End of the Line

By Bren Ren

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Author's note: These Smallville PlotBunnies just couldn't be contained, so… Here I am dabbling, or more accurately, drabbling in a Smallville Lois & Clark fic. This is a one-shot fic of a single scene—this is basically how I'd like to seem them play out the finale for this season—with the assumption of their being a season ten, the premiere for which would kick-off right where this little ficlet leaves off. And yes, I do intend to write that teaser/conclusion ficlet as well.

And we're fic-ing!

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They had two flights of stairs to go. Just twenty-four steps remained between them and the roof access door when the explosion at the bottom of the stairwell nearly knocked them off their feet. The power of the roaring shockwave ripped through them seconds ahead of the rising fireball that engulfed every inch of the corridor in its path.

"Come on!" Clark screamed over the blast. As they continued their desperate climb, he pulled Lois up in his arms and took the last few steps three at a time. They burst through the door and had just enough time to duck behind a large ventilation port as the flames erupted from the stairwell.

As the fireball tapered back, they rose from behind their shelter and scanned the rooftop. Flames from the floors beneath them were shooting high into the night sky around the entire building; gossamer tendrils of flame curled up around the ledges as if the inferno was cradling the rooftop.

"We're trapped!" Lois's eyes were bulging with fear and panic. Then the entire building began to tremble beneath their feet.

Clark held his hand out to Lois. "Do you trust me?"

She took his hand in hers and stepped closer. "It isn't my trust that's in question."

The trembling intensified with every passing second. "It's time I answered your question, then." As her eyes grew impossibly wider, Clark dipped his head down to capture her lips in a firm kiss. The building suddenly began to quake violently; it was collapsing under them. He wrapped his arms tightly around Lois as he broke off the kiss.

"Hope you're not afraid of heights," Clark quipped with a wink. And then they shot straight up into the air as the roof crumbled beneath, releasing a fireball that missed them by microseconds.

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{Fade to Black}

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