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cathy03 - I'm not sure we'll ever see Darkseid show up as an actual physical villain, I can't remember from who or where, but I thought I read something about him being a villain in the background kind of character, I hope it's not the case though. And I guess the question is in what capacity does Doomsday return in.
You will be missed! I'm sure I'll still be at it when you get back, so we'll catch up then! haha.
A,sky - More and more everyday, I'm more certain it will be more than 50. Too many characters to do before then, haha.
LoisNClark4Ever - I probably should have made it clear during the chapter itself, but Clark was one of the people who "went missing" during the battle. All that destruction and what not, there had to be a whole mess of people who went missing or were killed. Clark is thought to be one of them. But no, Perry doesn't know. Probably has his suspicions given his interactions with Clark during his first visit to Smallville, but he doesn't "know", haha.
That scene was inspired by a combination of two storylines. 1, Lois knowing the difference between Clark Kent and Clark Luthor at the end of Luthor. 2, one of the reasons that Clark wears glasses in the comics is to hide the real color of his eyes because they are so blue. No shade of that blue on Earth.
Author: CaptainTightPants12
Rating: K
Pairing: Clois, Arthur/Mera
Disclaimer: If I owned Smallville or it's characters, I'd be saving this for the spring and you would be watching it on TV.
Summary: A series of 'Kill me or Kiss Me?' moments.
Chapter: #37, New Years
Author's Note: Sorry guys, got kind of caught up in football today, haha, hope you guys like this one! This one takes place on New Years, obviously, but it has to take place this last New Years because of Mera and AC's presence and the fact we referred to it during the Bachelor Party, which surely will take place before the upcoming New Years.
Mera walked into the Ace of Clubs with a smile on her face. She was very excited for their New Years party at the Ace of Clubs, it was the first time that all of her new friends would be together in the same place without a life-or-death situation at hand.
She spotted Lois and Chloe chatting with Dinah near the bar, but her walk was cut off by a...was that a naked guy? She watched the man sprint past her yelling, she couldn't help but laugh as he disappeared back into the crowed. She continued walked over to Lois and Chloe, but they were both giving her funny looks.
"Did you guys see that drunk idiot? He was naked!"
Niether could look her in the eye. "What's wrong?
Chloe coughed and turned her head away, Lois glared at her before swallowing. "Uh, yeah, we...uh, we saw him alright."
Mera smiled and turned to point at him, "Yeah, he's such a..."
Much to Mera's surprise, she knew who the naked man was. Much to her surprise, it was..."Orin?"
Her husband was doing what looked like some kind of version of the chicken dance, she could see Clark and Oliver struggling between laughing and being concerned. Bart was nearly rolling on the floor in laughter. She stomped over and tapped on his shoulder, he turned and grinned, "Mera! This is so much fun!"
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"What?"
"Why are you naked?"
AC looked at her like she was crazy. "What are you...holy cow, I'm naked!"
"Yes! You are! Why?"
"Uh...," he looked back at Bart with a glare.
"That's my cue to bail, guys," quipped Bart before super-speeding out of the room.
Mera glared at him. "Just because you are a fish, doesn't mean you have to drink like a fish!"
"I am not a fish! I'm a man! Why does it always come to fish jokes!"
Mera huffed and exited the room in anger, a silence broke out amongst the crowd as Lois and Chloe followed her and J'onn handed AC a towel.
Oliver exchanged looks with Clark. Clark frowned at him and shook his head at him. Oliver nodded his head at AC. Clark rolled his eyes and walked over to stand besides AC, who had wrapped himself with the towel. He stood there for a few moments, trying to find the words to say right then.
"Uh, do you wanna talk-"
"No."
"Ok then."
Clark retreated back over to Oliver. J'onn glared at Clark and decided to be the voice of reason, "Look, Arthur-
"Don't call me Arthur!"
J'onn flinched. "You just need to go and-"
"Grovel," finished Oliver.
AC glared at Oliver. "What? She's hot."
Before AC could go over and kill Oliver, Clark stopped him. "What Ollie means is that you love Mera, and you should go talk to her."
"Actually, what I mean was-" Clark hit Oliver in the stomach, and after his coughing fit, he croaked, "what Clark said."
In the other room, Lois was trying to cheer up her aqua-inclined friend. Unfortunately for her, Mera had latched onto the one thing that she was ill-equipped to defend against. Especially when you considered that she was part of the problem. "We're just not like you and Clark."
Lois let out a sigh. "The thing with me and Clark, it's not always lovey-dovey," she explained.
Chloe snorted. Lois Glared.
"Sometimes, I want to kill him something fierce. The farmboy can push my buttons. He even wants to kill me sometimes."
Mera lifted her head, "Really?"
"Yeah, but we always kiss and make up. Because I love him. And he loves me. Like you love AC, and he loves you."
Mera snorted.
"He does. I can see it in his face. That boy is banana-sandwhich over you, he's a fish out of water without you."
"Fish jokes," she laughed. "All we get are fish jokes."
Lois smiled softly at her, "You just have to train him."
Chloe rolled her eyes, "Oh god."
"Train him?"
"Yeah. Men are stupid. You have to whip them into shape."
"You trained Clark?"
Lois looked at her with inexplicably, "I've been training that boy for six years!"
Back in the main bar area, Oliver was trying to come up ideas on how to make Mera forgive AC. Clark had come up with something to do with a heartfelt speech, Oliver just laughed at him, "Oh boy, silly Clark." He was offering up jewelry store names when...
"Arthur Curry!"
Every man froze in place, but all but AC breathed a sigh of relief. He looked completely terrified, but to his credit, Mera was a bad ass. He turned around ever so slowly and faced her. She had her hand on her hip and a fire in her eyes, Clark felt chills at the stance's familiarity.
"Grab your clothes."
"But-"
"Now."
As AC went to grab his clothes, Mera looked over her shoulder at Lois and Chloe. Lois was nodding her head with a big thumbs up. Chloe had her head in his hand and was shaking her head. Clearly, they had a difference in opinion when it came to dealing with men.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
Mera cast Lois one quick look before turning back to AC, "Training."
As the two made their exit, the music came back on and most of the crowd went back to doing what they were doing. Lois walked over to Clark and Chloe made her way back over to Oliver. Lois and Clark watched AC retreat with his wife. Clark wrapped an arm around her, "Remember when we were that young and inexperienced?"
"Are you calling me old?"
Gulp.
Author's Note: What did you think of New Years? haha. I kind of struggled to come up with something, I knew that AC would end up naked, not unlike Will Ferrell in Old School, he's just a crazy drunk, haha. The thing I struggled with was Mera's character, we've seen her in like three scenes, not sure how to write her, haha, I hope you guys liked it though. She talked about having to give AC a few water blasts to the head so I figured she has a short fuse, haha.
Well, I hope everyone liked it.
Next Up: Going to have to be a surprise, haven't picked one yet.