Smallville/Supergirl Fic: Sanguine Utopia
A 530 word Supergirl drabble for the Numbers Challenge which is a sequel to A Preposterous Plan at 1_million_words ENJOY!!
Lena Luthor had hoped that it would be a somewhat quiet day at L-Corp but then her assistant ran into her office in an absolute panic.
“Mrs. Luthor’s here?” Lena repeated. “I’m calling the police and you need to…”
But Lena trailed off when she saw a familiar blonde waving to her from the doorway. “Have no fear, it’s the nice Mrs. Luthor, “ Chloe joked.
Lena smiled in delight as she ran to hug her sister in law. With her arm firmly around the blonde reporter, Lena lead her to the couch while firing questions at her. “How long are you in National City? Is Juliana with you? How’s your dad?”
Chloe laughed while she patted Lena’s hand affectionately, waiting for Lena to take a breath before she attempted to answer. “We’re here for two weeks and yes that means Juliana and my dad. We’re all doing very well.”
Here she paused to fix Lena with a level look. “But I notice that you didn’t ask about your brother.”
Lena looked down guilty but before she could respond, Chloe went right on speaking. “I‘ve been visiting Lex at Belle Reve, and Lena, he’s getting better. He’s taking an active role in his therapy, actually talking about his fears and most importantly, he’s asking after family.”
Chloe smiled happily while her eyes filled with tears. “It’s been so long since he’s even talked about any of us and for Lex to specifically ask after you and Juliana,” she broke off to wipe her tears, “well, it makes me feel so hopeful for our future.”
Lena could feel her own eyes fill up at Chloe’s obvious joy. “If he continues improving, maybe I could go visit him?”
Chloe grinned in agreement, “I know he’d love to see you, but...”
Lena shook her head in consternation at her sister in law’s hesitation. “Chloe, whatever it is, just tell me.”
Looking unsure, Chloe spoke haltingly. “Lex has been reading in the papers that you’ve befriended Kara Danvers and that Supergirl's saved your life.”
Lena nodded, ”That’s quite true. Kara's become a good friend and Supergirl is the heroine of National City.” Her brow furrowed in worry. “Why would that worry Lex?”
“Because Kara Danvers and Clark Kent are cousins and it was through Lex’s friendship with Clark that he got to know Superman and…”
“He’s afraid I’m going to grow as obsessed with Kara and Supergirl as he was with Clark and Superman,” Lena finished for her.
Chloe could see that Lena was affected by her words, so she gave the younger woman a moment to compose herself. She reached into her purse and pulled out a flash drive, Lena looking up in surprise when Chloe placed it gently in her hand. “This contains all of your brother’s notes on his experiments regarding Superman. He wants you to read them.”
Chloe’s fingers tightened around the flash drive in Lena’s hand. “I don’t think Lex wants you making the same mistakes he did.”
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Today is day 56 of my on-going experiment to neutralize Superman. I know that the meteor rocks are the key to his destruction. If I could manufacture a weapon…”.
Lena Luthor had hoped that it would be a somewhat quiet day at L-Corp but then her assistant ran into her office in an absolute panic.
“Mrs. Luthor’s here?” Lena repeated. “I’m calling the police and you need to…”
But Lena trailed off when she saw a familiar blonde waving to her from the doorway. “Have no fear, it’s the nice Mrs. Luthor, “ Chloe joked.
Lena smiled in delight as she ran to hug her sister in law. With her arm firmly around the blonde reporter, Lena lead her to the couch while firing questions at her. “How long are you in National City? Is Juliana with you? How’s your dad?”
Chloe laughed while she patted Lena’s hand affectionately, waiting for Lena to take a breath before she attempted to answer. “We’re here for two weeks and yes that means Juliana and my dad. We’re all doing very well.”
Here she paused to fix Lena with a level look. “But I notice that you didn’t ask about your brother.”
Lena looked down guilty but before she could respond, Chloe went right on speaking. “I‘ve been visiting Lex at Belle Reve, and Lena, he’s getting better. He’s taking an active role in his therapy, actually talking about his fears and most importantly, he’s asking after family.”
Chloe smiled happily while her eyes filled with tears. “It’s been so long since he’s even talked about any of us and for Lex to specifically ask after you and Juliana,” she broke off to wipe her tears, “well, it makes me feel so hopeful for our future.”
Lena could feel her own eyes fill up at Chloe’s obvious joy. “If he continues improving, maybe I could go visit him?”
Chloe grinned in agreement, “I know he’d love to see you, but...”
Lena shook her head in consternation at her sister in law’s hesitation. “Chloe, whatever it is, just tell me.”
Looking unsure, Chloe spoke haltingly. “Lex has been reading in the papers that you’ve befriended Kara Danvers and that Supergirl's saved your life.”
Lena nodded, ”That’s quite true. Kara's become a good friend and Supergirl is the heroine of National City.” Her brow furrowed in worry. “Why would that worry Lex?”
“Because Kara Danvers and Clark Kent are cousins and it was through Lex’s friendship with Clark that he got to know Superman and…”
“He’s afraid I’m going to grow as obsessed with Kara and Supergirl as he was with Clark and Superman,” Lena finished for her.
Chloe could see that Lena was affected by her words, so she gave the younger woman a moment to compose herself. She reached into her purse and pulled out a flash drive, Lena looking up in surprise when Chloe placed it gently in her hand. “This contains all of your brother’s notes on his experiments regarding Superman. He wants you to read them.”
Chloe’s fingers tightened around the flash drive in Lena’s hand. “I don’t think Lex wants you making the same mistakes he did.”
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Today is day 56 of my on-going experiment to neutralize Superman. I know that the meteor rocks are the key to his destruction. If I could manufacture a weapon…”.