Saving Lois, PG-13

Summary: set a month after the season seven finale, Lois and Clark are both working at the Daily Planet, and learn to put up with eachother and their contradicting feelings towards eachother, as Clark begins to fit the role of Superman and Lois becomes the greatest love of Superman's life, if not Clark Kent's just yet.

Chapter one:

Perry set down the latest addition of the newspaper infront of Clark's desk, Clark threw Lois an annoyed glare as Perry bragged over her brilliance, 'you see this Kent? This is why Lois is one place ahead of you in becoming this years' Daily Planet Star Reporter...' Clark sighed to himself as he read the title of the paper, 'Superhero or Superbandit...?' He furrowed his brow, superbandit? He wondered, 'Uh Chief, why has Lois captioned the stranger who's saved over fifty people in the last month as a superbandit??' He did his best to cover his frustration.

Perry smiled at Clark, 'Lois?' he asked, the beautiful, if not outspoken brunette who was seated at the desk opposite Clark's. 'Would you like to enlighten your Kent as to why this mystery hero could be a corrupt?'

Lois took a smug sip from her coffee, doing her best to hide her pride, she replied, 'Well Clarkie,' she said with a patronising tone, 'No-one's seen his face-'

'Maybe he doesn't wanna be recognised so reporters like you don't get a chance to label him-' Clark argued pointlessly, not realising that it was useless to argue with Lois. She was always right, even when she was wrong, she was right.

Lois strolled over to Clark, 'Okay, fair point Smallville, but maybe...he's the one causing these problems, and then by saving them, he swoops in and takes the credit. No offence Smallville, but it'll have to take alot more than taking cats out of trees and saving a stranger from a robbery here and there to win me over.'

Clark turned to the chief and editor, Perry Wyatt, who simply grinned as Lois strutted away, 'That's my girl.' He said proudly.

Clark frowned against his own will, usually he was in control of his emotions, but Lois always managed to rile him up. He was not a bandit, and he wasn't causing the accidents he had saved people from.

Perry sighed, 'I feel bad for the mystery guy sometimes,' he said without realising the mystery man was indeed seated afew feet opposite him, without explaining what he meant, he looked Clark straight in the face, 'Why are you still sitting here Kent? Lane's gone to get the latest report on the fire at Queen Labs, you better be hot at her heels if you wanna make a name for yourself at the Planet.'



Clark stumbled out of his seat, grabbing his coffee, he jogged out of the office after Lois. Making himself a name would have to wait, if there was a fire, he was going to stop it.

Queen Labs:

Radon stared at the fire he had caused, looking horrified he stared down at his hands, 'what have I done?' he felt sick as his skin began to cool down, he stumbled backwards through the flames, untouched by them. His hands gave off an orange glow that slowly diminished. The scientist who was working on him lay badly burned on the ground and unconscious. He had to help the scientist, this was his fault.

The sound of metal being torn apart grabbed his attention, turning around he saw a hooded silhouette.

'It was an accident-' Radon mumbled, 'I didn't mean for it to happen-I just-I-'

Clark's eyes landed on the unconscious scientist, he supersped, hoisting the scientist over his shoulder, he was out of the room before Radon realised what had just happened.

Clark came to a halt in the hallway as Lois slowed down at the other end. Her eyes studied him suspiciously, 'Leaving the scene of the crime with a body over your shoulder? Doesn't seem very heroic to me...menace or messiah?' She asked.

Unable to risk Lois discovering his identity, Clark supersped past her, as time slowed, he dropped the body at her feet. Paramedics and police rushed in as time returned to its normal pace, Lois blinked rapidly, how did he vanish like that?

Radon stared at the officers as they rushed in with their guns aimed at him, he suddenly felt weak as the room began to lose its colour. Before he knew it, his body hit the ground, sending a wave of scolding heat out at the surrounding officers.

Before the scolding wave of heat reached the officers, Clark sped back into the room, taking in a deep breath, he let out a blast of cold air from his lips, cooling the heat and creating a wall of ice. Having shield the officers, he then pummelled through the ice wall and headed towards Radon, he suddenly keeled over. An eerie humming sound was detected by his ears as his eyes scanned Radon, searching for the source, that's when he saw it. It was a small vial of kryptonite Radon wore around his neck. Clark backed away, staggering out into the hallway, he supersped as he stumbled, slowly regaining his strength, he accidentally knocked Lois off her feet. They tumbled to the ground, Lois opened her eyes, for a brief moment, all she could make out were his lips and jawline, his other features were covered by the hooded jacket he wore. Before she could gather her sense, he sped away.

'HEY!?' she called, utterly infuriated and confused. As she re-adjusted her shirt, she couldn't help but notice her heart as it pounded in her chest. She took in a deep breath.

Clark stopped in an alley, pulling off the jacket, he slipped it into his sidebag, his heart was hammering in his chest, he didn't know whether it was because he stumbled into Lois or because he was just out of breath. Without giving it further thought, he emerged from the alley way, buttoning up his navy shirt. He had a story to report.

End chapter One