Author's Note: I've taken a lot of this from a combination of Smallville (character wise), Lois and Clark (TV), and Superman comics and maybe from the movies. Please Read and Review. Suggestions always appreciative!

Prologue

Dropping down through the window from almost 8 feet above the ground hurt and it hurt bad, especially when your hips was the place where you landed on. Lois Lane stood up and dusted her blue thread jacket.

"This is the last time I crawl through a window," she said out loud but quickly smiled to herself as she knew that would never really happen. That is if it helps her get the story. "Okay, now back to work."

Lois started to look around the former Luthorcorp lab and started to look for some clues, any clue as to what actually happened when the place suddenly exploded two weeks prior. But that wasn't where the story ended. The biggest news was Lionel Luthor, the successful businessman and residential evil genius, had apparently been there at that precise moment it blew up. It had been ruled as an accidental death but Lois knew otherwise. She knew of Lionel's "after work activities" and they did not include donating money to the Metropolis orphanage. And so that's why she was there: to find out who did this. But who? Lois asked herself. Lionel Luthor had countless enemies… it could have been anyone!

Meanwhile in the presidential office nearly 34 stories up, Lex Luthor was keeping his eyes on the familiar figure that was on the screen before him.

"Miss Lane," he said as a mysterious smile formed upon his lips. "I was wondering when you'd be making a visit." He sat back in his leather chair and hit red button beneath his desk on which the security screens were on. "And since you've managed to break in undetected, I guess now I should see how you manage my security." Lex hit the button on the side of his chair's arm rest and patiently waited to see how she'd do at his test.

If I was a clue…where would I be? Lois asked herself as she made her way to through the destroyed laboratory for the umpteenth time. She let out a sigh and placed her hands upon her hips as she looked around the room. No such luck. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This is ridiculous! She threw her hands up in the air. Patience…thy name is not Lois. There's GOT to be something…anything…

"Stay where you are!" She heard a deep voice yell behind her, making Lois' eyes roll. She did as she was told and turned to face the guard….and his friends, his big, giant, muscular friends.

"It's not what you think," Lois immediately defended as she moved slowly towards the security guard with her hands in front of her chest.

"I said freeze!" The man yelled.

"Umm actually that's a no," Lois replied. "You said stay and you see I'm not particularly fond of people telling me what to do…." Lois stood directly in front of him and smiled brightly, exuding the least amount of intimidation with these men almost twice her size. "So if you don't mind, I'd like you to call off your buddies here or else you'll regret it."

The man looked down at her and quickly smirked. "Oh, is that so?" He started to laugh followed by the others and Lois just folded her arms in front of her chest, letting them continue. "Now if you don't mind, we'd like to take you in so we get back to handling the bigger, badder robbers." He and the others laughed as they crowded around Lois who just smirked and started her getaway plan by punching the freeze guy in the face and kicking another security guard in the chest.

"Well, I'm one of those bigger, badder robbers I guess," Lois remarked as those two fell to the ground and the two others started to come towards her. "Oh you guys want to tango too? Bring it on."

Lois ducked as the bigger one attempted to hit her in the face and hit him behind the knees, forcing him to the ground and quickly kicked the other in the face. She then stood up straight and surveyed the damage before she left. "Good night ladies. Pleasant dreams." And with that Lois showed herself out of the building.

Lex monitored the screen of Lois making her exit as he made a telephone call to his personal assistant. "Maria, send some flowers to the Daily Planet. Address them to a Miss Lois Lane…."

Two days later, Lois was still thinking about the incident over at the laboratory as she boarded the airplane. But she was going to have to put that on a hold for the time being since she was boarding the LuthorCorp's first official commercial private airplane. However, this plane was making history and she was the only reporter invited to get an exclusive invitation to board it during its first flight.

"Ah Miss Lane," a charming Lex replied as he saw Lois enter. "I'm so glad to see you decided to come take me up on my offer."

"Just to see the plane, Luthor, nothing more," Lois reminded him as she looked around the inside of the airplane.

"Okay Lois I'm going to start taking some pictures," a male voice replied as he moved past her and Lex.

Lex looked at a smiling Lois after noticing the man taking the pictures. "I hope you don't mind that I invited the Daily Planet's top photographer Jimmy Olsen."

"Hey," Jimmy responded with a nod and a grin to Lex as he continued taking pictures.

"Of course not. Take as many pictures as you like," Lex replied. "Well, let us take a bit of a test drive shall we?"

"Yeah, sure," Lois replied as she got out her tape recorder as Lex looked on. "My laptop broke early this morning…"

"Yeah," Jimmy chimed in, turning towards the two. "She threw it down in frustration because it kept popping up an error sign."

Lois grinned and shrugged her shoulders. "What can I say Olsen? I'm not the most patient person in the world."

Lex looked at Lois. "If there is anything I can do Miss Lane about getting you a new computer, please let me know."

"Thank you but I think I can handle a tape recorder for now," Lois replied and then went over to sit down in one of the nice leather chairs. "Well let's start this baby up and go for a test drive."

Lex smiled and nodded at Lois. "I'll tell the pilot that we're ready." And with that he went to the cockpit.

"I don't know about you, Lois," Jimmy started as he kneeled down to Lois' level. "But Lex Luthor appears to be a nice guy, nothing like the jerk you made him appear to be."

Lois didn't look at Jimmy as she fidgeted with the recorder. "That's why he's one of the Forbes most top businessmen, Jimmy." She turned her head to look at him. "He's isn't what he appears to be."

Jimmy looked at her and shook his head. Lois Lane was one of the few people he knew who had a shield against bullshit. And that's what made her one of his favorite workers at the Daily Planet and one of his friends.

"Put on your seatbelts," Lex instructed as he entered back into the area and sat beside Lois. "We're taking off."

Jimmy quickly stood up and stepped behind Lex and Lois to buckle himself up as the plane made it's way off the ground.

"Luthor," Lois started as she talked into the recorder. "Please tell me about this plane."

Lex smiled as he looked at Lois. "Of course. Why it's one of the finest private planes on the market. It burns far less gas than the average ones and is extremely quiet…as you have noticed."

Lois nodded in agreement. "Yes but why go into the private plane business Luthor?"

"Business, Miss Lane, business. As my father taught me, God rest his soul, 'Son in business you must spread your capabilities."

"And about your father…" Lois started as she was glad Lex brought up Lionel. "People seem to think his death was an accident…"

"That's what the police have reported yes," Lex replied coolly as he kept his eyes firmly fixated on Lois.

"Yes they have but I believe it wasn't."

"Oh?" Lex asked, sounding surprised.

"Yes, Lionel Luthor wasn't known much for his sainthood now was he?" Lois asked.

Lex chuckled. "No, my father wasn't what you'd call a saint."

"So why would he simply be at Luthorcorp laboratory in the middle of the night?"

"My father was an eccentric businessman," Lex explained to Lois. "I can't explain everything about him, much like you can't about yours."

Lois hit the stop button on the recorder. "I thought this was about you, Lex."

"I thought it was about the plane," Lex retorted. "Now, would yo-" but Lex was cut short by the downward motion of the plane.

Lois looked at him. "What the hell is going on?"

Lex unbuckled his seatbelt and made his way towards the cockpit as the plane rapidly fell down but was stopped short in the middle of the aisle as the plane appeared to have stopped its falling.

Lois uncovered her eyes. "Jimmy?"

"Yes?" Lois heard Jimmy weakly answer.

"Are you okay?"

"Are we dead?"

"I don't think so…."

"Then I'm okay."

Lois smirked as she saw Lex standing in the middle of the cockpit and her, looking outside one of the small windows with his face in bewildered. "Something wrong Luthor? See an angel?"

"Uh….Lois?" she heard Jimmy say.

"Yeah Jimmy?" She asked, spinning herself to his direction and saw him with the same expression as Lex as he pointed out the window. "You better look out the window."

Lois sighed impatiently as she made her way toward the window. "What is it? Is it a bird? No…let me guess…it's a….plane!"

"You're totally off," Jimmy replied as Lois' eyes widen. There clearly holding the plane, was a man.

"Is he for real?" Lois asked, her eyes not blinking. "He's holding this plane!"

"Lois, he's flying AS he's holding the plane!" Jimmy exclaimed in pure enjoyment.

"I think he's taking us back to the airport," Lois noticed as the airport appeared in the window's view and the man was quickly placing the airplane back on the ground. She then ran out of her chair and towards the door. "Open this thing up! OPEN IT NOW!" as if on command, it opened and Lois ran off the plane to search for the mysterious man who was still putting it down.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE BUSTER!" She yelled as she looked at the back of the hero who looked to be like any other man on the streets with his blue jacket and jeans. "Who are you some kind of…super…man?"

Panicked about being seen, the hero quickly flew off.

"LOIS!" She heard being yelled at her.

"JIMMY!" She ran towards him. "Give me your cell." He looked at her as he dug into his pocket and handed her his flip phone.

"What are you doing?" He asked as she dialed a number.

"What do you think?" She said sarcastically as she held the phone up to her ear. "Calling the Chief that's what."

"Did you get a look at the guy?" Jimmy asked as he looked up at the sky as if to see the hero reappear.

"No I didn't " Lois answered agitated. "Chief! I've got the story of the century and you're not going to believe it when I tell you…"