Bizarro took a deep breath of fresh air. It was the first time he had been outside in a couple of months. When Clark gave him the super-powered punch, it had sent him flying toward the sun. The sun had damaged him a great deal, especially as Martian Manhunter had stranded him under the hot desert sun where there were no people around. It was as harmful to him as green kryptonite was to Clark. By the same token, it was the green kryptonite that restored him and the sun that restored Clark.

Luckily for Bizarro, Lex Luthor had found him and given him back his original strength, using the only thing that could help him, the green rock. He wouldn't have survived much longer in the desert and it had still taken quite awhile to completely recover from it. Lex obviously wanted him for his own evil purposes. Lex was a fool to think he could have him under his command. Lex had told him he couldn't leave the lab until he gave the say so but already he was defying him.

Both a weakness and a strength, he had obtained all of Clark's memories, thoughts and feelings. It was a strength because he could use these things against Clark but it had given Bizarro a weakness in one particular area. He wanted Lois Lane.

How and why Clark had spent so much time fighting that feeling, he had no idea. It was no doubt the intensity of it that scared Clark. He had wasted a lot of time in trying to develop a relationship with the more predictable Lana Lang. Lana was pretty to be sure but there was no passion in it. Lois was beautiful, vibrant, and sassy. Everything you could want in a woman. Lana was a girl.

Bizarro could taste the kisses that Lois had given Clark on Valentine's day and he wanted more, needed more. Even timid Clark had admitted to his mother that he wanted to kiss Lois and that was putting it mildly. They were addicting and he intended to get more as he sped off for her apartment.

"Come in," she called, when he banged on the door. "I'm glad to see you've learned to knock," she said without looking up from the packing she was doing.

"Where are you going?" he asked

She looked up at him in surprise. "Are you kidding me? You know I'm going on assignment. My plane's leaving in--and what the heck are you doing?" she asked, as he had moved in behind her. She circled around to the other side of the bed. "I've learned my lesson about you getting behind me."

He grinned at her and started to move closer. "I'm just trying to say goodbye, so you won't forget me while you're away."

"There's no danger of that happening. What would Lana say if she could see you right now?" Lois asked, as she jumped up on the bed and ran across it. He had almost trapped her against the wall.

"Lana?" he echoed in a confused manner. He thought she was dead but people around here didn't stay dead very long.

"Yeah, you know your girlfriend. Ringing any bells? I don't think this would look very innocent, whatever this is."

"Lana's overrated," he said, chasing after her with no intention of letting her escape his advances this time.

Chloe wrecked it by coming in. She stared at them suspiciously, as she had caught them running before they'd frozen at her arrival. He didn't speak because he didn't want to do anything to tip Chloe off. He just hoped there was no need for more recent memories.

Lois moved next to Chloe, "Thank goodness you're here."

"Am I interrupting something?" she asked, putting the grocery bags down on the counter.

"Not at all," Lois said, "but don't forget you have to drive me to the airport."

"But that's not for--"

"Right now, Chloe."

"Okay," she agreed.

Lois snapped her suitcase shut and said, "Make sure you get plenty of rest while I'm gone, Smallville and clear your head."

Chloe's curiosity was piqued. She clearly hoped to drag it out of Lois on the car trip but if he knew Lois, there was no chance of that happening.

He had momentarily considered going to the airport after her but he had a much better idea. Although the idea of fighting with her intrigued him, he didn't just want her for just one night. He wanted her for a lifetime. While he was in the lab, he had learned that Lex was making human clones. It had taken a while but he had succeeded in giving them life. He had a couple chained in the lab.

He found Lois' hairbrush, which she'd forgotten to pack in her haste to get away from him. He definitely had her flustered. If his moves had really been unwelcome, she would have tried to hurt him. Of course, she didn't know that wasn't possible. When she'd slapped him last time, it hadn't been hard even by human standards. She liked him. If another man had tried what he did, she would have stood her ground and beat the crap out of him. Instead, she had retreated, very uncharacteristic for her. She was confused by his interest in her and probably confused by her own feelings. All he needed was an uninhibited clone. He pulled a long brown strand of hair from her hairbrush and smiled. Pretty soon there was going to be a Bizarro Lois.

TBC