Authors Notes - This is the 3rd and final story of a three part series. The first story is "Changes," the second is "Test of Love," and this one is called Superman. I am going to have to torture Lois and Clark in this story too, so bear with me. And there will be some action in this story, some extreme action.

Summary - This starts off the Clark comes back to Kansas after 5 years of traveling the world and is beginning to work at the Daily Planet. He soon finds out that he will be working with none other then Lois Lane. Will they rekindle the love they once had for each other, or will tragedy strike before they get the chance.

Metropolis - Daily Planet

Clark was walking down the streets of Metropolis, holding a briefcase in his right hand as he adjusted his glasses with the other. Today he was beginning is work at the Daily Planet. He had spoken to Perry White who was very impressed with Clark's résumé of freelance work all over the globe for various newspapers. Plus, he owed Clark for saving his life when they first met in Smallville.

As he stepped inside the Daily Planet, he quickly walked into the elevator and headed to the top floor. Clark was very optimistic about his new job. And he was happy that he had the possibility of seeing Chloe there. He had already had a very touching reunion with his mother, but unfortunately, Lois was nowhere to be found. Martha hadn't seen much of her after Clark left, and this stung him badly.

The elevator doors opened and he walked into Perry's office.

"Hey Kent. You have trouble finding the place?" Perry asked with a smile.

"No sir." Clark answered

"Call me chief. And I can't imagine how you would, it's one of the tallest buildings in the city." Perry told Clark. Clark nodded.

"Well, let me introduce you to the team." Perry told Clark as he led him to what Clark later saw as the conference room. "Alright guys. Here is the newest member to the country's best team of journalists." Clark saw three men and two women sitting down. One of the women had a her face buried in a newspaper and Clark was unable to see who it was.

"Ok Kent. Meet Jimmy Olsen, Cat Grant, Sam Foswell, Franklin Stern, and our Pulitzer prize winning reporter, Lois Lane." with that last statement Clark dropped his briefcase and all of his papers came flooding out. Lois rolled her eyes, Perry had partnered her up with a klutz. But, she hadn't quite caught the name of this klutz until she bent down to help him and saw his face. Her eyes pooped out of her head, she new those baby blues anywhere. They were the baby blues of Clark Kent. "Everybody, meet Clark Kent."

"Hello Clark." they all exclaimed.

Clark nodded his head, but his attention still remained on Lois, who was avoiding all eye contact with him. Then he heard, "Chief, can I see you in your office?" in that rude tone Clark knew so well.

"Sure Lois. Kent, come with us since Lois will be partnering up with you to show you the ropes." With that statement Clark felt a lump develop in his throat, not only was Lois here, but she was his partner. This would be interesting.

"Chief, there is no way you are giving me a partner. Let alone him!" Lois exclaimed.

"Lois, what's the matter? I mean I know you didn't want a partner. But this kid has potential that rivals yours, and I want him working with the best." Perry informed.

"Look guys..." Clark began but was interrupted.

"SHUTUP KENT!" both Lois and Perry yelled. Clark took a step back, completely terrified. It was obvious that these two had mentor/apprentice relationship and Clark figured it was best to stay out of it.

"Chief, you have got to be kidding me!" Lois said, with disgust evident in her voice.

"No Lois, I'm not. And if you don't like it, I can easily give Clark the city beat and send you down to foreign affairs." Perry warned firmly.

"Fine! But if he slows me down, I will leave him on some street corner to fend for himself." Lois warned back.

"Deal Lois!" Perry granted her. With that she stormed out of the office and back to her desk. "Don't worry Kent, she's not as bad as she seems at first." Perry assured him, while Clark's eyes still were wide, shock evident in them.

Clark then walked out of Perry's office and sat down at his desk, which to his fear, across from Lois. He figured he shouldn't put off the inevitable, so he said, "Look Lois..." but was interrupted.

"Don't even bother with it Kent, the last thing I want is one of your useless apologies." Lois said bitterly. Clark was about to say something else but her phone rang. "Lois Lane. Alright, I'll be there in a minute. Ok. Thanks Jimmy." then she hung up the phone and grabbed her coat. Then she said, "Come on Kent. If you don't come along I'll get fired." Clark sighed, grabbed his things and followed her out.

Metropolis Savings and Loans

Clark and Lois took a cab to Metropolis Savings and Loans where a robbery was in progress. They hadn't said a word to each other on the ride there and this in fact relieved both of them. After they got out of the car, Clark followed Lois through the crowd when her heard her ask, "Commissioner, what do we got?"

"The usual Lane. A bank robbery in progress and they claim that if anybody tried anything funny, they'll shoot the hostages." the commissioner of the Metropolis Police Department informed her. She turned around to tell something to Clark, but she found him gone. She sighed and said, "I guess I'm on my own." She briefly forgot about Clark's abilities at the moment. She then snuck under the police lines and headed around the back.

Witnesses began to see a helicopter flying to the top of the building, but it was not a police helicopter, but a getaway helicopter. Lois was getting to the roof to get a closer look when she was knocked unconscious by one of the robbers.

"Oooo, we should bring this chick with us, she looks tasty." he said.

"Alright, get her in the helicopter. But she if tries anything funny, we are tossing her out." one of the other robbers warned.

"OK LETS MOVE!" the lead robber yelled. But unknown to them, Lois woke up and quickly reacted the way the daughter of a general would. She knocked one of them out and proceeded to knock the pilot unconscious before she was upheld by the other robbers.

"Bitch! We're going down!" a robber yelled.

"Toss her out and see if you can wake up Tommy before we crash." the lead robber yelled back.

Before Lois had a chance to defend herself, she was thrown from the helicopter as the crowd below gasped in horror as she began to plummet to what would've been her death.

But as she closed her eyes and prepared for the impact, a strong pair of arms enveloped her. She soon opened her eyes as she saw the arms were blue. "It's ok Mam, I've got ya." she heard someone say as she looked up to meet the blue eyes she knew so well. He smiled at her before she heard someone scream from down below. She looked up to see the helicopter falling towards them fast. She cocooned her face into Clark's chest, for she knew he'd somehow keep her safe. He raised his arm and caught the helicopter and brought both Lois and the copter to the ground.

He then ripped the door off the hinges and knocked every robber unconscious. He then carried them to the police before heading back to Lois. "Are you ok?" he asked in that caring way she used to love.

"I'm fine, thanks to you." she then proceeded to hug him and said, "Clark." in a whisper that only he would hear. He wasn't surprised since Lois did know all about him when they were together. He just nodded to her and told the paramedics. "Gentlemen, this woman needs attention."

One of them then asked, "Who are you?"

Superman answered, "A friend." then flew off before he was bombarded with questions.

Lois just watched him. She was falling in love with Clark all over again, and that was only if she ever fell out of love with him in the first place. He had a lot of explaining to do when she saw him as Clark Kent again.

And superman is born! Read and Review por favor.