The Many Deaths of Lana Lang – Chapter 3

Season 2

Vortex

As he witnessed the truck that Lana was currently in get sucked into a tornado, Clark did what he had done for the past year -- he went into the swirling vortex to aid his friend. His invulnerability and strength would be a huge asset in what he attempted to do.

"If I could fly," muttered Clark. He was in the air, but not of his own volition.

Matters were made worse as pieces of debris kept getting in his way... but he was finally able to see the truck. As Clark got closer, he reached out as far as he could to try to latch onto the truck's door. Suddenly, he started to feel weak and dizzy. Must be the swirling winds, thought Clark as he finally grabbed onto the door. The next thing he knew, that weak feeling kept getting worse until he looked around and noticed several bits of meteor rock swirled around him.

"Not now, I'm so close," Clark grunted out as more meteor rock pelted him. Finally, one piece hit him in the hand, forcing him to let go of the truck's door and forcing it open.

The powerful wind then sheared the door off, slamming into Clark and knocking him a ways from it. More and more meteor rock came at him. Ultimately the combined forces of nature and meteor rock forced a weakened Clark out of the tornado to the ground below.

In the end, Clark would recover from the ordeal but Lana would not be that lucky. As damage to Smallville was assessed, rescue workers found what was left of truck Lana was in. The truck was a twisted mess and when it was moved, Lana's lifeless body was found inside.

Nocturne

With the knowledge of Byron Moore's transformation due to sunlight, it was now up to Clark to try to find him. His fight with Lana at the Talon did not help matters because he just wanted to keep her from getting hurt. Luckily Chloe came in to stop the arguing and gave the pair some insight into Byron's transformation.

Chloe told them that the drugs used on Byron affected the young man's adrenal system, causing him to gain incredible strength. Another side effect of the drugs was his change in demeanor. The company that did this was known as Metronon and at the time of the experiment, it had been a subsidiary of Luthorcorp.

"Maybe Lex will have some idea how to help Byron," Clark told the girls, who nodded in agreement.

"While you do that, I'll try to find Byron." Lana was eager to find him.

"Just be careful."

*****

Several hours later, Lana found Byron in the cemetery. He stood at his grave, which had been made all those years ago.

"Byron, it's me, Lana," she told her friend as she approached the gravesite. "There's a way that you can get some help. Clark has gone to talk to Lex Luthor, since it was a Luthorcorp company that treated you."

She waited for some kind of reaction from Byron. Unfortunately, he turned on her in a fit of rage, the last thing she expected. He attacked her and violently sent her head first into the headstone that marked his grave. A sudden snap, and a lifeless Lana crumpled to the ground. Byron ran off, not realizing what he had done.

Dichotic

Ian Randall had both Chloe and Lana wrapped around his little finger. Or, fingers, since he could split into two exact copies of himself. What made him pleased beyond reproach was their distrust of Clark Kent. He had a feeling that Kent might be on to him, so having his two girlfriends at odds with the farm boy was a good thing. Sooner or later, he was going to have to come up with a contingency plan.

Things started to unravel when the girls found out what was really going on. Ian was now in a bind but there was one way out of it. He and his double kidnapped Lana and Chloe to silence them for good. The two Ians came up with the idea to fake a double suicide at the dam. No one would be the wiser.

His plan would have worked if not for one detail. Clark arrived at the dam and somehow figured out what Ian was going to do.

Clark prevented one of the duplicates from tossing Chloe over the side. To Clark's dismay, the Ian that wanted to send Chloe to her death went over instead. He next went over to the other one to save Lana. Even with all of his super speed, he was a fraction of a second too late; the other Ian was successful in disposing of Lana. Lana's body lay broken on the rocks below. To prevent Lana's killer from escaping justice, Clark subdued Ian and knocked him out.

Visage

Even though Whitney had come back, Lana just did not have the same feelings for him anymore. She had to tell him in person, especially after the video she sent him. Now was the perfect opportunity.

"Whitney, we really need to talk," Lana told him after he came to the door to his home.

"Sure, let me grab a jacket and we'll talk." Whitney's slight smirk that went unnoticed.

Perfect, Whitney thought as they began their stroll.

"I've been meaning to tell you this for a while. You really mean a lot to me," Lana said as she tried to find the right way to tell Whitney that their relationship was going to change.

"You mean a lot to me too, Lana." Whitney suddenly changed into the true form of Tina Greer.

Before she said another word, Lana turned around and was shocked to see Tina. "Where's Whitney?"

"Probably where you're going to be."

Tina pulled out a knife and stabbed Lana in the stomach. As Lana fell to the ground in severe pain, Tina turned into Lana.

"Time for me to pay a certain Clark Kent a visit." Tina took off the way they had come leaving Lana by herself to die.

Rush

Clark, Chloe and Lana decided to take a look around the Indian caves to see if there was something there that made people do uncharacteristic things. So far, there had been only one fatality. They believed that Pete was affected by the same thing. The only link was the caves. To their dismay, the trio found nothing out of the ordinary. Unknown to Clark, Chloe and Lana were bitten by the same type of parasite which infected Pete.

Since Pete knew about Clark's secret and the effect of red Kryptonite on him, he got some assistance from the girls to get their friend acting like them. Once accomplished, the four friends decided to drive off a cliff. Before the attempt, Clark returned to normal once the red K was removed from his person and he got out of the car. To his dismay, the others decided to go through with it. With lightning speed, he caught the car before it hit the ground and prevented it from blowing up.

When Pete and Chloe exited the car, they collapsed, prompting Clark to get them to the hospital immediately. Since Lana appeared fine, he decided to leave her with the car but tied her up so that she would stay out of trouble.

"Lana, just stay here and I'll be back for you after I take these guys to the hospital." Clark rushed off.

Lana began to struggle with her bonds and amazingly was able to slip out of them.

"Let's try that one more time," she said to herself.

She started the car and drove it back to where their driving stunt began.

Time to fly, Lana thought as she put the car in drive and stomped on the accelerator. In no time, she was over the cliff and falling fast with no Clark to catch her. The car blew up in a huge fireball once it hit the ground.

Next: Season 3