue any frantic search.

Frustrated with the situation, he strode to the tech department to get the problem fixed. When he arrived, a slender brunette greeted him. Molly was the representation of everything that used to attract him – intelligent eyes, dark hair, good height and slim figure. When he met her though, all he could think of was how the immediate block in his computer could be fixed so that he could push through in his search.

Molly presented him with a CD containing the antivirus. When the woman gave him a flirtatious, "Are you a do-it-yourselfer or do you need me to do it for you?" all Lex could do was take the antivirus from her and tamp down on the shudder. "I think I can handle it."

Lex made his way back to his office. As he passed by the elevator, the doors slid open and the look on his brother's face made him stop.

"Lucas," he said grimly.

Lucas stepped off the elevator and motioned towards the corridor leading to Lex's office. "We need to talk."

Lex did not budge. Instead, he demanded, "Tell me now. Is it about Chloe?"

Lucas nodded. "We need to talk in your office. I need you to sit down."

"Is there something wrong with the baby?"

"I'm not sure," Lucas admitted.

"What the hell do you mean you're not sure? What happened, Lucas?" Before Lucas could request that they go to his office, Lex grabbed his brother's arm. "If you're not going to tell me now, I'm going to leave right now and find out for myself."

Lucas had told him over and over again that Chloe was just not ready to face him again yet. In return, and perhaps in penance, Lex had stepped back waiting for Chloe to give a sign that she was going to be ready.

"She's in the hospital, Lex. I don't have everything, but it seems that Clark Kent almost ran over her." When Lex moved to reach for the elevator button, Lucas stopped him. "I'm going there right now. Stay here." Lex started to protest. "Unless you can calm down and think of the first thing you can say to her that will not hurt her, or crush her, you'd better stay here."

Those words, in the same way they did before, halted Lex. He had sworn to see Chloe again as a complete person, who can truthfully fulfill any promise he may have given her. He would not touch her again until he remembered everything.

"I'm going to kill Clark if he hurt her," he whispered. He took the blow to his ego when Lucas patted him on the back and left to see Chloe in the hospital, to take the place that Lex should have beside her.

He did the next best thing. Lex walked back to his office and took the phone, then dialed Clark's number. "Where are you?"

"I'm on my way home." Clark sighed. "I don't know if you heard—"

"I heard," Lex cut him off. "What happened there, Clark?" he asked, struggling to keep his emotions hidden from his voice.

"Look, Lex, the last thing I remember, I was in the library. I was working on my history paper. That's it. I don't even remember leaving the library," he explained, feeling more than a little bit on the defensive.

"And how is Ms Sullivan?" Lex inquired softly.

"She's cut up a bit, but she's going to be all right."

"I don't know what's going on Lex. I never wanted to hurt her."

"This is serious, Chloe. If Clark is trying to hurt you, I'm going to take you out of here right now," Lucas said into the phone.

Chloe bit her lip as she walked through the corridors. "I need to find out what really happened."

"Do you have any idea how close that was?"

Chloe rolled her eyes. "I was the one facedown on concrete, Lucas," she reminded him. "Of course I'm aware of the danger. Wait. I see Lana. I'll see you at the front in about ten minutes."

"Lana, hey!" Chloe called out. "I've been looking for you."

Lana grabbed Chloe by the hair and slammed her head against the bulletin board. With her other hand, Lana grabbed Chloe's arm and whipped her around, then to Chloe's horror, Lana threw her down a nearby flight of stairs. The moment she knew she was going to fall, Chloe wrapped her arms protectively around her middle, then stopped on the landing. She heard people screaming around her, and she wished Lucas would, out at the front of the school, hear the chaos and take her. There was no pain, but Chloe knew she would need to go to the hospital soon, because Lana was not done.

Chloe got to her feet, terrified at the sight of Lana for the first time in her life. She felt a sting on her forehead and knew she was bleeding.

"What are you doing?" she demanded. This was no roughhousing. Lana knew she was pregnant. She reached inside her pocket for her phone and pushed on her speedial for Lucas' number.

The next words chilled her. "Killing Chloe Sullivan."

Lana spun and kicked Chloe at the back. Chloe rolled down the next flight of stairs. Chloe stopped at the landing and got to her feet. Lana's next kick was aimed at Chloe's stomach. Chloe tried to dodge Lana's foot with her arms, and prevented the power of the kick from being centered on her belly. She slammed up against the wall behind her. It was then that she felt the ripping pain inside her. Chloe stumbled forward and wanted to scream. Lana punched her in the face and Chloe tripped down the next few steps. She was not going to let Lana kill her baby just like this. She ran down the next few steps, with Lana close behind her. Chloe felt a hot trickle between her legs, and blinked away the tears that threatened. When the pain intensified, she held on to the railing for balance.

When Lana grabbed onto Chloe's jacket, Chloe grabbed on to Lana and shook her back and forth. She fought through the pain, because it was her only chance to keep her baby alive. Chloe whipped Lana around then punched her in the face, causing the brunette to fall down the stairs.

Lucas came running and stopped to see Lana at his feet, winded but raring to fight. He looked up and saw Chloe clutching at the railing and at her stomach. Lana stood and broke the glass of the fire hose. She grabbed the ax and started up the stairs. Lucas could not decide if he needed to call an ambulance or 911, or just grab Chloe and drive. When he saw Lana climbing the stairs, he grabbed her hair and pulled back sharply, causing her to miss her step and fall down with the ax, knocking herself out in the process.

"Aaaahh." Chloe clutched at her stomach and sat down heavily on the step.

Lucas ran up to her and took her by her arms. "Come on. We're going to the hospital," he said quietly.

Chloe looked up at him, and she could finally cry. She placed her hand between her legs quickly, and it came up with a stain of blood. "Oh God," she whispered.

When Lucas saw this, he picked her up in his arms and quickly rushed through the crowd. The people left behind stared at the small stain of blood left where Chloe Sullivan had been sitting. As Lucas passed by her, Lana regained consciousness. She sat up, shaking her head. "What happened?" she murmured.

Lana looked up around her and heard everyone whispering theatrically.

"Lana Lang kicked the hell of Chloe Sullivan."

"Chloe Sullivan's pregnant."

"She threw her down the stairs."

"Look at that blood."

"Did you see his leather jacket?"

"How the hell did Chloe Sullivan land Lucas Luthor?"

Lucas ran through the glass doors of the hospital. "I need a doctor!" he yelled.

Several nurses pushed a gurney towards him and Lucas put Chloe on it. Chloe grabbed his jacket. Lucas quickly wiped away the tears in her eyes, and was horrified to see her face stained with blood. When he looked down at his arms, he saw blood.

"It's not Lana's fault," she said.

"Chloe, you're going to be fine."

Chloe shut her eyes tightly when pain ripped through her. She shook her head. "Listen to me. I want you to remember something, if anything happens." Lucas nodded, because she looked so desperate. "If Lex remembers everything, and…" she trailed off. "Just… tell him it's not Lana. And it's not Clark. Tell him… don't hurt them."

"Lex wouldn't—" Lucas denied, but he knew… Once Lex knew what happened, and definitely if Chloe or the baby did not survive this, Lana Lang would be dead by morning.

"Sir, please let us take her," one of the nurses said. Lucas felt himself being pushed away as they wheeled Chloe in.

tbc

AN: It's the first time I'm cutting an episode in half.  That's what's new in Chlexville. It's the only way we can keep the fic alive. Tune in later for the rest of DELETE.

PS. I bought the S3 DVD. I had to delete most of the fight scene. Remember, Season 3 Chlexville is all about drifting away from most of the stuff on the series.