Clark walked into the Torch office and set down his books as was his routine it seemed. "Find anything interesting?" he asked pulling his chair around to sit beside Chloe. "Nothing out of the ordinary, Vivian was not a very attractive child though." She said turning the screen slightly for Clark to see. The picture was of a young girl about thirteen with frizzy hair and thick black glasses. She wore a boarding school uniform that looked slightly familiar to Clark. "I think Lex went to that boarding school." Clark said looking at the picture closer. "Clark, Lex went to every boarding school this side of Japan." Chloe remarked. "But it does show them here in the boarding school website." Chloe said bringing up another picture. Clark looked at his friend's younger form sitting in a library with Vivian Stone. "Schools two richest students Alexander Luthor and Vivian Stone seen here studying in library donated by Lionel Luthor." Chloe said reading the caption on the picture. "They must have been friends." Clark said. "Lex did say he didn't have many growing up. Maybe she was coming to Smallville to see him." Chloe suggested. She clicked out of the picture and brought up another window. "This is the pictures from her parent's funeral." She said. Vivian now appeared to be almost sixteen and completely different from her school pictures. Her hair was pulled back in a pony tail and it appeared she'd ditched the glasses. Clark was amazed at how attractive she looked. "What is so amazing about these pictures is how much she changed." Chloe said bringing up another window. "From this." Clark looked at another picture of Vivian at sixteen. She looked frumpy and unkempt. "What is this picture from?" he asked. "This was taken just before her parent's death. Only two weeks before this one." She said pointing at the funeral picture. "She changed a lot." Clark said with amazement. "And in only two weeks." Chloe said. "A transformation like that usually takes years of self confidence and pampering." She added. "Maybe she was just trying to look nice for the funeral. People like Vivian have hundreds of dollars to spend on helping them create an image." Clark said. "That's what I thought. But there is no record in the bank of her ever spending any money on anything but funeral arrangements." Chloe said bringing up a bank website. Clark shook his head. He was amazed at how far Chloe would go for a story. She'd been known to hack into even the most top secret government sites to disprove a weird phenomena. "Well if she did come here to see Lex maybe he'll introduce us and you can ask her." Clark said. Chloe nodded and picked up her camera. "Come on Clark, we're going to the hospital to talk to Rodger." She said getting up. Clark rose from his seat and grabbed up his backpack as they walked out the door.

Climbing into Chloe's car the duo headed for Smallville Medical. "My source at the hospital told me that Rodger has been mumbling constantly about some beast." Chloe said. "Catwoman?" Clark asked. "He wasn't sure. But he promised me the exclusive." She replied. "Is this the cute guy from MU you met last summer?" Clark asked with a smile. "Clark stay focused." She said. "Rodger is very fragile at this point but I need to know what attacked him in order to post the story by Monday." Chloe said. Clark smirked and looked out the window. "Everyone seems to be hooked up to the new well." He said noticing the misters on at the Myer's farm as they passed. "This well will be a great thing for everyone." He said. "Lana says that having two wells in town will lower all the water expenses." Chloe said. "And we'll have less of a drought in the dry season." Clark added. Chloe nodded as they pulled into the hospital parking lot.

Walking in Clark and Chloe caught the elevator to the third floor. "Let me do the questioning Clark okay?" Chloe said. Clark nodded as the elevator slowly came to a halt. A ping echoed as the doors opened on their floor. Chloe led the way to the man's hospital room and they quickly and quietly entered undetected. "Who are you guys?" Rodger asked with fear. "I'm a local reporter. I came to ask you a few questions if that is okay." Chloe said. "Yeah, fine." Rodger said not taking his eyes off Clark. Chloe looked at Clark with confusion; Clark just shrugged and pulled up a chair. Rodger loosened up and looked over at Chloe. "Mr. Bean do you remember anything about the attack?" Chloe asked. "You ain't a cop are ye?" He asked Clark. Clark shook head with confusion. "Good, then I'll tell ye the truth." He said clearing his throat. "I brought some rich dame to this town." Rodger said. "Vivian Stone." Clark said. "Yea, when we got here she took off to some… coffee shop or something and I unloaded her luggage." Rodger said. "I knew she was loaded so I snooped around her luggage for a tip ye know. I only get paid minimum wage and that ain't no way to live." He continued. "So you stole from her?" Chloe asked. "In a sense; anyhow, I found this little bag of diamonds and… I honestly don't know why I did it. I haven't stolen anything since I was paroled. But, they were so… intoxicating." Rodger said. "Then what?" Chloe asked. "Well I took off towards town. I was going to rent a car or catch a bus. Anything that would get me away from this town." Rodger replied. "But as I was walking past this alley something grabbed my arm and tugged me to the ground. The next thing I remember is getting thrown against the walls and dumpster in the alley." "Did you get a glimpse of who was attacking you?" Clark asked. "It wasn't a who, it was a what? It… it was all black and… it was… have you ever seen those discovery shows where they show the wild cats attacking their prey?" Rodger asked. Clark nodded. "I felt like the prey of some large wild cat. A… a panther or tiger almost." He said. The shadow that Clark had seen resurfaced in his mind. Chloe pulled a print out from her bag. "Did it remind you of this?" she asked handing it to Rodger. "Yes, that was it." He said with certainty. Clark took the print out and looked it over. It was a sketch of what authorities thought the cat woman might look like. It appeared to be a woman dressed in tight black spandex and wearing a mask that covered her face. The only thing that hinted at a cat form was a pair of pointed ears sticking off the top of the mask. A nurse walked into the room and looked at Clark and Chloe with confusion. "He needs to get his rest." She said. Chloe nodded and got up. "We're leaving. We'll come back and visit later." She told Rodger. He nodded as the two left the room.

"So he was attacked by Catwoman." Chloe said pushing the button to call the elevator. Clark looked over the picture in his hands. "Chloe I think I saw her." Clark said. "Where?" Chloe asked with excitement as the elevator opened. They stepped in and pushed the lobby button. "When I found Rodger, I thought I saw a shadow jump from the dumpster to the roof of the Hardware Store." Clark replied. "Let's head to the Talon. I'm running on nearly empty on my caffeine intake." Chloe said.