Couples: Chloe/Davis, some Lois/Clark (Chlavis & Clois)
Author note: It's been a month now since "Doomsday" aired and I'm still ranting over what the writers gave us in that horrible finale. Can you blame me, though? They never should have killed Davis off or ended things the way they did. Sam Witwer brought the show up to a whole new level, and now that he's gone, I'm not even sure if I can watch the ninth season because the writers destroyed everything SV stood for in that lame excuse they called a season finale. *calms down* Sorry I got a little carried away there. Lol! Thanks so much to those of you who reviewed and encouraged to keep writing this alternate ending to "Doomsday." I've decided to make this my version of Season 9 (since the writers won't be writing it the way I want after killing off Davis), so the story probably be about 22 chapters long. In other words, one chapter = one episode. And as you can see from above, I've also decided to add a little Clois to my fanfic because Lois/Clark are the canon couple on SV. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the second chapter!
Chapter Two: Ring
Time was not on his side today.
Literally.
Clark was searching intensely on Chloe's computers at the Isis Foundation, looking for any clues to Lois' whereabouts. The Kryptonian couldn't help but blame himself for her sudden disappearance when he was the one who ultimately chose to split Davis from Doomsday. He'd never regret trying to save his alien brother, because he learned from his parents that everyone should be worth saving. However, his choice to do so came at a price this time. Falling into Oliver's trap after his team located Chloe and Davis in Edge City, Clark super-sped to the scene only to be shot in the back with a Kryptonite dart so he was "out of the way" while they attempted to destroy the beast. When Chloe released the creature using the Black K, Doomsday went on a rampage in the city, destroying everyone and everything in its path. Going against his strongest enemy—the one who was supposedly destined to kill him—Clark was able to stop the monster and send it to the geothermal facility before Doomsday endangered too many lives. It still hurt, though; the fact that he couldn't save all those innocent people who were killed, both on the streets of the Metropolis and in the LuthorCorp building when it exploded. If he could turn back time and save them, Clark would have. But he couldn't change the past, no matter how he wanted to. The only thing he could do now was focus on the present and concentrate on finding Lois, hoping she wasn't where he suspected she was.
"Clark!" he suddenly heard Chloe's voice when she rushed through the double doors of her office.
"Chloe," the red and blue clad farm boy whirled around to find his best friend leaping into his arms. In return, he wrapped his arms tightly around her slim body, so grateful that nothing had happened to her since he left to find and take down the beast. "I'm so glad you're still all right."
"Yes, I'm fine," she replied in a firmer tone than he was expecting and felt her pulling away from him. "But my panic mode was about to go into overdrive. When you never called or came back, I was afraid that the beast killed you or—"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you worry, but I'm okay. Doomsday put up a fight, but I was able to get him to the geothermal facility."
"Is he gone then? Have we finally seen the last of that Frankenstein wedding crasher?"
"After the explosives detonated when I got him into the underground tunnel, I checked to see if Doomsday had a heartbeat. There was none. I think he's gone for good."
Before Chloe could say anything in response, except for a sigh of relief, the two friends heard Jimmy coming in with his right arm around Davis to help him walk.
"Davis," Clark said in concern when he looked upon his Kryptonian brother's current condition.
"Don't worry about me, Clark," the ex-paramedic replied while Jimmy helped him over to one of the black chairs at the table. "I'm just a little weak after being split from the beast. I'll be fine, though."
"Davis, you're not fine. You need to see a doctor. Chloe, he needs to go to a hospital right now."
"I know, Clark. That's what Jimmy and I said too, but then Davis reminded us in the car that the police are still looking for him. If we take him to Met Gen, the authorities will drag him out of there in handcuffs before the ink dries on his discharge forms."
"You're right," he agreed. "Thanks to Tess' front page headlines, they are still looking for Davis as the Cornfield Killer. So what do we do then? Can't we have Oliver call Dr. Hamilton to come and check him out?"
"It's already taken care of. Emil said he should be here in about an hour or so."
"We heard about Lois, CK," Jimmy said, stepping into the conversation. "Have you found her yet?"
"No," Clark admitted in remorse. "But what's worse is that I think I found a clue to her disappearance when I went to Daily Planet, so locating her won't be that easy."
"Why is that worse?" the blonde asked, bewildered. "You're acting like Lois' MIA status is more than just a question of where."
"That's because it is. It may also be a question of when."
"A question of when? Are you saying Lois pulled a Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and went joyriding through several centuries of history in a time machine? That sounds a little strange, even by Smallville standards...or Lois standards."
He closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again to reply, "I think Lois might be lost somewhere in the future after she came in contact with a Legion ring."
"What?" Jimmy and Davis spoke out in unison.
"Lois is in the future?" the ex-photographer gaped at him in shock. "How?"
"Clark, do you realize you've just—" Chloe started, though was quickly cut off by her best friend's interruption.
"It's okay, Chloe. Jimmy knows about my secret now. He actually saved my life after Oliver shot me with a Kryptonite dart when I found out you and Davis were in Edge City."
"What? You know about Clark's powers?" she stared at her former husband in amazement. "And it doesn't freak you out? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I guess it just didn't feel like the right time. I have to say it clears up a lot of things from the past. All those times you defended Clark over me...I get it now. Everything's finally beginning to make sense."
"I never meant to lie to you, Jimmy," she confessed truthfully, as she stepped closer to him. "I was just trying to protect Clark because I know how much the world needs him."
"I understand that now," he nodded and gave her a comforting hug of reassurance. "And I think what you've done for him all these years is amazing. In fact, I think that makes you just as much of a hero as Clark."
"Thank you," she blushed before turning into her attention back onto her best friend. "You know, I may be a little out of loop on this one since I've been away for the past couple of weeks, so forgive me if I'm somewhat confused here, but how could Lois be lost in the future? I thought you destroyed your Legion ring after the Linda Lake incident."
"I did, but Rokk returned from the 31st century two nights ago and gave me a new one. He wanted me to use the ring to send Davis to the future, that way they could destroy Doomsday there. I couldn't do that to him though, because I knew that would have been worse than when I tried to send him to the Phantom Zone, so I decided to hide the ring in my desk at the Daily Planet until I could figure out what to do with it later. Then when I went after Doomsday in the city, I remembered that Lois wanted to meet me...or the Red-Blue Blur at a phone booth, but—"
"You were going to tell Lois your secret?" the blonde inquired with a glint of surprise in her green eyes. "What brought that on?"
"I was considering it, yes, but I don't think know is the time to talk about it."
"No, you're right. This isn't the time to be running off base. Continue with what you were saying."
"Lois wasn't there, so I called her apartment to see if she was still safe, though she wasn't home either. I did some checking around, and once I learned the Daily Planet was the last place anyone had seen Lois, I went to the basement to find any clues. However, when I got there, the place had been trashed and the Legion ring was gone too."
"Was there anyone else at the Daily Planet before Lois went off the map?" Jimmy wondered. "Not to negate your time travel theory or anything, but if the basement was trashed, maybe someone kidnapped her and is holding her hostage somewhere."
"I asked that question to a few security guards who were on the clock when Lois was there last night. According to them, the only person who came by before her disappearance was Tess."
"Tess?" the former investigative reporter spoke up again with a perplexed facial expression. "Why would the black widow of LuthorCorp be at the Daily Planet after hours?"
"I don't know, but something tells me she wasn't working late at the office because she wanted to give her employees their weekly paychecks in advance. Although, I was also able to find out from the guards that she left the Planet two hours after arriving, so at least we know Tess isn't with Lois right now."
"Have you talked to her yet? Do you think she might know Lois is gone?"
"After everything she has gone through to try and make me accept I'm Earth's alien Jesus, I wouldn't put anything past her. Unfortunately, I've only come up with dead ends since. Tess wasn't at the mansion when I went by there earlier and her security people wouldn't give me any information on where she went after leaving the Planet. I asked Oliver and his team to start a search for Lois using his satellites in case there was a chance she was still here. She's been missing without a single trace for over twelve hours now—"
"And because the ring is gone too, that means Lois could be anywhere in the future or the past," Chloe concluded sadly, more worried than ever that she may never see her cousin again.
"I'm sorry, Chloe. I should've destroyed the Legion ring like I did the last one, but with everything else that was going on—"
"Clark, I don't blame you for what's happened. I know you had your hands full with trying to save everyone from the beast. Plus, there was no way you could've known Lois was going to stumble upon the ring and send herself to the Dark Ages. But blaming yourself won't bring her back any faster. "
"That's still no excuse. The ring was my responsibility, and this would have never happened if I hadn't kept it inside my desk where anyone at the Daily Planet could've gotten a hold of it. It's my fault she's gone."
"No, it isn't," Davis said while using the weight of the black table to steady himself after standing up. "It's mine."
"Davis," Chloe spoke his name softly, as she stepped closer to him. "You can't blame yourself for what happened to Lois, either. You didn't even know the Legion ring existed."
"That's not the point. None of this would have ever happened if you guys had never even met me in the first place."
"You're not to blame for what Doomsday did," Clark told him in a firm voice. "I'll admit I didn't always accept that, which is one of the reasons why I tried to send you to the Phantom Zone before. But after Chloe left Smallville to save me from the beast and protect you, I finally understood. All those people he killed, it wasn't your fault, and I know you did everything you could to stop the beast from continuing to harm innocent people. It may not have been the greatest solution to the problem, although you did the best you could in a bad situation. Now that people have seen Doomsday in Metropolis, maybe with Oliver's help we can convince everyone that the beast was the one who committed those murders."
"I appreciate the support, Clark, but that thing inside me didn't kill all those criminals. I did. I deserve to go to prison for what I've done and I'll take whatever punishment I get."
"Davis, no," Chloe protested, cupping both sides of his face with her hands. "You weren't the monster here, Doomsday was; that's why I've stuck by you this whole time, because I knew you were a good person who deserved a second chance. Now, listen to me. Clark is right. We're going to find a way to prove to people you're innocent, and we'll start our lives together without being on the run everywhere we go. We'll get through this together, okay? Just like we always have."
Then without another thought, unconcerned by the fact that her best friend and ex-husband were watching them, the blonde reached up to his level and kissed him. In response, he leaned in, cupping her cheek gently, and kissed her back until she parted ways a few moments later. Afterwards, Chloe pulled him into a tight hug by wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I love you," she whispered into his ear, close to tears.
"I love you too," he replied soothingly while rubbing her back softly. "More than anything."
They stood there holding each other for a couple more seconds before she finally pulled away, wiping a tear from her face. Clark gave them a small smile, for he knew their being together was what they both wanted and deserved. Jimmy, however, was less thrilled to be watching another man kiss his ex-wife but was starting to accept it. He wanted Chloe to be happy, even if she wasn't with him anymore.
"Thank you for believing in me, Clark," Davis said with sincere gratitude. "You and Chloe were the only ones who did."
"Davis, everything you've suffered through since we came to Earth ultimately happened because my birth parents sent me here to save mankind from the same fate as our own planet. You had no choice in the matter. I'm sorry for not believing that sooner." Clark stepped closer to him and Chloe, placing his hand on Davis' shoulder. "You're my brother, and I promise we'll find a way to clear your name of all the murder charges."
"Wait a second," Jimmy interrupted, excited by the information he was learning. "You guys are from a different planet? You're both aliens?"
Clark looked over at Chloe for a second, slightly unsure if he should show all his cards to him since it was risk. However, he quickly decided that since Jimmy knew about his abilities and seemed to accept them, there was no logical reason for keeping the whole truth from him now.
"Yes, Davis and I are aliens from another planet called Krypton, though it was destroyed just after we left in my spaceship. Three years later it crash landed in Smallville during the first meteor shower where my adopted parents found me in a cornfield. They raised me, helped me learn how to control my abilities and accept them as gifts, but Davis wasn't as lucky as I was. He was captured by Lionel, then thrown out onto the streets as a boy, and grew up in the foster system without a home his entire childhood."
"This is so cool!" The former photographer could hardly contain his enthusiasm. "I mean, not about what happened to your planet or Davis' childhood. It's just—I can't believe you're aliens. I always thought aliens from outer space were those little green dudes on Mars or something that you see in cartoons and stuff, but this is—"
"Jimmy," the farm boy tried to calm his friend down, that way he could explain how serious the matter of carrying his secret was. "I know this is a lot to take in and ask of you, but now that you know our secrets, can we trust you to not tell anyone?"
The grin on Jimmy's face faded away and turned serious. "Your secrets are safe with me, CK. Always."
"It's not going to be easy, though. Remember Pete Ross? He was my best friend growing up and knew about my abilities even before Chloe did, yet because of the burden it caused from knowing what I can do, he eventually decided to move away from Smallville. It was hard on my parents too. Almost everyone who has found out about my secret has either died or left; that's why I want you to be aware of how dangerous knowing my secret really is."
"Clark, I know you and I have had our share of disagreements over the past couple of years, mostly because I was jealous of your relationship with Chloe. But now that I know what you can do and who you really are...I want to be there to help out like she has. I'd like to be a part of this—if you let me, that is."
"Thank you. Your support means a lot to me, Jimmy."
"There's just one more thing that doesn't quite make sense."
"What is it?"
"Well, if Davis doesn't mind me asking..." he turned his head to right and looked over at him. "...what was with the red eyes and bony spikes? I mean, why were one of you David and the other Goliath?"
"It's complicated," Clark replied before Davis could say anything. "We can talk about it later, though. What we need to do right now is concentrate on finding Lois."
"So what's our plan of attack?"
"I have an idea, but I think the first thing we should do is check the security footage at the Daily Planet to see if Lois really did disappear by coming in contact with the ring. Chloe, now that you're here, can you hack into the system and—?"
"I wasn't gone that long, Clark," she said with a playful smile, the guys right behind her as she walked over to her computers. "I'll be in before you can say Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
However, just when the blonde was about to get started, they all heard a loud noise behind them. Turning around, the foursome saw a nearly blinding white light illuminating the room. When it finally faded away, Clark and Chloe immediately recognized the figures suddenly standing in front of them: It was Rokk, Imra and Garth.
"What the—?" Jimmy stared at the future superheroes in astonishment. "Who are you guys?"
"Friends from the future," Imra replied in her tranquil tone of voice to him telepathically. "We are the Legion."
Rokk, who was behind his teammates, stepped forward while carrying an unconscious Lois in his arms.
"Lois," Clark breathed out, concern written all over his face. "Is she okay?"
The black and purple clad leader nodded before looking down at the woman he was holding and back up at them. "She's been through a lot, but she's fine now."
"Hey, Kal," Garth said with a mischievous grin. "Still no flights or tights?"
Upon hearing the Legionnaire's question, Davis' forehead furrowed in confusion. "Tights?"
I just couldn't resist adding that last little bit in there at the end since Sam said he disliked Superman's blue tights in several of his SV interviews. Lol! What did you think of the second chapter? Do you still think I should continue the story? If so, I'm thinking of bringing back some former foes and old friends to SV. :) Any requests?
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