Oliver-
I stormed out of the hospital room and heard Tess start to yell after me but I kept walking, I was halfway down the hall when Clark flashed in front of me.
"Oliver, you need to calm down" he said with a hand on my shoulder so that I couldn't leave.
"Calm down? You want me to calm down? Tell me something Clark, if it was Lois that Lex had threatened to kill, and I asked you to 'calm down' how would you react?"
He stayed quiet and I knew he understood where I was going with this.
"Look I know you're upset but killing Lex isn't the answer," he said, with me wanting to scream that I wasn't going to let Lex lay a finger on Tess and if killing him was the way
to stop that than so be it, but all I did was look down at my feet and say
"maybe you're right" Clark said as he started to smile but then looked up whispered
"Lois"
and was gone, whatever I thought, it didn't matter anyways I should just leave for a bit and come back later.
Clark-
"What's wrong!?" I yelled as I blurred into the room
"nothings wrong Smallville, its just the fire alarm, chill"
Lois said
"I was just trying to cook us dinner"
I laughed a little and said "Lois… You can't cook"
"I know but I just thought, we haven't had a 'date' in over two months"
she said then started to clean up the mess. I grabbed her hand and lifted her face to mine "How about I order us a pizza?" I asked then took her phone and ordered,
~O~O~
Later that night I heard Lois on the phone as I was picking up my second slice of pizza, I walked toward her, hearing the nervousness in her voice grow. I then used my
abilities to listen in,
"I'm sorry Lois, but I don't think you should tell him just yet." A voice said, only hearing part of it, and not knowing the gender yet,
"do you remember, what had happened?" Lois asked to the silent line until a woman's voice began again,
"I know about Clark, I remember all of it, he told me years ago, but now Lex has control of my powers, he wants to kill some redhead that he seems threatened by, and I can't
get out under his hold over me, I wont be able to talk much longer either," the voice said as I tried to pinpoint a name, with keeping in mind the 'knowing my secret'
statement,
"we can help you, I'll help you." Lois said right before the line went dead. After she put down the phone I walked towards her trying to hold back the questions,
"who was that?" I asked trying not to show that I heard almost the entire thing,
"I think..." She said shuddering before adding on more,
"I think it was..." She said stuttering once again before spitting out the answer,
"I think it was Alicia." She said in complete and utter confusion, with a touch of compassion,
"Alicia? That's not possible, you saw it. She's dead." I said thinking that it could never be truly her.
"She said Lex is making her help him, she didn't know better at first but now she's trapped under the Luthor wrath." She said, with my face not moving a muscle,
"Lois, it's Lex, he came after Tess today, who knows what else he's up to, Alicia's not alive." I said now turning away from Lois.
"Clark, what if she is, what if she was brought back to help Lex, from what I heard she said that Lex was keeping her there to help him, and that she was no longer able to
use her abilities when she wanted. Only to help Lex" Lois said, calming down before I decided to say something else,
"Lois she's not alive, and you're not going to fall into Lex's web!" I shouted, not meaning to go any louder than her,
"I'm not falling into his 'web', I'm fighting for whatever truth and justice there is in this... I thought that's what you were for" she said before walking into the room without
adding a single thing. I thought about what had happened, I didn't know what to believe. I didn't know what I wanted to believe. But I'm sure that I did want justice to come
out on top.
Lex-
As I was passing down one of the hall's of the mansion I heard voices coming from inside Alicia's bedroom.
"I know about Clark, I remember all of it, he told me years ago, but now Lex has control of my powers, he wants to kill some redhead that he seems threatened by, and I can't
get out under his hold over me, I wont be able to talk much longer either," I heard Alicia say, before I burst into the room and grabbed the phone from her, and held it to my
ear.
"We can help you, I'll help you." The voice on the other end said right before I pressed the end call button.
"Who was that?" I questioned as I looked down at the phone.
"It was… uh… No one…" She stammered. I found the previous calls list and saw that it was Lois Lane.
"What were you doing listening in on my conversations anyways?" She added and I answered
"You work for me now, I need you to tell me everything you know about Clark Kent, or teleporting will be the least of your problems." Then I smashed the phone onto the
ground and stepped on it, surprising her with my action.
"Hey!" she yelled and nealed on the floor to try and pick up the phone but it was already ruined.
"I'm not a child you can't just punish me when I don't do what you say! I don't care about your threats Lex, I want out" I couldn't help but admire her new found confidence,
but however if she would not tell me willingly then I would have to force it out of her.
"Out?" I laughed
"I'm afraid 'out' isn't an option, you see I want answers and I need you to get them for me." I said.
"And what if I say no?" she asked, I reached into the pocket of my vest and pulled out a small metal box with a silver
button, she eyed it confused. I smiled at her and slowly pressed down on it. Then just as expected she disappeared and returned a few seconds later with a look of pure
terror on her face, and I said
"Oh I'm sorry, did I forget to mention? No isn't an option either."
Tess-
I stept out of the doorway slowly, it still really hurt to walk but I couldn't sit in that uncomfortable bed any longer, I was also hoping that Oliver might still be in the hospital so
I could talk to him about Lex, but I knew it was a long shot and when I didn't see him it the second hallway I gave up on the thought. The doctor had told me that this was
my last night in the hospital but I would have to take it easy for at least five weeks and need someone to help me move around, but I now worried about what I was going to
do once I left, Lex had taken the manson and altho I could probably crash at Watchtower I don't think Chloe and Jimmy would appreciate the company. So that left me with
few options. After painfully wandering the halls I decided I didn't want to stay another night and its not like I had any of my things with me, so I borrowed one of the nurse's
uniforms and made my way to the front doors trying my best not to show how hard it was to walk. Just as I was at the doors someone bumped into me, causing a shot of pain
though my stomach, I let out a small cry and bent over gripping my side.
"Are you ok? What's wrong?" They said leaning down to help me.
"I'm fine" I said lifting my face so that I could see who it was,
"Tess?" He said making me quickly duck my head, now realizing that it was Oliver,
"I'm sorry sir I don't know what you're talking about, if you'll excuse me I have somewhere to be." I said keeping my head low as I got up. I brushed past him and was out the
door when I felt a hand on my shoulder and I stopped.
"Tess, what are you doing?" He said and I turned around to face him knowing there was no point in trying to deny it,
"the doctor said I was fine to go home as long as I took it easy." I said lying.
"Which is why you're wearing a nurse's outfit and hunched over in pain when I barely nudged you?" He asked using a smirk to try and cover the concern in his voice, I didn't
say anything, just waited for him to say something else to take away the awkward feeling that was filling the air,
"Tess, if you're going anywhere then your coming with me so I can make sure you're alright." He said, not really give me a choice,
"Oliver, if those are my options then I'd rather stay here," I said, being more harsh then I should have as Oliver let out a small sigh before saying something else,
"you know I'm here for you right?" he said blocking my path
"thats the thing, you can't, and shouldn't be here for me." I said starting to turn away from him,
"Mercy-" he started before I cut him off,
"Oliver look, you and me, its not going to work. It can't work." I said finally turning away from him and walking back into the hospital, intending to leave when Oliver's gone. He
tried to call after me but I ignored him and walked slowly into the elevator.
Alicia-
"Out?" He let out a choked laugh
"I'm afraid out isn't an option, you see I want answers and I need you to get them for me."
I felt the fear rise inside me but didn't let him see.
"and what if I say no?" I said trying hard to not let my voice crack. he reached into his pocket and pulled out a box, I looked at it with question, he smiled at me and pressed
the button. Suddenly I was falling from a tall building towards the pavement. I started to scream as I moved faster and the ground got closer and closer, I closed my eyes and
waited for impact but when it didn't come I opened my eyes and saw Lex looking at me with a sickening grin. I took a deep breath to calm down as he said
"Oh I'm sorry, did I forget to mention? No isn't an option either." He walked out of the room leaving me in the large bedroom
knowing I would not be making anymore calls for a long time.
~O~O~
I layed on my bed and tried to sleep for a while but gave up after about an hour and started wandering the grand halls of the mansion, when I saw something, a female guard
I didn't recognize was looking through the files that Lex had on his desk,
"hello?" I asked and when she turned around I realized who it was.
"Lois?" I questioned remembering to keep my voice in a whisper, her mouth dropped when she saw me and she let go of the papers in her hand
"... Alicia"
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