Love always

A missing friend

Clark came into the barn, Oliver was checking the satellites and he had gone as many places as he could think of. He looked up as Lana entered the barn.
"I checked three time zones there are no signs of Chloe or the creature that took her."
"I'll head back to the ISIS Foundation and see what I can find out."
"Lana I can do it."
"Clark she needs us all, and with Katherine in the hospital you have enough on your mind, let me help."
"Alright." Clark said, Lana turned and left, Clark looked up as a someone appeared in the loft, he superspeeded up there.
"Hey who are you?" He yelled, the person turned with a large axe and slammed it into Clark's side, to his surprise it went into his body. The man kicked Clark sending him flying backwards out of the loft. It came down and pinned Clark to the floor and raised his axe to hit him again when the axe went flying backwards away from him. Clark scrambled to his feet as someone came up next to him shooting what seemed to be electricity from his hands. Once the larger man disappeared Clark was handed a towel and he was able to get to his feet.
"Kal-El it's both an honor and a pleasure."
Clark looked at them oddly. They followed him inside once they realized the phantom crystal was destroyed. Clark took off the bloody shirt and pulled on one of his tee-shirts.
"You think it is a friend that is Brainiacs host."
"I'm not sure." Clark said looking back at Chloe's picture.
"You worry about this Chloe Sullivan."
"Yes." Clark said. He opened the door and took off, they followed him from the house. The three landed in front of him.
"Where are you going?"
"The fortress."
"Yes that might help."
"Why don't we continue this in the sky."
"I don't fly." Clark said.
"Cant fly? What's up with that Roc?"
"He hasn't learned yet."
Clark looked at them.
"We have heard of Lana Lang, Jimmy Olson, Lois Lane even Katherine Hawke. But no Chloe Sullivan."
"Then you dont know me as well as you do."
"Maybe her name was lost to the annals of time."
"What she means is maybe she doesnt survive."
"Chloe doesn't die." He said grabbing the one young man.
"Kal, he didn't mean anything by it. "
Clark looked at them and took off.

Clark carried Chloe into the barn.
"Work together." Clark said.
They finally removed Brainiac from Chloe. Clark waited and Chloe turned and looked at him.
"How are you feeling? "
"I feel a whole lot dummer." Chloe said.

Clark arrived at Chloe's apartment later, he saw she was packing a few things.
"Its nice to see a kinder gentler Chloe."
"Nothing like getting a binary bad guy perged from your system to put the spring back in your step."
"I am glad your doing better. Going to see Jimmy?"
"I thought I would go relieve Lois of her nursing duties."
"She has been a big help, but I bet Jimmy would prefer to have his temperature taken by you."
"I hear Katherine was hurt, how is she doing?"
"I haven't been to see her yet. I wanted to check on you first."
"Clark go, I will come see you both after I see Jimmy."
"Are you sure."
"Yeah go."

Clark walked into the hospital and went straight to Katherine's room. He saw she was asleep and walked into the room, the nurse looked up.
"She's been worried, you must be Clark Kent."
"I am, how is she?"
"Her surgery went well. She has partial feeling in her legs but she has started physical therapy and has been given something for the pain that is why she is sleeping. If you would like I can have the doctor come talk to you."
"Sure." Clark said looking toward Katherine. The nurse left the room, closing the door behind her. Clark walked up to the bed and sat down in the chair next to the bed. He took her hand in his and sighed. He heard the door open and looked up, instead of the doctor he saw Oliver.
"How is she doing? "
"Broken."
"I brought her in a specialist."
"Thanks. Seems there was a small amount of loss of feeling in her legs."
"Mr. Kent?"
"Yes."
"Hi I'm Dr. Frederickson. I have been the one treating Miss Hawke. The nurse said you had questions about her treatment."
"Yes."
"We repaired the damage to the shoulder. We found that the damage to her back was a bit worse than the original doctor had stated after I was brought in we rechecked and that was when I saw that it was pressing on the spinal cord. Went in and repaired it as best we could without causing unnecessary damage. The swelling is coming down slowly. She will walk abet with a minor limp."
"Thank you. Does she know?"
"Yes she has been kept up on it all. We have been giving her pain medication as the pain has been pretty intense."
Thank you doctor." Clark said shaking his hand. The doctor turned and left them alone with Katherine.
"Its a good thing you brought someone else in."
"Clark I wouldn't want anything to happen to her and now we know that she will get better."
"Yeah." Clark said looking at her. He had his friend back but he nearly lost his girlfriend out of the deal.