Chapter 18 - Justice League of America

At night in Metropolis, Lois and Clark decided to pop into Barbara and Dick's hotel suite on Metropolis Inn. To their surprised, Barbara legs were injured.

"What happened?" Lois asked concerned looking at Barbara.

"Ahhh… this is so stupid!" Barbara sighed annoyed. "I was fighting with The Joker and his goons inn Gotham City and twisted my ankle during the fight. I have to put my feet up and rest for two whole weeks."

"That's too bad." Lois sighed darting her eyes. "We were hoping you could help us with Harley."

"How?" Dick asked confused.

"We found a dead body in her apartment but she didn't do it. Seems the lady who used to live there killed herself," Clark explained with a serious expression on his face. "But we need to catch her anyway."

"But with you like that it will never work," Lois pointed out frustrated. "What do we do now?"

"I have an idea," Barbara interrupted them and she picked something out of her purse. She gave Lois and Clark two earplugs. "This is connected to my laptop. I designed them a while ago, I thought it would be useful some day. I'll instruct you while you execute the plan. Dick will help me from here."

"You know what?" Lois said with a smirk looking at the earplugs in her palm. "This might work."

Suddenly Chloe, Jimmy and Kara arrived in their room and they looked out of breath.

"Guys, what are you doing here?" Clark asked confused.

"I … need… some… air." Jimmy pointed out trying to breath.

"What is going on?" Babs asked as confused as Clark.

"Harley will try something today. I heard her talking on the phone with her pal Poison Ivy. She will try to rob the museum again," Kara explained with a serious look.

"And we wanted to warn you before you leave," Chloe added also out of breath. "We ran here from the Planet."

"We also wanted to give you this," Kara pointed out with a smirk and she gave Clark a piece of paper with the Star Labs logo. "The results of the analysis of what's in that lipstick. You'll never guess what it had in it."

"What?" Lois and Clark asked in unison.

"Pheromones, aphrodisiacs and truth serum," Jimmy completed also smirking.

"That's why you were acting like that," Chloe reminded them.

"Yeah, Chloe." Lois nodded already impatient. "That's explains a lot. Thanks. We owe you one. Now we need to go, we have a clown to catch!"

***

Later on in the museum, Harley Quinn arrived alone this time but to her surprise Lois and Clark had been expecting her.

"Going somewhere, Harley?" Lois asked with a sarcastic tone. "Or should I call you, Holly… Holly Chance?"

"So you figured out my secret identity. Good golly, you are good!"

"She is," Clark said trying not to smile.

"So, what do you think you are going to do? Arrest me?" Harley asked in a mocking tone. "You can't take me."

"Maybe not but we aren't alone," Lois said with a smile crossing her arms as she pointed out to the wing in front of them as Harley noticed Kara, Jimmy and Chloe there.

"Are you kidding me?" Harley started to laugh really hard. "You really think that the three stooges can take me? With Freckles and the Bloodies?"

"We will try." Jimmy said with a serious look. "Sorry, Harley. It's not personal but…"

"It's okay, Jimbo."

"Are you done?" Chloe asked already jealous.

"Okay. Talk time is over," Kara said approaching Harley. "Let's kick some ass!"

"Kara, wait!" Clark tried to warn her before Harley gave her a big punch in the face making her falls to the floor.

"Wow," Lois said surprised. "How did she get so strong?"

"Maybe she is also drinking some of the Poison Ivy's formulas," Chloe pointed out worried.

"As a matter of fact I am," Harley confessed with a mischievous smile. "They accelerate my metabolism making me stronger and faster. Also I can hang out with red without being contaminated by her toxins."

"That's explains a lot," Jimmy said scratching his head.

Clark approached Kara with Lois, helping her to stand up. "Kara are you okay?" he asked concerned.

"Yeah, my ego is hurting but I'm fine."

Chloe and Jimmy tried to catch Harley with a net but she managed to escape with a pirouette making them bang heads.

"I would love to stay and chat but I got to go!" she said before running away. Lois and Clark kept following her and they watched her jump onto a motorcycle and speed away.

Lois and Clark shared looks before they entered Lois's car to follow her. After chasing Harley for a while, they were surprised to notice Harley had stopped her motorcycle next to a cliff where a balloon was waiting for her and she jumped in before releasing the balloon and it started to float.

"You gotta to be kidding me!" Lois remarked really surprised.

"Now what?" Clark asked before Lois pulled him by the hand.

"See you later, kids! I would love to stay and see how things will end up with you two but I need to go!"

"Not so fast!" Lois jumped grabbing the rope of the balloon as Clark jumped right after her with one of his super jumps and grabbed her legs.

"What idea was that?" Clark complained annoyed. "Now see where you got us into."

"So, now this is my fault?"

"In matter of fact…"

"Lois… Clark?" Barbara asked via their communication device interrupting their argument. "What's going on?"

"Barbara? Thank God! We lost conection with you after we left the museum!"

"I know. My hard drive had a small glitch but I've fixed it. So tell me, what's going on?"

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain but we are flying above Metropolis right now… on a balloon."

"Oh?"

"Yeah but not inside. We are just holding onto the rope!" Clark explained looking up at Lois a little worried since now he was holding onto the rope and they were positioned closer to each other, Lois was hugging him tight trying hard not to slip. "And I don't know how much time we can hold on."

"Hold on, guys. I'll send some help." Babs informed them. "Barbara out."

But after Barbara hang off, Lois started to slip even more.

"Clark, I can't hold anymore." She said with her voice trembling and with a worried look.

"Lois, hold on. I will pull you."

"I can't, Smallville. I don't have more strength. I'm sorry," Lois explained before she slipped from Clark's hand and started to fall from the sky. She closed her eyes ready to face her death when suddenly she felt something catch her. Clark had caught her in his arms and they were now flying under the Metropolis over Metropolis

"Don't worry, Lois. I caught you! I'll always catch you!" He said with a grin also making Lois smile, relieved.

"Yes, you do." She pulled his face next to hers and gave him a passionate kiss.

From the balloon, Harley was watching the whole scene with a silly grin on her face.

"Awww, finally!" she said out loud as Clark and Lois who were flying next to the balloon looked at her. "You know how long I've been waiting to see that?"

Clark grabbed the rope with one of his hands while Lois was holding onto his neck. "Okay, Harley. I think that's enough. You will come with us."

"Yeah, it's time to see your old friends in Arkham," Lois explained as they landed back on the cliff and Clark and Lois took Harley back to Metropolis in their car. "You will go back to Gotham tonight."

As Harley stepped outside their car she smiled devilishly at them. "Yeah, I noticed that. Okay, time to go! My job here is done!" She threw another gas bomb making everything cloudy during her escape.

But to her surprise she was stopped by Green Arrow, Impulse, Cyborg, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Kara and three new girls in the Justice League of America: The blonde bombshell Black Canary, the brunette Amazon Wonder Woman and the red head Hawkgirl.

"Good golly!" Harley said shocked. "That's so unfair!"

"Who called you?" Lois asked confused.

"Some woman named Oracle," Black Canary explained with a grin. "I'm Black Canary."

"Lois Lane and this is Clark Kent." Lois suddenly recognized Green Arrow aka Oliver Queen between them after Aquaman took Harley to the police car. "Ollie."

"Lois…" Oliver/Green Arrow gulped a little uncomfortable. "So, you know I'm…"

"Yes, I figure it out a while ago but it's water under the bridge, right? I guess it wasn't mean to be anyway…"

"I guess you are right. Friends?" Ollie offered his hand in a friendly gesture with a grin.

"You can count on that." Lois smiled shaking hands with him before noticing Nightwing and Batgirl arriving in the local area?.

"We can take her now," Batgirl said still limping with the help of a crutch. "Thank you so much for your help."

"You're welcome." Lois noticed the whole Justice League had disappeared and now only Green Arrow and Black Canary were with them. "Hey, what happened to the rest of them?"

"They got teletrasnportered to the WatchTower," Oliver explained grinning. "And since everything is under control now."

"They are probably needed in other place," Black Canary added. "Hey, I don't believe we met." She pointed out looking at Batgirl and Nightwing.

"I'm sorry. This is Batgirl and Nightwing," Clark introduced them smiling. "And these are…"

"Black Canary and Green Arrow," Batgirl said completing Clark's sentence for him. "I read about you guys in the newspapers. Are you really dating like the press want us to believe?"

"Well…" Oliver blushed a little concerned about Lois's feelings.

"That's okay," Lois said hugging Clark with tenderness. "I've moved on too. I'm just happy for you guys."

"Thank you," Black Canary and Green Arrow said in unison.

"Now can we get some rest? I really need to sleep… for days," Lois pointed out as they come back to their car.

TBC