Chapter Ten Part Three-Bottled Up

After accepting the truth about her release from Belle Reeve, the two exes seemed to easily slip back into familiar territory with Clark stating beforehand that they would be friends and nothing more.

Alicia couldn't help but laugh when Clark slipped on the ice and fell, "Looks like we've found another weakness of yours." she joked while helping him up and was quick to shake off the familiar feeling of butterflies in her stomach when their hands briefly brushed against each other, "I'm really glad that you decided to come out with me tonight, its been hard getting my life back on track since everyone keep staring at me like some sort of freak."

"You shouldn't care what people think. When I came home after running away it was hard to get people to trust me again but eventually I ignored what people were saying and got back on track." he smiles down at her. "Just give them time." he goes to skate ahead with her following close behind unaware that someone was watching.

The lecture hall was nearly empty with Lois remaining behind to finish up the rest of the notes when suddenly a feeling of being watched caused the young reporter to look around and was surprised to see a hooded figure standing in the doorway staring at her, "Why don't you take a picture it'll last longer."

The man reaches into his coat and instead of pulling a gun like she originally expected, he pulled out a package, "Time's running out Ms. Lane." his familiar voice sent shivers down her spine, "Either give us what we want or we'll come back for you." he throws the package which she catches only to see that he had disappeared.

Lois looked around to make sure she wasn't being watched before ripping open the small package to unveil a metallic lockbox and a key, the words: 'Tick Tock' were written in large red ink on the box.

"Why do the crazies always come to me?" she thinks to herself and is quick to slip the box into her bag before packing the rest of her stuff and getting out of there before the guy came back.

As she was walking towards the parking lot she dialed a familiar number, "Hey I was wondering if you could pull a few strings with your buddy at the crime lab and pull a pair of prints from something." a smile spreads across her face, "Great, I'll email you the scans. You're the best cuz." she flips her phone closed and heads towards her car oblivious to the fact that the man in question was watching from the shadows.

The door to an abandoned warehouse slid open and two men stepped inside, "How can you be sure this will work Joel? What if she doesn't find out where Luthor stashed Sebastian?"

"She better or there'll be hell to pay" Joel says sliding the door shut and turning on the lights allowing select areas to be lit up, "We've come this far and I'm not gonna stop now." He throws his coat to the side and walks past a wall of photographs of Lex and Lionel Luthor.

The youngest Kane brother named Billy just shook his head negatively, "Were not gonna hurt her are we? Cause I didn't-" he's cut off when a burning sensation spreads throughout his body sending him to the ground.

Joel's hand is glowing bright red and he immediately pulls away causing the color and the pain his brother felt to soon fade away, "I'm sorry Billy but someone had to knock some sense into you." He squats down in front of his little brother with a determined look on his face, "Do you think I like using my powers to hurt people that don't deserve it? The three of us were given these gifts for a reason and I'm not gonna sit by while our brother suffers at the hands of the Luthors'."

Before Joel could say anything else he was sent flying across the room into the nearby wall pinning him there, he looks up at his little brother's focused eyes.

Billy's hands began shaking violently and blood began trickle down his nose, the young boy stumbled back feeling weak from the use of his powers and began to breathing shallowly.

The red kryptonite around his neck allowed him to freer then he's ever felt before allowing every emotion he's ever felt to be multiplied by ten, he ditched Alicia at the Farm with one thought on his mind but first he needed to get rid of the farmer john look and slip on his bad boy attire.

Lois was trying to rub the sleep from her eyes and stared at the clock waiting for Chloe to email her back with the results from the scan, she had pulled another all nighter and still had the styrofoam coffee cups to prove it.

A sudden cold gust of wind and the door slamming shut caused her to turn around where she was greeted with the sight of her boyfriend dressed an a black button up and tight jeans, "Clark?" she asks surprised by the new attire not that she was complaining.

He didn't say anything and just pulled her to him allow his lips to crash against hers passionately, she stood there stunned by the behavior but soon succumbed to her desire and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck pulling him closer to her.

The red k fueled the desire in him as he began to take off her shirt, the red light immediately goes off and she pushes him back taking in a few much needed breaths, "I thought we were gonna take it slow"

He just laughed at the idea and replied, "Who needs slow when your boyfriend has super speed?" he leans in and tries to kiss her again but she keeps him at arms length to which he responded with a groan of frustration,

"Stop trying to fight me Lo." The warmth of his breathe against her neck caused Goosebumps to form and he whispered hotly into her ear, "We've been apart for too long and I don't think you realize what it is that you do to me."

Kal holds her close while he moves his hand across her collar bone down towards her hips, the hitch of her breath caused a smile to appear on his faces as he continued on, "Every kiss, every touch, sets my body on fire knowing that I could easily let go and give in to what I've wanted since you came back."

"W-What's that?" she stammers, his neck settles on the crook of her neck causing her eyes to roll back in pleasure.

Kal's hands stop and his mouth begins to take over, with each kiss he sets on her neck causes a chill to sweep over her entire body, "You" he whispers hotly into her ear before continuing on with his current stunt.

His hand disappears up her shirt and a devilish smirk spreads across his face as he starts to feel her surrendering to him when all of a sudden he pulls back to whisper, "Marry Me."

The moment is shattered and she pulls away from him with a confused look on her face, "What did you just say?"

He smiles and immediately steps away from her to get down on his knees sending both their hearts into overdrive, "Lois Joanne Lane…will you marry me?"

For the first time in a long time she was genuinely rendered speechless and it was in this awkward silence that she noticed a red streak across his eyes, "Don't you think this is a little sudden? I mean we just got back together and you're not even out of high school yet."

"You don't think I'm good enough for you?" the red haze begins to filter in taking over and ignores her pleas allowing his suppressed feelings to become known, "I'm just some story to you, a pet project you can show off to all your new journalist friends." He shakes his head negatively.

Lois immediately reaches out to touch him only to have him jerk away from her, "I would never betray you like that Clark…I'd give up everything if it meant keeping your secret."

The words fall on deaf ears, "You had me investigated me once, I was an idiot to think you wouldn't do it again." The red once against flashes across his eyes and he seems to grow angrier when he spots a picture of Lois and Richard right next to a picture of them but he doesn't say anything about it, "I've had enough" he turns around to leave when she grabs his arm with tears in her eyes.

"This isn't you Clark, whatever's going on I can help you." She turns his face towards her, "I love you."

He begins to laugh and nudges her aside, "If you haven't noticed it by now then you aren't a very good reporter Lane…" he leans towards her face to face, "This is who I really am."

She stands there stunned while she watches the man she loves walk out on her life bringing back memories of her mother's death and crumbled to the floor with tears running down her face.

The echoes of her pain reached his super hearing and Kal seemed to stop in the middle of the hallway allowing the feelings of rejection; anger and revenge were present in his mind to fade away for a brief moment the haze was lifted and the guilt set in.

His personalities fought for dominance out of fear that if he were to lose too much control again then it would become a repeat of what happened in Metropolis a year ago and he had hurt enough people tonight.

"She's just using you to get the story of a lifetime." Kal's voice echoes in his headand he tries to shake it off but it grows louder, "She'll go crying to Richard and he'll try to move in on what's yours. He's always had an eye on her from the very beginning."

The weight of the red kryptonite was too much for him and eventually the lesser half won out, -"If she doesn't want me then I'll just have to choose someone else." He begins walking down the halls until he reached an empty area outside where he quickly launched himself up into the air and zoomed away in a blur.

TBC

I told you it would be a different version of Kal based on past events and also the jealousy that Clark's tried to keep quiet about which will explode in the next part.

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