AN: OK so kinda important, I changed the first chapter a little because I realized that the real Clark isn't going to work at the Daily Planet or date Lana Lang so I took out that sentence and changed it. I also changed the line about seeing Lex in magazines to seeing him in hallucinations…my bad.

Lex's point of view

Previously: Finding Clark was going to happen a whole lot sooner than he had previously thought. Pseudo-Clark had given him a brilliant flash of inspiration.

Lex knew who had taken Clark.

It should have been obvious. There weren't that many people who had access to the technology and money required for this kind of thing. A few years ago dear daddy Luthor would have been the first suspect but Lionel had long been reduced to an errand boy for LexCorp. Any money he made came directly from Lex and Lex wasn't stupid enough to give Lionel a large allowance.

I thought you were my friend.

Those words. Useless for fake-Clark when he used them. Would have been useless in the context in which they were used no matter who had said them. It was over a much too petty a matter. But they could hurt. They had hurt when Duncan had said them. When Lex had chosen someone else over Duncan.

Lex had never thought that he would be happy that his friendship with Duncan had ended the way it did.

Oliver Queen. CEO of Queen Industries. Sociopath with a vendetta against anyone different. And of course Clark would be a brilliant asset to the company.

It was time to bring Chloe in. Truth be told she probably already knew. Chloe Sullivan was the farthest thing from an idiot.

"Lex Luthor asking a reporter to have coffee with him. I do believe the world has stopped spinning."

"I suppose you're wondering why I want to talk to you."

"Well, let me think about that for a second. Even if Clark hadn't been acting freaky for the past forever, he's the only thing that we have in common. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out." Chloe replied, taking a sip of her drink.

"He's not Clark," Lex said, which probably wasn't the best way to break that. "What I mean is that the-"

"Oh thank God!"

Wait, what? "I'm not sure what you mean by that, I just told you that-"

"Clark isn't Clark? Yeah, I know. I thought I was the only one to notice. I mean the Kents haven't noticed anything different and they see Clark more than I do. Besides that, they're his freaking parents."

For once Lex was glad that his suspicions had been confirmed. Before now there had always been that lingering doubt that maybe he had been wrong. That Clark was just acting strange.

"When did you figure it out?" Lex asked. He sincerely hoped it wasn't before him.

"A few weeks ago. I was out with Clark and Lana, which should have been the tip off right there, and Lana asked Clark who his first kiss was. Clark said it was Hannah Burke. Which I knew was wrong because they kissed at the end of eight grade and he and I kissed at the beginning. So then I-"

"You and Clark kissed? When was this? Clark never said anything."

"Not the important part of the story Lex. Yes, I kissed Clark 'cause he was acting awkward around me when we first met. No big deal. Anyways, I thought that maybe he was just being nice since I was sitting right there so when Lana went to the bathroom I asked him why he lied and Clark had no idea what I was talking about."

"And that one slip was enough to tip you off? Because honestly? Clark doesn't have the best memory."

"Hmm? Oh, then Lana came back and I noticed that she was still wearing, uh, still the same Lana and Clark never would have asked her out."

Chloe knew. That was interesting. Any other time and Lex would have been angry that Clark had told someone before him. "Still wearing her meteor rock necklace?"

"What does that have to do with anything?" Chloe said, biting her lip.

Lex had thought that a prerequisite for becoming a reporter was an ability to lie. Apparently not. "Clark told me about his secret. Right before he disappeared."

"Clark told you? Clark would never tell you, heck, he wouldn't tell anybody!"

"Well he obviously told you, why wouldn't he tell me?" Besides the fact that nobody in Smallville trusted Lex.

"You think that Clark told me? Wow. No, he doesn't even know that I know. He wouldn't ever tell me, especially after I basically told him that I would hate him if he had powers. Not the smartest move on my part. I always say these stupid things without thinking and now I'll probably never see him again to apologize 'cause he might even be dead."

"Chloe! Clark is not dead and you are going to see him again if you just calm down. Do you have access to Oliver Queen? Could you get an interview with him?"

"I suppose so, but how is this going to help Clark?"

Perhaps Chloe wasn't as smart as he had given her credit for. "Oliver Queen has Clark."

"What does he want with Clark?"

"Oliver doesn't like meteor freaks. They creep him out. Besides, you and I both know that Clark's blood could advance medical science years into the future."

"How do I know that you're not just sending me on a wild goose chase while you move Clark to Siberia where no one will ever find him?"

"Chloe, if I had Clark I wouldn't have to worry about anyone finding him. Two, you would be the last person I would talk to about Clark since your mind would immediately jump to me. And three, I would never lock Clark up in a lab because I am completely and utterly in love with him."

AN: Next chapter we rescue Clark!

and also, I got no reviews for the last chapter :( which is a little disheartening but really I'm just not sure anyone is reading this and if I should continue writing it. so…yeah.