A/N: Hi again. Sorry about the wait. I have so many on going stories that it's hard to update all of them regularly. Anyways I hope you enjoy this next chapter. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Smallville at all, not even a little.

Chapter 2: Pity:

After receiving that eerie, blood chilling phone call from Clark, Lex got into his helicopter and made his way to Metropolis as quickly as possible.

The chopper landed on the hospital's roof in a mere twenty minutes and Lex raced into the building along with his heart. He made his way to the nearest nurse's station to get some directions.

"Chloe Luthor, where is she?" he demanded of one of the nurses.

"You'll have to wait a moment sir," the nurse replied, not even looking up.

"I don't have a god-damn moment, tell me where she is!" he yelled.

The startled nurse looked up from her files. "Uh…uh.." she stuttered.

"Lex!"

Lex turned around to see who was calling him. "Clark, where is she?"

Clark walked up to Lex and he could see how bloodshot Clark's eyes looked and that he was shaking. "This way Lex."

Lex walked with Clark swiftly. "How is she Clark?" Lex asked tentatively.

Clark just stared back at Lex. There was pity in his friend's eyes. It was the same look people had given him when his mother had died. He hated that look. He never wanted to see that look again.

Clark stopped suddenly. "She's inside."

Lex took his gaze off Clark and finally noticed that they had stopped in front of a room.

Clark pushed open the door and went inside; Lex followed.

"Hey," Clark greeted softly. "Look who I brought for you."

Lex stepped from behind Clark and got a shock of a lifetime. His beautiful wife was lying there battered and beaten. Her face was covered in bruises and she was hooked to all kinds of machines.

"Lex," she tried hard to say. Her hand extended and shook as she tried to reach for him.

He rushed to her side, taking her hand in his. He surveyed her and then looked at Clark. "Where are the doctors Clark? Where are they?"

"I'll um… I'll go get them," Clark assured him, wiping at his eyes.

Clark left and Lex turned back to Chloe. "How… how did this happen?" he questioned frantically.

"So- someone ran me… off the road," Chloe answered slowly.

"I'll kill them!" Lex said vehemently.

"You can't," Chloe choked out.

"Yes, I can. The police can't stop me. I'll hire someone on the inside to get this guy," Lex ranted and then stopped when he finally saw that Chloe was shaking her head. "What?"

"They didn't… catch him," Chloe told him.

"What!"

"They don't know…" Chloe started. "They don't know who did this."

"I can't believe this, I just can't," he said in disbelief, lowering his head to stare down.

"Lex what matters is… that the baby is all right," Chloe countered.

Lex turned back to Chloe and took her hands into his. "I'm glad. That's great news," he told her, putting one hand down on her stomach. "But I want you to be all right too."

Chloe closed her eyes for a second and then opened them; there were tears in them. "Just promise to love and take care of our baby."

"Chloe, you're going to be all right," Lex more pleaded then stated.

"Just promise me Lex, please," she sobbed.

"Of course I promise. Of course I will," he told her.

She looked extremely relieved to hear this. "But you'll be all right. I'm going to talk to your doctors."

"Lex…" Chloe started then thought better of it. "Just come back soon."

Lex smiled and leaned down to kiss her forehead. "I will. I love you." He left the room quickly.

"I love you too," Chloe whispered as she let the tears fall.

"Explain it to me again Doctor, because I don't think I quite understand," Lex stated quite tersely.

The doctor sighed as he pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose. "You're wife is in critical condition," he said again. "She doesn't have long."

Lex grabbed the doctor's coat roughly. "No I heard that part already. I don't believe it. Explain the rest!" Lex yelled.

"Mr. Luthor, please," the doctor said.

"Lex," Clark said as he tried to pry Lex's fingers from the doctor's coat. "Dr. Kaminski is doing everything he can."

"Like hell!" Lex exclaimed, letting go of the mans coat. He turned to Clark. "If that were true he wouldn't be telling me Chloe's not going to make it."

"Mr. Luthor, there are extra complications," Dr. Kaminski started to explain again. "If Mrs. Luthor wasn't pregnant, then we'd be able to try everything possible. But she is, and our options are limited."

"Well, why don't we deliver the baby," Lex suggested, barely civil now.

"Doctor, isn't Chloe far enough along that it wouldn't be too risky to the baby?" Clark asked.

"Well yes, but I'm not sure that would help Mrs. Luthor's situation further. It might actually hinder her," Dr. Kaminski hypothesized.

"So what? You're just going to let them both die?" Lex yelled.

"Of course not. We're doing everything possible," the doctor reiterated.

"And…" Lex prompted.

"Our next step is to deliver the baby," Dr. Kaminski reported. "But I don't want to give you false hope. Delivering the baby will save it. But as for Mrs. Luthor we have no idea what will happen after."

Lex went silent, pondering his options. He had to do everything he could do to save Chloe. "Do it, deliver our baby," Lex ordered. "But then save my wife!"

The doctor nodded and then left the room.

Lex couldn't believe this was happening. He leaned against a filing cabinet trying to figure out just what was going to happen.

"Lex," Clark started. He put his hand on Lex's shoulder. "I'm sorry. I- I can't-"

Lex shrugged off Clark's hand and turned around. "Don't Clark. I can't deal with your pity right now. Chloe will be all right. And now I'm going to be with my wife. We're having our baby."

Lex left the room, leaving Clark standing there, sorrow in his eyes.

Well that's it. A nice long sad chapter. I hope you liked it. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think.

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