At the Talon, Clark and Bruce were trying to think of something to do when suddenly Bruce's cell phone started to ring.
"What?" he asked angrily. "Right, give me the directions."
Clark used his super hearing to hear the whole conversation, including where Lois was.
"Right. I'll be there," Bruce said before he hung up. He looked around for Clark, but he was gone. "Clark?" he yelled out suspiciously. He looked around for him before he took his limo to the heliport and left for Metropolis.
Clark made his way to the place where Lois was being held captive.
"Clark!" she said when she say him. His eyes settled on the bomb and he began to try and disconnect it. "Be Careful!" Lois hissed.
Before Clark could disconnect the bomb, a guy came from behind him and punched Clark in the side. Clark turns around and starts to fight the guy.
In the meanwhile, Bruce arrives and disconnects the bomb from Lois's body. "Thanks Bruce. I thought I was barbecue for sure."
"Clark? Do you need help?" Bruce called out.
"I can handle it. Get Lois out of here."
"Bruce pulled a device out of his suit jacket and pointed it at the ceiling. The pair of them went soaring through the air and landed up on the roof.
"What are you?" Lois asked surprised by Bruce's abilities.
"Quick…this away," they started to run but two guys stopped them. Bruce stated to fight them using his martial art skills and Lois did the same kicking one of the guys in the stomach.
Clark arrived a few minutes later after the two men were both unconscious. "Did I miss anything?"
Lois and Bruce exchanged amusing looks before Lois answered. "Nah."
After they had arrived back in Smallville and Lois had filled Chloe in on all the details of her adventure, she decided to go to her room to rest a little. Clark followed her.
"What do you want, Clark? I'm tired and I need to rest."
"I just want to make sure you're okay."
"I don't need a babysitter, Smallville. I already said I'm…" she noticed a box on her bed.
Clark saw her worried expression, "What's wrong Lois?"
"Do you think it's another bomb?" Lois said gesturing towards the box. "Can you check?"
After using his x-ray vision without Lois noticing, Clark opened the box to find a black jewelry box inside. "It's just a jewelry box, Lois," he said calmly as Lois sighed in relief. Clark noticed a card with the gift. "Ohhh…it's from Bruce."
"Really? Let me see," she said excitedly as she opened the box. It was a pair of bat-earings. "Ohhh… they're lovely."
"You really like these?" Clark said wrinkling his nose up at the sight of the earrings.
"Clark, can you stop acting like a brat?" Lois said putting on the earrings.
"Lois… I'm just trying to warn you about him…"
"Clark, why can't you accept the fact that I have a man in my life, and stop annoying me about this?" Lois started to take off her shoes. "Besides Bruce is very sweet and thoughtful, and he's a gentleman."
"I can see that."
"You have nothing to worry about. Really," she said kissing his check. "Now, go and be a good boy and let me rest."
Clark made a silly face after Lois kissed him. He sullenly left Lois and went down to the Talon.
Chloe heard him coming down the stairs and when she saw his face she asked, "Clark, is something wrong?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Yeah, right. You look like someone who's fine," she guides him to one of the tables. "What's the problem?"
"I don't know what to tell you Chloe. I don't even know if what I'm feeling is real."
"Your feelings for Lois?" Chloe inquired, shocking him. "That you love her?"
"How did you know?"
"Come on, Clark. Since Bruce arrived you've been acting like a jealous boyfriend and do I have to remind you how you acted around Arthur Curry?" Chloe points out. "You're in love with Lois, aren't you?"
"Please, don't tell her. I don't know what to do."
"Talk to her," Chloe suggested with a smile.
"Are you crazy? She'll turn me down and mock me for life!"
"Clark, you have to woo her a bit. Do something to please her, spoil her like Bruce is doing."
"Do you think that would work?"
"Of course, she is my cousin after all and nobody knows her better than me. This thing with Bruce is just an infatuation. I've noticed something between you two for a while now. I'm sure she feels the same way about you Clark."
"Are you sure?" Clark asks still uncertain.
"Positive."
Continued...