The Many Deaths of Lana Lang – Chapter 4
Season 3
Phoenix
Once Clark had come back home to Smallville, one would think that everything would return to normal. Too bad that was not the case. A very powerful crime lord by the name of Morgan Edge decided to pay a visit to Smallville. More importantly, he came to find Clark and get a vial that he had stolen from Lionel. The contents of the vial happened to be Clark's blood, which young Mr. Kent destroyed upon returning home.
To prove how serious he was about getting that vial, Edge kidnapped Clark's parents and would only release them until he got what he wanted. The young Man of Steel came up with a plan to get his parents back safely and the only one that came to mind is giving Morgan exactly what he wants. With the aid of some green kryptonite, Clark was able to fill a vial with his own blood in exchange for his parents. The plan went terribly awry when Edge subdued Clark and came up with a plot of his own: to give Lionel the source of the blood that is in the vial.
Luckily, Lana was able to free the Kents but now they had to worry about Clark. Somehow, Clark got free from Edge and distracted Lionel from seeing him by blowing up a nearby truck. Due to this, both Lionel and Morgan exchanged gunfire. This battle results in the apparent death of Lionel's adversary who falls into the water close by. There was also another casualty to this event. Lana was hit in the crossfire and unknowingly killed due to being separated from the Kents during the fight.
Slumber
Clark had been experiencing some unusual events lately and they seemed to be centered on a mysterious young girl. The most amazing about her is that she appeared out of nowhere. These odd occurrences were the result of a girl who happened to be the Kent's new neighbor along with her uncle.
All of this came to Clark's attention once he realized that the girl was appearing in Clark's dreams and that she wanted his help. The girl, named Sarah, was in a comatose state, because her uncle wanted the inheritance that she would receive from her deceased parents.
Lana and Clark learned about Sarah's uncle, Nicholas, and planned to stop him. Clark took some of the drug that Nicholas used on his niece to get it analyzed while Lana confronted him. On the way, Clark began to feel tired and was forced to pull off to the side of the road.
Lana's confrontation with Nicholas did not go well -- Lana ended up drugged herself.
"Now, Miss Lang, you won't be able to bother me anymore," Nicholas stated and had a plan to deal with her.
In the Dreamscape, Clark confronted Nicholas but he had trouble. He was not aware that back in the real world Nicholas sets Lana on fire in a faked car accident.
With Sarah's assistance, Clark was finally able to defeat her uncle and returned to the real world. In the process, Sarah awoke and pondered that Clark must have special abilities. It's not until later that they found out what Nicholas had done to Lana.
Hereafter
Clark became friends with Jordan Cross, a young man that was a fellow classmate of his with an amazing power. Through physical contact, Jordan could foresee the future. This ability came to Clark's attention when Jordan accidently touched the high school's gym teacher, Mr. Altman, and foresaw the man's death.
That vision frightened Jordan so severely that he was afraid to come in contact with anyone. Clark's tried to aid him in not thinking about his power as something negative. Unfortunately, Jordan did not think his 'gift' could be viewed any other way.
Sometime later, Jordan warned Megan, who was a fellow student, about some kind of danger that she's in but she didn't believe him. A day or so later, Megan was nowhere to be seen.
Jordan had yet another vision and this time it was about Lana. In it, he saw her in some type of danger involving a fire. But before he could tell her about it, he got knocked unconscious. To make matters worse, Ms. Lang was subsequently kidnapped.
After recovering, Jordan went to Clark and informed him about the vision he had of Lana. During their search, they found out that Mr. Altman was responsible for the disappearance of Lana and Megan. He felt that they were accountable for something that happened in the past.
Time was not on their side -- Altman had decided that they should die and that he would end his life as well.
Clark and Jordan were finally able to track down the trio's whereabouts.
"Jordan, get in touch with the sheriff. Mr. Altman needs to be stopped before he does something to Lana and Megan," Clark told his friend.
When they arrived, the place was already in flames. Using his super speed, Clark rushed in to save everyone inside. He even got some help from Jordan. They were able to find Megan and get her out. As they prepared to go back inside, the building started to collapse. No one was able to get in or out -- thus causing Jordan's latest vision to come to pass.
Crisis
While Clark and Pete worked at a crisis hotline, Clark got that troubling phone call from Lana which frightened him terribly. Even more troubling was a gunshot he heard as he talked with her. However, when he went to the Talon, Lana was alive and well.
Using a recording of the call, it is concluded that Lana's call had somehow come from the future. Clark also learned that that Adam Knight, a young man that Lana rented an upstairs room of the Talon to, was the person who had fired the gun that was overheard in his conversation with Lana. Since Adam was part of a medical trial that was sponsored by a Luthor owned company, Clark went to Lex for help since Mr. Knight was not at the Talon when Clark looked for him.
A series of events led Clark to believe that Adam was a troubled and dangerous young man, especially when he and Lex find the medical staff that was looking after Adam had been killed. The reason that he killed those people was Adam's dependence on a serum and it appeared there was no more for him to receive from the medical staff. It also showed that he would do anything to get what he wanted. That meant that Clark needed to locate Lana, and quickly.
During Clark's search, Adam came across Lana and he violently took her to where he had stashed some vials of serum. To his dismay, the vials were nowhere to be seen. During his violent search for the serum, Lana made a run for it.
"Lana, come back here!! I want those damn vials!!" Adam shouted after her.
"Keep away from me!" Lana shouted back
Then events then began to unfold that led up to Lana's phone call. As Clark rushed to Lana's aid, he came across some kryptonite by some downed phone lines. Weakened, Clark surmised that this could be the reason that Lana's call came a day earlier. Unfortunately, being exposed to the meteor rock, Clark was unable to stop Adam from shooting and killing Lana.
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