Title: Hexed Into Another Life
Chapter: Six
Characters/Pairings: Chlavis, slight Chimmy, slight Chlark, Slight Chlowow ;)
Rated PG-13
Summary: Davis has to kill Jimmy to get cured and save the world from inside him.
Spoilers: Up to Hex
Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville
Davis stared at Jimmy in utter horror he shook his head he turned back the corner and whispered to Zantana in a harsh rough whisper, “No. Hell no. What kind of sick joke are you playing at?”
“No joke. What you don’t believe he’s an innocent.”
Davis rolled his eyes, “Of course he’s innocent. You know that’s Chloe’s husband. She’ll never forgive me.”
“You’d be surprised. I’ve seen her she understands what it means to sacrifice for the greater good.”
“Well, it wouldn’t be much of a sacrifice for me now would it? It would solve my problems. You think I haven’t thought about it. He was an obstacle for me and Chloe being together. With him gone…but Chloe would never forgive me.”
Zantana pursed her lips, “This has to be done to protect the world. A sacrifice has to be made and it has to be him.”
“Why him? There are plenty of innocent people around why does it have to be him?” Davis asked.
“Because it does. He’s the one I chose. You must bring him to me at the rooftop of the Daily Planet. Meet me there at midnight.”
Then Davis said, “What if I don’t? What will happen to him?”
“I have a back up plan he’ll die regardless. The only difference if you help me you’ll be cured and you’ll be saving the world. What makes you so sure one drug addict isn’t worth risking the fate of the world over?”
Davis pursed his lips and then Zantana disappeared in a mist of blue smoke.
Davis let out a deep big sigh and he started after Jimmy.
Chloe and Clark arrived at Davis’ apartment in a hesitant fury. Chloe stood awkwardly in Lois body as they stood in front of Davis door. Chloe had felt like she was crossing the threshold in the wrong body.
Clark off course pushed the door open breaking the lock. Clark never was very tact when it came to breaking in entering. Chloe knew she shouldn’t feel bad for breaking into Davis’ apartment. He was the bad guy. That’s what she did she evaded bad guys privacies to expose them to the world. She had done that ever since she could remember but some how she had that aching feeling like she was evading a good friend’s privacy. She remembered back in the day she used to have privacy issues she would forget about boundaries when invading someone privacy to get the truth. But now after protecting Clark’s secret and so many others she learned to respect her friend’s privacies and now it just felt wrong.
The apartment looked pretty deserted there wasn’t much going on.
Then Clark started to investigate the room. There was a couch, a TV, and a hospital gym bag. There weren’t any pictures or any thing to give the place much personality. Chloe supposed Davis didn’t spend that much time here.
Then they went to the bedroom and on the wall there was a whole bill board covered with articles about the strange and abnormal. Wow Davis has his personal wall of weird. Chloe couldn’t help but smile at that similarity to hers. She loved her wall of weird. Then as she inspected the wall closer it wasn’t just any weird articles it was her weird articles. All of the articles were hers from the Torch and the Daily Planet and even those couple from the Ledger. Chloe put her hand over her face. She couldn’t believe he tracked every single article she did down. He didn’t only know the Chloe who met him and encouraged to take over Isis. He knew the girl who she was. He took the time to find all of her articles they were a huge part of who she was.
Clark looked at it and said, “Wow, someone’s obsessed with you.”
Chloe shrugged and couldn’t help but smile, “He’s a fan.”
Clark shook his head, “Chloe, he’s clearly obsessed with you. This is a trait of serial killers.”
Chloe shook her head, “Clark serial killers have obsessive pictures of their victims. This is just a guy who has clippings of my work.”
Chloe couldn’t help but her lips curled and she smiled. She tried to hide it but it was hard.
Clark looked at Chloe sadly and said, “Chloe Davis is out there some where killing an innocent person. We have to find clues to stop him.”
Chloe snapped herself out of her gushing of Davis admirable ways. She had to stop Davis from killing an innocent.
Then they found papers and pictures on his night stand. There was a picture of Chloe on his night stand and a crumpled up envelope and a piece of paper that looked like it was used and read and read several times.
Clark picked it up and he started to read it out loud, “Chloe, ever since I first met you when there was chaos and smoke and ash it was like in that moment when I saw you we were the only two people in the world. And some times when I’m with you that feeling doesn’t go away. I know you feel it too but I could see it in your eyes, you’re scared of risk, you scared I’ll hurt you like Clark. Your scared because I make you feel easy like Clark did and with Jimmy it’s a convient escape. He’s the safe bet I get it. I should stop writing this now and just let the good alright guy be with you and make you content. But I can’t because I love you. I know you’d be ok if you forever lived in your denial. But you wouldn’t be passionately incandescently happy. I would go to the ends of the earth to make you happy. In my life there is all of this confusion with all my black outs and the worry of something dark inside of me. But when I’m with you I feel like that darkness fades away and I’m surrounded by your light. You’re my angel. You’re my hero and I just can’t ever let go.”
Clark stopped reading it awkwardly and he looked at Chloe intensely and then Chloe grabbed the letter from Clark and said, “Clark reading that personal letter isn’t going to give us any clues of where Davis is.”
“Chloe did you ever talk about us with Davis?”
“As us do you mean the ridiculous unrequited crush I had on you for years.”
“Uh…yeah, I guess.”
“I may have mentioned it. It’s not that big of a deal.”
“Clearly.” Clark said sarcastically.
“Clark we’re going to find anything here.”
And then they both turned to see Davis carrying an unconscious Jimmy in his arms.
Chloe stared at Davis holding Jimmy in his arms shocked. No. She knew he was going to kill an innocent but Jimmy? And could he really be considered innocent. OK so she was just a little bitter about how he broke up with her.
Then Clark said, “Davis what did you do?”
Davis laid Jimmy gently on his bed and he said, “Don’t worry he’s not dead.”
Chloe checked for a pulse and he was breathing.
“Davis is right he’s still breathing.”
Then Chloe looked up at Davis heart broken, “Your taking him to Zantana aren’t you. He’s your sacrifice for the cure.”
“That is what Zanata told me. Yes. But I can’t do it Chloe you should take him. Run far away from here. Find a place where Zanata will never find him.”
Chloe shook her head and said, “No, it doesn’t matter where we run Zantana has mystical powers she’ll find us. She needs a sacrifice and we need to give her one.”
Clark stared at Chloe aghastly and said, “Chloe you can’t be serious? You would sacrifice your husband for him that monster.”
“Please Clark, if he’s a monster then so are you. He’s no different then if it were you being controlled. I would do what ever it took to make sure that didn’t happen. I would do what ever it took to make sure you’re not a killer against your will and the same goes for Davis.”
“Thanks Chloe for the faith but I can’t kill Jimmy. Maybe I can do something to fix this. It was something in the wording that Zantana said when she described a willing killer. I’d never do that willingly if I had another choice, I’d take it.”
“Ok…no Davis. You can’t. The whole point is to cure you.”
“What if her father doesn’t really have a way to cure me? It’s not a guarantee that he has a cure. Maybe this is the best way to protect everyone.”
Then Clark said, “Maybe we could reason with her. Maybe we can figure something out.”
Then Chloe said, “Yeah, maybe let’s go see her.”
A/N: Alright we're almost done there will be a couple of chaps left. And in case you didn't get it Chlowow is Chloe and the wall of weird. Oh, I how I missed the wall of weird.