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A/N: Hey Everyone! My test went fine and I handed in my lab, I hope I did well on it. :) This is my last week of class!!!! :D I have tomorrow and Thursday and then my final on Tuesday and then I'm off until school starts in the fall! Yay! :D
Alright, I figure that you guys have been waiting long enough for another chapter... and to JeremyShane, consider this a birthday present! Happy Birthday! :)
So here's Chapter 6! 8-)
Previously in Everything...
"Why don't we split up?," Lane suggested, "We'll be able to cover more ground that way… and if need be we can try to get Superman to help us."
"Superman?," Clark asked, "Who's that?"
"He's the greatest superhero of all time!," Olsen said, getting excited, "He always saves us from danger! He's from another planet named Krypton, he's got this red, yellow, and blue costume with a red cape, and he flies!" At the mention of Krypton, both Lois and Clark looked to Kent who looked away from their gazes.
"I don't think we'll need that much help," Jimmy said, "I'll go with you and uh, Ms. Lane and CK and Lois can go with… Mr. Kent."
"You're learning, Jimbo," Lois commented and gave him a small punch to his shoulder.
"Thanks, Lois," Jimmy smiled and was lead by Lane and Olsen to Lane's office, while Clark and Lois were lead in the opposite direction by Kent to his office.
Now in Everything...
Chapter 6
"So, where do you kids want to start?," Kent asked once he closed the door to his office.
"You tell us… we don't know how to go about researching something in the fifties," Lois said, making herself comfortable in Kent's desk chair.
"Well, we could get a hold of Professor Pepperwinkle and see if he can't fix his machine to send you back… he's on vacation for a couple of days, however," Kent replied and looked apologetic.
"You know, Smallville, by the time we get back to our time, we'll be just in time for our wedding," Lois said, cupping her hand under her chin and cheek, leaning on Kent's desk.
"Wedding? You two really are getting married?," Kent asked. He seemed to be amazed at the idea that Lois Lane would marry Clark Kent and not Superman.
"Yeah," they said in unison.
"So what's all this Superman business about?," Clark asked, sticking a hand in his pocket, referring to how overly excited Olsen was getting when he asked about the primary-colored superhero.
"He's the town hero," Kent replied and leaned one arm on one of his filing cabinets, wary of what type of response that would elicit.
"He? Why are you referring to yourself in the third person?," Lois asked getting up, "As soon as we heard your Jimmy out there say this Superman was from Krypton, we knew he was talking about you when you looked away."
Kent looked to Clark as if he were trying to confirm if it was okay to reveal himself as Superman, Clark simply nodded, and Kent laughed, "I'm not used to anyone knowing my secret."
"It takes some getting used to, but in the end it's great," Clark smiled, leaning on Kent's desk. Lois put her arm through his and they both gave Kent a smile.
"We just found out that Professor Pepperwinkle is on a small vacation and we can't get a hold of him for a couple of days," Lane said barging in Kent's office, both Jimmys on her tail.
"Yeah, he just told us that," Lois said pointing with the arm that was through Clark's, at Kent.
"Thanks for sharing that information with us before, Mr. Kent," Lane said folding her arms.
"So what are we supposed to do while we wait for him? Pray his vacation ends early?," Jimmy asked, raising his hands and leaned next to Clark on the desk.
"Maybe we should try to get word to Superman and he could fly the professor back," Olsen proposed.
"I don't think that'll be necessary, Jim. The professor can never stay away from his inventions for too long, anyway," Kent replied.
"Well you guys seemed like you were in a story drought, maybe we can help you guys with a story so your boss will be happy," Lois suggested, "It will keep us busy."
"Need any help on anything?," Clark asked.
"That's sweet of you, but I don't think you'd be able to help us," Lane replied.
"Are you kidding? At our Daily Planet they're the best! They're the Lane-Kent Reporting Team," Jimmy jumped in.
"Yeah, but don't sell yourself short, Olsen. You help us out plenty, to me we're the team of Lane-Kent-Olsen," Lois beamed.
"I think they might be able to help us out. Who knows, maybe while we're working on this story Professor Pepperwinkle will come back from his vacation and be able to send them home," Kent said, wanting to give them a chance. Plus it would be nice to have an extra pair of super-help from Clark if necessary.
"Can you think of anything, Jim?," Lane asked the bow-tied young man to her side.
"Well… um I think I heard Ed Crowley escaped from prison," Olsen said after pausing a minute to think about it.
"Didn't we deal with him when the Professor made that device that could phone people anywhere?," Lane asked, trying to remember.
"Wow, this professor really has invented some crazy stuff," Lois thought out loud.
"Yes he has, one time he invented anti-memory vapor. One whiff of the stuff and you couldn't remember what happened in the last fifteen minutes," Kent told them.
"That could've come in handy in some situations I've been in," Clark mumbled to himself. Lois heard him and nudged him in the shoulder to keep quiet.
"Where should we start to track this guy?," Jimmy asked.
"I think we should contact Inspector Henderson, he'll probably be able to help us out. The police have been looking for him," Kent said and picked up the black handset of his phone.
"Inspector Henderson? We ran into him before coming here," Clark said. Kent just nodded to indicate he heard him and turned his attention to Inspector Bill Henderson on the other end.
"Man I haven't seen an old phone like that in ages," Jimmy said, admiring the rotary dial.
"Oh yeah, that's right Jimmy. You like this old stuff don't you?," Lois remarked.
"More movies than anything else, I know more about the forties than I do the fifties," Jimmy replied.
"Inspector Henderson says we should come down to the station," Kent said, hanging up.
"Did you tell him about these three?," Lane asked, motioning to Lois, Clark, and Jimmy.
"No, I figured it would be a fun surprise for Bill if we told him when we got down to the station," Kent replied.
"Always joking, Mr. Kent," Olsen said following everyone out the door to Inspector Henderson.
"How are we all gonna fit in the car?," Jimmy asked when they came up to Kent's car.
"We'll go in the back. I'll just sit on Smallville's lap and you can sit next to Olsen," Lois replied opening the back door. Both Jimmys did as she said and got in. Lane got in the passenger's seat and Kent in the driver's seat.
"Where's the seatbelts?," Clark asked after Lois made herself comfortable in his lap and Kent started the engine.
Olsen turned to him and asked, "What's that?"
"They haven't been invented yet, CK," Jimmy explained and Clark just nodded.
"What are seatbelts?," Lane asked turning around. They were already almost to Police Headquarters.
"Something invented for the car to keep people safe and prevents them from getting badly injured if they're in a car crash," Lois answered, "Not that everyone in our time uses them anyway."
"Let's go," Kent said after putting the car in park and got out. Everyone followed and Kent and Lane went straight into Inspector Henderson's office, "Thanks for helping us, Bill."
"Don't mention it, Kent," Henderson replied, waving his hand, "The sooner Crowley is back behind bars the better."
"We've got some more help too," Olsen added as Lois, Clark, and Jimmy came into the inspector's view.
"You three?," he started, "I see you got some help."
"You're not going to believe this, Bill… but these three are actually me, Lois, and Jimmy from an alternate universe," Kent told him.
"And where they're from it's the year 2009," Olsen added excitedly.
"Is this some kind of prank?," Henderson asked, he didn't believe a word they said.
"We're here because of an invention of Professor Pepperwinkle's that went wrong," Clark remarked, hoping that that would convince him like it had their counterparts.
"Oh… well… I guess that explains everything. I'll try and see if I can get a hold of him for you," Bill replied, "Now on to this crook business. We don't have much on his whereabouts right now. But he won't be able to stand not getting his hands on some cash. It shouldn't be long before he tries something."
"Maybe we should stage something that would lure him out," Jimmy suggested.
"No, I think it'd be safer for us to wait it out. He's been out for over a week… it's only a matter of time before he'll try something," Henderson replied.
"We thought you might have something more for us," Kent said.
"Sorry, I figured you'd have something for me," Bill apologized. Olsen started to look defeated, "But don't worry, I'm sure you guys will find something, you haven't let me down before."
"Let's head back to the Planet, maybe something came over on the wire," Lane suggested. Everyone agreed and left Henderson's office who apologized one more time.
"Well that was a dead end… nice to know some things don't change over time," Lois commented.
When they started to go back into Kent's car, there was already a man in it with a gun aimed at the six of them, the answer to their question of who it was, was answered when Lane simply said, "Crowley."
TBC
I hope you guys enjoyed this next chapter! To those of you wondering, Crowley isn't anybody major in the Superman comics. He was just a small town crook from the AOS episode, The Phony Alibi. He's just a small time crook. ;) :) The anti-memory vapor reference is from the AOS episode, The Big Forget. I love that one! :D
Chapter 7 isn't that long, in fact it's probably only about 2 and a half pages on MS Word, but I thought it was a good place to stop on it. ;) Plus, I've got a short chapter in each one of my stories and it just so happens this time it will be chapter 7. ;) :) I'll post Chapter 7 (hopefully) on Friday (8-13)...
There's only chapters 7-12 and the epilogue left of this story so there's still plenty left. ;)
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Thank you to all of you who are simply reading too... ;) :)
Clois Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :D
