A/N: I do not own these characters or the shows they come from. I'm just borrowing them to have some fun for a bit.
The fire seemed to be getting to the creature. Clark had raced forward to hit it with a burning plank, and it did more damage than his heat vision. At least, it seemed to stagger the creature, which fell to the side. Clark now saw that it was wearing some kind of reflective armor- a piece had come loose to show slimy pebbled skin. Before he had a chance to capitalize on his success, the creature grabbed his shoulder and threw him out the back of the shed, straight through the burning wall. Clark fell heavily, unhurt by landing on the solid ground but feeling bruises on his shoulder. He wondered at that, when he heard the sound of a car engine getting closer. Speeding around the shed, he saw Lex's Ferrari driving towards him. He ran in normal speed to the car, glancing behind him at the shed. An unearthly roar could be heard above the sound of the flames.
Lex barely stopped the car before yelling at Clark, "Get in!"
Clark saw movement coming out of the shed, and didn't hesitate. He vaulted into the passenger side without bothering with the door. The top was down, and even before he was settled Lex gunned the engine. Clark glanced back and saw the creature-alien? –running after them. It was running very fast. In fact, it was catching up! His eyes grew wide. He could probably super speed away, but Lex couldn't, and he didn't want to leave his friend. If the creature could hurt him, normal humans didn't stand a chance.
He looked wildly at Lex and practically yelled, "Faster!" Lex pressed his foot down on the accelerator and the Ferrari seemed to leap forward.
Lex was concentrating on the dirt road, trying to keep the car level. He was keeping a burning curiosity inside. He'd arrived to see a burning shed and Clark running towards him. Coupled with the strange scream he'd heard as he pulled up he'd thought, "Yep, another mutant."
He'd told Clark to get in and started driving back the way he came. Glancing in the rearview mirror, he'd seen-something. He wasn't sure what, but when Clark told him to go faster, he'd immediately responded. Now they were tearing down the road at over 80 miles an hour and the-thing-in the rearview was finally falling behind. Eyes wide, Lex swallowed and kept his foot on the accelerator.
"Where to?" he asked Clark.
Clark looked again behind him. The creature was now a dot in the distance, getting smaller and smaller. He sighed.
"I don't know. I don't want to lead it to town." Lex nodded and slowed the car, making the turn off the track and towards the mansion.
He risked a glance at Clark and frowned. "You're bleeding." Clark blinked, a hand coming up to touch his face. He'd bitten his lip when he fell through the shed wall, and hadn't realized it. His shirt had gashes in it and blood had seeped out. He gaped at it, and then could see the wounds already closing.
He drew his tattered flannel more firmly around him. "I'm fine." He said, looking back at Lex.
"So, care to tell me what that was all about?" Lex kept his tone even and slightly curious.
He was bursting with questions on the inside, but practice gave him control. Clark swallowed. "Um, I don't think you'd believe me even if I told you."
Lex sighed, trying for patience. "Clark, your shed is burning to the ground, we need to get some fire suppression out there. You're not in the best shape, and I saw something, and I do mean THING-following us. I know that Smallville attracts weirdness, but I'd like at least SOME explanation. And get me my cell phone, it's in the glove compartment."
Clark gulped, and found the phone. "Um, I don't think it's a good idea to get people over there to fight the fire. The ground's still wet from that rain yesterday anyway, and, uh, that creature is there."
Lex just looked at him. Clark sighed, knowing that Lex was more than capable of just turning the car around and going right back there for some answers.
"I don't know what it is." He said truthfully. "I was cutting through the fields to come by for a few hours, and saw something by the shed. There was, um, I don't think it was a meteor mutant. It wasn't-uh-human."
Clark stopped, not knowing how to continue. He didn't want Lex knowing about the metal ship he'd found that he thought the creature came in., but Lex was still looking at him. Clark hated lying, but he didn't know if this might lead to his secret being known.
"Not human." Lex mused. "Could it have been an animal that got exposed to the meteor rocks?"
The theory seemed to him more than likely. He was surprised that there hadn't been instances of animals being changed by the meteor rocks the way people had been. The strange thing was that it had been running on two legs. Most animals in the area had four. A psychotic kangaroo, maybe? Or a bear. The thing had been big. A mutated bear seemed possible. He wasn't aware he'd spoken his thoughts aloud.
"Not a bear." Clark was definite. "It wasn't from around here."
He stopped, shocked at himself. Lex's eyes gleamed. "Escaped circus animal—or something more exotic?"
Clark glanced behind him, but they were in the clear. He gulped, not knowing what to say.
Lex just nodded. "Never mind. I'll get a properly armed team from the mansion and we'll contain it. Hand me my cell."
Clark looked at the phone in his hand, and then gave it to Lex. Maybe the thing wasn't bulletproof. It had certainly seemed hostile, and he didn't want it hurting anyone. He'd just have to speed back there and somehow hide the ship while avoiding the creature before Lex's security got there.
Lex dialed, and then waited. And waited. Hmm. No dial tone. He looked at the tiny screen and sighed at the No Service Available message. Typical.
"Guess I'll just have to get security together when we get there." He mumbled. He looked up, and noticed 2 unmarked vans coming from the direction of town. They were traveling very quickly, and seemed to be headed straight for him.
Beside him, Clark sat up straight. "Who're they?" he asked.
To be continued (orchestra music plays)
Hi, thanks for the comments! This was just something that was in my dreams, but it was actually a bit too bloody and gruesome there, so I tried toning it down. I'll try to keep it updated often!