Phantom - The beginning
May. 12th, 2008 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hero_farmboyIt's not an easy thing to say good bye to your mother, but that's exactly what Clark had to do this morning. The oddest part was he wasn't the one who was leaving. Martha even remarked she never thought he'd be the last one to leave the farm, but she's the one with the future right now, a seat on the US Senate, and a nice new apartment in Washington DC. After all, the Kents have never really done anything the right way around.
He suspects it hasn't completely sunk in yet, his mom being gone. Maybe after a few days alone in the house it'll hit him that that's exactly what he is now - alone. Again.
And when he heads up to the loft to start work for the day, it seems the day is ready to throw him for another loop: Lana's waiting for him and tell him she's leaving Lex. Clark can't hide his happiness at the news she's finally dissolving a marriage that in his opinion never should have happened to begin with, because Lex is dangerous, and even beyond that, despite everything that's happened, Clark still cares for her. And he can protect her.
But Lana continues, saying she knows the only thing that can keep her safe is for her to leave Smallville; her bags are packed and she just came to say goodbye, for good. He lets her get to the bottom of the stairs before he decides he can't lose her again, and if that means finally telling her everything - everything - then that's what he'll do.
And he does.
Her kissing him is not exactly the response he was expecting, and it's just one more complication he really doesn't need right now, but so long as she'll stay - now that she knows he really can protect her from anything - he can handle it. But Lana still isn't convinced; she knows he has a weakness and that isn't something Clark mentioned.
It all becomes clear in that moment. Of the few people who know about Clark's weakness, there's only one who would use it as a motivator for fear against Lana. And that's Lionel Luthor. It only makes him angrier when she confirms it, telling him Lionel threatened Clark's life in order to force her to marry Lex. All of this has been because of him.
It seems Clark has a visit to make.
He suspects it hasn't completely sunk in yet, his mom being gone. Maybe after a few days alone in the house it'll hit him that that's exactly what he is now - alone. Again.
And when he heads up to the loft to start work for the day, it seems the day is ready to throw him for another loop: Lana's waiting for him and tell him she's leaving Lex. Clark can't hide his happiness at the news she's finally dissolving a marriage that in his opinion never should have happened to begin with, because Lex is dangerous, and even beyond that, despite everything that's happened, Clark still cares for her. And he can protect her.
But Lana continues, saying she knows the only thing that can keep her safe is for her to leave Smallville; her bags are packed and she just came to say goodbye, for good. He lets her get to the bottom of the stairs before he decides he can't lose her again, and if that means finally telling her everything - everything - then that's what he'll do.
And he does.
Her kissing him is not exactly the response he was expecting, and it's just one more complication he really doesn't need right now, but so long as she'll stay - now that she knows he really can protect her from anything - he can handle it. But Lana still isn't convinced; she knows he has a weakness and that isn't something Clark mentioned.
It all becomes clear in that moment. Of the few people who know about Clark's weakness, there's only one who would use it as a motivator for fear against Lana. And that's Lionel Luthor. It only makes him angrier when she confirms it, telling him Lionel threatened Clark's life in order to force her to marry Lex. All of this has been because of him.
It seems Clark has a visit to make.
