“I wasn’t lying.” Chloe says as Lex continues to try to move rocks.
She’s thirsty, so very thirsty, and she wonders if they wander the caves enough if they’ll find some water source. They had weird portal things that she was pretty sure literally sent her best friend hurling through space and time (and her into a big painful rock), so water didn’t seem that big of a stretch really.
Lex stops what he’s doing and turns to her.
“I didn’t have anything to do with your safe or what happened, I was just as confused as you were. All I wanted was to make sure Lana was safe.”
“I had already sent Lana out on a chopper.” Lex says turning away.
“Of course you did,” Chloe laughs bitterly.
Lana got sent away in a pretty chopper. Chloe got to dodge meteor rocks in a sports car with a guy having a mental break down.
“Well, whatever, I don’t care. All I know is that the safe was like that when I got there and whatever was missing, if anything actually was, I had nothing to do with it.”
“You always have something to do with it, Chloe.” Lex says, “You’re always partnered with the wrong person, have gotten into something too deep, and you some always end up involved.”
Chloe laughs again, bitter and humor mixed together. “Once upon a time, Lex, that guy I partnered with was you.”
He stopped moving rocks, just stood there for a little while, staring out of the hole he had made. It was slightly larger now, but not big enough to get through.
“You asked me what happened, Lex.” Chloe asks, “I want to know the same thing. Because the guy I remember, he held my hand when Lionel’s verdict was read. He didn’t hold my arms so tightly he left bruises.”
--
Lex went back to moving rocks and Chloe went back to listening for someone coming to rescue them.
The silence became the third person in the room, observing them almost.
They didn’t talk unless necessary.
(Eventually help came, but it wasn’t in the form of Clark.
Chloe hadn't expected it to be, but she thinks Lex did.)
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She’s thirsty, so very thirsty, and she wonders if they wander the caves enough if they’ll find some water source. They had weird portal things that she was pretty sure literally sent her best friend hurling through space and time (and her into a big painful rock), so water didn’t seem that big of a stretch really.
Lex stops what he’s doing and turns to her.
“I didn’t have anything to do with your safe or what happened, I was just as confused as you were. All I wanted was to make sure Lana was safe.”
“I had already sent Lana out on a chopper.” Lex says turning away.
“Of course you did,” Chloe laughs bitterly.
Lana got sent away in a pretty chopper. Chloe got to dodge meteor rocks in a sports car with a guy having a mental break down.
“Well, whatever, I don’t care. All I know is that the safe was like that when I got there and whatever was missing, if anything actually was, I had nothing to do with it.”
“You always have something to do with it, Chloe.” Lex says, “You’re always partnered with the wrong person, have gotten into something too deep, and you some always end up involved.”
Chloe laughs again, bitter and humor mixed together. “Once upon a time, Lex, that guy I partnered with was you.”
He stopped moving rocks, just stood there for a little while, staring out of the hole he had made. It was slightly larger now, but not big enough to get through.
“You asked me what happened, Lex.” Chloe asks, “I want to know the same thing. Because the guy I remember, he held my hand when Lionel’s verdict was read. He didn’t hold my arms so tightly he left bruises.”
--
Lex went back to moving rocks and Chloe went back to listening for someone coming to rescue them.
The silence became the third person in the room, observing them almost.
They didn’t talk unless necessary.
(Eventually help came, but it wasn’t in the form of Clark.
Chloe hadn't expected it to be, but she thinks Lex did.)