Author's note: It is supposed to be funny…. I was in a very hyper mood when I started this story.
"It was great. Prince John hired Fryer Tuck to kill Robin Hood." Chloe filled him in.
"We got your message is everything ok?" Pete whispered.
"Everything's fine." Clark replied and started to look sick again. "I'll be back." He said and took off for the bathroom.
"I'm sure you will." Lex replied.
Pete had to go talk to Clark to find out what was going on but as he started to pull his chair out Lex noticed and asked "What have you been up to since you left?" in an effort to delay him.
"I'm training to be a race car driver." He replied pulling his chair back under the table. Clark returned from the bathroom looking like he had just thrown up.
"Dude?" Pet said again hoping to get some answer.
"Never eat sushi from a gas station." Clark lied. Hiding the real cause of his sickness.
"Well duh, Smallville." Lois stated.
"Lana, I know how much you loved the necklace you lost." Lex said as he put it on her. "So I recreated it using the same meteor."
"Awe." She stated and kissed him as she looked at it. Clark's beeper started to go off. He sent a pleading look to Lex after he checked it. Lex showed no response when Clark made eye contact with him.
"Since when do you carry a beeper?" Chloe asked Clark.
"Since my mom made senator." He replied logically. "I have to go." He cringed. "I'll be back in five minutes." He concluded.
"Do you want us to order you anything?" Lois asked. He figured he might be hungry later so he said "Sure, burger and fries."
"Didn't ordering sushi at a gas station teach you anything?" Lois asked. "This is a Lobster place."
"Ok sure I'll have lobster then." He changed his answer as he took off.
"Are you guy's ready to order?" The waitress asked them. "We'll have the Lobster Special for seven." Lex stated for the entire group. The continued small talk while Clark made good on his promise and was back with in five minutes. Lex's cell phone rang and he picked it up. "Excellent. Keep up the good work." He replied as he hung up.
"I thought you said no business today." Lana complained.
"Guess he changed his mind." Clark replied sarcastically. He immediately felt sick again. "Chloe I'm sorry but I think I'm going to skip dinner." He looked over at Lex.
"That's fine." He said.
"Pete it's been fun catching up with you again." He said as he exited. "I'm sorry your flight leaves tomorrow morning."
"No problem. I'll have my mom extend it." Pete said glaring at Lex.
"Happy Birthday, Chloe." He finished and took off. After they enjoyed their meal the waitress handed Lex the check and he paid it with ease. "Thank you very much it was fun." Chloe said satisfied with her awesome party. They left the restaurant and said their goodbye's. Oliver, Chloe, and Pete went in the same came car pool back to Oliver's place.
"Ok something is definitely up." Oliver told them. "Chloe you pull up Clark's beeper."
"Slight problem." Chloe started to explain. "Without the number to the beeper I can't get a lock on it."
"Pete, you make sure Clark's ok. And get the number from Clark's beeper." Oliver said. "Think you can handle that?" He asked.
"Just like old times." Pete said.
"Chloe, you talk to Lana. See if she told Lex anything." Oliver ordered.
"Done." She said. "What are you going to be doing?"
He open his secret closet showing the Green Arrow outfits. "The Green Arrow's going to pay Lex a little visit."
"Oh great… More secrets." Pete said sarcastically. "That's why I left town in the first place."
"Look, Clark wouldn't have told you if he didn't think you could handle it." Oliver said.
"Actually he had no choice. I sorta found his ship." Pete exclaimed.
"He has a ship! Can I see?" Oliver asked.
"Sorry, it's destroyed." Chloe said.
"Well at least I don't have to keep it to myself anymore. It helps when other people know." Pete exclaimed.
"So true." Chloe said. Chloe dropped Pete off at Clark's before she went to go talk to Lana.
"Clark!" Pete yelled as he knocked on the door. The door slowly creaked open from the force. "Clark?" Still no one answered. He started to snoop around the house to find Clark. He carefully went upstairs trying not to make a sound. He sighed when he heard Clark snoring face down on top of his covers. The beeper sat conveniently on his nightstand with the number written on the side faced up. Pete text Oliver the beeper number and was about to leave before he noticed green glow.
There was an insulin-like injector clipped onto Clark's pants with a green substance being pumped through the tube. He had to wake Clark up and get it out of him. "Clark." He shouted as he shook him. Clark rolled over and Pete noticed his face was drenched in sweat. "Crap." He said as he felt Clark's feverish forehead. He took a step back an examined the insulin injector. He was about to reach to pull it out.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A voice came from the doorway. Two guards came out from behind Lex and pulled Pete away from him. "But. You can't." Pete stuttered.
"I can and I will." Lex answered.
"You don't understand." Pete said. "He's sick. That stuff can kill him."
Lex reached over and checked Clark's forehead. He pulled out a device from his pocket and pressed the button turning off the flow of the green substance.
"Get your stuff. You'll sleep at the mansion tonight then these guards will make sure you get on the flight tomorrow." Lex ordered Pete. "You'll have no contact with Clark or anyone and I'll let you and Clark live." Without hesitation Pete desperately reached for the insulin device. He pulled it out just as the guards rushed to stop him. The guards wrestled him for the device and handed it back to Lex. He looked towards the exit, but with two guards holding his shoulders he had no choice but to stay.
"You're a freak." Pete muttered under his breath.
"What did you call me?" Lex asked. Thinking he may not have heard him right.
"A Freak." Pete said again.
"NO ONE CALLS ME A FREAK!" Lex yelled.
"Get him out." Lex demanded.
"Pete." Clark could barely choke out. The guards paused for a second waiting for response from Lex. "Don't hurt him." He muttered under his breath just before he passed out again.
Lex thought for a moment rearranging his plan of action. "Take him." He ordered his people. "Get his bags and go to the mansion." Lex continued with his instructions. "Use the guest bedroom and make sure he doesn't leave."
Pete realized these goons were a lot stronger than he was and if he had a chance to escape it'd have to be on the way to the car. One of the guards grabbed his huge suitcase. "All this for one night?" They asked him. "Well, I might have stayed longer." He said sarcastically pointing to the situation. He hesitated as they walked down the stairs. "Move it." The guard said behind him. Pete hesitated thinking of how he could get out and notice that both of the guards were behind him. He remembered he still had the key to Clark's house in his pocket. When they got to the front door one of them gave a sharp order. "Open it." He slipped his hand into his pocket and said. "Ok, Ok…" delaying time. He reached for the door wondering if he'd be able to pull this off. He opened the door slowly, bolted outside and locked the door trapping Lex and the guards in the house. "Sweet." He said when he noticed Lex's car outside. The guards pounded on the door trying to break it down. Pete couldn't believe his luck when the doors were left unlocked. Testing his luck one more time he checked the visor for a spare set of keys. "Awesome." He said as he started up the car and took off speeding just as the guards got the door open and stared in silence as they watched him get away.
The guards stood there for a second looking at each other. They both knew they had to go tell Lex so he could start up the tracking device in the car. The guard put down the suitcase slowly. "Let's go." He sighed. They both walked hesitatingly up stairs and opened the door to Clark's room. He was sitting up in bed gradually drinking water from a glass cup when they returned. Lex turned to face them. "What are you doing back?" He demanded. The main guard coughed clearing his throat. "He got away." He said solemnly. Clark couldn't help but chuckle. After all he had been through this was the best news he as heard. Lex's plan wouldn't work now. People knew where he was and he'd be saved. "You think this is funny?" Lex glared at Clark. Clark immediately stopped laughing. "You still have your mission." He reminded Clark. "And how am I supposed to complete it if I still don't have my powers back?" He responded sarcastically. "Not my problem." Lex said in an effort to keep Clark from faking he was still sick from the meteor rock. "Hold him." He instructed the guards. The guards both took their positions on the either side of him and held him down so he wouldn't be able to move. "But." Clark said when he noticed Lex was coming closer to put the insulin injector back in him. "I could barely get you the files the last time." He demanded. "Don't worry I put it on lower amount." Lex concluded. "What makes you so sure I won't pull it out myself this time?" Clark stated. "First, I have the remote control. Second, I will immediately know and be able to locate you. Third, you wouldn't want to be responsible for anything happening to Lana. Now would you." Before Clark knew it the device was back in him and the guards released their grips.
"You can't control me like this." Clark said. "I won't help you take over the world."
"My dad won't let you do this." Clark warned.
"Your dad's dead." Lex said amused.
A pained look of remembering that fell across Clarks face. "I meant my biological father." Clark restated.
"You never told me you found your parents." Lex said.
"Nothing to tell." Clark replied.
"Are you kidding that's big news." Lex tried to convince him. "When did you find them?" Clark hesitated wondering if Lex new if he was an alien. "The summer of my sophomore year." He stated. "When you ran away to Metropolis." Lex remembered. Clark nodded. "Why didn't you live with them?" Lex asked. "They didn't want me." Clark stated fibbing a little. "Did they know you were infected by meteor rocks?" Lex asked. Clark adjusted his seating position in the bed before responding. 'So that's what he thinks happened.' Clark thought. Lex obviously hasn't done a blood test on him. "About how the rocks completely changed your DNA composition." Lex continued. Clark looked at Lex not even beginning to know how to answer this question. "You ran a blood test?" He said delaying the inevitable. "Ya the meteor rocks completely altered it, almost as if you were from another planet." Lex continued. Clark took another sip of water. "That's why they didn't want me." Clark replied. "I'm different."
"So you figured your powers would be better used to run a farm?" Lex continued.
"Better than taking over the world." Clark replied sarcastically. "Ironically that's what my biological father wanted me to do."
"So you ran away from your responsibilities to man kind." Lex stated.
"Too many people have already been hurt because of me." Clark stated. Referring to the meteor shower. "I didn't ask you to hurt anyone." Lex reminded him.
"No, but this is where it starts. First, you want files, money, power and soon you'll be willing to hurt anyone to get to it." Clark paused a second. "Including Lana." Clark braced himself for the meteor to be activated for talking back to Lex again. Lex toyed with the remote device. "Nice try." Lex said after taking a moment in deep thought. "You have a job to do and you need your powers to do it."
"And if I refuse." Clark stated solemnly. Lex paced back and forth in the room. "Pete would have an unfortunate airplane accident." Lex replied.
"You wouldn't." Clark challenged. The look in Lex's eyes told him he wouldn't even hesitate. "Fine." Clark groaned as attempted to stand up. He immediately felt dizzy and had to sit back down putting his head in between his legs. "You don't look so good." Lex commented. "I can't recover with kryptonite being pumped into my bloodstream." He said weakly.
"Kryptonite." Lex repeated. "I mean meteor rock." Clark stuttered looking up. Clark tried to pass it off as a misspoken word.
"Your DNA." Lex remembered. "The meteor rocks didn't cause it to be different."
"But you look just like everyone else." Lex continued. "How come you never told me?" He said pacing back and forth again.
"I don't know." Clark said sarcastically. "Maybe because something like this would happen." He continued. "When I was a freshman a crooked officer found out I was different and blackmailed me to help him. Then when you split in two the evil Lex shot my dad and wanted me to help him concur the world."
"You know funny thing. I would have protected you if you told me." Lex replied.
"Exactly what the evil Lex said." Clark stated. Clark looked at Lex in shock. "But. You can't be."