Hate myself
"So what do you say Superman? Do we…"
Lex was interrupted by the phone in his office ringing. "Excuse me for a while Superman…" he said as he answered the phone.
"Whoever it is I'm really busy… Pete? … What do you want? … No it will have to wait… I said No…"
"Give me the phone Lex…" said Superman.
"No it's ok…" said Lex as he tried to get rid of Pete.
"I heard him say he wants to talk to me and I say give me the phone…" said Superman with his hand extended waiting for the phone.
Lex hesitated for a while. Clark chuckled. "This is not open for debate Lex."
"Ok hold on Pete…" Lex threw the portable phone towards Clark.
"What do you want Pete?" asked Clark and then with the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Lex going to press the button for open hearing in his machine. "Don't even think about it!" said Clark menacingly without even turning to look at Lex. Lex retracted his hand and sat down on his chair with a sigh.
"So what do you want Pete?"
"Clar… Superman I was just at Lana's and Laura's missing… Lana is a wreck she can't find her anywhere… We're worried that something might have happened to her…"
Clark remained silent for a while. Then with a sigh he said: "Fine… I'll be there…"
He hang up the phone and threw it back to Lex.
"What? You can't leave now…" said Lex in protest.
Lex chuckled as though what Lex said was ridiculous. "Of course I can and I will… This will have to wait…" with that he flew straight out of the window.
Lex felt his anger swelling and he slammed his fist on his office. "Damn you Pete! What's your game? Well… at least I didn't have to use this…" said Lex as he took out a small box with kryptonite in it.
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As Clark was flying towards Smallville, he felt very confused. Why did I leave? This could have proven very profitable… But then again what if Laura's hurt… What am I thinking? So what? … But it would devastate Lana… argh… well… she owes me big time for this… Of course I can think of many ways for her to repay me… thought Clark with a big grin on his face.
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Smallville – Lana's house
Lana is pacing nervously in her house. Then she turns to Pete. "Ok… Pete… Laura is next door to my neighbor Mrs. Harrison… Go there and stay there with her, ok?"
Pete just nodded affirmatively and exited the house. Lionel then approached Lana. "Lana listen… as we don't know for how long this will continue to affect him, it may be required that we take it out of him. If that is required, then only you can convince him to go through with it… and since I got you into this mess… take this…" said Lionel as he handed Lana a small beeper.
"What's this for?" asked Lana confused.
"If at any point you think that you can't do this, or things are getting dangerous press this and my men will come in here as quickly as they can to help in any way they can…"
"I won't be using that." Said Lana with determination on her face. "Cause it will mean that either your men will get hurt or Clark will get hurt and I won't have that."
Lionel looked at Lana with an admiring smile. "I can understand why he was always so in love with you. You are an amazing young woman Lana. You are very brave and I think you'll be alright." With that Lionel turned around and exited the house, leaving Lana alone and feeling more and more anxious and nervous. She wasn't sure how Clark would react to her and she was scared of finding out.
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Clark knocked on Lana's door and she hesitantly opened it.
The moment he saw her Clark got a big grin on his face, he grabbed her and kissed her passionately. Lana felt very awkward, as she was caught by surprise by this.
When he broke the kiss Clark looked at her with a sly smile. "Mmm… I missed you… Don't worry about a thing babe, I'm here now… So... where did you see Laura for the last time?"
Lana swallowed hard. She had thought about whether to play on with this scenario or come clean, and she decided that there was no point in dragging this more.
"Um… Clark… I…"
Clark interrupted her. "First… don't call me that… Please… it's almost insulting… Kal will do fine for now… and second… Laura's not missing is she? I did a quick scan and saw her in the house next door playing around with Pete."
Lana felt really scared now. That was the moment she wasn't sure about. How he'd react when he found out she had lied to him. She thought that if that went well, then she'd be alright.
"Yes… sorry about that…"
"I would ask you why all this… but it's pretty obvious what's going on, so I won't bother… But now that the house is Laura-free for the moment… what do you say we heat things up a bit" said Clark with a suggestive grin, as he pulled her in to his arms and kissed her intensely.
Lana broke off the kiss. "Cla… Kal… you know what's going on and you're alright with it?" asked Lana a bit surprised.
"Well… I didn't say I was alright with it… I will still have to punish you later on…" said Clark as he raised his eyebrows suggestively at Lana. "… I just think that there's no reason why I should let an opportunity like this go to waste… besides… Lex isn't going anywhere… he'll still be there tomorrow… you are my priority now…" said Clark as he picked Lana in his arms and begun to walk towards the bedroom.
Lana panicked for a moment. "Kal… please put me down we have to talk…"
Clark stopped and looked at her pleading face. Despite his powerful urges and the desire he felt for this woman, he just found himself unable to say no to her. With a sigh he put her down.
Lana looked at him puzzled but a bit relieved. "Thank you…"
Clark looked at her expectantly. "So… What do you want to talk about?"
Lana walked towards the couch. "Let's sit down first…"
"Look Lana… I have to warn you… if this is about you wanting to help me be rid of the red K, don't waste your breath… I'm better off like this and I promise you so will you…" he said with a grin.
"But… this is not you… this is not who you truly are…" said Lana with desperation in her voice.
"That's where you're wrong! This is the real me! No inhibitions, no barriers! Pure Kal El! Just think about it Lana… If I was in charge all those years ago… there was no way in hell I would have let you go… You were the only good thing that happened in that poor fool's life and he let you go… for what? For a messed up life. For a messed up head and a messed up marriage! He was trying to save the world, when he couldn't even save himself or his marriage! And you're telling me you prefer a fool weakling like that?"
"That's not true! Clark…" Lana was interrupted by Clark.
"Not true? He was understandably in love with you and yet he chose to leave you behind to pursue what? Helping the world? He's been doing that for almost 13 years now right? Is world peace any closer now than it has been before? Are the poor in the world fewer than they were before? Is there less crime in the world? Well… maybe it is a bit reduced in Metropolis, but that's about it! So what exactly has he done? What was it that he achieved that was worth leaving you behind for? He made your life and his miserable so he deserves to slowly just fade away."
To be Continued…