Chapter 6
Thunder boomed as Clark and Lois parked the SUV in the lot of the hotel. They looked at the old rundown building. It was painted a ugly green and it only got worse from there. Some of the windows were broken,and what's worse most of the rooms had no doors.
"I should have made Lex set us up in a nice hotel."Lois said.
"I'm sure he was until you called him a cue ball."Clark reminded her.
"You think he'll forget that?"Lois asked.
"If he does I'll remind him."Clark said.
"I guess I'll get the room."Lois said. She got off the SUV and went into the office. She came out a few moments later. She got back into the car.
"We got room 38,hopefully it has a door on it."Lois said. Lois and Clark went to the room. Lois opened the door and saw that it was really the only decent room in the whole place. They walked in and studied the room. Lois went to check the bathroom. It looked decent. Clark followed her and looked around he stopped when he saw the one king size bed.
"Lois,we have to talk about some thing."Clark said.
"Most guys by me dinner before they try to take me to a seedy hotel."Lois said.
"Lois."Clark said.
"I can see why they call this place the honeymoon suite."Lois said.
"Lois!"Clark said louder.
"What,Clark."Lois said.
"The sleeping arrangements."Clark said. Lois looked at the bed.
"Oh,no. Don't even think about it. I'm not sharing a bed with you Clark."Lois said.
"Lois,the last thing I would ever want to do is share a bed with you."Clark said.
"Well, Mr. Kent, the floor."Lois said.
"Thanks."Clark said.
Later Clark and Lois order a pizza and called his parents to let them know they were in Metropolis. Now they were eating and going over a plan of attack.
"The way I see it we should, start when they bars and clubs."Lois said.
"Do you know how many clubs and bars they're in Metropolis?"Clark asked.
"A lot but unless you got a other idea."Lois said.
"We could go to the police and see if they have any leads."Clark said.
"The police,Clark, like they're going to give us any information."Lois said.
"Then what your idea."Clark said.
"We start hitting up all they contacts on the list that Lex gave us."Lois said.
"That might work."Clark said.
Clark was awaken by the crash of thunder. He looked up and Lois standing at the window,watching the rain.
"Lois?" He said.
"It's fine Clark go back to sleep."Lois said. Clark got up and walked over to her. He could see that Lois was shivering. He took a blanket off the bed and wrapped it around her.
"Your worried about Chloe aren't you?"Clark said.
"Yeah,I mean what if my bright idea fails and we never find them."Lois said.
"We'll find them Lois trust me."Clark said.
"How do you know Clark,I mean how do you really know."Lois said.
"Chloe and Lana can make any kidnapper regret what they did."Clark said.
"Yeah,Chloe can be a pain."Lois said.
"Lana,may seem like a prom queen,but she can be tough."Clark said.
"Yeah she can."Lois said.
"Everything going to turn out swell Lois."Clark said.
"Clark a lot of people don't feel comfortable using that word anymore."Lois said.
"I don't know it comes naturally to me."Clark said.
"Chloe and Lana are right you are kind of a nerd."Lois said.
"That's something that I really wanted to know."Clark said.
"Clark some women like that."Lois said.
"Name one."Clark said.
"Me ."Lois said. No one said a word. They just stared at each other. No matter what when this was all over. Lois and Clark would be closer.
"And now we have uncomfortable silence."Lois said. Clark and Lois began to laugh.
"I can't sleep."Clark said.
"Me too."Lois said.
"Let's start looking. "Clark said.
"Great idea,Smallville."Lois said.
One of the killers pulled off the blindfolds that were on Lana and Chloe. They looked around and saw that they had been taken to a warehouse. They could hear that they were near the water front. a boat from outside sounded it's fog horn. Chloe and Lana looked around. It was the kind of crook hide out you would find in the movies. The place was huge and gray. A old leather couch was in the middle of the room. A table and chairs odd to the side with a small television on the table near a phone.
"Typical."Chloe said of her surrounding.
"You got to talk so much."One of the men said.
"She's reporter she tends to talk a lot."Lana said.
"Nice and what do you do."He asked Lana.
"Cheer."Lana said. Her and Chloe laughed knowing that her and Chloe knew that Lana had not cheered in a long time.
"I might have to get you a cheer outfit then sweet thing."He told her.
"Drop dead."Lana spat back.
"Nice,tie them up."The other one said. The men took some duck tape and tied Lana and Chloe's hands and feet. Then the men pushed them down on to the couch. Then the men turned and turned on the T.V.
"Oh, gross."Lana said. Then two men started to watch a dirty movie.
"Great,just what we need."Chloe said.
As the sun came up over Metropolis the city really came a alive. People came out from every where. Some were heading to work others were headed to home. Clark and Lois had been to every place they could they of. They had tried to find the people on the list but had come up with nothing. It looked like if these guys didn't want to be found you weren't going to find them. Clark and Lois had decided to grab some breakfast in a coffee shop. Clark sat down across from Lois. She was looking out the window.
"I can't believe that we could not find these guys."Lois said.
"We're just going to have to keep looking Lois."Clark said.
"But we're running out of time."Lois said.
"I know."Clark said. Time was running out. They needed to find Chloe and Lana soon. Then something caught Clark's eye.
"I think I got idea."Clark said.
"What's your idea."Lois asked.
"We put a ad in the paper."Clark said and then pointed across the street. Lois looked across the street. She turned back to Clark and smiled.
"Good idea,Clark, let's go."Lois said. They got up from the booth they were sitting in. They were paying the bill when something caught Lois' eye. She had Clark a pair of black rimed glasses.
"Here put these on."Lois said. Clark took the glasses and put them on.
"Great let's go."Lois said. They walked across the street and head for the Daily Planet building.
Lois and Clark made it pass security and then went up to the newsroom. They got out of the elevator and went to the newsroom. They walked though the glass doors and stopped in their tracks. Clark and Lois were in awe of this great metropolitan newsroom paper. Reporters moved from desk to desk,copy boys ran back and forth, photographers rushed to get their film developed. Clark and Lois could definitely see why Chloe would want to work here. Lois wanted to work here and she hated writing. Clark just wanted to belong.
"This place is amazing."Lois said.
"I wonder if their hiring."Clark said.
" Shuster get Siegel then get your butts in my office came a loud booming voice from the back of the room. Clark smiled that voice was very familiar.
"Why are you smiling?"Lois asked.
"He can help."Clark said. Clark and Lois made their way though the newsroom to the the office in the back. They stopped at the door. The name on the door read:PERRY WHITE EDITOR IN CHIEF.
"Now you two get out of here and bring me some thing good. Nobody's going to like a stories about a alien in a red cape and "S" on his chest."White said. The door opened and two young men walked out.
"Told you he wouldn't buy it Joe"one said.
"Then we'll work on it more Jerry."the other said.
"We'll make him a good guy, people will buy that."Jerry said.
"Great idea."Joe said.
"But what's the "S" going to stand for."Jerry said.
Clark and Lois watched as the two men went toward their office. Clark and Lois looked each other.
"A "S" on his chest,I wouldn't buy that."Clark said.
"Clark Kent?"White said from his office.
"Clark what can I do for you,and who is this lovely lady."Perry said.
"This is Lois Lane and we your help,Chloe and Lana were kidnapped."Clark said.
"Really,what do you think I can do?"Perry said.
"We want to put a ad in the paper and let the kidnappers know that someone is looking for them."Lois said.
"That's a great idea,I'll run it right now. Now which one of you is going to write the article."Perry asked.
"She is."Clark said.
"Me"Lois said. Perry led her to a desk. Lois sat down and started to write.
Maggie Sawyer sat in her office going over the Sloan file. She had not heard anything since her officers were killed,by the men that kidnapped Chloe and Lana. She had excepted to have someone call her and tell her that they had found the bodies of Chloe and Lana. She was not ready for what Henderson came in with.
"Your never going to believe this."He said they tossed the Planet on her desk.
"What the hell?"She said in disbelief.
"So what are you going to do about this?"he asked.
"Go to the Planet see if they're still there and bring them in."Sawyer said.
"Right"Henderson said.
"They might have just cracked this thing wide open."Maggie said to herself.
Clark and Lois were in the newsroom watching everyone work. They were still amazed by the place. This place never seemed to slow down and never get boring. It was the type of place that Lois loved. She saw a empty desk in the corner and walked over to it. It was just a normal desk,nothing fancy but something she could get use. Lois started to walked around the place and found a small room.
The room was small and had a small desk and drawing table. She read the names on the door. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, it read. She continued walking around the place. Clark walked over to her along with Inspector Henderson
"Lois we need to go."Clark said.
"Why?"Lois asked.
"Maggie Sawyer wants to see us."Clark said.
Chloe and Lana sat in the warehouse. Their guards were busy watching the third of a x-rated triple feature. Chloe and Lana did the bes they could trying to block out the sounds coming from the T.V.
"Clark and Lois need to hurry or else,these guys won't need to kill me."Chloe said.
"After hearing this stuff I'm beginning to agree with you."Lana said.
Sloan walked in a moments later. His men went and grabbed Lana and Chloe. They dragged them over to him. He leaned over to Chloe and kissed her. Chloe spat as soon and the kiss was over.
"You'll learn to like it."He said. He did the same with Lana. Lana spit in his face. Sloan smiled.
"I'm going to like braking you."He said.
"You'll never get the chance."Lana said.
"You might be right."Sloan said. He dropped the Daily Planet down on the floor. Lana and Chloe read the head line. Clark and Lois went to the paper and ran a story about how they were looking for them. "You see ladies now I can put my plan into action. I'm got to use you to get what I want."he said.
"That is?"Chloe asked.
"For my criminal record to disappear."Sloan said.
"Then you will let us go?"Lana said.
"Yeah but you will still end up dead."Sloan said.
"Good bye girls"He said then walked out.
TO BE CONUTINED...
