A/N: I haven't really decided how I'm gonna end it. I know the general direction but I'm still deciding whether I should give it a sappy ending or a more abrupt ending and then write another story that's more mushy as a sequel or what. Any ideas? Pm me or review. No ideas? Pm or review me anyways lol. Enjoy.

Clark awoke to his voice being called gently. Quietly. It was a peaceful way to wake given the circumstances.

"Clark.. Clark wake up." It was almost a plea although not a noticeable one. Chloe peered over at the farm boy who sat uneasily, in a state of needed yet pained sleep. Lex had taken the extra rock out of his pocket as to avoid too much damage, after he had been passed out for about 15 minuets. Clark's head lolled to one side, then the other, as Chloe watched in pain. Though not her own. She had bruises too many to count, a stab wound in her shoulder and various cuts and scratches. She was also pretty positive her lip was split open and she would have some pretty ugly black eyes and gashes on her face. Her wrists stung with blackish purple finger imprints around them. Her head hurt a lot to. Even with all her wounds, in that moment, she only felt the pain of seeing her best friend chained to a wall and so weak.

"Clark come on. Wake up. Please?" She asked softly.

Clark's eyes began to open slowly, and painfully.

"Oh thanks God" she breathed a sigh of relief. She had been fighting the urge to pass out so she could watch over him. There was no sign of Lex anywhere. Now that Clark was awake she felt she could give in to the tiredness. That is until she heard his voice.

"Chlo... I'm awake. Please don't pass out. I'm ok. Stay awake. Chlo...?"

"Clark. Hey there." she smiled weakly. "How are you feeling?"

"Me... I'm fine. Just a little weak. But I haven't been battered like you. How are you is a better question."

She smiled again, trying to fake her best, brightest, most optimistic grin. She stopped however before she reached Cheshire territory.

"I'm ok. Nothing time can't heal." She lied. Now that her initial worry for Clark had subsided, her own pain became more evident. She HURT. Badly. She didn't want him to worry though. She was pretty positive it wasn't life threatening. The only thing she was worried about was the blood lose, but there wasn't much she could do about it for the time being.

"You know you don't have to be strong for me Chlo..." Clark said sympathetically.

"I know. I've got to be strong for myself." She replied honestly.

Clark lifted his head for the first time, actually taking in their surroundings. Chloe was now chained to the wall as well. More accurately, the ceiling. From a metal bar on the ceiling there hung some chains which were connected to her restraints. Her feet were barely touching the ground and Clark was instantly reminded of his stint as the town scarecrow.

"Oh my God! Chloe..."

"Clark I'm fine really."

"Thats no good. No good at all. I hate to think my efforts were futile." Clark and Chloe snapped their heads up at the sound of the unexpected voice in the doorway. Lex stood there, a look of mock disappointment upon his features. Both Clark and Chloe immediately lunged against their restraints to try and get at him.

Lex sauntered over toward Chloe. Once her had reached her he reached up and touched her face, causing Chloe to jerk her head the other way and Clark to growl and lunge again. This was evidently what Lex wanted. He turned to face Clark.

"What is it Clark? Don't want me moving in on your territory? I thought you of all people would appreciate this certain kind of torture."

"What are you talking about?" Clark sneered.

"I saw you in metropolis. With miss Sullivan in fact."

Clark looked up at him in fear and wonderment.

"Funny thing about being the son of Lionel Luthor. People do things for you. For example..."

He turned to the door and picked up a file off of the floor. He opened it up and turned back to Clark. He then took out a picture and shoved it in Clark's face.

"Look familiar?" He asked innocently.

There in Lex Luthor's hand, was a picture of Clark in his penthouse, with a frightened looking Chloe backed into a wall.

"Wha... where did you get this?" Clark asked worried.

"What is it? Clark? Lex? Someone show me what is it?" Chloe pleaded from her spot in the room.

Lex strode over to her and showed her the picture, causing her to gasp.

"I have a lot of pictures actually. You see after I heard some very interesting things about you, I had you followed. I've got pictures of you robbing banks. Sure you had on a mask but I've got the after pictures. One in particular gets me every time though. Right after one of the robberies, the cops on the scene report shooting at the perpetrator multiple times. Only to have him walk away unscathed."

Lex pulled another picture from the file revealing Clark, after the shooting, grinning madly and holding his mask in his, hand full of bullet holes.

"You bastard" Chloe spat.

Lex went right back to her, and spoke the next words to her specifically.

"I did some digging. You want to know what I found?"

Chloe swung her legs out in front of her, connecting her foot square into his gut. He stumbled backwards, and after regaining his breath, approached her again.

"That wasn't a very smart move on your part Miss Sullivan." He punched her in the face again.

"I realize your not suppose to hit girls. But we'll just say your a woman. Aren't loop holes fun?"

He punched her again.

Even though she was strung up slightly, Lex still loomed over her in height. He got very close to her now.

"Have any other words for me?" her glaring at him was his only response.

"That's what I thought." He laughed. "Now where was I?"

"Somewhere between becoming a traitor, and going to hell." Clark jeered at him.

This time Lex approached Clark and began punching him.

"It goes both ways you know. If I won't let a beautiful women talk to me like that, what makes you think I'll let you?"

"What do you want Lex? Why are we really here?" He asked tired of games.

"You don't want me to finish my findings first?"

"Whatever" Clark sighed.

"After careful observation of all the places you were spotted, I noticed one major factor."

"And what might that be?"

"The class ring. The more I though about it the more I realized. The green meteor rock affects you. It weakens you. The red must do the opposite. I realized that a few months back when you wanted to run away to Metropolis you were also wearing the ring. It all adds up." Lex smiled.

"Thats crazy." Clark tried to lie. Unfortunately it wasn't one of his better skills.

"Really. Then you won't mind if you model one for me?" Lex pulled the red ring from his pocket."

Chloe's eyes had grown wide. Not this again. What did Lex want. He seemed to read her mind.

"All I've ever wanted was for you to be honest with me. To tell me how you saved my life that time. Now it's to late for that. But I want to hear the whole truth from your mouth!" he yelled, getting angry. He went back to Chloe, pulling the knife already stained from her blood, back from his pocket,

"Now Clark. I'm through asking nicely. Tell me now or I kill her." Chloe's eyes grew even bigger, if such a feat was possible.

"Clark don't listen. I love you Clark." She whispered sadly and closed her eyes preparing for the pain that was sure to follow.

"NO!" Clark screamed as Lex made a motion to strike. Chloe flinched. Nothing happened. She opened an eye nervously.

"I'll tell you everything. Just please. You have to promise to let her go."

"I'm not sure about that. All I can promise is that I won't kill her. But I might need her later on."

Clark struggled with the decision. He wanted Chloe free. He finally decided that alive and locked up had to be better then dead where he would never see her again.

"Ok I'll tell you."

Lex grinned, satisfied.

"Spill it." He demanded.

"I... I'm not human. I'm an alien. From a planet called Krypton. It was destroyed. That's about all I know. I was just recently starting to find out these things. I've always known I was different. My parents had my space ship. They found me during the meteor shower."

"What all can you do?" Lex asked, demandingly.

"I'm super fast, have heat and x-ray vision, and I'm invincible."

"Except for the green meteor rocks, correct?" Asked Lex.

"Yeah."

"Well, I am angry you lied to me all these years. But I've got what I wanted."

"What happens now?" Clark asked hopeful.

"Now, I sit back and watch the games begin."

"What are you talking about?"

"You didn't think I was going to let you off the hook for lying to me did you?"

"Lex please I'm sorry."

Lex shot a glance at Chloe.

"It's too late Clark" he replied while still looking at the girl chained to the ceiling.

"You promised you wouldn't hurt her!" Clark shouted.

"I'm not going to do any thing Clark."

"What?" both Clark and Chloe asked together.

"You are."