Lois was soon packing up some things as she was still devastated in losing Clark, looking emotional as she saw some old photographs of him and the note that he left for her before he was suddenly killed by Doomsday. As she saw the note, she soon welled up and broke down into tears.

"Hello, Atticus." Martha said as she and Jonathan passed the boy in the halls as they came to see Lois too.

"Hi, Grandma and Grandpa Kent!" Atticus smiled at them.

"Well, at least you're in a better mood from the last we saw you." Jonathan said from his smile.

"Yeah, I've been with an uncle of mine and my biological sister." Atticus smiled.

"...So you have a family?" Martha asked.

"We were going to take you to Kansas with us." Jonathan added.

"Oh... Uh... I'm flattered, but you'll always be my Grandma and Grandpa Kent, no matter what happens." Atticus smiled to make them feel better.

They soon unlocked the door and went inside.

"Miss Lane?" Atticus called. "It's us."

Lois gasped as she saw them at the door before she held her face as she got very sad.

"Oh, my..." Atticus frowned before Martha came to hug the younger woman.

Jonathan soon came to join on the group hug as Lois looked very sad and where soon, Atticus joined in on the hug.

"Maybe we should have some hot cocoa?" Atticus suggested. "My sister makes that when we feel distressed."

"I think your sister has the right idea." Jonathan agreed as he decided to do that for all of them.

After a short time, four mugs were filled with hot chocolate.

"Jimmy packed up his desk," Lois memorized sadly as she looked over a framed picture. "He has a box, but I haven't been to the Planet since..."

Atticus gently patted her on the back.

"When I'm there, it just reminds me that he isn't," Lois continued solemnly. "I should've called. I wanted to."

"I'm just glad he finally fessed up," Martha smiled sadly. "It was such a big secret to keep from you."

"I loved him too; I tried to tell him, but-" Lois said, sounding almost ready to cry.

"Oh, honey..." Martha coaxed. "He knew."

"I just... I can't believe he's gone." Lois said emotionally.

"He might not be if you watch that damn Grant woman." Jonathan grumbled a bit.

"Jonathan!" Martha scolded her husband.

"Clark's body disappears and these new Supermen show up out of the blue," Lois said. "What if one of them really is Clark reborn?"

"I'm not sure about that..." Atticus shrugged. "Though I've wondered about that myself... Especially with some kids in school talking about it."

"Not possible," Martha smiled maternally. "I would know."

"Of course. I just mean... There are a lot of unanswered questions," Lois replied softly. "When Superman first showed up in Metropolis, nobody knew what to make of him, because nobody knew what to ask him," she then paused thoughtfully before her eyes widened as she stood up from her seat. "I knew what to ask him. I know what to ask these guys!" she then said before checking her watch, then kissed everybody's cheeks as she decided to dash out. "I'm sorry, I gotta go."

Atticus smiled and felt the urge of wanting to know more about the Supermen. Lois soon walked off.

"Miss Lane..." Atticus spoke up. "...Could I come with you?" he then asked. "If that's okay."

"Hmm... I suppose that might be a good idea." Lois said to him.

Atticus smiled before he left with her and where Martha and Jonathan looked curious about where they were going.

The two soon walked through town as they made it to the Ace of Clubs diner where a certain woman appeared to be there, waiting for them.

"Mother! Uh... Miss Diana!" Atticus gasped at who he saw.

Lois looked curious at Atticus before coming over to Diana. Atticus smiled sheepishly from his outburst before he sat with Lois across from Diana.

"Atticus... It's good to see you." Diana said to the brown-haired boy.

"You too." Atticus smiled.

The two shared a brief hug. Atticus nearly cried in the hug as it felt so maternal, at least, that's how it felt like to him to have a mother before he broke it up before it got too emotional.

"I'm glad you called." Diana soon said to Lois.

"I'm glad you came; I was hoping you could help me, I'm following-" Lois started as she brought out a pen and notepad.

"I never thought of us as rivals, you know." Diana interrupted.

Lois gave her a long look before she spoke again. "Are we?" she then asked.

"Kal-El and I had a special bond, even Atticus saw me as his new mother due to my closeness, but you were the love of Clark Kent's life," Diana clarified. "Anyway, I'm relieved he finally told you everything."

"Apparently he didn't." Lois said.

"I'm sorry," Diana frowned softly. "For an Amazon, I have surprisingly few girl friends here. So, I'm bad at this."

"It's okay," Lois replied. "I don't have many girl friends either."

"Maybe you two should become friends." Atticus suggested.

"Maybe." Lois said.

Diana and Atticus both looked hopeful.

"Anyway, the reason I called is that I'm following the story on the new Supermen and I was hoping that you or the League might have some inside information on these guys," Lois soon requested to Diana. "Anonymous, deep background, just to help me direct my efforts."

"So, you didn't invite me over here to grieve with you as friends?" Diana asked her.

Atticus looked over before he looked a bit firm in Lois's reasoning in seeing Diana, though he wasn't fully angry.

"Not really, no." Lois replied calmly.

Diana looked firm before she looked relieved. "Thank Hera! Despite my reputation, I'm not good at being touchy-feely." she then said. Atticus soon relaxed after hearing that.

"Lois, I don't have anything for you on the Supermen," Diana soon said softly. "I wish I did. Off the record, the League's been stretched very thin since we lost Kal. I don't think the world realized how much they depended on him."

"I know the feeling." Lois said softly.

"No. I'm sorry, Lois," Diana frowned at that. "I didn't-"

"That's fine. Really," Lois replied as she looked like she was about to leave. "It feels good to talk to someone who understands. I'm sorry to bother you about the new Supermen. Forget I asked."

Atticus had a feeling Diana would bring up something about one of the Supermen and not about information.

"Just between us, I like the brutal one with the visor." Diana soon said.

Atticus gaped his mouth open from that while Lois hid a smirk.

"But apparently I have a type." Diana then said bashfully.

"Apparently." Atticus repeated.

"Anything else I can get for you lovely ladies?" A waiter asked as he came by. "And, uh... Young man?" he then added once he saw Atticus.

Diana soon smirked as she had a very good idea of what to get for them.

The three soon came together to have some ice cream.

"Ice cream... Hmm," Lois smiled as she licked hers. "Maybe you're not so bad at the girl friend thing after all."

"And you, Lois Lane, have the heart of an Amazon." Diana smiled back.

Atticus smiled, happy that Diana and Lois were getting along.

"So, you wanna share a ride?" Lois asked Diana hopefully.

"Thanks, I've kinda got my own," Diana replied before she handed her ice cream to the other woman. "Would you mind?"

Lois soon took a hold of it. Diana then waved her arms out and spun around for a good while before she then transformed back into Wonder Woman.

"We should do this again sometime." Lois then suggested.

"Lois, I know in order to heal, you need to solve the mystery of these Supermen," Diana advised the other woman as she took back her ice cream. "Just make sure you don't lose yourself in the process. Atticus, are you coming?" she then asked.

Atticus was about to answer before his cell phone started to ring.

"You're busy," Diana said to Atticus as he checked his phone. "I understand."

"I'll see you later," Atticus told her before talking on his phone. "Hello?"

"Hey," Thor smiled hopefully. "Wanna come over?"

"Sure." Atticus replied.

"You're not busy though, right?" Thor asked.

"Nah, I just cleared up," Atticus replied as he watched Diana fly off. "We can hang out."

"Great." Thor smiled.

"I better go too," Atticus said to Lois. "I gotta meet up with some friends."

"Of course, Atticus," Lois replied softly. "It was good to see you again."

"You too, Miss Lane." Atticus smiled.

Lois smiled back, though she still looked a bit soft from what had just happened. Atticus then went to go and meet up with his friends as agreed upon.

"He's coming." Thor beamed as he hung up and clapped to himself.

"That sounds great, Storm Cloud," Lionel smirked. "Hopefully this puzzle starts looking good too with Atticus's family secret."

"Oh, he just might." Cherry said.

"If Atticus can beat my uncle over..." Thor then said before muttering to himself. "...And maybe I'll win a certain bet?"

"...Pardon?" Cherry asked.

"...Lovely weather we're having?" Thor grinned nervously.

Cherry and Lionel gave him a bit of a look, but ignored it. They soon saw a particular white dog tail.

"Puppy!" Thor beamed as he rushed over and came to see the dog. "Hello, puppy!"

"Thor, take it easy if you pick up and hug a new dog!" Cherry warned the warlock teen.

Thor soon reached out to meet the white dog to hug it as he looked as excited and energetic as a puppy himself. And where to his surprise, it was Patch who had found a way to sneak in.

"Aww... It's just you..." Thor said playfully.

"Good to see you too, Thor." Patch rolled his eyes.

Thor then hugged Patch anyway with a beam. "Mm... So soft~"

"How did you get here?" Cherry asked Patch.

"Special puppy power," Patch smirked. "Uh... Where's Atticus?" he then asked.

"We thought you would know." Lionel shrugged.

"I know that he went to visit Lois, though." Thor spoke up.

"He must be on his way over." Cherry said.

"He promised," Thor smiled hopefully as he rubbed his hands together. "I'm sure Uncle has a good clue for him this time."

"Calm down before you hit the ceiling," Cherry smirked. "Hey, Spot, you hungry?"

"A little bit," Patch smiled sheepishly. "Maybe I should get something to eat until Atticus comes over."

"Alright, then let's get you something to eat." Lionel said.

"Dibs!" Thor beamed as he jumped down, making the room shake as he dashed off to the kitchen.

"He sure is excitable." Patch remarked.

"I think he was a puppy dog in a former life." Cherry smirked.

"Now, let's see what would a dog would eat." Lionel said.

"How about a sandwich?" Thor smiled. "I think I'm gonna make a sandwich. Hey, Cherry, how about a sandwich?"

"What is with you and sandwiches?" Cherry rolled her eyes. "I don't want a sandwich!"

"Ya sure?" Thor asked as he brought out a baloney sandwich. "Last of the baloney."

"I don't like baloney!" Cherry told him before holding her stomach, a bit insecurely. "Too fatty..."

"How about turkey?" Patch asked.

"...Turkey is fine." Cherry replied.

Thor beamed as he soon began to make sandwiches for all of his friends.

"Hey, guys," Atticus said as he soon came over. "I'm not late, am I?"

"Nah, but you missed a sandwich debate." Lionel shrugged as he read a random Batman comic book that he poofed up for himself.

"Um, okay then." Atticus said.

"Tell me about it." Lionel replied.

Thor soon came by with sandwiches for all of them.

"Oh, good, it's not ham." Lionel smirked as he took a turkey sandwich to eat.

"I can't wait for Drell to get here." Patch said as he ate one of the sandwiches.

"Said no one ever." Cherry smirked to herself.

Atticus came to sit down with his friends as they shared sandwiches together as Drell was on his way to visit with a gift for Atticus to put on his puzzle board.

After a while, the sandwiches were all eaten.

"Is there anything left for me?" Drell smirked as he arrived.

"Sure, Uncle," Thor smiled as he gave his uncle a packed up sandwich. "I made your favorite."

"There's a good kiddo," Drell said, taking the sandwich and ruffling up his hair a bit. "Good evening, everybody." he then said to them.

"Evening, Drell." The group replied.

"Let's see your puzzle..." Drell said as he took a look.

The puzzle board was soon shown that had the letters U and R together with a photograph of a brown-haired man and a blonde-haired woman who seemed to be celebrating their wedding day with a gray background that was a bit hard to figure out of what it could've been.

"Ah, I see..." Drell said as he then took out a tie picture and underneath it had a minus T and a plus L as if to say "lie".

"Huh?" Thor asked, looking confused.

"What does this tell you so far?" Drell quizzed.

"Hmm..." Atticus paused thoughtfully as he tried to figure out. "Assuming that couple is my parents... I'd say 'Your parents lie...' Somewhere..." he then said.

"That's a pretty good guess." Drell nodded in approval.

"But why would this clue tell us that his parents lie?" Cherry asked.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you too much," Drell reminded. "Though maybe they lie in somewhere rather than they don't lie a lot."

"That other part makes more sense considering Atticus is one of the worst liars I know." Cherry remarked.

"It's true." Atticus nodded.

"Well, at least all of us will be together tonight," Thor smiled before hearing Atticus's phone ringing. "Hm?" he then pouted a bit.

Atticus took out his phone and soon answered it. "Hello?"

"Bet it's Conner or Mo." Drell whispered to the others.

The others nodded from that.

"Oh, hey, Conner." Atticus smiled.

Drell smirked victoriously from that.

"You think I should come over sometime?" Atticus asked. "That'd be pretty cool!"

"Well, at least he's not going out tonight." Patch said.

"Tonight?" Atticus asked. "I'm not sure."

"Do you guys watch cartoons?" Lionel rolled his eyes. "It's like you're asking for something like that to happen. You might as well say 'Oh, well, at least we didn't get hit by a snowball'." he then said which made a random snowball fly out and hit him in the head.

"Seriously? You'd be that bored if I wasn't there?" Atticus asked before blushing as Conner mentioned something that caught his interest. "And Mo will be there too?"

"I wonder what Mo's doing with Conner?" Thor narrowed his eyes. "Wonder if this has to do with Conner talking about her after football try-outs in his limo." he then cupped his mouth sheepishly.

"Thornton Fraser Moltenscar, were you eavesdropping?" Drell crossed his arms at his nephew.

"...No." Thor replied.

"Thor?" Drell asked firmly.

"...We might've done a little bit of spy work." Thor said with a deep gulp.

"Whoa." Lionel said.

Thor shuffled his feet nervously.

"So am I right?" Drell smirked at his nephew.

"...You might very well be." Thor hung his head in defeat.

"Well done." Drell said.

Thor then grinned as he impressed his uncle.

"For me, not for you though." Drell chuckled.

Thor then pouted again, mumbling curse words to himself, though not real ones as he wasn't allowed to swear. "Fruitcake... Sugar Pie... Molten Chocolate..."

"Guys, thank you again for your help, but it looks like I might be a little busy." Atticus smiled at his friends.

"We understand," Lionel said. "But shouldn't you wear something formal in case the place you are going to has a dress code?"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of that," Atticus smiled. "I should probably tell Uncle Sombra and Jessica where I'm going first anyway."

"That would be smart." Patch said.

"You ready to go, boy?" Atticus asked.

"Well, uh, I guess so," Patch replied. "I hope you have fun too."

"I'll have to find out." Atticus said.

Patch decided to go home with Atticus to get ready.

"I wish I had a doggy." Thor pouted.

Lionel patted Thor on the back which made them both smile as Atticus and Patch left.

"Conner sure is interesting, isn't he, Cherry?" Drell asked.

"I'm not sure what to make of him myself," Cherry shrugged, a bit indifferently. "It looks like though that Atticus has a new best friend."

"Yes, it certainly does." Drell said.

"He's okay, I guess..." Cherry muttered.

"You're not jealous, are you?" Drell asked her.

"...Why would I need to be jealous?" Cherry turned away as she crossed her arms.

"It's okay to feel jealous." Drell said.

"You ever get jealous?" Cherry asked.

Drell glanced away and chuckled sheepishly. "Well, Hilda brought that out on herself," he then said. "I might've lost my temper when she broke a date with me to go out with a pirate who worked with Blackbeard and I found out about it."

"I bet you know all about jealousy." Cherry smirked.

"Anyway, it's normal to feel jealous." Drell said.

Cherry shrugged at that before she took the other half of her sandwich to eat.

Meanwhile...

"So, you're going out to see some friends for the night?" Sombra asked Atticus.

"Yeah, I think it would be good for me." Atticus nodded.

"I think so too." Jessica smiled.

"I hope this suit fits you." Sombra then said as he gave Atticus a suit to wear.

"He's going to a friend's house," Jessica replied. "Why does he need a suit?"

"It sounds to be like a formal event," Sombra explained. "Isn't it, Atticus?"

"Yes, from what I heard." Atticus replied before he took the suit to try it on.

"Well, you better get dressed." Sombra told him.

"I'm on my way." Atticus smiled as he walked off to get dressed.

Patch pouted a bit.

"Don't worry, Patch," Jessica smiled. "You can hang out with me."

"Aw, thanks." Patch smiled back.

"Sure thing." Jessica beamed.

Atticus tried on the suit and posed in it a bit, it was a little loose, but he decided to wear it anyway. "Not bad," he said. "Thanks, Uncle Sombra."

"No problem." Sombra said.

"Well, I'm off," Atticus smiled. "Be sure to give Patch his Kanine Krunchies, Jessica. He's told me quite a lot about this dog hero called Thunderbolt."

"My brother Lucky and I are really big fans of his show." Patch smiled back.

"I'll be sure he doesn't miss the show." Jessica smiled.

"I'll see ya guys later." Atticus smiled back as he hugged them goodbye as he soon went off to the address that Conner gave him.

"I'm sure he'll have a great time." Sombra said.

Jessica soon decided to watch some TV with Patch as they began to bond.