A/N So the finale was a actually a season finale leaving us with a kickass cliffhanger… [**warning although I'm a big Tollie fan there will be some Chlollie at the beginning. Also just like the show the main pairing is Clark and Lois]

Episode 11x1 Superman –Part1

He couldn't stop looking up at the sky. Clark had done it. He'd defeated the darkness. Oliver smiled as he felt his cell buzzing.

"Chloe… Did you see that? It was amazing! I mean…"

Chloe interrupted him. "Ollie, all of our systems are up and I found Tess but… she's fading fast."

"Where is she?"

"LuthorCorp… she's on the top…" the phone disconnected. Oliver took off running toward the tallest building in the city.

Hold on Mercy, he thought to himself, I'm coming.

He was gasping for breath as he reached the glass doors to the building.

Oliver burst into the office seeing Lex staring out the window. "What the hell did you do to her?"

Lex turned to face him. "Who are you?"

Oliver narrowed his eyes at him and shook his head. He walked toward the limp body in the middle of the porcelain floor and kneeled down touching a pool of her blood. He noticed her chest barely rising and her pulse was shallow.

"Damn it! You bastard! Where you just going to let her bleed out?" He growled as he lifted her into his arms and turned to leave. "I've got you… you're going to be fine. Just hold on, Mercy…"

She'd got an exclusive interview with the president and was the first person to see the world's savior up close and personal. Lois smiled to herself. As Lois was exiting the plane she saw a tall man run through the crowd. She could hear him excusing himself as he worked his way through the crowd and smiled to herself.

"Smallville…" she said with a sigh as she rushed into his waiting arms. "You did it…" she whispered into his ear. "I'm so proud of you."

Clark smiled at her pushing back his glasses. He leaned down and touched her forehead with his whispering against her lips, "because you believed in me..."

Clark closed the gap and molded his lips with hers. Lois moaned into his mouth and opened up to him as she touched the side of his face when her phone started ringing. She groaned into the kiss and pulled back rolling her eyes.

"Seriously," Clark whined," who is it?"

Lois let her eyes glance up at him. With a frightened look she showed him the text. "It's from Chloe, she found Tess… she said she's at LuthorCorp but her vitals seem to be fading; she managed to get through to Oliver first…"

Lois looked down at the phone. "Clark…"

"Try getting through to him and tell him to meet me at the roof. I can get her to help faster." he said before disappearing into the crowd.

Lois looked up to see a burst of blue and red in the sky. She smiled. Lois bit her lip. "Go get 'em, Smallville."

Oliver knew she needed to get to a hospital immediately as he ran out of the office with Tess in his arms. He knew he was taking a risk but he took the stairs up to the roof. He Hoped Clark would hear him calling out or that Chloe got through to him or Lois. It's the only chance she had.

He fell to his knees he's cradling her in his arms and screamed out for their friend. "You're going to be fine Mercy just hold on, ok? Remember the island… you know you're tough. Hell, you dealt with my anger for months and look at us know… we're friends… really… really great friends… Tess, don't leave me…"

"Oliver, let me take her… you can meet us at the hospital." Clark landed on the rooftop in front of him. He took Tess from Oliver's arms as Oliver nods numbly.

He watched his friend fly off with a soft smile wondering if he'll ever get used to seeing one of his best friends fly.

Lois rushed in to Met Gen. She glanced around at the chaos around her when she bumped into Clark.

"She's in with the doctors. She was stabbed in the stomach. Luckily, it seems to have missed her major organs but she's lost a lot of blood. They just don't know…" he shook his head sadly.

"Wow, some wedding day huh, Smallville." Lois mumbled as she sat down. "I've had enough highs and lows today to get a clear picture of what being bi-polar must feel like."

He cracked a smile as he bent down and grabbed her hands. He loved how she could always make him smile even in the worst of times.

"I love you." he brushed her hair behind her ear. "I know today didn't turn out as we planned…"

Lois stopped him with a finger to his lips. "Stop right there Clark first of all, I love you too and second it's not like you planned for a crazy despot god to try to take over the planet by hurling his planet straight at us just so you wouldn't get married!"

They both smile at each other.

"We'll try again Lois and next time the General will be there to walk you down the aisle"

"Oh I don't know… I kind of liked walking down hand in hand with you… I don't think anything else could be as special."

Still staring at each other they didn't notice the intrusion.

Oliver cleared his throat. "It's nice to know that a little thing like an actual apocalypse can't stop the two of you from a nauseating display of sugary sweetness."

Clark blushed as Lois laughed and stood up to give him a hug. "I'm glad you're okay… How is she?"

"She's still in surgery." Oliver answered. "Emil doesn't know if she's going to make it…"

"Oliver…" Lois started with a shake of her head. "This is Tess we're talking about… if anyone can survive this… it's her."

Oliver nodded sadly. "It's just… you didn't see her on that floor, Lois… all the blood. Lex barely acknowledged her. How can he do that? To his own sister…"

"Lex killed his own father, Oliver." She argued. "Let's not forget that."

"Lois is right, Oliver…" Clark jumped in. "Tess is going to be fine."

"Oliver…"

They turned toward Emil who was standing in the doorway.

"How is she?" Oliver asked as he stepped toward their friend. "Did she make it out of surgery okay?"

Emil turned toward him with a solemn expression. "She's alive…"

"But…" Oliver sensed he wasn't telling them something.

"Lex pinched a vial nerve when he stabbed her…"

"What does that mean?" Lois asked.

Clark closed his eyes realizing what Emil was trying to tell them.

"It means that if she does ever wake up… she might not walk."

"What do you mean not walk?" Oliver asked.

"Tess might be paralyzed from the waist down…" Emil sighed sadly. "I'm sorry…"

Oliver took a step back feeling numb. He shook his head before turning toward the hospital doors.

"Oliver…." Clark called out. "Where are you going?"

"To find Lex!" Oliver glared.

"And what are you going to do?" Clark asked. "Kill him?"

"That's low even for you, Clark."

"You're not thinking straight right now…" Clark said. "Tess needs you right now, Oliver."

He stopped and turned toward his friend.

"She needs all of us…" Clark said.

Oliver nodded sadly and walked toward him. "But Lex…"

"Let me take care of Lex…" Clark said. Lois chimes with, "Or Superman…."

Both men look towards her, Lois smiles," I guess neither of you has seen the Daily Planets evening edition."

Oliver nodded and walked down the hall to Emil who led him toward Tess' room.

Lois walked up to Clark and held his hand. "This is bad, Clark."

"I know…" Clark nodded. "I know…"

"I can't believe it's only been two days since everything happened. Thanks to Superman you can't even tell we almost all died." Lois said

"Speaking of which, how did Clark take the name change, Lois?" Chloe smiled looking at her cousin. She was packing up some clothes to take to Oliver since he hadn't left Tess' side since she was admitted two days earlier. She frowned in thought. Despite their history she did want Tess to come out of her coma.

"Well…. You know Smallville… he's too modest even for his own good. But honestly, aside from the initial eyebrow quirk he's yet to actually say anything. I think he secretly likes it." Lois smirked.

Chloe quirked her eyebrow in response.

"And he has been really busy cleaning up the mess left by Darkseid and his minions." She shrugged with a laugh. "Don't get me wrong… I knew what I was signing up for. Its ironic though isn't it? In the end I'm every bit the army wife my mother was. Well technically I'm not a wife just yet…"

"Lois, you know in his heart you've been his wife for a really long time. I think he even whined about how you nagged him when we were still in high school." Chloe chuckled. "It's just a matter of making it legal that all."

"I know that…. We don't need some paper to tell us what we mean to each other… I'm just not sure planning events is my strong suit… from your birthday party possession to this recent fiasco, I'm thinking I might actually be jinxed or something."

Chloe shook her head with a smile and wrapped an arm around her cousin's shoulder. "Lois, have I told you how happy I am that you know the secret? It's like I have you back again. And I know a lot of the distance was my fault but I really missed you."

Returning the hug, Lois smiled," I missed you too baby…"

"She named him Superman, can you believe it? Yeah, I know what you're thinking... It's just like Lois to do it…" Oliver once again looked down at Tess as he kept talking to her. "You know I'm really getting tired of holding up your end of the conversation. Don't you think it's time you woke up already, Red?"

"Oliver…" Chloe tentatively whispered as she walked into the room.

Oliver looked up at the sound of Chloe voice." Hey how long you been there?"

"Not very long. I just got here. Air Kent's been a bit busy so I had to rely on normal means of transportation. Lois filled me in…"

Oliver nodded distractedly as he examined Tess' hand. "I'd have sworn this morning she squeezed my hand... Emil tried to tell me that it was just a reflex and the longer she goes with out waking up the less likely it'll be…"

"She's going to going to wake up. She's tough. You have to believe that…" Chloe assured him.

He looked up at her with defeat clouding his eyes.

Chloe stroked his head softly."I believe it."

He nodded his head slowly before turning his face toward her and leaning his head against her belly.

"You should go get some sleep…."

"Chloe, I can't…"

"I'm going to be right here. I won't leave her side until you get back. Emil said you could use his private office to shower and get some sleep so go…"

Oliver looked back and forth between both women. They were both so important to him. He wondered if they both knew just how important they both were in his world.

He nodded against her flat stomach before turning back to the comatose woman on the bed. He leaned down giving her a chaste kiss on her forehead before turning back to the supportive woman at his side. He kissed her softly. Chloe raised her hand to his face and caressed his cheek lovingly. He pulled back with a smile.

"I love you."

"I love you too…" she grinned before he leaned down to kiss her again. Chloe pulled back and signaled to the door. "Go."

He walked toward the door and turned back toward her. "Thank you, Chloe."

She watched him leave down the hall and sighed deeply before occupying the same seat he'd recently abandoned.

"Thought I'd find you here…" Clark said as he walked into Lois' office. He straightened his tie and smiled at seeing her busy at work.

She smiled up at him as he leaned in to kiss her.

"I can't do hospitals, Clark; I figured the best thing I can do for Tess is to make sure Lex doesn't get away with stabbing her."

"Lois, I thought we decided I'd take care of it."

She stood beginning to pace back and forth as Clark leaned against her desk and crossed his arms watching her.

"Yeah well, I figured reporting an attempted murder wasn't really interfering. But my source said the office was clean."

"That's not exactly surprising, Lois. Covering up his tracks is something Lex's been doing since before I met him."

"True. But here's the part that's going to make you scratch your head…"

"Lois, what did you do?"

"He stabbed one of our closest friends Clark and just left her there to bleed out. You don't mess with family… Especially not our family..."

Clark straightened and stopped in front of her to wrap his arm around her. "I know, Lo. He'll get his… We just have to be careful. I didn't want to worry you earlier…"

She eyed him curiously.

"Lex knows who I am."

"That's the thing, Clark. I don't think he does."

Clark looked at her with confusion. "What are you talking about?"

"I stormed into his office to tell him what a murdering Son of a Bitch he was..."

"Lois!"

She ignored his outburst and continued. "He looked at me like it was the first time he'd ever met me."

"Well pretending not to know you is not new…"

"That's just it…." Lois said. "He wasn't pretending… trust me I know the difference between the two and Lex had absolutely no idea who I was."

"How is that possible?"

"I don't know…." Lois shook her head. "But I think there's an even bigger mystery and Lex Luthor is once again smack in the middle of it."