Lois knew of a perfect hiding spot for her and Kal-El until the sun turned a normal color again, and all of the chaos in the world died down. Kal-El didn't know if that would ever happen, but right now, Lois was the stronger of the two of them. Lois and their unborn child. So he let her give him directions on where to go.
He turned down a road that on the surface, looked like it went into a vast thicket of woods. Many of the trees were over grown and hanging over into the road, brushing against the top of their car. Kal-El maneuvered the car down the gravel path until they reached a clearing of sorts-filled with cabins. A standing sign that was half off of it's hinges read- Curry Summer Camp Site.
Kal-El gritted his teeth but said nothing. Lois was taking them back to Orin Curry's family summer camp? He didn't think this place even still existed, since according to the stories he heard, that 'scandal' caused the family to pack up and hawk their illusion of some 'happy family camp', elsewhere. Hadn't anyone purchased this property since then?
Kal-El pulled the car up along side a cabin that looked much larger than the others. Lois barely waited until he stopped the car to jump out and run in! The door was unlocked and Lois was astounded at how well the cabin that had always been the 'central one', looked. There were two couches, a table, fireplace and their was an adjoining kitchen. It was the main cabin for the counselors to hang out in. Lois slowly approached the kitchen and looked around. There were snack foods on the counter. She reached up to open the cabinets and found them well stocked.
Now uneasy, Lois opened the fridge and found food and one particularly odd item-caviar. She closed the door just as Kal-El stepped into the cabin and closed the door. He then walked to a window and peered out. A light went out in one of the smaller cabins. They were not alone.
Kal-El's jaw tightened and he turned to see where Lois was. She came out of a kitchen area wearing an odd expression upon her face.
"What? What is it?" Kal-El asked, concerned.
"This place is supposed to be abandoned! But there is food in there and this whole place looks well kept up."
Kal-El moved towards her.
"I just saw a light go out in one of the cabins. I will go and see who is here. You wait..."
"I'm going with you!"
"No you are not. Now I will not be long."
"You will if our visitor here is some kind of creep! You can't do the things a Kryptonian used to be able to do! You could be killed!"
Kal-El smiled.
"Would that bother you?"
Lois sighed dramatically, rolling her eyes!
"Of course it would! Look, I know we're not the best of friends here, but I don't want to see anything happen to you or anybody else, okay?"
"Neither do I. Especially you. Lois, our child sensed you were being threatened and protected you from inside the womb. You cannot control that. That means you are still just as vulnerable as I."
"Okay well then two against one is better than none or whatever! So let's find some weapons around here and check out that cabin." Lois said firmly. Kal-El repressed a smile. There were some things about Lois Lane that were exactly the same as before.
Kal-El carried a bat, while Lois hugged a piece of firewood, as they crept over to the tell tale cabin. The porch creaked as they stepped up onto it, but it could not be helped. Kal-El saw no other vehicles around and wondered just how long his intruder had been living here?
Kal-El peered in through a window. The lights were out. If he had still had his abilities, he'd be able to see how many life forms were inside. He then reached for the door and found that the doorknob turned so that it would open. This began to feel like some sort of trap...
Suddenly, Lois shoved against Kal-El, throwing them both forward so that they went bounding inside! Lois, knowing where the lights were, quickly turned one on, gaped, then fainted!
Kal-El scowled at the sight before them! Lucy Lane was in bed with none other than President Lex Luthor! He dropped his bat and bent down to pick Lois up off of the floor! Lex raised an eyebrow at the sight of the two of them and Lucy reluctantly covered herself with a sheet, before padding over to them.
"Is Lois alright?" she asked, as Kal-El placed her on a small couch.
"How could she be alright, Lucy? She has had a shock." Kal-El said, patting Lois's hand.
Lex rose from the bed without a stitch of clothing on. He walked over to a table and poured himself a glass of champagne, then sipped it. Kal-El could see Lois was coming around and he rose to full height to face the lovers.
"You will cover yourself this instant!" Kal-El snapped at him.
"Or you'll what, Kal-El? It doesn't seem like there is much you can do with this red sun, is it?" Lex answered blithely. Kal-El took a menacing step towards him and Lucy got between the men.
"Lex, just put some pajama pants on, okay?" Lucy requested.
"I don't have any." was Lex's reply.
"Find some before Lois is forced to see you this way." Kal-El said between gritted teeth.
"And if she does? What's the big deal? Unless you're afraid that she will see what her sister sees in me?" Lex asked 'innocently'.
Kal-El's answer to that question was to quickly move around Lucy, walk up to Lex and backhand him! Lex's champagne glass dropped from his hand as he touched his face!
"I'll make you pay for putting your hands on me, Kryptonian! I'll make you all pay for coming here and causing so much trouble! I always knew you wanted control but I bided my time. Now you bastards have brought something else here. Something that's stronger than all of us combined."
"And what, Lex? You plan to side with Lord Darkseid to keep everyone in line? How is that so different than the deal you made with us? You surrendered to us when we first arrived here, and you will surrender to Lord Darkseid when he finds you. And he will be looking for you." Kal-El said coolly.
"I'm sure he's looking for YOU before me." Lex countered.
Lois, meanwhile, had come back to the land of the living and sat up on the couch. Lucy hurried over to her.
"Lo? Are you okay?" Lucy asked softly. Kal-El turned away from Lex and moved back towards the couch. Lois nodded, looking at her sister, then Kal-El and then...
"Oh God, Lucy! Why?!" Lois moaned. She now stood up unassisted and stared down Lex.
"Lois, do not look at him! I know his state of undress is appalling..." Kal-El began but Lois brushed him aside and walked up to Lex.
"My memories aren't what they were, 'Mr. President', but I seem to recall that you were going out with some chick that my cousin went to high school with. Is she the First Lady now?"
Lex did not answer her. Lois kept talking.
"What are you doing with my sister, besides the obvious? Why don't you get back out there in the world and help us against these new weirdos that have turned the sun red?"
But Lex didn't answer any of her allegations.
Instead he brought up some other ones...
"I take it no one bothered to tell you the truth about how you came to be in a 'family way'? You have your mother to thank for that."
Lucy now frowned, wrapping her sheet around her tightly.
"What are you talking about, Lex? Lois knows that our mother left our father for Jor-El."
Lex glanced at her before looking at Lois again.
"You poor thing. So no one has told you? Kal-El here ran through your family like toilet paper on a roll. He's been with Lucy, Chloe AND your mother! And because of that, all he had to do was touch you and you were 'prepped' to carry his child."
Kal-El stared at Lex. Was HE Lois's source this whole time? It had to be him! Kal-El began to move towards him. Even if he did not have his abilities, he was pretty sure he could break his neck with no problem!
But Lois sensed his intention and turned to halt him with a look, before turning back to Lex.
"However this happened, it's done now." Lois told Lex. "I suggest you put some clothes on, grow a MUCH bigger pair than you appear to have right now and get back to leading this nation. Chances are if we do get out of this, you won't be reelected."
"He wasn't elected the first time." Lucy said wryly. She was suddenly disenchanted with Lex, much the same way Zod had proved to be a disappointment. She walked over to a pile of clothing, picked up some garments and walked into the bathroom, closing the door. Soon, a shower could be heard running.
"Well," Lex said in a slow, deliberate tone, "your work here is done, Lois Lane. Lucy wants nothing to do with me and it will be a matter of time before all of us our discovered here. You must be pleased."
Lois's response to that was to give him the middle finger, before turning and walking out of the cabin. But Kal-El stayed behind.
"You can go too." Lex said blithely. Kal-El folded his arms.
"I plan to make sure that you allow Lucy to leave this cabin safely."
"God, Kal-El, really? What do you think I would do to her?"
"I am looking at a man who has left his wife and father to perish. You are capable of anything." Kal-El replied.
"Like you're any better?"
"If you are referring to that filthy rumor you started in order to come between Lois and myself..." Kal-El began. But he was stopped when Lex burst out laughing!
"So I could come between Lois and yourself? Why the hell would I want to do that? My father was the one that told me about Ella Lane and yourself, not me. And while my father is many things, none of them good, he has never been one to spread stories around unless he could back it up."
"He can back up an outright lie?" Kal-El asked skeptically.
"I saw the footage." Lex said casually. Kal-El raised a brow.
"Footage?" he repeated. "As in some sort of visual recording?"
"Yes. Of the two of you in the wine cellar. You did know when you went to live in my house, that I had cameras installed?"
"We had no need for security, so they were turned off-permanently." Kal-El replied.
"You must have gotten 'off' confused with 'on', because there's footage of Ella Lane and yourself, going at it up against a wall in the wine cellar. Wait until Lois sees that. And seeing is believing."
Kal-El suddenly grabbed Lex by the throat! Lex was quietly appalled to realize that even without abilities, Kal-El was still quite a bit stronger than he was!
"You listen to me: I will not have the spectre of this lie, hanging over Lois and I. You will get me a copy of this 'footage', or I will make more than sure that the new regime kills you the moment you are found. Are we clear?" Kal-El hissed.
Lucy emerged from the bathroom fully dressed and Kal-El quickly released Lex. He looked at her.
"Lois will want you to stay with us." he told her. Lucy shook her head. She was now wearing a bathrobe.
"No. I plan on surrendering myself to the new regime." she said matter-of-factly. Lex's eyes widened!
"Are you serious? You're just going to take their side? Become one of them?" Lex complained.
"I'm not going to hide anymore, Lex! What's the point? Besides, I think the main guy is this gray thing I saw come out of a mirror. My aunt knows him." Lucy revealed. Kal-El frowned.
"Moira knows Darkseid? I had heard rumors about that but I didn't think there was anything to it.
"Is that his name? Darkseid? He's gray and not too good looking. Anyway, Chloe and I saw him come out of this mirror and snatch Zod through it! And I could tell Moira knew him." Lucy said.
Lex looked from Lucy to Kal-El.
"So who are these people that have usurped your power?"
"Beings that only Kryptonians, with abilities, can challenge." Kal-El said dismissively. Lex rolled his eyes and Lucy walked past both of them towards the front door.
"Take care of Lo, the poor thing. I'd hate to think that I was sixteen again."
"How are you leaving? I didn't see any other vehicles." Kal-El noted. Lex gave Lucy a hard look.
"I know you don't think you're taking MY car?"
Lucy had filched Lex's keys and dangled them!
"Sorry, but it's not like you'll need them. Cowards in hiding really don't need cars, now do they?"
And with those words, Lucy opened the door and left. Lex cursed, then padded over to the champagne to refill his glass. Kal-El folded his arms.
"You're really going to just lay around here, naked and drink?" he asked sardonically. Lex took a sip from his glass and looked him directly in the eye.
"Yes, Kal-El. I am. I am also going to let you Kryptonians do the heavy lifting. You will get rid of this Darkseid, because in the end, you all have lost too much to let him get away with ruling this planet. And once you've rid the Earth of this menace, then the Earthlings of this planet will put YOUR people in their place. Now, leave me."
Kal-El didn't bother to answer Lex's ridiculous fantasy. He turned and walked out of the cabin, just as he spotted Lois, jumping into the car they had come in as if she were planning to drive off without him!
He then realized she was!
"LOIS!" Kal-El yelled and he saw the brake lights come on! Kal-El ran to the passenger side door, jumped in and slammed the door! Lois then took off down the road!
"Are we not supposed to be in some sort of hiding here? Where are we going?" Kal-El asked.
"Back to the Kent Farm. Chloe's mother told her to jump me like that! And I don't think she would have told her to do that, if she had known what the baby would do. I think we need to get Chloe some help so we can find out what is going on here." Lois said.
But Kal-El had another thought. If Moira was colluding with Darkseid, then Chloe might have been part of this whole thing as well-probably unwittingly. Keeping her with them could be a bargaining chip. Kal-El reached over and touched one of Lois's hands.
"I think your plan has merit. And we could not stay at that decrepit camp. I'm sure Luthor will be discovered there."
"Lex AND Lucy." Lois said as she kept driving.
"Lucy left. I didn't think she would say goodbye."
Lois glanced over at Kal-El.
"Left how? There were no other cars around."
"I suspect it was hidden."
"Oh." was all Lois said to that, as she turned on to the main road that would take them back to the farm. Kal-El looked out of the window and up and around. He saw nothing in the skies or in the road that showed that they had been discovered. But they needed to get back to the farm before Moira, or Darkseid himself, showed up there and found out what happened to Chloe.
Kal-El stared at Lois, and the weight of it, caused Lois to call him on it.
"Why are you staring?" she asked, sounding annoyed.
"Did Luthor's accusation really not matter to you?"
Lois glanced over at him before answering.
"I don't know you. Or really remember you. So Lex Luthor's accusation has no...feeling behind it for me. But I do remember what I felt for Orin. And I've been telling myself that he would not have just left me in your hands if you were not somewhat trustworthy. That and Lex is a liar. So I'm going to choose to believe that he was just being a creep."
There was something in her tone that Kal-El did not like. It was the 'Orin Part'. Kal-El decided that it had to be pursued further...
"So tell me about Orin. Tell me what you liked about him?"
"You're using the past tense. I mean it's like things never ended with him for me."
"You mean when he feigned the shark attack?" Kal-El asked innocently. Lois swerved over to the side of the road and stopped the car!
"He did not fake that attack! I was there! That was a real shark!"
"I never said it wasn't, Lois. But he could've gotten word to you that he was alright much sooner than he did." Kal-El told her. He then decided to switch gears with her a bit.
"Tell me why he is so special to you?" Kal-El asked casually. Lois glanced over at him again.
"Why? What do you mean?"
"I mean, Lois, that you are under the impression that the conception of our baby was borne out of some sort of one time event. We had a relationship and WE were going to be married before events got in the way. I want to know what it is you see in this man that is keeping you from understanding that."
Lois turned the engine off and moved so that she was facing Kal-El.
"Orin was my first. And he was gentle and kind and he wants to help man kind some day. That's why I love him. And he's back in my life and not with his wife, because he wants to be with me."
"He said this?" Kal-El asked.
"No but why else would he be here? Look, maybe we can work something out when the baby is born. You could see the baby on the weekends..."
Kal-El now grinned at her!
"How about a counter proposal?" he asked. Lois sniffed and turned away from him.
"What kind of 'counter proposal' are you proposing?"
Kal-El reached out and pulled a strand of her hair.
"I want you to allow me to show you how 'gentle' and 'kind' I can be."
Lois looked confused.
"Well I can see you're kind of nice. I mean you fixed that dinner for me-even though the food sucked."
"No. That is not what I mean. I want you to allow me to show you how 'kind' and 'gentle' I can be, sexually." Kal-El said looking right into her eyes. Lois blinked. She hadn't expected THAT to be the counter proposal!
"And?" Lois questioned. "What do I get out of it?"
"If my gentle, kind way, is better than Orin's 'gentle kindness', then you will forget him, marry me and that will be the end of this nonsense."
Lois did not appreciate him characterizing her feelings for Orin as 'nonsense'! She was about to give him a piece of her mind when Kal-El leaned over quickly and claimed her mouth with his own. His lips seared against hers possessively and Lois felt tremors course throughout her body!
Then, the sudden kiss abruptly ended and Lois opened her eyes to find Kal-El staring at her with something akin to amusement.
"You will allow me this chance and I will not have Orin killed."
Lois now got over the stars she saw, and secret lust she had felt when he had kissed her just now!
"What are you talking about? You would actually kill Orin?"
"We will regain power, Lois. This is not the first time my people have had to deal with the likes of the invaders that are here now. And when we do, Orin will have to pay for putting is hands on you." Kal-El said matter-of-factly.
Lois could not believe that she would have willingly entered into a relationship with this man, knowing he was capable of crap like this! But the idea of Orin being killed for no good reason, was something she could not live with! He had risked his own life to save her once. What Kal-El was asking, was the least she could do.
"I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this. Orin shouldn't pay for being in love with me." Lois huffed.
"I understand Orin being in love with you, Lois. What I will not tolerate is his being disrespectful of your status. You are MY fiancee. You are carrying my child. His returning here and insinuating himself in our business is punishable by death-unless you agree to my terms."
Lois turned away from him and restarted the car.
"We have a deal. But just so you know, even if you are more 'gentle' and 'kind' than Orin. I'm never going to admit it."
Kal-El said nothing to her hostile sounding words. She had no memories of what their lovemaking was like. Lois didn't have to admit anything out loud. He would just know.
Moira had left the White House to find out what was going on with Chloe. Something had gone wrong when her daughter had tried to obtain her powers from Lois's unborn child. She could feel it.
Meanwhile, Darkseid had the current occupants of the White House, down on their knees in front of him in the Red Room. Granny Goodness, however, knew there was someone missing. She reached for Lara's chin.
"Now, now, my dear. You know you have nothing to fear from Granny. Tell me where Zod's son is? The one that calls himself 'Davis Bloom' on this planet?"
Lara jerked her chin away but said nothing. Granny then focused on Jor-El.
"Jor-El, Jor-El, Jor-El...Dru-Zod told us everything. Everything about your experiments on his boy. He's here and try as we might, we cannot find him. Tell us where he is if you do not want your wife to die in front of you." Granny cooed.
Darkseid allowed Granny to handle this particular interrogation, since he was preoccupied with the Earthlings that were the wife and father of the ruler of this nation on the planet. He had sent his other elite forces to subdue the Kryptonians in the other countries on this particular world. And right now, he needed to know if Lex Luthor had any sort of following, that might cause an insurrection that had to be dealt with.
Lana Luthor was terrified! She clung to Lionel as they knelt before him.
"I am supposed to believe that this ruler is hiding like a coward while his family suffers? Why did he not take you both with him?" Darkseid asked.
Lionel chose to answer.
"Because my son IS a coward. He was not elected to this office, therefore he was not ready to rule."
Darkseid grinned!
"You have 'elections' here?"
Lana now nodded. But that was all she did.
"Well, there will be no more elections under my rule. And when I find this coward, I will show him no mercy. Meaning I will not kill him. He will serve me and anyone else I tell him to, however I choose, for the rest of his mortal life." Darkseid hissed, just as a growling noise from out in the hallway, got everyone's attention! He looked to Granny Goodness to attend to whatever it was. Granny unsheathed her sword and moved cautiously towards the doorway. Jor-El have Lara a fearful look and she suddenly knew 'what' it was...
Granny Goodness did not get one centimeter in the hallway, before Davis Bloom appeared, morphing in and out of looking like Kal-El/Bizarro Kal-El, and the monstrosity he thought he had been cured from!
Granny Goodness suddenly went flying past everyone in the Red Room, through the wall of the revered, structured house and off towards parts that could not be seen with the naked eye! Darkseid moved to confront the enemy before him and knew instantly who, and what, he was dealing with!
"Lor-Zod," Darkseid said in a calm, deep rumbling voice, "you once came to me on Apokolips for guidance. I can help you control what you are. I can help you accept your gifts..."
Darkseid was interrupted when Davis morphed from the Bizarro form of Kal-El, and in to the creature before viciously backhanding Darkseid so that he too crashed through a wall of the White House, up into the sky and into space! He flailed helplessly towards the now red sun.
Then, the sun then turned back yellow.
Kara and Zod came out of their catatonia.
Meanwhile, Moira had entered the Kent Farm House and found no sign of Chloe anywhere! She arrived just as Kal-El and Lois entered.
"Moira," Kal-El said, sensing her power, "why are you here?"
"Where is my daughter?" Moira asked instead.
Lois stepped forward.
"You don't look as if you've aged a day! And Chloe was here. She was sick and we went to get help for her but we couldn't find anyone." she lied.
"I just bet you did, 'niece'. But that's over." Moira told her.
"What is?" Kal-El asked.
"Lois's taking everything from Chloe. Your using my daughter for your own lustful needs when you really wanted another. Neither of you will be fit parents for the child you are carrying." Moira said.
"Meaning we're not Darkseid and yourself, correct? That is your plan-to take our child and raise him with that beast."
"You should watch how speak about him, Kal-El. He is your new ruler. You Kryptonians failed to take over this planet..."
"And you think under Darkseid you will be any better off? That earthlings will live quality lives? We have ended starvation in many third world countries! Those people will not eat EVER under Darkseid!" Kal-El hissed. Lois peeked at him. Wow. Kal-El cared whether people starved, like Orin did...wow...
"Where is my daughter?" Moira asked again, ignoring Kal-El's tirade. Lois shook her head.
"You're a real piece of work, auntie! How are you even related to my mother? She'd care if people were going to go hungry, you can bet the farm on that!"
Moira ignored her niece's tirade as well.
"You both have done something to my daughter and hidden her from me. Fine. Kal-El you will get Lois back when you produce Chloe." Moira said and reached out to grab Lois...
In that instant, Kal-El got between Moira and Lois, knowing she could kill him but willing to take that chance to protect Lois and their child.
It was also at that moment that the sun turned from red to yellow.
Moira and Kal-El instantly realized what happened. Moira turned to run, but Kal-El grabbed the back of her hair, and dragged her to a closet! He slammed the door, locked it and then turned back to Lois.
"What the hell happened? Why is the sun yellow again? What does that mean?" Lois asked.
"It means Darkseid has had a setback." Kal-El said grimly. "And I need to find out what has happened. He and his army need to be sent back to Apokolips. And your aunt needs to be guarded. I hate to leave you..."
Lois suddenly threw her arms around his neck and kissed him! Kal-El felt his own senses soaring and his need for her was great. But there was no time for this now. He set her away from him while his hands spanned her waist.
"My throwing your aunt in a closet has changed your mind about me?" he asked, smiling softly at her.
"No. Your throwing yourself in front of me like a human shield, when you didn't have your powers back, was what changed my mind. I could tell she was stronger than you and you could have died. You would have and you didn't know that the sun would go back to being yellow. I think it's totally hot that you did that." Lois said truthfully.
"More 'hot' than Orin and the shark?"
Lois thought about it briefly and nodded.
"Ten times more." she answered. Kal-El's answer to that was to kiss her hard, his lips almost bruising hers. Kal-El tried to ignore the sounds of Moira screaming and crying from within the closet but soon found he could not drown it out! He pulled away from Lois slightly.
"I cannot listen to that here! We should go elsewhere!" Kal-El practically panted.
"Drown her out. Drown her out and just focus on me." Lois told him as she pulled his lips back to hers and kissed him hungrily, her mouth now savaging his. Kal-El's mind shut out the annoying sounds as Lois undressed herself hurriedly while her lips were still glued to his, and then began tugging at his own.
Within the warmth of the Kent living room, accompanied by Moira Sullivan's screams from within that closet, Lois carefully impaled herself upon Kal-El's thick penetration. She then began to gingerly rock back and forth. She could not believe how incredible Kal-El's flesh felt inside of her! His hands were locked on her hips and he whispered loving words of encouragement as she continued to move upon him.
Meanwhile, in the closet, Moira could hear their moans and knew that they were spitting on her, Chloe and and Darkseid...what had happened?! Where her powers? Why was the sun yellow again? Something was more than wrong. Because Darkseid himself would have come for her if he could have. He hadn't and he wouldn't be. That meant that Moira would have to explain her actions to the Kryptonians...and Earthlings. The thought of it made her sob again. Where was Chloe? What had those two rutting fiends out there done to her little girl?
The answer to that was beyond Moira's knowledge at the moment. But Dr. Hamilton, Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance and Orin Curry knew the answer. Darkseid's brief takeover had been enough time for Bruce and Oliver to escape from custody. They were all now gathered at their headquarters.
Orin had returned to rescue Lois from Kal-El, when he realized he did not have abilities, but did not find them at the farm house.
He found Chloe Sullivan instead. She was in some state of shock and he knew that Kal-El had to be responsible in some way. Orin picked her up and brought her here to safety. He had not expected to find the others there.
"Well?" Bruce asked in a demanding tone. "What did Kal-El do to her?"
"I don't know that he did it. But it was something Kryptonian." Dr. Hamilton replied.
"What is wrong with her?" Dinah asked. "Her mother spent years like this, didn't she?"
"Yes from what I understand. " Dr. Hamilton said grimly.
"Spit it out, Dr. Hamilton. What are you thinking?" Oliver asked.
"I think...or suspect, that in order to cure Chloe of what she is going through, the sun will need to be red again." he said.
