Another great and harrowing chapter.
I love that Clark deliberately allowed Buffy to hurt him. Yes, Clark would much rather be hurt - or dead - than be used as an instrument to hurt people. Hopefully, if he is hurt, he can't do as much damage. And Amy may have to use some of her power to actually keep him alive. Of course, if that is the case, we'll just have to hope that Clark can survive if Lois kills Amy. Because that is what she has decided that she must do. I agree. Against these vampires and evil witches, there is nothing else you can do.
I love how Lois is determined to fight for Clark, and how she is motivated by her love for him:
They'd kill Clark, if they thought it was expedient, rather than let him be controlled by a monster. If Buffy was right, and Clark had chosen to allow himself to be stabbed, he might even think the same way.
All of them were heroes.
Luckily, Lois wasn't. She hadn't lost that spark of humanity that let her look beyond the numbers o see the value of a single human life.
Or even a single inhuman one.
Lois wasn't going to let them hurt Clark, no matter what Buffy thought was going to happen.
This is great, too:
They didn't stand a chance against Clark. No one did, except Lois.
According to the terms of the spell Clark was under, he could not be forced to hurt Lois. Neither Angelica nor Amy could either.
Lois wasn't sure whether that applied to any of their minions.
All in all though, it meant that she was the one with the best chance of stopping them. She would be the one to free Clark from slavery.
I love it. And I want to see it happen, too.
Ann