COMA

CHAPTER EIGHT

"That was Lois!"

"Lana, calm down…what did you see?"

Lana was shaking, she was afraid for Clark. She wasn't sure what Lois was doing. If Brainiac had infected her, then Clark was in danger and there was no time left.

"She was carrying him…like he weighed nothing…she looked right at me…and she didn't say anything…"

Ollie looked around the empty mausoleum and the empty grave and back at Lana.

"She must be headed for the cave…let's go, we're wasting time here."

"Ollie…I'm scared…why wouldn't she say anything…if it was really her…why wouldn't…"

"Wait…you just said it was her…what do you mean?"

"It could be Brainiac…if he infected her…"

"Then we don't have a moment to loose…call Chloe…see if she can catch her." He was running as he spoke, and he hoped like hell Lana was wrong.

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Even in the phantom zone, Kara was strong. She could have hurled Lex across the cave and not broke a sweat. She didn't, but she wanted too.

She was frowning at him and shot up on her feet, putting a few feet of distance between them, she turned around, looked at him, and said-

"How could you? I never thought you were that evil Lex!"

"I did what I thought I had to do…"

"In that case …"

She picked him up by the collar and slammed him against the wall…. "You're on your own…I'm through with you!"

She let go of him and walked away quickly, but before she walked out of sight…he hollered back at her…

"Doomsday!"

She turned around disbelieving what he had just said. Slowly walking toward him she leaned down in front of him. She could see the sweat and fear and longing in his eyes. There was always a longing when he looked at her. She felt it too, even now. But this was serious. Doomsday meant the end of everything, and the birth of hell, and that meant that this time, Lex wasn't the bad guy.

"Tell me what happened Lex…don't leave anything out…"

He was carrying her in his arms. Screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Noooooo!"

"Noooooo!"

"What have you done to her? Bring her back!"

"She is not lost Kal-el…Her body will need time to rejuvenate."

"She has no pulse…she's not breathing….bring her back!"

"Her body is still alive. Take her home with you and stay with her until she wakes."

"And how long will that take?"

"The human body is slow to heal Kal-el…it could take weeks for her to start to recover."

"This is your doing….I want no part of your destiny…I'm tired of the ones I love getting hurt…and for what?"

"You called out to her Kal-el…And by doing so you choose to embrace your destiny…"

"I didn't want her to get hurt! Undo this…Please Jor-el."

"Take her home with you Kal-el…and stay with her…that is all you can do for now…"

She could see him and feel him, but she couldn't communicate with him. She heard his cries to his father, slowly his feelings would merge with hers…it was a new sensation. As emotional as she was it made her more emotional.

It wasn't fair.

He could fill her mind and emotions and she couldn't torment him with her emotions.

So many days alone, so many wishes and dreams unfulfilled…and now…nothing was as she imagined when she started the quest to save Clark Kent.

"I don't care…I'll do anything…" she told her self.

It was dark, she couldn't see anything at first but somehow she could feel her way around. And then she saw them, flashes of images that filled his thoughts. Clark was a lot more burdened than she would have ever imagined. Deep within the recesses of his mind, she found a whole mountain of worries. Worries that literally tied him up. One of the reoccurring worries was about her…she was constantly getting in trouble and then her being killed. She watched him save her life many times in his memories and so many of those times she had never known that he had done anything. She felt blessed and guilty all at once. She had to do whatever it took to help him.

"At least I can ease one of his burdens…," she thought to herself as she roamed the recesses of his mind. She decided to try her best to not to put him in those situations anymore.

Other things popped up, Chloe feelings for him were unreturned and made him feel guilty for all the times she helped him, which sometimes was on a daily bases. Every time someone got hurt, he felt responsible. She walked around looking for a way out, and finding none. She suddenly was in the caves, and then at the farm, but her feet wasn't on the ground. Her mind was pulling away from his she realized, because she was being carried by him.

She felt Clark's voice speak to her, but she didn't actually hear it.

"It's okay I've got you…" Clark looked at her and gently laid her on the bed and brushed the hair out of her face. He then looked over at the door at Shelby and said, "Stay with her, okay?"

Shelby sauntered over to the bed and than looked back at Clark

"Yea…he's got me all right…and there's no escape now…." A smile danced across her mind, but her face showed no emotion.

Then he took her cell phone out of her pocket and called Oliver. But all he got was Ollie's voice mail. Upset he left a frantic message.

"Oliver…It's me Clark…I need you help now! Its Lois….She's in a coma."

By the time Chloe made it to the grave, she had already gotten a call from Ollie, and so she turned around and headed towards the caves and met Ollie and Lana coming out of them.

"Don't tell me we're too late!"

"There's no sign of her or Clark…or any of the crystal for that matter." Lana said quickly.

"Is she still on your radar?"

"No….It's like the signal is being scrambled…" Ollie looked down at his phone, then back at Chloe, and asked her… "Chloe do you think Brainiac has something to do with this?"

"Like what?"

"He could have infected her Chloe…if he has taken Lois over…then there's no telling what he is planning"

"No. Lana It can't be…If Brainiac had taken over Lois I think I would have noticed." She was shaking her head as she spoke.

"Then why all the secrets? Why didn't she just tell us what she's doing?"

"We can't just stand here…we have to find them…" Ollie said in frustration.

"If this is Brainiac…we need a plan…" Lana looked at both of them and said …Let's go to Isis."

Clark came up the stair with a cup of coffee…setting it by her he hoped she would come to…nothing.

"I heard you…I heard everything you said…and I know how you feel."

He set down on the bed by her and started stoking her hair, cupping her cheek. He leaned in and kissed her lips…thinking of the fairytale where the princess woke up from her lovers kiss. Nothing.

A tear fell on his cheek as he lifted his head. He wanted nothing more than to take it all back.

"Come-on Lois….you have to fight this...you're strong…."

He crawled over her and lay down beside her. Wrapping his arm around her, he tucked her head under his arm and put his nose close to her hair. Closing his eyes, he breathed in her fragrance and waited.

But he wasn't going to wait long….whatever he had to do….he was going to do it.

"So if Brainiac is fuel by electricity…then what we need is something that would put out his lights."

"Like what?" Chloe asked, she wasn't sure if any of this was going to help.

"A load bank…" Oliver answered

"A load bank?" Chloe frowned "no way am I risking my cousins life….we don't even know what has happened

"Clark told me that he had gotten rid of Brainiac by overloading him with power….I can rig something…the thing is…I don't know how to do this and protect Lois." Oliver was searching through the computer, and was looking at the power grid that powered all of metropolis."

"We are not doing this!"

"Chloe…it might be our only hope!" Lana said pleadingly.

She had felt the affects of Fine, and she was frightened for Clark. Having him invade her gave Lana a glimpse of his plans for Clark…and she knew that Chloe knew as well that what he had in store was horrific.

"I'm not doing this… We are not going to jump to conclusions, not until I get some answers!"

Ollie walked over to them and interrupted them… "Well we can go get those answers now. Lois is back on the grid again….and this time…she's at the farm."