POSTSCRIPT
A few weeks later...
In the darkened room, surrounded by Clark Kent memorabilia, Lex Luthor stands in front of a six foot tall case lit by a single spotlight.
Inside the specially designed case is the secretly acquired remains of Beppo.
Tess Macher hands Lex a final report that indicates the carcass contains shattered bones, but skin of the beast is unpenetrable.
Lex looks first at the burned nub at the monkey's wrist and next at the fist-sized indentations in the animal's chest. Tess adjusts her glasses and walks away. Lex is left alone to wonder one thought...
"Clark...how do you do the things you do?"
The End
Author's Note:
Special thanks to al My editors and My fact-checkersat the beginning of the story and those that made it to the end! I seriously could not have done this story without you! Big thanks to those that read the story at K-Site, sticking through over 2 months of Chlarky goodness (making this story K-Site's Most Read and Most Replied-Upon Story) and all those that jumped on the ride recently!
turns off the calliope music, turns off the rides, shuts off the lights, and locks the gate
The Carnival is closed...now go home!