"Come on, I need to get you to the hospital." Clark says and gently picks her up. He carries her out to his car and sets her in the passenger seat. "There, is this ok?" He asks her.
"Yeah." She tells him and attempts a smile. Clark runs over to his side and starts up the car. Once he's out on the road, he accelerates quickly leaving in a cloud of dust.
"Where are your parents?" Clark asks.
"Metropolis. Be back Monday." Sophie says in as few words as possible.
"I am so sorry for leaving you, I should have stayed with you." Clark tells her.
"No Clark, please. Don't be sorry." She tells him quietly. Clark just looks at her, it is his fault. She should want to get as far as she can from him. But, he searches her eyes and there is no sign of regret. No sign of resentment for him because of his secrets.
"Sophie, I love you so much." Clark tells her.
"And I love you, Clark." She says and smiles. Clark blows by a red truck on the opposite side of the road.
"My parents. I better call them." Clark says and dials a number on his cell phone. "Hey mom, it's me."
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Jonathon and Martha traveling down the road in their truck.
"Clark, was that you we passed?" She asks. "Oh my gosh, is she alright? Ok, ok, we're on our way." She says and hangs up.
"What was that all about?" Jonathon asks his wife.
"Clark found Sophie in her house, he's taking her to the hospital." She tells him.
"We better get over there, hang on." He tells her and slams on the brakes, spinning the truck around.
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Clark sits down beside Sophie's bed after she's had the medical attention she needed. Jonathon and Martha stand outside, Chloe is in with Sophie and Clark.
"Sophie, I am so sorry I wasn't there." Chloe apologizes.
"It's ok. There was three of them, they would have taken you too." Sophie tells her.
"I still feel bad. So what happened, what did they do to you?" Chloe asks. Sophie turns away and a few more tears fall from her eyes.
"Chloe." Clark says and gives her a look.
"Oh! I'm so sorry." Chloe says, realization creeping over her face.
"I don't know what my problem is. It's not like I haven't done it before. It just wasn't my choice." Sophie says and wipes her tears away. She's more pissed off than anything. If her hands weren't tied, she would of beat the crap out of all three of them.
Clark walks out of the room, her last comment getting to him. No seventeen-year-old girl should experience that, let alone his own girlfriend. He's never been so angry in his whole life.
"Clark, what's wrong?" His mom asks as he storms out of the room.
"Do you know what she is saying in there?" He asks his parents. "I don't know what my problem is, it just wasn't my choice. John had her raped. No one deserves that! And it's my fault! It was my secret he was after." Clark tells his parents. "I just can't believe I put this all on her." He finds a spot on the wall that's covered in steel and punches it, leaving a small knuckle print.
"Clark, take it easy." Jonathon tells him and holds his arm.
"Take it easy." Clark snorts. He's just too mad. "I am going to find that bastard and he is going to pay." Clark tells Jonathon and rushes away. Jonathon just stares after him, there's nothing he can do. He just hopes that all he taught Clark will surface and his son will do the right thing.
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Clark leans against the building.
Ok, now where would John hide? "The bridge!" Clark says and superspeeds away. He gets under the bridge and uses his xray vision to see into the woods. Clark sees some kind of metal object with a person inside, probably a van. He reaches into his pocket and slides the lead case open, releasing the power of the purple kryptonite. There is no any telling what he's going to do, and he doesn't want to end up revealing his secrets. He has anger in his veins and he doesn't need his powers to put fear into John.
Clark sneaks up behind the van and peaks in the windows. John is sitting there, listening to something. Hmm, wonder that could be. Clark rips open the door and jumps inside.
"Just who I was looking for." John smiles.
"Yeah, and your going to wish you never did." Clark says, ripping him up from his chair and tossing him out the back. He lands with a thud on the ground.
"Oh, this must be about your little girlfriend. Yeah, she was quite the treat for my guys." John tells him.
"When I'm done with you… I'm sure you'll regret you ever touched her." Clark says and starts walking up to him. John slowly reaches in to his pocket and Clark tries to kick his hand away. John has other ideas and moves his foot quickly, tripping Clark.
"Not today." John says and stabs a needle into Clark's neck. Clark screams as he feels a pain he's never experienced before. Must be the green kryptonite mixed in with the influence of purple kryptonite, is all Clark's mind can register. John empties the contents of his syringe and Clark starts to shake uncontrollably. That lasts only a few seconds and Clark goes limp, moments away from losing consciousness.
"I'm going to get the car. You won't move will you?" John asks with a laugh and walks away. Clark can barely move, let alone think. Cell phone, he remembers. Clark very slowly tosses the small phone up to his head after hitting re-dial.
"Clark?" Martha answers, concerned.
"Needle, kryptonite, Bridge." Clark mutters and loses consciousness.
"Clark!" Martha screams into the phone.
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