"So you didn't see anything?" I asked Clark as Chloe, Clark and I collected our drinks and made our way over to our table.
"By the time I got around the corner, Troy was already on the floor." Clark said, with me nodding as he took a drink.
"What about the voice he heard?" Chloe asked, with me raising an eyebrow at the question, wanting to know.
"What are you thinking Chloe, that the locker room is haunted?" Clark challenged, with me rolling my eyes at him.
"Not unless the meteor rocks can conjure up the ghost of-"
"Lets not be too hasty here!" I interrupted her as we took our seats. "Someone could of attacked him, someone who can turn invisible. A ghost is far fetch, but isn't out of the question, but someone vanishing is in the limits as well." I said, with them looking at me.
"So the Invisible Man, or the Ghost of Christmas Past!" Chloe joked, with me smiling at that.
"Well, its nice to see that you still have your standards." Clark told Chloe and I, making us smile at that.
Hearing a commotion from where we had just came from, we looked over at Lana and Whitney, with me rolling my eyes. "I'm not interested." I said, looking back at them. "Anyway's, before Troy's attack, he had gotten into an argument with the siblings at Luthor manner. He was picking on Amy Palmer, that was until Jeff Palmer decided to step up for his sister, and walked away angerly. I suspect that Jeff is the Invisible Man." I said, with Chloe nodding her head, still watching them.
"Quick, act like we weren't watching!" Chloe said as she turned around, making me sigh as they didn't hear what I said.
"Well then, I'll be heading out to follow up my lead, and you do you!" I said, standing up and stopping once Lana stopped in front of us. "Sign Chloe up for nine fifty, let Clark pass out cookies, and keep my blood in me!" I said, making her shake her head as I pointed at their names on the board.
"Hey!" Chloe said, looking up at me with a large smile. "Don't tell me that you're scared of needles?" She asked, with me nodding.
"Ya, hospitals and me don't mix very well, makes me think I'm going to die." I said, where I flinched a bit. "Hurt more than I thought it would." I said, walking past them.
Later, Luthor Mansion
"Amy, how are you doing?" I asked as she opened the door.
"I'm doing fine, was there something you needed from Mr. Luthor?" She asked, with me shaking my head.
"No, from you actually." I said, shocking her. "You heard about Troy's attack in the locker room, right?" I asked, with her nodding. "Well, I think I know who did it, but I just want a bit of information first." I said, with her nodding her head with a small smile.
"Always the investigator I see." She said, with me nodding. "I have to give Lex his drink, he's in a meeting with him girlfriend." She said, not sounding happy about that.
"Ok, do you have a place we can talk after?" I asked, with her nodding as she started walking off. "Oh, and ah, don't spill it on her, trust me, Jealousy isn't something that goes with you." I said, with her frowning as she walked off.
"Just head over to the back house, and I'll meet you there!" She said, with me nodding as I walked outside to do just that.
Later
Seeing Amy walk into her room, I closed her little cumbered shrine that she had. "Piece of advice, get rid of the shrine." I said, with her storming over to her bed and sitting down on it, her back to the wall. "Now, what was your argument over, with Troy that is?" I asked, turning to face her.
"He took my journal and wouldn't give it back, then my brother came to my help." Amy said, with me nodding.
"He picked on you for your crush on Lex, and big brother came to the rescue." I said, with her nodding.
"Amy, I asked you a question!" Amy's mother said as she stormed in, looking at us.
"What's going on?" Jeff asked as he stood at the door, with me looking at him.
"Amy was bothering Mr. Luthor again!" Their mother said, with me crossing my arms as I wanted to question them, but now wasn't the best time.
"If anyone is bothering him, its that tramp!" Amy said, with me looking at her.
"Everyone bothers someone, its just how it is." I added, with them looking at me. "Don't look at me, I was just saying something that I read in a book!" I said, holding my hands up.
"We may live with the Luthor's, but we're not apart of that world, you have to know your place!" Their mother said, with me raising an eyebrow at her at how she said that. "Both of you!" She added, looking at Jeff as he walked over to Amy.
"Don't worry mom, we know our place!" Jeff reassured, with her walking away.
"Thanks Jeff." Amy added, with Jeff patting her on the shoulder before walking away.
Once he left, I held my hand out to her, with her looking up at me in confusion. "Hand over his watch, that is the last thing he has to remember his mother." I said, with her sighing and passing it over to me, with me pocketing it. "I won't mention you taking it from him, I'll just find a way to give it back to him." I said, with her nodding. "But seriously, you're a good person, and I would hate to see anything bad happen to you." I said, taking the chair that was next to her mirror and pulled it up to her bed and sat down in it. "So, was there any problems that your brother had when you two first moved here, or anything he gained an interest in?" I asked, with her shaking her head.
"No problems, but he did take an interest in the green roses." She said, with me looking at the green rose that was on her night stand.
'Green rose, huh?' I thought, looking back at her. "Was he ever into flowers before?" I asked, with her shaking her head.
"No, he recently took an interest in it." She said, with me nodding. "You don't think that my brother could of done anything to Troy, do you?" She asked, with me shrugging.
"Well, so far he's the only person I know who has motive, besides you, but I wouldn't be taking to you if I thought you were the culprit." I said, making her frown. "I asked the entire school where you two were, you were out in the bleachers, Jeff was nowhere to be seen." I said, with her frowning at that. Has he ever shown to be violent in the past? I asked, with her shaking her head after a bit.
"No, but he does get angry at times." She said, with me nodding.
"Thank you for your time." I said, standing up and walking over to her door. "But seriously." I said, turning to face her. "It would be best to get rid of this, make a scrap book, turn this into a make up cabinet, or secretly make clay things." I said, with her looking away as I walked out of her room.
Walking down the hall, I knocked on Jeff's room, where he answered it after a bit of rummaging around. Seeing him open the door, he didn't open it all the way. "Can I help you?" He asked, with me nodding.
"Ya, you could." I said, confusing him. "You can tell me about your new interest in the green roses?" I said, with him rolling his eyes, with me seeing the tip of his finger was gone, not much, but enough for me to see. 'Well, that was easy.' I thought, with him nodding his head.
"Well, there are no green roses that grow normally, most roses are white in nature or bread red and blue." He said, with me nodding.
"Thanks for your time, I'll be off." I said, with him nodding as he closed the door with me walking away. 'That was short.' I thought, walking away and heading home.
Later
Walking into Lex's Office, I saw him looking around. "Drop something?" I asked, holding his watch, with him looking up at me.
"Yes, just that!" He said, walking over to me and taking it, where he put it on. "Were did you find it?" He asked, making me smile.
"I found it in the hall, guess you were distracted by something and it fell." I said, with him nodding.
"Right." He said, with me looking around.
"I hear that you have a new girlfriend, thought that I would introduce myself." I said, with him smiling.
"Why, going to question her about me?" He asked, with me shaking my head at him.
"Actually, to see if she's seen any ghost around." I said, confusing him. "More importantly, anything supernatural." I said, with him nodding.
"Well, I've been here for years, grew up here in fact, and I can assure you, there are no ghosts." He said, with me nodding.
"Just want to know if she's a believer." I said, with him nodding his head slowly. "Anyways, here!" I said, holding out a note to him, with him taking it and opening it, where he nodded.
"Is this a joke?" He asked, a small smile on his face.
"No, I'm positive that's the case." I said, with him nodding as he walked over to his desk.
"Hey!" I heard, with me looking over to Clark as he walked in with a bunch of flowers. "I didn't expect to see you here!" He said, with me nodding.
"The same could of been said about you." I said, with him nodding as he walked over to the table and sat them down. "I'm going to go talk to your new girlfriend, see if she has anything in mind!" I said, with Lex nodding as I walked out of the room and down to the library.
Minutes later
Walking in, I watched as she flinched, with me smirking at her. "You know, I forget the country, but if you got caught stealing, well, off with the hand." I said, with her narrowing her eyes as she closed Lex's laptop.
"And who are you suppose to be, security?" She challenged, making me smirk.
"No, a PI who would love to know why a dying company like yours is trying to steal from Luthor Corp." I said, shocking her at what I said. "I did a bit of back ground check into you, Victoria, and I know both of your end games." I said, with her nodding her head, where we then heard a ruckus from upstairs. Running outside, we ran over to the stairs, with Lex and Clark meeting us there. We followed them up the stairs and to Victoria's room, where we saw a bright light coming from the door.
Lex caught the door nob, with it stopping, where he looked at us, then opened it, only for him to get pushed out of the way, with Clark catching him. Feeling my arm get hit, I smirked as I knew who it was as it was a male chest that hit me. I stayed there as they walked in, with me getting my camera and started taking pictures of the room, a message on everything in there, Leave Now.
The next day
"Doesn't leave much room for interpretation." Chloe said as she hung up my photo, while I drank some water, sitting on my desk, looking at the wall of weird.
"It was pretty weird." Clark said as Chloe walked over to me. "There was a light and the door was shaking, Lex even said that he felt something brush past him." Clark said, with me just smiling.
"You two are really far behind on this mystery!" I said, with them looking at me.
"What do you mean?" Chloe asked, with me looking at her.
"I mean, I've solved the Invisible Man case!" I said, with her blinking at me. "So, your ghost, is no ghost." I said, taking another swig.
"How could you have solved it already?" She asked, with me smirking at her.
"Lets put it this way." I said, pointing to the board. "Two incidents, what do they both have in common?" I asked, with them shrugging. "They have two things in common. Amy and Jeff Palmer." I said, confusing them. "Like I was trying to say at the café, I did some snooping around and found that the two had an altercation with Troy. Troy was picking on Amy, Jeff stood up to him. Half an hour later, Troy was attacked. Amy was at the bleachers, but no one knew where Jeff was. I questioned Amy, she said that he's been interested in the new green roses, and green roses are not normal." I said, looking at Chloe.
"So its possible that he found a way to reflect light from the plants?" She asked, with me nodding.
"Oh, I know he did. When I tried questioning him, part of his finger was invisible, he's our attacker." I said, with Chloe rubbing her head.
"Ok, but that doesn't give motive to go off on Lex-"
"It wasn't meant for Lex, but Victoria." I said, confusing them. "Amy has a huge crush on Lex, Jeff wants to make her happy, going as far as to remove the competition." I said, with them frowning.
"You seriously solved it in one day." Chloe said, with me nodding. "That is so not fair!" She said, shouldering me lightly with a smile. "So, Clark, how's the blood drive?" She asked, with Clark smiling.
"Lana and I are going to get together later on today." He informed, with me smiling at him.
"At her place?" I asked, with him nodding.
"That's very romantic." Chloe said, looking at me once she said that. "Just remember Clark." She said, looking back at him. "Once you cross that line, there's no hiding behind that cloak of friendship." She said, standing up. "Proceed with caution." She said, where she started walking away.
"She's right, try not to screw it up!" I said, grabbing my camera. "I'll see you later, I have to pick up some things before I head home." I said, with Clark nodding.
"How is it?" He asked, confusing me on his question. "Living with Chloe?" He asked, with me smiling at the question.
"Its nice, I get a spare room, help out around the house, and I get to talk to Chloe about some of the weird things going on around Smallville all the time, what's not to like!" I said, grabbing my bag and walking out.
The next day
"Amlodipine Besylate, are you sure?" I asked, looking over the paper that Clark handed me. "Maybe it isn't for Whitney, maybe its for one of his parents?" I asked, with him nodding.
"It would explain what is wrong with him." He said, with me nodding.
"He's scared, and to be honest, it isn't something that you should push!" I said, handing it back to him. "But, that doesn't mean that you cant be there for him." I said, with him nodding again.
"Hey Clark, Dakota." We heard, with us looking up at Amy as she stood in front of our table.
"Amy, hey, what are you doing here?" I asked, with her shrugging and taking a seat as I offered it to her.
"I just stopped by to get a drink!" She said, with me nodding, seeing that she was distressed a bit.
"Everything ok?" Clark asked before I could.
"Ya, its just um... all the weirdness at the mansion." She said, with me nodding as I took a sip of my drink. "Everything was fine until Victoria got there." She said, with me smiling at her as her brother was the reason, but Victoria also had some cause to it, as did Amy, but she was unaware to it. "You two are Lex's friends, what do you two think of her?" She asked, with me raising an eyebrow at her.
"Lex said I was his friend?" I asked, looking at Clark. "And here I just thought that Clark was his only friend. Don't worry, I won't steal him from you, he's all yours!" I joked, getting a small laugh out of Clark. "But, to answer your question, I don't like her. She's been snooping through Lex's computer, and we all know that isn't "nice" of her." I said sarcastically. "Also, did you get rid of what I asked you?" I asked, with her nodding her head. "I know it was hard of you, but it needed to go." I said, with her lowering her head a bit with a small nod.
"Ya, wouldn't want anyone suspecting anything." Amy said, with me nodding, confusing Clark.
"Get rid of what?" Clark asked, with me wagging my finger at him.
"We were speaking in code, and didn't want you to know!" I said, with him rolling his eyes. "Anyways, I'll be stopping by later, I have some things to discuss with Lex, I won't be long either." I said, with her nodding as she stood up. "Why don't I give you a ride there, hang out, relax a bit?" I asked, with her nodding and sitting back down, with her feeling unconfutable.
Later that night
Walking into Lex's office, I saw Clark was already here, making me smile. "I see you beat me here." I said, with Clark turning to face me. "Anyways, Lex, here's everything on the Hardwick Corporation, proof that the business is dying." I said, walking over to him and placing the older on his desk, with him taking it and looking it over.
"I see you are as much the detective as your mother." He said, with me narrowing my eyes as he said that. "Don't take it the wrong way, its a complement." He said as he looked up at me, then at the folder. "Clark, can you give us a moment?" He asked, with Clark getting up and walking out. "Why bring this to me?" He asked, with me shrugging.
"Page six has all the motive that she needs to steal from you, as you can see." I said, with him turning to page six. "As to why, well, practice really." I said, making him smile.
"What is it that you wish to do with your life?" He asked, with me frowning at that.
"I don't know." I answered, crossing my arms. "My mother was a reporter, my birth mother was a PI, so I was thinking I should do both in a way. Unofficial PI, official Reporter." I said, with him nodding.
"Not much to go on, cant blame you on that." He said, with me nodding.
"True, but I feel alive when doing something like that, makes me feel whole." I said, getting a small smile from him.
"I'll keep an eye out, and you, just put her in check mate." He said, with me understanding what he was getting at. "Thank you." He said, where I turned around and left, heading back home.
The next day
"So Jeff attacked Victoria last night?" I asked, following Chloe and Clark.
"It seems like it." Chloe said, making me sigh.
"We don't have any hard evidence, and we cant tell the police that Jeff can turn invisible, or they will think that we're crazy." Clark said, with Chloe looking at me.
"Chloe and I will think of something, try talking to Whitney, see if there is anything we can do for him?" I asked, with Clark walking off, where I looked at Chloe. "No!" I said, with her hitting my arm.
"You are the only one who can stop him, you're like a living super hero!" She said, with me biting my lip.
"I'm not a super hero, if anyone is, its Clark, he literally puts his self in danger to save people. Who have I saved?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"You saved me!" Chloe said, with me raising an eyebrow at her. "When Sean went all Sub Zero, you saved me, you stopped him, not Clark!" She said, pointing at where Clark ran off to. "So, are you going to sit by and let Jeff kill someone, or are you going to put a stop to him?" She asked, making me groan.
"The best I can do without getting caught, is showing Lex Jeff's stash of ointment, and from there, I can get him arrested for assault, but that's it!" I said, making her smile as we walked away.
Later
"I don't know what to say, Mr. Luthor." Jeff's mother said as we walked through his room. "Jeff and Amy have had a bit of a hard time in school, but I cant imagine that either one of them would attack anyone." She said, with me walking over to his testing table, stopping at a green liquid of sorts.
"I think this is it!" I said, with Lex leaving the closet and walking over to me. Dipping a finger in, I pulled it out, with my finger vanishing soon after.
"Neat trick." Lex said, taking the vile and looking it over while I cleaned my hand off with a rag. "I don't know how he did it, but this does prove that he was the one who attacked Victoria." He said, looking over at Jeff's mother, who looked shocked.
"Mr. Luthor, I had no idea, please, don't call the police!" She begged, with me shaking my head as we had to, seeing as Jeff had tried committing murder.
"I'm sorry, but I cant let this slide." Lex said, with her nodding. "I feel it would be best if you went back to Metropoles tonight." He added, with her nodding her head, not happy about the decision as she turned around and walked away.
Later that night
"Jeff is in jail, and no one was hurt!" Chloe said as she sat on my bed, with me going through my photos on my camera.
"Not physically, Amy and her mother were kicked out, and so far, they have no place to stay." I said, with Chloe nodding her head.
"But, now they know the truth about Jeff, and won't be blinded by what he was!" She said, with me nodding. "Amy was a good kid, she didn't deserve what happened to her, but it is for the best." I said, sighing.
"You really care what happened to her, don't you?" She asked, with me shrugging.
"Who knows, at least she will be at a better school now." I said, with her nodding. "And don't expect me to go full super hero, I want to keep it a secret, and I would never put on a cape, and especially wearing tights, count me out!" I said, getting a large smile from her.
She placed a hand on my shoulder and gave me a hug. "I'm going to bed, so I will see you later!" She said, standing up and walking out, turning the light off at the same time as she left the room.