Title: Unbreakable
Author: Medie
Fandom: Smallville
Categories: Drabble, Alternate Universe
Warnings: None
Characters/Pairing: Lex Luthor, Chloe Sullivan
Wordcount: 97
A/N Wednesday100. Sequel to 'A Great Gulf Fixed Between' a drabble I wrote for Wed100 a while back.


When she opened her eyes, he saw the understanding in them. The defeat.

"Clark?" She croaked around the oxygen tube, despite knowing the answer.

He shook his head.

"Helen?"

He shook his head again.

She shut her eyes against the grief and he waited for the question It came a heartbeat later in an anguished voice with terrified eyes. "My legs...can't feel...my legs...."

Taking her hand in his, Lex looked into Chloe's eyes and said softly, "I'm sorry."

She turned her head away, the room deathly silent save for the soft beeping of machines.

The unbreakable...had broken.

 


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