Lois kept fiddling with his glasses as she had stepped into the room where Doctor Klein had him. She couldn't bear to imagine some other doctor or surgeon or mortician taking the chance to cut him open and examine him. She couldn't take him to a regular hospital because the corpse might end up in a laboratory. After all that he had given to the world, she didn't want for that to become his fate, some test subject or lab animal.

She closed her eyes as she folded the glasses and placed them in her pocket. She knew she shouldn't be in here, this body hadn't had Clark's spirit in it for days but she couldn't help but to break in and be with him at least for a couple more hours. She was a romantic at heart and a hard working professional on the outside but most of all, she had loved him. She had felt so special because he had chosen her.

"You know," she heard a familiar voice behind her and she stood up, moving her body so she was in front of Clark's body. "It took a lot of skill to follow you and break in here. I give you a lot of credit."

Lois's eyes widened. The news hadn't come out about Superman being dead but only about him being missing and that had happened before, not very often, but it had happened before. Jimmy didn't know. Perry White didn't know. She hadn't known how to tell them.

"So, is that CK?" Jimmy asked with a pained expression as Lois continued to use her body to shield Clark from Jimmy's view.

"There are things that you don't know," she said before dropping Clark's glasses. She looked down but Jimmy picked them up. She could see his own grief and mournful nature as he turned the glasses in his hand. He chuckled to himself.

"You know what's really strange," he said with his pain heard in his voice. "CK…I never saw him without his glasses on, not one time. Not to rub his eyes or if he had dozed off or even outside of work. He never took off these glasses around me, can you believe that?"

"Yes," Lois said slowly as she eyed him cautiously, "I imagined that that was the case."

Jimmy stared at her confused but sighed as he handed her back the glasses. It was an odd statement to say but Lois believed him and took it as such a serious nature that he had to believe her. Was there something about his eyes that only Lois knew? "Uh, yeah…" he said and Lois sighed.

"Jimmy, if I tell you something – show you something, out of respect to Clark can you just let me deal with it?" she asked and Jimmy nodded slowly. He studied her and saw Lois take a few steps to the side to show that it was 'Superman's' body that she was guarding. Jimmy's eyes widened as he stared at the man before him in shock. "Clark wasn't exactly human."

"No…way…" Jimmy breathed slowly. He opened his mouth to start asking questions and shook his head. Lois took the glasses and gently slid them over Clark's eyes before taking them off as Jimmy continued to stare in shock. He was baffled by this revelation. His friend had been…Clark Kent was flying around and catching criminals and stopping disasters in his free time and he hadn't even been able to capture a photograph of it.

"Promise you'll let me handle it?" Lois asked and Jimmy stared at her.

"How long did you -"

"Oh, come on, it didn't take me that long to know but Clark, I want the world to remember him as Clark Kent. He was born someone else but he was adopted by the Kents. His real name is…."

"Superman…" Jimmy breathed out and Lois frowned as she put her hand on Clark's cadaver's forehead. He would always be more than just Superman to her.

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Chapter Four

Just as he had always remembered it, the news room was a bustling place of activity. People had shown even greater interest in the paper since finding out what Superman's true identity was but it had been proven that – except in the case of Lois – nobody had learned of this fact. The journalistic integrity was preserved of The Daily Planet but the loss was deeply felt and noticed.

The majority of people at The Planet still remembered the deceased individual as Clark Kent, the man who had chosen to become Superman. He was a man who had been adopted by a couple from Smallville and had seemed as human as any of them. They respected the man and the journalist that he had been. There were many through who saw him as just Superman and that had overshadowed his personal life and history.

Chris looked around, moving closer to Lois's desk to see one picture of her and him as Superman but most were of the two of them or the three of them. He looked around, observing the area to find there to be marks on the desk from spilled coffee or water glasses without a coaster. It didn't seem as pristine as it used to. Using the X-ray vision, he managed to look inside of the drawer to show numerous chocolates and tissue boxes. There were also some of his own belongings kept in a box in there.

He had to believe that he had the strength to cope with this as she had. He didn't know whether he could have come back here if she had died, as much as he loved having been a reporter, family came first. He took slow breaths before feeling a hand on his shoulder and turned suddenly.

"Were you lost in thought?" Lois whispered to him before pulling out a chair, "Just sit. I'm going to go talk to Perry about that job opportunity," she said. Chris nodded and took slow inhales before hearing the sound of someone coming and sitting down at the desk which used to be his. He turned and his eyes brightened as he saw Jimmy there. He was a reporter, doing his own pieces. Chris had to feel happy that he had achieved that.

"Hey, Cat," Jimmy asked as he leaned over to the gossip columnist. "That guy over there at Lois's desk…who is that?"

Chris looked down and shook his head. He needed to be patient. He had always been able to pick up on a private conversation but at this point, he just needed to keep his head down and not draw attention to himself. He heard Cat purr and remembered how interested she had been the first few months he had been here.

"I'm not sure but he's…he's a great rebound, don't you think? I mean, he's probably going to want other options. Nobody could hold a candle to Superman," Cat stood up and Chris felt his body tense. He was going to have direct contact with someone from his past whilst living in a new identity. She walked over to him and Chris looked up at her, already feeling that he knew what she was going to say.

"Hi, there cutie," Cat said as she sat atop Lois's desk and Chris was surprised. He definitely looked younger than her. Was age not an issue to her as long as it was legal? Well, he was half expecting for that to be the case. "Who do we have in my office, hmm?" she asked and Chris could tell that Jimmy was watching this interaction.

"A friend…" he said with a weak smile.

"Even someone like Lois has friends?" Cat asked and pushed her hand through his hair. He looked up at her and weakly smiled, he could hear Jimmy shift in an awkward manner and paused, turning his attention in the direction of his friend. "I mean, she's so full of surprises."

"Don't let Cat intimidate you, she's got claws but she won't use them," Jimmy said as he came over, studying the man before him very skeptically. Chris had no idea why he was observing him as if he were some kind of specimen. "I'm James," he said as he held out his hand, "James Olsen."

"Chris Kwon," Chris said and Jimmy paused.

"C…K…" Jimmy said in a very slow manner before seeing Cat look at him as if he had hit his head and had a concussion.

"She definitely has a preference, it's sad that she's just using you as a rebound," Cat commented and Chris smiled before seeing Jimmy taking a step back in disbelief. Jimmy returned to his desk, pulling something out. "I mean, you are too gorgeous to be considered a good rebound," she said. "Let me know when Lois is done playing with you because then maybe we can take a turn together."

"Gr-Great," Chris smiled very weakly. He stood and Jimmy stared after him before getting up and following after him. As Chris managed to get to the water cooler, he saw Jimmy staring at him, his hand on top of the tank.

"Who are you?" he asked and Chris stared at him confused. He hadn't expected for anyone – especially Jimmy – to be this interested in him. It felt intimidating but he wasn't usually an intimidating individual. Chris laughed but saw Jimmy staring at him. "I considered Clark Kent a friend. I was absolutely devastated by his death and I felt like I wanted to learn everything about him when I found out his status as Superman. I have watched every interview, read every article, seen everything to do with both Clark Kent and Superman and I just…did you copy him? Is that the plan?"

Chris turned to the now older male and smiled to him. "I'm not meaning any harm to her if that's your question," he said before pushing his hair back and gave a very relaxed smile. He paled as he heard the sound of a siren, "Sorry. I just remembered, Lois asked me to check on something for her," he said and Jimmy followed.

"Lois and I have known each other forever, I'm sure that she won't mind if I come with you." Jimmy said and Chris bowed his head. He looked around, he knew that he wouldn't have any choice but to either knock the other man out or risk his identity. Maybe Kara would get there first but he didn't want to risk it.

"I really need for you to excuse me," he said before dashing off and changing into his new superhero outfit. Jimmy sighed as he heard the whoosh from the window. He walked over to Lois's desk where she was just exiting with Perry and narrowed his eyes. "Chris Kwon?" he asked and Lois paused as she turned to him.

"That's right?" she asked and looked around, "Have you seen him anywhere?"

"You need to get a little bit more creative than that," Jimmy tested her and Lois remained silent as she tried to come up with a response. No. Jimmy might be a great investigative journalist and an even better photographer but even he couldn't figure out what was really happening.

"What?" she asked and Perry turned to him.

"What on earth are you talking about, son?" he asked and Lois turned to the younger reporter. No. There was no way that he could know.

End of Chapter Four

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