Chapter 4- A Trip in the Future

Lois woke up feeling really hot and squished. She felt an arm across her chest.

I don't remember that. She thought. Lois looked to her side and found a dark head of hair on the other pillow. She groaned in annoyance. She didn't feel drunk. She poked the guy's head. He moaned in his sleep. She poked the man's head harder.

"Stop it mom. It's not time to wake up yet." Lois jumped up in surprise at the sound of the voice. It was Clark.

"What the hell?" Lois yelled out. Clark jumped up.

"Lois? What are you doing in my bed?" He yelled out.

"Your bed? This is my... wait, where are we?" She asked confused. Clark looked around himself.

"What happened last night?" He asked.

"At least we have our clothes on." Lois said. She was wearing her bunny pyjamas and Clark was wearing a t-shirt and boxers.

"I'll, uh... look around, see what I can find." Clark bolted out of the room and set about looking around the apartment. Before he could look around properly Lois yelled out for him.

"Smallville get here now!" Clark rushed into the room.

"What is this?" She enunciated every word as she pointed at something on the wall. Clark looked.

"Oh God. This must be a joke." He said, running his hand through his hair. On the wall there was a picture of Lois and Clark kissing each other on what it seemed to be their wedding day.

"I'll call my mom." Clark mumbled. Clark looked around the apartment for the phone. On his way there he discovered his telescope near a window and a White snake pillow on the couch. He grabbed the phone and dialled his home number.

Chloe and Oliver got home after midnight. They didn't bother to check on Robin. They knew he was safe with . They went straight to bed. In the morning Chloe found the house eerily quiet. She went to check on her son in his room. He wasn't there.

"Oliver!" She yelled out in a panicked voice. He jogged over to her. He was still half asleep.

"Robin isn't here." Chloe said.

"Okay. I'll go make him breakfast."

"Oliver, Robin's missing!" Chloe grabbed him by the shoulders. He was wide awake now.

"What?" The phone rang. Oliver ran down the stairs faster than Chloe thought possible.

"Clark?"

"Uh, yeah. Dad?"

"No. Clark it's Oliver. Do you have Robin with you?"

"Maybe I called the wrong number. I don't know anybody named Oliver or Robin."

"Chloe!" Oliver yelled out. Chloe eagerly grabbed the phone.

"Clark, thank God. Where are you?"

"Chloe? What are you doing at my place?"

"Uh, Clark this is my place now, remember?"

"No!"

"Where are you?"

"At some apartment, I think in Metropolis. Something really weird is going on."

"Is there a little blonde haired boy with you?"

"No? Lois!" Chloe heard the phone shuffling around.

"Hey cuz. Great joke, now what's going on?"

"Lo... I'm coming over. Stay there." Chloe made the split second decision and hung up the phone. She quickly got dressed and told Oliver to get his jet ready. They were going to Metropolis.

"Lois, where are you going?" Clark yelled out.

"To investigate what is going on here, which is more then you're doing." She said.

"Chloe will be here any minute. Just wait."

"Bye!" She waved at him annoyed. Clark groaned and closed the apartment door behind him. He jogged next to Lois.

"Finally came to your senses boy scout?" He rolled his eyes.

"No. I couldn't just leave you roaming around... a possible parallel universe." He said. Lois laughed.

"Parallel universe? This is a practical joke done to us by... Lex. He's rich enough to pull this off."

"Lois, listen to what you're saying. Why would Lex do this?" A woman with curlers in her hair came out of her apartment.

"Oh." She smiled warmly at them.

"Hello Mr and Mrs Kent. Thank you for the help with my television again Mr Kent." She blushed. Lois felt jealous for some reason, which was odd because the lady was old and she didn't like Clark that way.

"You are coming to the bake sale this weekend, right?" She asked, picking her newspaper up at the door.

"Uh, yeah." Clark nodded and rushed Lois and him out of the building.

"She was probably hired." Lois said after Clark gave her an 'I told you so' look. The streets buzzed with busy people and cars zoomed by on the road.

"Where are we going to go, Lois? We don't know anyone here." Clark complained.

"I have contacts, Smallville." She said brushing past him.

"Contacts?" Clark asked catching up to her.

"The Daily Planet." She explained smugly.

"They're not here!" Chloe exclaimed after looking through the apartment.

"Calm down, Chlo, they probably went for a walk." Chloe sighed frustrated.

"We'll drive on the streets until we find them." Oliver said. Chloe nodded in agreement. She just wanted to find her little boy.

"Oh, my God... is that?" A young girl said pointing at Clark.

"Yeah, I think so... he's wearing red and blue." The other girl whispered back at her friend.

"And he's with Lois Lane!"

"Oh. My. God!" They said in unison. The young girls ran towards Lois and Clark.

"Superman!" They screeched.

"Take me with you for a flight, please!" One girl begged him.

"Um, uh, what, who are you?" Clark asked.

"OMG! My name's Stacy." The blonde said.

"I'm Josie." The brunette said excitedly. Other girls started to gather around and so were a few boys, looking at Lois.

"Smallville, what's going on?" Lois whispered harshly. Clark shrugged.

"Okay, girls and boys, shows over. Get out of our way." Lois said loudly. The crowd didn't seem to like this. They got closer, louder and more were gathering around. They all yelled out Superman.

"Who is this guy?" Lois asked annoyed.

"Someone that looks like me?" Clark whispered back confused.

Chloe saw a crowd of girls on the side of the road.

"Must be them. Clark probably forgot his glasses again." Oliver said, rolling his eyes. Chloe ran onto the sidewalk and pushed through the crowd.

"Come on, you two." She said grabbing Lois and Clark. Clark sighed in relief and Lois rolled her eyes. They ran into Oliver's car and sped out of there.

"Clark, what were you thinking going outside without your glasses?" Chloe asked angrily.

"I don't have glasses." He looked over at Oliver.

"Who're you?" Oliver gave him a funny look through the rear view mirror.

"Oliver Queen AKA your best friend." Clark shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I don't-"

"As in the Oliver Queen? Clark," she hit Clark on the arm, "he's a multibillionaire! If the dude says he's your BFF go with it. How do you know this hunk?" Lois asked Chloe, wriggling her eyebrows. Chloe looked at her cousin in shock.

"Lois, he's my husband!"

"Husband?" Lois and Clark exclaimed at the same time.

"As in married?" Lois asked.

"Yeah and we have a son, Robin. What's wrong with you guys?" Chloe asked.

"What's wrong with us? You're the one that seems delusional!" Lois exclaimed.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Oliver asked coolly. Chloe knew this tone; it meant he knew what was wrong.

"Coming home from school with Chloe. We just came back from studying at the Talon."

"Ollie?" Chloe looked at him worriedly. Oliver pulled the car over near Watchtower. He turned in his seat and looked at the couple in the back.

"What year was it?"

"2005." Lois said eying him suspiciously.

"It's 2018, you're in the future."

"Future?" Lois asked.

"How would that have happened?" Clark asked.

"The Legion." Chloe said.

"What's that?" Clark asked.

"Futuristic superheroes that came here to talk to... the Blur and saved him from an enemy." Oliver said, realizing he couldn't divulge too much information in front of the past Lois.

"You guys have gone bonkers." Lois walked out of the car.

"Lois! I think they're telling the truth." Clark said. "It makes sense."

"It can't be the truth Clark. There'd be aliens on Earth before I'd marry you." Clark chuckled.

"There already are." Lois looked at him angrily.

"You've gone crazy too!" Lois walked away. Clark jogged after her.

"Clark!" Chloe yelled out and threw a pair of glasses at him. He looked at them quizzically.

"Put them on." She said. He did. He continued going after Lois. When he ran past a group of girls they ignored him.

Hmm these do work, he thought. He didn't know just a pair of glasses could make someone invisible. Clark grabbed Lois' shoulder. She whirled around and did a double take when she looked at him.

"Not too shabby Smallville, but I prefer you when you don't have four eyes." She smiled at him.

"Lois, there's something I need to tell you."

"What?" She asked, rolling her eyes. He grabbed her by the elbow and led her back to their supposed apartment.

"Clark, what are we doing here?"

"This thing I need to tell you is really important and nobody can hear this." He looked around as he shut the door.

"Lois I'm..." The doorbell rang, interrupting them. Clark opened the door.

"Pete!"

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