Chapter 2: Ally Encounters
"So where exactly are we going?" Clark asked Lois as he and Lois made their way down the busy sidewalks of Metropolis.
"I'm-" Lois began but was quickly interrupted by Clark.
"We." Clark corrected her.
xxxxx"You just had to let him come with you, didn't you Lois? No, you couldn't of made up something that wouldn't of consist of him coming along, could you? Oh stop it Lane! You know that you like to have him along!"xxxxx
"Fine, we are suppose to met this one guy in an ally-" Lois said emphasizing the 'we'.
"An ally? Gee Lois, you couldn't of picked a more safer place." Clark said sarcastically as he gave an annoyed look to Lois.
"As I was saying, it's information that is not suppose to get out. Top secret. That is why I have to met him in a deserted place." Lois replied.
"Right." Clark replied with no emotion.
Lois and Clark continued to make their way down the busy, crowded sidewalks as they passed Lois' favorite coffee stop, which was always packed with people, but Lois loved their cappuccinos, lattes, heck, she just loved their coffee. They soon passed the popular Deli, which was about the last decent building that was to be found in the good part of the city. Lois and Clark eventually made their way down to the not so good part of the city.
"Lois, did it have to be this part of the town?" Clark asked Lois still not believing that Lois would come down here in the most dangerous part of Metropolis just for a story. Then again, Lois would go through a lot to get a front page story, especially if it could end Lex up behind bars.
"Well, he said that he was going to met me in this ally. Besides, this story, if I get the right information, can land me a front page story." Lois said happily.
"So the guy is just going to hand you over the information? Doesn't that sound a little fishy?"
"It's not like I get this information for free. I have to pay money for it."
"What if its not the information that you want? Your just going to get robbed of your money then."
"Well good thing I brought my laptop so I can really see whats on the disk." Lois replied happily as she patted the tan messenger bag around her shoulder that held her laptop.
Lois pointed over to the ally that she was suppose to meet this mystery man with the information that she needed to write her upcoming story. The two then headed their way over to the creepy looking ally that seemed to have a huge warning sign that said 'Only come here if you have a death wish'. The ally couldn't of been more perfect for an ally that held a death for a movie. Muddy puddles of water everywhere, trash overflowing from the dumpster, that creepy feeling that you get when you enter the ally. Clark wouldn't be surprised if there was drugs just laid out in the ally. Clark continued to walk in the ally with Lois as they waited for the guy with the information on 33.1.
-30 Minutes Later-
Clark was getting tired of waiting thinking that this was probably a set up or a prank that some teenager would pull just to make Lois mad. And it would make Lois defiantly mad. She would hate to spend half the day by finding out that it was only a set up or a prank phone call that someone made. She would of said that she could of done something more productive instead of being tricked.
Clark looked over to Lois and noticed that she was checking the time on her cell phone for about the hundredth time since they were in the ally.
"Lois, where is this guy? I thought he was suppose to be here an half an hour ago?" Clark asked almost annoyed.
"I know, just wait. He'll be here." Lois said also getting annoyed that the guy hasn't shown up yet.
A few moments later, as if the guy with the information heard them, a figure emerged wearing a light grey hoodie that the hood covered his face and dark jeans came into the ally.
"Are you Miss Lane?" The figure asked Lois keeping his head low so that she couldn't tell what he looked like.
"Yes, I am. You must be-" Lois started but was cut off.
"Who is he?" The figure suddenly asked looking at Clark who was standing a few feet behind Lois.
"He's with me. If you have the right information, I could publish the story, and Lex could end up behind bars." Lois told the guy professionally.
"Wait, do you have the money for me?" The figure asked Lois.
"Yes, I do. But first I want to make sure that this has the information first before I pay you though." Lois said as she pulled her laptop out of her bag.
The figure got all frigidity all of a sudden as Lois pulled out her laptop from her messenger bag.
"Are you okay?" Lois asked observing the guys nervousness not opening the laptop yet.
"Sorry, Miss Lane, but this was the only way to get you off of Lex's tail. You can't expose Lex." The figure said as he pulled out a gun from his hoodie pocket.
"Whoa...just wait right there." Lois said getting nervous.
Clark knew that something like this would happen, but he didn't want to make things worse, or make a big scene, and since he was behind Lois, he thought quickly and used his heat vision on the gun, making the figure to scream in pain from his burning hands and drop the gun to the dirty ground.
"What was that?!" The hooded figure asked in pain as he held his burned hand.
Lois thought that it was extremely weird that the guy would drop the gun suddenly like that, as if the gun had suddenly got hot, but figured he was kind of crazy and thought that was the explanation. He probably belonged in Bel Reeve anyway. He did try to kill her. She then kicked the guy, knocking him to the ground.
"Crap. Should of known that this was another set up." Lois said as she grabbed her money from the fallen man and looked at the disk that had nothing on it and then placed her laptop back into her messenger bag.
xxxxx"Should of known, there is nothing on this stupid disk!"xxxxx
"Another set up? Lois this isn't the first set up that has happened to you is it?" Clark asked.
"No, but this is a first time that they did use a weapon at me." Lois said as if was no big deal as she tossed the blank disk into the nearby rusty green dumpster.
Slowly, the figure got up from the ground and reached into his pocket.
"I can't let you remember any of this." The figure said.
Lois and Clark gave him a confused look as the guy took a small, round item out of his pocket and threw it at the two.
Clark and Lois was standing pretty close together as Clark saw the object coming to them. Clark then pushed Lois to the side, as the item hit him, releasing a sort of gas.
Lois fell to the ground as when the gas hit Clark, he seemed to fall to the ground and pass out. The figure quickly grabbed the money from Lois and quickly ran off.
Lois got up after a moment of being pushed to the ground to find who ever the mystery man under the hood was gone, and saw that Clark was laying on the ground.
"Clark! Clark! Are you okay?" Lois asked in a worried tone as she came over to a fallen Clark and crouched down by him.
Clark slowly opened his eyes and propped himself up as an expression of confusion came over him. Lois gave him an odd look.
"Clark, are you okay?" Lois asked him once again.
Clark looked at her and gave her another confused look.
"Who's Clark?" Clark asked confused as Lois face turned into a confused one as well.
TBC
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