2.21 - Accelerate

Chloe goes with Lana to have one last look around the Talon before Lana hands over the keys to the new owner.  Neither are thrilled about it being turned into a burrito bar; they meet Emily who is posing as the new owners daughter.  Lana thinks she recognizes her but it doesn't go very far; she agrees to show "Emma" the ropes of the Talon.

Lionel visits the Torch later that night, giving Chloe a picture of Emily and demanding her help; Chloe is dead pan and sarcastic towards him but recognizes Emily and shows it to Clark the next day.  Clark helps her piece together that it is Emily, that Lionel must of grabbed her last year, and Clark mentions that they'd got to keep Emily away from Lex due to Lex working with the FBI.  Chloe is taken aback and points out about Lex's grandparents' murder; Clark refutes that citing that "[they] never had hard evidence before about what Lionel was doing."  But that if they found Emily, they would have evidence that Lionel was illegally cloning people.

Chloe goes to talk to Lex; she tells him what Lionel erased - about MorganEdge, the murder, memory wipe, the confession, her entanglement with his father - and about what she had, the voicemail confession.  She points out that he has enough clout to resurrect that confession and use it.  Lex thanks her for coming forward and Chloe admits that she knows Luthor politics can be deadly but she knows he'll take care of her.

Chloe finds Clark sitting in the Torch and reminds him that he can't use the computers if he's not on staff; he says he's helping Lana who is being terrorized by "a girl who died six years ago" which catches Chloe's attention. Clark admits that Lana thinks it's a ghost but that people do have a habit of coming back to life.  Chloe offers up that despite her paranormal slant, she thinks it's just Lana's way of dealing with trauma and that Clark doesn't really know Lana at all; she adds that Lana is her friend and thus Clark has a right to know since Lana listens to him.   She lets the computer policy slide and reminds him to lock up when he's finished.