Thanks for the wonderful reviews. I am now going into uncharted territory. I was worried to talk about Superman because I only know what I have seen from Smallville and read in Fanfics. I have never seen a Superman movie. So please tell me if I get something wrong.
(Flashback, 5 days before, Perry's office)
"You wanted to see me sir?" Lois said.
"Yes, I wanted to show you something." He handed her a very blurred picture of a man in red and blue, he seemed to be wearing a cape. "Who is this?"
"That is Superman, well at least that what the witness said he called himself, He rescued two hostages after they were held at gunpoint, at a gas station. He got there way before the police did, by then he had already tied up the criminal and had left. This photo was taken by one of the hostages; she took it with a camera phone." No wonder it was such a blur. Lois thought this story sound like something for a small newspaper, not the daily planet.
"This is what you called me in for? Some dressed up guy that saved the day? What is so special about this story?"
Perry smiled as if hiding something. "Lois, the hostage, she said that the man holding up the gas station shot this Superman, three times square into the chest. She said that the bullets just seemed to hit him like he was a brick wall. They seemed to bounce right off him."
She looked at the picture suspiciously. "What makes you think that she just wasn't making the whole story up?"
"I wouldn't if she wasn't my cousin. I know that woman, Lois. She is a saint that's never lied in her life." Lois still didn't believe it; she had learned to suspect everything, and to trust no one. "Is this the first sighting of him?"
"As far as we know, yes. I googled the guy, but I found nothing. That is why I want you and farm boy to find all you can about this Superman and turn it into a story."
(End Flashback)
Lois couldn't remember the last time she had been speechless. "Is it true?" she said after much silence.
"Is what true?"
"That you…that you can be hit by unlimited amounts of bullets and never feel a thing? That you are the man of steel?"
Lois was trying to be as calm as humanly possible, but she was having a hard time understanding this.
"Yes, I wanted to tell you back in Smallville, but I didn't know how.
Back then I wasn't Superman, just a young boy that had powers." Her eyes went wide.
"Powers? You mean you can do other stuff?" At first she had thought he was joking, but now she saw the sincerity in his eyes.
"Yes. I can fly, run fast, shoot fire from my eyes, I have x-ray vision, and I am invincible except to the meteor rocks." She couldn't believe it until she saw it for herself. "Do something, like run around." He ran past her, down the stairs and out to the other side of the barn, and back.
Once again Lois Lane was rendered speechless.
"Lois, you don't have to understand or want to be around me. You just have to promise that you won't tell Lex. He has been trying to figure out my secret for years, and if he does he might tell the public, or use me for experiments. "
Lois finally found her voice. "I won't I promise. I don't understand, but I want to How many people know about this?""Only a couple. My mom, Chloe, Lana, and now you."
Lois felt jealous. Lana knew before she did?
"Why did you tell Lana?"
"I had to. There was a chance that Mandy might have powers."
"Does she?"
"I didn't think she would, I didn't know if the powers were hereditary, or something that came from living on Krypton. Then one day last year she ran fast, like I do. That seems to be the only power she has, but she is only four. I didn't develop most of my powers until I was in my teens."
"What is Krypton?" Oh. He had left out that part.
"It is the planet that I come from. My ship came down in the first meteor shower."
"That's cool." She plainly stated. That wasn't the reaction that he had expected. She seemed fine with it and she didn't seem think any less of him. It felt good to have the worries of her reaction off his chest.
For the next hour or so, they talked about everything from Krypton to their favorite candy bars.
Clark said something and when he didn't get a response, he looked over to see Lois was asleep on his shoulder. He knew he should wake her and tell her to head to bed, but he loved having her with him and wanted the moment to last forever.
Without even realizing it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
(The Next morning, Lex Luthor's Mansion)
Lex Luthor was waiting on a very important call. But it wasn't the type of call that concerned the new project that Luthor Corp was working on. This call would change his life.
Lana had called him yesterday and told him that she would get the results of the paternity test on Sunday, probably in the morning. She said she would call him with the results.
But instead of a phone call he got a visit. He had been sitting at his desk for two hours waiting for the call. He was about to call her, when she walked in.
"Hey, I got the results. I know I said I would call you, but I felt that a visit was more appropriate."
"Who's baby is it, Lana?"
"You're the father, Lex."
(The Loft)
Lois awoke in Clark's arms, she quietly slipped out of his embrace. She didn't wake him.
She managed to get down the stairs before Clark called her name from the loft. "Dammit," she whispered to herself.
"Oh. Lois. I forgot to mention that I have super-hearing too."
Ok, I think I only am going to write about 2 more chapters before I end the story. I am starting to tie everything up in this chapter. It was really getting complicated I think...I was having a hard time keeping up and I wrote it, lol.
I am thinking about a sequel though. Please tell me if you would like me to write one.
