A/N: Hey everyone! This is Tasha; I know you're probably thinking 'where is Terra?' Well She didn't have time to type up the chapter so I'm doing it since I have more than enough! I think you will all like this chapter. I know I did when I read it. Well here it is and don't forget to review because Terra really does like the reviews. Oh by the way I can't wait till the 100th episode, although Terra and I think it will be either Jonathon or Lana who will die.

Betrayal

Chloe, Pete, and Lana were all at the talon waiting for Clark. The entire luggage had been stashed in Lana's jeep, the tank filled and they were ready to roll; only problem was, no Clark.

"Okay, Clark's always late, but never this late." Chloe said looking at her watch.

"I know, I'm starting to worry." Lana said taking out her cell-phone. "I'm going to call him." After a few seconds Lana's worry increased. " He won't pick up."

" Well, he has to be somewhere, he can't just up and disappear." Chloe said.

" I have an idea where he might be." Pete said. He had just taken off his jacket and when doing so, Lex's bug had fallen to the floor.

" What is that?" Lana asked.

" A bug. Lex must have planted it on me earlier today." Then something came to mind. " Oh, no , he heard everything!"

" What do you mean?" Chloe asked.

" When Lex confronted me earlier to day, Clark was the first person I went to. And Lex heard everything we said." Pete replied.

" Pete, you didn't—" Lana started to say.

" Yeah, we did." Pete said solemnly.

They immediately went to the Kent farm to look for Clark. Unfortunately they couldn't find him anywhere, but they found his bag in his truck. The loft deserted as well, but they did find a puddle of blood that was already soaking into the wooden floor.

" No" Chloe uttered so low you can hardly hear it.

We see three people step quickly out of the shadows with needles in their hands. They approach the 3 friends and inject the fluid inside into their necks. Chloe, Pete, and Lana Felt the pain but everything else went black. " Glad you could finally join us." Lex said when Pete, Chloe, and Lana had regained consciousness and opened one eye (it's with that groggy feeling you have when you stay up all night and you only get 2 hours sleep). They became wide-awake when they heard Lex's voice. When they started to look around they were shocked at what they saw.

Clark was tied to an operating table. But he wasn't the only one, Pete was tied down right beside him. Lana and Chloe found themselves in chairs with their wrists and feet tied to the chair to where they could barely move. The ship loomed in front of them, along with all the information Lex had gathered on Clark.

"Lex what do you think you're doing?" Chloe exclaimed.

"I'm finding answers Chloe." Lex replied simply.

Although Lana was angry she was so scared she soon found herself in tears. " What are you going to do to them?" Lana asked referring to Pete and Clark, fighting to keep the trembling out of her voice.

"Why Lana, I'm glad you asked!" Lex replied. "You see when I found out that Clark wasn't human, the first thing I wanted to know was what made him tick. But then I began to wonder what the differences would be in his anatomy. And what better way to find that out, than to compare in a dissection." Four sets of eyes went wide.

" No Lex, don't do this." Pete and Clark yelled almost in sync.

" Lex you monster, how could you do something like this? I always thought you were a little eccentric, but your MAD!" Lana exclaimed.

" You know how I could do this?" Lex asked grabbing Lana's face. " Clark was the only friend I ever had and he's lied to me for four years. He never once told me the truth. Do you know what it feels like to be lied to by your BEST FRIEND?"

" Yes we do. But if it's true that Clark is your best friend then how can you do this to him?" Chloe asked through clenched teeth.

" Because he lost my friendship the moment I knew I was being lied to and you all knew the truth." Lex replied. Then he fully turned his attention to Chloe. " You know, I've thought back to the time when we shared our little field trip. And even though I don't remember what happened, I remember this." Lex said ripping Chloe's blouse, exposing the amulet. Then he did the same to Lana.

" Now if this doesn't tie all of you together, I don't know what does." He said as he tried to snap the chain and rip the amulets off of Lana. Only one problem, the chain wouldn't break. " No matter, I'll find a way to get it off, just like I'll find a way to open this ship." He said motioning towards the immense object behind him. " Dr. Lisley, you can come in now." Lex called over the intercom. When he did a man dressed in and operation smock walked in with a ready scalpel in his hand. When everyone saw that Lex was actually going to go through with this, the room filled with screams and pleading, but to no avail. Lex had made up his mind.

The Dr. held one scalpel and Lex held another. Lax started a vertical cut down Clark's side while the doctor did the same to Pete.

"NO!" Lana and Chloe screamed together, but they were drowned out by the screams of agony from Pete and Clark, who were being cut without any anesthetic.

Soon Chloe and Lana's amulets began to glow, along with the mark on Pete's forearm. This stopped Lex and the doctor in their tracks. Then another glow began to fill the air, light from the ship. Soon the light from the ship filled the room, throwing Lex and the doctor into the opposite wall, rendering them unconscious, meanwhile transforming the meteor rock into crystal, healing Clark and Pete's wounds. Then the ship released a huge bolt of energy. In just a few seconds it was all over. When they were able to see, they even more shocked. The ship had disappeared along with the kryptonite. In the next second Clark was back on his feet, snapping the binding that held his friends captive.

" Let's get out of here." Were the first words out of his lips.

When they started the ride home no one was able to speak. They had gotten out of there as fast as they could, but now Clark had found his voice.

" Now do you see why I never told you? I should have known my secret was too dangerous. If any of you leave, I don't blame you." Clark said to everyone, but mainly to Pete.

" Clark, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say, we're not going anywhere. You need friends more than anybody in this world. And were going to stand by you and stick to you like glue, whether you like it or not." Pete said.

" I second that." Lana said.

" And I third it." Chloe said. " Besides, your parents are sure to look after all of us. I don't think we have anything to fear. And, how many chances in life do you get to be friends with someone really out of the world?"

Clark noticed that they had just passed his road.

" Don't look so shocked Clark," Lana said smiling. Pete tossed Clark's duffle to him from the back. " We still have plans remember? You'll find it takes a lot more than Lex to stop us from living our lives.

A/N: Hey now I know that you can't wait until the next chapter, but there won't be another chapter because I'm putting the epilogue on this one because it is VERY short.

Epilogue- The beginning or the end?

2 weeks later

Calrk and all the gang had had a great time in Metropolis. In fact, they had had so much fun that they nearly forgot what Lex had done to them, but as soon as they saw the Smallville city limits sign the memories came flooding back with unnatural clarity. But they were all in for a surprise. The light from the ship had engulfed the whole Luthor Mansion erasing not only Lex's and the doctors memories but Lionel's as well. It did not only erase the memory for a few minutes either, like Chloe's amulet had, but the past week and a half. The Dr.'s of Smallville medical center and Metropolis General were baffled, but sent the men home with a clean bill of health. But of course this didn't end anything. Lex still had his old questions. Actually the first thing that he asked Chloe when he first saw her was "wasn't it odd that Clark appeared and disappeared the day of a meteor shower that happened 15 years after the first one?" Of course Chloe lied, knowing now that Lex would never be able to touch her.

We see Lex in his office typing away at his lab top. Then we notice that the door to his vault is open. We see what it contains, all the things that he ever found out about Clark Kent. We go back to Lex and see what is on his computer: Clark's adoption file.

The end?

A/N: well that's all folks! have a nice life.