After Clark Kent destroyed Brainiac, Lana recovered from her coma, but when Clark came to visit her, she wasn't there. He was given a video she had made for him, telling him that she was standing in the way of his destiny, and that she would always love him but that the world needed him more then she did. However, this was not the true story: Lex Luthor had gotten his people (including Tess Mercer) to kidnap Lana and have her brought to him. They forced Lana make the goodbye-video to Clark, with her proclamation of being a distraction to his destiny and not to look for her so that Clark wouldn't know what was going on. She was chloroformed unconscious and put into a van. However, Lana managed to hijack the van and escape.