Born To Fly

By Serena Kenobi

Rating: T

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Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Superman. It belongs to George Luc... whups, got Star Wars on the brain. I mean: it belongs to DC comics. He he he.. that's what I said.

Chapter 4 - Incident

"Poor Jimmy, you left him all by himself with Susan," Lois sighed in amusement, taking a sip of her coffee. Richard chuckled, and Clark glanced down, feeling a bit sheepish..

"Well, I really had work to do," the usually shy reporter explained, "I didn't have time, and Jimmy was free at the moment. And I could tell that you didn't want to show her around, either."

Lois rolled her eyes. "Really? Whatever gave you that impression?" she stood up, drained her coffee, and grabbed the keys. "I've gotta pick up Jason, so I'll see you guys later, kay?"

"Alright," Richard nodded, turning back to his newspaper. Clark smiled and waved.

"Bye, Lois!" he called in his normal friendly tone. Richard glanced up at him, studying his face as he watched Lois walk into the elevator.

"How long have you known Lois, Clark?" he asked, trying not to sound overly suspicious. Confused by all that was going on, he just wanted some simple answers. Clark turned to him hesitantly, trying to think up the correct answer.

"For around five years," was his reply. What else could he have said? Richard nodded obviously not contesting the answer.

The next few minutes were quiet; however, after about ten minutes, Clark abruptly turned his head, as if suddenly hearing something. He then shot up, quickly excused himself, and rushed into the elevator. No one noticed him taking off his glasses and zooming into the elevator shaft, leaving his work suit behind him as the elevator closed. Richard looked back to his papers, shaking his head. That guy was weird.

Lois had picked up Jason and had driven him to the corner street market, picking up some extra things for dinner. Before she knew what was happening, two thugs with black masks over their heads burst in, holding a gun to the owner's head. The customers screamed and ducked for cover, and Lois hid Jason behind a back aisle, searching hopefully for another way out.

"NOBODY MOVE, OR I'LL KILL HIM!" the lead thug shouted, waving his gun at the owner's face. "Now hand over the money, now!"

The owner, who was shaking in fear, slowly put up his hands and reached for the cash register. "Okay, okay, take it easy," he whispered hoarsely, widely eyeing the gun. "Just... calm down; no one has to get hurt here."

"Then why don't you bloody hurry up about it, or maybe I will!" The thief snarled, moving the gun closer to his head. The owner swallowed and began to take the money out. But when the owner procrastinated, going rather slowly, the thief growled with impatience, knocked him out using the gun, and stealthily leapt over the counter. The other thug hurried around the aisles, looking for people to round up before they escaped or called the police. Lois couldn't see him but felt that he was coming closer to where she was hiding. She suddenly turned to Jason, having a sudden idea.

"Honey," she whispered, "Can you see the bad man who's coming toward us?"

Jason stared at her for a moment, breathing hard, before gazing at the shelf. "He's almost here," he whimpered, becoming even more frightened.

"Jase, I know that you're scared, but Mommy needs you to push this shelf over when he gets here, okay?" Lois said, taking his face in her hands. Jason didn't reply, trembling. Lois had a feeling he didn't want to relieve the yacht incident again, but right now there was really no other choice. "Jason? Honey, are you all right?" Lois was panicking as she heard the loud footsteps coming closer to her and peered around the aisle.

"Hello there, sweetie," the thug said, leering down at her, holding a gun in his hands. Lois rolled out of the way to avoid being hit by the sudden oncoming shelf, but the thug wasn't so lucky. Yelling, he was crushed by the heavy rack filled with all sorts of different foods, most of which came crashing onto the floor; and he was now unconscious. Lois stared at Jason, who had his arms outstretched. The six year old then took some more deep breaths in, trying to calm himself down without the use of an inhaler .

"What's that?" the other thief shouted, "What's going on back there?" Lois snatched Jason and was about to make for the nearest exit when-

"I'm so sorry to crash the party, but I think you've done enough," the familiar baritone voice spoke up. The thug whisked around, only to be hurled into a glass door by Superman. He slid to the floor, now as unconscious as the owner and the other thief.

"Is everyone alright?" Superman inquired, striding around to the awestruck customers. The shoppers nodded weakly, just glad the situation was over. Superman then turned towards the aisles, seemed to do a double take, and over to the back of the store, where he stared down at the knocked out thug, the rack still on top of him. He then looked up at Lois and Jason, surprised. "Miss Lane, Jason," he nodded. "Are you both okay?" his voice was very concerned as he did a look over on Jason.

Lois finally nodded. "Yeah, I think we're fine," she glanced at her son, who was still holding tightly to his mother's arms. "Honey, are you okay?"

Jason slowly shook his head 'yes'. Lois kissed the top of his head and gazed forlornly at Superman, who had fixed the two of them with a stare of longing.

"I'm glad you're both okay," he said, giving her one long look before turning around and zooming back into the sky, the people staring at him. Lois quietly took the back entrance out, not wanting anyone else to know what Jason had done.

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Susan Lynn was annoyed, to put it mildly. What was annoying her so badly? That little wench of a reporter, Lois Lane. She was beautiful, for one thing, and that meant competition. Another, even though she seemed to be engaged to Perry's nephew, Richard, Susan could tell that Lois had feelings for another coworker, even if those feelings were still developing. That was also bad. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Clark Kent was very handsome. Sure, he could do without the glasses, but under all that, the man was gorgeous! Beautiful blue eyes, dark hair, tall and broadly built...

Sue could go on and on. Besides, so what if Lois liked Clark, she was already engaged. And didn't she have an affair with Superman, too? Superman was one hot guy, Sue had to agree.

But there was a reason for Susan's malice. Lois had been the one who had gotten the Pulitzer prize instead of her. It wasn't right! She had been counting on that for nearly five years, working her way up to the top reporters, but Lois had to just take it all away with her little pity party article.

Well. There was only one thing to do.

Since Lois had ruined all of her dreams, she would just return the favor. First, make sure that Lane's boyfriends lost interest in her. Take away Superman and Clark. Richard was a thing of the past, she knew. Their engagement wouldn't last for another month, she could guarantee that. Just get Clark and Superman away from her and break her heart. With no Superman around to make Lois look good, her ratings would go down. Then Susan would become famous, she'd be the top reporter, and Lois Lane would be wiped off the face of the earth, drowned out by Susan's popularity. Yes, that would work.

It'll be perfect, Sue thought wickedly. Little Miss Lois Lane, watch out.

There was just the slightest problem with that little scheme, though. Susan had no idea that Clark Kent was Superman.

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Hmm, we'll see what happens with Susan in the next chapter. Thank you for reading, and don't forget to leave a review!