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A Lois Lane Shopping Trip

Clark flipped the pancake perfectly back onto the skillet making sure to keep the fire low enough so that nothing would burn. The last night had surely been a strange one! The two people from the future and asking for help. That stuff didn't happen every day. Clark planned to ask a few more questions to Caitlyn and Johnny, though. Breakfast would be a good time to do so in Clark's opinion.

A knock at the door ended the morning silence. Instead it was filled with Shelby's excessive barking.

"Be quiet Clarkie!" a familiar voice came from the other side of the door.

"Lois?" Clark asked as Shelby's barks died away.

"No, it's the other girl that you called at eleven thirty at night for help!" Lois said sarcastically as she barged through the door.

"I didn't expect you until later," Clark explained.

"Well, I'm here now," Lois said, "What's so important? Do you need more tips on being a better reporter?"

Before Clark could answer, a large cry filled the air.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!"

Suddenly, Johnny burst into the kitchen and started eating at the bacon on the table.

"O-kay," Lois said, "That explains the large breakfast, but who is this? Another stray you picked up, Clarkie?"

"At least I didn't run him over, Lois," Clark answered.

"He's my twin brother," Caitlyn answered as she appeared at the door, "I'm Caitlyn and that's Johnny. We're Clark's cousins visiting from Star City."

"Uh…yeah," Clark said amazed at how fast Caitlyn could come up with the lie.

"Oh," Lois said looking at the two back and forth, "I'm Lois Lane."

"Their why I called you, Lois," Clark said, "Their luggage got lost on the way here and they have nothing to wear. Johnny can borrow some of my clothes, but I don't have anything for Caitlyn."

"Say no more, Smallvile," she said, "Of course I'll take the girl shopping."

"Shopping?" Clark said confused, "Lois, I was just going to ask if she could borrow some of your clothes. You've got about a million outfits!"

"Nonsense, Smallville. A teenage girl has got to have her own clothes and no one else's."

Clark sighed. "And, I suppose you want me to pay for this shopping spree?"

"Of course. She is your cousin. You can come, too," Lois said looking at Johnny, "If you stay any longer, you'll be looking at a closet full of plaid."

Johnny smiled as much as he could with a mouth full of food.

"First," Cate said, "I think I'll have some breakfast before my brother eats it all."

Clark looked at the sped of food that he had laid out earlier. Johnny had somehow eaten about half of the food in under two minutes. Clark wasn't sure where the boy put it all.

"Leave some for me, too!" Lois said moving Johnny away from the food and filling a plate with food.

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Later, Clark and Johnny were in a store watching Lois and Caitlyn pick out clothes.

"Clearly, you need my help," Lois said, "I mean look at your clothes."

Cate looked at herself in the mirror. Besides being a little dirty from walking in the fields during the rain, her clothes didn't look that weird to her. She was wearing a neon yellow shirt and a ripped blue jean jacket. Her jeans were simple besides the fact that they had zippers, opening pockets, around the fabric. This was normal wear for a girl in her time, but pretty unusual for someone in this time period.

"Where did you get this get up? I mean, your brother has on a T-shirt with metal gears sewn into it," Lois said pointing to Johnny.

"Our friend likes to design clothes," Caitlyn said thinking fast, "She uses us for her guinea pigs."

"Well, your friend will clearly have to get over this," Lois said as she held up a shirt for Cate, "We are getting you some real clothes."

When Lois was done shopping with Caitlyn, she directed Johnny over to a men's clothing store. Cate decided to stay with Clark in the food court with the fear that Lois would pick out more stuff for Clark to buy for her.

"She tried to convince me to get three different pairs of shoes!" Caitlyn complained later, "I didn't think she was ever going to stop."

Clark laughed. "That's Lois, alright! Ready to shop for any occasion."

"Thank you for the clothes, though. You didn't need to buy them for us."

"No problem," he said, "But, there is something I want to ask you."

"Well, I probably shouldn't give away to much information about the future," Cate said.

"It's nothing big," Clark assured her, "It's just that you said that you knew me in the future. So, I was wondering if we were friends or if I just knew you from the League."

"Oh," Caitlyn said, "We're friends of sorts. My brother and I aren't in the League. They don't even accept people with special gifts for training until they're eighteen."

"I see," he said nodding, "By the way, how old are you two?"

"Fifteen."

"Wow, that's kind of young to start fighting crime," Clark said.

"Yeah, but we've been controlling our gifts a lot over the years," Cate said.

"I see."

Clark wanted to ask what their gifts were, but he decided against it.

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In the store, Lois threw verities of clothes in Johnny's direction.

"So, you're Clark's cousin?" Lois asked.

"Yeah."

"Biological or…"

"We're Jonathan's niece and nephew," Johnny said quickly.

Lois peered closer into Johnny's face. "That's weird. You look a lot like Clark."

Johnny smiled. "I get that a lot."

As Lois piled more clothes into Johnny's arms, he decided to use this time to his advantage.

"So," Johnny started, "You're Clark's girlfriend?"

Lois froze. "Yeah, right! Clark and I mix worse than oil and water. We're coworkers."

"But you are friends, right," Johnny pestered, "I mean, most coworkers are, right?"

Lois smiled. "What is this? Twenty questions, kid?"

Johnny returned the smile. "If it is, then you started it, Miss Reporter."

Lois laughed. "Not bad, kid."

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After dropping off Lois at her apartment, Clark drove Caitlyn and Johnny back to the farm. Caitlyn took the clothes upstairs. Clark had let Caitlyn take his old room, and Johnny offered to sleep on the couch. So, that left Clark with his parents' old room. He had to admit that it was strange to have two extra people in the house after it had been just him and Shelby for a while.

Later, he asked the twins to come downstairs.

"I'm going to have you meet a friend of mine that can help you search for this scientist."

"Dr. Baxter," Cate said.

"Huh?"

"The scientist's name," she explained, "I realized that we never told you it."

"Oh," he said, "Well, she should be able to help you more than my hearing can."

"So," Johnny said with a smile, "We're going to see Watchtower, huh?"

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"You know about Chloe?" Clark asked in the car.

Because Cate and Johnny hadn't told Clark about what their powers were, he didn't know about their super speed. Of course, they were tempted to tell him, but giving away even one of their powers could've given away their bigger secret.

"Yeah," Johnny said, "We're good friends with her and Jimmy."

"I see," Clark said even though his mind was filled with more questions.

When they reached Jimmy and Chloe's apartment, Clark could hear the lines of an old black and white film being played. Sure enough, when Jimmy opened the door, Casanova was being played on the TV.

"Hey, C.K." Jimmy said with a smile.

"Hey, Jimmy. Sorry for interrupting."

"No prob.," he said, "Guessing from the two behind you, I'm guessing that this is more League business."

Clark smiled. It had been hard to keep his secret from Jimmy after all these years. So, it felt good to know that two of his best friends were there to help him. In fact, Jimmy often did recon or undercover work for the League.

"Actually…"

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"So you two are from the future?" Chloe asked.

"That's SO cool!" Jimmy exclaimed.

"I know," Johnny said smiling.

"Johnny!" Cate scolded, "This is not cool! We're stuck here until we catch Baxter."

"Oh liven up, Cate," he said, "People are still dreaming of time travel where we're from, and we're actually experiencing it. Where's a camera when you need it?"

Jimmy smiled and opened his mouth.

"Don't even think about it," Caitlyn said, "We can't interfere with this time period."

"She has a point," Clark said.

"Well, what can I do for you?" Chloe asked, "If I do a search on this guy's name, all I'll come up with is the Dr. Baxter from this time period."

"One of the main components of Baxter's belt was Uranium. Someone looking for nuclear chemicals is bound to bring a stir in the criminal neighborhood," Caitlyn said, "If you search around, I'm sure you'll find some clue to find him."

"I see," Chloe said, "I'll search for a man matching his description on the satellites and see if I can come up with something."

Suddenly, Clark froze. He concentrated on the sound of the city, listening carefully.

"HELP!!" Clark heard the voice scream inside of his head.

"Sorry, Chloe," Clark said, "I've got to go."

"Go ahead, Clark," she said smiling as he sped away.

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