-1Chapter 12- Undercover

Clark was back into his regular clothes; a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and his blue jacket. Clark had left the loft thirty minutes ago and was now standing outside of Luthor grounds. He needed to wait for Lex to leave and by what he was hearing, that would be soon.

Lex had a meeting in Metropolis in a few minutes. Clark watched the skies hoping to see him leave. He didn't wait long as a figure launched off the roof and into the skies of Smallville. This was his only chance and he jumped over the fence and super speed into his security room.

Clark had always known Lex to be the cautious type. Lex had every room with a camera and he always knew what was going on within his own house. Take out the camera's and Clark was good to go. He fried all of the equipment and made his way to Lex's office.

If anything of value was in this house, it was within those walls. The main doors in were locked. Not wanting to leave any fingerprints he took a deep breath and blew. The doors flew in at his mighty breath. Clark stepped in and walked over to his desk.

The desk was clean and tidy, Lex's laptop opened on the table's surface. Lex was logged out and Clark was no good at hacking in. That was a job for Impulse and Cyborg. Clark folded his arms and though on what to do. He x-rayed the room.

Behind the bookshelf closes to him was a safe, lined with lead. The one thing Clark couldn't look through. On the other side of the bookshelf was a safe room with back up video monitors to separte cameras. Clark could see himself on the screens.

With a small curse he found the secret hatch and opened the safe room doors. It didn't help that he wasn't finding anything but now Lex would know that someone who knew he had a safe room had been here. He might not suspect that someone just looked through the wall.

Clark fried all the equipment again and melted the tapes. Lex was one to have his back watched and right now it was on Clark's nerve. He backed back out of the room and moved over to the other side of the bookshelf. He was sure that whatever he needed was behind that safe door.

He pulled back the bookshelf and looked over the safe door. He could melt the hinges or rip it off. It was best to stick to melting since the only clue he was leaving was his heat vision. Best not leave hint of his strength.

He focused his vision on the hinges and felt the heat burst past his lids. Smoke rose from the lead and resulted to a pile of liquid on the floor. After the last one was melted the door lurched forward. Clark speed out of the way as it came crashing down to the floor.

Clark listened to see if anyone had heard. Not hearing anything he entered the safe and looked over the contents of the shelves. He found folders and files on his experiments and a project called 33.1. He caught the sound of approaching footsteps. He grabbed all that he could that he found useful and speed out of the mansion without anyone noticing him.

Clark sat in his loft staring at the files he'd taken from Lex. Oliver would be waiting to hear from him but he needed to wait for enough time to pass that Lana wouldn't be suspicious. He couldn't just show up after an hour that she'd been gone. It took three to make it to Metropolis in the first place.

So what to do when you have two hours to kill? He super speed around the farm fixing what he could. The roof to the barn had a leak, half the fence was rotted and the tractor needed some work. By the time the two hours had passed the farm wasn't like it had been. He raced back up to the loft and pulled on his COM link. Oliver was already waiting for him.

"Kal, how is progress?" Oliver asked.

"Much, I have some files that may help." Clark said.

"How long till you're here?" Oliver asked.

"Soon." Clark said.

Clark picked up the files and super speed out of the loft and down the interstate. Within a minute he was in Metropolis and waiting on the lift once again. He couldn't wait till he got the clear to fly again. He had become accustomed to doing everything within seconds and not having to wait.

The doors swung open and Clark stepped into the floor lobby. Cyborg and Aquaman were sitting on the couch while Oliver and Lana were talking up by the clock.

"Clark!" Lana said stepping past Oliver and walking up to him. He smiled at her warm greeting and welcomed her hug.

"Alright their Kal, enough with the sappy love stuff." Aquaman said.

"Kal?" Lana asked.

"We go by codenames, remember?" Oliver asked.

Lana looked over at him then back to Clark. "My codenames Kal-El, Kal for short." Clark said.

"Anything else you haven't told me?" Lana asked

"Kal, do you have those files?" Oliver asked interrupting Lana and her probing questions.

"Yes, sir." Clark said stepping past Lana and placing the files onto Oliver's desk. Cyborg and Aquaman stood and joined Clark's side.

Oliver picked through the files and looked up at Clark. "I think you've found something here. What about his computer?" Oliver asked.

"It wasn't left on. I have no skills of hacking." Clark said.

"Very well. I'll send Impulse. Cyborg and Aquaman, I need you two to check out the following locations. Bring back anything helpful." Oliver said.

Cyborg and Aquaman looked over the list of locations Oliver quickly jotted down. Aquaman took all those located near the bay and coast. Cyborg took his list which equaled Aquaman's.

"Kal, I need you to stay here and watch over Lana while I join these two. We wont be more than a few days. Impulse will be on assignment for tonight. He'll join you tomorrow. I'll leave his instructions." Oliver said.

Clark nodded, still at attention as the others bustled around the floor. Within minutes they were dressed in their outfits and equipped with what they needed. Oliver patted Clark on the shoulder and whispered so only her could hear. "Be careful of Lex. Don't leave this building and don't leave Lana."

Clark nodded in response as the three loaded the lift. Lana joined his side and watched as they disappeared behind the closing doors. Clark x-rayed and watched as they headed to the roof to leave by air. Too bad they couldn't fly without wings.

"So Mr. Kal, what shall we do for a few days?" Lana asked.

Something about the way she said it and the smirk on her face gave Clark a funny feeling in his stomach. The next few days would be interesting indeed.