5/7/11 - 4:00PM - Daily Planet - Metropolis, KS

"I'm sick of all this waiting!" said Lynn. She and her brother were covering next to everything alongside the reporters in the room as they continued to work through all the morning and throughout the afternoon. The reporters that they were tending to were proud of them for they had proved their work ethic as well as their dedication to finding the truth. Only now they were becoming scary to work with. Many were dumping some coffee into the sink as they dreaded just how more dangerous they became with another cup of coffee in their system. Though Alex was tense, it was Lynn who was becoming furious.

Even Lois was becoming agitated. She had covered close to everything about the murder by badgering Captain Sawyer with such frequency that Lois overheard that the Captain would have preferred to be boiled alive than to speak with her again. For Clark was believed to have been responsible and if it wasn't for J'onn trading off being a detective, bodyguard for the a witness' cousin as well as being Clark himself that would have been more possible for the charge to stick. For it seemed that Zatanna and Alex had been able to identify a man matching Clark's height and eye color but then of course the witness Lynn had met. Lois was a big boxing fan and was more than eager to meet with Bibbo Bibbowski as they talked about his career and seeing that Lynn had covered his story with some limited coverage he was more than eager to take in another interview.

Still the story he told her was strange. A ball of light, dressed in a costume, a red cape with a symbol that was nothing like the big red 'S' she saw last summer in Clark's barn and finally dressed like that guy from American Psycho. 'American Psycho meets the Terminator?' she thought to herself, then laughed as she remembered the last movie that came out just happen to have a guy that looked like some rich guy out of Gotham... but then she concentrated back to the old boxer and realized that what he was saying sounded so ridiculous. But then she remembered one of her own rules. 'If its too weird to be true, it usually is.' Still she had been up all night and was desperate to be excused but if this had anything to do with Clark then she was going to stay here. So she'll be excused...

"Excuse me Miss Lane I understand you've been speaking to my witness earlier. Have you..."

"Don't worry kiddo I'm not going to add more to your byline I'm just getting it straight from the horse's mouth."

"Don't worry! Don't worry! There is so much to worry. Have the police made sure he's safe. The killer might come after him, maybe even Ms. Zatara. How about..."

"Hey kid relax..."

"DON'T YOU TELL ME TO RELAX!" Lynn screamed as the rest of the Daily Planet suddenly stopped in shock over her words. "Do you have any idea how bad this could get if we don't..."

"Lynn." said Alex as he appeared between the two young women as he looked his sister in the eyes and slowly encouraged her to take a deep breath and calm down. Lynn relaxed as the rest of the Daily Planet employees continued to working. Lynn then returned to her desk only without apologizing to Lois, so Alex did it for her. "Sorry about that." Alex said as he faced Lois. "She gets that from her mom. Believe me the fiercest woman in the world." Lois nodded as she then dialed a number to Tess' office.

Around the time Lois made her call, Cat was kind enough to offer Lynn a consoling arm on her shoulder. Yet at this point Cat was not offering anything to drink except some tea. Which she explained made a wonderful thing to help her sleep. It was clear though that Lynn didn't want to sleep. She then continued sending some more snacks and was desperate for another cup of coffee only she noticed that many were avoiding her as if she was a hurricane.

Eventually Tess came down herself and saw how strung out Lynn was and ordered her to go home. She still praised her for the report on Bibbo's testimony even if it did sound a little crazy. But at this moment she wasn't going to tell her that it was rejected.

"You too Mr. Waid. I can't have my interns who have turned into witnesses lose too much sleep on their third week. I may even consider keeping you here longer thanks to what you have thus far. Until then, please go home."

Alex and Lynn agreed to Tess' order as Lynn hugged Cat goodbye as she joined her brother while receiving some backslapping and handshakes from fellow interns as well as from a reporter or two. But before leaving Cat decided to give Lynn a thermos full of hot tea that she begged that she drink as soon as she got home. Lynn promised she would although she had no intention to but her brother convinced her otherwise as they made it to the apartment. Set up by their brother in the event they had to keep up a possible appearance it was rented ever since they got the money from the diamonds but they hadn't occupied as much as they did the Isis Foundation. But now that they arrived and completely strung out they were more than comfortable to be here. As soon as Lynn walked past the threshold she gulped the whole thermos full of tea as she fell on the couch and slept almost immediately. Alex wanted to at least get something to eat before going to sleep only no sooner did he see the bedroom that he super-sped towards to as if someone had told him his wife was naked and waiting for him. He had fallen asleep almost instantly, as he had no intention of staying awake.