By Christopher James Beppo
Standing outside LuthorCorp Fertilizer Plant No. 3 the other night, illuminated only by the flashing lights atop her cruiser, Sheriff Nancy Adams looked baffled.
Many adjectives have been used to describe the woman who tries her best to keep the peace in Smallville, but until now, "baffled," "perplexed" and "befuddled" could rarely be applied to her demeanor. A fourth attitude--"annoyed"--which she also prominently displayed at that moment, was much more familiar, however.
The sheriff was one of several dozen people milling about in front of the plant after alarms emptied the building of its skeleton night crew and automatically summoned Adams.
"Why can't anything be easy in Smallville?" sighed Adams rhetorically, closing her notepad with frustration. "Middle of the night, I get called out here about an intruder, but when I try to get in, some military grunt starts lecturing me about jurisdiction. It's a freakin' factory, for crap's sake, what the hell is the U.S. Army doing here?"
According to the sheriff, at approximately 1:30 a.m., a person or persons somehow gained unauthorized access to Plant No. 3 and triggered an alarm. The
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facility's private security team was unable to apprehend the trespasser, but nothing was reported stolen or damaged. Still, Adams hardly seemed satisfied by the situation.
"Now I know why Sheriff Waid went bonkers with this town," continued Adams. "Yes, fertilizer chemicals can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but isn't it kind of overkill to have 25 HAZ-MAT guys and a platoon of armed soldiers on standby during the graveyard shift? This was probably just some kid sneaking around on a dare, not a federal case."
In the absence of former plant manager Gabe Sullivan, no one was present for an official statement, and neither Lex Luthor nor Lionel Luthor could be reached for comment.
Here is this week's entry from the Ezra Small Project. Further information may be found in the Ezra Small House section of http://www.smallville.net.
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