One of the players on the football team joined their friends who sat on a couched area of the coffee shop. He crouched down to talk to them and I brushed my hair away to listen in. They clearly looked like they were up to something and I wanted to know.

"Coach says he needs to see us on the field right now." they left without questioned

"what's up with your fallen brethren?" Chloe wondered

"I don't know." Pete shrugged also seeing the encounter. Chloe got up grabbing her coat and bag.

"I'll see you tomorrow." she went past Clark

"Chloe?"

"Relax. I'll see you tomorrow okay?" her bag bumped into Lana knocking ever our order of coffee. Everyone clapped as she wiped herself off and then grabbed a towel cleaning up the mess.

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It was the night of the pep rally and to support Clark I went with him. Spending an evening cheering for a sport i don't get or support was a big thing. Clark wore his jersey and his letterman jacket as we gathered. I rocked back on my feet the pom pom society giving their cheers. Pete came over to us.

"Hey have you seen Chloe?" he asked us

"She's in the office, she big story of the year. I'll go get her." I tell them and leave as I look up at the window expecting to see the light on. What I actually saw was Chloe waving her arms about with a fire raging behind her.

"Mia! Mia!" she yelled must have seen me.

"Crap." I ran into the building super fast "Chloe! Cho." I called. When i got there the fire was no as blazing as I once saw. I grabbed the extinguisher and sprayed out the flames. Clark had followed me and Chloe ran over hugging him in fear. I shared a concerned look with my brother. I looked around as the destruction. she told us what she had been working on and what she had seen the night before with Coach Walt.

"The torch, torched." I commented lifting up yesterdays paper Chloe scowled at me "Sorry, just trying to lightened the mood." I winced at the pun

"This is more that arson, you two. It's like the fire knew what I was doing." she insisted

"You believe that Coach Walt was somehow controlling it?" Clark question still not fully believing her. For me it wasn't that far of a stretch with what had happened since we started school.

"Look at the facts. Kwan launches an investigation into the scandal. Coach Walt tries to fry him in his car. Then one of his players comes forward and he threatened them with pyrotechnic sprinklers . I am about to print that picture, and the Torch goes up in flames." she laid it all out and to me it sounded convincing.

"Now you think he's behind the cheating scandal? Come on, Chloe."

"I believe you." i tell her "The mans a maniac and it's not that far of a leap. The only question I have is what caused him to have such powers? "

"I don't know. What I do know is the the Coach is obsessed with winning his 200th game helps bonehead players pass the test to secure his position in the pantheon of high school sports." Chloe argued back.

"Do you have another copy of the pictures?" I wondered

"No it's kind of hard to recover the files." she gestured around her to the burnout news room

"Then we don't have any proof." Clark replied. I couldn't tell if he completely believed her or not. Or if he was just playing along which sometimes he did.

"We have Trevor Chapel." Chloe shrugged

"What about him?" I inquire

"I'm sure he's the one that talked to Kwan about the cheating. He wants to talk, I know it, but he's still scared to talk to me." she aimed her answer at "but i think he might open up to you."  Clark nodded and went to find him.

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The next day I was working when Lana approached me, she had her necklace on and as soon as she got within five feet, everything became a struggle. damn that stupid necklace of hers.

"Hi Mia. How are you doing?" I backs as much as I could to stop being affected

"Okay, why?" I cleared my throat.

"Good, that's good." She smiled "Whitney's been telling me you're helping him with math. That's pretty great." I hummed folding my arms

"so the other day you sounded like you know a lot about coffee's." I raised my eyebrow "Yeah given where you work. it doesn't surprise me. Can you teach me? I'm drowning over there."

"Why...why can't they teach you?"

"They believe in learning on the job and that it shouldn't be that hard. Please you'd really save me." And what about me, you're wearing a rock that makes me feel physically ill.

"No. I can't...i'm busy to much..."

"Hey sweetheart are you ready to go?" Mom and Dad arrive seeing the two of us "Sweetheart are you okay?" mom questions

"Fine. Let's go." I moved quickly out and left Lana standing there. in the truck I leant against the windown

"Sweetheart what happened?" Mom strokes back my hair.

"The necklace Lana wears...its made from the meteor that came in the shower, It makes us weak. I'm fine." I tried to assure her. The three of us made our way to the game and when we got there it was just about starting.

"Chloe!" I call seeing her

"Hi Mia. Hi Mrs Kent, hi Mr Kent!" she waved to us as we sat down next to her.

"Smallville's resident cynic have a change of heart?" Mom smile jokingly.

"Well, I decided to put my personal politics aside to support my friends. Oh Mia, Clark told me that you needed to wear this." She handed me his jacket. "You got first wear as always?" he was confused but I laugh not explaining.

"Thanks." I slipped it on

"That's sweet of him." Mom replied pulling my hair over the jacket.

"Where is Clark?" Dad wondered

"I don't know. I was supposed to meet him to get the jacket, but he didn't show. i ended up getting it from his locker. I thought he was with you. " She answered and the hairs on my neck raised up Dad shook his head

"Dad somethings wrong. I can feel it." I grabbed onto his arm.

"Hey, don't worry i'm sure theres an explanation." he got up to go talk to Pete and Chloe followed I watched with Mom as Coach Walt talked with Dad and then Chloe did as well. the two broke off and then the coach followed my Dad

"Mom stay here."