The next few days in Metropolis went by fast and Lex was exhausted when he returned to his apartment after another long day of sorting through piles of paperwork and meeting with various associates. He was determined to prove to his father that he could run the plant in Smallville and make a profit while doing it. He might act the part of a spoilt rich brat in his father's presence but when he was left to his own devices he was nothing but business.

He entered the apartment and threw his keys down on the kitchen countertop. He wasted no time stripping off his tie and jacket as he strolled into the master bedroom ensuite. Clark would be there in a few hours so he had time for a long hot shower. He turned the taps on to the desired temperature and stood up to fully undress.

As the room filled with steam he leaned forward and wiped the newly set fog off the mirror. The reflection in the mirror looking back was tired and strained. He knew he was bound for greatness but some days he envied Clark's ability to hide out in his loft and escape the pressures of the world.

Lex examined his reflection searching for some resemblance of his father. He had mixed feelings at his inability to find any likeness at all. His eyes, his nose, his ears and definitely his defined lack of hair did not in anyway resemble Lionel Luthor. He grimaced as he thought about his father's hair and how obvious it was the Lionel let his hair grow out to mock his own baldness. Just another way that his father demonstrated his disappointment in Lex.

With a sigh he attempted to push his father's image from his mind and stepped into the shower.

The water never felt so good, as if all his stress was washing away with every drop. Slowly thoughts of his father and work were replaced with the evening's plans. He would definitely enjoy a night on the town with the one person who didn't treat him differently because of his past or because of his family name. Since he had met Clark he had felt he met someone he could trust. Growing up in school he hadn't had many friends that he could trust. The friends that he did have were suspiciously interested in his position and money rather than on him as a person.

The heat from the water turned his skin slightly red and he thought briefly that it might be hotter than was necessary. He didn't adjust the temperature; instead he leaned his hands against the wall and held his breath as he submerged his face into the stream of water. He repeated this a few times until his mind was clear of anything other than the feel of the water on his skin.

He reached his hand for the soap and lathered it up in his palm. Caressing his chest and slowly moving his hand down to his thighs until his hand finally came to rest on his penis. Gently he began setting a rhythmic pace as he worked himself into erectness. Eyes still closed and mind still blank he stroked up and down in an increasing pace until he came silently with much needed release.

Rinsing himself off he exited the shower feeling like a new man. He still had some time left until Clark arrived so he decided to get dressed and enjoy a drink out on the balcony. Sounds from the kitchen indicated to him that someone had other ideas for his free time. He heard his father's voice and shook his head. He should have known that the start to a great night couldn't go uninterrupted by his father's annoying presence. His whole life had been one disappointing encounter with his father after another, why should tonight be any different.

He finished dressing and walked out into the living room, curious about whom his father had brought with him.

"Hello dad."

"Ahh there you are son, just in time. I would like you to meet Joshua Bruha, a business associate of mine." Lionel introduced his companion with a smile.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Bruha. I am sure that you and my father have places to be this evening so I won't be offended if you have to be leaving." Lex subtly hinted, nodding towards the door.

Lionel's laugh filled the room, "On the contrary Lex, you are the reason why we are here."

"And to what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Your father and I have something we would like to discuss with you. It is regarding your future."

"If I wanted to discuss my future I would see a psychic. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get ready for some company."

"Lex, I will not tolerate your insubordination in front of our guest." Lionel's temper flared.

Joshua raised his hand to calm Lionel as Lex took the necessary steps to close the distance between himself and his father. "You know dad you really should watch that temper of yours and incase you forgot, he is not our guest, he is your guest and you should be on your way."

Lionel's hand struck Lex's face with a clap that echoed through the room.

Lex reached up and gingerly fingered his cheek with a smile displaying his enjoyment at having driven his father to violence in front of his guest.

"Please gentlemen," Joshua stepped forward, "Lex, as we were saying we have something of great importance to discuss with you and we would like your undivided attention." Joshua motioned towards the door and two men who had gone unnoticed stepped out of the shadows of the hallway.

"What the-" Lex started as the two men grabbed his arms and held him in place.

"Please calm yourself." Joshua interrupted.

Lex continued to struggle, which resulted in the two men gripping his arms even harder.

Joshua approached Lex and raised his hand towards his face. Lex instinctively pulled away causing Joshua to smile slightly.

The back of his hand slide down Lex's cheek, which still showed faintly his father's handprint. Lex fought to pull away even farther when the man's fingertip gently traced the thin line of his lower lip.

"Dad, call off your friends!" Lex shouted towards his father.

"Your father no longer controls your destiny young man." Joshua informed as he gripped Lex's chin tightly in his fingers and forced his face forward so he could look directly in Lex's eyes as he explained himself.

"You have had a life of luxury for too long to expect a transition into the working world to be successful. You should be happy and feel a great sense of privilege that your father has chosen a good life for you."

"What the fuck are you talking about."

The words were barely out of Lex's mouth when he received a sharp punch in the side of his ribcage from one of the men holding his arms. Winded he tried to hold himself upright to save face as much as was possible given the circumstances.

"You must learn to mind your manners when in my presence." Joshua informed in explanation for the shot to the ribs.

"I don't have to learn anything for your benefit. Dad what is the meaning of all this?" Lex attempted to dismiss the man standing directly in front of him who was posturing for power in Lex's apartment.

"Son, I would like you to meet your new owner." Lionel stated coldly.

Lex's first reaction was to laugh until he realized that he was the only one who thought the comment funny.

"You father has seen fit to place you under my care for a sizable return on the last twenty years of his investment. You belong to me now."

Lex resumed his struggle against the two men securing him in place.

"Stand still." The words were spoken in a way that indicated the man always got what he wanted.

'Not this time' Lex thought to himself as he roughly brought his knee forward and connected with Joshua's groin. The reaction from the men holding him was instantaneous, both forgot the task of holding him in lue of assisting their boss. Lex took the brief moment of opportunity to flee the living room and into the kitchen.

He just barely slipped out the door to the apartment when a hand grazed the back of his shirt. He rounded the corner into the hall and bolted down the narrow stretch leading to the stairwell. He could hear his heart beating loudly in his chest and the foot falls behind him between every beat.

The stairwell doorway seemed and eternity away and he was thankful that he stayed fit because it would be the only thing that would get him out of this situation. He felt that escape was within his grasp.

Through the loud beating of his heart he vaguely heard the tone of the elevator ring announcing a callers arrival onto the floor. 'Clark" Lex thought, half in panic and half in relief.

The person who stepped off the elevator stopped Lex dead in his tracks. There in front of him for the first time since their stand off with their father was Lucas. Lex skidded to a halt mere inches from his brother's leather clad figure.

"Lucas! Get out of here! Now!"

Lucas' reaction was swift and unexpected. As his fist connected with Lex's jaw the two guards running behind Lex finally caught up.

"Hello Lex." Lucas' voice was calculating and cool.

Lex was hauled off of the hall floor by the two guards to face his brother.

"What are you doing?" Lex asked, confusion evident on his face, spitting blood from his mouth on to the carpet.

"Jockeying for position with dear old dad, isn't it obvious? With you out of the picture I will have everything." He stepped in closer and grabbed Lex by the shirt collar and pulling his face in close, "Like it should have been all along." He whispered with pure hatred.

"But I thought-" Lex stammered thinking back to the last time when they had confronted their father in his office downtown.

"Yeah well you thought wrong. Daddy dear has offered me a better solution to the handouts you have been feeding me."

Lex looked momentarily defeated as the two guards pulled him around and started to drag him down the hall back to his apartment.

As they neared the door Lex began to walk on his own attempting to regain some semblance of dignity at having been caught.

Lionel's smile was enough to infuriate Lex to the point where he began to struggle against his captures yet again.

"Welcome back son." Lionel's mocking voice filled the room.

"Fuck you!" Lex spat back through the blood that had pooled around his gums.

Joshua nodded at his men and the nod was again followed with a swift shot to the ribs. Lex would have doubled over if he wasn't being held upright. His breathing was labored as he glared at the three men in front of him.

"You will learn to mind your language in my presence." Joshua restated.

Lucas strolled over and took his place at his father's side. Lex laughed out loud purposely-ignoring Joshua's comment for now. "Think about what you are doing Lucas. He doesn't love you, he can't be trusted."

"Oh and you can be?" Lucas folded his arms across his chest.

"At least you know where you stand with me." Lex conceded.

"Yeah but with dear old dad here I stand to inherit a fortune. I like where I stand with him a lot more than where I stood with you."

"You're a fool." Lex added.

"Maybe." Lucas shrugged, "But I'll be a very rich fool."

At that Joshua stepped into his primary view. A foot from Lex he stopped and brought his knee up to Lex's groin with full force. The pain was instant and it took Lex's breath away.

As Lex gasped through the pain, Joshua leaned in and whispered something that Lex couldn't focus on but he understood it to be retribution for his assault on Joshua.

"Did you hear what I said?"

Lex looked up from his semi crouched position into the cold brown eyes that stared at him. He didn't respond which earned him a slap across the face.

"I said did you hear what I said?"

"No." Lex coughed.

"I warned you what would happen the next time you lash out physically at me."

Lex acknowledged his words with a few more coughs.

"Do you understand what will happen?"

Lex didn't have the air to explain that he hadn't actually heard what was said to him so he responded by shaking his head side to side.

"No." Joshua looked around at his audience. "Well then maybe you are hard of hearing. Might I suggest that you learn better through experience?"

Lex began to panic even though he wasn't sure what he was panicking about. He could feel the fear of the unknown swelling up inside him but he remained quiet.

"Turn him around." Joshua ordered his men. They promptly responded by roughly dragging Lex so that his back was to his father, Lucas and Joshua.

"Good, now hold him steady." The words were spoken calmly but did nothing to ease Lex' fears.

Lex jumped slightly when Joshua's breath was suddenly on his neck and ear. He felt the warm wetness of a tongue circling around his earlobe and pulling it in between two lips. The feeling of his earlobe being sucked sent Lex into full panic mode. He instantly pulled his head away as far as turning it would allow him. His efforts were useless and apparently quite humorous he noted when he felt the rumble of a chuckle on his earlobe.

"Get off me." Lex commanded in his most authoritative tone given his circumstance.

Hands wrapped around his waist and quickly did away with his belt. The sound of the zipper coming down resonated through the silence of the room like it was surround sound.

"Don't." Lex whispered in plea.

"The tone is better, but the words are not what I wish to hear. Try again." Joshua purred into his ear as his cold hands slid inside Lex's underwear.

"Don't do this." Lex's voice sounded feeble even to his own ears.

"Beg me."

"What?" Lex asked clearly confused by the command.

"I don't usually repeat myself but for your learning purposes I will make an exception. I said beg me."

Lex struggled with the words as he debated what was a higher priority under the circumstances, his pride or his virtue.

"Please," Lex took a deep breath swallowing his pride and willing himself to continue. "Pease, don't do this. Dad," Lex called across his shoulder," dad, help me."

"I'm sorry son but this is your new lot in life." Lionel answered heartlessly, clearly not sorry for any of it.

Lex did his best to stifle the sob that threatened to exit his throat as the hand in his underwear circled his penis and the other hand pushed the underwear down around the lower portion of his butt cheeks.

"Lean him forward." Joshua spoke harshly to his guards.

Lex struggled to remain upright as the guards leaned his upper body over the back of the couch.

"No!" He shouted as the guards moved to the front of the couch and stretched his arms over the back so they were above the cushions. This effectively pinned him in place, spread eagle over the back of the couch.

"Relax" Joshua's voice coaxed from behind. "If you relax this will be much easier for you. Who knows you may even like it." Lex swore he could feel his father and Lucas smiling as they watched the proceedings.

"No!" Lex repeated meekly.

"Shhhh." Joshua soothed. "It will be over soon. Besides," He said as if in afterthought, "it will be beneficial for your father to witness your first time to ensure finality of the purchase."

"Get the fuck away from me."

The swear earned him a hard slap on the ass that stung for a good few moments afterwards. He did his best to muffle his cry of surprise.

"In time you will not use such language in my presence. I can see that you do not learn quickly. No matter, I am sure that you will come around in time."

Joshua spoke the words as he placed one and firmly on Lex's hip and with the other hand he wet his fingers with saliva and gently began to probe Lex's exposed hole.

"Get off!" Lex' panic rang through the room.

"To late Lexy boy." Lucas mocked form behind.

The first finger worked its way in and stroked back and forth a number of times before it was joined by a second and then a third. Lex' forehead began to sweat as tears welled up in his eyes.

He could feel the dull push of the head of a penis against the rim of his anus replacing the fingers that had worked to stretch him. The pain was difficult to describe as the penis entered slowly. It felt like burning and pressure and heat all combined along with the ripping and pain. Soon the dryness was replaced with the feel of warm lubrication and Lex realized he must be bleeding.

At some point in time his silent pleas had been replaced with screams of pain and anger and confusion. Lex felt the free hand move from his side to his semi erect penis. He was mortified to find that contrary to how he felt mentally and emotionally, his traitorous body responded in kind to the touch.

He felt hot, wet lips kissing the back of his neck as Joshua drove in balls deep and stayed there momentarily to allow Lex to become accustom to the feel.

The rhythmic pounding resumed and Lex's grunts of pain took on the same beat. He thought it was never going to end, the pain, the humiliation and the powerlessness.

"Come for me." A voice from behind startled him back into the present.

He shook his head no, even as the orgasm was ripped form his body and he came on the fabric of the couch in front of him.

His orgasm was followed by Joshua's loudly broadcasted orgasm. The moans filled the room adding to Lex's humiliation.

And he pulled out and his cum ran down the inside of Lex's leg, he reached down and scooped some of it up with his fingers. He then roughly stroked the last bit of cum from Lex now soft penis onto the same fingers, causing Lex to squirm slightly.

Coming around to the front of the couch, that Lex was now weakly slumped against; he lifted his fingers to Lex's mouth. "Lick it." Lex recognized the words as a command instantly.

He turned his face away and closed his eyes as if willing the torment to end.

His chin was grabbed and his face was roughly returned to the front.

"Open your eyes and lick my fingers or I promise you will be sorry."

Lex's eyes immediately opened and he stared down his capture.

"Lick it." Joshua repeated. A brief pause existed after the words and then Joshua spoke again. "Lucas, I do believe that your brother is ready for round two. Would you mind assisting me."

"Not at all." Lucas smiled and the sound of his zipper filled the room.

"No!" Lex cried.

"Then do it." Joshua's lips curled in anger and threat.

Lex took a deep breath and closed his eyes waiting for the fingers to touch his lips. He felt the cum, still somewhat warm, pressing down on his lower lip effectively opening his mouth. He slowly flicked his tongue out to lap at the fingers presented to him and cringed at the salty taste.

The hand pulled a way and he felt a palm on his bald scalp rubbing him as if it were petting an obedient dog for a good deed.

"Good boy!" Joshua's voice sounded pleased as he petted Lex's scalp.

"The bargain is now official." He turned his attention to Lionel. "You have witnessed the possession ceremony for yourself. Your son is now fully and completely my property and has accepted my bodily fluid from bottom to top. I now possess his soul, which resides between my essence. His brain, heart, and all other bodily organs that give him life are now possessed forever between my bodily fluids. I assure you that we will repeat the process many," He emphasized the word many as he looked back at Lex, "times on a regular basis to renew my ownership."

"I will be in touch. It was a pleasure doing business with you" Was all Lionel replied as he motioned Lucas to the door. Both men exited the room and Joshua directed the men to dress and escort Lex to the waiting vehicle.

As Lex was being dragged towards the hallway he noticed the time on the clock. Clark should be arriving in the next half hour. The thought of Clark re-instilled the hope that had been drained from him during the so-called ceremony.