One week later- Night of the Queen Costume Party
Many things had happened in the week since the disaster at The Inquisitor.
Lex had found new office space for the newspaper. Bigger accommodations, to be exact. Bruce Wayne had been strangely out of touch and unreachable about Lex's takeover offer. Lex decided not to push. The Gotham billionaire would come to him when he was ready.
Clark had found and gotten rid of the Zoner. The thing had had the nerve to show up in a movie theater, posing as a seat! Chloe managed to track it before the mayhem began, but once Clark walked into the darkened movie theater, the Zoner sprang to life...then lost his life. The three people that were watching the non-descript movie ran out...actually two of them did. One poor guy slept during the movie and the Zoner's demise!
Clark had insisted that Lois stay with him and his mother at the farm. Lois turned him down and Clark suspected the 'Diana Prince Thing' was still a sore spot between Lois and his mother. Though things had improved between the two of them...
They were going to Oliver's costume party together. Their first open date. Hopefully it would be a real beginning for the two of them. And Clark knew that Lois hoped so too, though she would never admit it out loud.
But there was still poor Diana's costume to consider. That magic lasso, the bullet proof bracelets...Clark, A.C. and Diana had checked EBay and other auction sites but turned up nothing. And worrying about the costume had set them back as far as looking for Nubia and the Sasquatch Camp.
They were all going to Oliver and Lana's party together. Although Lois wasn't thrilled about going with A.C. and Diana, she had been feeling much more positive about herself and Smallville. That and Chloe and her had had a talk, sort of. Basically Chloe said she was just worried that the two of them were on the rebound. If her cousin had more to say, Lois knew she would hear it in her own good time.
It was 6:12. Lois was not dressed in her 'costume' yet, since she was helping Chloe with her hair. Chloe looked at herself in a full length mirror.
"I can't believe I agreed to this." she moaned.
"Oh come on! I think it's cute. Now hold still! You'll be the prettiest, blonde Princess Leia at the party." Lois smiled, putting pins in the buns on each side of Chloe's head. The cousins had purchased blonde synthetic hair to add to what Chloe had, just to fluff up the buns a bit.
Chloe was wearing the Princess Leia outfit from the original 'Star Wars'. Or at least something that looked very much like it.
"So...you haven't said what you're going as, Lois?"
Lois put the last pin in Chloe's hair.
"It's tight, girlie! Tight!"
"Meaning literally or it's snazzy or..."
"Both! Okay, so Jimmy will be Han Solo?"
"No, Luke Skywalker."
"Oh. I can see that." Lois said, patting Chloe's hair. "Okay, well I have to go get ready."
"Can I help?"
The doorbell rang. Lois smiled.
"Let Smallville, Jimmy, A.C. and Bit Tit in, okay?"
"Lois," Chloe said warningly, "Clark will be angry if you keep that up tonight."
"Hey, I'm not the one flapping cleavage around! I just don't like her or trust her. That and I think Martha hired someone else to replace her. I don't understand why she's still in town!"
"Free country?"
"Whatever. I'll be out in a bit." Lois said, walking off to her own room. Chloe hurried out into the living room and opened the door.
She saw Jimmy first, who was wearing the white tunic that Luke Skywalker wore in the original 'Star Wars'. He was also carrying a fake looking lightsaber. Jimmy kissed her quickly before handing her a fake laser gun.
"Here, to go with your outfit."
"Thanks and..."
Chloe stopped talking. Clark was next and he was dressed as a Gladiator...and quite a hot looking one at that!
"Hey, Clark. Lois will be out in a minute...A.C...Diana."
A.C. and Diana were a Greek God and Goddess, respectively. Chloe had to admit that without her glasses, Diana was a knockout.
Clark looked at his watch.
"We should get a move on. That Metropolis traffic is murder around this time."
Jimmy nodded.
"Yeah, what's taking Lois so...WHOA!" For yes, Lois Lane was dressed in the costume that belonged to Diana Prince!
Diana began to scream, but A.C. clamped a hand over her mouth, hard! Chloe looked from them, to Clark, who seemed enchanted and worried at the same time. What the heck was going on here?!
Lois's costume was red, gold and blue, with very sexy looking red and white boots...a gold lasso attached to her hips. She wore a tiara in her hair, that was curled slightly at the ends.. She also had on some sort ot wrist bands...
Lois practically bounced over to Clark!
"So...what do you think?"
"WOW!" Jimmy cried out. Lois smiled at him.
"Thanks, Jimmy. Smallville?"
Clark cleared his throat and looked over at A.C. and Diana. A.C. had calmly taken his hand away from Diana's mouth. Diana looked at Clark.
"Could we speak downstairs?" was all she said. Diana walked out of the apartment. A.C. followed. Clark cleared his throat again.
"I'll be back."
Lois put a hand on his arm.
"Clark? What's going on?"
"Everything is fine. I'll just be a minute." Clark said, hurrying after Diana and A.C.. Chloe shook her head as soon as the door closed.
"Everything is NOT fine! Did you see the look on Diana's face when you walked out in that?"
Lois rolled her eyes, then began to swing the lasso around.
"Pure jealousy, dear. Look at her! She looks as if she just put on a sheet or something! I put creativity and time into MY outfit."
"Where did you get that anyway? What is it?" Jimmy asked.
"Well...it was found in the Lost and Found at work." Lois admitted. Chloe blinked!
"You're wearing something from the Lost and Found???"
"Yeah, I know. That's cheap but I just fell in love with it! Anyway I could give a flying fig about Big Tit or her feelings. And if they don't come back up here in a few minutes, I'm going without them. I have an interview tonight anyway. Something I'm working for for Lex"
Lois confided.
The ride to Metropolis was quieter than hell! Chloe KNEW something was very damned wrong, but everyone was so tightlipped...except for Lois...and then eventually Lois, when she realized no one had anything to say. She now wondered if something more was wrong than she had originally wondered?
The party was divine! Lois was having a great time dancing with Clark to the song by the Pussycat Dolls, 'Don't Cha'.
(Chorus)
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me
Don't cha, don't cha...
Lois then pulled off her lasso and swung it around Clark, while still dancing! Diana saw this and gasped!
"No!" Diana cried out.
Clark, who was sorry about however this mix up occurred, but could not wait to be alone with Lois tonight, whispered seductively to her:
"I can't wait to get that costume off of you tonight. Once I'm done ravishing you, I'm going to give it back to Diana."
Lois's eyes widened!
"Excuse me?!"
Oliver cut in.
"Lois...can we dance?"
Lois gave Clark a hard look, snatching the lasso off of him. She smiled at Oliver, while Lana began to dance with Clark. He blinked. How did he go from dancing with Lois to Lana?
(Chorus)
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me
Don't cha, don't cha...
Lois swung the lasso around Oliver, while still dancing.
"Lois, you're looking hot tonight! I think you fill that costume better than Lana could."
Both Clark and Lana heard that! Lana gasped then ran off! Lois removed the lasso from around Oliver!
"Hey! Go after your wife, Ollie! What kind of a thing is that to say in front of her!" Lois snapped, actually kind of angry. Ollie was many things but usually not that insensitive.
Clark grabbed the lasso from Lois.
"Lois, we need to talk about this costume."
"You mean the one that you were going to give to Diana? Don't speak to me, Smallville."
"Lois, you have to take off that costume!"
"What? Why?"
And suddenly, another gladiator stood before her. Lois sucked in a breath and backed up a bit. Chloe, who was watching from across the room, watched the scenario unfold. Lois actually looked surprised.
"Hello, Lois." Bruce said quietly.
Lois stared back at him. Clark was still holding the lasso and looking from Bruce to Lois. What was going on?
"Bryan? What are you doing here?"
Meanwhile, Lex, who was dressed as Zorro with a black wig and mask, watched intently from a corner as well.
Clark continued looking from Lois to this 'Bryan'. Suddenly he had had it! He didn't know what made him do what he did next, he just knew that he needed to know what was going on now!
He lassoed Lois!
"Lois, who is this guy?" Clark asked in a sharp voice.
Bruce looked Clark up and down.
"Is it really necessary to treat her like a piece of cattle? Take that rope off of her and she probably will..."
"He's Bryan. My highschool boyfriend...only Daddy said you were too old to be in school...and that your name wasn't Bryan..."
Clark suddenly took the lasso off of Lois and glared at Bruce! Oliver returned, since Lana had locked herself in their bedroom. He returned just in time for Lois to come out of her truth telling spell and hear Oliver say, 'no his name is not 'Bryan' it's Bruce Wayne'.
Lois gaped at Bruce! Bryan...her Bryan was Bruce Wayne?! Suddenly Lois couldn't breathe...maybe it was the stupid costume...she just knew she had to get out of there!
Lois hurried towards the elevator! Diana grabbed the lasso from Clark!
"I want the rest of my costume! Don't make me have to rip it off of her!"
"I'll get it!" Clark yelled back, running after Lois.
Clark drove Lois back to the farm. He would return the vehicle to Metropolis so that Jimmy and Chloe could get home.
Lois sat on his couch in the loft, staring into space. Clark was still in his gladiator outfit but wrapped a blanket around her. She shrugged it off and stood up.
"I'm going home. I don't want to talk about anything. I just want to go home. I should have had you take me home."
Clark stood up as well.
"That's not good enough. I need to know what that was all about tonight, Lois. What did you mean about Bruce Wayne not being Bryan?"
Lois kept walking down the loft stairs. Clark followed after her.
"Lois! Lois! Lois, don't walk away from me! I am not taking you home until you tell me!"
"Fine, don't! I'll walk!" Lois snapped. She then began walking down the drive and out onto the road, getting on the side. It would probably take her all night...
Suddenly, she felt her arm being grabbed! Lois pulled her arm from Clark's grasp(or he let her) and slapped him!
"Leave me alone! I don't want to talk about this! I don't want to talk about anything at all!"
It began to rain as Lois began walking again. Sensing that Clark was still following her, Lois veered off of the road and walked through the very high corn field. She just wanted to be left alone...
Lois felt her arm being grabbed, yet again!
"I'm not going to leave you alone, Lois, don't you understand that by now?! I don't want to leave you alone! I don't want you to be alone! You don't have to be!...I love you!" he began to yell as the rain beat down harder.
Lois couldn't pull her arm from his grasp this time and she felt herself began to weaken. She shook her head wildly!
"No!"
"Yes! I love you and you love me! And whatever this is...we'll get through it together!" Clark yelled. Lois stopped fighting him and grabbed his face, pulling him into a hungry, hot kiss, as thunder and lightening began to erupt! Lois take off his gladiator armor, as Clark practically ripped off Diana Prince's costume and flung it down a row of corn, their lips never parting from one another.
They both fell to the now muddy ground and soon Clark buried himself deep inside of her. The pleasures that were always between them grew and intensified as passion exploded inside of Clark, while Lois sent him to heights he knew he could only reach with her.
And best of all, he had not went into a trance! Clark could remember every moment of it the next morning, when he awoke up alone in his bed, where he and Lois had spent the night.
Diana Prince's costume was sitting on his dresser, folded up.
Lex stood up as Bruce Wayne made his way into his study. Lex held out his hand to shake, but Bruce ignored it.
"The answer is no, Lex."
Lex scratched his ear.
"No? So you won't care if Lois's reputation is soiled?"
The door to the study opened again. Lois walked in grinning!
"Now Lex...you would soil the reputation of your best reporter?"
Bruce smiled at Lois, then looked at Lex.
"The answer is no, Lex. This meeting is over."
Bruce turned and walked out. Lex folded his arms as Lois walked up to him.
"Nice try, Lex. Now why would you want another company when you have so much already?"
"So...I suppose you're quitting?"
"Oh no, my bald Jedi. I will be staying on. Someone needs to keep an eye on you." Lois said in a sing song voice. Lex raised a brow. She was incredibly perky this morning.
"Tell me what it would take, to get you to see that I'm a better man than Clark Kent?"
"Hmmm. You would actually have to BE a better man than Clark. And you don't have it in you. So you shouldn't try." Lois said, linking arms with him. "But I'll you what? I can introduce you to some butt naked ho's that I hated from high school. They're more your speed."
"Hmmm," Lex answered back, "and I don't know anyone that doesn't like 'butt naked ho's."
"That's the spirit, Lex." Lois said, smiling. "I'll see you at the office."
Lex watched as she closed the door behind her. He wanted her all the more at that moment. Then again, he would always want anything or anyone that Clark Kent wanted.
The Wayne limousine pulled up in front of the Talon. Bruce eyed the place, then looked at Lois.
"This is where you live?"
"For now. I'm kind of hoping to one day live on a farm."
"A farm? You?"
Lois smiled. Bruce reached for her hands and kissed them.
"I want to say things could be different...but there are things I need to do...to take care of. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you forgive me."
Lois slowly pulled her hands from his.
"Of course I forgive you. How could I not forgive my first love?" Lois said, leaning forward to give him a gentle, goodbye kiss on the lips. She then touched his face, turned and hit a button for the partition to come down. She leaned forward and kissed Alfred on the cheek.
"Take care of my guy here, Grandfather Alfred."
"Take care of yourself, miss." Alfred said, a frog in his throat. There were times when he despaired for his young employer. He knew what Master Wayne's goals were in life. He himself thought that all he needed was a good woman.
Lois Lane would've made a very wonderful Lois Wayne. She still could...
Bruce reached inside his suit pocket and handed and envelope to Lois. She raised a brow.
"What is this?"
"It's for the man you love." Bruce said simply. Lois took it, smiled at Bruce, then got out of the car. She watched as the limo drove away, then turned and stopped short.
Clark was standing outside. His arms were open wide. Lois wasted no time in running into them, feeling joyous and safe, when she felt them clasp around her. They stood there like that for a very long moment, before Lois pulled back and handed him Bruce's letter.
"What's this?" Clark asked. Lois shrugged.
"Bruce said it was for you."
Clark glanced at Lois. One day, he would want to know the full story about Bruce Wayne and Lois. But for now, he would not push.
He took Lois's hand and they went inside the Talon. A.C. and Diana were in there. Clark opened the letter. His eyes widened! He then handed the letter to A.C. and Diana. Lois frowned. Why did they get to see it?
The letter revealed the location of the Sasquatch Camp. Bruce also seemed to know for a fact the Diana's sister Nubia was there.
Diana looked at Lois.
"Thank your friend for me..." she choked up. A.C. put an arm around her, then mouthed a 'thank you' to Lois.
"Lois," Clark began, "is there something you want to say to Diana?"
"No."
"Lois!"
Lois rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I called you...'BT'."
"It's alright. You were jealous. I understand." Diana said smiling. Lois did not smile back at that absurd statement. A.C and Diana then walked out of the Talon. Clark looked at Lois.
"And?"
"What? I apologized!"
"Diana's job was a cover. Mom wants you back."
Lois shook her head.
"I meant what I said. I'm going to work at The Inquisitor. Your mom will be fine. No one would dare recall her."
Clark nodded but was not happy. This was not about her working at The Inquisitor. This was about Lex being a part of their lives. That was never a good thing.
Lex tipped the courier, then leaned back in his desk chair. He had sent two copies of the 'Crater Lake' tape out to Oliver Queen and Clark Kent. He would be expecting visits from both men soon. It would be then, that he would exact a price from each of them.
THE END ?