Lois arrived at the building where she and Kal-El were to be married. Lara was the only one accompanying her. In the hallway, she took a step back, startled. On the one side of the large double doors were huge statues of Jor-El and Lara. On the other side were huge statues of a faceless male and female, but they wore Earth clothes. "What in the world..." Lois began.

"We were not sure what your parents looked like," Lara quickly explained. When that didn't seem to dispel her confusion, Lara realized she was confused about the statues themselves. "It's an old Kryptonian custom symbolizing the uniting of two families."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense."

Lara peered critically at her stone self. "I don't think they captured my likeness."

Lois thought it looked very accurate except that the statue did not look alive. It was completely devoid of any emotions. On second thought, maybe it was just one more testament to how these people were.

They went into a large room where a large shining jewel was suspended. "It is the jewel of honor and truth," Lara explained to her soon to be daughter-in-law before she had a chance to ask. "It is not the original, I'm afraid, or the original Palace of Marriage for that matter."

Lois followed her past the room with the jewel to a smaller room. "This is where you will change and await the ceremony." There was a thin box sitting on a table. Lara pulled the lid off and lifted a wedding dress out of it. "This is the dress that I married Jor-El in, and I want you to wear it."

"Thank you," Lois said. As much as she was against this wedding, it was a nice gesture to show that she didn't completely despise her son's alien bride.

"I'll step out and give you a chance to get it on," Lara said.

Lois eyed herself in the mirror after she got it on. In the wedding dress, she looked like one of them. It was a white dress, but it had a space-age look to it. It was also very modest. The only visible part of her was her face and the upper part of her neck. She wore a crown that had the same space-age look to it and a veil hung down from it.

A figure joined her in the mirror's reflection. "You look lovely," Lara assured her. "This will be a good marriage, you'll see."

Lois did her best not to scoff. That was easy for her to say. It was her son and his marriage prospects had been minimal before the brides from Earth had arrived.

Time certainly didn't drag in Lois' mind. It didn't seem like long before it was time for the ceremony. There was no formal walk down the aisle for the bride. She was grateful for that. Instead she was lifted up onto the jewel with Kal-El and the minister.

Instead of rings, they had bracelets. Lois admired them. They were identical and very beautiful. "No one can duplicate this color pattern," Kal-El explained to her in a whisper. "There has never been a pair like these and never will be again. It is registered in our names."

Lois could barely hear the words of the ceremony. She was so stunned that this was happening to her, but she didn't believe it to be binding. She would be a free woman again on Earth. She mumbled a yes when she sensed that they were waiting for an answer. Although if she had said no, it wouldn't have mattered. At last she heard the words being spoken by the minister.

"In the name of truth and honor, I declare the marriage vows binding from this day forward, throughout all time and space, even into eternity. And now let the maid, Lois Lane, exchange the wedding bracelets with her spouse, Kal-El, citizen of Argo City."

They put the bracelets on each other's wrists and that was the end of the ceremony.

There was a party after the wedding with food and drink and music. That part was at least familiar to Lois even if the food, drink, and music were not. As the party wound down, she suddenly found herself getting pushed to the front of the crowd along with Kal-El.

"What's going on?" she whispered.

"It is time for the walk to the ceremonial bed."

"They come with us?" she asked alarmed.

He smiled. "Just to the door."

It wasn't a long walk back to the house. There were very few long walks in Argo City as on the platform you could see from one end of the city to the other. She looked back a couple of times to see if the crowd was still behind them. They followed them right up to Kal-El's bedroom door. Kal-El shut the door once they were inside. Her heartbeat sped up as she realized that she was alone with her newly wedded alien husband.