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Chapter 10:
When Chloe and Jason arrived at Crater Lake they stopped the car and got out. Deciding that the car might be useful, they quietly pushed it as close to the house as possible. Chloe opened the trunk and pulled out two flashlights, a pick that would pick any lock, and a set of jumper cables. She looked up at Jason, whose eyebrows were knit together in confusion.
"Just…"
"I know, I know, just trust you." He interrupted.
"Right," she smiled and handed him one of the flashlights. "Let's separate. You find Travis, but don't do anything without me. I'm going to find Clark."
Jason nodded and disappeared into the darkness.
Chloe slowly walked around to the back of the house. She suddenly caught sight of a set of doors that appeared to lead to the basement. Chloe rushed over to them and pulled the pick out of her pocket. She hurriedly unlocked the padlock and gently pulled the chain from the handles.
As she turned on her flashlight she began to descend down the steep steps. When Chloe reached the bottom she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, afraid of what she might find. Pushing her fears to the back of her mind, she made herself open her eyes and look around the dark room.
"Chloe?"
She heard the weak voice and spun around to shine her flashlight on the person huddled in the corner.
"Oh my gosh! Clark?"
His face was covered with cuts and bruises. It was so bad the she barely recognized him. Chloe felt tears stinging at her eyes as she quickly made her way over to him.
"Clark…wha…what happened?"
"I…kind of….said something…that made him…a little…mad," he said attempting to smile, but wincing at the pain that it caused him.
Chloe used her flashlight to carefully check for other injuries. She heard herself gasp when the flashlight reached his ribs. The bottom of his shirt was drenched with blood. As she looked closer she saw a cut in his shirt. It looked like a knife wound.
"Chloe…you need to…get out of…here…before he…comes back."
"I'm not leaving you Clark, besides I have a plan. Can you move?"
"I can try."
Chloe draped his arm around her shoulders and helped him to stand. They moderately made their way across the room. When they reached the stairs Clark stopped and turned to face Chloe, leaning his weight on the wall.
"I don't know if I'll be able to make it up the steps."
"Clark you have to. I didn't come this far for you to just give up." She again draped his arm across her shoulders. And to Clark's surprise they made it to the top of the steps without any trouble.
"Are you okay Clark?" Chloe whispered.
"Other than…the stab wound…to my chest…and a splitting…headache…I'm just fine."
"Oh, right. Sorry."
"So what's…the plan?"
Chloe swiftly, but quietly, relayed her plan to Clark.
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Jason watched Travis' every move. It seemed like Chloe was taking forever. He heard a noise come from behind him and turned to look. When there was nothing there he shook his head.
I'm becoming a little paranoid. He turned back to the window, but he could no longer see Travis. Shoot! Where did he go?
Jason was suddenly aware of someone next to him. Thinking that it was probably Chloe, he said, "Gosh Chloe, what took you so long?" He turned to look at her, but instead of Chloe it was Travis holding a gun to Jason's forehead.
"Oh, hi."
Travis glared at him. "Chloe, as in Chloe Sullivan?"
Jason wasn't sure what to say, so he was silent.
"Answer me!" Travis yelled out, quite loudly.
Jason opened his mouth to speak, but didn't have to when they heard Chloe shout from the front of the house.
"Travis we need to talk."
Travis looked from Jason, to the direction the voice came from, and back again. He effortlessly slammed Jason up against the wall and knocked him out, before cautiously walking towards the front of the house.
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Chloe leaned against her car. Her hands were behind her back as not to reveal that she was holding the meteor rock. Though she was almost positive that her plan would work, she felt herself shaking with fear. When Chloe saw him walk around the corner of the house, she took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"How did you find me?"
"Well…I tracked you," she said bluntly.
"How?"
"Long story."
"You shouldn't have come here Chloe. I could kill you instantly. It would be a piece of cake."
Travis slowly walked towards her. Chloe's heart began to beat a mile a minute. Suddenly Clark appeared from behind the car.
"Clark? How did you…" Travis' sentence was cut short when he felt a severe pain shoot through his body.
"Never…underestimate…Chloe Sullivan," Clark said, a small smile crossing his face.
Travis looked back at Chloe, who was holding a glowing meteor rock. Clark made his way over to Chloe as quickly as possible and took the meteor rock from her hands. He also picked up the end of the jumper cable that wasn't connected to the car and attached it to himself. Clark locked hands with a weak Travis as Chloe got into her car. The moment she started the car she knew that it was working. The green from the meteor rock was surrounding them both and they were both letting out shouts of pain.
Chloe hurriedly turned off the car engine when Travis and Clark flew apart. She quickly got out of the car and rushed to Clark's side. She felt herself smile when she saw his cuts and bruises gradually disappear.
Clark made his way to his feet. Travis saw him get up and picked up the meteor rock. An evil smile crossed his face as he saw Clark falter. Chloe tried to run to him, but Travis grabbed her by the arm and threw her to the ground. His hand went into his coat and pulled out a hand gun.
"Please…don't…hurt her," Clark pleaded.
"What like this?" Travis thrust his foot into Chloe's side and she yelled out in pain.
Clark grew even angrier. He had to do something before anything else happened to Chloe. But before he could think of a plan, Chloe was already moving. Her foot flew into the air, knocking the meteor rock out of Travis' hand. Clark felt himself again grow strong. Travis instinctively pulled the trigger and the bullet shot from the gun. It was headed straight for Chloe. Clark just barely reached the bullet in time. Instead of hitting his hand and falling to the ground, the bullet rebounded. He watched in slow motion as it struck Travis' left shoulder. Everything seemed to go back to its normal speed and Travis gradually sank to the ground.
Clark felt raindrops on his cheek as he crouched down to check Travis' pulse. It only took him a second to realize that it wasn't beating. He slowly stood up and walked back over to Chloe. As he enfolded her in his arms the rain began to pour from the sky.
Chloe didn't want to move. She wanted to stay in the safety of Clark's arms forever, where she belonged.
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