'Lex Luthor robs bank, that's something.' I thought, sitting at home and reading the newspaper. 'He is the richest guy in town, no way that it was him, and why would he need to?' I thought with a frown. 'I think that its time that I get out and investigate, and hopefully Miss. Greer has that camera.' I thought as I stood up and made my leave, planning to get to the bottom of this.
Later, Greer's Shop
Walking in, I saw Clark and his mother, Martha, were here as well. "I didn't expect to see you two here." I said, with them turning to me.
"Dakota, how are you feeling?" Clark asked, with me shrugging as I approached him.
"I'm fine, just hanging out at home doing nothing, when I read the paper about Lex." I said, stopping at the counter. "I hear that you're a friend of his, shocking by the way, and also that you saw him running from the bank, care to comment?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"I know it wasn't Lex, he was in Metropolis." He said, with me nodding and thinking to myself.
"Shapeshifter, possibility, or an illusion to make people believe that it was Lex." I said, with him shrugging. "Anyways, I came by to pick up the camera and that cabinet." I said, pointing over to the cabinet just to there right.
"Miss. Kent-I mean Martha!" Miss. Greer said, with me noticing that she was talking different that what she usually did. Greer didn't make mistakes, she was proper and showed respect, there was no way that she would start off with how she did. "How are you?" She asked, playing with her hands, making me frown as she was nervous.
"Good, how is business?" Martha asked, with Greer rolling her eyes with a smile, something that she never did. Then it kicked in, I've never met Greer face to face, how would I know all of this? I didn't have answers, but my gut was telling me something was off.
"Couldn't be better, I'm doing so many estate sells in Metropolis and was thinking of selling the place!" She said, surprising Martha.
"That would be a shame, I thought that you loved this store?" She asked, where Greer gave a disbelieving look to her.
"Not really, I never wanted this life, it just kind of happened." She said, where I felt that those were the words of someone else.
"Is Tina around, I thought I saw her come in?" Clark asked, with me looking at him and back at Greer.
"Oh, she's at Lana's, they're inseparable these days." She said, with me knowing that Clark saw said girl.
"I could of sworn that I-"
"You must be seeing things!" Greer said rather fast, with me knowing that Tina was posing as her mother, and also posed as Lex.
"I'm going to go out for some air." Clark said, walking out of the store. I looked at Martha, then followed after Clark, as I had to confirm my suspicions.
"Clark!" I called out as I exited the shop, jogging to catch up with the boy. "You know something about Tina, what dose she have to do with Lex and the robbery?" I asked, with him looking at me then around.
"I don't know how to explain it, but I've been getting these flashes, and I can see through things." He said, with me knowing that he saw something that no one else could. "When Lex pushed me, there was something off with his bone structure, and earlier, I saw Tina walk in there and she had the same thing going on with her." He said, with me nodding.
"So I was right, shapeshifter, and Tina is Greer right now." I said, looking back at the shop. "Its best if we stay clear for now, don't want to make her suspicious." I said, patting his arm. "Come on, coffee is on me!" I said, were we both walked to the Beanery.
Once we got to the Beanery, I had a bad feeling. Looking across the street, I saw Clark getting into the truck and driving off. The only problem with that was, Clark was next to me. Running outside, I saw T-Clark drive onto the sidewalk, aiming to run Martha over. "CLARK!?" I yelled, gaining his attention as I had ran over to Martha. I watched her jump out of the way, with me stopping next to her to see she was fine. "I'll go track the truck!" I said, running off to follow on foot.
Later
'Out of everyone, its impossible to find Tina.' I thought, walking down the street. 'The truck was found at the factory, but so far no Tina.' I thought, where I stopped once I saw a car that had LEX as its license plate. Looking at the man, I knew that it wasn't Lex as he had hair. "Excuse me, you do know its rude to sit on peoples cars?" I asked, approaching the man, who looked at me.
"Beat it kid, I'm waiting for Lex." He said, looking back at the coffee shop.
"How about I beat you for disrespecting another mans car?" I said, smacking the papers he had in his hand, with him getting off the car and glaring me down.
"The hells going on here?" we both heard, with me looking over the mans shoulder, seeing Lex standing there with a coffee.
"Roger Nixon, Metropolis Inquisitor." Roger said, holding his hand out to Lex, where Lex ignored him and went to his car. "Nice picture you got here!" He said, picking up the papers, with Lex looking at him.
"I've read better fiction in comic books." Lex shot back, with me taking the folder from the man, reading it over.
"Files that are suppose to be confidential, on one Lex Luthor." I said, with Lex looking at me. "You know, you can get into a lot of shit if this gets out." I said, with the man taking the folder back.
"This dose not concern you boy-"
"No, but it concerns a friends friend, and a friend of Clarks is a friend of mine." I said, crossing my arms as Lex looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "You peaked my interest, Roger Nixon was it?" I asked, with him nodding. "Great, so I'm a reporter for the Torch, and my mother is a reporter for the Daily Planet, so you must know that I too have a lot of connections, and will find out how you got these documents." I said, narrowing my eyes at him. "Trust me, your life, will go down hill from here." I said, looking at Lex. "You can tell your father, thanks for saving my life." I said, walking off as I now had another story, a BIG story that didn't revolve around the wired.
Later that night, juvenile detention center
'The security could be better.' I thought as I had knocked out another guard and made my way into the main office. Pulling out a folder that had employee contacts, I searched each one, planning on finding out which one had the balls to give Lex's information to Roger. I stopped once I saw a Sargent Nixon, where I read his file and found that he was Rogers brother, and it all made sense now. I couldn't take pictures of them, as my camera was missing, but I could tell Lex about what I found.
Later, Luthor Mansion
Walking into the main hall, I looked around as the place was big. "Let me guess, you want to get paid as well?" Lex asked, coming down the stairs. "You're lucky I wasn't asleep, or I would have you come by another day." He said, with me shacking my head at him.
"Nope, just here to tell you how Mr. Nixon got your folder." I said, where he lead me down the hall and into an office.
"Well, make it quick, I have a meeting in the morning." He said, pouring his self a drink.
"Sargent David Nixon, brother of Roger Nixon, works at the juvenile detention center." I said, stopping Lex in what he was doing. "I know for a fact that he gave his brother your file as he has clearance to all records." I said, with him looking at me.
"And you know this how?" He asked, with me tapping the side of my head.
"He thought he could out smart me, but after I broke into the juvenile detention center, searched the records of all employees, I came across his brother." I said, with him nodding.
"And you want to sell me this information?" He asked, with me shacking my head at him.
"No, I'm not here for money, its as I said. A friend of Clarks, is a friend of mine, and the enemy of my enemy, is my friend in your case." I said, with him nodding as he took a drink. "I'll be off, I have school in the morning anyways." I said, waving him off as I started leaving the room.
"What did you mean, when you said my father saved your life?" He asked, stopping me.
Turning to him, I gave him a small smile. "When the meteor shower happened, I saw struck dead on by one of them. It wasn't big, but it did do a lot of damage. I was in a coma, and with your fathers medical facility, my mother gave them permission to experiment on me to save my life, now I'm as healthy as a horse." I said, crossing my arms. "It was your fathers research, that I'm here today." I said, with him nodding.
"Don't put to much thought into it." He said, catching me off guard. "My father didn't care for your life, he cared for results, and you probably gave them and don't even know it." He said, holding his head up. "What's your name anyways?" He asked, with me feeling stupid as I hadn't given him my name.
"Dakota, it was a pleasure." I said, waving his goodbye as I exited the room, heading home.
Later
Walking onto my porch, I saw the lights inside were one, confusing me. Walking inside, I saw a sleeping Chloe on the couch. Rolling my eyes, I knew she waited for me so that she could take care of me again. Heading over to the closet, I grabbed a blanket and made my way back over to her. I wrapped her in it, picked her up and started leaving. Her Father had to be worried about her. Once outside, I jumped, used my flight and glided us over to her place.
The trip would be long by car, but by air it was shorter. Reaching her window, I hovered over it and used my foot to open it, where I then pulled myself inside. Walking over to her bed, I placed her in it, taking my blanket and wrapping her in hers. It was nice to have a friend like Chloe, there were times where I thought I couldn't do something without her. Seeing the light in the hallway come on, I jumped out the window, but didn't leave until I closed the window.
The next day
"Clark!" I said, snapping in front of his face, seeing him staring at Tina. "Hey, don't draw attention to your self, like you are now!" I said, seeing him look back at Tina. "If you keep this up, she's going to know somethings up." I said, where Chloe snapped her fingers in my face, catching me off guard.
"Hey, what are you two talking about?" She asked, with me looking at her.
"We think somethings up with the Lana clone, and we started thinking that she had something to do with the robbery." I said, gaining her interest. "Miss. Kent found cash at there store, from the bank, but were not sure what's going on." I said, looking back at Clark, seeing him staring at Tina again. I shook my head and started heading off to class, where Chloe and Pete followed me.
"So, how's your back?" Pete asked, looking at my back as we walked.
"Healed, better, nothing broken." I said, listing things off. "Anyways, how's school been without me?" I asked, with them shrugging.
"Normal for us." Pete said, with me shacking my head.
"See, I knew life wouldn't be any different without me!" I said, where Pete headed into his class as Chloe and I continued to ours.
Before I could leave her, she stopped me from entering the classroom. "How did I get home last night?" She asked, with me knowing that she would ask something like this.
"Well, once I got home, you were passed out, so I took you home." I said, with her crossing her arms. "What?" I asked, as it was true.
"I fell asleep ten minutes before my father woke me up in my bed!" She said, with me knowing that I was caught, but didn't show it.
"You were tired, heck, you woke up a few times on the way there." I said, gaining her attention.
"I did? Huh, I guess the part of us flying really was a dream." She said, with me chuckling.
"Me, flying?" I asked, shacking my head. "Get real, if I could fly, I wouldn't of jumped out the window." I said, with her nodding.
"True, anyways, stop by the Torch, I have something to give you." She said, heading off to her class, with me waving her by as we went separate ways.
Later
Walking into the Torch, the new one that is, I saw everything was set up. "Love what you did with the place." I said, seeing Chloe at the desk messing with the computer.
"Thank the school, they are the ones who put a lot of effort into turning this place into the Torch two point O." Chloe said, standing up and grabbing a box that was on the desk next to her. It was wrapped, with me knowing it was a gift. "Here, from the school and I, to you." She said, holding it out to me.
Taking it, I unwrapped it and was surprised at what I saw. "Nikon D90 with a supplied kit lens!" I said, super hyped as it was a four hundred dollar camera. "Chloe, I could kiss you!" I said, looking at the camera, when I suddenly had a headack.
"Jessica, get back here this instant!?" I heard, with me rubbing my temple as it looked like I was walking away, then a flash of red and green.
"You ok?" She asked, with me nodding. "Blood rush to fast to the head?" She asked, pulling out a seat, with me taking it.
"Ya... it didn't feel good either." I said, wondering on who Jessica was, but chose to ignore it. "Anyways, thank you, this means a lot!" I said, looking back at the camera.
"Look on the side of it." She said, where I turned it, seeing an engraving.
"To a hero who isn't scared, continue providing us with good pictures." I read, looking at Chloe. "lowered the value, but I don't plan on giving it away any time soon." I said, with her smiling and shacking her head. "I have an idea, for the first picture I'm going to take with this." I said, gaining her attention.
"What, a bird, or maybe something with Tina?" She asked, with me shacking my head as I stood up.
"No where close." I said, turning the camera around and faced myself. Before Chloe could say anything, I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her closer, where I stuck my tongue out as she yelped, with me taking the picture, laughing as she was surprised by the sudden action. "There, I'll send you a copy of that later." I said, taking the strap and wrapping it around my neck.
"Don't do that!" She said, punching my arm. "Warm me next time, I have to look good for the camera!" She said, faking brushing her fake long hair. "How do I look?" She asked, holding her hands out, presenting herself.
"Like a million." I said, where I then rubbed her head. "Anyways, I'll catch up with you tomorrow, I have some where I need to be." I said, heading home as my head was hurting again.
Later that night
I seriously didn't know what was going on, I was remembering things that I didn't even do. All of the memories were about Jessica. I watched her do remarkable things, and a lot of bad things as well. I didn't know what was going on, it was like I had lived two lives. Like I was Jessica, but wasn't Jessica. I even looked Jessica up, and strangely enough, there was no Jessica born or passed through Smallville. Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me, and that I had over exerted myself. Rest, sounded like a good idea.
Few days later
Walking down the street, I stopped once I saw Clark and Pete outside of Greer's shop. Walking up to them, I saw Clark face change to that of shock. Waving my hand in front of his face, he looked at me then back inside. "What's up?" I asked, looking inside.
"We need to get in here!" He said, with me patting them on the back and leading them to the back entrance.
Once there, I forced the door open and made my way into the shop. "What are we looking for?" I asked, following behind him as he made his way to the same cabinet that I had planed on buying. 'No.' I thought, watching as Tina's mother fell out, with me looking away, where I spotted notes laid out. Walking up to the counter, I ignored them as I picked up the notes, seeing that it was Lana Lang repeated over and over. "Tina plans on taking over Lana's life." I said, turning to them as they looked at me. "We have to get to Lana, NOW!" I said, taking off, running out the front door to save said girl of whatever was to come.
Later, Lang house
"Is everyone ok?" I asked, Chloe and I running up to Clark. We had heard of what had happened, and that Tina was arrested.
"You guys came to check to see if I was ok?" Clark said, with Chloe giving him a smirk.
"Actually, as much as I am concerned of your well being, I'm not here to see you." She said, where she then made her way over to Lana, where they started having there own talk.
"So what happened?" I asked, looking at Clark.
"Tina posed as Whitney, stuffed Lana into a grave, tried to kill me, I knocked her out and then saved Lana." He said, giving me a short run down.
"I see." I said, seeing him looking back at Lana. "You have a hard road to follow, make sure to stay on the front and narrow." I said, walking over to Chloe as she was done talking to Lana and decided to get some interviews with the police.