Lionel used his government contacts, to have Lois pulled into a federal interrogation room, the next morning. Two agents had come by her apartment, just as she was headed to LuthorCorp. Thinking this had to do with Chloe, Lois didn't hesitate to go with them.
But when she found herself in front of a woman named Amanda Waller, Lois realized much more was going on here. Basically, the vigilante she had made love with the other night, was now on their radar and they wanted to know what she knew.
Of course, what was not known is that Amanda had made a deal with Lionel. She would get what she needed out of Lois, if Lionel delivered Davis Bloom to her.
It was as good as done.
Amanda Waller conducted the interrogation alone. And the first thing she did was set pictures before Lois. Pictures of Lois and Hawkman having sex mid-air. Lois sighed and pushed the pictures across the table at Amanda.
"Okay. You caught me. Now what?" Lois asked sarcastically.
"Do you always just have sex with flying vigilantes?" Amanda asked sarcastically.
"As you probably well know, I was with Oliver Queen for awhile and he could not fly."
Amanda pursed her lips, then spoke.
"Clearly, Hawkman did not just fly you out of harm's way, then leave. A little more went on. So before the sex or after, did you find out anything about him?"
"What do I look like? A fuccing spy? I'd never even heard of this 'Hawkman' until I was left to die at a party!"
"But you don't think it's interesting, that he came in and only saved you...then didn't come back right away to help anyone else because he was busy having sex with you? Clearly you know him. Who is he?"
"I don't know him, Ms. Waller," Lois said calmly, "and sometimes you meet someone and have instant chemistry. That's all that went on there. I certainly didn't mean to keep him from helping others. I did not know he existed before last night."
"Just like you didn't know who The Blur and Green Arrow were?" Amanda asked.
"I didn't know who The Blur was, no. And I had actually lived with the Kents for a short while and never saw a thing. But Ollie...there was one point where I did find out. And broke up with him over it. I knew he couldn't be with me and a hero to the world."
"How noble of you," Amanda said snidely, "look, I know you must think that your cousin was the reason we were pulling you in. You could help her by helping us. Let's say I believe that you didn't know Hawkman. Hell, we didn't know about him until last night either. Do you know of anyone else in this so called 'Justice League'."
"How would I know anyone else? I didn't even know Chloe was helping them! I just knew that her and Clark were close. Look, you can see I work for LuthorCorp now. If I knew anything, the Luthors would know it first."
Amanda didn't answer. Instead, she got up and walked out of the interrogation room. She would call Lionel and tell him that her gut was telling her, that Lois Lane, at this time, couldn't be of any help. But they would keep an eye on her.
Meanwhile, Lois didn't know when or if she'd be free to leave.
Lionel slammed down the phone, just as Lex walked into his office.
"Lois isn't in yet and I had this 'sixth sense' telling me that you knew something about it." Lex said.
"I had some of my government contacts pick her up. She'll be let go shortly." Lionel said grumpily.
"Why? Dad, she just saved our hides with that statement she put out the other night, about that thing we brought back! Why would you antagonize her now?"
Lionel rolled his eyes!
"Have you still been unable to charm her into running your campaign? Well don't you worry. I've decided to help you after all. Nell and I have, that is."
Lex folded his arms and peered at his father.
"Nell and you? Nell who hates my guts for killing Lana?"
"Yes." was all Lionel said.
"Dad, what's going on with her anyway? Are you two serious?"
Lionel stood up.
"Just know that she's had a change of heart where you are concerned. And we have both realized we can be of enormous help to one another...and you. Now if you will excuse me, I have a meeting to get to."
And with that, Lionel left his office. Lex made a mental note to find out what the old man was REALLY up to, after getting Lois to run his campaign. He then checked his watch. Maybe a way to start softening Lois up, was to get her out of the clutches of the feds.
Lois decided she'd rather catch a ride back home with Lex, than with the feds. She made herself at home in the back of his limo, as Lex told the driver something. Then they drove off.
"I suppose Lionel is happy now?" Lois asked.
"Look, if you knew anything you'd still be in there. I apologize for my father. I don't know what he was thinking." Lex said.
"So why are you here?"
"I thought maybe you'd like to see Chloe. She's being housed in the female half of the same detention center Oliver and Clark are in." Lex told her. Lois raised a brow.
"You're taking me to see Chloe? Why would you do that?"
"I think you know why." Lex said wryly. Lois turned to face him.
"Lex, I can't help you. I don't know why you think I can. Seriously, you were a very bad candidate and I got lucky. I am not qualified to run your congressional campaign."
"But yet you're going to run Jonathan Kent's?"
"I said I wasn't qualified to run YOURS! I'm not interested in playing dirty here."
"Lois," Lex said tiredly, "forget my campaign and think of yourself here. Because no one is thinking of you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Chloe, Clark and Oliver may not have meant to hurt you, but they have unwittingly made you a target. You're going to tell me, that they didn't want to know how you knew that Hawkman guy? I watched him sweep in and grab only you! I believe you that you don't know him, since no one else seems to have heard of him before last night. But Chloe, Oliver and Clark are locked up now. You aren't but you could be if you keep associating with them."
"Chloe is my cousin! She's family! Clark is like a brother to me and I still care for Ollie! They were trying to do good and then everyone just started getting testy about it! Lex, I know Clark saved YOU on more than one occasion. Can't you see where he's coming from?"
"I know he lied to me. I know he didn't trust our friendship enough to confide in me that he was meteor infected." Lex groused.
"You indirectly killed Lana, Lex. Worse yet, you showed an interest in her knowing Clark loved her. He couldn't trust you after that." Lois argued. Lex reached for her hand.
"Forget Clark. Tell me why you're really working for LuthorCorp? Is it that you think we had something to do with what happened to Clark and Oliver?"
Lois didn't answer but pulled her hand from his.
"I hope you had nothing to do with Chloe being found." was her response. Lex looked her in the eye.
"I found out where she was and called the authorities, yes."
Lois's mouth dropped open! Then she proceeded to leap at him, and Lex received two blows to the face and some scratches, before he was able to subdue her!
"You listen to me! You have a great future at LuthorCorp! I also think that you could make me a better candidate! Someone a Kent voter might even vote for! But you keep going down this road, hanging out with people wanted by the government and half humans, and you're only future is going to be on the 'inside' with the Justice League! It's your choice, Lois!"
The limo arrived at the Detention Center Gate. Lois wrenched herself away from Lex, saying nothing more. The limo made it through the gate, then Lois was put out of the vehicle.
"I'll assume you'll want to find your own way home." Lex said blithely.
"Yep!" Lois snapped, turning and walking towards the entrance. Not only would she find her own way home, but she was going to find a way to make Lex Luthor a two time loser for the Kansas State Senate.
The very last person Lois expected to see was Carter Hall. She spied him being escorted down the Men's side of the prison. Who did he know here? Did he know Clark, Ollie or another Justice Leaguer? Or maybe some other criminal?
Lois briefly put him out of her mind as she went through the rigamarole of being searched, then finally allowed to see her cousin, whom she hugged briefly, before they sat down at a table. Chloe didn't look any different than she had before she was arrested. Lois frowned slightly. Maybe that was why she had been caught. The girl could've at least dyed her hair!
"Chloe, Lex confessed that he was the one that turned you in. Why weren't you watching your back?" Lois asked.
"I let myself get caught, Lo. Once I heard about Doomsday, I had to."
Chloe then realized she had said too much! Damn!
"Doomsday? What is that?" Lois asked.
Chloe clamped her lips shut. Lois began to get angry!
"Chloe? What is that? What is 'Doomsday'? What are you talking about? Answer me!"
"Lois, I've said too much! And I haven't said enough to you, to protect you! The government is going to be coming after anyone that knows us..."
"Too late, cuz! I just left being questioned by the feds! And of course they asked me about you. They also asked me about 'Hawkman'. Is he a member of your little crew?"
"I know he rescued you last night. And I'm so glad..."
"Chloe, answer me! Is he a part of your little group? You know what? It's doesn't matter. The government thinks he is. You can't stay in here. And I don't think ratting Clark and Oliver is the answer either. I've decided that I'm going to ask Lex for help. He made me an offer and I'm going to take him up on it."
Chloe looked horrified!
"What kind of an 'offer', Lois?"
Lois tossed her hair, then answered.
"He wants me to run his campaign against Jonathan Kent."
"Lois, Clark is staying put in prison here, so that his father can win re-election. And part of his winning is having you on his father's side."
"I can't help you, Chloe, alone. I quit the Daily Planet to work for LuthorCorp, hoping to find a smoking gun to make Lex get you all released. But there has never been anything. What I needed was you, free and able to hack into some computer databases or something. We can't help Clark and Ollie and all the other heroes in the situations we are in now. I will work for Lex, but make sure that Mr. Kent is not hurt."
"I don't like it." Chloe said.
"You still aren't telling me everything. So I have to go with my gut here. This is the way to go. So hopefully you'll be out of here by tonight."
"Or sooner." Chloe murmured. Lois looked at her quizzically, just as an explosion rocked the detention complex! A guard came rushing in to get Lois and Chloe used the opportunity to jump into the air and kick the guard in the face!
"CHLOE!" Lois screamed. Chloe then ran past her and out of the room! Lois began to follow and saw there was a haze of blinding smoke that would choke a horse! How the hell could Chloe leave her like this?! How the hell could Chloe have been part of this and not told her?!
"CHLOE!" Lois continued to scream, as other criminals got out of their cells and began fighting with guards. One lecherous criminal, noticed Lois wandering about and was about to grab her, when Carter, who was now Hawkman, grabbed Lois around the waist and flew out of the complex with her.
Lex slammed down the phone!
No one knew where Lois was! She had signed in but hadn't had the chance to sign out! They didn't know how many people were dead but ALL of the vigilantes were loose-including Clark, Oliver and Chloe. There had been a few other weirdos that Lex had never heard of, but the point was, the vigilantes and some normal criminals, were on the loose.
And no one knew whether Lois Lane was safe or not. If Lois was alright, Lex hoped that now maybe she would see reason. She had now been unwittingly linked in this escape. The feds would be more interested in her than ever.
Lionel walked into Lex's office smiling. He sat down in a chair.
"What are you smiling about, Dad? You've seen the news?"
"Have you?" Lionel countered. He then stood up and picked up the remote to the TV in their den. Jonathan Kent's face filled the screen.
The words underneath said 'Jonathan Kent Resigns Congressional Seat'.
Lex looked at his father.
"What the hell did you do?"
"Ms. Lane's job should be easier now. That is if she's still alive. I have a date with Nell. When I get home tonight, I'll tell you how we both made THAT happen." Lionel said, pointing at Jonathan Kent's face onscreen. Lex watched his father leave, then pulled out his cellphone. Maybe it was possible that Lois had made it out of that alive and was at home in her apartment.
Carter Hall had helped in that escape.
He knew his days at LuthorCorp were numbered. He had been avoiding Lex, since for obvious reasons, his boss wanted to know how the hell he couldn't have known what Doomsday really was!
But he needed help getting to Davis Bloom. He met with Clark this time in the prison and told him that the Legion ring was not where he said it was.
It was decided that Davis Bloom would have to be sent to the Phantom Zone in lieu of the future. And only Clark and Chloe knew how to work the device that would send him there. And only they could get Davis out of whatever custody he was in.
Carter had sensed Lois was in the melee and had come to her rescue again, flying her home to her apartment, where they now made tender love on her carpet in front of the fireplace, as the sun was going down.
He laid on his back, his fingers almost digging into her buttocks as Lois slowly rode his swollen manhood, crouched low, jockey style. Her young, full breasts, brushed teasingly across his lips as she continued her smooth ministrations upon him. He almost lost control of himself in his excitement. His excitement of still being masked and having Lois like this, when as Carter Hall, she couldn't be bothered to look his way twice. He knew he was betraying Oliver on some level. Maybe even Clark and Chloe.
But none of them seemed as concerned about what the fallout of anything of this could do to this woman, who's lovely breasts were too tantalizing not to taste as they continued to tease his lips.
Lois herself did not know what was happening. Not even when they were both racked with spasms of pleasure. Not when she collapsed on top of his body and lay there within the cocoon of his winged arms for an hour, his male force still imbedded deeply within her. Finally, she raised her head from his chest, peering into his eyes through the mask.
"I don't usually do this. Sleep with men...heroes...that I just met. Tell me who you are? Tell me where you came from?"
"Only if we can stay like this a little longer." Carter whispered. Lois rested her head back on his chest and he told her his story: about how he had been reincarnated dozens of times since his ancient life in Egypt. How his powers were derived from Thanagarian ninth metal.
He also told Lois of his love for Shayera.
"After awhile, I began to look for other women, other beautiful women, to fill the void until I could be with her again. Lois, you're the only one that's come close. Ever."
Lois, who had now raised herself up, now stared into his eyes.
"Until you can be with her again?" she asked.
"I saw a vision of her, Lois. That's always a sign that I will die and become someone else."
Lois began to raise up even more.
"Be someone else? Who are you now?"
Carter didn't answer. Suddenly, Lois clawed at the mask on his face! Hawkman managed to fend her off and fly off-crashing through her window! Livid, Lois jumped up and grabbed his costumed pants, looking through them and finding nothing! She didn't know what had set her off about that story, but it had irked her! He couldn't be with his 'true love' so he was going to use women on this planet, until he could die and have sex with his 'real love'?
Lois realized that what was ticking her off, was that she had actually thought he was a bird creature of some sort! Like a hybrid or half human! But no! He was some regular working Joe, putting on fake wings that propelled him in the air. At least that's what she thought! Who was this guy really?
Lois threw Hawkman's pants into the fire and headed for the shower. She had had enough of sneaky men, turning her on as super heroes and then turning out to be duds in their real life. Though, Ollie really hadn't affected her that way.
Lois turned on her shower and washed away all traces of her afternoon encounter with the vigilante called 'Hawkman'. And she would have to call Lex. He was technically the owner of The Talon, and she would have to tell him about that window!
Chloe entered the meeting late.
The Justice League had found an undisclosed spot to meet in and Chloe was the last to arrive.
Why?
Because she had went to Lois's apartment to see if Carter Hall had delivered Lois home safely.
Oh, he had seen she was 'safe' alright! She hadn't liked what she had seen going on between Lois and Carter on that apartment floor. She hadn't liked it at all. And Carter should've been honest about what he was up to.
She turned as Carter walked in, dressed like a human. So she wasn't the last to arrive after all?
"I have already secretly arranged to meet with my parents," Clark was saying, "but my father told me that our escape was not the reason he is stepping down from his seat in Congress. Lionel Luthor and Nell Lang have something on him and Mom."
"Nell Lang?" Chloe asked, forgetting about Carter for the moment.
"I was surprised too," Clark admitted, "but I'll deal with that after we send Davis to the Phantom Zone. Carter, where is he being held?"
"He will be transferred from LuthorCorp's Level 33 installation and into the hands of one Ms. Amanda Waller, in just a few hours."
"So it's off to Level 33 then?" Oliver asked.
Clark nodded.
"Chloe, Carter, I think you should go to the Fortress and make sure everything is ready. Oliver and I will deal with Davis." he said.
