(Tess visited Clark at home the next day)
Clark: "Oh. Tess..hey."
Tess: "Hey. Sorry to drop by like this but..I was hoping we could talk."
Clark: "Yeah..sure come in."
Tess: "Thanks. Look I don't want to lie to you, Clark. Lex Luthor ordered me to pursue you."
Clark: "..really?"
Tess: "Yeah..but once we started talking it quickly became more than that. And when we kissed I..I don't know why you ran off but..I didn't want that night to end."
Clark: "I'm sorry..I should be honest with you too."
(Tess nodded, her gaze transfixed on him)
Clark: "..I know you're Lex's sister."
(Tess stumbled backward)
Tess: "You..you do? How'd you..?"
Clark: "It doesn't matter. You're your own person. Why can't you just walk away from him?"
Tess: "It's a little..more complicated than that. But what I don't understand is why he wanted your DNA."
Clark: "My..?"
(Everything clicked in Clark's mind, that clone of him from yesterday..Lex made it)
Clark: "You gave him my DNA?"
Tess: "Clark I'm sorry. I really do wish we'd met under different circumstances."
Clark: "Me too. But I think it'd be best if we went our separate ways. If Lex won't let this go..I'll help however I can. But that's all I can offer."
(Tess stared thoughtfully for a few moments before nodding, the disappointment and hurt all over her face)
Tess: "I guess this is goodbye then..."
(She shut the door behind her)
Tess: "...Superman."
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Superman: DNA
FanfictionClark Kent gets involved with Tess Mercer when Lex Luthor tries to buy the Daily Planet. A larger scheme unravels while Lois Lane tries to intervene.
