"I better call my parents and tell them I can't come home tonight. I need something good to tell them." Clark says as he drives.
"Here, use my cell phone." Sophie tells him and hands him her phone. "It's what, almost twelve? Were already an hour away. Just tell them your tired and you don't want to risk driving home."
"Good idea." Clark agrees and dials his number. "Hey, it's Clark. No, everything's fine. The races ran a little over and we're just leaving. Grandville is over an hour away and I'm pretty tired, can we just stay here for the night? I know, we're just tired. Are you sure? Ok, thanks. I'll be home in the morning. Bye." Clark says and hangs up.
"You're not in any trouble, are you?" She asks.
"Well they weren't pleased… but they agreed it was for the best." Clark tells her.
"There's a motel right there." Sophie says and points to their right. Clark pulls into the Grand Motel. Real original name, Clark thinks sarcastically.
"I feel cheap taking you to a motel." Clark says to Sophie.
"You wont once we get in there, I guarantee it." Sophie tells him seductively and Clark smiles. Clark stops the car and they get out. They walk into the lobby and walk up to the front desk. A man not much older than Clark has his feet on the desk and has headphones on, listening to music.
"Excuse me." Clark says and the man doesn't respond. Clark has to shake his shoulder.
"Yeah?" He asks, then he notices Sophie in her clothes. His eyes widen and he looks her up and down.
"We want a room." Clark glares at him.
"Bed or no bed?" He asks with a smile.
"What?" Sophie asks.
"Something tells me there won't be any sleeping tonight." The man says.
"Something tells you that is none of your da mn business." Clark tells him.
"Ok, ok. Room number seven is empty, here's your key. And if you need anything, my services will be available." He grins at Sophie. She rips the key from his hand.
"And if you don't keep your mouth shut, your services will be unavailable for a long time." She smiles. "Catch my drift?" She asks and walks away with Clark.
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They get in the room and notice it is far different from the one at Eldora. "Well, this is nice." Sophie says sarcastically.
"Who cares? I won't be paying much attention to the room." Clark smiles and starts kissing her. She wraps her arms around him and Clark pushes her back on to the bed. They fall on to it, bouncing slightly and Sophie rolls Clark on to his back. She leans back and pulls her shirt up over her head. Clark gasps, as she doesn't have anything on under it.
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Out in the parking lot, other business is going on. A black van pulls up in front of the motel. All the back windows are blacked out and two men come out of the back doors.
"This should teach Mr. Portland who he's dealing with." One man tells the other. "Nobody refuses the boss." The other man smiles and takes out a small black box. He pushes the button and a red light lights up.
"It's set. Let's get out of here." He says and both men run into a nearby alley.
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Back in the room, Clark and Sophie are still making out. Clark rolls her back on to her back and his lips move on to her neck and keeps moving lower and lower.
A loud blast suddenly goes off, shattering the windows and blasting the wall in on them. Sophie screams and Clark hugs her, protecting her.
Outside, it looks like a war zone. There is nothing more of the van than a smoldering pile of metal. The whole outer wall of the motel is blasted in. Back inside, Clark pushes the crushed wall off of them as if it was a feather. "Are you ok?" Clark asks.
"Yeah, what happened?" She asks.
"I think a bomb went off. Let's get out of here." Clark says and helps Sophie to her feet. She starts walking outside and Clark stops her. "You better put this on, first." He says with a smile, holding a dusty piece of clothing.
"Yeah, I better." She says and slips it back over her. They walk outside and a police car with the sirens flashing pulls up. A few other guests are coming out of the wreckage too.
"Would you like to tell me what happened here?" The officer asks the clerk that was at the front desk.
"Yeah, the wall was blew in like a bomb went off!" He shouts. "I'm gonna lose my job over this. My boss leaves me in charge and we get bombed!" Clark uses his x-ray vision to see if anyone else is in the building and it's empty. He also scans the area near by and notices two skeletons huddled behind a dumpster in the alley.
"Wait here, I'll be right back." Clark tells Sophie and runs off toward the alley.
"Clark, what?" She asks but he's already gone. Clark runs into the alley.
"I know you two had something to do with this! So why not come out and save me the trouble of finding you and kicking your ass!" Clark calls out. One of the man comes out, holding a gun.
"And what are you gonna do, boy?" He asks. His partner comes out after him.
"Don't tempt me." Clark warns. "You almost killed me and my girlfriend in there, along with other innocent people. Turn yourself in and I won't have to hurt you." Clark tells them. The man laughs.
"Oh, I'm scared! Run away little boy, this doesn't concern you." He tells Clark. Clark walks toward him. "Stop!" The man commands. Clark ignores him. The man fires his weapon at Clark, unloading it. Clark dodges them all and superspeeds towards the two men, forcing them both to the ground. The police hear this and pull their weapons out, running toward the sounds.
"Clark!" Sophie screams and runs after them.
"Woah, stay here. You don't want to get hurt." The clerk tells Sophie, grabbing her. He grabs a little too close to her breasts and her defenses kick in.
"Get off of me!" She tells him strongly and knees him in the crotch.
"Services… temporarily… unavailable." He groans and falls over. Sophie runs after the police officers. Clark detains the two men easily until the police get there.
"These men tried to kill me and I know they know more about the bombing." Clark tells them as they handcuff the suspects.
"You don't know sh!t, you freak!" The man yells.
"Shut up! You're under arrest." The officer tells him. Clark walks out of the alley and Sophie runs to him.
"Clark! I'm so glad your ok! Why would you go after them?" She asks.
"Because I wasn't about to let them get away with this. And they almost hurt you. I won't let anyone get away with hurting you." Clark tells her. The suspect glares at Clark as he is lead out of the alley by the police.
"Oh!" Sophie says and covers her hand over her mouth.
"Sophie, what's wrong?" Clark asks, grabbing her shoulders. Her eyes fill with tears and she removes her hand from her mouth.
"That man. He killed my brother!" She screams and points at him.
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