1-26-06 (updated 3-2-06)
This is the second chapter. I have to establish that obviously I don't own any of the Smallville characters. The only character that is mine is Klios (and the secretary but its not like that makes a big difference lol). I also started this fanfic before the 100th episode. So if things are a little different, its because of that. But I have taken some of the ideas from the episodes after the 100th (you'll see what I'm talking about). So... yeah. Enjoy!
Chapter Two - Mysteries Clark couldn't believe the jam he was in.
He was waiting in the traffic for an hour and he still didn't know what possessed him to wait in it.
"Oh yeah, thats right. Because Chloe wants me over her damn house!" Clark yelled, thinking out loud.
He looked to his left to see an old woman look at him as if she never saw anything so weird in her whole life. Clark gave an awkward smile to her and directed his gaze to the traffic in front of him.
"What the hell am I gunna do now"
Then it hit him. He drove his car to the side of the road and pulled his key out of the ignition. He got out of the car and looked around to see if anyone noticed him standing there. After he made completely sure no one was even glancing his way, he jetted down the highway like a speeding bullet. He knew he shouldn't use his super speed in public but it was worth the risk rather then waiting in that jam.
Clark couldn't help but think about that race he had with the kid who called himself Flash. He wondered where he was now.
Clark slowed himself down as he approached Chloe's apartment complex. He ran behind a dumpster so he could walk out without looking conspicuous. As he walked, he couldn't help but awe at how her complex was so much more better looking then his. Hers had nice trimmings and a thick white paint job with surrounding rose bushes to edge the side walks and parking lots. He approached apartment 57 and rang the doorbell.
He heard thumping down the stairs and saw her blonde hair through the window.
"Well its nice to see you since I called you an hour and a half ago!" she said breathlessly.
"I wouldn't have been so late if the traffic would speed a bit. I had to leave my car again"
Chloe raised her eyebrow.
"Aren't you afraid of someone seeing you"
"Not in the least," he said nonchalantly with a shrug, "lately my powers have been working better then usual. It's like they've been upgraded"
"Yeah well don't let it get to your head"
"Have I ever"
Chloe burst out in laughter while she rolled her eyes to the far end of her head. She moved out of the doorway to let Clark in.
"Come on upstairs, theres something I need to show you, something... new"
"Oh, joy." Clark muttered sarcastically as he follow Chloe up the stairs.
As he entered, he looked around the living room as if a hurricane went through.
"Make yourself at home." Chloe said looking back at him and knowing how mortified he was at the mess.
Clark looked around, stunned to see how messy everything was. For crying out loud, her socks were in her kitchen drawer! He moved over some of her clean laundry and old newspapers to sit on what seemed like her couch. He picked up one of the old newspaper articles and read it out loud.
"Man Found At Meteor Sight In Smallville. Where did you find this, Chloe"
"Oh, you know, I'm just full of insight for the unusual"
"a.k.a. you got this off of your 'Wall of Weird"
"You know it." she said as she stared at her computer screen. "Check this out"
Clark quickly moved to her side to see.
His faced turned to a stone look.
"I know how weird this must be to you, Clark. Believe me, I had to take a couple asprin after taking a gander at this. This was just reported yesterday"
"But how? How could there be another like it"
"Maybe your not the only one"
"I know but Jor-El told me so. Besides those other two that came from the past but we I locked them up in that portal"
Clark looked at the screen in disbelief: 'Another ship found at new Smallville meteor site'
He was overjoyed and overwhelmed at the same time. How could this be? He was so happy that there was someone else of his kind still living. But he wondered what Jor-El was up to. He always has something up his sleeve and now Clark was going to get to the bottom of it.
"Hey, read on. It doesn't stop here." Chloe said, interupting his thoughts.
"After this picture was taken, the ship disappeared without a trace until one of our on-sight reporters found a small, hexagon like metal shape"
Clark looked at the picture of the hexagon shape as if it were some type of Saviour to him. He really wasn't the only one of his kind anymore, he was sure of it. Then Clark's excitement dropped fast at his next thought.
"Chloe, you know what that means, right"
"Uhmmm... no"
"It means Lex already has it in his posession. Hes probably running tests on it as we speak. We have to get it back"
Clark headed toward the door when Chloe slammed it shut in front of him.
"What are you doing"
"What are you doing?" Chloe remarked back.
"Getting the hexagon piece back"
"What is it to you"
"I had that same hexagon piece when I came in the meteor shower. It was a part of my ship and it was apart of the meteor site. If Lex finds out everything I just told you, he'll find out exactly what I am"
"Good point. Okay, lets get a move on then"
Clark stared at her in disbelief at how everything needed an explanation. As for the way he lived his life, explanations were always saved for later.
"Well, hurry up! Don't just stare at me"
Lana found herself drifting off into space whenever she heard Lex run his mouth. All she wanted was a freaking job. She already showed him all the paper work and answered all his questions. She didn't need to hear his life story. But her mind kept on running back to her blankness. All she remembered was entering the waiting room and talking to the secretary. Then it shot to the secretary showing her to Lex's office. Something happened in the waiting room but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Maybe she really was sleeping.
"Lana"
"Yes?" Lex's voice shot through all of her thoughts.
"Are you in this room or are you in the blissful thoughts of Clark Kent"
"Excuse me? That is really none of your business. And, yes, I wasn't in this room because of your annoying rambling"
It was then that Lana caught herself and realized that this wasn't just Lex Luthor she was speaking to, it was her future boss. But after that statement, he had all the rights to throw her out.
Lex saw that her face was cast down.
"Well, I guess someone is out of a job"
"Lex, I'm sorry. it was a"
"An honest opinion on your behalf. And, yes, someone is out of a job, but it won't be you. Welcome aboard"
Lana looked at him in complete shock and then realized that her mouth open in awe.
"Well I... I... I don't know what to say. Thank you"
She offered her hand and he grasped it firmly.
"The pleasure is mine. Now if you excuse me, I have a meeting with a special aquaintence. You will start on Tuesday and I'll give you a call"
"Okay, sounds great." Lana said without hiding her excited smile.
Lana quickly grabbed her things and walked out the door and shut it behind her.
She couldn't believe even after what she said to him, that she still got the job. Well, Lex was certainly unpredictable, she'd give him that much. Lana was striding down the hallway and back into the waiting room. She couldn't wait to tell Clark that.
Lana dropped her things on the floor and stood in a numbing awe.
Her whole memory of the waiting room came back to her instantly. As she recollected their meeting, he walked up to her.
"Hello, Lana." He said placing a gently hand on her cheek and she felt the sudden burst of warmth again from his touch.
Lana couldn't say anything as she looked deep into his celestial eyes. She saw so much promise in them, so much peace. No more secrets and hiding away. But deeper in his eyes, she could see great sadness. As if there was a heavy burden. She noticed it quickly because she was used to seeing it in Clark's eyes. She wanted to be the cure to his grief and to ease his pain. When she tore herself from his gaze, she saw that nothing moved around them. Not even the secretary who was chatting on the phone a moment ago. It was as if time had stopped. Then she looked at him again.
Klios tensed when Lana probed into his eyes. She really knew how to read a man. Then again, when your mate is Kal-El, one would be an expert. He was the most secretive man Klios had ever met. And yet, Lana always tolerated him. She was truely extraordinary, which made his mission even easier.
Lana saw how Klios winced when she looked him in the eyes and gave him an apologetic look.
"Lana, I will see you again soon." Klios said as if reading her train of thoughts.
"When?" Lana almost forced the question out of herself.
"When time allows us to"
Lana wanted to ask what he meant but in the same moment, everything began moving again. Lana looked at her surroundings in confusion. She looked for her jacket and her purse and found them on the floor.
What just happened? I walked out of Lex's office and the next thing I know, my things are on the floor.
As she picked up her things, she looked around the waiting room and saw only the secretary chatting like she was before and a man walking towards Lex's office but she could only see the back of him.
"Honey, are you okay"
Lana turned to the secretary,
"Yes, I'm okay, why"
"Because your face looks so flushed"
Lana touched her right cheek and found that it was warm.
"I'm fine, thank you." Lana said, trying to hide her bewilderment.
"Well then, have a nice afternoon"
"You too." was all Lana could get out as she walked out the door.
This is the second chapter. I have to establish that obviously I don't own any of the Smallville characters. The only character that is mine is Klios (and the secretary but its not like that makes a big difference lol). I also started this fanfic before the 100th episode. So if things are a little different, its because of that. But I have taken some of the ideas from the episodes after the 100th (you'll see what I'm talking about). So... yeah. Enjoy!
Chapter Two - Mysteries Clark couldn't believe the jam he was in.
He was waiting in the traffic for an hour and he still didn't know what possessed him to wait in it.
"Oh yeah, thats right. Because Chloe wants me over her damn house!" Clark yelled, thinking out loud.
He looked to his left to see an old woman look at him as if she never saw anything so weird in her whole life. Clark gave an awkward smile to her and directed his gaze to the traffic in front of him.
"What the hell am I gunna do now"
Then it hit him. He drove his car to the side of the road and pulled his key out of the ignition. He got out of the car and looked around to see if anyone noticed him standing there. After he made completely sure no one was even glancing his way, he jetted down the highway like a speeding bullet. He knew he shouldn't use his super speed in public but it was worth the risk rather then waiting in that jam.
Clark couldn't help but think about that race he had with the kid who called himself Flash. He wondered where he was now.
Clark slowed himself down as he approached Chloe's apartment complex. He ran behind a dumpster so he could walk out without looking conspicuous. As he walked, he couldn't help but awe at how her complex was so much more better looking then his. Hers had nice trimmings and a thick white paint job with surrounding rose bushes to edge the side walks and parking lots. He approached apartment 57 and rang the doorbell.
He heard thumping down the stairs and saw her blonde hair through the window.
"Well its nice to see you since I called you an hour and a half ago!" she said breathlessly.
"I wouldn't have been so late if the traffic would speed a bit. I had to leave my car again"
Chloe raised her eyebrow.
"Aren't you afraid of someone seeing you"
"Not in the least," he said nonchalantly with a shrug, "lately my powers have been working better then usual. It's like they've been upgraded"
"Yeah well don't let it get to your head"
"Have I ever"
Chloe burst out in laughter while she rolled her eyes to the far end of her head. She moved out of the doorway to let Clark in.
"Come on upstairs, theres something I need to show you, something... new"
"Oh, joy." Clark muttered sarcastically as he follow Chloe up the stairs.
As he entered, he looked around the living room as if a hurricane went through.
"Make yourself at home." Chloe said looking back at him and knowing how mortified he was at the mess.
Clark looked around, stunned to see how messy everything was. For crying out loud, her socks were in her kitchen drawer! He moved over some of her clean laundry and old newspapers to sit on what seemed like her couch. He picked up one of the old newspaper articles and read it out loud.
"Man Found At Meteor Sight In Smallville. Where did you find this, Chloe"
"Oh, you know, I'm just full of insight for the unusual"
"a.k.a. you got this off of your 'Wall of Weird"
"You know it." she said as she stared at her computer screen. "Check this out"
Clark quickly moved to her side to see.
His faced turned to a stone look.
"I know how weird this must be to you, Clark. Believe me, I had to take a couple asprin after taking a gander at this. This was just reported yesterday"
"But how? How could there be another like it"
"Maybe your not the only one"
"I know but Jor-El told me so. Besides those other two that came from the past but we I locked them up in that portal"
Clark looked at the screen in disbelief: 'Another ship found at new Smallville meteor site'
He was overjoyed and overwhelmed at the same time. How could this be? He was so happy that there was someone else of his kind still living. But he wondered what Jor-El was up to. He always has something up his sleeve and now Clark was going to get to the bottom of it.
"Hey, read on. It doesn't stop here." Chloe said, interupting his thoughts.
"After this picture was taken, the ship disappeared without a trace until one of our on-sight reporters found a small, hexagon like metal shape"
Clark looked at the picture of the hexagon shape as if it were some type of Saviour to him. He really wasn't the only one of his kind anymore, he was sure of it. Then Clark's excitement dropped fast at his next thought.
"Chloe, you know what that means, right"
"Uhmmm... no"
"It means Lex already has it in his posession. Hes probably running tests on it as we speak. We have to get it back"
Clark headed toward the door when Chloe slammed it shut in front of him.
"What are you doing"
"What are you doing?" Chloe remarked back.
"Getting the hexagon piece back"
"What is it to you"
"I had that same hexagon piece when I came in the meteor shower. It was a part of my ship and it was apart of the meteor site. If Lex finds out everything I just told you, he'll find out exactly what I am"
"Good point. Okay, lets get a move on then"
Clark stared at her in disbelief at how everything needed an explanation. As for the way he lived his life, explanations were always saved for later.
"Well, hurry up! Don't just stare at me"
Lana found herself drifting off into space whenever she heard Lex run his mouth. All she wanted was a freaking job. She already showed him all the paper work and answered all his questions. She didn't need to hear his life story. But her mind kept on running back to her blankness. All she remembered was entering the waiting room and talking to the secretary. Then it shot to the secretary showing her to Lex's office. Something happened in the waiting room but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Maybe she really was sleeping.
"Lana"
"Yes?" Lex's voice shot through all of her thoughts.
"Are you in this room or are you in the blissful thoughts of Clark Kent"
"Excuse me? That is really none of your business. And, yes, I wasn't in this room because of your annoying rambling"
It was then that Lana caught herself and realized that this wasn't just Lex Luthor she was speaking to, it was her future boss. But after that statement, he had all the rights to throw her out.
Lex saw that her face was cast down.
"Well, I guess someone is out of a job"
"Lex, I'm sorry. it was a"
"An honest opinion on your behalf. And, yes, someone is out of a job, but it won't be you. Welcome aboard"
Lana looked at him in complete shock and then realized that her mouth open in awe.
"Well I... I... I don't know what to say. Thank you"
She offered her hand and he grasped it firmly.
"The pleasure is mine. Now if you excuse me, I have a meeting with a special aquaintence. You will start on Tuesday and I'll give you a call"
"Okay, sounds great." Lana said without hiding her excited smile.
Lana quickly grabbed her things and walked out the door and shut it behind her.
She couldn't believe even after what she said to him, that she still got the job. Well, Lex was certainly unpredictable, she'd give him that much. Lana was striding down the hallway and back into the waiting room. She couldn't wait to tell Clark that.
Lana dropped her things on the floor and stood in a numbing awe.
Her whole memory of the waiting room came back to her instantly. As she recollected their meeting, he walked up to her.
"Hello, Lana." He said placing a gently hand on her cheek and she felt the sudden burst of warmth again from his touch.
Lana couldn't say anything as she looked deep into his celestial eyes. She saw so much promise in them, so much peace. No more secrets and hiding away. But deeper in his eyes, she could see great sadness. As if there was a heavy burden. She noticed it quickly because she was used to seeing it in Clark's eyes. She wanted to be the cure to his grief and to ease his pain. When she tore herself from his gaze, she saw that nothing moved around them. Not even the secretary who was chatting on the phone a moment ago. It was as if time had stopped. Then she looked at him again.
Klios tensed when Lana probed into his eyes. She really knew how to read a man. Then again, when your mate is Kal-El, one would be an expert. He was the most secretive man Klios had ever met. And yet, Lana always tolerated him. She was truely extraordinary, which made his mission even easier.
Lana saw how Klios winced when she looked him in the eyes and gave him an apologetic look.
"Lana, I will see you again soon." Klios said as if reading her train of thoughts.
"When?" Lana almost forced the question out of herself.
"When time allows us to"
Lana wanted to ask what he meant but in the same moment, everything began moving again. Lana looked at her surroundings in confusion. She looked for her jacket and her purse and found them on the floor.
What just happened? I walked out of Lex's office and the next thing I know, my things are on the floor.
As she picked up her things, she looked around the waiting room and saw only the secretary chatting like she was before and a man walking towards Lex's office but she could only see the back of him.
"Honey, are you okay"
Lana turned to the secretary,
"Yes, I'm okay, why"
"Because your face looks so flushed"
Lana touched her right cheek and found that it was warm.
"I'm fine, thank you." Lana said, trying to hide her bewilderment.
"Well then, have a nice afternoon"
"You too." was all Lana could get out as she walked out the door.
