Author's Note: New chapter, new surprises...I hope.

Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville but I do own the Kristian Shane character and such.

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"Lois, I bought a ring this morning."

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Lois was at a loss for words. While she knew it would happen sooner or later, it still caught her by surprise. "Well," she finally said, "let me see it. I have to know if you're good enough to be a part of this family." Kristian pulled a small box out of his pocket and handed it to her. She opened it and her jaw dropped. The metal was a bright silver and it was encrusted with a large diamond and two smaller ones beside it. "Jesus. I'm guessing that these diamonds...holy shit. How much did this cost?"

"It doesn't matter," Kristian said smiling, "and isn't that supposed to be the 'secret' part?"

"I can't believe Chloe's getting married."

"She has to say yes first, Lo'."

"Yeah, and she won't?"

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Meanwhile, Lex was leaving to board his helicopter headed toward Metropolis. When Amanda was sure he was gone, she opened his computer and typed in the password--she'd watched him enough times to figure it out. She clicked on a file on the desktop that read "truck camera" and it opened up. She played the video and then realized why Lex had been spending so much time in his study. She then pulled up several photos of the truck and pictures of Kristian over the past few days. 'It couldn't be,' she thought, 'there's no way in hell. I've talked to him since then and he seemed fine.' She thought for a few more minutes before e-mailing the video and pictures to Kristian.

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Chloe stepped into the barn and yelled Clark's name. He shouted that he was in the loft, so she jogged up the stairs.

"Hey Chlo', how ya doing?"

"I'm good, Clark," she replied. "How about yourself?"

"Could be better."

"Why's that?" Chloe asked.

"Because of everything," he answered.

"Yeah, Kristian told me."

"Chloe, are you all right? You seem to be taking this pretty well," Clark stated.

"I'm fine. And I'm glad that he's going to help you," she replied.

"But...nevermind," Clark said after realizing that he didn't tell her everything.

"What, Clark? Is something wrong?"

"No, no, I, um, just thought that, uh," Clark stammered.

"Is there something you're not telling me?"

"No, Chlo', it's just that I feel guilty," he said quickly.

"Everyone needs a little help from time to time, even supermen," Chloe assured.

Clark smiled and said, "thanks, Chlo'."

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Amanda was watching the video when Lex burst through his double doors. "Did you think I wouldn't know what you were doing?"

She sat there speechless and then said, "what are you talking about?"

"I know everything you do Amanda," he said while stopping inches from her face. "Going to see Kristian. Tipping him off. Sending him that video and those pictures."

"Lex, I can expl--"

Lex slapped her and said, "I don't care if you can explain. You still love him and that's the only reason why I kept you here."

She held a hand to her cheek and then smashed the glass she was holding in her other hand over his head. She ran out of the mansion and called Kristian.

"Hello?"

"Kristian, Lex knows about me tipping you off. He has a video of you," she said into the phone while running to the gate.

"What did he do to you? Where are you?"

"He hit me. I just ran through the front gate," she replied.

"Amanda, can you keep a secret?"

"Of course," she answered.

"'Kay, I'll be there in a second."

She heard his phone shut and kept jogging. Suddenly, a gush of wind sent her hair into her face and when she pushed it away, Kristian was standing in front of her.

"How did you--"

"I ran," he said.

"From where? A black hole?"

"Crater Lake," he answered. He didn't want to tell her, but he knew that Lex would kill her and he was only one who could stop him. He heard a high power engine coming over the hill, so he scooped Amanda into his arms and told her to hold on.

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Lex stopped along the side of the road and got out. He gripped the silver pistol he was holding and walked around. She wasn't hiding in the ditches and he was surrounded by fields. 'She couldn't have made it that far,' he thought to himself.

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Kristian stopped when he reached the loft in Clark's barn. He set Amanda back on her feet and Chloe looked at him questioningly. "Lex knows," he said.

"Ooo-kay, so what happened?" Chloe asked.

"Check Kristian's e-mail," Amanda answered. Chloe walked over to Clark's laptop and sat down. When she opened the file in the e-mail, the video came up. Chloe's jaw dropped when she saw what it revealed. She pulled up the pictures file and scanned through them. Clark and Kristian moved closer to examine them and Kristian's jaw dropped. There was pictures of the truck, Chloe's car, his Range Rover after it was sideswiped, and last of all, pictures of him and Chloe--some innocent and some rather provocative. Clark looked away and Chloe quickly closed the screen.

Chloe inhaled deeply and stared at Amanda. "Where did you get these?"

"Lex's computer. He's obsessed with him," she replied. Chloe stood up to walk over to Kristian.

"Uh, we can leave you two alone," Clark said. Chloe nodded and he led Amanda out of the barn and toward the house.

"Those pictures...I can't believe it. Jesus, Lex has watched everything we've done. I could kill him," Chloe said.

"I don't think this is about Shane Enterprises anymore," Kristian said.

"Oh my God, K. If he has pictures of us...being intimate, then we have to assume that he knows, which means that no more super powers."

"Gotcha," Kristian said. "I could honestly kill the man. He has pictures of us having sex! What makes it even worse is that he had to put a lot of effort into that! Ugh, this is sick. Remind me to paint the windows black when we get home."

"We have to tell the police about this, K," Chloe replied. "Don't pull a Clark and try to fix things on your own, okay?"

"Yeah, okay," he answered. "But what do we say? Wait, I have an idea--'this douchebag is stalking us, here's the proof. And could you put some black tape over my girlfriend's body? Gee, thanks officer. I'll even leave you a nice comment in the suggestion box if you don't show your buddies.'"

Chloe laughed and said, "sounds good, retard. Now let's go home and print the stuff. And by the way, I'm starving."

"Me too," Kristian said, "oh, and I called your dad this morning and told him everthing. He's coming home this weekend."

"That's great, but um, let's not show him all of the photos."

"Oh yeah, Chloe, because I was planning to. I bet a shovel to the face wouldn't hurt so bad now," Kristian said sarcastically.

"Wait, what about Amanda? Lex probably will kill her," Chloe said.

"She can stay with Clark or stay with us," Kristian said. "But honestly, she doesn't know Clark at all and asking him to hold back on the super everything might be a bit much."

"We do have a spare room," Chloe said while grabbing her purse. "Ugh, this is weird."

"You're telling me. Remind me to stop by the craft store."

"Why?"

Kristian smirked and said, "construction paper. Lots and lots of construction paper."

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Lex sat in his Porshe while driving frantically looking for Amanda. "Find her or no one will ever be able to find you," he yelled into his cell phone.

"Mr. Luthor, hold on. We just got a location from her cell phone," his guard replied.

"Where?"

"The address is registered to Kristian M. Shane, sir," the man answered.

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Around 2 AM, Kristian's Bedroom

Chloe shifted onto her stomach and faced Kristian who was laying on his side. She sighed and said, "this is awkward."

"Yeah, it is. But we did the right thing by letting her stay. She wouldn't be safe anywhere else."

"I know it, babe. But is it bad that I don't like the fact that your ex-girlfriend is sleeping in the room next to us?" Chloe said.

"No, it's not. I wouldn't like Jimmy Olsen sleeping next door either," Kristian joked.

She punched him on the arm and said, "you were seventeen, right?"

"When I lost my virginity? Yeah," he replied. "How old were you?"

"...Fifteen."

"Jeez, Chlo'."

"Kiss my ass, K," she said jokingly. "Why does your name start with a 'k' instead of 'ch?'"

"Because my mom's name, Kristine, starts with a 'k,'" he answered. "Andrew Adam Shane Sr., Andrew Adam Shane Jr., Kristine Markham-Shane, and Kristian Mark Shane."

"Neat-o," she replied.

"Yep, interesting, I know. I'm going to have mirror tinted windows put in as soon as possible," he said.

"Mirror tinted? Like the ones in the pool room?"

"Yep. The officer we talked to told me to do something like that." Chloe began to reply but was cut short when Kristian put his hand over her mouth and paused. "Don't move or speak," he whispered. He quietly turned over and opened the nightstand's drawer. He pulled out a pistol and then leaned over Chloe, who had moved onto her back.

"What's going on?" She whispered.

"People are in the house, Chlo'," he whispered back.

"Are you sure it's not Amanda? And why do you need that?"

"It's not her and how would I explain to the police how I stopped two armed men without being harmed?"

Chloe grabbed his arm as he crept out of the bed and he stopped and crouched beside her. "Be careful, babe," she said after he kissed her. He nodded and slowly opened the bedroom door. He sped down the stairs and pointed the gun at one of the men. The other one fired two shots at Kristian and when he caught them, he fired back. The bullet hit the man in the chest and he went straight to the floor. The other man fired off three shots so Kristian shot him in the shoulder. After he fell to the ground, Kristian hovered over him and grabbed his jaw.

"Who sent you? Luthor?"

The man just clenched his jaw and Kristian didn't notice that he had moved his arm down to his belt. He pulled a knife made composed of meteor rock

from a lead sheath and jammed it into Kristian's thigh. Kristian yelled in reaction to the pain and the man pushed him off. The man found his gun and fired a shot. He then tore the knife out of Kristian's leg and looked for a place to stab him again. He held the knife sideways in his hand and as he slowly pushed it through Kristian's side, another bullet pierced through the man's abdomen. He fell to the floor and Kristian looked up only to see Chloe standing there. She dropped the gun and ran over to him.

"Chloe," Kristian said while choking on blood, "pull the knife out." His veins were turning a deep green and Chloe blinked away the tears in her eyes.

"Kristian," Chloe said while wrapping her hand around the handle, "look at me." She straddled him and leaned over so he could meet her gaze. He winced and grunted when she pulled it out and Chloe stood up and ran into the kitchen. She opened a door below the sink and threw the knife in there. When she returned to Kristian, he was passed out. She knew that the police couldn't see him like this--covered in blood and wearing a t-shirt with small bullet holes in it while having no injuries. When Chloe straddled him again, she realized that he had been shot in the chest--and that the bullet must still be in there. She tried to get it out with her fingers but only managed to push it deeper. Amanda then knelt beside them.

"Get some tongs," Chloe said. Amanda stood and then ran into the kitchen. Chloe didn't hear the drawers opening and closing because all she could hear was his shallow breathing. She couldn't feel anything other than his heart beating rapidly. When Amanda returned with a small pair of tongs, Chloe grabbed them and carefully pulled the projectile from his chest. She then released the breath that she had been holding. She told Amanda to find a phone. Kristian opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. Chloe hovered over his face and said, "shower. Run." When she climbed off of him, he sped into their bathroom. Amanda then ran down the stairs with her cell phone in hand.

"Where's Kristian?" Amanda asked.

"Shower. When they ask what happened tell them that you heard shots downstairs and came down to see that Kristian had returned fire, all right?"

Amanda nodded and said, "but he was shot, Chloe. He was covered in blood and now he's just fine? What really did happen?"

"He's a little different than you and I right now. You can't tell anyone about this, Amanda. It'll ruin him," Chloe answered.

Suddenly, Kristian appeared. He stood in his boxers and looked at Chloe. He was clean but fresh scars remained where his injuries were. "Call now, we can't take anymore time."

Amanda nodded and dialed 911.

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Meanwhile, Lex sat in his library reviewing the video from the men's hidden cameras. He was thankful that the first downed man had landed on his side facing Kristian and the other attacker. He saw the entire thing unfold. The knife went into Kristian's leg like a warm fork through jell-o. The attacker shot him in the chest and then pushed the knife through his side. Just when Lex thought Kristian had been defeated, the aggressor fell to the floor. Chloe came into view and said something. She pulled the glowing knife out and then ran into another room. Chloe returned and Amanda also came into view. Chloe told her something and she disappeared. Suddenly, Chloe climbed off of Kristian and he was abruptly gone. Chloe put her hands to her face and Amanda came back. Kristian then returned--clean. Amanda punched numbers into her phone and held it up to her ear. Kristian walked over to the man with the camera and stared. Within a second the video cut out.

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Kristian x-rayed the man and whispered, "fuck." He quickly crushed the tiny camera and Chloe came up behind him. She put her hand to his shoulder and he turned around. He held up the smashed piece of equipment and then let it fall to the floor. Chloe's jaw dropped and looked up at Kristian. He put his hand to his forehead and pulled Chloe to his chest with his other arm. She ran her fingers over the newly healed scar. Amanda closed her phone and said, "they'll be here in like two minutes." Kristian let go of Chloe and picked up the bullets that had deflected off his body. Walked over to the front door and threw them on the lawn. Chloe went into the kitchen and washed the blood off her hands. She grabbed a towel to wipe it off of her thigh and when she was done, she threw it under the sink beside the knife.

"I'm not sure if we can cover this up," he stated. He turned to face them and said, "but we have to try."

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TBC

AN: Sorry it took so long!