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Nightmare

"I can't believe the captain thinks we had something to do with this!" Chloe let out a flusteres sigh and looked around the room. It was small, like a ship's cabin should be. Her initial horror over this matter was now replaced with indignation and curiosity.

"Well, think of the choices he had. Besides it's not like they can drive off with the body and do lab test on it to find clues on the culprit." He understood the captain's position, a murder was not something that comes along everyday on a luxury cruise.

It was well past noon and they had been stuck in the small room with security detail outside the door since morning. The silence reigned uncomfortably. She had fussed and complained all the time mainly to keep going back to what was nagging in the back of her head.

What had happened last night? Why did she wake up practically naked? Why didn't she remember anything? And most importantly, who was that woman and what was she doing in bed with them with a knife through her heart? She shook her head trying to rid herself from the memory.

"Are you okay? He knew how hard it must have been for her, he himself didn't know how to react.

"Sure I am" she flashed him a fake smile. "As okay as I am going to be after having woken up half naked with a dead woman besides me and blood all over me." She let the smile fade; she closed her eyes and sighed. "Do you remember anything from last night?" After a few seconds of silence she opened her eyes and faced him, waiting for an answer.

His eyes bore into hers, hoping the green sea in her eyes would jar some memories. He opened his mouth to speak but was cut short by the sound of the door opening. They both turned to see the captain come in.

"Mr. Luthor. I really don't appreciate being made fun of." He said sternly.

Chloe blinked, what?

"What?" Lex responded mirroring her thoughts standing up to face the older man.

The captain examined the couple in front of him, there had been genuine horror and disgust on their faces and there was genuine confusion marring their looks just now. He let out a tired sigh, maybe they weren't in on it.

"And I am hoping you don't either." He finished. "Please sit down." Then he himself sat in one the chairs nearby. He faced them both. They sat in an impatient silence, not knowing where this could go.

"Apparently we have a practical joker on board. You see Mr. and Mrs. Luthor.." how can you put it nicely? "It was all fake, none of what you saw was real. The body, the knife, it was all a setup."

Lex shook his head, how?

"I saw her captain, I touched her. She was real." he finished, goodness for all his genius and studies he may have noticed the difference between a mannequin and a human.

"Yes, a very elaborate practical joker, I will give him that. It took a doctor and the fact the he inspected the 'wound' to realize we were dealing with a very sophisticated doll of some sort. I can't say I can give you the details on this mechanism that fooled you and us so, but she was never alive, so there was no murder and therefore no suspects. You are free to go." He finished his awkward explanation and turned to leave.

Chloe sat in silence taking the new information in slowly.

"Oh, we have changed your lodging, you will be staying in the main suite, have a good day."

Lex shot from his chair and caught him before he left.

"Please, may I speak with you in private?" He asked, the sea master consented and sat back down. Lex then turned to Chloe, who was in some sort of shock.

"Chloe dear, please wait for me outside." He gently helped her up.

"But the blood Lex, it was real." She managed out. He leaned in and whispered in her ear.

"I'll figure this out, I promise." She walked to the door and headed to her room. She suddenly felt the need to take a long hot bath.

What had she been thinking?

A minute after she got out of the shower of the new room, she ran out to find Lex. He was nowhere to be found and she cursed herself inwardly and out loud for her slow reaction. The captain was aloft in her questioning and did not give in. She guessed Lex was doing something to investigate why such a cruel joke had been made on them, what she still couldn't believe is that she wasn't there along with him.

Or how she managed to lose track of him.

"Aargh!" she shrieked when she found herself in the suite again, alone. She plopped on the bed and reviewed mentally all the places she had been at and who she had harassed into telling her where her 'husband' was. Husband who obviously went through a lot of trouble to keep her out of this.

She sat up when she heard the door open. Lex walked in, still wearing the same clothes from the morning.

"Where were you!" she stood and walked purposefully towards him. He was not getting off easily.

He walked past her and headed for the wardrobe.

"You cannot expect to keep me out of this Lex, I know you were looking into it. And don't treat me like a child that needs protecting, I have every right to know. What happened?" she demanded.

"Are you done?" He kept talking while he began to undress. "I never meant to keep you out of it, you were very affected, I just did not think if prudent for you to be involved so soon."

She suddenly realized what he was doing, and she couldn't, for the life of her, make herself look away.

Lex smiled when she saw her awkward situation.

"Now if you don't mind, I would like to take a shower. Then I would be more than happy to tell you of my findings." He smirked and slid into the bathroom, clad only in his boxers.

Chloe blinked hard and swallowed as she watched him disappear behind the door, an angry red color gracing her face.

She needed some fresh air.

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