Lex watched out the window as the sun sank beneath the horizon. He sipped his glass of scotch as he tried to remember what number this one was. He'd had a bad day. Sure his father was out of surgery and the doctors were positive he'd make a full recovery but in the process he'd forced Vivian away. He sighed as he turned to walk back to his chair by the fire place. "Are you drunk yet?" a husky yet feminine voice asked. He looked around the office but saw no one. "Who's there?" he asked bending to set down his glass. It shattered in his hand. He looked around again in shock but still saw no one. "Show yourself." He demanded. "I don't take orders Luthor." she hissed with anger. Lex spun around once more almost making himself dizzy. He felt something sting his leg and then squeeze it before pulling it out from under him causing him to hit the floor hard. His head pounded from the impact. "Does that hurt?" she asked as he got up holding the back of his head. "A little." he confessed. "You'll never hurt like I do." She replied.

Lex looked up towards the balcony as a slender figure emerged from the shadows. She walked along the railing with perfect balance almost like a cat would. "My pain isn't purely physical." She said calmly. She leaped from the balcony railing and landed on the pool table flawlessly. He watched her with awe as she wrapped a bull whip around her waist with one flick of her wrist. She was beautifully exotic in a black corset, binding leather pants, razor edged stiletto heels and a trench coat. A pair of florescent green eyes shimmered from behind a black mask and heavy black makeup. Her jet black hair that fell effortlessly around her shoulders was topped off with a pair of black pointed car ears. "I sense a theme going with this outfit." He said. "But you're missing a tail." He added. She cracked the whip just before his face and smiled. "I improvised." She replied with a mischievous grin. He looked at her with a nod. "I see that." She stepped off the table landing on her feet and walked towards him. Cracking her whip at his feet Lex toppled over the side of the couch. Straightening himself out he watched her circle the seating area before jumping onto the edge of a chair. "I've worked really hard to become someone that you could be proud of Luthor. Someone that would catch your… roaming eye." She said. "What do you want?" Lex asked. "I want you to notice me." A soft purring filled the air as she stepped from the chair to the wood coffee table with a smile. Lex's eyes focused on the tips of her stiletto heels. She squatted down to his eye level and he looked up into her green eyes. "I want you to be as intrigued by me as I am of you." She stepped to the ground and sat on his lap running her hand over his bald head. "I want your admiration and affection. To be… what you obsess over and long to have but can't quite obtain." She stepped up and walked across the edge of the couch. "I want to be your muse, your dream, your lover." She walked back to Lex and straddled him wrapping her whip around his neck tightly. "But most of all Luthor…" she leaned closer. Lex could hear her purring as she whispered in his ear. "I want you…" she licked his ear and sighed. "To love me." Lex focused on her eyes as she leaned back and smiled at him.

"What makes you think I can love?" he asked. She glared at him and snapped her wrist causing the whip to release his neck violently. He could feel blood running down his neck as she hissed at him. Lex quickly shoved her off his lap and made a run for the desk. When he'd found his gun he turned and pointed it at thin air. Looking around he tried to catch his breath. "Where are you?" he asked. "You think you know me." A distant voice said. Lex looked around with confusion. "Do you think you understand why I am the way I am?" He saw her sitting on top of a bookcase swinging her feet. He pointed his gun but hesitated. She looked straight at him and smirked. "Are you going to shoot me?" she asked without worry in her voice. "I have nine lived Luthor." she said leaping down from the book case. "And sadly I've loved you in ever one of them." She said with disappointment. "I don't know why." She added walking towards him. Lex lowered the gun as she stood before him. "I have no idea why I thought I could be a house cat." She said. "Live here in your castle and replace the love you lost when you lost your mother." She added. Lex tightened his lips with anger as she spoke of his mother. "I never wanted to replace Mama Lilly." He looked at her with confusion as her eye flushed with color.

"Vivian?" He asked with bewilderment. She looked up and he could see the pain in her eyes. He dropped the gun at his feet and walked towards her. Her eyes fell to her feet as he raised his hands to her mask. Pulling it off Lex and raised her head with two fingers. "Why?" he asked. "I had to be someone." She said softly. "No one paid attention to me as Vivian. I had to be something bigger than myself." She said. "I would never be anything like my parents. I didn't want to be. I wanted to be me." She whispered. "This isn't you either." Lex said with confidence. "Yes it is." She said looking into his eyes. "This is more me than anything I've ever been in my life." Lex sighed. "I'm sorry that I came back Lex." She said backing away. "I'll let you live your life." She said with a smile. "Vivian wait." He said reaching out for her hand. She pulled it away. "You're better without me Lex." She said. His hand fell as he watched her leave with confusion. "Do me one favor." She said. "Anything." He replied. "Don't forget me." She replied with a smile. Lex smiled and let a laugh escape his lips. "I love you Lex." She said disappearing into the shadows of the mansion. Lex sighed. "I love you Viv."