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Chapter 2: "I was there" in "Metamorphosis"
The next day, the Kent's were setting up a booth that said "Kent Organic Produce". The family owned a wonderful garden that took place in their backyard. Sarah was helping Clark put up the sign as he pushed nails in with his thumb. Chloe ad Pete were there putting up fresh produce on the tables. Soon Sarah saw Lana Lang and Whitney Fordman, a big shot football star. Chloe turned to her
"All hail the homecoming king and queen," she joked
Sarah gave Chloe a look that said "That's not nice". She watched Lana and Whitney come up to her
"Hi Sarah," greeted Lana. "How are you? I haven't seen you in a while,"
"Hi Lana," said Sarah. "I'm doing great...You're Whitney Fordman right?"
"That's right," said Whitney
"I heard you guys made Homecoming King and Queen. Congratulations,"
"Thank you Sarah," said Lana. "How'd you know?"
"Well," Sarah laughed a bit. "It's a small world in Smallville"
Both Whitney and Lana laughed.
"Hey Kent!" Whitney shouted to Clark. "You got a funny sister. You guys close?"
"Well," Sarah said looking at Clark. "Let's just say we're closer than ever since the past few days,"
"Clark," Lana said as Clark came up behind Sarah. "I didn't see you at the dance last night,"
"I was..." Clark looked at Whitney. "...a bit tied up...I took Sarah out for some ice cream. She had a rough day at school, and I thought I'd cheer her up,"
"That's nice. And it's nice to know you love your little sister so much,"
"Hey. Congratulations," said Mr. Kent as he came up and shook Whitney's hand. "That was one heck of a game. I haven't seen an offense that good since I played,"
"Thank you Mr. Kent," Whitney said.
"I'm gonna go get the rest of the boxes out of the truck," Clark said quietly.
"I'll help," Whitney said, following Clark
"Hey Lana," said Sarah. "You want a peach? It's on the house,"
"Thank you Sarah," said Lana. "That's so sweet of you,"
"You're welcome...Hey dad. I'll be right back,"
"All right." Jonathon said. "Come right back,"
Sarah nodded, and went to the parking lot where Clark and Whitney were getting boxes from the back of the truck.
"Kent, you relaize last night was just a prank right?" Whitney asked Clark. "Hey, I need that necklace back..."
"I don't have it," Clark said quickly
"Well it's Lana's favorite so..."
"So then you better go out to that cornfield and find it,"
Sarah watched Clark walk away angrily, and Whitney followed him, all silent.
"Hey Sarah!" shouted two voices.
Sarah turned around and saw Brianna and Allison coming up to her on their bikes. Brianna was all smiles.
"Allison," Sarah said in a cautious voice. "Did you let Brianna near sugar again?"
"No!" said Allison. "I don't even know what that creepy smile's on there for anyway. What is that smile on for anyway?"
"Gregs getting kicked out of the house!" Brianna shouted. "Mom's sending him to military school! For real!"
"Is that all?" asked Allison.
"What more do you want?"
"Hang on. Let me go get my list,"
Allison started laughing at her joke. Brianna's smile turned into a frown, and smacked her upside the head.
"Why's Greg going to military school?" asked Sarah
"My mom found these video tapes of Lana Lang he recorded," Brianna explained. "Look's like he was spying on her for a while"
"Your brother's weird,"
"Yeah. How's your brother doing?"
"Well, he has a grudge against Whitney now. But I don't think it'll last long,"
"Whitney tied him up to that pole?' asked Allison. "I always thought he was stupid."
"Didn't you have a crush on him?" asked Brianna.
"Well now, I'm beginning to think who he really is,"
Sarah laughed, and the girls went around the market grounds to see if they could purchase anything that interested them. Allison saw books on how to make things out of duct tape, and lots of facts on Europe. Brianna saw posters of her favorite singer, Hilary Duff, and bought two of them to put in Greg's room, when he cleared it out. She had the craziest idea of turning his room into a hang-out room for her and Allison and Sarah. She said she would put a TV in there with a DVD player, a Gamecube, lots of books, and a mini refrigerator full of snacks and cold sodas. When Allison and Sarah heard this, they thought it was a good idea, and decided to help raise money to get paint, the TV, the refrigerator, and the DVD player. Allison said she would get the Gamecube from her house. Sarah was looking at a teen magazine, when she noticed someone come in, right behind Lana. She was looking at butterfly moblies that were hanging from the ceiling of a tent.
"Hey Brianna," Sarah said. "Isn't that your brother?"
Brianna looked hard at the boy that was right by Lana.
"No way," she said. "That guy's better looking than my brother,"
"Did you know the average butterfly only lives for eight hours?" they heard the boy asked Lana
"The fast die young," Lana agreed. "They're the rock stars of the inscet world,"
The girls jaws dropped open, and their eyes went wide.
"Okay," Brianna said, after finding her voice. "The only weird person in Smallville who knows that is my brother, and that does not look like my brother,"
"Maybe it's just someone who just looks like him," said Sarah.
"Oh yeah. Pete said the same thing about Jeremy Creek, and looked what happened,"
Brianna shook her head, and walked up to Lana and what might be her brother. Lana noticed her coming, and gave her a warm smile.
"Hi Brianna," she said. "You didn't tell me that you're brother knew a lot about these things,"
Brianna looked at Greg who had a creepy smile on his face.
"Well he's as mysterious as the insects he studies," she said. "Even I don't know what he does,"
"You're lucky to have a brother like him," Lana said. "He's really smart. Does he help you with your homework?"
"Actually, he's busy most of the time, so I get help from my mom...I gotta go. Allison and Sarah are waiting for me. We're shopping for some supplies,"
"Really? For what?"
"We're making sort of a hangout. You know, where we can kick back, relax, and just chill,"
"Sounds like fun. Where're you gonna build it,"
"Oh. Somewhere. Maybe my mom will let me use one of the rooms in our house,"
Brianna glared at Greg when she said this. Greg still smiled at her. She waved bye at Lana and Greg and walked back to her friends.
"Well is it your brother?" asked Allison.
"Yeah," Brianna said sighing.
"Good, 'cause you can hook me up with him,"
"Allison!" shouted Sarah.
"I don't get it," Brianna said to herself. "One minute, my mom can't get him out of his room to get some color on his skin, and then the next minute he's out making shots with Lana Lang. He's not even supposed to be seeing her. He spied on her,"
"I think Chloe should look into this,"
"Later. I wanna find out what he's up to first."
"Right. Come on. My parents are waiting. They're gonna take you guys home with us. We can work on our hangout there,"
Sarah, Brianna, and Allison met Mr. and Mrs. Kent in front of their booth, where they were already selling the last of their produce.
"Where were you Sarah?" asked Jonathon. "We needed you to manage the money,"
"Sorry dad," Sarah apologized. "I lost track of the time,"
"Just don't do it next time,"
"Right. Hey dad. Brianna had this great idea that we could use one of her rooms at her house for a hangout. But we don't have enough money to get enough supplies, so I was wondering if I could earn some money by doing extra chores around the house. I'll even see if I can help out at one of the stores in town,"
"I don't know sweetheart," Jonathon said as Clark helped the girls into the back of the truck. "Getting a job is a big responsibilty,"
"I'm not asking for a job that involves cooking or working in the sewers, I'm just saying that maybe I can help around the town a bit,"
"We'll talk about it when we get home,"
Allison leaned in to whisper in Sarah's ear.
"That means no," she said.
"You know," Brianna said. "You can stop trying to be funny,"
"I wasn't trying to be funny. When I want something badly that involves lots of money, my parents say they'll talk about it. You know what I get? Nothing. I have to earn my own money without their knowledge,"
"Oh," said Sarah as the car started. "Is that why you've got those video games up hidden in your closet?"
"Of course...You're not gonna tell anyone are you?"
"Allison, I never tell anyone's secrets,"
The girls smiled at each other in agreement.
"So," Brianna started. "If we do get permission, and we do get the money for the stuff, what do you want to do with the room?"
"I'm thinking exoctic," said Allison. "Red, Orange, and Yellow paint. We paint red in the background, and then we paint orange and yellow circles all over,"
"Nah,"said Sarah. "Too original. But I like the colors, only lets take out the orange, and put in the blue,"
"Why don't we just paint the room red?" suggested Brianna. "And we can call it Smallville's Sanctuary,"
"Smallville's Sanctuary? Where'd you get a name like that?"
"No one's there to bother us, and we are from Smallville,"
"Smallville's Sanctuary..." Allison said dreamily. "I like it,"
Suddenly, the car swerved to a stop, and the girls almost fell out of the back of the truck. They let out short screams, and held on as tight as they could
"Hey!" shouted Brianna. "No offense Mr. Kent, but you need to..."
Brianna stopped as she saw Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Kent runn toward a car that was tipped over to its side and on fire. Clark was pulling someone out of the drivers seat. Allison pointed ahead.
"Is that..." she started
"Whitney Fordman," Brianna nodded.
"What happened?" asked Sarah quietly
Suddenly, there was a loud boom, and the fire exploded, almost covering the section of the street. Sarah only watched, as Clark wrapped his arms around Whitney to protect him from the flames.
"Whoa!" said Allison.
Soon, the fire died down, and the girls were amazed to see that Clark was still in one piece. So was Whitney. Sarah walked over slowly to him to put his hand on his shoulder. But once she touched him, his jacket burnt her hand, and she quickly drew it back. She figured her hand would be fine, but why was Whitney's car crashed, and what made him crash?
Clark, Sarah, Brianna, and Allison sat on the porch that afternoon in scilence. Sarah had ice for her hand, but she was gonna be okay. Jonathon came from inside the house.
"Whitney's gonna be all right," he said. "He's got a couple of cuts and bruises but nothing serious,"
"Does he remember anything?" asked Clark
"No. Just that something smashed his truck and he woke up in the ambulence,"
"Dad," Sarah said. "Do you think you should talk to mom? I think Clark really freaked her out this time"
"He also made her really proud,"
"Dad,"Clark started softly. "Something else happened to me this morning. When I woke up I was...kind of floating,"
"Floating?"
"As soon as I woke up, I crashed. I mean, Dad what's happening to me?"
"I honestly don't know. As soon as you started breaking the law of gravity, we are definetly in uncharted territory,"
"I just wish it could stop,"
"Look Clark, I'm your father. I'm supposed to have all the answers. It kills me that I don't, but you gotta have faith that we'll figure this thing out togethor,"
"I do, but this thing is happening to me, and I'm scared,"
Clark went inside as Jonathon sighed. Brianna and Allison looked at each other and jumped down from the porch banister.
"We'll call you later," Allison said. "I'm gonna ask Chloe if she could help with our room,"
"Yeah," Brianna agreed. "I think I'll go home, do a little homework, watch a little TV, listen to mom yell at Greg a little bit more, watch Greg pack for military school, and sleep like a baby for the rest of the night,"
"Right, I'm gonna see if I can get Clark to feel better," said Sarah. "Bye"
Brianna and Allison waved goodbye at Sarah, got their bikes, and rode from the Kent farm
After Brianna put her bike in the garage, and went inside, the first thing she noticed was the room temperature. She checked the thermostat, and was appalled. The temperature was 103 degrees F.
"Has mom gone wack?" she asked herself. "Mom! Is anybody home? Mom! The house is hot! And I don't mean hot in teen slang. I mean hot, as in I'm sweating my head like crazy!"
There was no answer for Brianna. She let out a muffled growl, and walked all over the house looking for her mother. When she looked in Greg's room, she almost fainted. There were cobwebs everywhere, and the tanks were open and the bugs that inhabited it were crawling on the floor. The cobwebs covered the walls, and they looked like they had something inside them. She raced toward the living room, and dialed her mother's cell phone number
"Mom come on...Please pick up,"
But there was no answer from her mom's cell phone. Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from Greg's room. She gasped and dropped the phone, and left it hanging from the receiver. She ran out of the house, hoping that she could get help.
Later, Sarah and Clark were sitting in the living room playing a "Ready 2 Rumble" Boxing Game. It was Sarah's way of cheering people up: Playing a game. Clark thought it was a good way to get his mind off of things, so he decided to play. Unfortunetly, he lost...yet again.
"Game over," grinned Sarah. "I win again. Ready to play another round, loser brother?"
"Nah," Clark said getting up. "I got to return something to Lana,"
"Oh," Sarah turned around on the couch resting her arms on top of it. "You mean that necklace from last night,"
"How's you know about the necklace?"
"I saw it on the ground when I was helping you,"
"Kids!" shouted Mrs. Kent. "Come to the table. It's dinnertime,"
Sarah smiled at Clark, who had half a smile, and half a disappointed look on his face
"Guess you'll have to give that necklace to her later," she said.
"Mr. Kent!" shouted a voice from outside. "Mrs. Kent! Clark! Sarah! Help!"
Clark and Sarah looked out the window, and saw Brianna running toward the farm, completely out of breath. They, Mr. and Mrs. Kent ran outside to see the problem. Clark put his hands on Brianna's shoulders, and bent down to look at her
"What's the matter?" he asked. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Brianna said her voice shaking. "All I know is that I came home and no mom, no Greg, no nothing. My house is really creepy right now, it's blazing hot in there, and...and..."
"OK," Sarah said, calming her down. "OK. You can stay at our place, if you're that freaked,"
"I'll see if I can reach your mother," said Mrs. Kent running into the house.
"I'll call the sheriff, and see if he can find anyone from your family," Mr. Kent said, following Martha.
Clark and Sarah led Brianna to the house, and set her down on the couch. They sat by her
"You need anything?" asked Clark
"No thanks, Clark," said Brianna. "I'm fine,"
"What happened?"
"Well, I came home, and I noticed the temperature was way too high,"
"How high?"
"103 degrees F,"
"Whoa," whispered Sarah. "What'd your mom do?"
"That's it. I couldn't find her. I looked eveywhere in the house. I tried her cell phone but didn't get an answer."
"Was her car there?"
"Yeah. I thought she went for a walk when I dialed her number, and she always takes her cell phone everywhere with her, so I tried, but like I said, I didn't get an answer,"
"Where was Greg?" asked Clark
"I don't know. I thought I heard something from his room, but I was too scared to look. Besides, he and I barely talk now, ever since my parents divorced,"
"Okay, um, Clark and I will look into it tomorrow. We'll see what we can do. Allison, Chloe, and Pete can help us since they're good at figuring these things out."
"Right. We're here for you Brianna,"
"Thanks guys,"
Brianna gave Clark a hug in thanks, and hugged Sarah in turn. Sarah smiled.
"Right, since we don't have a guest room in this farm," Sarah started. "You can have my room. I'll sleep on the couch,"
"You sure?" asked Brianna. "I don't want to kick you out of your own room,"
"I've been through worse,"
"Well okay, if you feel okay about that,"
That night, Brianna, Sarah, and Clark entered the barn house where Mr. Kent was working on a large mower that helped plow fields.
"Need a hand dad?" asked Clark.
Jonathon looked at the kids, and chuckled a bit.
"Best idea I've heard all night," he commented.
As Clark goes to help Mr. Kent, Sarah and Brianna run upstairs to the loft, to check out the perfect view in Clark's "Fortress of Solitude" of the night time. Brianna couldn't help but feel something shiver up her spine. She tapped on Sarah's shoulders, and pointed up to the rafters.
"Do you think somethings up there?" she asked nervously.
"Nah," Sarah said. "Probably a rat or some bugs messing around,"
"Right,"
Without warning, something jumped down from the rafters, and brings the girls down. The girls turned over and saw Greg grinning down on them. Brianna screamed, and Sarah let out a yell as she pushed him off of them. Greg jumped away, as Mr. Kent and Clark ran upstairs to the loft. Brianna got up quickly as Clark helped both girls up.
"Girls!" Jonathon shouted. "Hey? Are you two all right? What happened?"
"Something's up in the rafters," Sarah said nervously.
Clark grabbed two flashlights, and handed one to Mr. Kent. The girls stood in a corner, half scared and half scared to death. Mr. Kent looked close to the edge, until he flashed his light into a face. It was Greg! He pushed Mr.Kent over the railing. Brianna and Sarah was about to scream, when a flash went before them, and before they knew it, Clark had save Mr. Kent from being minced for the saws of the mower.
Later, Mrs. Kent, Mr. Kent, Clark, Brianna, and Sarah were in the barn with flashlights looking to see if they could find the person who terrified the girls, and attempted to murder Mr. Kent.
"I've never seen anybody move like that," Mr. Kent commented
"Did you get a look at his face?" asked Mrs. Kent
"He came right off the ceiling at me. It was almost as if..."
"He wasn't human?" asked Sarah
"We saw his face," Brianna said shakily. "I think it was Greg,"
"It was Greg, Brianna,"
"Greg?" asked Martha. "That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Clark and Pete used to hang out with him when they were in grade school,"
"Why would he want to hurt you, Sarah ,and Brianna?" asked Jonathon
"I don't know," answered Clark
"Are you two still friends?" asked Martha
"I pass him in the halls but people change"
"I remember his mother used to keep him on a short leash. But I can't believe he would hurt a fly,"
"Maybe that's why he was too busy collecting them and every other bug he could get his hands on," Brianna said.
"Clark, kids just can't just jump off of cielings and attack people," Jonathon said
"Oh really?" asked Sarah pointing her flashlight up to the cieling. "Then how do you explain this?"
Everyone looked up at the cieling, and saw gooey footprints on it. Brianna stuck out her tounge in disgust.
"I don't know." Mr. Kent said. "It seems kind of out there,"
"Right," Sarah said turning off her flashlight.
"This is coming from a man who's been hiding a spaceship in the storm cellar for the last twelve years," Martha joked. "Come on girls. Let's get to you to bed. It's late and you have school in the morning,"
"Joy," Brianna said sarcastically. "Night Clark. Night Mr. Kent,"
Jonathon and Clark said good night to the girls, and Sarah and Brianna ran inside. Sarah had made a makeshift bed on the couch. It was really late at night, when Clark and Jonathon came in. Sarah woke up to their noise, and Clark was about to go upstairs, when she sat up.
"Clark," Sarah whispered. "What's happening in Smallville?"
"Ever since the meteor shower, Sarah," Clark started. "Everything's been very weird around here. It was also the day mom and dad found me out in the middle of the cornfeild. It was when they thought they couldn't have kids. A few weeks later, mom was pregnant with you. Luckily, you didn't turn out weird,"
"Why was that?"
Clark sat down by her, and Sarah hugged her knees.
"Well, a lot of people were in the hospital because they were infected by the meteor rocks," he answered. "And mom and dad were in the middle of a meteor infected field, and they were worried if they had been infected, they might infect your birth. Fortunetly it didn't."
"Was I annoying when I was born?"
"Well...you did cry a lot, and scream, and..."
"Clark Kent!"
Clark laughed.
"Sorry," he said. "I was just joking,"
"You better be," Sarah said threateningly.
The next day, when the crowded halls of Jr. High wasn't watching, Brianna and Sarah dragged Allison into the janitors closet, where they could talk alone.
"What is this all about anyway?" asked Allison as she shook her friends arms away. "This better be good, because I've got Orchestra after lunch,"
"Whatever," Brianna said. "Listen. Remember that day at the farmer's market?"
"The day where Whitney got blasted out of his car?"
"Yeah. That day. We think something weird happened to Greg,"
"And how is that supposed to surprise me?"
"Oh. Let's see," Brianna started counting on her fingers. "My house was like the Gobi Desert, my brothers room was freakishly filled with spider webs, and I'm afraid to go in there, my mom's missing, my brother's not wearing his glasses, he tried to jump me and Sarah last night, tried to kill Mr. Kent, and left footprints that were on the ceiling. Does that surprise you Allison Harper?"
"Maybe,"
Sarah and Brianna held their foreheads.
"Look," Sarah started. "Let's just go to the High School Torch after school. Clark already said he'd get Chloe to check up on what might've possibly happened to Greg. We think he may have been infected with one of the meteors that hit Smallville,"
After school, the girls walked across the street to the High School as they planned, and met Clark at the front of the building. He led them to the Torch room where Chloe was reading a piece of paper, and sitting at her computer. She looked up and walked over to them as they sat down at a table
"I found an article about Amazonian tribesmen who took on the traits of the insects they've been bitten by, but nothing as extreme as what you talked about" she explained. "Have you had any luck?"
"Only that Greg and Brianna didn't move to Smallville until after the meteor shower," Clark answered.
"So he couldn't have been exposed to the blast," Sarah stepped in
"Yeah," Brianna said. "But his bugs could've been,"
"Yeah," Allison said. "Think about it. Pieces of that meteor are still buried all over Smallville. The whole habitat's infected. So when boy catches bugs..."
"...and bugs bite boy, you get..."
"Bug boy!" shouted Allison and Brianna.
Sarah looked at the girls, with one eyebrow raised.
"I cannot believe you guys can figure this out in 10 seconds," she said.
"But you can't even walk outside in the summertime without being bit by a mosquito," Clark protested. "Why don't we have a whole town ful of bug people?"
"Because you need a certain level of toxins to cause a mutation," said Chloe. "Those Amazonian tribesman wre attacked by swarms,"
"Greg did keep tanks of bugs in his room. Maybe they got sick of the view and staged revolt,"
"Well according to this, bugs have a very short life cycle. So if he really has gone Kafka, let's hope he isn't in the mating stage,"
Later, everyone met Pete, and they all went to Greg and Brianna's house to see if anything was suspicious. They went up to the front door, and Brianna tried to open it.
"It's locked," she announced to everyone.
"Don't you have a key or something under the doormat?" asked Allison.
"My mom was gonna get me one, but looks like she didn't get the chance,"
"All right," Sarah said backing up. "Step aside everyone. I'm breaking the door down,"
Brianna and Allison looked at each other, and after a moments scilence, they started to laugh. Sarah gave them her evil stare.
"Oooookay," Brianna said. "It's not funny anymore,"
"Thought so," Sarah said.
"Never mess with a moody sister," Clark said.
"Shut-up Clark,"
Everyone backed up as Sarah ran toward the door. She rammed her shoulder to it, and stopped. Instantly, she flew her hand to her shoulder, as she sucked through her teeth. Allison shook her head.
"I cannot believe you'd pull a stunt like that, Sarah Kent," she said walking to a window.
"It was worth a try," Sarah groaned.
"Yeah, a worthless try,"
Allison bent down beside Chlow and looked through the window
"Doesn't look like anybody's home," Chloe said.
Pete looked in too
"The place is a mess," he said in disgust. "Remember what a neat freak Greg's mom was?"
"Yeah," Clark said. "She used to make us take off our shoes. One time I forgot and she yelled at me,"
"Is that what broke the friendship?" asked Chloe
"After 7th grade our parents got divorced," Brianna explained. "Maybe he just stopped calling,"
"Which stunk because he had a killer tree fort his dad built in the woods," Pete said.
"Which I was never allowed in,"
"It was okay," Clark said.
"Clark never liked it," Pete said. "He used to get dizzy just walking over there,"
"How come?" asked Chloe.
"He was afraid of heights,"
"I didn't believe structurally sound," Clark proteseted
Sarah looked at the window behind her, and gave it a small push. To her surprise, it opened.
"You guys come here," she said getting in to a filthy house.
Everyone followed her inside, and once they took the first step, they could feel the room temperature, and how hot it was.
"Dang Brianna," complained Allison "When you said the house was hot, you didn't say how hot it was,"
"About 103 degrees F," explained Brianna. "I don't know why Greg would do this,"
"Do you think your mom's still home?" asked Chloe.
"I don't know. If she was, she'd call me and ask where I was,"
"She's right," Clark said. "Allison, Chloe, and Sarah you check out Greg's room..."
"I ain't going in there," Allison said.
"You have to Ali, or else we're all dead," Sarah said.
"Whatever,"
"Right," Clark said. "Anyway, Chloe, you take Sarah and Allison into Greg's room, see what you can find there, Greg and I will take Brianna around, see if we can find anything suspicious"
Everyone split up. Clark and Pete followed Brianna around the house. When they got to the bathroom, Brianna noticed something in the shower. When she opened it, she was disgusted, and felt like she was gonna puke.
"Clark," she groaned. "I think you better take a look at this,"
Clark and Pete came up behind her and had the same expression as Brianna
"Oh man," groaned Pete taking pictures. " That's disgusting. What is it?"
"I think it's skin," answered Clark. "He must be molting,"
"It looks like he had blankets of skin on his face for a very long time," Brianna whispered
"You guys better come look at this!" shouted Chloe from Greg's room.
Clark, Brianna, and Pete walked into Greg's room, and Brianna was even more disgusted. The smell of the room was overpowering now. Sarah, Allison, and Chloe were standing in front of a TV screen which had a tape of Lana Lang sitting under a tree, doing homework, and listening to music.
"Oh man," said Pete. "Looks like you're not the only one in Smallville who has the hots for Lana,"
"I think Greg's found his mate," said Chloe
"Okay," Brianna said backing away. "My brother's definetly going on the Wall of Weird,"
"Got that right," Allison said.
Clark looked around the room to see any sign of anymore unusual happenings. His eyes gazed toward a bundle that was covered in cobwebs.
"What do you see Clark?" asked Sarah
"I'm not sure," Clark answered softly as he walked to the bundle
"Be careful. I don't like this,"
Clark put his hands on the web, ripped it open, and out came a shrivled old skeleton. Brianna cried out in disgust and dispair. It was her mother. Greg had killed her.
"Lana," Clark whispered as he ran out.
Brianna started to cry. Greg did this to her. He did it all. Sarah put a hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay," she said. "We're gonna get back at him,"
"Wait till I get my HANDS ON THAT FREAK!" shouted Brianna her voice going from low to high, as she ran out of the room too. Allison looked at Sarah.
"What the heck is she gonna do?" she asked.
"I don't know," Sarah said. "But we've gotta go with her. She could get hurt,"
"Right, Chloe, Pete, got to the Police Station and report a murder to Sheriff Ethan. We'll go follow Brianna, and try to get her back to my place,"
Allison and Sarah ran outside, to the garage, where Brianna was fastening her helmet.
"You know if you fasten that tight enough you could choke yourself," Allison remarked
"What in the world do you think you're doing Brianna?" asked Sarah
"Out to get Greg, that's what I'm thinking," said Brianna getting on her bike.
"Where are you gonna find him?" asked Allison
"I think he's on his way to Lana's place. I mean,come on, he is in the mating stage,"
"She's right," Sarah said. "Got any transtportation we could use?"
"Yeah. Allison there's a scooter, Sarah there's a skateboard, and I think there's helmets that could fit you. But you gotta hurry, 'cause I'm leaving now,"
Allison and Sarah ran into the garage, and got their stuff. Allison barely had her helmet on when she took off on the scooter. She jumped over a ramp that Brianna used for practicing on her bike, and let out an excited whoop. Sarah did an ollie as she came out of the garage, and sped her way beside her friends. They had to go on the road since there were no sidewalks where they were at the moment. When they got to Lana's house, they tripped over their own two and four wheelers to get to the stables, where they found her feeding her horses.
"Lana!" shouted Allison
"Hey girls," Lana smiled. 'What're you doing here?"
"Where's Greg?" asked Brianna pulling up her sleeves
"Whoa," Sarah said, holding Brianna back. "Slow down there, Brianna,"
"I haven't seen Greg since yesterday," explained Lana
"What happened yesterday?"
"I forgot to help him with his Literature paper on Nathaniel West. I told him I needed to talk to your brother, Sarah, but he thought we were a couple when he asked me if Clark was more important than him. Brianna, has something strange gotten through Greg lately?"
"Yeah," Brianna said. "His insanity. And pretty soon it's gonna be my foot up his butt,"
"Brianna!" shouted Sarah.
"Why?" asked Lana. "What's wrong?"
"Lana!" shouted Whitney as he came into the stables. "You're aunt said you'd be here,"
Lana stiffened a bit.
"How are you feeling?" she asked softly
"Better," answered Whitney. "That's not why I'm here though. Lana, when I..."
Whitney stopped as he looked at the girls. Allison waved
"Hi Whitney," she said.
"Girls," he said. "Do you mind?"
"You can say it in front of us," Sarah said folding her arms. "We know what you did to Clark,"
"You heard that?"
"Loud and clear from you,"
"Anyway, Lana when I saw you and Clark outside your house that night, I freaked out,"
"What did you think we were doing?" asked Lana
"I guess I got scared and did something stupid. I would do anything to take that back,"
"It's too late, Whitney," said a voice
The girls turned around, and before they knew it, Allison and Sarah felt something blast their bodies, and stuck them against the cieling. Brianna was left alone, and she didn't know why. She stared into the cold face of her brother, Greg.
"She's mine now," Greg said.
"Greg?" Lana said in disbelief.
"You stay away from her," Whitney said confronting Greg.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Whitney," Allison struggled
Before Whitney could throw a fist, Greg took him with one arm, and threw him aside. Lana grabbed Brianna and backed away with her, but also trying to protect her.
"Greg, what's going on?" asked Lana
"It's time," Greg said coming up to her
"Time for what?"
"For us,"
"No!" shouted Sarah as she struggled to get out of the web shootings that bound her.
Greg grabbed both Lana and Brianna and started jumping away with amazing height, like a grasshopper. Come to think of it, he was part grasshopper. Allison and Sarah listen to their friends scream and cry for help. And what killed them the most, they couldn't help, no matter how hard they tried.
"No what?" asked Sarah
"Whitney!" shouted Allison. "Get us out of here!"
No answer came from Whitney.
"OK," Sarah said. "I've got a better idea,"
"Oh yeah, what's that?" asked Allison
"We scream for help,"
"Good idea,"
Instantly, Allison and Sarah both started screaming...for only a short while. Sarah stopped but Allison kept on going.
"Allison..." she started.
Allison kept on screaming.
"Allison!..."
Allison still screamed.
"ALLISON! STOP SCREAMING!"
Allison stopped.
"Thank you," Sarah whispered. "Now, we have got to get out of here, some way without breaking our bones, or killing ourselves,"
"Oh that's comforting Sarah," Allison said sarcastically
"Don't be such a ba..."
Sarah barely had time to finish her sentance, when the webbing that held her gave way, and she fell. Her fall was broken by a strand on cobweb that was tied around her ankle. She dangled upside down in the air.
"Sarah!" shouted Allison. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Sarah lifting her head up to her chest. "I've just gotta find a way to get out without cracking my head open,"
"It looks like you're not going anywhere for a while,"
"But we have to save Lana and Brianna,"
"I know we do. Don't worry. I'll think of something,"
"Lana!" shouted a voice from the distance.
"Did you hear that?" asked Sarah
"It sounds like Clark," said Allison softly. "CLARK!"
"Clark! Clark!"
The girls saw Clark come rushing in and up to the girls. He looked at Sarah, then up at Allison.
"What happened to you?" asked Clark while lifting Sarah's upper body up.
"We'll tell you in a bit," Sarah said helping Clark. "Just get me out of here,"
"Don't forget me!" shouted Allison
"Allison, we would never forget you,"
With his super strength, Clark pulled Sarah away from the web, and set her down on the ground. He looked up at Allison
"Allison, you're gonna have to push your way out," Clark said holding his arms out. "I'll catch you,"
"You won't let me drop?" asked Allison nervously
"I'm not gonna let you drop. Hurry!"
Allison groaned. She was going to regret this. With all her might, she pushed herself out of the web wrappings, and let herself drop into Clark's arms
"Wow," she said. "You are definetly my Superman,"
"Where's Lana?" asked Clark as he let Allison down
"Greg's got her," whispered Whitney as he came out from a stall. "Brianna too,"
"Which way did he go?"
"He headed off into the woods,"
"I think I know where he's going,"
"Great. I'll drive,"
Clark put his arms around Sarah and Allison and ran with them outside, along with Whitney, to a black suburban.
"You know the old Creekside Foundry?" asked Clark
"The one that got hit with the meteor shower?" asked Whitney as he got in the car
"Follow the dirt track about a hundred yards back. There's an old tree fort there,"
"How do you know he's there?"
"Greg used to collect bugs there when we were kids," Clark explained as he wrapped his arms around the girls tightly
While Whitney wasn't looking, Clark took off in a shot, with the girls in his arms. Within seconds, they were by an old tree fort, way up high in the tree. Allison looked at Clark with wide eyes
"How fast can you run?" she asked
"We'll talk about that later," Sarah said. "Follow me!"
Clark and Allison followed Sarah up the ladder, and pushed open the door. Like Greg's room, there were cobwebs everywhere. They all go in, and found Brianna and Lana under a blanket of webs. Clark walked up to them, to unwrap them
"Get away from them," Greg said suddenly
Allison and Sarah backed away as far as possible.
"Greg," Clark said calmly. "I know what's happened to you,"
"Well then you know that I've been freed," Greg said.
"No you haven't. You're enslaved to your own instincts,"
"I have no rules Clark," Greg stepped down from the steps he was sitting on to face Clark. "I go where I want..."
Allison bent down slowly beside Brianna, and took out her pocket knife.
"...I eat what I want..."
Allison started cutting the webbings off as Brianna woke up slowly.
"...And I take what I want,"
"You're not taking her," Clark said, pointing to Lana
"Well then try and stop me,"
"You're not the only one who's changed."
Instantly, Brianna shot out from her web cage, and lunged at Greg. Greg fell out of the tree fort, taking Clark with him, making a hole in the wall.
"You guys gotta get out of here," Sarah said. "Go to my place. You'll be safe there,"
The girls nodded, and climbed downstairs, with Sarah. Allison helped Brianna go one way, while Sarah ran the other way to the Creekside Foundry. She found an open passage way, and once she went in the wide room, she saw Clark bending over, like he was going to puke.
"Clark," she whispered.
She was about to go to him, when she saw Greg, coming up behind Clark ,with a large pipe in his hands
"Clark watch out!" shouted Sarah
Clark didn't catch Sarah's warning when the pipe was swung against his back. He flew up in the air, and fell down against the wall. Sarah ran toward him.
"You okay?" she asked. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Clark said weakly.
"You haven't changed at all Clark," shouted Greg. "You still get sick around this place just like when we were kids. Hey clark! Did you know the Bufflao Ant can lift 30 times its own body weight?"
Sarah stepped in between Clark and Greg.
"Move," Greg growled
"Leave me, my brother, Lana, Allison, Brianna, Whitney, and my parents, alone!" Sarah shouted.
Greg grabbed Sarah by the collar, and swung her across the room. She let out a short yell, and caught her balance when she hit the ground. Clark came crashing down in front of her. Sarah helped him find shelter in a broken concrete box, that was standing on its side.
"Clark?" called out Greg mockingly. "Clark where are you? I just wanna play...Clarky...Come out!"
Sarah looked at Clark with a worried expression. His face wasn't pale anymore, and he felt stronger. She gave her a questioning look.
"It's lined with led," Clark answered her unasked question.
"Give it up Clark!" shouted Greg. "You can't fight natural law! Only the strong survive,"
Clark patted Sarah's shoulder.
"Stay here," he whispered.
Clark came out from the led box as Greg came around the corner, grabbed his collar, and smashed him against the box.
"DId you really think you could hide from me?" Greg asked through gritted teeth
Clark threw Greg across the room, as Sarah came out by Clark's side. Greg landed against a pole. Without thinking, he pulled on a chain, and pushed on a lever, releasing a peice of equipment that was hanging in the air.
"Greg watch out!" shouted Clark
But it was too late for Greg. The huge peice of equipment came crashing down on him, releasing tiny bugs from under it. Without another word, Clark put Sarah on his shoulders, and they sped away. When they got out, they saw Lana and Whitney walking toward his car, and hugging each other.
"Do you have a crush on her?" Sarah asked Clark
Clark looked up at Sarah and smiled at her, almost laughing.
"It's okay. I won't tell...Can we go home now?"
"Yeah," Clark whispered. "Let's go home,"
That night, Sarah awoke to the sound of the front door closing, and footsteps coming closer to the living room.
"Clark?" she asked as she sat up. "Is that you?"
Clark came into the room from out of the darkness.
"Hey," he said as he sat down by her. "Did I wake you up?"
"Yeah, but it's not a problem. Where were you?"
"I was returning Lana's necklace,"
"Oh. So you've finally got the guts to do it huh? What'd she say to you?"
"Nothing. She didn't even know I returned it,"
"You're a wimp Clark Kent. You've gotta suck it up to women,"
Clark laughed silently, and gave her a smile. He got up slowly as Sarah laid back down to sleep. But then he turned back, and tucked her in a bit more, so that it would reach her neck
"Good night Sarah," he whispered.
"Night Clark," mummbled Sarah in her sleep
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