Author's Note: Okay I feel like I'm doing too much of these. Anyways this is where the action starts to happen. More chapters up soon, enjoy!


The music was pumping through my headphones as I was on the bus heading to work. My head was bobbing and swaying to this little British girl who sang this catchy pop song. I even got so into this song that I started mouthing the song with a little attitude. I didn't care what anyone thought of me on this bus they should be used to my antics by this point. Between being late to work yesterday and having a big presentation coming up this month I needed to have a good day today.

I felt myself lurch as the bus suddenly stopped in the middle of the street and everyone was gasped. The first thing I noticed was this gigantic grey monster standing in front of our bus and looking in. The second thing was were winged creatures that surrounded him. This giant…thing… had grey rock like skin and glowing red eyes he was easily half the size of this bus. He was truly a menacing creature and at this point I wasn't sure what to feel or even think. He looked like he was staring straight into the bus and was searching for something or someone. He grabbed hold of the doors and ripped them off like it was nothing. We heard him say something in another strange language to the flying monsters. It must have been a command because they all started making their way onto the bus. I tried to make myself seem small and insignificant but with only twenty people on the bus the chance of me standing out was pretty great. Luckily I was towards the back so they didn't have to grab me because there were a lot more people in front of me.

As the monsters crawled on the bus people were screaming and crying, some were even praying. I realized there were some babies on the bus and my heart stopped and I was about to offer myself up as a distraction when I realized I didn't have a choice about that.

"Jovilette Valentine! We require the human called Jovilette Valentine!" My stomach lurched and I almost emptied its contents right onto the floor. My legs were shaking as I slowly stood up.

"If I go with you, will you promise not to harm anyone on this bus?"

The creature didn't seem to understand what I was saying as he walked closer, I began to walk backwards but then he ran at me and threw me over its shoulder. He flew and took me off the bus. He proceeded to throw me on the ground and the giant grey monster picked me up in one hand held me above his head. His gravelly voice boomed:

"Greetings weakling. You shall me know me as Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips."

I squirmed and thrashed in his grip but it was obviously no use. This man, monster, whatever, was too strong to even notice I was struggling.

I probably should have been scared witless, but I have never been one to fully realize the situation until hours after it happened. I once got in a really serious car accident where bones were broken and one of my lungs was close to deflating and I was crawling around the road trying to find my cellphone to call 911, which was just the woman I was. Seemingly fearless, but it was really just my brain cells not working into overdrive and my adrenaline never kicking in.

Darkseid's red eyes glowed with a sickening glimmer and he grinned maliciously.

"I had heard you were the Earth's champion's lover. I never expected a mere mortal!" He laughed and squeezed a little harder. Earth's champion's lover? What was he trying to say?

"Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about? Let me go!" I tried biting him like Emma did to the giant in Once Upon a Time, but to no avail. Damn TV.

"Superman is courting you, is he not?!"

"NO! Last time I checked Lois Lane was the one trying to court him. Put me down you have the wrong girl!" Darkseid looked confused for a second but shook his head.

"No you are Jovilette. You are the one I want. I shall make the hero come to me. Scream for me love. I want to see him in pain." I rolled my eyes. This man was clearly insane and hadn't done his homework because I was dating Clark Kent. But after Darkseid's words spat out of his mouth I truly thought about it. I was dating Clark Kent who, had black hair just like Superman had black hair too. Clark Kent was tall… probably Superman's height. Clark Kent was a gentleman… like Superman was. Clark had a chiseled jaw and extremely good looks… like Superman. My breathing was becoming constricted and it had nothing to do with the fact that a monster was holding me in his grip. It was that I was dating the world's greatest superhero and I had no idea. I was the biggest idiot. It all made sense now. Why he wasn't willing to sleep with me, why he would skip out on dates sometimes but repay for them later, why he never talked about Superman, why he never talked about the Diana in his phone, which I NEVER checked.

"Put her down Darkseid!" Superman, Clark, my boyfriend, was floating in front of us with his arms crossed. I just glared at Superman, knowing full well he would understand that I was pissed about his secret. Superman just had his eyes trained on Darkseid in a fury I had never seen before.

"I don't think so Superman. I'm only here to remind you why I am the most feared within all the realms and you are no exception, Man of Steel." Darkseid turned his head back to me and before Superman had a chance to act Darkseid released some red laser beams from his eyes towards my chest. The only thing I remember was the screaming I heard from all directions and how dead I was going to be. My reflexes kicked in and I flung my arm in front of my heart and shut my eyes. I got completely singed but I was expecting to be dead. Nothing happened except that I was too warm for my liking. I opened my eyes and Darkseid glared at me but dropped me quickly as if I was burning him. I fell to the ground and heard the dirt surrounding me hiss. What was happening to me? Before I knew it, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batman and a couple other people came onto the scene to take care of Darkseid. Superman floated back down to the ground and looked at me sadly.

"Are you okay?" He asked quietly. Tears flooded my eyes before I had the chance to stop them.

"What kind of a question is that? My boyfriend has been lying to me. Some giant freak just kidnapped me. I am burning a hole in the ground, literally! Not to mention the fact that you have been omitting information about Wonder Woman that I probably should have known for a while now!" Superman looked sheepishly over his shoulder to see Wonder Woman snapping her head over to us and glaring her eyes at him.

"We need to go to the Fortress to continue this conversation and figure out what's wrong with you." He walked over to Batman and was talking quietly with him. Batman just gave him a curt nod of the head and Superman was walking over and taking off his cape.

"What are you doing?" I sneered at him.

"Relax. You have to put this on." He replied simply.

"Why in the world would I do that?"

"Because your clothes are burning off and you're going to be naked in a few seconds." He pushed the cape on me and I wrapped myself around it. It was huge and was longer than any dress I owned. He picked me up gingerly and almost dropped me as he winced.

"What's wrong?" Why was he wincing? Man of Steel my ass.

"You're core temperature is hotter than I've ever seen on anything before. You're almost too hot for the cape and the cape can withstand incredible amounts of heat. This is going to be a fast ride so please look at my chest while we fly it will make it easier with the nausea." He picked me up again and before I could even open my lips we were in the sky. I belted out a scream that could have woken up the other half of the world. I did as he told and focused solely on his chest. I studied the pattern in his suit and after that I hardly paid attention to the fact that my hair was whipping at an incredible pace. I hope it hits him in the face. Good. I don't know how long it was but we descended on a snowy plane in the middle of nowhere. I wiggled out of his arms and stepped onto the snow, which was a huge mistake because I instantly melted the ground and I collapsed at least twenty feet into the ice. My feet hit solid ice but I was stuck ten feet below the surface. Superman poked his head down to me and grinned. I had the strong urge to show him my pretty new ring that I got that was on a specific finger. I actually looked down at my hand and the ring was gone. It had probably melted just like my clothes did. I sighed. I tucked the cape tighter around me than was probably necessary.

"Help me get out of here!"

"Hold on, I'm going." He made a wind tunnel and sucked the ice and snow that was around me and moved it away from us. He came back to pull me into his arms and he made a dash for this giant sculpture. He took a key from under the mat, which I thought was pretty comical, and unlocked the giant ice door. He pulled me into his arms again and he flew us inside. He hissed though as I was burning through the cape and hurting him with the heat radiating throughout my body.

"Clark put me down. What's wrong with me?" My voice broke at the last part.

"I don't know Jovilette. That's why we came here. I have some of the most advanced technology on the planet and here you will be safe, temporarily anyways." I wanted to go and seek comfort in his arms but I knew I would hurt him so I hung my head low and let the tears fall from my cheeks. What an awful, awful day. "I'm so sorry Jovilette. I'm sorry you had to find out this way. I'm sorry this happened to you. I'm sorry that I wasn't honest with you. But I'm mostly sorry that I can't comfort you when you need it the most. The only thing I can offer you is what's in my fortress. I want to help you return back to normal." He inclined his head towards a hallway and I nodded my head slightly and followed. We entered a giant room with technology and machinery I couldn't even fathom what it was used for. He told me to step on this scanner and I did as he asked.

"You're going to need to drop the cape Jo." I glared at him and dropped it, just like he asked. He got a lustful look in his eyes.

"Are you kidding me?! You don't have the right to look at me right now. Keep your hands to yourself Boy Scout." I was fuming. He sent an apologetic look my way and went over the computer screen. He typed something in and suddenly the pad I was standing on lit up and I could see my body being scanned. I tried to remain still but it was really hard. After about a minute or so he told me I could step off and put the cape back on. I went over to his workstation and looked over his shoulder and expertly clutching the cape to me.

"What are you looking at?"

"Jovilette, this is weird. It's telling me that there's now titanium crystals imbedded into your DNA strands."

"What are you talking about?"

"Did this happen when Darkseid fired his beams at you?"

"I'm assuming so. My reflexes got the better of me and I stuck my arm out in front of my chest. I'm surprised I'm not dead, I wonder why."

"How did you even encounter titanium crystals?" He was completely dumbstruck.

"Well I had my crystal bracelet that my coworker got me but I assumed it was fake. I was wearing it on the hand that flung out…"

"Where's the bracelet now?" He demanded.

"I'm not sure. It might have burned the straps of fabric holding it together. What does this mean? Why can't I cool down? Can I ever be able to cool down?"

"I'm not sure what this means but your body will cool down eventually. It's trying to flush the crystals out of your body but putting stress on your immune system. So it's like having a fever when you're sick…only worse. I don't know how long that will take though, probably a few days at the very least." He frowned at the computer again.

"I have to call my boss then."

"After everything I've told you, you're worried about making your boss mad?" I put my hands on my hips and mustered up the dirtiest look I could throw at him. If he wanted my wrath, he would get it.

"You don't get to tell me what to be worried about." I said in a murderous low voice. He put his hands up in surrender.

"Jo I said I was-"

"YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME HOW TO ACT! Do you know what it feels like to have a million questions ram into your chest like the fucking five o'clock train!? Do you know what it feels like to fall in love with someone and then realize that they were lying to you this entire time?! I feel like every moment was faked now. Is Clark a ruse? I'm not sure. Since the jig is up are we over? I am absolutely heartbroken over here Clark. My dad was a firefighter. He died saving people. Do you honestly think that I wouldn't be a little resentful over the fact that you save people as well? Just for once I would like to have a nice steady life where I wouldn't be haunted by my father's absence. I don't need to lose someone else I care for! I just need to be left alone. Don't bother coming after me."

I walked back outside and shivered as the icy wind hit my skin. I stumbled my way down the edge of water and sat down. Once again the ice melted and I sank to the bottom to where the hard ice was again. Luckily this time it was a little higher than the other area. I sat and hugged my knees to my chest. I sobbed and cried so hard my throat was hurting. I just sounded like a strangled animal I was sure; an animal that was on its last leg pleading for death in front of its predator. I don't know how long I sat there for but I laid down on the rock and closed my eyes.