AN: I've really been getting back into this series recently 😊 There are a lot of fanfics which I like to work on so my updates range from between once a day and once every two months. Still. I hope you enjoy.

Blood Soaked Kryptonite

Chapter One

The past six months had seemed insane. Lois and Clark had woken up one day to find that they had a baby, a child that was actually linked to them both genetically. A child who had half-Kryptonian blood and half-human blood. How something like that worked was difficult to say. However, they did have a baby now. They had named the child Johnathan Kent after his grandfather. Lois had taken some time off to take care of the baby and work from home. It was a sacrifice which she had had to make because – although Clark had offered to be the stay at home dad – Superman was needed to continue to save Metropolis.

This wasn't the first time, the news reporting couple would prioritize the man of steel and the actions he chose to do. It was something that was worth the sacrifice. Still, raising their child had given them all different kinds of problems.

A baby was difficult to take care of for first time parents already, a baby who had half-Kryptonian DNA was an even more impossible challenge. Johnathan had already shown signs of being half-alien and being less than a year old, was having trouble with his powers.

Lois looked up from the article she was reading to see that Johnathan was crying again. She turned to see him in Clark's arms, playing with the glasses that were a key part of his disguise. She smiled before seeing the reporter take them in his hand and heard Johnathan's wails and saw the cracks in the walls starting to form.

"Hey," Clark said with difficulty as he bounced his son in his arms and heard him start to calm down, his cries softening but as soon as that happened, he seemed to shoot a laser at the edge corner of the wall before crying again. "Are you really sure that…that I don't need to be with him more?" Clark asked as Lois took the glasses from Johnathan and handed him a teddy bear in a Superman outfit instead.

"I've learned the signs and how to calm him down. He's a very good boy. He just needs to understand more about controlling his powers," Lois kissed Clark's cheek lovingly. "Your mother said the same about you and both she and your father were able to take care of you, raise you. I think that since we both know about your abilities then we're in a better situation than they were."

"If he's shooting lasers out of his eyes though," Clark said as he kissed Johnathan on the forehead, "That's really not safe for you. I don't blame him, I'm sure when I was younger I didn't -"

"Are you trying to say that you're not safe for me?" Lois challenged him and Clark coughed. He saw the way she looked at him and knew that he could never convince her to what the actual truth was. The actual truth was that did he have the mindset of a child, he would consider himself unsafe to be around. Being a kid had left him with a lot of joy and experiences and memories but he had built his control of his powers around those things. Johnathan barely had a reference for what was supposedly normal.

"I'm saying that we should look into my staying with the two of you more, trying to do my own work at home…"

"Right," Lois teased, "because I'm really expecting for bombs, terrorists, train derailments, astroi-"

Clark sighed and raised an eyebrow, "Okay. My work as Clark Kent at home, the work that I'm known for, not the type of work that the other side of me is known for. I mean, obviously, Superman needs to keep danger as far away as possible."

"As long as you come back at the end of the day, no matter which outfit it is, we'll be fine," Lois smiled as she fixed his collar and patted down his shoulders. "I love you," she grinned before seeing him have that look in his eyes meaning that he had to change and fly off to help countless other people. She smiled as she saw him go. She knew that he wanted to be Johnathan's daddy but he also needed to save others and help people, it was who he was, it was whom she had fallen in love with.

…..

…..

As Clark held Johnathan's stroller, he checked on his son and smiled before turning to Lois who was talking with someone at the front desk. He was a little worried about how his son would take to this visit especially since his powers appeared to be developing. He could only hope for the best. As he stepped inside though, it was as if there was a sharp jolt to his head for a moment. He flinched and Lois hurried him into a corner.

"Is something wrong?" she asked him before touching his forehead to check on him. He still felt fine. She didn't need to quickly pull her hand back as if he were sick or anything like that. She looked around trying to see if there was anything suspicious. Kryptonite of some kind.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Clark told her, "Must have just been some kind of laser or bright light."

Lois nodded uneasily before looking around, she couldn't see anything that might be causing Clark to have a reaction and Johnathan seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Maybe it was some kind of light or some kind of laser. "But you're all right now?" she asked and Clark nodded quickly. "Tell me if there's something, anything, that doesn't feel right. Maybe it isn't sa-"

"It's fine," Clark told her as he did a scan with his x-ray vision before nodding to her again. "It's fine, I can't spot any danger. We're just a little nervous because this is our first trip back here as a small family," he said and Lois rolled her eyes but kissed his cheek again. "Honey, it's fine," he attempted to remind her and Lois sighed.

"Yes, it is fine. I've always been fine here," she said as she mentally scolded herself for not being the bold and daring reporter that she once was. Clark smiled to her before they entered into the news room and she kept her eyes on Johnathan in the stroller. As they walked along, Jimmy immediately jumped up from his desk and came towards them.

"Hey," he smiled before throwing his arms around Lois, "Man, it's so great to see you two back in the news room together," he said despite Clark making time for them to get together outside of work. "And it's always great to see this little guy," Jimmy continued as he let his hand brush through Johnathan's strands. "CK, you really are one lucky guy."

Clark smiled with a soft laugh, "I have no doubt that you'll be just as lucky," he said as he gave Jimmy a nudge and a wink. The younger man smiled to him. He wanted to be known as just a good a reporter as the man opposite him. Perhaps one day he would be. One day he'd be strolling in with a baby and a very attractive, very successful, very intimidating wife. Maybe one day, Jimmy would be the equivalent of Clark Kent.

"Hopefully, CK, but that's an awful lot of hoping," Jimmy said before they saw a new staff member walking over to them. Clark adjusted his glasses. He didn't recognize them. He was here a lot of the time still – when he wasn't on cases or acting as a superhero – and he didn't recognize him. He also didn't feel happy about the suitcase he was holding. He tried to look into it but his eyes stung as if there was some kind of item that he couldn't see through.

"Are you okay?" Lois asked as she saw the man pull out a phone and dialed someone. Clark stood in front of her protectively and the man studied them.

"Hi, I don't believe we've met," Clark said as he offered his hand out to the man opposite them. "I'm Clark Kent," he smiled, "my wi-"

"I've been waiting for you," the man said and Jimmy frowned as he turned to look between the two of them. There was the sound of sirens from outside the building and Lois reached a hand out to take Clark's wrist before her eyes widened. She saw a collection of shining green rocks and a few gold ones with green tints in the suitcase and felt Clark getting weak and unable to maintain proper composure.

Lois reached out to him but Clark looked to her and then looked at Johnathan who had blood drops starting to appear on his body and he was wailing.

"Get him out of here!" Clark yelled as Jimmy looked between them horrified. Jimmy immediately scooped Johnathan up, pulling back from them and trying to hold the baby protectively. Men were running into the building now as the member of The Daily Planet came out to see this. There were more cases opened and Clark found himself having trouble to breathe. He knew though, if this was the pain which he was feeling, Johnathan must be feeling something worse.

"Close the cases," Clark said as he tried to control himself. "Close them," he said, "I know you want me. I know why you're here. You're not only hurting me, you're hurting my son."

"Are you ready to reveal yourself and come into custody with the United States government," the man asked and Clark heard Johnathan's painful sobs. He nodded. He couldn't run. He couldn't afford to escape from them and cause them to hurt his son more. He stepped forwards with his hands open in order for them to cuff him.

"I promise to do whatever you want me to do as long as he isn't placed in any danger," Clark heard the cases being closed and turned to Lois sadly but was relieved when he saw how Johnathan was breathing. He saw everyone looking at him, all of the friends and colleagues he had made and took a deep breath in before feeling a hand strike him across the face and his glasses flew off.

He looked up, not amused.

End of Chapter One

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