Chloe, Pete and Lex walked into Lex's lab or more appropriately what was left of Lex's lab. Chloe looked around in astonishment at the amount of destruction; it was as if a small bomb had gone off. Glass crunched under their feet as they walked past boxes that had overturned spilling a variety of unused supplies. Chloe yelped involuntarily as a dangling wire sparked just as she neared it.

Pete looked over to make sure she was okay; Chloe nodded the assurance. They spread out as they walked further into the lab. "What exactly were you working on in here, Lex?"

"We were trying to come up with a way for farmer to plant seed in ground that had very little water in it." Lex bent over and righted an overturned chair. "But, the experiment didn't turn out the way I hoped."

"Gee, you think," Pete snapped.

Lex looked over at Pete but let the comment go without saying anything. He then turned back to stare at the rubble of his work.

"Why were using the meteor rocks as part of the experiment?" Chloe stepped over a small overturned box as she spoke.

"They were supposed to change the structure of the seeds. The first few attempts had no result. Then it figured out that by increasing the temperature it would produce the desired result." Lex paused for a second. "We didn't know it would become unstable."

Lex saw some notes on the floor near the chair he just straightened and picked them up reading what the scientist had noted.
The results of the last experiment were unusual. Due to the lack of results of our previous tests, we have decided to vary the temperature inside the glass to see how that would affect the germination of the seeds. The increased temperature had no effect on the actually germination. After the procedure the number of seeds was checked and found to have doubled than what there was before the experiment. No explanation is known at this time for the reason of the additional seeds.

"Hey, Lex. You can do you housekeeping later. We here to find something remember?" Pete looked over at Lex aggravated.

"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Pete asked getting frustrated by the time they were wasting.

"I'm not sure exactly."

"You're not sure." Pete nearly screamed back at Lex. "You said you had something here that would help. That is the only reason that I left Clark there. It doesn't look like you have a whole lot of anything useful here."

"I'll know it when I see it." Lex said trying to remain calm so maybe Pete would too. He knew they needed to hurry also.

While the guys had been arguing, something caught Chloe's eye. It probably did because it seemed a little out of place. It was a smooth black stone, in a way it looked like obsidian, but was a little different. Chloe bent down, picking up the object, curious. It kinda looked like a refined meteor rock. Lex was working with the meteors rocks, but I've never seen a black one before. You think the experiment could have caused this?
Chloe turned back to Lex. "Is this what you're looking for?"

"Yes, I think it might be a by-production of the experiment and probably the cause for the split."

"Well, what are we waiting for. Let's go!" Pete spoke up impatiently.

"Wait!" Chloe turned from Pete back to Lex. "How are we going to know where he's taken Clark? I doubt he is going to have him in the same location he held us."

"Don't worry about that." Lex answered smoothly. "I know where he would take him."

Pete rolled his eyes. "Why doesn't that make me feel any better?"