Lois lane walked through the front door of her apartment. Another depressing day in her depressing life. The past years without Clark had been horrible for her. She had even contemplated suicide several times. But she was strong enough to prevent herself from taking the easy way out. She sat down and opened up her laptop. She then heard a knock on the door. Lois starred at the door confused. It had been a long time sense she had someone visit her. She slowly made her way to the door and opened it.

Lois was frozen in fear as she saw Clark stand before her. A soft smile lay on his face as he looked into her eyes. She had no idea how to react.

"No... You're, you're dead. Who are you?" She shrieked.

"It's okay Lois. It's me. I'm alive. I'm back."

"Stay away from me." She cried backing up away from him.

"Lois please. I swear to god it's me."

"Stay away!"

"Lois please!"

Lois was worried if she was going insane. If she had finally lost it and was having a break down. Clark couldn't stand to see her like this. She had every right to be upset, but she was terrified by him. She didn't believe it was really him. He wanted her to be the same girl who loved him.

"Lois it's me. It really is me." Clark said softly.

Lois had her back up against the wall. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

"I swear to you it's me. I won't hurt you, ever."

Slowly she reached out her hand and caressed his face. It felt so good to touch him. To feel him. Tears rolled down her face as she wrapped her arms around him and pressed her lips against his. Clark was almost brought to tears himself as he shared this embrace with Lois.

"Where the hell have you been?" She asked.

"It's a long story."


Diana walked in on Bruce starring at Robin's costume. He had it displayed as a symbol of his failure. The words painted on it "Hahahah Jokes on you Batman!" taunted him every time he starred at it. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around him.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly.

"Today would have been his birthday." He replied.

"Bruce, don't do this to yourself."

"I don't know what to believe anymore Diana. What to think. Every time i think i'm doing the right thing, it turns out to be the wrong thing. Every time i think i'm right, i'm wrong. I lost Robin and nothings going to bring him back. But now Superman is back from the dead. It just doesn't make sense. I'm so confused right now. I'm so lost."

Diana placed her hand over his heart. "Bruce, you're a good man. You always do what you think is right, but sometimes you make mistakes. There was nothing you could have done to save Robin. You did everything you could to try and save him. All that matters now is figuring out if Superman is still our ally or if he's become our enemy. We can't keep living in the sins of our past. I need you to focus on what's happening now.

Bruce turned around to face her. He loved how strong she was. He wasn't afraid to admit that she was much stronger than him,both physically and emotionally. But that's why he needed her. Her strength gave him strength. He had no idea what she saw in him. Why she chose to be with a mentally scarred man like him. But, he was just grateful to be with her. He placed his hands on her hips and pressed his forehead against hers.

"Clark's weakness is Kryptonite. It's a rock that renders his powers useless. It's very rare but i was able to get my hands on it once. I think i can do it again." Bruce explained.

"Remember we're not going to war with him, yet. It's just in case he goes rogue." She said making sure they were on the same page. Bruce nodded in agreement. He remembered the strain his last fight with Superman put on his body. He didn't want to go through that again unless it was absolutely necessary.

"I think we need to call in our friends." He said.

"You think we'll need them?" She asked.

"Just in case." he replied.

Bruce then headed to the cave to prep for a possible rematch with Superman.


Clark wiped his face with a towel and looked in the mirror. He smiled to see his clean shaven face. Lois walked in and smiled too. It was nice to see her smile. She had been sad and alone for so long. But now her Clark was back. And this time he wasn't going anywhere. At least she hoped he wasn't.

"Now we gotta do something about the hair." She said unamused with his shaggy hair.

"Oh come on. I agreed to do the beard but can i at least keep the hair?" He jokingly pleaded.

Lois made him sit down and started cutting it for him. When she was done she took a second to look at him. He looked just like she remembered him.

"It's good to have you back." She said as tears rolled down her face. Clark wrapped his arms around her and held her.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying. For good this time... And this time, things are going to be different."