Thanatos

Chapter Eleven

Meanwhile…

Lex was sitting behind his desk when a man wearing in a sharp suit walked in and stood in front of the younger Luthor until Lex finished signing whatever contract he was signing, then without looking up, Lex spoke up first saying, "Jerald Anson, I appreciate you coming here so soon."

The man smiled smugly as he answered, "I told you, you can always count on me to come when you call for my services."

"I expected as much," Lex replied when he finally stopped writing and raised his head to look at the man before him. "I need information. What the sheriff and her men believe is that an old friend of my family's, Tom Callas, came into town and then had a heart attack while he was here in my home while we were sharing stories and having a drink."

"And I'm guessing because you need me, that there's more to this story," Jerald responded as he took a seat in the chair in front of the desk. "What more is there?"

Lex picked up the glass that had fallen from Tom's hands to the floor when the woman who broke in appeared in the doorway earlier and stared at the tiny amount of brandy still in its bottom as he answered, "Theresa Callas, Tom's wife, also arrived earlier and as she did, Tom became very scared and there happens to be a very good reason why he would be. The details don't matter. What does, is that I need you to find this woman and bring her to me, tied up, gagged, blindfolded, however you have to, but under no circumstances can she fall into law enforcement's hands. And be careful, this job will not be as easy as it sounds. This woman is no longer an ordinary woman."

Anson became very intrigued as he asked, "You mean, she's one of these meteor infected freaks? I've been hoping for the opportunity to come into contact with one. I am very much intrigued, Mr. Luthor. When I get this done, you will allow me to observe your scientists when they experiment, to see how and why these green meteor rocks affected her, won't you?"

"If you can get this done without drawing the police to our operations, consider this part of your payment," the younger Luthor replied as he reached out his right hand for a handshake, his employee reciprocating to the gesture.

"You have yourself a deal, Mr. Luthor," Jerald responded as he finally stood again and started to walk away until he stopped again and turned back around to look at his employer. "I do have one more question. Exactly what is it that this woman can do? It's obvious she's dangerous and seeing as she had the ability to kill your friend in a way that appeared he died from a heart attack…"

When he cut himself off, Lex stood as well as he reached over for a clean glass and another bottle of brandy, poured himself a glass, then answered, "The truth is, I'm not really sure what she can do. I mean, she managed to toss me across the room and knock me against the wall without even touching me, which knocked me out cold for however long I was unconscious and when I came to, I saw her holding her husband high above her head, her entire body glowing green as her hand was against his chest, and he was screaming in pain. One thing for you to keep in mind, don't let her touch you if you get close to her."

Jerald Anson nodded and replied, "That sounds like sound advice."

"You do realize that if anything else happens, if Theresa Callas is captured by anyone other than you or she is killed, that you will not be receiving a dime and you will pay for your disloyalty, don't you?" Lex asked coldly. "Because that is exactly what I will see you as, disloyal."

"This woman will be down in your lab gift wrapped and locked away, unable to hurt anyone else again," the man responded smugly.