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Chapter Fifteen- "The Root of all Evil"
"Have you found anything yet?" a familiar voice called out causing Lex to turn around and come face to face with Talia Al Ghul in the flesh.
"I thought we agreed not to meet each other yet at least until I found what you were looking for."
She just smirks and advances towards the cautious man in case she double crossed him, "My father doesn't have a lot of time and neither do you." Before he could each blink he found himself face first on his desk with her elbow pressing into his neck while the other twisted his arm, "Billy Kane was stupid enough to get caught but he did give us the stone so my sister and I are grateful to him. We however don't appreciate you taking your sweet time in helping us."
"There's not a lot I can do. My father's projects were either dismantled or destroyed by time I took over. Your father can not be save."
She applied more pressure causing him to wince in pain, "Do not underestimate us Mr. Luthor. The league of shadows is everywhere, we see what you o not want us to see and we take whatever we want to take." She lets him go and takes a few steps back, "You have 24 hours to get us that serum if you do not have it at the set time then I'm afraid Lex Luthor's legacy will end in Smallville."
When he turns around with a gun in his hand he is surprised to see that she is not there and quickly rushes over to the vault which slid open to reveal numerous bars of meteor rock, souvenirs from his travels and the stone.
With the threat of death looming overhead, Lex needed to put a rush on his plans including dealing with a certain pest problem that went by the name Kent.
Lois exited her dorm room and quickly locked the door when she felt someone standing behind her, "Hello Ms. Lane" she turns around to see Lex standing there with a bouquet of flowers in his hand, "I heard you still weren't feeling well from that unfortunate incident and I thought I'd take you out for lunch."
"Thanks Lex but I've got class in a few minutes." She slips the key into her pocket and begins to walk off leaving Lex behind who seemed to smirk when a guy bumped into her and quickly walked towards him without stopping.
The man quickly passed Lois's key which he had stolen and handed it to Lex before disappearing down the hall.
The bald billionaire waited until the coast was clear before using the key to stealthily enter the dorm room where he wasn't the least surprised to see one side a mess, "This is going to be easier than I thought." He shifted around searching for whatever he could find until he noticed a lockbox hidden underneath her bed, "Thank you Lois." He says to himself as he slips the lockbox into his coat and slips out without anyone noticing or question his movements.
After leaving the Daily Planet early, Lois made her way back to Smallville specifically the Luthor Mansion.
Clark had forbidden her from getting involved with the plan to get the stone back from Lex but clearly didn't realize that was a mistake not to be made by those who knew her personality.
Meanwhile at the same time…
Clark was loading the hay into the stables for the horses when his superhearing picked up on the sound of footsteps approaching and quickly turned around to see Lex standing there at the entranceway, "Surprised to see me?"
The farmboy ignores the question and finishes off the last bit of chores before turning back around to face his old friend, "What do you want Lex?"
Lex doesn't answer at first just stares at him, "How could I be so blind? I should've known there was something special about you from the day we met, perhaps I was blinded by our friendship or the fact that I saw a brother in you but now I know the truth about the real Clark Kent"
"I'm not sure I know what you mean."
His friend lets out an almost joy filled laugh like this was a game, "You always appear out of nowhere to save the day almost as if you possessed abilities beyond those of mortal men. A lone survivor from the planet Krypton sent to Earth as its protector or its ultimate weapon, its tough to decide which side you're on."
Clark laughs nervously at the comment, "You think that I'm an alien? That's crazy even for you Lex." he turns to head out of the barn when the sudden feeling of kryptonite caused his body to collapse to the ground in pain.
"What's the matter Clark? You look a little sick." Lex stalks closer to his fallen friend with the glowing green rock shining brightly on his finger, "Hard to believe that such a small rock could hurt a man with your gifts."
"This isn't you Lex." Clark says sincerely despite the pain that spread through his body, "You don't have to do this."
An unrecognizable smirk appear on Lex's face, "Oh but I do, Clark." he squats down with the smirk still on his face, "Since its obvious that you wont help me, I cant let you stop me from accomplishing something my father could only dream of."
Lex grabs Clark by the collar and pulls him closer, "All you have to do is tell me where those stones are, it'll save you from getting the answer beat out of you with my pretty little green rock."
"What makes you think that I've got the stones? I'm just a farm boy from Kansas."
The bald billionaire laughed at the obvious lie, "You and I both know that there's more to you then this farm and this town." He looks Clark in the eye with traces of a smirk on his face, "I know you've got the stones and this time I've got proof." the grip on the collar slackens causing the young farm boy to smack the floor hard.
Reaching into his pockets, Lex throws down the folder full of notes with Lois's handwriting everywhere, "Looks like I'm not the only one you can't trust with your secret, she has everything about you in there from the day you two met to the stones."
Clark looks down at the files surprised at what he was seeing, "She wouldn't keep this from me."
Lex relishes in the pain he's caused, "I won't kill you today, Clark. But I will let you live knowing that the only woman whose ever loved you has betrayed you." he grabs Clark by the collar and slams his fist into Clark's face causing the kryptonian to slump to the ground in pain as Lex slips off the kryptonite ring and slips it onto Clark's finger, "I'm sure this will keep you tied down until I get what I want…" he turns to walk away locking the stable door on his way out leaving Clark to struggle with removing the ring.
"I'm gonna stop you." The farmboy says the weakening feeling of kryptonite which causes Lex to stop and turn around, "Whatever you have planned I'm going to stop it."
"Still trying to save the world?" Lex walks back and squats down in front of him, "Let me tell you something about these people you love so much. Eventually their devotion will turn to hatred and they will turn against you after seeing you for the freak that you are." He grabs Clark's face forcing the kryptonian to look at him, "Take care in the coming days and know that everything that happens after that was all because of you."
Lex rises back up and leaves the fallen hero alone in the dark, "I'll be sure to send Lois your regards." He calls out one final time before getting back into his car and driving away.
Lois was having trouble getting into the vault but eventually cracked the safe thanks to a Christmas gift from Chloe, "I'm gonna have to get her something better next year" she says to herself as the door slides open to reveal Lex Luthor's private vault and the stone which she quickly grabbed and stuffed into her bag.
"You might want to put that back Ms. Lane" Lex's voice called out form behind causing her to turn around, "Or I may enjoy seeing the police drag you away to Belle Reeve. There's a cell especially reserved for you."
"Go to hell" she responds and begins walking away only to be grabbed by Lex, "Get your damn hands off me."
"I see now why Clark loves you. Loyalty such as yours is not something many people are accustomed to but I took care of that."
She looks at him surprised at the comment and asks, "What did you do?"
Lex just smirked and reached into the bag to take the stone back from her, "Either take the stone or save the life of the man you love."
"I've got a better suggestion." She punches him in the gut followed by a roundhouse kick to the face, "I take the stone and kick your ass for whatever you did to Clark." She picks up the fallen stone and quickly races out of the mansion before Lex could even get up to call for security.
The kryptonite was causing his body to grow weaker with each passing second and the ring wouldn't budge no matter how hard he tried.
"Clark!" Lois races into the farm to see him struggling and quickly races to his side, "What happened?"
He looks at her unresponsive as Lex's words replayed over in his head about her betrayal but was quickly erased from his mind when she tried to help carry him over to her car where she then proceeded to rummage through the trunk until she found her toolkit and pull out a pair of wire cutters.
"Lex showed me your notebook" he states suddenly before she get to work on removing the ring which causes her to look up at him with a remorseful look, "Why didn't you tell me you still had a file on me?"
"Because I knew how much it would hurt you and that you would hate me."
Despite the obvious pain from the kryptonite Clark just smirked, "I could never hate you Lo…I love you."
"I love you too." She kisses him but soon pull away after accidentally poking him with the cutters, "Sorry." She says before going right back to removing the kryptonite from his finger.
After struggling for a few minute the band snapped and the ring was quickly thrown far away, "Better?" she asks turning her attention back to him as he slowly began to regain all of his strength and nodded as a responsive, "Great cause I have something you might want." She reaches into her bag and pulls out the stone which causes Clark to look up at her surprised, "Maybe this will make up for the whole notebook incident."
He took the stone from her and just smiled as he quickly grabbed her crashing his lips to hers.
Needing air the two part and Lois looked down at the dark stone in Clark's hand with an unreadable expression soon appearing on her face and looked up towards him silent all the while knowing that this meant for them…it was time to say goodbye.
TBC
I kind of rushed through this chapter so I'm sorry if it seems messy I just wanted to get this done but still I hope you guys like it.
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