Hello my fellow ducklings and welcome to my story.

For those who are reading my ther story (The fall of Kal-El), do not threat as I will return to it shortly, as well as doing this story. I've had this weird urge to write this for some reason, and as i tried to write for my pther story,i found it hard and nothing i wrote seemed good enough. So i shall write purely this one, and then try to write for them both.

But anyways, enjoy reading as much as i know I'm going to enjoy writing.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything

"Clark would you hurry up!" Lois Lane yelled, obviously ignoring the fact that Clark was right next to her. Clark winced as her voice rung bells in his ears.

"I'm right here Lois, there's no need to get out your speakerphone" Clark replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes a little (as he always did around Lois) at his companions abrupt behaviour. "How did you even find out about this anyway? I don't remember phoning you up as well"

Lois sighed and stopped in her tracks. "Something you trying to put across here Smallville? Does having little ole' me around frighten you?" She asked with a seductive smirk. However to Clark, it was like water of a ducks back as far as he was concerned.

"No Lois. Infact what frightens me is that smirk, but what I actually meant was how did you know I wanted to meet Chloe here?" Clark answered, also stopping and looking around.

They were in the Kawatche Caves, where Chloe had heard reports of some strange electrical disturbances occuring randomly throught the week. It was due to this that Clark had suggested they meet there at night, as to not get any un-wanted company. Clearly he should have planned better.

"I was eavesdropping on my dear cousin whilst she was speaking to you" At Clarks disdainful look, she added quickly. "I was waiting for her to get of the phone. Trust me I don't just wait around hoping to hear something about you"

"Sometimes I wonder" he added playfully, letting a smirk form himself. Lois rolled her eyes (as she always did around Clark) and looked around.

"I don't get it though. It hardly looks like anything strange has been going on around here" She thought out loud.

"Yeah, well, appearances can be decieving. Look maybe we should wait for Chloe outside" He suggested, all the while shining his torch over the walls. Lois snort didn't suprise him.

"Aww is Clarkie afraid to stay in the big dark caves without some female protection?" When she got the desired look from her companion she smirked once again. "Don't worry Smallville, I'll protect you" She declared, patting him lightly on his chest before spinning back around.

"Actually you're what I'm afraid of, and a certain other petite blonde as a matter of fact. So if you wouldn't mind..."

Suddenly a gunshot was heard. Instinctively, Clark dived ontop of Lois which caused both of them to go crashing to the ground. Clark lifted his head and used his visual abilities to scan the area. Picking up on a body lying on the ground, he took one last look around before getting up and making his way over to the lifeless body on the ground.

Lois slowly rose, though a displeased expression was plastered onto her face, the massive mud stain on her back was what was currently causing Lois Lane to fume. She had only bought the red tanktop she was wearing earlier that morning, and now, her self-employeed body guard had decided to wash with a personal favourite of mud, crap and the occassional sharp twig. Not to mention she was wearing her favourite dark blue jeans.

"Smallville, how many times? I don't need you diving on me every chance you get! God sometimes I wonder" She complained as she brushed of her once beautiful clothes.

"Lois, come here" He said, leaning over something infront of him. She walked up behind him to see the lifeless body and clamped both of her hands to her mouth to conceal her gasp. Clark bent down and checked the mans pulse.

"Is he...?" Lois asked, not really able to finish the sentence. Clark stood and nodded soberly, confirming her worst thoughts.

"But I can't find any trace of a bullet. Only kind of damage I can find is a straight gash over his adams-apple, and by the looks of it, that's what killed him" Clark finished clearly puzzled. "But there must be a bullet somewhere. If not here then on the ground"

"Yeah but I didn't hear the bullet hit anything. Then again I had the human version of a mountain falling on me at the time" Lois added, still not happy with her partners overbearing ways.

Clark however seemed not to even hear her. If the bullet had hit him then he would understand why there had been no sound. But the bullet hadn't hit him. He had even checked the ground and all over himself for any bulet holes, hell he had even checked Lois out whilst she was brushing herself of. None of it added up.

Clark chanced one more look around and still nothing. With a heavy sigh he turned his sttention back to the body. He still hadn't seen the face of the poor man just yet. Crouching down slowly, he squatted and carefully flipped the man over. It wasn't anyone he knew, but the sight almost made him gag. The slash on his adams-apple was red raw, it being the first time Clark had seen it without his x-ray vision, but the dead mans mouth, full with blood, was what almost sent him running for the nearest bathroom.

"Do you know him?" Lois asked, cautious. When Clark shook his head 'No' Lois looked down again. "Well I think we should call him Harry" She stated matter-of-factly. Clark rose to his feet, staring at her like she was the most evil thing he had ever seen.

"Real sensitive Lois" He said with a small shake of his head. His curiosity was peaked though, and though he hated himself for it, he knew he had to ask. "Why Harry?"

"Well if I'm going to be honest he's not the smoothest creature i've ever seen, I mean the man's got hair coming out of his ears. So hairy - Harry. Makes sense. Plus I don't like to refer to him as 'The Dead Guy' " She answered honestly. Clark just stared at her, scared that he understood every word. Sighing, Lois took another look around and this time something reflected her torches light.

"Hey Clark take look at this" Lois said, moving towards the object that seemed to be stuck in the wall. Clark also took notice in this and followed her light, also shining his on it.

They reached the object and Clark reached out to take it. Prying it from the wall with fake difficulty, he held it in front of him for his and Lois benefit. Frowning, he brought it closer, not quite sure if he saw what he thought he saw.

"It's...a bat?" He stated as if what he was holding was some sort of undiscovered animal. Lois snatched it from him.

"Not just a bat Clark" She scolded. "It's off-handed lead, shaped like a bat. It's sides are razor sharp, sharper infact. Light as a feather and the perfect long distance weapon if the person using it has some major skill. Whoever had this is obviously some sort of master soldier or something" Lois said in awe.

"Oh great Lois, let's start respecting the talented murderer" But it still bothered Clark that whoever did this was not only able to get out of there quick enough to avoid being seen by him, but how he didn't see this when he had looked around. Why was it invisible to him? It was lead but he could always see lead, just not see through it.

"We should take this to Chloe and have her examine it, but for now let's keep looking around" Lois suggested as they both turned around. However when they did both turn around, the sight before them made them both freeze.

There, infront of them, stood a dark shadow of a man dressed as a bat. A long black cape that was wrapped around the rest of his body prevented them from seeing anything else underneath, but his head and face was another story. A Black mask covered most of his face, but there was a whole in it, showing from his chin to just below his nose. His eyes were ice blue, seemingly penetrating through the pair, and on each side of his head there were little horns. Altogether, he even gave Clark the creeps.

"You should both leave now" The man in black stated. His voice was gruff and emotionless, yet deep enough to vibrate through them. Lois and Clark just continued to stare for a while longer. It was Lois who found her voice first however.

"Did you kill him?" She asked in a voice she hardly recognised as her own. Whoever this man was, he was able to send chills through her whole body.

"Yes" He answered simply, as if he had been asked if he had eaten that morning. "He shot at you with this gun" He stated in that emotionless gruff voice, providing a hand out from inside the cape with a simple revolver in it. "I had no choice" He threw the gun to their feet. "You should both leave now. Forget what you saw here today"

"Well wait...Who are you?" Asked Clark, sounding more confident than he felt. As he spoke, a bright light appeared behind the mysterious man. So bright that Lois and Clark had to sheild their eyes as the light expanded into an oval shape. The man turned around and looked over his shoulder at them. By the way he was looking at them, you would have thought they had killed his family cat, which was enough to make Lois shiver a little.

"I'm Batman" He stated, then suddenly dived into the oval light and dissappeared.

"What the hell!?" Lois yelled, and before she realised what she was doing, she was running towards the light. She briefly heard Clark yelling at her to stop, but she ignored him and kept running. Running at full speed now, she dived head first into the light and also dissappeared.

"Lois!" Clark yelled and like Lois before him, ran towards the light. He didn't even notice Chloe running into the caves just as Lois had dived in, but he was too distracted to care anyway. Like Clark had done before her with Lois, Chloe watched as her best friend dived into the light head first after her cousin, but before she could do anything, the light was gone. She stood alone in the caves, frozen at what she had just seen.

This couldn't be good.

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