Pete sat in the truck nervously glancing at his watch every few seconds. "Come on, Come on." This was taking too long. He knew this wasn't a good idea to come here. He also knew there was no way Clark could have sat this out.
He glanced at his watch again. Even with Clark not at his full power it shouldn't take him this long. Something had to have gone wrong. He glanced back toward the mansion and back at his watch. He didn't know whether he should leave and try to get help or go inside and hope he didn't make the situation any worse.
Chloe heard herself scream and the eerie echo it made as it traveled down the long, dark corridor. She looked up at the cold eyes and the evil smirk that covered the other Lex's face. She shivered at the sight and knew that she could not leave Clark anywhere near him or this place. She was going to drag him out of here if she had to.
Chloe reached down intent on her plan when a hand stopped her. "Chloe, we have to get out of here." Lex pleaded with Chloe as he watched the slow approach of his other half.
Chloe looked up at him as if he had lost his mind. She knew that Lex wasn't on the best terms with Clark now, but this was just unthinkable. Leaving Clark was out of the question. "We can't leave him here." Lex saw anger, fear, determination all quickly cross her face. He didn't like the idea either, but it was the only way they would be of any help. Becoming a captive again was not an option.
Lex thought about just picking Chloe up and slinging her over his shoulder if necessary to get her out of there. He decided to leave that as a last resort and try to plead one more time. "If we get caught again, Clark will have come here for nothing."
Chloe knew in her mind that Lex was right and gave one more glance back at Clark's unconscious form before heading off with Lex. She whispered more to herself than anyone else. "We're coming back, I promise."
Pete felt a rush of relief flood over him as he saw the mansion door fly open. He watched as Lex, at least he thought it was Lex, and Chloe came running at full speed toward the truck. Clark? Where's Clark? Pete jumped out of the truck and started towards him.
"Where's Clark?"
"He's still inside," Lex answered breathlessly. "What! You left him in there?" Anger and disbelief was evident in his voice. A thought then occurred to Pete--what if this wasn't Lex and this was some ploy of Alexander's to try and take Chloe somewhere.
"How did I know it's really you and not that other version just playing a trick on me?"
Lex knew they really didn't have time to argue right now. "Look, do you want to help your friend or not. If we stand around here trying to figure things out we're all going to end up in the cellar again."
"Pete, please" Chloe pleaded. Pete could see the fear in her eyes and knew that he should go along at least for now.
"Okay, fine. Come on." They all piled in the truck. Pete turned to Lex, "Where are we going?"
"To my lab, I've got something I think we are going to need." Pete cast a disapproving worried glance through the rearview mirror of the truck as they drove off.
