Chloe had thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The movie had been good, even if it did take them a while to choose which one to see. They had settled on a drama written by one of Chloe's favorite authors. They were now slowly walking down the street and talking.

Chloe knew she needed to bring up what she had seen but didn't want to ruin their perfect evening. Clark noticed that Chloe's attention was now somewhere far away. "Chloe what's going on in there?" He motioned toward her head.

"Huh?"

"You look like your mind is a million miles away. What's up?"

Clark saw the slightly embarrassed and unsure look on Chloe's face. "I didn't want to say anything."

"When do you not want to say anything?" Clark teased, trying to keep the mood light.

Chloe stuck her tongue at him before answering. "Curiosity got the best of me again."

"Why am I not surprised?" Clark said shaking his head. "What did you do this time?"

"I wanted to know what happened between you and Lex to cause what happened yesterday at the Talon." She saw Clark instantly tense up at the mention of his name. "So, I did some snooping in his computer."

"What did you see?"

"I saw your encounter with Eric at the mansion." She looked up to see how he would react.

Clark lowered his eyes. That wasn't something he wanted to think about or for her to see. Chloe saw the downward turn in his mood. "I didn't want to upset you, Clark."

Clark shook his head, "Its okay, Chloe. I now know you didn't mean to."

She hesitantly proceeded on with her questioning. "That's not all that happened between the two of you, is it? Did Lex have a part in what I saw?"

Clark sighed. "No, that's not all. Yes, Lex had a part in it."

Chloe looked up at him sympathetically as he continued. "Lex and I had a confrontation at the mansion after that. We were both mad. Lex confronted me with the fact that he had seen me use my abilities. When I wouldn't tell him the whole truth he used a green meteor rock on me.

Clark saw the very confused look on Chloe's face. "That's the one thing that can make me weak."

"Oh, I am so sorry Clark," Chloe spoke gently. "I had no idea."

They walked on for a moment neither one saying anything before Chloe finally broke the silence. "I found something else on the computer…. It is definitely Wall of Weird material."

"What is it?"

"It has to do with Lex." Chloe stopped talking when she saw Clark turn his head away from her. "What is it?"

Clark had heard the unmistakable sound of a gun discharging and saw a projectile flying through the air towards them. Instinctively he wrapped himself around Chloe forming a human shield. It was only after impact that he realized that she had not been the intended target as pain shot through his shoulder and began to spread throughout his body.

Clark groaned and fell forward catching Chloe off guard. "Clark? Clark?" Panic was rising in her at the glassy appearance his eyes had taken. He limply fell toward the ground since Chloe could not support his weight. She tried as best as she could to keep his fall from being too hard and then saw a dart protruding from his back.

She quickly pulled it out noticing a green tinted liquid on her fingers. Her mind instantly went back to what Clark had just told her. "Oh, no. Clark, come on. You have to stay with me. I've got to get you some help."

"I would be more worried about myself right now, than your friend." Chloe turned to see a mask covering the face the voice had come from. She was Chloe steeled herself against what was about to come. She was not going anywhere, not with the condition Clark was in. She couldn't leave him after all the times he had helped her.

Chloe valiantly tried to fight off the attacker, but she was quickly thwarted and a cloth was placed over her nose and mouth. The last thing Clark saw before passing out was Chloe's form being dragged away.