Chapter 10 Part 5- "Aftermath of a bad choice"
Kal charged towards Richard and rammed him straight into the stone wall causing a streak of pain to spread throughout the young reporter's body as another bout of pain shot through his body when a fist crashed against his jaw.
His strong kryptonian grip reaches out to choke Richard and smirks when Richard's complexion turns redder, "Lois will never love you like does with me."
"Wanna Bet?" Richard gasps out with his hands struggling to release the steely grasp from his neck, "If you loved Lois so much, then why are you the one to always hurt her?"
The red haze begins to fade away with Clark struggling to fight his inhibited mind for control; the grip on Richard's neck begins to loosen as the young kryptonian fights his subconscious for control.
But Kal was stronger and the grip tightens once again with Richard's body being bashed against the wall with repeated punches that spread a strong amount of pain throughout his entire body.
"You don't know anything about me" Kal punches him again with a hidden satisfaction at the sight of blood emerging from his adversary.
"Clark!" Lois exclaims rushing towards the small squabble only to cringe at the sight of Richard's bruised body, "Don't do this!"
Richard's body drops to the floor and Kal turns to face Lois with a sinister smile on his face, "So nice of you to join us, Lo." he picks Richard up the collar of his shirt and places him in front of them, "I was just telling Richard that you couldn't possibly have feelings for him, especially when your in love with me."
Lois looks down at Richard before looking back up at Kal, "I'm sorry…" a small click is heard followed by an unbearable pain that shoots through Kal's entire body causing him to loosen the grip he had on Richard before falling to the ground.
Richard groans from his new position on the floor, "It would've been nice if you did that before he decided to use me as a human size punching bag." he slowly rises to his feet only to wince in pain, "You wanna explain to me how you managed to knock him out when I couldn't even get in a solid punch?"
She responds by holding up a small tranquilizer gun, "It pays to be the General's daughter…" she walks towards the unconscious form of Clark Kent (or at least she hoped it was still Clark) and pulls out a small dart that seemed to fade from its original sickly green color.
"I'm sorry…" she whispers into the young kryptonian's ear before slipping the dart into her pocket and turning back to Richard, "You better go to a hospital and get looked at, I'll have Mr. And Mrs. Kent come by to pick up Clark…their family physician will probably know what made him act like this." the lie came out so convincing that it even surprised herself.
Everything he had done under the influence of red kryptonite came rushing back like a freight train especially the ones involving Lois and uncontrollable rage towards Richard.
He sat out on his family's porch running his hands through his hair trying to think about what he would do when he spotted Alicia standing a few feet from him looking sad and something else he couldn't quite grasp, "I know I'm the last person you want to see right now after what I did but I just came to say goodbye."
Clark rose to his feet shaking his head negatively, "After all that your still gonna run off…" he stops when he notices the lead bracelet on her wrist, "At least I won't have to worry about you popping in for anymore surprises." He walks past her and she trails after him pleading with him to understand why she did what she did, "You dosed me with red kryptonite." He turns around to face her with a serious look on his face, "It makes me do things I don't want to do."
Alicia just shakes her head negatively, "I don't think that rock forces you to do anything, it dampens your inhibitions a little bit but you got yourself into this situation. If you keep bottling every little emotion it's gonna do a lot more harm then good."
He takes in the words but before he could say anything she cuts in saying, "Being back in Smallville and around you have made me realize that I can't have a normal life like I want and I know that we can never be together after what I did, but it doesn't change how I feel." she steps closer to him with tears brimming to the surface, "I just wanted you to know that for as long as I live, I'm never gonna reveal your secret." She kisses him on the cheek and starts to walk away when a thought crosses her mind and she turns around to face him, "Lois is a very lucky woman and I hope you know that. You two have something special…something we never had."
Clark watches the blonde walk out of his life for the second time leaving an even bigger mess then before, he takes in a breath and heads up towards the loft hoping the solitude would set his mind right.
Hours after her departure from the Kent Farm, the young metahuman began packing her bags knowing that Dr. McBride would soon be back on her trail again but for some reason she didn't feel as afraid as she did when she first returned to Smallville almost as if someone or something was reassuring her that it would all be okay.
Suddenly the phone rang and she let the answering machine get it, "My name is Jason Teague and I'm calling on behalf of my employer who is interested in wondering if your daughter Alicia would be interested in a position at one of our state of the art labs…" she immediately grabs the phone of the hook and begins talking to Jason about this surprise business opportunity.
Clark stood up in the hayloft overlooking the farm below him almost as if he was trying to escape from the events that had taken place since Alicia came back to Smallville and back into Clark's complicated love life.
"Brooding again I see." Lois's sarcastic voice knocks him out of his thoughts when he looks down to see her staring right back at him with a small smirk on her face.
His boots creaked against the wood steps when he trekked his way down the barn stairs headed straight towards her, "After what happened with Alicia, I didn't think that I'd see you back so soon."
She responded with a shrug, "I can never really stay away from the Kent Farm for too long, it's like a second home to me."
He just sported the classic Kent smile and dug his hands further into his pockets nervously while the white shirt he was currently wearing seemed to tighten at his movements creating a small distraction for Lois that only lasted a couple seconds before Clark's voice broke her out of her thoughts, "For what its worth, I'm sorry about what happened. I got so caught up in helping Alicia that I couldn't see what it was doing to you."
Lois didn't respond for a few seconds but finally got up the courage to say, "I understand your need to help everyone that comes into your life, but that doesn't change the fact that you ran off with her."
Clark could see the hurt reflecting in her eyes and stepped towards her to place a comforting hand on her shoulder only to have her brush him off.
He just stared and responded, "When I'm on Red Kryptonite, sometimes I do things that I know I should never do…"
Lois cut him off saying, "You were without inhibitions and that lust overweighs clear thinking…I get that" she pauses to prepare herself for what she's going to say next, "But that doesn't change the fact that you were in the arms of another woman about to make-" she stops as the tears begin to brim to the surface at the images of Clark trailing kisses up Alicia's neck while she wrapped her body around him with a huge smile on her face.
Clark was about to speak up when she stopped him, "I told myself that this time would be different, that since I knew all your secrets…there'd be no reason to keep us apart. But when I saw you with her, it made me realize that all we've ever done was rush into this relationship without thinking things through."
"W-What are you trying to say?" Clark finally voiced his question only to see Lois keep the tears from falling.
"I think that given the current situation, we should slow down and get to know each other better…as friends."
Clark couldn't believe what he was hearing, just when everything was going so well, she pushed him back into the FRIEND ZONE.
It was awkward afterwards but after all was said and done, Lois turned to head back towards her car with the tears threatening to fall and mix with the dirt at her feet.
Clark had two choices: 1) He could let her go and risk losing her forever or 2) he could chase after her and make her see that she was wrong to give up on their second chance at happiness.
He chose option # 2, the feeling spreading through his body was indescribable. All the emotions he had bottled up exploded and sent him propelling out the loft window headed straight towards the military jeep hauling ass down the dirt driveway leading towards the main road.
Breaks screeched when He stumbled his landing almost face planting towards the grill of the car, she watched him place his hands on the hood of the car and lean into her eyesight.
"I know I screwed up and nothing can take away that pain, but you cant runaway from this anymore…I love you and we should be together." he walks towards the driver side of the car and says, "I want this more than I've ever wanted anything and I know that you do too." his large hand presses against the window fighting the desire to rip the door from its hinges and touch her one last time.
Lois doesn't dare turn her head to look at him, her gaze remains ahead still fighting the tears that threatened to break free, "Just go home, Clark."
He shakes his head negatively as his body leans closer to the sitting car, "No, we're suppose to be together." the desperation in his voice made her heart cry out.
When she finally turned towards him, he could see the bloodshot of her eyes from the threatening tears and the nervous breathes she took before speaking once again, "Just go back home."
Clark watches the car drive off and disappear onto the main road, the heartbreak between both of them was surreal and brought back memories from Lois's accident when the General's men had to pry Clark away from Lois and throw him out into the icy rain.
He turned away and ran his fingers through his hair nervous as to what to do, the sting of his heart became known at the memory of Lois seeing Kal and Alicia together but knowing that in her eyes, she only saw Clark and not his bad boy persona.
There seemed to be no hope for Lois Lane and Clark Kent, every time they were happy together it all came crashing down leaving chaos in its wake but not this time thought the young farm boy who raced back towards the barn determined to show the whole world what Lois Lane and Clark Kent were capable of when they were together.
TBC
Hopefully you guys wont hate me for this but it had to be done with how the story's going but rest assured that they wont be separated for long after the next chapter (which is the serenade *wink*) we see them having to put everything aside to locate one of the crystals then after that we have Richard and Clark working through their issues to save Lois ( Remember Joel and Billy Kane?)
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