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Chapter 6
Kara arrived at Metropolis fairly quickly; she had flown there. She walked quickly towards the large building with the rotating planet on it. She stared at it in awe. She had never seen anything like it. She almost walked into a small child as she stared upwards. The child yelled out annoyed: "Hey!"
Kara quickly avoided him and muttered a quick sorry. Before she could get through the doors she heard a yell for help. She hadn't been in the saving business for years and didn't have her suit with her. She flew off toward the sound of the noise. People looked up at her in surprise and awe. She would have to wear a wig and glasses from now on. She arrived at the scene to find a man trying to assault a woman. He had a wicked scar across his left cheek and a pocket knife in his right hand. He was cursing and threatening the woman.
The woman with brown hair cried helplessly for help. She had been on her way to work when a man had grabbed her and pushed her into the alley. Men like that made Kara extremely angry. She flew at full force towards the man and pushed him against the brick wall. The man fell to the ground unconscious. Kara walked towards the woman. The woman looked up at her in awe. When she had seen the person fly by she had thought it was Superman. Kara held out her hand to help the woman up. She took it hesitantly and got up. She looked petrified.
"Thank you." She said, before stumbling out of the alley confused. Kara jogged towards her.
"Do you need help? I can bring you to the hospital." Kara says walking next to her. The woman shakes her head.
"I'm late for work." The woman was in shock.
"I'm sorry but I think you should go to a hospital." She grabbed the woman under her arm pits and flew towards Metropolis General.
She deposited the woman at the hospital, telling a passing nurse what happened to her. The nurse told her that he'd help her. The woman slumped her shoulders, defeated and walked into the hospital with the nurse. She then remembered the man that had tried to assault the woman. She silently cursed in her native language and flew quickly towards the alley. People stared off at her in awe and confusion. When she arrived at the alley the man was gone. She furiously kicked the wall causing dust to fall on her. She angrily flew back towards the building that had previously enthralled her.
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When Clark arrived at the bullpen Lois was already there. She got up from her chair and quickly walked up to Clark.
"We need to talk." She says grabbing him by the elbow and dragging him into a dark, empty room. Clark sits on the edge of a desk as Lois leans on the wall across from him.
"What do you want to talk about?" Lois gives him an annoyed look.
"Where do I start?" she says throwing her hands up in the air. She starts pacing.
Clark gently grabs her hand and says: "Lois. Everything will work itself out." Lois looks up into his eyes. She was gravitating towards him. Lois' brown eyes were drawing him towards her. He ended the moment by looking away.
He clears his throat and says: "I think Jay's asthma attack was caused by Jason's asthma attack. Whatever happens to Jason happens to him." Lois nods, that made sense.
"I was so scared Clark. Last night I thought I was going to lose him. I've never been so scared, not even by Luthor." She says crying softly. He brings her into a hug.
"It's okay Lois. It wasn't your fault." Lois hugged him tighter and cried into his shoulder.
"How do you always know the right things to say?" she asks. Clark chuckles softly and smoothes her hair down. Lois reluctantly backs away from the embrace to look at Clark in the eyes.
"How are we going to get them back to their time?" she asks. Clark stands up from where he was sitting, towering over her.
"Jay said something about the Fortress. We're going to go check that out first."
"I want to come." Lois says decisively.
"Lois, I doubt there'll be anything there. It'll be a waste of time."
Lois lifts her chin up and stubbornly says: "They're my children, I'm coming." She has a determined gleam in her eyes; similar to the gleam in Marty's eyes the previous night. Clark wants to laugh but can't.
"Okay." he says.
"Okay?" she asks a little surprised that he gave in so easily. He nods.
"Another thing." Lois says, back to business.
"I want my memories back." Clark looks doubtful.
"I don't think this is the best time."
"This is as good a time as any. I want them back, they're mine." She says stubbornly, she almost sounded like a child.
"It could complicate things." He says cautiously. Lois rolls her eyes.
"Things are already complicated. How much worse could it get?" Clark looks at her knowingly. She sighs.
"Please." She gives him her best puppy dog eyes.
"Okay, but not today. When Jay and Marty leave I'll give them back." Lois gives him an exasperated look.
"They're my memories. Why are you holding them hostage? You can't negotiate what's mine." She says angrily.
"Lo..."
"Tell me. How do I get them back?" she persists.
"The same way I took them." He retorts.
"Oh." She says losing her determination.
"I guess it can wait." She says losing her resolve. Lois was about to open the door when Clark walks up to her.
"Lois wait." He says softly.
"I'm sorry for all the troubles I caused you. I thought it was for the best. It seems that everything I do with good intentions always ends up with a bad ending." Lois looks up into his eyes.
"Clark I've been angry with you a lot these past six years. But I think I forgave you for leaving the day Jason was born." He looks up at her in surprise.
"You gave me something that no one else could've given me; our son. I thank you for that. Though I still haven't forgiven you for lying to me." She says smiling up at him. Clark softly chuckles and opens the door.
Jimmy stumbles away from the door. He looks up wide eyed at both Lois and Clark. He'd been caught eaves dropping. He hadn't intended on listening in to their conversation. He had been on his way to the storage closet to find a new camera lense. He had broken his while taking pictures of a house fire and had dropped the camera when he tripped over his own feet. He had heard whisperings coming from the door and the bit of conversation he heard was interesting. He had only caught the end of the conversation. He knew the woman had been Lois but he hadn't heard the man's voice, he had assumed it was Richard. He was in for a surprise of a lifetime when the man on the other side of the door was Clark. He couldn't believe his eyes, he was speechless. Clark his best friend, though nerdy and clumsy, was a great man. Sometimes he thought of him as an older, taller version of himself. He hadn't even known that Clark and Lois were together. Now he stood in front of Lois and Clark speechless. They both looked at him horrified.
"How much of that did you hear?" Lois squeaks out, her heart was pounding in her chest.
"Enough." He said, looking scared.
"How much?" Clark persisted in the baritone he only reserved for Superman. Jimmy looked up at him in surprise.
"I only caught the ending of the conversation. I wanted to stop listening, but I couldn't." He explains.
"I heard that he's your son." Jimmy whispers up to Clark. Clark's eyes look like they were about to bulge out of his head and it wasn't just because of what Jimmy said. He saw his cousin Kara walking up to him determinedly, her heels clacking on the floor. She stumbled on a trash can that had fallen to its side. She was wearing a brown wig and glasses. She was a sexier version of himself.
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After the save, Kara went to a store by the Daily Planet and bought herself an outfit and a brown wig like the one she had worn before. She stopped at a store that sold glasses and bought a pair with barely any prescription. She stopped at a restaurant to change. She put on a tight fitting skirt and heels and put on her blue blouse. She tied her blonde hair back and put on the dark brown wig. She then put on the black rimmed glasses to cover her unearthly blue eyes, the same color eyes anybody from the house of El had. She made the short walk to the big building and entered the elevator. Everyone in it had pictures of a man they called Superman. The picture on the newspaper showed a picture of Kal-El wearing the family crest. She smiled to herself; he had finally become the hero he needed to be. She remembered when she had tried to teach her cousin how to fly. It had been hilarious. The doors opened with a ding and she followed her cousin's voice. He had been talking to another man and woman. She spotted her cousin, smiled at what he was wearing and made her way towards him. He had really changed from the flannel wearing farm boy. She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the smaller man whisper to Clark: "I heard that he's your son." She was puzzled as to what they were talking about; but judging by Kal-El's heart beat, she knew it was something serious.
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