Mansion on the Hill: A Shipper's Alternate Ending to "Cool"

PREFACE - A Reintroduction to "Cool"

In the first half of "Cool":

A teen party at Crater Lake rages on with illegally consumed booze and lots of heavy making out. Shawn Kelvin, football player and short-term romance connoisseur, hits on Chloe and receives the usually dubious and skeptical teen reporter's digits before going to play ball with his teammates. His crew is beckoned back to the party by pizza, leaving him to fetch the ball solo. Walking on the ice- which looks deceptively thick- turns fatal for the jock as the ice cracks and Shawn falls through. He is trapped by quickly reforming ice, doomed to drown beneath the see-through sheet. Or is he?

Meteors lie ominously below the surface and the morning dawns a new life for young Kelvin. Ice cold, he looks to fire to warm his body and it works. Temporarily.

Same time - different scene, Clark overhears about the financial problems the farm is in, including the mention of the dreaded "bank loan". His parents don't want his help, though. They just want him to get to school.

On the walk to the school bus he finds that Chloe did not get the call from Mr. Wonderful but at least she's putting on an okay face.

Shawn has decided that, despite his sudden chill, school is an A-okay activity for the day, but ends up going to see the nurse almost immediately. He just can't seem to get warm, he tells her. Worried, she puts her hand to his forehead. Feeling the heat within, he locks her hand in place with his own.

He's suddenly warmer and takes off thanking the nurse who rechecks the thermometer. This can't be right...

During school hours, Lex Luthor decides to visit the Kent Farm. He informs Martha Kent of an upcoming community chat at his mansion, having to deal with modernization and expansion for the local farmers and Smallville in general. He makes his case known that, despite Jonathon's distaste for him, he would still like to know Martha's thoughts on his propositions.

After school hours, Lex visits the Beanery, working on yet another personal scheme. Seeing Lana gives him an opportunity to grace his buddy, Clark, in white light, so he slanders the football player, then takes his leave and watches as Whitney unwittingly proves his point. Lana is, understandably disappointed as her boyfriend has canceled their weekend plans for a pay-per-view fight.

Enter the over-affectionate Clark Kent, watching his cozy crush read a book in plush coffee house seating. Lex moves into Part B of his ingenious plan, informing his friend of Lana's current zero-activity status. He offers tickets to a Radiohead concert in Metropolis to a confused Clark-

-if he asks the girl out. He then adds limo action as an extra incentive if Clark can make a touchdown in less than a minute. Clark grabs the tickets from Lex's outstretched hand and runs inside. Using the trite "just as friends" bait, he gets a hesitant Lana to come with him to the concert.

At school the next day Clark informs his highly impressed friends of his "non-date" with Lana Lang, and moments later Shawn approaches, asking Chloe out. She decides to play a little hard to get, mentioning that she has to 'put the paper to bed', but that she was still interested. Without saying another word, Shawn walks off, approaching his ex-girl, Jenna Barnum. Poor Chloe is left insulted and not understanding what she does to turn off guys. She and Pete walk away and Clark, [with as evil an eye as Clark Kent can give], watches Shawn and Jenna leave.

Ah, yes, the obligatory 'nude blonde in the shower' scene [with the ever constant 'Homage to Horror' aura this WB show gives off, was anyone not expecting it?], only this time she's got an electric radio with her and she's singing along. Shawn approaches and it seems that Jenna has been awaiting the company. He flings back the curtain, though, revealing his disfiguration and all genial hospitality is gone. He touches the faucet turning the hot water to ice almost instantly, and Jenna freaks. She stumbles out of the shower covering herself with the curtain [I wish this was a ShowTime production... Nudity, curse words (Jonathan in the beginning of 'Jitters' anyone?!? PLEASE!) and CLex would have a better chance] and Shawn pulls her into his embrace. Giving her a big smacker-roo, he absorbs every last bit of heat from her body, turning it blue. He lets her go and she shatters as she hits the bathroom floor [or so we guess as we never actually see the shattering].

Back at the Kent farm, Martha and Jonathon bicker [in a way that makes most teenagers watching wish their parents could learn from these easy-goers] about going to Lex's, then Martha drops the anvil, telling her husband that she volunteered his presence already. Clark comes in [saved by the bell, Martha] and tells his folks of the date with Lana, and about the benefactor of the night's recreational pastime. Jonathon is not happy with Lex's control over their arrangements, but it seems he's got no choice [thanks, Ma!].

At home, Evil Shawn is looking up ex-flames in hopes that one of them will light his fire [oh, come on! I'm kinda funny, right? Right?!], but all of the breakups seem to have been vicious ones as his 'please, let's get together's are getting no sympathy taxes. He then sees Chloe's number, still on his hand. Ahhhh...

Back at the Kent farm yet again, Chloe and Clark are discussing his "not a date-date" when Chloe gets a call from Shawn, who then invites her to have coffee with him. Excited she tells Clark and he's surprised to find that she really does like Shawn, even though she considers him "intellectually challenged".
 
 

Later that night:

Entering the Luthor Manor, Martha is impressed and showing it, Jonathon is uncomfortable and hostile, especially when the two Kents discover that Lex has only invited them. Apparently there was never any community chat planned, and Jonathon is suspicious of Lex's intentions, but stays because of Martha's pleading look.

Lana and Clark are on their way to Metropolis in Lex Luthor's limousine. They have a brief discussion about each others ways to hide from the disappointments of life, then Clark uses his X-ray vision to do a card trick. He strokes Lana's finger with his while taking the card back and they both become uncomfortable. They talk about having to clarify that this was not a "date" and Clark asks Lana just what she told Whitney. She explains to Clark that she didn't tell him.

Lana then flips on the television inside the limo and they watch a new report on the death of Jenna Barnum and learn that the manhunt for the seventeen year old Shawn is still underway. Clark yells to the chauffeur to stop the car [it's a limo, Clark!!].

Chloe's at her computer in the high school newspaper's office [uh, okay, so I could just put the Torch's office] and she hears a banging locker door. She leaves the room to investigate [No, Chloe, damnit!] sees an arrow pointing to a trail of yellow petals and follows.

Clark drops Lana and the limo off at the Beanery, then tells her to wait, saying that he'd be back, explain later and that, [by the way you blind, stupid girl] this was the best non-date he'd ever had [does she deserve him? NO!].

Chloe, still following the trail of rose petals, ends up at the pool room and goes in. She calls jokingly out to Shawn who closes and locks the door behind her. She turns, sees him and asks what happened. He tells her that he can't get warm, that body heat lasts longest. She is either pushed into the pool or she falls [bad camera angle, but I'm pretty sure she just fell] and, after the initial shock, she tries to swim to the other side. Shawn sucks all of the heat from the pool, locking Chloe's foot, ankle high, within the ice. He starts to cross the ice after her when Clark gets to the door, breaking it open and running to her side. He punches through the ice and gets grabbed by Shawn who he then punches to the other side of the pool. He helps Chloe get to the door- as she's limping with her frozen foot- tells her to run, then turns around finding Shawn, [yep, you got it] gone [dun-dun-dun!! (music, if you hadn't guessed)].

A little later on they are in the Torch office again, this time Chloe's trying to find anything on Shawn's condition, but there's nothing. Clark wants to get her home so she, ready to go, starts to leave, the grabs Clark.

Back at the Beanery, Pete walks in with a girl, spots Lana and wanders over to find out why she's not with Clark. They talk, Pete spills about how he can't imagine anything being more important to Clark than her, and Whitney enters the frame. He asks her what she was doing in the Beanery and she says she was just reading. Pete tells Lana that he'd talk to her later, and then starts to leave. Lana offers him a spin in the limo [always bugged the hell out of me!! This is NOT YOUR LIMO, LANA!! This is from Lex to Clark for his date (non-date, whatever) with you! ARGH! Truly Nell's influence must be rubbing off] and Whitney wants to know what she was doing in a limo. She says she was just hanging out with a friend and asks him for a ride home.

Shawn freezes over a [pathetic little] lock, breaking into the Smallville Power Plant/Station/Whatever-the-hell.

Meanwhile, Clark is back to the Beanery, finding Lana is no longer there. Then the lights dim and Clark instinctively knows.

Still at the Plant/Station/Whatever, Shawn has gotten hold of something electric [shocking! ha, ha] and is trying to warm himself.

Luthor Manor: [it's been awhile] the lights go off and after a moment, come back on. Lex mentions the generator, then asks where they were. Jonathon is sarcastic about Lex's help and says that he learned from someone smarter than him that you have to solve your own problems. Lex knows Jonathon's speaking of his father, and mentions that even the senior Kent had government help. Jonathon is not at all happy that Lex has been looking into their financial history.

Whitney is driving Lana home and wants everything explained. He thinks it was a date that she was out on and she tries to explain that it wasn't, that Clark is just a friend, that's it. Whitney appears to be about to reply when they both see Sean in the middle of the road. Whitney swerves into a ditch to avoid him [truck count for Whitney: 2 (in how many episodes from the first to this one?). Lana's ankle might be twisted and Shawn is now gone. Whitney guides Lana to Luthor Manor just down the road, where they see the lights are on.

Lex is offering a partnership and Jonathon brings up the possibility of a taking a loan instead. Martha says with a small smile that Lex's presentation looks generous [anyone who has this baby on tape: watch where Jonathon's eyes fall first before moving to her face! LOL!! Guys!] and Lex hands them drinks then takes his own, saying that Jonathon can take his time to think about the proposal. A servant suddenly interrupts, showing Lana and Whitney into the study. Martha wants to know where Clark is.

Clark enters the scene of Whitney's second truck-homicide [he's thinking 'No doubt, Whitney's been here.'] and looks inside, only to be grabbed by Shawn from behind [did he just not see him hiding in the middle of an empty field?!?! Or was he hiding behind the truck? And, one more thing: WHY DID HE WAIT THERE? Why didn't he go after Lana and Whitney? Yeesh!]. A glowing light emits, Clark drops to the ground, frozen by Shawn who then looks to the Luthor manor and heads towards his not completely unsuspecting victims.

Lana and Whitney are sitting awkwardly by the fire. Whitney looks to Lana for a second then down. Lex comes over with scrumptious-looking, warm drinks and tells them that he's got the gate down and the alarm on; that they're staying at his mansion until they're safe and that he's sorry about Lana's date. Lana and Whitney look at him for a second then at each other. Jonathon has his cell phone out [tell me, with as crazy a life as Clark leads, why does he not a have his own cell? Or at least a friggin beeper? He doesn't have to have it on him in that part of the episode, but it'd make sense if they tried to call him and not the house], and explains to Martha that he's still getting the answering machine. The lights dim.

Shawn is outside Luthor Manor with his hand to the generator, sucking the heat and looking rather perversely orgasmic.

Clark is still unconscious for a moment, then his icy hand twitches. After a moment he takes a difficult looking gasp of air in.

We're back to Lex's study, lit by candles. Lex comes back with three flashlights, two of them for the Kents. He hands them over, and Jonathon says he's going go check the gate. Lex says that it should be secure. Martha says she's going to check the generator [why, oh, why didn't stupid Jonathon realize that this would be the more dangerous task of the two?! Idiot!] and asks Lex where it is. He tells her then offers to go himself, but she takes off, leaving Lex, Lana and Whitney alone.
 
 

This is obviously not where "Cool" ended, but it is where my fan fiction starts, so for my evil and wicked purposes, the rest of what happened is void.
((you probably can't hear me, but I'm laughing right now; oh, and it's very evil laughter. MWA-HAHAHA))