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A/N: hello everyone hope you like this chapter as much I loved writing it. I apologize for all of the grammatical errors in the third chapter and I will try very hard to make sure it doesn't happen again. One word of caution though. While the location of Metropolis is in the mid west in Smallville and the comics the movie Superman Returns has it in New England. But no worries R&R
June 2018 AD, Metropolis, Kansas.
The train station in downtown Metropolis was crowed and loud, too loud for Clark he had a hard time trying to suppress all of the sound. Clark made his way through the main terminal closely following Lois. They made their way to the Amtrak line and waited for the incoming train from New York. After a few minutes the long interstate train came to a stop and people began filing out of their compartments. Lois stood on the tips of her toes trying to look out over the crowd. After a few seconds Lois heard the a familiar laugh as a young eight year old boy came pushing out of the crowed.
"Mom!" He cried waving to Lois.
The young boy pulled his suit case along behind him as he ran up to them.
"Hey munchkin, how was your trip." Lois said leaning down and ruffling his hair.
"It was ok I guess. Dad didn't let me leave the lake house all summer." He said sounding depressed.
"Well I'm sure Richard had a reason for doing it. You now how sporadic your powers have been lately Jason." Lois said trying to counsel her son.
"Yeah but it would have been nice if he had at least let me se what the town looked like." Jason said not really sure he believed her.
"We'll how about we go get a milk shake before heading home." Clark said joining Lois in a squatting position in front of their son.
"All right thanks dad." Jason exclaimed throwing his arms around Clark.
As they turned to leave the station Lois grabbed the strap of her sons suit case and tugged on hit hard. As soon as she had Lois found herself kneeling on the floor in pain. Her arm had pulled right out of its socket.
"Clark help me." She whimpered clutching her shoulder with her other hand.
"What's wrong Lois?" He asked leaning down and scanning her arm with his x-ray vision. "This is going to hurt." He said before quickly grabbing her arm and popping it back into place.
"Argh, don't that again." She replied and looked at Jason who just shrugged his shoulders.
"I didn't realize I packed it that heavy, sorry mom." Jason said worried that his mom was mad at him.
"Here I'll take that Lois." Clark said lifting the suit case over his shoulder. "Come on sport lets get your mom home."
Ten minutes later the Kent family was seated comfortably in Lois's SUV. Lois sat behind the wheel of the vehicle watching her husband and son teasing each other. Clark and her made an odd pair at times but Clark and their son fit each other completely. Lois remembered the first time she saw Superman flying through Metropolis. She would have never thought that the same man could be such an amazing and down to earth father. Lois smiled and sipped on her milkshake as they made their way back to their home.
With Jason home the house didn't seem quite as empty, Lois walked with a spring in her step and everything looked brighter. She thought to her self that life couldn't get much better than this. Lois was standing in the kitchen staring into the refrigerator trying to decide what she would make for dinner. She had finally made the decision to order out Japanese when the phone rang. Picking up the receiver Lois motioned for her husband to take over.
"Hello, Kent residence." Lois said into the mouth piece.
"Lois you wont believe what the self righteous basted has done." Said the voice of Lois's slightly demented Cousin.
"This about Bruce buying the Gazette." Lois replied
"Wait, how did you know he bought the Gazette." Chloe said in a confused tone.
"Well if you would stop chasing mythological bat people and watch the news once in awhile you would have figured it out." Lois said indignantly. There was a pause on the line and Lois new that Chloe was fuming. "You do remember that interview Bruce had in metropolis the other day don't you?"
"No missed it, I was working on a story that morning." Chloe responded coldly.
"There you go cuz. So had anymore bat sightings lately." Lois wondered adding salt to the wound.
"Actually there is some news on that front." Chloe replied a spark had ignited at the mention of the bat. "Got a strange visit from him the other day."
"Get out you actually talked to him." She said excitedly.
"Well we have been meeting to share information for some time now." Chloe said in a hushed tone.
"Chlo how long have you been meeting with this guy?" Lois said dumbfounded. "Chloe are you ok? You sure you aren't in any trouble?"
"Don't worry Lois I can take care of my self." Chloe said calmly. "I'll call you later I have a class to go to."
Chloe hung up the phone before Lois could argue.
"Clark what do you know about the Batman." Lois asked looking at her husband as he flew into the back door carrying take-out boxes in his hands.
"The Batman!" He exclaimed. "What do you mean?"
"I just got off the phone with Chloe and she's out some where following this bat guy around." She said hang the phone on the cradle.
"Ohh." Clark said with a hint of recognition. "So that's who he meant."
"He! You know who Batman is." Lois shouted.
"Well yeah, met him shortly after my return from Krypton." Clark said setting the take out down on the dinning room table. "He's a good man, has that city pretty much under control."
Lois didn't say anything for a minute while she tried to process everything when she had a revelation.
Turning to her husband she smiled and started to chuckle. "That's why you and Wayne seemed to be such good friends." She said as all the pieces started fitting into place. "And that's why this Batman has been coming to Chloe. He must have thought that he could trust her because of their past history."
"I'll agree with you so long as it's understood that you figured it out on you own." Clark said dividing the take-out onto plates.
"What I don't get is why he bought the Gazette without telling her." Lois said after calling Jason to dinner.
"I think he did it to make her hate him." Clark explained. "That way he could channel her hate into a weapon to make her better able to fight the terror and injustice in Gotham."
Lois stopped eating her rice for a second. "You're quoting him aren't you?"
Clark spooned broccoli on his plate before responding. "Maybe." He said trying to look in the other direction.
"Promise me you didn't know that he was going to do this to Chloe." She said setting down her fork.
Clark looked into her eyes and sighed. "I think he tried to give me all the right signs but I never picked up on it."
Not another word was spoken the rest of the meal. Clark wondered if Chloe could handle the task of working for Bruce. Lois worried for her cousin she wished she could call her and yell at her for being so naive. Doing that would acknowledge the fact that her husband was Superman and in the end reveal to her who Bruce really was. Sometimes she really hated being married to a super hero.