Chapter Six: In the Dark

'So...where did you guys say Clark was?'

'Uh...Some...he...thing to do...' Lois said offhandedly, Chloe frown, it was unlike Clark to NOT come and see her.

'Riiight. Because that makes SO much sense.'

Jimmy gazed at Chloe, it was probably a bad time to ask her whether she had given any thought to his proposal before they were interrupted by the government. He looked out the window wondering how to bring it up, but Chloe seemed too focused on Clark's absence. Usually this might have bothered Jimmy, but the way she had looked at him when he proposed put any doubts in his mind to rest. She loved him.

Lois glanced at Chloe, 'so, you wanna maybe call next time you get arrested and whisked away to the land of Oz?'

Chloe gave Lois a look, 'Come on Lois, they didn't let me see daylight, let alone use a phone.'

Lois nodded, 'fair enough...'

'Who's this mystery woman that gave me permission to leave?'

'She's Lex's new pawn whilst Lex is away or missing, or wherever the heck he is...you know what's weird? Both Lex and Clark vanished around the same time...'

Chloe felt a familiar sensation of panic fill her mind, 'That's probably a coincidence,' Chloe said quickly, doing her best to cover for her friend. She may have been in love with Jimmy, after accepting that Clark would never love her that way, but she couldn't help but feel as though Clark's absence was out of character for him.

Both cousins sat in silence as Jimmy did his best to make smalltalk, they were both blissfully unaware that their minds were puzzled by the same mystery. Clark Kent.

Jimmy glanced at Lois, he felt guilty for wondering when they planned on asking her to move out of Chloe's so they could get some alone time...he decided to ask Chloe to do it in a few days.

Kal El watched the four-wheeled vehicle slowly drive Clark's friends home. He didn't need people the way his alter-ego seemed to, he saw them as liabilities, the greatest liability of all right now, was Lois Lane. Kal El's worst case scenario would be having to pick between saving many or saving her and picking her. This was the reason he avoided attachment from these earthlings, and it was also one of the reasons he would do his best to avoid Lois Lane whilst he was located here on Earth. He simply could not afford to lose his senses when near the woman who was so unaware of the intoxicating effect she had over him.



Davis drove the ambulance back towards Metropolis, he glanced at the dark surroundings, his mind was on the cute blonde he had seen earlier. Chloe Sullivan, he smiled softly. He frowned as he felt a splitting headache coming on. He knew what this meant, he would black out any second. Learning from experience, he pulled over and locked his doors. He groaned as the world seemed to disappear, and once again, for a moment, he felt as if he was an abyss of darkness and nothing more.

Then he was gone. Who knew where or how he'd wake up the next day, or if he would wake up at all. The plants around the ambulance began to wilt as the ambulance shook violently.

Doomsday sat up, his eyes a charcoal black, he threw an amused smirk at the locked ambulance door, one soft shove and the door fell off it's hinges.

Standing tall, his black hair slicked back, his cold eyes challenging the darkness, Doomsday did not feel, he simply absorbed. His heart pounded in his ears, each beat echoed like a shadow, he stared up at the night sky, he desired energy, he desired life, not to enjoy it, only to destroy it. The hunger in the empty space where his soul should have been grew impatient as he squinted, his eyes focussing on the outskirts of Metropolis.

It would be a good night.

Kal El studied the tall semi-human creature that emerged from the ambulance, he flew silently behind it, watching it from a safe distance. He hadn't come across it before, he wondered what it was. He froze in mid-air as the creature suddenly stopped, sensing Kal El's energy.

Doomsday peered up at the night sky again, he could sense an abundance of energy but there was nothing in sight. The plants he had passed had all died as he soon as he set his absorbing gaze on them. There was nothing alive on this road. But then what was that energy...and such a vast amount of it, he wondered.

He stopped as he noticed a breeze directly above him, he snapped his head upwards to see a shape flying in the distance; it must have been a bird, deciding it wasn't a threat, Doomsday approached the resting outskirts of Metropolis, a cruel smile spread across his thin lips.

Lois lay in her bed, tossing and turning, Jimmy and Chloe were in the next room and she felt out of place by living with the couple. If anything, their presence made her miss being in a relationship even more. She just wanted to get out of their way.

She wondered what Clark had to do, and then found herself wondering if he had lied to avoid her. The kiss was unforgettable, the sensation of him leaning against her longingly left her restless, but she just didn't understand where the strong current of attraction had come from.

The way she had felt when his lips pressed against hers, wasn't a feeling that you could just pull out of mid-air, it was something more, something deeper, something she never thought would happen 

between her and Clark. Something she was too afraid to give a name too. Especially after he did a complete 180 turn and decided to avoid her after it.

She buried her face in her pillow, was she really pining over Clark Kent?

Kal El sat on the roof of Chloe and Lois's apartment, he could hear them all sleeping, without realising it, he had zoned in on Lois's breathing, she was tossing and turning, he wasn't the only one feeling restless tonight after all, he thought with sincere smile. He wondered what she was thinking and whether she was thinking about Clark...He decided to go to the house that Clark called home. The Kent farm.

Lois sat up in bed, there was no way she could sleep tonight, she needed to see Clark. She simply had to. She wasn't the patient kind, nor was she the silent type. She wasn't prepared to wait any longer, climbing to her feet, she picked up her cellphone and car keys. She was going to the Kent Farm.

Clark shuddered as he huddled, trying to keep his body warm as he trooped across the vast snowy wilderness, he felt his heart sink in his chest as he thought about home. There were so many things he had taken for granted. Lois Lane was one of them, she had always been true to him, she was always there for him even when he didn't want her to be, she was the one who held him together when Lana broke his heart clean in two. Lois was the one who didn't let him fall apart. Lois was the one he didn't understand his feelings for. He was almost saddened by the chance he might have missed. His chance to let himself feel something more than friendship for Lois.

Kal El landed on soft soil with a gentle thud. He turned around, his eyes immediately scanning the farm. He wasn't alone. A familiar vehicle was parked in the drive. Lois was here.

He glanced at the house and then at the barn, feeling somewhat like an outsider to Clark's life, he chose to enter the barn instead of the house.

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