Chloe made her way through the crowded courtyard, avoiding a group of guys playing Frisbee. One whizzed dangerously close to her head. "Hey! Watch it!" She bellowed, dashing up the stairs of her dorm building. As she searched for her key card in her purse, she picked up her cell phone and began to dial Lana's number. "Come on answer." She had tried to call Lana after she had received her cryptic message about Lex, but there was no answer. When she had first gotten back to campus she high tailed it back to the room to see if she was around. But Lana was nowhere to be found. "Lana, this is Chloe." She said as she slid her key card through the slot; a green light flashed and she heard the doors unlock. "I've been trying to call you all day, but you never answer. I hope you are ok. "

She maneuvered through the busy lobby, punching her floor number on the elevator. "I just got done with the last class I have today, but then I am off to The Planet. I hope I can get in touch with you before then. Or rather you call me back. Lana, please call me back, ok? I'm really worried." Her message had been so vague and rushed that she had no idea what was going on. The whole situation was unnerving. As the elevator doors opened and she stepped into her hallway, she saw Lana charging right towards her. Her head was down and she breezed past Chloe, unaware of her presence. "Lana, wait!" She called and grabbed for her arm. "I just called you."

Lana stopped and swung around. She was startled, as if being woken from a dream. "Oh. I must have left it at the mansion." She was obviously shaken and on the brink of tears. "Chloe, I don't know what to do."

"I know. I got your message. You said something happened to Lex? That someone took him?"

Lana looked up and down the deserted hall. "Sssh. We can't talk out here, come on." She pulled Chloe into their room and closed the door behind her.

"What's going on?" Chloe had never seen her behave this way before. She appeared agitated and confused; almost like she was in shock. There were dark circles under her eyes and her hair hadn't been combed. She looked a mess.

"Chloe, if I tell you this you have to promise you won't think I'm crazy, or that I am hallucinating. Because I am not. What I saw was real. You have to believe me."

Chloe threw her book bag on the floor and sat down. She watched as Lana began to pace about the floor as she spoke. "Lana you are talking to the wall of weird girl. Besides I would never call anyone crazy."

She still appeared hesitant, but began to speak hurriedly. "It was in the sky, and it took Lex. I mean there was this beam of light and he was gone. I don't know who or what took him…." She trailed off as she flopped down upon her bed, overwhelmed.

"Wait, slow down for a minute. From the beginning." Chloe prodded.

She took a deep breath and began again; this time much slower. "Chloe, I feel asleep at Lex's last night. When I woke up he was in some sort of trance. Just sitting there and staring. He couldn't talk, he didn't respond when I called his name. Chloe he didn't even blink. Then suddenly he started grabbing his head and thrashing around. He ran outside and I chased him into the backyard. That's when they took him." She started to cry, a single tear rolling down her cheek.

"Who Lana? Who took him?"

"The ship. The ship that I was helping him investigate. It came back. It was just hovering in the sky. He just stood there staring up at it. I tried to move, but it was as if someone was holding me. And then there was a beam of light and…. "

"And?"

"He was gone."

She let the details sink in and began to rack her brain. Meteor freaks she was used to dealing with, but alien abductions? This was new territory. Besides, what would Fine want to do with Lex?

"Chloe, I don't know what to do."

"When did this all happen?"

"About five this morning. I called you and then came here. I didn't know who else to turn to."

"Have you been back to the mansion?"

"I was actually on my way there when I ran into you."

"Okay, well maybe you should go back, see if he's been returned. I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you Chloe." She looked optimistic as she grabbed her purse and dashed out the door.

Chloe didn't know how she could possibly help, or even what was going on. But there was one person who might have an idea what to do. Chloe picked up her cell and dialed Clark's number.