By the time Ella and Lois returned to the Smallville mansion, Lucy had taken care of everything with regards to the Secret Service and the investigators.
She basically threw Zod to the wolves, telling them that he 'escaped' in the mirror when his 'son' tried to attack him for harassing his mother. They took the mirror and left. Ella and Lois pulled up to the drive, just as several official government cars and one van, left and turned down a country road. Ella drove quickly until she reached the circular drive and parked. Her and Lois hurried out of the car and inside.
Lucy was glaring at Moira in the hallway. Moira was pretending as if she wasn't being given the evil eye by her niece.
"Lucy? Moira? What happened here? Chloe said some gray guy rapist came out of a mirror." Ella said.
Lucy spoke.
"Hi, Mom. Hey, Lois! I heard about Kal-El and you! And I remember how you jumped down my throat for trying to have a little fun with him."
"Hello, Lucy." Lois said in a sing song voice. "I'm actually glad you're here. Where is Davis?"
"Oh God! Did Chloe tell you about how he looks now? He was better off as a monster."
Moira now glared at Lucy!
"Shut up! How can you speak of him that way? He came in and saved all of us..."
"No," Lucy interrupted coyly, "'Cousin' Davis showed up after your gray boyfriend came out of the mirror. And YOU shut up! You're lucky I didn't throw you under the bus with secret service! You didn't look one bit surprised that that thing showed up out of nowhere and took Zod. Also, we don't have a mirror in that room that looks like that, so you brought it here."
Ella looked from Lucy to Moira.
"What were you doing here, Moira? I thought you were keeping your distance from Chloe until she could accept Davis?"
Moira took a deep breath and then explained.
"Lucy isn't wrong. I wanted Zod gone. I wanted him out of Davis's and my life. And I met someone who was willing to help with that. But for a price."
Lucy raised a brow at her aunt, then gave her mother and Lois an 'I told you so' look. Lois now began interrogating her.
"Who is this guy? Why is he hiding in a mirror?" she asked.
"His name is Darkseid. He is from another place. He came to me when I was in the hospital. He was the one that made me better." Moira replied.
"So Davis's coming to see you, didn't bring you around, it was this Darkseid guy?" Lois asked.
"He is more than a 'guy', Lois. He is a god." Moira said.
Ella shook her head at her sister.
"Okay, Moira, obviously we're going to keep quiet about this. Because while I believe you, this sounds crazy. And you can't get your life back if you still sound crazy. So the authorities have the mirror and they think what about Zod?" Ella asked.
"That Zod used it to escape the authorities. President Luthor was about to have him detained. He has a replacement in mind as VP." Lucy told them. Lois now looked at her sister.
"I'm surprised you have this much pull, Luce. I mean you do just work for the First Lady, right?"
"Not anymore. And I need to talk to you in private." Lucy said, pulling on Lois's arm. "Mom, we'll be right back."
Ella didn't respond because she was somewhat glad the girls had left. Now she could speak to her sister alone about other matters. Once they were gone, Ella gave her sister a hard look.
"No more bullshit, Moira. What does this Darkseid want for getting rid of Zod for you?"
Moira had no choice but to lie.
"At first, he wanted Chloe. As a bride."
"Oh God!" Ella hissed. "And of course you didn't go for that, right?"
"Of course not, Ella! But I offered myself in her place! He seems fine with that arrangement." she lied. She could not tell her sister that she was giving Darkseid the full blooded Kryptonian child that Lois would be giving birth to one day.
Ella tilted her head and stared at her, as if she was seeing her for the first time.
"So, was eternal youth part of this arrangement as well? You look at least ten years younger than me!" she huffed.
Moira reached for her sister's hand.
"Forget about me. I need to know what you plan to do about Jor-El? You have discovered that I was right about him, haven't you?"
Ella pulled her hand away.
"Yes. And I have big plans for my husband and his 'wife', alright."
"Well before you do anything, Jor-El needs to fix what he did to Davis. He is almost as worse off as he as before." Moira said.
"Yes, Chloe and Lois said something about that, but there was so much going on...where is he?"
"He left when the Secret Service arrived. He will be back soon." Moira told her. "And when he does return, we need to find a way to help him. He cannot live his life looking like a bizarre version of Kal-El."
"Okay, Lucy. What's going on?" Lois asked. They had moved to a sitting room. Lucy closed the doors then spilled!
"First, Chloe's blind teacher...assistant or whatever, got away from me before I could call the police around here! i caught her with a pillow case full of jewelry and silverware!"
"What?!" Lois asked, shocked.
"Yes and I can't be sure of it, but I think that 'Sandy Kyle', the name she was going by, was a fake name for that tramp that Bruce used to date: Selena Kyle!"
"She's in jail...I think! Bruce told me she was...I think..." Lois trailed off. Some cat burglar had faked her way into their lives as a teacher to the blind? God! What else could go wrong around here?
"And before you ask me 'what else could go wrong around here'," Lucy said, "Orin is in your bedroom waiting. He came to the door and begged me to let him in so he could talk to you. Lois, Lois, Lois...Kal-El, Bruce AND Orin? I have to hand it to you sis..."
"Kal-El was an accident. And Bruce, unfortunately...I'm going to have to give him up. If I ever had him. And I don't know why Orin is back." Lois said.
"You're going to have to explain all of that when you have time. Right now you need to get upstairs and see what he wants. I thought he was dead?" Lucy asked.
"So did I." Lois sighed. But she did not make any moves towards the stairs.
"Okay, it's clear you're not in a hurry to see him. But he's looking hotter than ever, Lo."
Yes, Lois had noticed that too, but all she could think about was the future before her. And somehow, she didn't think that her father would be able to contain the Kryptonians forever. And Bruce and Oliver had been framed. Kal-El was the only one that could fix this mess. And she planned to keep their agreement. First, she would have him pick up the slack for Batman and Green Arrow. After, hopefully, she could ease him into stepping forward and clearing their names. Orin Curry was a distraction she just did not need at this time.
But she didn't say that to Lucy.
"I'll get going now." Lois said without enthusiasm. She almost shuffled out of the sitting room and out into the hallway. As she began to climb the stairs, her thoughts went back to what her mother told her about Orin and his family.
When that shark had shown up in Crater Lake, only Orin and herself had been in the water. They were the only ones that saw it. It was headed towards her and Orin wrestled it, disappeared underwater and was never seen again. No one had believed that a shark would be in a lake and everyone told her she had to have been mistaken.
That meant her mother had known she was telling the truth but...but what? Why didn't her mother tell her about Orin when this happened?
Probably because she was too busy juggling her father and Jor-El back then. Lois put her messed up family life out of her mind, as she reached her bedroom door, turned the knob and walked in. Orin was writing a note at her dressing table and was about to get up when she entered.
"I did not think you would be coming. I was leaving you a note." he said simply. Lois stepped into her room and closed the door.
"Well that's more than you did for me when you disappeared with that shark." she replied coolly.
Orin ripped up the note and threw it away in a waste basket nearby. He then moved towards her.
"Will I be allowed to speak or do you have another bra to slam at me?"
"If saying what you need to say, gets you up and out of here, fine, I will be quiet." Lois said, moving to sit on the end of her bed. Orin stood by her dressing table for a moment, then began talking.
"I am sorry that I hurt you. I expected that your mother would explain that I was alright. But I see that she did not. And when I joined the league and Bruce explained your situation to me, I realized that other things must have kept your mother from saying anything about me."
Lois was tempted to ask about what this 'league' was, but she had promised to be quiet.
"That shark came looking for me. I had stopped it on the ocean waters from slaughtering a group of people in a rescue boat."
Lois eyed him.
"You're saying the shark hated YOU personally?"
"I am saying that I can communicate with all sea creatures. Yes, he hated me personally. He saw I was with you and made YOU the next target. I wouldn't let anything happen you, Lois. You have to realize that."
Lois jumped up!
"Fine! But why didn't you come back after you killed the thing or whatever?!"
"I realized I was endangering you. And...well...I had become reacquainted with my mother's family. She was royalty from an underwater world called Atlantis. Her death meant that I was now King of Atlantis. Being King, I had to have a wife that was water born. I could not come back because I was to be married. I..."
"You married some other chick?!" Lois snapped. "Get out! I don't have the time for this drama. I've got enough of my own to deal with! You faked your death so you could be with some other woman, that's what happened!"
Orin closed the distance between them and grasped her shoulders!
"It was not like that! And I came back here because you could be in danger!"
"Ow!" Lois complained. Orin relaxed his grip on her shoulders.
"I am sorry. I forget how delicate surface dwellers are."
Lois removed his hands from her shoulders and sat back down on the bed.
"Just spill it, Orin. You saw the secret service were here. My family has a shit load of stuff to deal with that now I have to deal with."
"Alright. Do you remember David?"
Lois blinked, looking up at him. She did not answer.
"Lois? Do you remember him?"
"Of course I remember him! His bullshit ruined everything! It did for your father...at least that's what I heard."
Orin slowly sat down next to her on the bed.
"Just in Smallville. My father and step-mother still run camps in other states. But after what happened here, it was decided that maybe it was best if we did not come back." he revealed.
"Well what about him?" Lois asked crossly.
"I have reason to believe that he has become a danger to society. And I think he will seek some sort of vengeance upon the two of us, and anyone else connected to my father's camp."
Lois rolled her eyes! This reveal didn't frighten her.
It annoyed the shit out of her. And here is why...
David(Lois didn't remember what the hell his last name had been-and it didn't sound like Orin did either) had been a counselor as well and not a very good one. He had also been non descript looking. Meaning Lois didn't know if she'd know him on the street today!
The kids never did what he said and David was kind of pervy. Two female counselors swore that he had come into the women's showers, butt naked, claiming he thought he was in the men's shower. When confronted, David said that a mosquito or something flew into his eye and that made him head in the wrong direction.
On one of those occasions, Lois had been in those showers and she hadn't appreciated the lame intrusion at all.
So when she and Orin were having sex on his futon couch in his cabin, they had no idea that pervy David had been INSIDE the futon couch for hours. Apparently he damned near suffocated because they had 'ignored his muffled cries for help'. By the time they had finished 'using it', they went for a walk in the woods, blissfully unaware that someone had been in the couch that he had just been on. And apparently by the time their bodies were no longer on that couch, Davis was unconscious. He couldn't push the compartment up to get out!
The only reason he was found, was because Orin couldn't find a notebook where he kept the campers swimming scores. The futon sometimes served as a storage compartment, so when he lifted up the couch and looked, Orin was horrified to find a counselor unconscious inside!
And it only got worse from there.
David was taken to the Smallville Emergency Center, where he stayed unconscious for another four hours. During that time his parents had been called. When David awoke, he claimed that he had caught Lois and Orin engaged in a sexual act, and that Orin shoved him in there with the purpose of making him hear him and Lois continue on with their antics! He claimed he screamed and cried for help because he could not breathe. He then finally passed out.
So, since Lois and Orin couldn't deny that they had indeed had sex on the futon, Thomas and Margaret were forced to get lawyers and pay David's family a settlement. In exchange for their silence over the fact that Orin was having sex with a minor on the premises.
Lois remembered being livid! Margaret had been forced to call Ella, but oddly once she heard her oldest daughters version of things, she agreed with Lois that this David had crawled into the futon to get his kicks out of listening in on Lois and Orin and it backfired on him. Ella was also a practical woman when it came to her daughters and sex. While she thought Orin was a little too much for Lois, she could certainly see WHY she liked him. And as long as Sam never found out, Ella told herself she would deal with it.
Lois had hated the fact that Orin's parents had to give in to that creepy blackmailer and his family! With the threat of scandal hanging over their heads(there were others at the camp that were suspicious of why David suddenly left), Thomas and Margaret decided to continue on with their camps but they stopped coming to Smallville.
Lois was still so pissed off by the mere memory of those events, that she didn't notice when Orin reached out to touch her hair.
"Have you heard of the murders that have been taking place on the Metropolis docks? The police have been trying to keep things quiet, as to not scare people, but I have a contact within their force. They believe they have a serial killer on their hands. I believe that killer is David. And he has been calling himself 'Black Manta'."
Lois slowly removed his hand from her hair and stood up.
"I know the story because Chloe has been covering it. I could ask her what she knows. I think you should go now. Thanks for letting me know."
Orin now stood.
"I don't know that he isn't still angry with us or others that were at the camp."
"If you're right, it sounds like he's just angry with people on the docks, Orin. I don't mean to make light of it, but I'm sure you can stop him."
"Alright. I see you are not in a place right now where you can forgive me. But let me tell you something: I think Bruce has done a very poor job of looking out for you. I am now the head of the league while he and Oliver are dealing with their legal difficulties. And I do plan on seeing that you are safe. And that includes dealing with this Kryptonian situation."
Lois sighed.
"Orin, that's over. I think I'm pregnant so it's too late to stop anything."
Orin's eyes narrowed dangerously!
"You think?! You have not ascertained this?"
"When would I have had the time? I just found out at the apartment you snatched me out of! The brand that was on my thigh disappeared. That means I'm pregnant."
"According to Kal-El from Krypton. You need to see a doctor. I will find Dr. Hamilton and return with him here. By the way, has that beast that looks like Kal-El returned here?"
Lois touched his arm.
"Orin, that 'beast' is my cousin. Jor-El in an effort to help him, turned him into a kind of monster Kal-El. He needs help and he can only get it from Jor-El. So leave him alone, okay?"
Orin clenched his jaw. Lois was still so upset with him. It might go a long way in getting back in her good graces, if he went along with her suggestion.
"Fine. I will return with Dr. Hamilton."
"And I will ask Chloe about what she knows about the dock murders. Maybe she has something in her notes that will help you find David." Lois said.
"Lois, about this pregnancy..."
"There's nothing more to say. I have made a deal with Kal-El to marry him. He in turn will help you catch criminals while Bruce and Oliver are trying to free themselves." Lois said, omitting the fact that it was Kal-El that was responsible for their plight.
"What? I will NOT work with him. Nor do I need his assistance. And you take me for a fool, Lois. I know Kal-El is the one that framed Bruce and Oliver. I plan to prove that. Once I have, you will need not worry about being forced to marry the Kryptonian." he said as he moved around her and walked to her bedroom door. He opened it and looked back at her.
"I will return with Dr. Hamilton." Orin said again before leaving. He closed her door behind him and Lois sank down on the end of her bed again. She had made a deal with Kal-El and now Orin sounded so sure, that he could ensure that she not have to keep her end of that bargain.
But what about the child she was sure she was carrying? If Orin could prove Kal-El had hurt those people and not Bruce and Oliver, then Kal-El would probably be put away someplace for life. Her baby would never know his or her father.
But if Orin was not successful in putting things right, Kal-El would probably kill him or keep him out of his way in some manner. And Bruce and Oliver would be thrown under the jail.
Lois stood up again. Nope. The original option was the best one. For all of their sakes. Once Kal-El and Jor-El managed to escape( and she knew they would), she would give in to Kal-El's demands.
She felt herself becoming drowsy and laid down partway on the bed, her arms folded. Kal-El had said that she would gain more energy once she was pregnant but she felt her eyes close. Maybe he had been wrong about that. Or maybe she was just tired from everything she had been through and discovered lately. Whatever the reason, Lois didn't think a small nap would hurt.
"I can help you get out of here." Chloe said, setting down her purse on table in the room. Kal-El regarded her, his expression passive. What would his now ex-girlfriend want for this help?
Kal-El folded his arms. Chloe had just told him that Jor-El must have went against his wishes, and attempted to help Lor-Zod by getting ahold of some of his DNA. And the result had not been what Lor-Zod or anyone else would expect! Kal-El would not sit helplessly back and allow some creature to run around this planet resembling himself!
Chloe knew that, of course.
"I can help you get out of here if you agree to give me exclusive rights to all things Kryptonian. The Fortress, what your plans are now that Krypton has exploded...everything."
"As opposed to allowing Lois to write anything?" Kal-El asked knowingly.
"Lois will have you. She won't need to be a journalist. She never really wanted to be one. She just wanted what I had, that's all." Chloe replied.
"You really believe that?" Kal-El asked, his expression now resembling true bewilderment.
"Yes. She wanted you and she wanted my career."
Kal-El, on some level, knew Chloe needed to believe that to get through her hurt. He said nothing in response to that.
"I don't need your help to 'escape'. My father and I will not be here long."
"Oh come on! You both really plan to sign agreements to rat out your people for the government?" Chloe asked in disbelief.
"We plan to sign documents. That is all." Kal-El said, before the sounds of loud banging, gunfire and explosions began to seep into their range of hearing! The guard at the door took out his gun and opened the door, only to be knocked out and thrown into the room!
Kara Zor-El, Kal-El blonde cousin, stepped into the room, followed by four more Kryptonians.
"Kal-El, we could not stay in that underwater place! Jor-El has restrained that general and the rest of the men on this base are being put in holding cells. What about this one?"
"Take her with the rest of them. Do you have a ring for me?" Kal-El asked. Two Kryptonian men grabbed a shocked Chloe and took her away, while Kara handed Kal-El a ring with a clear rock adorning it.
"Your father was clearly successful in finding an antidote to combat the green rock from our lost planet," Kal-El told her, "now it is time to take what is ours."
"Okay but Zod is missing. No one can find him." Kara warned.
"He is dealing with Lor-Zod's birth mother-who is not Faora."
"I guess it's a good thing she's not here then." Kara noted.
"Where is my mother?" Kal-El asked.
"With mine. They took to the skies to find places to live."
"I have taken care of that. We will live in the mansion that Jor-El and I took up residence in."
"Just Jor-El and you live there?" Kara asked curiously.
"No. Some people will have to leave." Kal-El answered. "But one person WILL be staying. My fiancee. Her name is Lois. Lois Lane."
Ella followed Dr. Hamilton and Orin up the stairs to see to Lois. Ella just wanted confirmation that her daughter was even pregnant! Now that Jor-El and Kal-El had revealed themselves to be the bastards they were, she wouldn't have been surprised if Lois wasn't carrying a child at all.
But when they opened the door to her room, they found her asleep on the bed, which Dr. Hamilton found strange. He hurried over to her and found she was NOT asleep.
She was unconscious. Dr. Hamilton felt the back of her head and then looked over at Ella.
"Who was the attending doctor over at Smallville Emergency Center? There is no way Lois should have been allowed to go home! The lump on the back of her head alone should have been watched carefully until the swelling went down."
Orin didn't like hearing that at all! Ella liked it even less.
"I need to get her back to the hospital. I have privileges there so I will be looking after her."
"Dr. Hamilton, she was fine an hour ago. We spoke and she was fine." Orin said, trying to hide his fear. Ella put a hand on his arm. She could tell he was upset.
"Let's just get her back to the hospital. I plan to give the staff there a piece of my mind!" Ella snapped. She watched as Orin gently picked Lois up and followed behind Dr. Hamilton as they took her away. Ella looked around her daughter's room for a brief moment, before hurrying after them and closing the door to the room behind her.
