READ FIRST: When you see italics then that's my way of telling you that its either Clark in Lionel's body or Lionel in Clark's body.

Chapter Six Part Two- Whole New Attitude:

The steel bars of his cell had slid shut, leaving a very confused Clark Kent to stare at the image of Lionel Luthor staring back at him in the mirror's reflection. Whatever had happened to cause the body swap must've been connected to the stone that glowed when their hands touched.

"Y-You must be Lex" a sketchy yet slightly twitchy young man sporting a black beanie and dark framed glasses held together by a solid white band of tape in the middle, "Lionel must be half way to Metropolis by now…" the man moves towards his side of the cell which was littered with images sporting kryptonian symbols and several from the Kwatche caves.

"But I'm not Lex…" he pauses turning to face his new cellmate, "I'm Clark Kent."

The twitchy man started pacing and mumbling about the graveness of this new situation, "This isn't good…" the man points towards the image sporting the kryptonian symbol meaning water which was taped alongside the photo of an ancient statue, "That stone your holding came from a Mayan rain-god statue that Lionel's archeology team found in an underwater ruin off the coast of Honduras."

With Lionel's eyes, he stared down at the dark stone in his hand, "Where else has Lionel been digging?"

His cellmate pushed up the black frames nervously, "There's an old legend that tells the story of powerful gods who descended from the heavens and scattered three sacred stones around the globe. They challenged any mortal to find the stones and reunite them together, legend has it that once brought together…they would lead to an untold library of knowledge. I didn't believe any of it myself until 58 minutes, 14 seconds ago, when a myth about body jumping suddenly became real." his attention now turned toward Lionel.

The man once again pushed his glasses up, "Lionel's been obsessed with the stories for years, he's searched the globe for the stones only to come up empty handed…until a year ago before his imprisonment when he found that stone."

The kryptonian mind shielded within the body of Lionel Luthor raced with random thoughts until he decided to do what he often did best…play dumb.

"These symbols…what do they mean?"

His cellmate laughed at the opportunity to spread his knowledge, after all it wasn't like Lionel Luthor was the best cellmate to have, "Of course they mean something" the small man was clearly excited, "These ancient symbols have shows up in Egypt, Central America…even a sacred Indian Cave right here in Kansas." the black frames were once again adjusted when he stepped closer to Lionel and pointed at the stone, "The element in your hand means transference which basically means water."

The man paused almost like he forgot something until he extended his hand towards Lionel, "I forgot to introduce myself…I'm Edgar." the two exchanged a quick handshake before Edgar turned back towards the wall of symbols pointing towards the symbol that was on the stone that Clark had recovered from Lex's jet when he was Kal-El, "Lionel's spies at LuthorCorp retrieved images from Lex's trip to Egypt where he found a statue buried in an underground temple which contained this stone which contained the symbol for fire."

Lionel stepped closer to the wall curious, "How do you know so much about these symbols, from what I've heard…they're hard to decipher."

Edgar had a good laugh, "Before I was locked in this hell hold, I use to work for the government and international corporations like Wayne Enterprises for pattern recognition, computer codes and ciphers."

"Is there anything that says how to reverse this transference?"

Edgar took the stone from his taller cellmate's hands, "Lionel took a thousand to one chance, but there's no guarantee that it will work the second time."

Inside, Clark's mind was processing what he was just told when the image of his parents and Lois flashed through his mind, "There are people out there that I care about and I'm not gonna let Lionel Luthor hurt them by using my body." he grabbed Edgar by the lapels of his orange jumpsuit and would've hoisted him up against the wall but a sudden pain caused his withered hands to release Edgar and stumble slightly while staring at his trembling hands.

"What's happening to me?"

Edgar stared at his new cellmate sympathetically, "That's why Lionel wanted to use the stone on Lionel, he was diagnosed with liver cancer…he's dying."

Lionel's eyes grew wide as he turned back towards his new reflection, "If Lionel's dying then that means…I'm gonna die in his place." he shook his head and turned back to Edgar even more desperate, "I need to find a way to reverse this."

Kent Farm:

The new Lionel Luthor stared in the mirror almost pleased with this new body and its newly entailed muscular physique, being Clark Kent so far was quite revealing…the powers this body possessed sent Lionel's plans into a new fashion.

First, he had to get off this farm and head to Metropolis to get access to his accounts then start his new life…

"Hey Smallville, I hope your ready to get your feet wet cause were gonna start working on your hovering skills at Crater Lake." Lois says with her bowed reading the pages of the Daily Planet until she looked up speechless at the sight of her boyfriend shirtless and flexing in the mirror seconds before her arrival, "Had I known you were trying out for Mr. Universe, I would've brought my camera." she jokes setting the paper down on the steamer trunk unaware to the fiery look in Clark's eyes.

"Lois Lane" he says staring at her as he advanced towards her, "What brings you to my loft? Writing an expose about the dangers of farming or is it just to piss me off."

Lois stared at him confused by the attitude until she had a small epiphany, "Oh, I get it. Your angry at me because I didn't want to speed to New York with you when you know that our flight lessons are always crucial if your ever gonna find the final two stones."

At the mention of the stones, his thoughts raced with all the scenarios where Lois was quick to defend Clark even despite their past three years ago, "I guess I forgot."

She lightly tapped him on the shoulder and started to head down the steps, "When you put a shirt on, meet me near the Mustang so we can head down to Crater Lake."

Clark smiled wickedly at this new opportunity, "Actually Lois, I've been thinking about a lot of things lately and I think it was time that we parted ways…" he grabs the pressed light blue collared shirt and slipped it on, "You're holding me back and I the only reason I'm with you is because…" he pauses to think of the words and just smirks, "Well lets face it, you're a hot piece of ass whose only good for a quick romp in the sheets but lets face facts that your just too complicated for a guy like me." he begins to button up his shirt with a devilish smile on his face, one that she had never seen before.

Lois responded with tears growing in her eyes and slapped him across the face despite the pain that shot through her arm, "You're an ass." she turns and storms out of the barn leaving Clark to smirk while he rubbed his face.

One the way to her car, something inside of her screamed that something wasn't right about Clark and his new attitude compared to how he acted this afternoon when she called him, it's the same feeling when she left Smallville with the General at her side…

THREE YEARS AGO…

Rain covered the car as they entered the city limits of Central City, "We're gonna stay here for a couple days before heading back to DC." the general says in his usual authoritarian voice oblivious to his daughter's tear stained face as she stared out the window.

"You did the right thing by leaving, Lo." he reaches over to place his hand over hers but instead she dodge the attempt of affection, "He wasn't right for you and neither was that town."

She immediately jerked her head towards her father with an angry flare in her eyes, "How would you know what's right for me! You've been treating me and Lucy like we were soldiers since mom died!"

"Don't take that tone with me Lois" he keeps his eyes on the road, "You would never have been in that accident if it wasn't for that stupid farm boy, he's lucky that I didn't kick his ass when he showed his face in the hospital."

Lois shook her head in disgust, "No one can ever be good enough for your little lo, even if its one that's saved my life more then once." she looks back towards the window and whispers, "I love him."

General Lane scoffs, "Love is a fool's game, its made to look beautiful at first before everything comes crashing down."

She rolled her eyes and continued to stare out at the rain soaked window with tears running down her face as she was quick to wipe them from her face and put those walls up brick by brick.

Lois snapped out of the painful memory as she slid into her car and drove off, all the time knowing that something wasn't right with Clark Kent.

TBC…

How's the story coming along? I added the flashback to kind of show what happened when Lois was on her way out of Smallville in Accidental Relations.

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