"Hey Clark." Clark looked over his shoulder at Lex. "Hey." Clark replied with a smile. "Did your scientists find anything?" Clark asked. "They are still analyzing but they will figure it out." Lex said. Clark put the Torch down on the table as Lex sat beside him. Lex looked at it and nodded. "Catwoman?" he asked. "She's a burglar from Gotham." Chloe said. "That's who that guy says attacked him?" Lex asked. Chloe nodded. "Wow, you have to be pretty bad to confess to getting beaten to a pulp by a woman." Lex said. "He seemed really shaken up about it. The papers in Gotham say that she usually doesn't attack men like this. She seems to just… seduce them into getting what she wants." Chloe said. "The guards at the jewelry store say that they remember her but they have no idea why they didn't try to catch her." She said. Lex nodded with approval. "My kind of girl." He said. "I never took you as the guy to like a strong woman." Lana said sitting across from him. "All I look for in a woman is independence and strong will." Lex said. "I like a woman that can take care of her own, ya know." Lex said. Clark shook his head. "You found that in Vivian." Clark said. Lex smiled at Clark. "You don't seem to like her much Clark." He said. "She just seems a bit…" "Straight forward?" Lex interrupted. "Yeah." Clark said. "That's what I like so much." Lex said with a smile. He stood up and walked behind the counter. Making his own latte he grabbed a muffin and walked back to the table. "I'll see you guys later. I'll call you Clark if we find out anything." He said walking by. Clark nodded and sipped his coffee.
Chloe's phone rang in her pocket. She struggled with her jacket pocket before pulling it out in a hurry. "Hello." She answered. Her facial expression became very grim. Clark and Lana looked at her with worry. She hung up the phone and jumped up. "Chloe what happened?" Clark asked following her. "Rodger is dead." She said pulling her purse over her arm. "My god." Lana said. "I'm going to check it out." Chloe said. "I'll go with you." Clark said following Chloe out to her car. They got in and rushed to the hospital. Parking they rushed up to the third floor and Chloe practically flew into his room. The room was empty. She looked around and walked towards the front desk. "Can you tell me where Franklin is stationed?" she asked the nurse. "South station." the nurse said pointing down the hall. Chloe rushed in the direction she'd pointed. Clark followed close behind. "Franklin." Chloe said seeing her friend. He was a mildly attractive guy Clark guessed. He wore black frame glasses and had bleached highlights in the front of his spiked hair. "Chloe, they just took his body to the morgue." Franklin said softly as she walked to him. "Which way?" Chloe asked. He pointed down the hall and Chloe nodded before taking off. Clark sighed and rushed after her.
Reaching the morgue door Chloe looked around and then slipped in. A body laid in the middle of the room under a white sheet. Clark held his breath as Chloe walked over and lowered the sheet from its face. It was Rodger. He had a large cut from one ear to the other. "Someone slit his throat." Clark said. "Something." She said looking at him with concern. "Catwoman?" Clark asked. "She's the only one I can think of that would kill him for talking to the police." Chloe said. She looked at Clark with fear. "I printed the story." Chloe said softly. Clark looked at her with worry. "What if she figures out who I am?" she asked. "Chloe relax, she didn't kill any of the other reports that ran a story about her." Clark said. Chloe nodded and walked out of the morgue. Clark followed close behind. She entered the nearest elevator and pushed the lobby button. "I think you should drop the Catwoman story till we can be sure that she's out of town." Clark said. "How can we be sure she's out of town when we're not even really sure if she's in town." Chloe asked. Clark looked down at his shoes as the doors opened on the main floor. He and Chloe walked out to her car and got in. "I'll drop it." She said starting the car. "Thank you." Clark said. "I was planning on running the crop phenomena anyway." She said pulling out of the parking lot. They drove past the location of the new water tower on the way to Clarks. "That's Lex's car." Clark said as they passed Lex's silver Porsche. Chloe pulled over and they got out just as Lex was walking back to his car. "Is everything okay?" Clark asked. "We're checking out the new water tower. My scientists found bits of radioactive soil in the samples they took from some of the farms." Lex said reaching through his car window and pulling out his phone. "This water tower is the only thing connecting all the farms." He added. "And the fertilizer." Chloe said looking at him questioningly. Lex sighed. "To be honest no one in Smallville has bought the fertilizer from my plant since the incident with level 3." He said. Chloe nodded. Lex flipped open his phone as he walked back towards the tower. Clark and Chloe followed. "So have you found anything yet?" Clark asked. "We're still taking water samples." Lex said. "You guys should get out of here incase there is something in the water. I don't want you to get hurt." Lex said with concern. Clark nodded and turned to leave. He had to drag Chloe away while taking pictures of Lex's scientists atop the water tower. "If he finds something, he'll tell us Chloe." Clark said getting her back to the car. Chloe nodded and drove to the Kent farm.
Clark got out of the car and waved as Chloe drove away. Walking up to the house he called for his dad. Jonathan met his son just inside the door. "Lex is checking out the water tower. He says that…" "They found radioactive soil." Jonathan finished. "He was already here. He wanted us to be the first to know." Jonathan said. "He's just trying to help." Clark said. "Smallville is his home too." He added. "I know son." Jonathan replied. "And I appreciate everything he's doing." He added. "But…" Clark said. "No but this time." His father said walking away. Clark smiled and nodded with approval. Clark turned to walk outside and came face to face with Vivian. "Hi." He said with shock. "I didn't mean to startle you." She said. "It's okay." Clark said walking out the porch door to join her outside. "I wanted to apologize about our little conversation earlier." She said. "I can get a little… head strong from time to time." She continued. "It's been the downfall of many relationships." She said with a shy grin. Clark smiled and nodded. "You are a good friend of Lex's and I don't want there to be anything bad between us. He means a lot to me and a friend of his is a friend of mine." She said. "Lex seems to like your company so… I guess you're okay." Clark said with a smile. Vivian laughed. She walked up to Clark and stared up into his eyes. "Lex loves me." She said strongly. Clark looked at her with concern. "There is no doubt about how much he enjoys my company." She said. Vivian walked away and down the stairs. "Oh, Lex wanted me to tell you that he'll be by soon. He doesn't want to impose on your family without warning." She said with a smile. She got into Lex's silver Porsche and took off down the drive. Martha walked out to the porch and looked at her son with concern. "Is everything okay?" she asked noticing the look of worry on his face. "It's fine." Clark said. "Vivian was just… passing on a message." He said faking a smile. Martha nodded and walked back inside.