Okay, here's your next chapter. I wanna thank my one and only reviewer for sticking through this story. If I screwed anything up, lemme know and I'll fix it. I was typing it and it went somewhere I didn't want it to go, so I tried to fix it.
Katrina fell to the ground, crying out. Lex turned around, ducking behind a tree. Ami had dropped to the ground also, because it was harder to hit a target you couldn't see well. Clark had remained standing, and was looking for whoever was shooting at them.
"They hit my shoulder. I should be able to get to the mansion if we can stay under cover." Katrina said, and Ami helped her to her feet and behind a large oak tree.
More gunfire, and this time, Clark was hit by the bullets. Clark had to raise his eyebrows. They tried to shoot him before, and it hadn't worked then. Why were they trying now?
"He's one of them! Rubix said his client would pay extra! Just don't harm Luthor. Rubix's client doesn't want his son hurt." Clark heard and his eyes narrowed. Lionel was involved, was he? And who was the Rubix that was involved. Clark dashed over to where they were hiding and knocked both gunmen out. He twisted both guns into useless scraps of metal and hurried back to the others.
"They won't be bothering us for a while. We have to get Katrina to a hospital. I checked to see if either of them had phones, they didn't. We'll have to call from the mansion." Clark said, amazing Lex even further with his speed.
"Well, normally, Katrina can teleport, but I don't want her going to the mansion alone." Ami said, trying to stop the blood flow from Katrina's shoulder. Lex looked from Katrina to Clark, astonished.
"I'll meet her there. Teleport right outside, okay? I'll meet you there." Clark vanished, and Katrina took a deep breath and did the same, vanishing in a cloud of aqua colored smoke. Ami and Lex hurried to the Luthor mansion, getting there in record time.
Lex had changed his clothes and offered to let the others take advantage of the guest rooms and do the same. Clark had found something that fit him, and Ami had found a set of clothes that had fit her just right, and while they were waiting for the ambulance, Katrina changed also. She kept on her tank top, not wanting to ruin another shirt with her blood, but changed into a pair of slacks that were just a little tight on her.
Ami watched them take Katrina away in the ambulance and turned away from the window. Clark and Lex were sitting in silence in Lex's office.
"When were you planning on telling me that you had these powers, Clark?" Lex asked, and Clark sighed. No denying it now, Lex saw him. And this time, people would believe him.
"Lex, I wanted to tell you, but my parents stopped me. I didn't even tell my best friend, Pete, until he figured most of it out himself. I didn't want to tell anyone because one way or another, it would have leaked out." Clark said, and Lex shook his head angrily.
"Clark, I would have protected your secret with my life! I'm not my father, Clark. I wouldn't have you stuck under a microscope and studied because the meteor rocks changed you."
"The meteor rocks didn't change you, did they, Clark? You weren't in Smallville before the meteor shower, you came down during it, am I right?" Ami asked, and Clark nodded. Lex looked more shocked than before. Clark didn't know how she figured it out, but she was supposed to be brilliant.
"What? Like some kind of alien? You're kidding me." Lex said, and Clark nodded again. Apparently Lex still didn't believe him, which Clark was expecting.
"Well, what can you do?" Lex asked, and Clark sighed. This was going to be fu, trying to prove what he could do. He just hoped Lex wasn't anything like his father. He wanted to believe Lex, but it would take a while.
"I'm really strong, in case you haven't noticed, fast, I can see through things, I can set things on fire, I can't be hurt, and I can hear things that are far away if I concentrate. I'm from a planet named Krypton, and the meteor rocks do things to me. The green ones make me weaker, and the red ones unleash a darker side of me that gets me in trouble." Clark said, and Lex clearly didn't believe him.
"Clark, did you find out who was trying to kill us?" Lex asked, changing the subject. Something he could understand. He didn't want to hear anything about Krypton or anything again. But now he knew why Clark got weak around those green rocks, and he knew why Clark disappeared rapidly every now and then.
"A Rubix hired those people, but Lionel is involved. Apparently he doesn't want you killed." Clark told Lex, and Lex was surprised. Why didn't Lionel want him dead? This was a mystery to sort out, something for Lex to do while he was waiting for Katrina to get out of the hospital.
"Well, there goes our plan for coffee." Ami said to Clark, who shrugged. They could do it another time. It's not like the Talon was going anywhere. But Lex was suddenly interested.
"You two made a date? I could always send one of my security guards to watch the Talon for you, if you'd like?" Lex offered, and Clark shook his head.
"Its late, I've got to get home anyways. My parents will have heard about all this already and they'll be worried. I'll talk to you later." Clark left the room, leaving Ami and Lex in there alone.
"What else can Katrina do?" Lex asked, and Ami walked over to Lex's bottle of scotch and poured herself and Lex a glass. Lex took it and watched Ami hold it up to the light, as if she was looking for something. He raised an eyebrow, and she shrugged.
"I was just checking to see if it was drugged. Its not. Katrina is impervious to most harm; the bullet just nicked the surface of her skin. She's also stronger than she looks like I am. She'll be out by tomorrow and you can have your merry way with her." Ami said, draining her tumbler of scotch and rising to get another glass. Lex had only taken a sip, thinking about Ami's words.
"I'm not in any relationship with your sister-"
"Stop being defensive! I don't care if you're sleeping with my sister, I don't care if you were getting married. Just don't hurt her, Alexander Luthor, or you'll meet a very unfortunate end. And I'm being serious, Lex. Don't hurt her. Do whatever you want with her." Ami said, her voice getting deadly serious. And Lex knew she meant it.
"So, what were you planning, anyways? I know she likes you and all. What was your idea of a first date? I'll help you plan if you want. I know what she likes and doesn't like." Ami said, and Lex shook his head. He preferred trial and error when it came to this sort of thing.
"I was going to take her to one of my favorite places in Metropolis for dinner on Halloween. And then maybe, because Katrina seems to be a party animal, I was going to take her to one of the clubs there." Lex said, and Ami leaned back in her seat in thought.
"She will appreciate the club and the romantic gesture of dinner won't be lost on her. After that, were you planning on coming back here?" Ami asked, and Lex shrugged. He didn't know, really.
"Whatever she wanted to do. I'm not exactly sure how to entertain someone like Katrina." Lex said, shaking his head. His head was spinning, he had seen and heard too much today. Clark Kent was an alien. Somehow, that didn't change Lex's opinion of him. He was still Clark Kent, son of Jonathan and Martha Kent and all around nice guy.
"Katrina's real easy to amuse. All you have to do is know what she likes and doesn't like. After that, it's a walk in the park. Sometimes, though, she'll play hard to get. If she does that, start doing everything she doesn't like. She'll get annoyed and stop playing." Ami replied, and Lex had to admit that made sense. But Lex didn't think she was going to play hard to get. She wasn't going to come easy, though. There would be a contest of wills, and Lex was determined to win it.
"Well, I've got to get back home, I've got lots of things to do in the morning, and the company can't run itself. I'll be fine, and do tell Kat that I'm sorry I couldn't come see her. Au Revior, Monsieur Luthor." Ami drained her scotch and left. A second later she came back in the room.
"You wouldn't mind taking me home, would you? I forgot I didn't have my car. And I probably shouldn't drive anyways, after two glasses of scotch." She asked, and Lex grinned. He picked up the keys for his Porsche, and followed Ami out of the room.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home!" Clark called, entering the kitchen. Martha was alone at the table with a cup of coffee, flipping through a notebook. It was the business expenses for the farm.
"Clark, do you know how late it is? Your father's outside in the barn, he thought you might be out there. Where were you?" Martha asked, and Clark sat down at the table, reaching for an apple sitting in a bowl on the table.
"Lex's house. There was an accident, and Lex knows, mom. So does Ami and her sister Katrina. Before you freak out, let me explain. We were on our way to Lex's house from the Rubix mansion, when a van cut in front of us. They slammed on the brakes when we had just gotten onto a bridge and Lex tried to steer clear of the van, but it went over the bridge into the river. The windshield shattered and Lex and Katrina were able to swim out, but Ami and I were in the back, so I had to use my strength to get us out. Then the people in the van got out and started shooting at us. We were trying to stay under water, but Lex and I had to come up for air, so I pulled him in front of me and we came up together. Ami and Katrina have powers too. But Lex won't tell anyone, I know him. He said he'd take my secret to the grave, and I believe him." Clark tried to explain to his slightly confused and worried mother. She was silent for a moment afterwards, trying to figure all this out.
"Someone was trying to kill you?" Martha inquired, and Clark shrugged. He didn't know who they were trying to kill, really. It could be the twins, Lex, or it could even be him. He honestly didn't know.
"Be careful, Clark. We don't know who these people are working for, and before you do anything rash, you need to think about the consequences. Are you sure the Rubix twins won't tell anyone?" Martha asked, as Jonathan entered the kitchen.
"Clark, you're back! Where were you?" Jonathan asked, and Clark explained the whole situation again to Jonathan. When he was finished, Jonathan took the news slightly worse than Martha did. But as Clark explained how much he trusted Lex, Jonathan realized he never did give Lex the chance he deserved.
"Just be careful, Clark. Lionel doesn't need to find out, because if he does, there will be no way of stopping him from getting to you." Jonathan warned his son as Clark went upstairs to bed.
Clark woke up, and rolled over to look at his calendar. October twenty ninth…Sunday. Groaning, Clark sat up in his bed and looked around his room for a shirt. Grabbing the closest one, a blue t-shirt, he slid that on as he walked downstairs. Two days until Halloween. Clark expected a big rise in things he had to do on Halloween.
"Good Morning, Clark." Martha said, handing Clark a glass of orange juice.
"Ami stopped by this morning, she wanted to talk to you but she said it could wait until later. Something about a party she's throwing on Halloween. If you want, you can go. She said she'd be hanging around the Talon later if you wanted to talk to her about it. I'm going over to Lex's to talk to him, and then I've got a doctor's appointment at the hospital. Just a routine checkup." She said, grabbing her coat and slipping it on. Clark nodded sleepily and walked into the kitchen, finding fresh baked muffins sitting on the counter. He grabbed one and ate it gratefully.
"See you later, Mom." Clark said, hearing the door shut. He should go down to the Talon and get some coffee. Clark went upstairs to shower and dress, not hearing the sounds of booted feet enter the house through the front door. Clark didn't hear the feet walking quietly up the stairs, and he didn't hear them enter his room. He did see a guy dressed in black as he walked out of his bathroom, naked from the waist up. The guy lifted a handgun and fired it. Clark felt the bullet hit his bare chest and rolled his eyes. When will they learn? The gun was yanked from the guy's hand and tossed to the floor behind Clark, at the same time Clark lunged for the guy.
"Who are you working for?" Clark demanded, and the guy wouldn't say anything. He just smiled as Clark hauled him off the floor and downstairs. Jonathan was in the kitchen drinking a glass of water when he walked in, the guy in tow.
"Call the police, dad. This guy just tried to kill me." Clark said, pushing the guy into a chair and tying him there with a coil of rope hanging from the door. And for good measure, Clark swiftly punched him, knocking him out.
"You say he attacked you, Mister Kent?" The Sheriff asked Clark, writing something down in a notebook.
"Yes, I had walked out of my bathroom after taking a shower and he was standing right there. He had a gun, and I didn't wait for him to have the chance to shoot me, so I took it out of his hands, and he lunged at me." Clark lied, and the Sheriff bought it.
"Thank you, Mister Kent." She said, leaving. Clark sighed, and Jonathan put a hand on Clark's shoulder. Someone trying to kill him was nothing unusual but he had gotten inside the house this time. They could try it again at night; they could attack Martha and Jonathan while they were sleeping.
"I'm going down to the Talon, alright? Take care of yourself." Clark said, grabbing the keys for the truck and leaving the house.