A/N: My Joker is based on the animated series (you can't beat Mark Hammel as the Joker in my opinion.).
What is taking Batman so long? Clark wondered. The gang began to collect the people's belongings and Clark was trying to figure out what he should do. He looked around and saw a fire escape ladder and began to slowly push Lois and Selina towards the edge of the roof.
"Batman!" One of the ladies yelled. Batman came crashing down on one of the clown dressed thugs rendering him unconscious. The thugs dropped their sacks and began to converge on Batman. He was in top form taking only a few minutes to drop all the thugs.
During the fight Clark, Lois and Selina had started helping guests down the ladder and into a window a few floors down.
"AH Batman! Good Show!" The Joker clapped his hands gleefully and broke into an evil grin as pulled a bag from his pocket. "Looks like you've got a helper tonight" Eyeing Clark helping another woman down the ladder to Lois and Selina. "Hopefully your reflexes have improved since we last met." Joker flung the bag in Clark's direction. The bag landed at Clark's feet and marbles rolled out of the bag in all directions.
Marbles? Clark wondered.
"Everyone move!" Batman yelled as the first grenade went off.
The blast threw Clark over the edge; he reached out and grabbed a rung on the ladder. He pulled himself back up and made his way to Selina and a guest helping them through an open window. More grenades went off and the side of the wall began to collapse and the ladder began to pull away from the building. He slowly started to climb down the steps towards Lois, trying not to put any more stress on the ladder.
Everything shifted to slow motion, the ladder fell away, pieces of rubble began to shower down behind him and he saw Lois loose her grip and began to drop. He dove for her and it took what felt like an eternity to reach her. She must have passed out or have been hit with the falling rubble because she was unconscious when he reached her. Grabbing a hold of her he franticly looked around for a way to stop his fall. He was too far from the building to grab a ledge and he didn't have a grapple. Always be prepared, Bruce had said countless times, well I didn't think I would have to be tonight. He looked at the approaching ground, the fall wouldn't hurt him but impact shock would certainly kill Lois. What I wouldn't give to be able to fly! He closed his eyes and began to pray.
A minute passed before he realized that they should have hit the ground by now. Opening his eyes he was shocked to see that he was floating several stories above the ground. What in the world? He looked around stunned trying to figure out what was holding them up. And then he realized nothing was holding them up, HE was holding them up. His curiosity finally overcame his shock. I wonder if I could float up. Clark began to float upwards at a slow rate. NO WAY!
Clark shifted Lois in his arms so that he had one hand free. Stretching it out he thought Go that way. And he began to fly away from the building. This is AWESOME! Ok enough screwing around Kent got to get to work. He flew towards the Wayne Building and flew up to the roof. He sat Lois down on the roof and went to the secret supply room and grabbed a communicator.
"KENT! Are you alright?" Batman demanded
"Yeah Lois and I are alright, we are on top of the office. I pushed Selina through a window a couple floors down from the roof. Do you need help?"
"No I have his gang tied up and no one was seriously hurt, but the Joker is long gone. How did you get on top of the office so fast?"
"That's a good story for later, I'll bring Lois back and I'll find Selina while you change."
Clark picked up Lois and flew back to the hotel and landed clumsily in an alley next to the hotel. Going to have to learn how to land Kent. He thought to himself.
Clark carried Lois around the corner to a group of waiting rescue vehicles. Lois began to stir in his arms.
"Lois can you hear me?"
"Clark? What happened? I remember falling and seeing you jump after me and then…nothing."
"I jumped after you" He said and then blushed at his next statement, " But I didn't think of how I would really save you. Thankfully, Batman fired a rope after us and lowered us to the ground."
Lois gave his neck a big hug, "Always saving my ass, you must be running for the Superman of the year award." Clark set her down and the EMS began to check her out
"Well someone's got to save the cute girls. I'll leave the ugly ones to Batman." Clark teased back.
The EMS found that she did get hit with some of the rubble and had a swelling bump on her head. The EMS technician told Clark that he should watch her for the next few hours.
Alfred brought the limo around and Clark helped Lois in, telling her that he was going to go find Selina and Bruce.
He clicked the com link back on.
"Have you found Selina?"
"No."
"I'll start searching from the bottom up." Clark looking around and no one was watching, super speeded into the hotel and began to search floor by floor.
Lois sat in the car with her eyes closed. What a crazy night. Are crazy people just attracted to me? Her thoughts shifted to Clark, What am I doing with him? Everything has changed so much today…
Her thoughts were interrupted by a fireman pushing Selina into the car. Lois realized that Selina was gagged and tied up. Alfred's door was opened and he was thrown from the car. The fireman got in and pealed out, giggling down the street.
"Please sit back and enjoy the ride!" The Joker erupted into another fit of laughter almost causing a huge wreck.
Clark made his way back out front to where the Limo should have been. Keying the link to Batman he gave a status report.
"No sign of Selina."
"Not good. I'll…"
Clark interrupted him, "The limo is gone…Alfred!"
Clark made his way over to the elder man on the ground, helping him up. There was a good bump on his head and a little road rash on his face.
"I'm sorry Master Clark, he caught me off guard…he took the girls."
"Who?" Clark asked Alfred.
"The Joker." Batman had joined them.
"Who's the Joker?" Gordon asked joining them.
"He's the boss of the gang you're bringing in, Jim." Batman gave Jim a description of what Joker looked like.
"Don't worry Mr. Kent, We'll find them." Jim turned back to Batman, but the Dark Knight was gone.
"See we are already on it." Jim said with a grim smile as he turned back to the crime scene.
Batman called Clark on the link, "Kent, take Alfred home and make sure he's OK. I'm going after the girls; contact me when you are suited up."
Clark walked Alfred away from the crowds and down a side alley.
"This is going to feel a little weird Alfred." He put his left arm around the older man's waist and floated slowly up.
"MY WORD!" Alfred exclaimed.
Clark raised a fist in the air and began to pick up speed.
"It's all thought, I just decide where I want to go and I go…I'm not sure how it works." Clark told Alfred and then explained what had happened to Lois and him.
Clark flew them high over Gotham, if the circumstances were different Clark would have enjoyed the view. Clark landed them on the doorstep of the manor. Alfred disabled the security systems and the pair made their way down to the cave. Alfred patched himself up as Clark activated the limo's tracking device. The car had stopped at an abandoned toy factory. It's almost like he wanted us to know where he is.
He contacted Batman with the location of the limo. Batman told him to suit up and join him ASAP; he was going to check it out.
Clark made his way to the costume vault and couldn't find his dark clothes that he had been wearing.
Clark was about to ask Alfred where his clothes were when he saw a new costume hanging up in its own area in the back of the vault. It was the one he and Alfred had been working on but now it was finished and it had a symbol. A big yellow S covered the whole chest area of the uniform.
"Master Clark, your mother sent that over, it arrived after you and Ms. Lane left. I took the liberty."
"Its perfect Alfred, it's the symbol of my birth parents." He quickly pulled on the costume and put the boots and gloves on. Standing up he pulled the cape on and then buckled his belt. He looked at himself in the mirror, he looked very different. He looked intimidating.
"Have you thought of a name for yourself?" Alfred asked.
"Yes, Lois gave it to me…Superman." Clark shot up into the air. His cape blowing around behind him, he flew out the Batwing exit, shooting out over the ocean.