AN: Okay this isn't so much as a missing scene as it is an explanation of Lex's plan and his reasons for seasons 4-7. I had a lot to explain for and I know it's all a stretch and probably doesn't make any sense but I tried. I probably gave it more effort than any of the SV writers ever did for their crap. And you guys can probably cut down this whole story with one question but that's okay because that's why I like it here. You guys are smart. Feel free to ask me something you don't understand because I'm still trying to work the plan out where it makes sense and I might not catch all the flaws.
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The Reason
Episode: Cure
For years after initially having to push Chloe away in order to protect her from his father, Lex was finally getting the chance to rectify the situation.
Lex had always been able to make bad situations turn out right for him. After letting his true intention for getting the stones slip to Lana, he had gotten her trust back due to that spaceship. He never believed that he would learn Clark’s secret through her. As much as Clark professed his love for her, the girl couldn’t be trusted with shit. Lex knew Chloe was the one that Clark would spill his secrets to, but he would never be able to manipulate her as easily as he could Lana. He would never do that just to get Clark's secret. He wanted more than the secret. He wanted to hurt Clark. Lana was his best bet because Clark just didn’t know how important Chloe was to him yet.
But Lex knew. He knew because he recognized her potential and necessity from their first meeting. Clark would lead a clueless life without her. And in order to hurt Clark more, the boy had to first realize how important Chloe was to him before Lex took her away. He knew Clark was ready after he had heard about how upset the boy had been when he thought Chloe had died.
Lana was his red herring. After Lex tortured and scared her within half her wits, which arguably weren’t much to begin with, Clark would never let Lana out of his sight. He’d be too overprotective of her and leave Chloe vulnerable.
It wouldn’t take much. For years he’d been making comments about Clark’s neglect to her. It was cruel and he hated himself for saying these things, but he reminded himself that the end result would be worth it and he had been speaking the truth. In the end, Clark would always drop Chloe for Lana.
Lex was sure that Lana knew Clark’s secret by now. Her knowledge would no longer make Chloe special to Clark. Just one more check against Chloe to add to the list. That stupid editor was also doing his part.
And he’d learned that Jimmy and Chloe’s relationship was over due to his new ‘savior’. He was now very glad that he had made sure Jimmy was the photographer for Miss Corn Pageant 2007 or whatever stupid name that cow town came up with. He gave the man credit for having amazing taste in the beginning and being smarter than Clark, but he knew from the first meeting that the boy would never be worthy of his Chloe. That credit was obviously misplaced if the kid thought some mystery slut was better. Lex could be grateful for the break up and still hate the dopey camera boy at the same time.
All that was left was to build up Chloe’s confusion about her power. Lex hated that she had to go through the same kind of testing that the others had to endure, but it was the only way to establish her powers. After the scientists had finished, he personally took her back to her apartment. He carefully placed her in her bed and lain down next to her. He held her close, breathing her scent and caressing her hair. He didn’t want to leave but knew all his careful planning would be ruined if she woke up and found him in bed next to her.
Being the only one who knew exactly how her power worked, he knew she’d have to come to him sooner or later. The problem being that Chloe was stubborn so if he didn’t force her hand, it would be much later. That was where Curtis Knox came in. He made sure his name was connected to Dr. Knox so that when Knox’s help fell through, Chloe would go straight to the source.
The plan was that Knox wouldn’t be able to fix Chloe and would even direct her to Lex and his scientists. In exchange, Knox would receive a certifiable meteor mutant with the necessary parts for Knox’s wife.
Lana would probably never believe that she was actually pregnant. Although not by Lex, she’d passed out due to a drug Lex had slipped in her champagne the night of the costume ball. He paid one of the waiters to do the dirty work. When she awoke, she fully believed she had made loved to Lex, but wasn’t that keen on a repeat performance which was just fine with him.
Lex never intended for her to get pregnant, he just wanted to hold over Clark’s head the thought that the love of his life had slept with his greatest enemy. However, when she did get pregnant and it turned out to be a peculiar pregnancy, Lex needed to marry her in order to have a chance to study the baby.
He had the waiter checked out. The guy was normal which meant that Lana was indeed the one thing she feared most, no matter what she said. Probably due to the effect of wearing her precious necklace for so many years. She had an increased amount of pheromones to attract men, and luckily he was immune due to the effects of the meteor shower on him. She certainly wasn’t gifted with high brain power. No way would she have been able to steal that clone he had made and get away from him if he hadn’t set up everything in the first place. All to lull her into both a false sense of thinking she could best him and to scare her enough to have Clark protect her. She didn’t have a clue that he was the one feeding her all of the carefully chosen information and set her ‘surveillance’ of him. He was feeding breadcrumbs to the naive bird to make sure her and her stupid boy wonder would be led away from his intentions with Chloe.
Tests had also shown that the baby would never make it to term, and if Lana had tried to carry it to term, she would have certainly died. He didn’t particularly care that she lived, but she needed to be around for his overall plan to work. He needed her to keep Clark’s focus off Chloe and on to her. That’s when he chose to end it for her. She’d probably thank him if she knew the truth. Well, actually, she’d never thank him. She’d secretly be glad but would call him evil in public. Like he cared.
So Knox would be given Lana if he just waited until Lex’s plan was finished. But the damn man got impatient which was Lex tried to stop him. When he had heard that Chloe was missing, he left the hospital and made sure Clark had all the necessary information to find Chloe. He desperately wanted to be the one to save her, but he knew that she would be weary if he made the first move. Chloe had to willingly come to him. She had to believe it was entirely her choice to seek him out. If she had any leeway, she would run and he’d never get another chance.
Luckily, everything worked out well in the end. Clark would be sure to tell Chloe that Lex had helped. He had also told Clark about the 10 million knowing Clark would ask Lana and she would lie and he would believe her, thus bringing them seemingly closer. Lana would do her best to make sure Clark believed her at all cost. She’d have a tighter grip on him, want him to talk to her more, and would push Chloe out of the way.
He had heard that Chloe had yelled at Clark in the DP offices. Told him that not everything in her life had to drop for him. She would want to make sure she had her own life. And when that time came, Lex was certain that she would want him to help her achieve that life. That she would be willing to share it with him.
TBC
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