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Not much later that night Clark sat alone in his apartment. For an outsider it might look like he did nothing but that was not true, he was in fact listening. So far this night he had stopped one assault, two robberies and helped a cat get down from a tree. It was a busy night for the 'red and blue blur'. He fiddled with the mask he wore to protect his face, he didn't really like it but he knew it was necessary. One day he would come up with a better solution but until that it would have to work.

He had started to use his costume a few days ago after several weeks of complaints from his sometimes good friend the Green Arrow. Oliver had thought it was about time he created a better alter ego for himself unless he wanted to be exposed, and Clark had finally accepted that it might be time.

So right now he was sitting by his kitchen table dressed in dark blue leather pants, a matching jacket and a red cape. And just listening. For anything really, just to keep his mind of Lois with some other guy doing god knows what. He clenched his jaw; it was hopeless, as soon as he wasn't focusing on anything else, unpleasant thoughts popped up. He hoped something would happen shortly to take his mind of it.
That's when he heard it; there was some kind of disorder a few blocks away. He put his mask on and super speed towards the location.

It looked to be some sort of assault, maybe mugging. Two people were surrounded by a pretty big gang of thugs that were all laughing, screaming insults and throwing punches. Clark shook his head, it was sad what some people thought was entertaining; well maybe he could change that. But before he had that chance to act he caught the voice of one of the intended victims.

"Oh yeah, you think that's funny? Well laugh while you can because when I'm done with you, you'll be eating and drinking through a straw."

Lois. A storm of emotions swept through Clark, first he was relived that her date wasn't as romantic as he had envisioned it. Second he felt a slight panic, what if she got hurt, thirdly he felt a little amused, these guys had no idea what they were getting themselves into. And last but not least he felt a strike of nervousness, what if she recognized him? But he really didn't have any time to consider the consequences. Because Lois may be capable of putting up a real fight but they were still too many for her to take alone and her company seemed to be lying unconscious on the ground.

Clark ran forward and before anyone had the chance to react he had already shoved them away. They all fled the alley as fast as they could. He looked over at Lois who was standing and just staring at him. He swallowed nervously but played indifferent to her scrutinizing gaze.

"Are you okay?" He was thankful for the voice modification, his tone was much deeper, hopefully making it more difficult to identify.

She blinked at him and then pulled herself together.

"Yeah I'm fine. Nothing to worry about, I could have taken them if you would have given me a chance."

"A simple thanks would have been enough." He said and fought the urged to roll his eyes.

She didn't answer that but instead she ran towards her companion that was still lying on the ground.

"Jimmy, can you hear me? You know Chloe is going to kill me if I got you seriously injured so you better wake up." She turned to Clark.

"How bad do you think it is?" She looked very worried and he couldn't help but to feel sorry for her. This had probably been her idea and now she was blaming herself. He looked at Jimmy again this time using his x-ray vision.

"It's probably not that bad, he hasn't broken anything. I'm guessing he was just knocked out for a while. He should most likely wake up soon." And almost immediately after he had uttered the words the young man stirred.

"Lois…is that you? What happened? Did it work; did the 'red and blue blur' show up?" Jimmy's voice was a little unsteady.

He should have guessed. Clark fought the urge to chuckle; Lois was really obsessed with getting an interview with Metropolis mystery superhero.

"Yeah he is right…" She turned her head to look at him and he decided it was best to leave, fast. He smiled to himself as he was walking into another alley on the other side of town. He could picture her reaction to the fact that he wasn't there anymore and that she wasn't getting an interview. Not today at least. He thought while walking in the darkness.

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Clark walked into the Daily Planet the next morning feeling pretty good. Although he hadn't really slept that much (there had been a lot of crimes to stop this particular night) he didn't feel tired. He had helped a lot of people and gotten confirmation that his costume protected his real identity. He had talked to Lois and if anyone was to figure out that he, Clark Kent, was the infamous 'red blue blur' it was her. But she hadn't noticed anything.

He walked passed Jimmy's desk and was going to greet him a good morning when he noticed that the photographer was matching his bowtie with a black eye. Most likely from yesterday, he thought but out loud he said:

"Jimmy, what happened to you? Chloe didn't hit you, did she?" He added with a smile.

"Nah don't worry about it CK, I just ran into some unfriendly people last night." He gave Clark a reassuring smile.

"Unfriendly people?"

"Yeah, Lois had this idea that if we patrolled some of Metropolis's alleys we might get a glimpse of the 'red and blue blur'."

"So it was Lois's idea, now why doesn't that surprise me?" Clark responded sarcastic. "So how did it go? Did you see this blur?"

"Actually…" Jimmy started but another voice interrupted him.

"…we did. Well at least I did." Lois walked up to them.

Clark raised his eyebrows at her.

"And here I thought you had a date last night."

She actually looked a little apologetic when she answered.

"Well I knew you were going to think it was a bad idea so I decided it was better not to tell you at all. But don't worry Smallville you can come with next time. Now however, I have a story to write so if you excuse me." She turned on her heel and walked back to her desk. Clark trailed in her footsteps.

"What exactly are you going to write? It's not like you got an interview, or did you?"

She looked a little sullen at that and responded.

"No, unfortunately not. But I did still meet him and that's more than can be said for you."

Clark simply smiled at her. If she only knew…

"And about that interview, I will get it. Just watch me Clark." She looked at him with a determined glimpse in her eyes. "Just watch."

"Oh I will." He responded with a big smile although he felt a little uneasy on the inside. He had once used the expression pit-bull on a pant leg to describe her, and he knew that she wasn't going to give up until she got the interview. Well, at least I can make sure to make it as difficult as possible for you Lois.

He turned on his computer with a feeling that this was going to be an interesting year.

Tbc

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So Lois had her first meeting with the 'red blue blur'. What did you think? Please review, they make me happy.