Chapter 11

Lex Luthor was playing pool in his study when a dishevelled looking man burst through the doors.

"Mister Luthor, Mister Luthor." The man said much too loudly. "I have something you'd like to know about."

Lex Luthor looked at this man with a look of almost disgust, "What could you possibly have to say that would interest me?" Lex asked.

"What if I told you I know about an alien that is living amongst the people of smallville." The man said.

"Well first I'd say 'who are you?'" Lex replied.

"I'm Roger Nixon, I work down at the…" the man started to reply.

"Secondly," Lex cut him off. "I'd ask you, ARE YOU CRAZY?"

The man tried to smooth out his hair and fix his rumpled clothing, "Now I know what I'm saying sounds rather odd. But that meteor shower 12 years ago was no freak accident. It was cover for a space ship to come to Smallville. And an alien has been living here ever since." He explained.

"And I assume that you know who this alien is then," Lex said.

"Indeed," the Roger replied. "The alien is none other than Lana Kent."

Lex was not sure how to react. There was definitely something odd about Lana Kent, there was no doubting that, but somehow he didn't think she was an alien. How could she be? That would mean that Lex had fallen in love with an Alien?

"You need a lot more proof before you start throwing about accusations like that," Lex said calmly. "Now get out of my sight."

Disappointed that he had been turned away by the one man he thought would believe him Roger Nixon turned and slowly shuffled out of the Luthor mansion staring at his feet the entire time. He didn't even notice the girl he had accused of being an Alien pass him as he left the room.

"Hey Lex," Lana greeted as she came into the room. "Who was that?"

"Believe it or not that man there accused you of being an Alien." Lex replied. "Can you believe it?"

Lana had an odd feeling in her gut and she suddenly became rather worried inside but outwardly she managed to hide it quite well. "That's ridiculous Lex." Lana said. "If I was alien I think I'd know. And as far I know I've lived on Earth my entire life."

Lex nodded. "That was what I thought." He agreed. "So to what do I owe the pleasure of your company today Miss Kent?"

"Well at the dance last night I made the mistake of going with Whitney Fordman." Lana replied. "He made some advances on me that I didn't like and I dislocated his shoulder, and now he wants too press charges for physical assault. I was just wondering if you could help me out."

"Sure no problem," Lex replied. "But uh, how did you dislocate a jock's shoulder?"

"I know a few martial arts moves," Lana lied. "Besides Lex I'm not the frail little girl everyone seems to think I am. I did grow up on a farm; I'm used to doing physical labour. I'm stronger than I look."

"I don't doubt it," Lex said.

"Thanks Lex," Lana said. "I owe you one."

Lex shook his bald, "No you don't," he replied. "If anything I owe you still. You saved my life Lana."

"Well I'll see you around," Lana as she turned.

"I'll see you around too," Lex called after her.

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"Hi Honey how did it go?" Martha asked as her daughter got in the door.

However she immediately noticed the worried look on her daughter's face.

"Did something happen?" Martha asked. "What's wrong?"

"I think somebody knows," Lana replied.

"Who?" Martha asked.

"Some crazy man," Lana said. "He went and told Lex that I was an alien. Lex didn't believe the guy but I think he knows."

"Well he has no proof," Martha said. "You didn't even know you were an alien until 2 weeks ago. Besides myself and your father nobody else knows."

"Are you sure?" Lana asked nervously.

"I'm positive," her mother assured her.

Martha Kent hugged her daughter closely. But when Lana couldn't see a worried look flashed across Martha's face.

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Lana was huddling with Pete and Chloe in the stands as they watched the final football game of the regular season. It was bitterly cold out but almost the entire school was there. Since Whitney went down with his injury the team, which was already undefeated, had not only kept the streak alive, but the offence had actually improved with Clark as quarterback since he was a much more mobile player. This game was one of the closest games they had been in and they were up twenty eight to seven at the two minute warning.

"If we win this game Smallville goes to State," Pete said excitedly through chattering teeth.

"That's great news," Chloe said as tried to breath on her hands to keep them warm.

Lana herself wasn't overly cold, for some she had high tolerance for extreme temperatures but she faked it anyway. "Hopefully state is played in a warmer place," Lana said.

"I think they're going to play it at Arrowhead Stadium," Pete replied. "Even if that is out of state."

"At least it's Kansas City," Chloe joked between shivers.

The Smallville Crows got an interception with less than a minute to go. Clark then kept taking a knee to run out the clock. As time expired the entire crowd charged onto the field to congratulate the team who was going on to play in state. In the middle of it all was Clark who was being carried about on the shoulders of two linemen as the crowd chanted his name. Lana was standing slightly back looking at it all. Standing on the far sidelines she noticed a face that made her rather nervous. It was the man that had accused her of being an alien to Lex. She had noticed him watching her where ever she went recently. She had yet to tell her parents about it though. However, she had mentioned it to Chloe who had done some following of her own. She had found out that the man worked in the record department at the hospital and his name was Roger Nixon. That was about all Chloe had found so far.

"Chloe," Lana whispered to her friend. "They guys here."

Chloe looked around and noticed the man off to the sidelines, "I really think you should go to the police Lana. I mean you've got enough evidence to consider him a stalker."

"I think I'll talk to my parents first," Lana said. "I'd rather they go to the police than myself. I mean the guy seems like he's nuts. I'd like to deflect as much attention away from me as possible."

"That's a good idea," Chloe said.

"Hey Lana," some called.

Lana turned around to see Clark coming towards still being carried by the two linemen.

"Great game Clark," Lana yelled back with a smile.

"Thanks!" Clark said. "Hey maybe we can…"

He never finished the thought because he was whisked away. Lana was too pre-occupied with other thoughts to really get all upset about it anyway. The crowd followed leaving Chloe and Lana standing there.

"Come on let's go somewhere warm," Chloe said between rattling teeth. "I'm freezing out here."

Lana nodded and the two followed the crowd into the school.

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Roger Nixon stood on the sidelines shivering. So far in his weeks of following around Lana Kent he had not yet managed to gather even the slightest clue as to whether or not she was an alien. He was considering revising his theory, since maybe she was an alien but the Kent's had brainwashed her into thinking she was human. He decided that he had to check out the Kent farm. Roger Nixon slowly shuffled off the field to devise just how he would infiltrate the Kent farm.

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Please Read This:

Had to throw in the Lex-Lana relationship for any of you Lexana fans out there. Anyway the next chapter promises to bring a shocking conclusion to the Roger Nixon story (or it might be anti-climactic like the show). Just another reminder if you wanna talk to me about the story or Smallville in general. Don't complain about the sappiness. Go on IRC to the otherside servers, irc. (Port 7000) or irc. (Port 7000), channel #smallville. Hope to see some people there. If you're looking for an IRC client I would recommend X-Chat although there are many other options out there. Really, please go there to discuss any questions answers will be a lot more direct.