Note: This is before Chloe and the gang grew up. They are in high school, and Chloe dose not know Clark's secret.


For a moment he thought he was eating a chocolate Sunday. A moment later, one large yawn escaped his mouth. Rough hands were undoing the straps binding him, he realized. Groggy, he murmured, "Mmm? Just a few more minutes' mom…"

Out of the corner of his half opened eye he could have sworn he saw a glint of silver from a needle. He felt something prick his left arm. Suddenly his mind clicked, he sat up as the men where leaving. Dazed for the moment he realized he was now wearing a sort of mellow yellow cotton short sleeve shirt with mellow yellow quarter length cotton pants. Rubbing his arm he thought out loud, "Wait, is this some perverted challenge?"

No answer.

A flood of memory from earlier in the day made his eyes snap wide. Standing up he staggered, his legs felt like weights. In front of him was a shiny clear white door. On it was a parched sigh, in bold red ink it said: My heirs are not weak. I believe you are weak Alexander. Dare you to prove me wrong?

Lex scratched his head while he hesitantly opened the door. He was sure it was his father now, after all the jerk was capable of anything.It was creaky, and the room it led to was ominous. The room was barely lit, and built like a labyrinth. There was sign taped to the wall in front of him. This time it read, here are two choices, right or left? There are many such choices ahead. Be wary, for each will prove deadly.

Lex limped to the right. His leg, no his whole body, was sore. Taking the chance of sleeping seemed too deadly at the moment.

For the first five minutes, he said nothing and kept his thoughts to his self. It was maddening. After an eternity he started to talk to himself. It sounded stupidand hedecided, "But who could I talk to? Hmm?"

He mentally decided that if talked to anyone, he did not imitate their voice. That would just prove he was crazy. " Oh hello Clark. (Hello Lex, did you see that show last night?) No, I was shot. (Ahh-what did feel like?) Well, it felt like..."

"Probably felt like every nerve was exploding."

Lex shook his head and turned. There was a beautiful girl in silk lingerie to his right. Taking a step back he blinked, stuttering he whispered, " Clark? Is she real?"

"I should hope so," the women said. She was gorgeous, with a perfect complexion, and rose-red lips. She giggled and ran turning into another corner, beckoning him to follow.

His legs did not move for a moment. A corner of his mind whispered, "(Lex I do believe this is trap)."

He shrugged, his cool blue eyes went hazy, "Yeah, well, Clark? (What?) Please come soon and stop this before I'm completely crazy. (Lex, you're asking yourself to save you.)"

After a pause he murmured, "I cannot deny that, it is true; would you care to choose where we go next?"

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His green eyes blinked again. "Chloe is it Lex's blood?"

" Clark you where right! It is Lex's blood," the teenage reporter stood up from her desk at the Torch.

"Then something's happened!" He said furious.

"Wait, calm down, let's call the cops," Chloe said looking down at the computer screen.

"No, Chloe, no cops," Clark said with a low voice.

"Then what?" She turned to look at him. Instead a cool breeze of air folded over her. "Well fine, no cops...for Lex. Clark! Argh! I'm going to arrest you for god knows what but that is annoying as hell..."

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Clark looked around the mansion. He scanned it with his x-ray vision, and found a small underground passage. He zoomed to it's location in the corner of an old wine cellar. Tugging on the right bottle it was reveled. It was not all to surprising that the bottom of the passage had little splatters of red blood.

Looking over his shoulder he walked inside. After an hour of walking he came to a brick wall. Behind him was a winding tunnel with cobwebs, and he could have sworn he had seen a snake. On the wall several words were scratched in the brick.

Walking here was challenge, eh? To bad there is no where else to go from here.

--to be continued---

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