Chapter 4 is here! Sorry for not updating for so long, been busy.
Daily Planet
Clark and Lois haven't spoken since there last talk, and we all know how that ended. Since then, they have been rivaling for stories, playing the cat and mouse game of "who's the better reporter." Perry did not like this, not one bit. Although it did have it's benefits, because in their competition they had come up with some very accurate and interesting stories to put on the front page, trying to outdo the other. But they were supposed to be partners, not enemies.
"Kent! Lane! In my office now!" Perry yelled.
The two bitter journalists walked into the office, Clark looked at Lois with a guilty face, but she barely noticed his presence.
"Teamwork is usually what people describe as a partnership. Not playing this game of who's got the better story. What's up with you two?" Perry asked firmly, yet curiously.
"Ask the farmboy over here. Because it's his fault." Lois informed angrily, not sparing to give Clark a look.
Clark just looked down in sadness.
"Kent?" Perry questioned.
Clark had been playing with this idea in his head since his fight with Lois. Now was a better time as ever to bring it up. "Look chief, this is a great organization and any investigative reporter would be proud to work in a place like this. But..." Clark took a deep breathe and continued, "I don't think it's the place for me." Perry's eyes widened and Lois quickly shot a look of shock, and even regret at the blue eyed farmboy.
"What do you mean? Why do you think that?" Perry started bombarding Clark with questions but was quieted as Clark continued.
"Chief, Lois and I have a history together and it didn't turn out for the better. With me being here, neither of us will ever be comfortable working here. Although we have tried to resolve our differences, things just aren't working out." Clark stated sadly.
"Well I could just grant you two the wish of not having to be partners." Perry suggested.
"Sorry sir, but we haven't really been partners since I've been here and were both still uncomfortable." Clark informed. "This was Lois' territory before mine so I think it's better if I go and work for the Inquisitor or something." he finished.
Perry was about to try and convince Clark to stay, but seeing the resolution that this was the only way to settle this problem in Clark's eyes, he decided against.
"Well Kent, it was good working with you. Your one of the best damn reporters I've ever had and it will be hard to see you go. But this is your choice. Good luck to you son." Perry said as he stuck out his hand.
Clark grasped it firmly and shook it. "Thank you for the opportunity chief, it was my honor." Clark answered back with a small smile. He then turned to Lois, who was facing the floor. "I'm sorry." he said before walking out the door.
"He's something else that Kent kid. But I gotta' admit, he's one commendable son of a gun." Perry said to no one in particular before heading back to work.
Lois couldn't feel more guilty. And Perry couldn't have been more right, Clark Kent was one of a kind, more than Perry knew, and Lois had to admit that the love she had for him still resided in her, somewhere. She quickly rushed out of the office and to the elevator, hoping to catch Clark. Unfortunately the elevator door closed but not before she caught a glimpse of him. "Was he crying?" she thought.
She quickly rushed to the stairs and was about to head down when she had a sudden realization. When Clark was upset or needed to think, he took to the skies. And he could only do that as superman. She quickly went up the stairs towards the roof. Luckily, she caught up with him just before he was about to take off.
"Clark!" she yelled to catch his attention. He stopped but never turned around. "Why did you have to go and do that? I mean I know we have our differences but you don't have to quit." she reasoned.
Clark just turned around, tears on his cheeks, his big red 'S' gleaming in the sun. "Because Lois, if I didn't still love you I could work with the differences. But I do Lois. I do still love you. And it killed me everyday to stare at your face knowing that you hated me. I can't deal with it any longer. That's the real reason." Clark told her truthfully, baring his soul.
Lois took a step back, not expecting this. A teary eyed superman confessing that he still loved her. She wanted to scream, "Oh Clark! I love you too!" and run and kiss him like there was no tomorrow, but her pride decided against it. She quickly regained her composure before replying, "You didn't keep in contact, and I couldn't wait for you forever. You abandoned me." she said as tears began to sting in her eyes.
"No I didn't. I had a promise to keep to my father, the man you know as Jonathon Kent, not Jor-El. He wanted me to do this and I couldn't let him down, it was his dying wish. And I told you before I left that I'd come back to you, and I know you heard me." Clark stated, barely whispering.
"But you didn't. I waited for you for 5 years, and now it's too late." Lois replied back, just as quietly.
"I'm here ain't I?" Clark replied with a rhetorical question, not looking for an answer.
Lois just looked down in sadness, not knowing how to reply. When she looked up to say something back, Clark Kent was a mere speck flying towards the sun, away from her. "Clark..." she whispered as tears fell.
Luthorcorp
Lex and several scientists were working with the hideous, giant monster Clark had discovered when he was investigating here, unknown to Lex (he moved to fast for the cameras).
"So how is he coming doctor?" Lex asked the lead scientist.
"Surprisingly well Mr. Luthor. He is slowly beginning to regain consciousness, before we know it, we'll be able to use him for further study. He will really give us a good look on how life is on other planets. We suspect that he comes from the planet that Dr. Virgil Swann mapped out in his studies. His body has all of the requirements to survive in that type of environment." the doctor informed Lex as he nodded.
But Lex had other plan's for the monster, he was going to unleash him on the city of Metropolis, to draw out superman. From the looks of it, superman also had all of the requirements to survive there. And he had also intercepted some of Swann's reports on how he called this lost planet Krypton, the same planet superman said he was from in Lois Lane's Daily Planet article. He then remembered Clark's contact with Dr. Swann, hence his suspicion that Clark is superman. He figured if anything could stop superman, it would be one of his own kind.
But then something went wrong. The monitors began beeping off the hook as the monster inside the tank began to stir violently.
"Oh no! Mr. Luthor, he's waking up! We aren't ready!" the doctor panicked. Lex just smirked and quickly ran out of the room, looking to escape the wrath of this monster, and leaving the doctor's to fend for themselves.
The monster woke abruptly and let out a loud roar, one that Clark heard with is super-hearing and quickly flew back to Metropolis at warp speed. Then, it broke out of the tank with one swing of it's arm. And this tank was supposed to be able to withstand a direct hit from a 5 megaton warhead without any real damage. But this beast managed to break out with one punch. It then smashed it's way through Luthorcorp, killing anything and anyone that was there.
It smashed through a wall and was met by none other than Clark Kent, a.k.a., superman. It quickly rushed Clark at surprising speed for such a large being, and gave him a good uppercut, sending Clark back at least 200 feet. It then headed toward the first thing it saw, Metropolis. Clark quickly got to his feet, that punch actually hurt him, nothing in his life had ever hurt him. He quickly wiped his jaw only to find a small amount of blood on his hand. Clark's eyes widened and he knew that he had his work cut out for him fighting this monster. But never the less, the hero quickly pursued the monster to Metropolis.
And the battle begins. The next chapter will start off where this one leads off at, so stay tuned. The monster, by the way, is Doomsday. In the comic book, Doomsday was the powerful being that was non native to Krypton, but raised there in harsh environment during an experiment on Krypton to create the Ultimate life form. This creature managed to kill superman. Will he in this story? Find out. If you want to find out more you can probably look it up.