Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own Superman.
A/N: Well, this is the final chapter that I've written of this story. I know, it ends on a cliffhanger, but I just had no idea what to do with it afterwards. I might pick up this story sometime in the future, but don't count on it. Anyways, enjoy! ;)
As soon as Lex and Kitty left the room, Clark turned to Lois. "C'mon Lois, we've got to break out of here. Help me break down this door!" he said, standing by the door and pushing it slightly.
Lois sat on the ground, looking up at Clark with despair. "Don't, Clark. You'll get yourself killed! Lex Luthor doesn't kid around. He'll kill you, if we try to escape," she said, with tears in her eyes. "Its all my fault! If I just listened to you, or even if I just played it safe, we would never be in this mess. Argh!" Lois said as she hit the floor.
Clark walked over and knelt down by Lois. He held her chin up, looked into her eyes and said, "Lois, I promise that Lex won't kill me. I promise that nothing bad will happen."
He stood up, shook himself off, and then looked at the door, thinking. "So, I'm about six foot four, and I look pretty muscular- how much force would a normal guy like me have?" He quickly calculated it, and then took a few steps back for show- just to give the illusion that he was trying as hard as he could.
Clark then charged the door, using his shoulder as a battering ram. Even with the reserved strength, Clark still managed to knock the door down. As it fell with a loud bang, Clark winced, and then walked hurriedly back to Lois, where she was sitting on the ground with pure amazement on her face.
"Lois! C'mon! We don't have much time before Luthor comes!" Clark said, pulling Lois to her feet.
"How? How did you do that?" she asked, looking at Clark with a puzzled expression.
"I was wondering the same thing," Lex Luthor said, as he walked down the hall to the room, pointing the gun at Clark.
Clark looked around wildly, searching for an explanation. He couldn't reveal his secret in front of Lex! And Lois, for that matter. "Well, I work out at the gym sometimes…"
Lex stared coldly at him. "You work out? Did you happen to know that this door-" he pointed to the door now laying on the ground, "-is made so well, that no one short of a muscle-bound weight lifter can force it open."
Clark, his palms sweating, stammered out, "Well, um, I guess it could have been a fluke hit. I mean, I was running and maybe I hit it just right-"
Lex stopped Clark with a wave of his hand- the one with the gun. "No excuses, Clark. You didn't cooperate, and you know the consequences of not cooperating- it's the death penalty." Lex raised his gun and coldly pointed it at Clark's chest.
Clark's mind was racing. There was no way out of this without revealing his superpowers and his super secret. Except- wait! There was one possible way, if he rolled to the side and hopefully Lex was taken back enough that Clark could quickly, well, quick for a normal human, escape- maybe barge through a door again. That hadn't seem to pose many questions.
He crouched down and prepared to roll, when Lex fired his gun right at Clark's chest. For Clark, time seemed to slow to a point where he could easily dodge the bullet, but all he could think was "No, not here! Not in front of Lex! Or Lois!"
Because of his panic, he stayed frozen in place, not dodging the bullet. Lois watching in shock as the bullet traveled and hit Clark- and then flattened and bounced off harmlessly as if it were just a rubber ball. All eyes were on Clark as he huddled on the floor, looking at everyone with the eyes of someone who's secret was just found out.
Lex, who couldn't believe his eyes what just happened, decided to fire all of his bullets, just in case it was a fluke. And just like before, all of them bounced of harmlessly, with Clark just looking like his whole world was ultimately destroyed.
Except for one- which happened to travel to his face and destroy his glasses. The bullet continued onto his face and harmlessly bounced off. Clark- not realizing that his face was no longer hidden by his thick, black framed glasses- looked around desperately at both Lois and Lex, who were both looking at him with pure amazement written on both of their faces.
Lois took a tentative step towards him. "Clark! I've- I've never seen you without your glasses. You look almost like…" Lois trailed off, unable to comprehend the newly revealed facts.
Both Lex and Lois stared at Clark as he brought his hand up to his face, feeling the absence of his glasses. Clark's eyes widened in horror, as he realized that his alter ego was revealed to both his love and arch nemesis. The three stood in a stony silence, a shocked silence.
"Lex, what's happening? What's taking you so long to off that Clark Kent guy?" Kitty said as the walked into the room briskly, breaking the silence.
Lex shook his head, breaking his stare from Clark's face. "It seems that this 'Clark Kent guy,' as you so eloquently put it, is not who he seems."
Meanwhile, Lois was slowly approaching Clark, like someone trying to pet a strange dog. Her face was scrunched up in a question. "Clark? You-you're Superman? But- how?"
Clark's face reddened, and he smiled sheepishly. But then his eyes hardened, his mind remembering the situation at hand. "Lois, we have to get out of here! Quick, grab onto me!"
Lois was frozen in place, still unable to comprehend the situation. Clark, sensing that Lex Luthor was about to hurt Lois in some way, supersped over to Lois, grabbed her, and then crashed head first through the walls, breaking free of the poisonous mansion. He and Lois flew away, leaving a boggled Kitty and Lex in their wake.
"Did I see what I just thought I saw?" Kitty asked Lex, staring where Clark and Lois made their dramatic exit.
Lex, tapping his chin in though, broke into a devious grin. "Yes, Kitty. And I think we might finally have an ace up our sleeves."
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Clark and Lois arrived on the roof of the Daily Planet building after a careful flight to make sure none saw Clark as Clark fly. He carefully set Lois on the ground, and then started to walk away.
"Wait!" Lois called after him, hand reaching out as if to pull him back.
Clark looked back, a steely yet sorrowful look on his face. "What is it, Lois?"
Lois looked at the ground, then looked back up to meet his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me? Tell everyone?"
"I didn't want to be stuck in one life. I didn't want to be a hero all the time- there would be too much pressure," Clark answered quietly.
"But why didn't you tell me?" Lois pressed.
"I wasn't ready," Clark said simply, before he took a few steps and then flew away, leaving a stunned Lois. But then after a few moments, he paused in the air, and then turned around and flew back to Lois. "Please don't tell anyone," he said before taking one last look at the reporter and then flying away.