Chapter 07 – Lost in the City

Lois came back later from the Daily Planet, exhausted after spending the day at work finishing her article about the Justice League. When walked in, she found Clark on the floor playing with Lara. To Lois' surprise, her baby girl was trying to stand, all on her own.

"Oh, my God! Is she…standing?" Lois asked as she joined them on the floor.

"Yes," Clark nodded with a silly smile on his face. "I think we'll have to baby proof the apartment soon."

"You're right, honey," Lois said, helping Lara to walk around the apartment. The little girl was giggling, amused at her new adventure. "You like that don't you, you little trouble maker?" Lois asked, teasing her daughter who only giggled more.

"Well after all, she is your daughter, Lois," Clark pointed out with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Don't even start, Smallville," Lois complained helping Lara to walk the living room. "I'm tired."

"Okay, I'll tease you tomorrow," Clark said, following Lois and Lara in the living room and making Lois roll her eyes at his commentary.

"You are very annoying sometimes, did you know that?"

"But you still love me, right?" Clark said with a silly face making Lois laugh.

"Yeah, I love you … you dork!" She said, kissing him with tenderness.

"Good, it's good to know that. It's good to hear that." Clark said with a smile as they sat on the floor to play with Lara. "You know you two are my life, my heart and soul. I'm nothing without either of you, the two women of my life."

"I know," Lois said with a giggle, laying her head on his shoulder as Clark started to caress her hair.

A little later, Lois and Clark fell asleep in the living room. Shortly, a noise awoke them and Clark noticed Lara wasn't there with them. She was gone and he could see that the front door was wide open.

"Lois, we have a problem!" he said trying to wake Lois. She awoke with a grumble but immediately noticed the note in Clark's voice and became scared.

"What happened?" Lois inquired as she got up and put her shoes. Then, she noticed that Lara wasn't next to them. "Where's Lara?"

"I don't know," Clark said with a worried look before he used his super speed to run around the apartment and returning to Lois's side. "She isn't here… and she's walking now."

"Almost walking, you mean. She can barely stand without falling. We need to find her, Clark."

"I know."

"And before something happens to her."

Far away from their apartment building, Lara was giggling as she crawled. Suddenly, she looked up and smiled.

"Well…well…what do we have here?" Lex Luthor smiled as he picked up Lara and put her in his arms. "The Kent's baby. What are you doing here alone, sweetheart?" he asked, making Lara laugh. "Do you want to have some fun?" he asked as Lara continued to giggle. "Yeah, that's what I thought. Let's go to the zoo then. I guess you will have lots of fun with uncle Lex."

Later in the Justice League Headquarters, Batman, Flash and Wonder Woman are waiting in the main room as Superman, Lois, and Chloe are teleported there.

"Any luck?" Batman inquired, already aware of the situation and also worried about his god-daughter.

"None," Superman said frustratedly, looking very anxious. "She's not in the building or in the surrounding neighborhoods either."

"I don't like this. We need to find her, Superman…" Lois said worried as Wonder Woman came closer to Lois and put her hand on the other woman's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Lois. We'll find her, I promise you," she said with a friendly smile, giving Lois a tissue to wipe her tears.

"Thank you Diana." Lois sniffed before wiped her tears. "So, what are we doing to do?"

"I have a plan," Batman announced as he look to Superman who nods. "Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Supergirl, Captain Atom… Come to the main room…NOW!" Batman ordered as the heroes quickly appeared in front of them.

"What's the problem?" Green Lantern asked as he and Hawkgirl appeared together.

"What's up?" Kara, the Supergirl asked when she arrived and noticed Lois's worried look.

"I'm here, Sir!" Captain Atom said with a serious tone.

"I normally wouldn't take advantage of your time for a personal matter, but this is an emergency," Superman said with a very serious look. "Ms. Lane's daughter is missing and we need to help her find her baby."

"Right, Sir!" Captain Atom said before entering the javelin with Supergirl and Question, who had followed them.

"Why are you here?" Supergirl asked, annoyed at the addition of Question on the mission.

"I want to help too," The Question said, surprising her. "Besides, I'm the expert at this kind of thing. Maybe there's a conspiracy out there about kidnappers taking babies and then…"

"Here we go again with the conspiracies!" Kara said in annoyance as she started to pilot the javelin, leaving the Watchtower.

Far away from there, Superman was flying, holding Lois in his arms while Wonder Woman was flying on the other side of the city of Metropolis

"Any luck, Diana?" Superman asked through his communication device.

"Not yet," Wonder Woman answered, still searching the area for little Lara. "But I'll keep you posted."

Green Lantern and Hawgirl landed next to the Metropolis National Zoo and, looking around, Hawkgirl noticed something unusual.

"John, look!"

"It's Super…Clark's daughter!" Green Lantern said, shocked. "And she is with…Luthor!"

"Superman! We found her!" Hawkgirl informed him. "But you better come quickly. She might be in danger."

"Where are you?" Superman asked still flying with Lois' arms wound tightly around his neck.

"Our current location is the Metropolis National Zoo," Green Lantern informed.

"We're on the way."

"Batman, did you hear that?" Superman asked Batman who was in the Bat-plane with Chloe.

"Yes. We're coming."

"Kara, it's Superman. We found her," Superman informed his cousin as Kara pressed one of the buttons of the javelin.

"Great, where?" Kara asked curiously as The Question approached her side.

"At the Metropolis National Zoo," Superman explained, making Kara smile.

"I'm on the away, cuz!" She said before turning off the communicator.

"I told you, maybe it's a national security issue – they want to transform the baby into a living weapon and…"

But before Question could keep babbling about conspiracy theories, Kara put her hand on his mouth. "Don't! Can you be quiet until we get there? Please!"

"I'll try!"