Note: This story takes place concurrently with chapter 5. While The Teagues are over the Kent's household looking for the stone, Lionel Luther believes it is Lana Lang who holds the priced artifact.
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Lana Lang was getting ready to close up the Talon. She checked her cell phone and saw a text message saying Lex wanted to see her about fundraising event being held at the Talon next weekend. So after cleaning up and locking up the Talon, Lana headed over the Lex's mansion. When she entered Lex's office, she was surprised to see not Lex at his desk, but his father Lionel Luther, along with his 2 bodyguards sitting on the couch.
"Uh, Good evening Mr. Luther. I'm actually here looking for Lex." Lana said in a bit of confusion.
"Oh hello, Ms. Lang. Actually, the text message was from me." Lionel replied.
Not sure what's going on, Lana asked Lionel what he wanted.
"Well, Ms. Lang. I'll just ask you directly. Where is the artifact you obtained when you were in China?"
"What artifact? I don't know what you're talking about." Lana lied.
"I figured you'd play dumb," Lionel responded, "but for your own sake I would suggest that you tell me right now."
Lionel nods to his bodyguards who proceeded to shut all the doors leading into the office. Lana saw that and immediately a shadow of fear entered her heart.
"What are you going to do to me?" Lana said in a slightly fearful tone.
"Well, Jerome and Vince here have been working very hard for me lately. If you're not going to talk, perhaps you'd like to help them "relieve" their stress." Lionel responded with an evil grin.
Before Lionel had finished his statement, Jerome had stepped behind Lana and grabbed her arms.
"What the hell!" Lana snapped. "You can't possibly be serious. You're going to go to jail for this!"
"Maybe for a normal person," Lionel laughed, "but you've forgotten who you're dealing with. No crime is too big for me to get away with." Lionel then nods to Jerome and Vince to continue.
Lana was in a pinch. Even though she has taken quite a few self-defense classes, Vince and Jerome are two of the biggest black men she has ever seen. Both are easily 6"4' 250 pounds and built like football linebackers. While Jerome has Lana's arms locked, Vince walked up to her and put his hand on her right breast.
"This chick's got pretty nice breasts," Vince turned his head to tell Lionel.