A/N: Plans changed, "date" one is NEXT, still typing it up. This chap more like a filler but answers some Qs you guys might have and also intros a new charc. Date one "WILL" be next chap along with the discovery.

Chapter 20: Cruise (Day 2) In the clear until..."K"

Crowds gather and all had stopped, everyone watching as the life guard boat, siren blazing, docks at the extending Pier. Everyone wondering and those that saw what happened stood there, curiosity getting the best of them as they intently starred at the scene.

Lois and Clark sat there uneasily as they were questioned by the guards, taking down their statements in a full investigative report. Lois' hand continuing to cling tightly to Clark's, feeling if she lets go all of her fears would succumb her. She sat there motionless as they went on taking notes and trying to leak all the information they could from them, to catch the person who done this.

Lois sadly knew the truth though, Lex was behind this and there was no way in hell he would leave any kind of evidence that would come back on his ass...

"Is there anything you can tell us about the person on the boat? Hair color, weight, height, anything?" the life guard asked, his eyes looking back and forth from the teens in front of him.

Clark impatiently shakes his head, frustrated and on nerve by what happened. Upset that someone could do this and disappear so easily.

"No, like I said it happened so fast. I barely had time to get myself and Lois off the Jet-ski before we were nearly run down."

The life guard pats Clark's shoulder and nods his head. "That was really quick thinking on your part. Some key witnesses said they never saw anyone move so fast."

Lois slowly turns her head looking at Clark oddly, she realizing the same thing. They noticed the boat speeding toward them way too late, there was barely time to think let alone to do anything. Clark starred back at her as he answered, hoping she would buy it for the time being.

"Well...Umm...people can really do anything with their adrenaline pumping..." shrugging his shoulders. "...especially in something like this."

Lois slowly blinks her eyes and turns her head away, she knew he was lying, and he knew she knew. Clark looks down, feeling Lois loosen her grip on his hand.

The Life guard nods, seeming satisfied with Clark's answer. "Yea, I've heard stories of people performing amazing defeats when under pressure."

"Yea..." Clark sheepishly replies.

"You're lucky Miss, that you're boyfriend is so quick on his toes or you two wouldn't be sitting here right now."

"Yea...lucky." Lois smiles weakly, quickly glancing over to Clark beside her.

The life guard looks down at the note pad in hand, writing down more notes for the report. "What about you Miss, anything to add? Can you give us any kind of description?"

"Big...White...red stripes down the side, about 850 horse power." Lois sardonically saids. "Look, I'm sure it was just some kind of mistake."

"That might be the issue here, but..."

"Might Be!" Clark exclaims. "We were almost killed, there was no mistake or accident. He was heading straight for us, how couldn't he have seen us!"

"Clark!" Lois yells, glaring at him, he only shakes his head, knowing she was mad at him for not going along with her earlier plan.

"Calm down, Mr Kent accident or not, this still has to be looked into fully." he saids, holding up his hand to him. "Now, we already have a few people in custody who were driving the type of boat you gave us a description to. We're going to figure this thing out, and deal with it."

"You won't be able to figure this out." Lois lets out, in a deep breath, starring helplessly at the floor.

"Excuse me?" the life guard asks, not catching what she said.

Lois looked up at him, she could feel Clark starring intently at her, the words not passing him. "Nothing...Can we please go now? We already answered all your question, there's really nothing else we can tell you."

Can't or won't tell, Lois. Clark thought, knowing there was more behind her silent and guarded behavior then she was letting on.

"I really suggest you guys go down to the infirmary to get checked over."

"We're fine, just a few scratches." speaking more for herself, seeing as how Clark seem to have not even one.

"Lois, I think we should..."

Lois holds her hand up, cutting him off. "I'm fine."

"Well, here's my card if there is any more information you can think of. Don't be afraid to contact us." he extends his arm, Clark takes it from his hand.

"Thank you." Clark saids, standing to his feet, Lois doing likewise and brushes pass them. She heads off the boat and onto the Pier where their friends anxiously waits for them. Clark gives the man an apologetic look and takes off behind her.

"Lois!" Chloe sighs, running over to her and wraps her arms around her. "Are you okay?"

"Fine." Chloe gives her a look. "Really, Chlo I'm great."

In her ill attempt to lighten the mood, her eyes move to Lois' soggy curls that no longer had their springy bounce to them. "Lo, your hair!"

Lois rolls hr eyes and smile. "Thanks Chlo, I was almost fish food and all you can think about is my hair."

Chloe beams her own smile back. "Hey, that style put a $200 dent in my savings."

"Remind me, Cuz never to trust you next time with the money."

Chloe notices Clark standing there by Lois and places her hand on his arm. "So you guys heading to the infirmary?"

"We would, but Lois is against it!"

"Don't start with me Smallville, I said I'm great leave it at that!" Lois sneers at him. "Besides you're not getting rid of me that eas-..."

Lois clutches her arms around her stomach and groans out in pain. Her knees buckle and everything goes black for her. Clark catches her in his arms before she falls to the ground.

"Oh my god!" Chloe cries, grabbing Lois' hand. "Clark what's going on?"

He swoops Lois up to his chest, his face panged with concern. "I don't know."

Clark focuses his eyes on her body, seconds later his x-ray vision kicks in and he can see inside her. Clark grows mored concerned by what he sees, he wasn't an expert in medicine, but he knew her organ shouldn't have looked like that.

"Somethings wrong!"

Chloe's heart drops at those words. "What's wrong?...Clark! What's wrong!"

"The cancer..."

"What!" Chloe saids, panic in her voice, not sure what he meant.

Clark watches in amazement as something he couldn't describe happened within Lois' body. Small luminous spots moved over the cancer damaged organ which was Lois' liver, seeming to erase the cancer away and heal it.

"Clark!...Clark!" Chloe shouts, becoming more nervous by his lack of speech. "What is it?"

"We need to get Lois to a doctor."

Lois slowly regains conceousness, her eyes blinking open to a bright, white room. She groans and holds her hand over her light deprived eyes, and spots an IV taped to it. Lois turns her head to her side at the feel of someone's touch on her hand laying on the bed. She smiles, seeing her farm boy there, his hands clasped around hers.

"Good to see you're finally up."

Lois smiles wider, her voice dry and raspy. "Well, it looks like you got me in her after all. Just next time can we skip the whole pain and lights out part?"

"Sure." Clark smiles, he reluctantly lets go of her hand and walks over to the stand, pouring her a cup of water.

"Thanks." she said, taking the cup from his hand and sipping some of the water.

"How are you feeling?" he asks, returning to his seat beside her.

Lois cocks her head to the side and arches her brow. "Like I've been used as a tackle bag for some football team."

She grunts as she sits herself up against the pillows.

"Lois." Clark warns.

Lois gives him a smirk. "Smallville, stop being such a Mother Hen, I'm good!"

Clark slants his head, giving her a pointed look. She rolls her eyes and moves her shoulder back against the pillows to get more comfortable.

"How long have I been out, anyway?"

"Lo, it's seven o' clock."

"What!...I've been out for...for 3 hours!" Lois gasps. "Wh-What happen?"

"Beside having a high fever, the doctors don't really know."

"You sure?" Lois face scrunches up. "Is that all?"

"Is that all!" Clark repeats in disbelief. "Why did you want more?"

"No, expected more, especially to take me down."

"Dented the Lane pride, huh?"

"Yea, a little." Lois laughs, then looks accusingly at him. "Unless...you're not telling me everything."

Clark gulps and starts stuttering, at a loss for words. He couldn't very well tell her about the disappearing cancer and how he saw it all with "X-Ray Vision"!

"Umm...Well...Uh..." At that moment Chloe came through the door, coffees in hand.

"Lo." Chloe saids, a wide smile on her face as she makes her way over. She places down the coffees and wraps Lois in her arms.

"How are ya, Cuz?"

"Like I was telling farm boy here, I'm great."

"Whoa, it sure seems like it. Don't worry, I'll let the name thing go for now." Chloe saids.

"Well, then in that case..."

"Lois, lets not go overboard. Okay?"

"For you, Cuz."

"Maybe not the only thing we should let go... Lois I think we should skip this whole date thing tonight."

"Getting cold feet there, Smallville?" Lois quips. "Don't worry, I'll go easy on ya tonight."

"It's not that, Lo you should stay in bed, get some rest."

"I've been in bed, out cold for 3 hours now, isn't that rest enough?...Besides, like I said you can't get rid of me that easily..."

The doctor comes in the room stopping the discussion from going any further. "Hello, Miss Lane glad to see you're doing better."

"I'll feel even better once I know what's wrong with me."

"We ran all the basic tests, everything came out normal. The only serious matter was a spike in your body temperature."

"So I heard." Lois breaths out, still puzzled by the fact a little fever made her blackout.

"There is still one test I couldn't perform with you unconscious." she said, her eyes moving back and forth from Lois to Clark.

Their cheeks flush a fiery red, and their hands quickly retreat from the clasp on each other as if they were guilty in the deed she was proposing.

"We...um...We..."

"...didn't actually get around to that little game of the cruise, yet."

"Lois!" Clark hisses between clenched teeth. She only gives him a cheeky smirk, while Chloe stifles a laugh behind her hand.

The doctor couldn't help but smile widely too, at their marriage like behavior. She softly clears her throat and goes on. "The only diagnostic I can come up with is that you musta suffered a tremendous shock, with what you went through."

"Believe me doc, I've been through allot worse before."

"How about internal injuries?" Clark asks, unable to keep silent about something.

"We've done x-rays, everything turned out normal."

"Could they pick up an organ that has a disease, like...cancer?"

Chloe and Lois gives him a strange look wondering why he's bringing that up. "Clark what are you doing?"

Clark just ignores Lois' remark and continues to stare at the doctor. "Could it show up in the X-rays?"

"There would be some indication, but the sure fire way would have to be through a blood test. Why you ask?"

Clark stands to his feet, trying to gather enough courage to tell. "Lois was diagnosed with liver cancer some months ago..."

"Clark!" Lois shouts, pulling on his arm to seat him down and shut him up but he wouldn't even budge.

"...She received a phone call recently from her doctor that their was some mix-up and that she didn't have liver cancer. I just want to make sure he was correct."

"We don't have the equipment on board to do that kind of testing, there is a standby lab in the mainland that does medical testing for us but they will only do outbreak sicknesses that might happen aboard the cruise."

The doctor looks at Clark and sees the concern etched oh his face, realizing how much he really cares for this girl. Something she hardly seen on these cruises, where it was everyone's goal to join in the bliss of sex and where was just a four letter word with no meaning behind it.

"...but I guess I could pull a few strings this time, that's if you're up to it Miss Lane?"

Clark turns around, looking pleadingly at her. "Clark, I'm perfectly satisfied with my own doctors report...I was just traumatized by the accident, that's all."

He gives her a disbelief look, crossing his arms over his chest. "Like you said Lois, you've been in worse before...I just want to be absolutely sure you're okay."

Lois sighs and gives his a playful glare. "Is this what I have to look forward to, being your girlfriend?"

Clark smiles, Lois' first time titling herself as "his" girlfriend. "Lois..."

"I just don't want to wait around for the answer to something I already know."

"I can call in a favor, and have the results back within the hour." the doctor suggests.

Clark looks back down at Lois, giving her the best puppy dog expression he could whip up. Lois glares at him, her lips purse tightly together. Damn that face, he knew he was getting under her skin and she was weakening to the olé' Kent charms.

"Fine." she sneers, her jaw set. "...but, you can forget about me being easy on you tonight."

The doctor chokes on her spit and coughs, holding her chest at what Lois said. The wrong images coming to mind then what the words were meant to be.

"Excuse me...I'm going to make that call now." flushing red from her embarrassing reaction.

Clark only shakes his head, he couldn't help but allow his lips to form a smile. Lois had that reaction on allot of people, words were always her strong suit. She looks up at him, her mouth in a wide smirk and shoulders shrugged up.

"Thanks." he saids, bending over and places a kiss on the top of her head.

"Just don't get use to it, Smallville. This was only a one time thing, me listening to you." Lois smirks, her lips still flaunting a teasing grin. "Besides, I want your full attention tonight. It's no fun if you're brooding."

Clark shakes his head. "Lois..."

"Yea..." she saids in a teasing voice.

He runs his head down her cheek, cupping it in his palm and smiles sweetly at her. "...I love you."

Lois' eyes beams into his, her lips wide in a beautiful smile that always made his knees weak. "Love ya too, Smallville."

Chloe snickers behind her hand covering her mouth to drown out the sound, Clark and Lois turn heir heads to look at her strangely.

"Something funny there, Cuz?"

"The fact that this is "finally" happening...No, can't imagine what the humor in that could be." Chloe replies sarcastically. "Now if you would excuse me, I'm going to get some coffee."

Lois gives her an odd look, seeing the three untouched cups of coffee on the table beside her suddenly antsy cousin. "Chlo, you have already gotten coffee."

"Oh, yea!" she saids, nervously acting surprise to see them there on the table.

"Well, I'm just going to get some fresh ones, they're probably cold." She gives Clark a "look", signaling for him to meet her in the hall.

"I'll help." Clark quickly saids, rising up from the seat.

"Uh..." Lois begins to protest, but is only cut off by the door closing behind the two retreating from the room.

Clark turns around to face Chloe. "She's going to be suspicious."

"Clark, this is Lois we're talking about, she already is...but never mind about that, you have stuff to spill."

"What?"

Chloe cocks her eyes at him. "You're asking about the cancer, you even said something about it at the docks. Now, what's going on?"

Clark carefully looks around the hall, Chloe mockingly does the same her eyes searching around trying to determine what he's looking out for. When he felt all was clear he gently pulls Chloe by her arm over to some chairs against the wall.

"Ok Clark, you better start speaking because you're freakken me out."

Clark takes a final look around before leaning close to Chloe. "I don't know what's going on, but Lois' doctor was wrong..."

Chloe gasps, her hands shoots to her mouth. "Lois has cancer!"

A couple walking past them jumps at her outburst and stares at Chloe, Clark gives them an awkward smile as they walk away. He turns back to Chloe pulling her hands down, giving her a stern look for shouting.

"HAD." he whispers, stating the word.

"What do you mean HAD?"

Clark sighs deeply, running his hand through his hair, still confused about the whole thing himself. "At the dock, when I "looked" at Lois. I saw it Chloe, the cancer it was there...but then it wasn't...I saw something heal it!"

Chloe shakes her head, knowing exactly what it was. "Talking about something from the X-files or Smallville for that matter and I'm not talking about home, either."

Clark furrows his brows, puzzled by what she meant. "Clark, we don't exactly know how far your Kryptonian abilities go..."

Clark touches his bottom lip, remembering how Lois bit it causing him to bleed, thanks to the chocker she war with the meteor stones.

"You mean...my blood healed her?"

"Think about it Clark, remember when you were in Lionel's body..."

"Don't remind me!"

"...and when you returned back to your own, Lionel was healed. Lois musta had a cut on her lip as well after the fight she had with that guy."

"Blood to Blood contact..." Clark finishes, understanding now where Chloe was going.

"Bingo!" Chloe exclaims. "Just took longer for the process to take affect, she did only received a small amount of your blood and not a whole transference like with Lionel.

Clark nods his head, relieved that this was finally cleared up, they were 100 percent sure now that Lois was cured.

"The big question now is why did Lois' doctor lie to her, and purposely? Telling her she had it and then later to say it was some kind of mix-up when clearly it wasn't."

Chloe taps her finger to her mouth, her reporter instincts geared in drive. "I don't know but if anyone has pull like that, it's Lex and this whole situation reeks of him."

"Lex? Why would Lex be after Lois?"

"Knowing Lois, she wasn't exactly going to go down without a fight and she tends to do some really desperate acts when cornered." Chloe explained. "She musta have gotten some kind of dirt on him for Lex to go through all this trouble."

"We're not even sure...we can't assume that all..."

"Oh come on Clark, too much is happening not to make him a suspect...The letters when first arriving...this whole thing with Lois and the cancer...someone almost sending you two to Davey Jones' locker."

"If this is Lex, I swear I'm going to kill him!" Clark growls, his jaw clenched tightly together as his eyes burned with hate.

"Hold it there He-Man, we have to be careful and from the letter you received in the suite. I don't think Lois is the only one Lex is after."

"He's even more obsessed with finding out the truth about me, that he's willing to put those I care about in danger."

"Lex seems to have his own agenda with Lois, I'm willing to bet my Journalism career, that this is the secret she's hiding."

Clark stands to his feet and rubs his hands through his hair, overwhelmed by everything that has happen since coming on this Cruise. He spins around to face Chloe, frustrated.

"I can't tell her, it's even more dangerous now."

"Clark!" Chloe scoffs. "I think now, more then ever is the best time to tell Lois."

He walks over to the window of Lois' room, the blinds cracked open enough to see Lois sitting on the edge of the bed while the doctor drew blood from her arm. He leans his head and places his hand against it.

"I'm just trying to protect her, Chlo. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to her." he saids, his head turned back to look at her.

Chloe looks down for a moment then back up to his blues. "Then don't you think it would be better, if you guys were on the same page to deal with Lex, together?"

Clark turns his head back to the window, at that moment Lois looks up from the needle in her arm to his eyes. She cocks her brow up and leans her head to the side, giving him a seductive smirk. His eyes light up and he mimics her moves.

"I love you." she mouths to him.

"Always." he replies back, his palm against the glass toward her while in the back of his mind the struggle only began.

x

Bart sat slumped into his chair, bored, waiting for Clark to finish dressing in the changing stall. After getting the ok, that everything was good with Lois. Even with some "testings" done on her. Everyone went their own way, Chloe and Lois off to get ready for tonights affair.

Which meant since Lana went god knows where, probably back to the salon to see if they had a wig in her original hair color, and "since" Clark couldn't entirely stand being around AC. That left Bart to be dragged into the dating game, helping his friend to pick out the perfect suit.

Bart threw down a magazine he had been aimlessly looking through, he lets out a deep breath as he yet again checks his watch, the minute going on 20 now.

"Duuuuude! You're worser then a girl, at least they would peek their head out every once in awhile to check if their friend is still living!" Bart shouts.

Clark steps out from the stall sporting his selection, a dark gray suit looking like he picked it out from Geeks R' Us.

"Dude, what old person you ripped that from?"

Clark narrows his eyes. "It's not that bad, Bart."

"Nah you're right, it's worser." he laughs.

"Heat vision, Bart." Clark reminds him.

"Super, no make that Ultra-speed, Bro." Bart saids, smiling smugly.

Clark rolls his eyes and turns to face the mirror. "You're not that fast, Duuude." he mocks, straightening the red tie around his neck.

"Dude, add a pair of glasses and you'd look like an Intern ready for your first day on the job."

"Bart!"

"Ok, it's not that bad...RIGHT!" Bart saids, coughing out the last part.

Clark cocks his eyes at Bart. "What? I'm coming down with a cold."

"Right!" Clark does the same, coughing out the word.

"Yea, Lois is really rubbing off on you Dude." Bart sneers. "Here, I picked out some cuff links, maybe it'll make this suit look better."

Bart takes one of his arms, placing on the red gemmed cuff link onto his white, shirt sleeve.

"Bart..." Clark begins, but doesn't get to finish as the familiar bad boy feeling courses through his body, clouding his mind and taking over control.

Clark was pushed from behind the steers as his alter ego, who was just itching for another escape, took firm grasp onto the steering wheel. Clark's eyes flashes red before returning back to their shade of blue, a toothy grin spreads across his lips all of which Bart hadn't notice as he finished placing on the remaining cuff link. Kal stepped forward in the finish, the Red-K completing it's rung through Clark's body. He was back and their was lots to do to make up for the time he's been gone.

Kal pulls his hands up to his sleeves to correct their position, and faces the 3 sided mirror to reevaluate his attire.

A sour look crosses his face at one glance. "...You're right Bart, this suit is !"

Bart furrows his brows, Clark rarely used profanity, it was always a last resort for him. Plus, their was a change in his attitude, it was definitely off...Bart couldn't quite place it, but it was like there was a whole new person in front of him.

"Dude...you okay?"

"Yea..." Kal said, trying to act like Clark would. "...just nervous about this date, with Lois."

His lips curling up at the sound of her name from his tongue, Lois...a young lady he hadn't gotten a chance to meet personally, yet. From what he saw through Clark, her feisty, sarcastic way, was just enough to make him want to get to know her a little more. He just couldn't believe someone like her could fall for a hick like Clark.

"Man, just stick to what you said, it's a game. " Bart reassures, watching as Kal walked over to a rack of selections the Tailor made for Clark.

"Yea, right, feeling better already. Thanks." Kal saids, meaninglessly, his hands going through the many suit jackets and pants. One by one he picked them out to see which one he liked. Those that didn't fit his taste, he just threw over his shoulder. After a complete search, his hand come in contact with a black, swayed, sports Jacket and matching pants.

"Perfect." he smiles, ripping off the tacky clothes he wore, except for the white, dress shirt barring the Red-K cuff links.

Bart comes up beside Kal, already having the black pants on and starting to put on the jacket. Bart grabs the price tag on the jacket, his eyes goes wide at the amount.

"Dude, this set is $900!"

Kal inwardly rolls his eyes, instead of snapping back and making Bart even more suspicious then what he was. He busies himself with ripping the red tie away and opening a couple buttons from the top of the white shirt to expose the top of his smooth, broad chest.

"Yea, so?"

"Well, where you gonna get that kind of cash?" Kal only smirks, pulling out a silver credit card, flashing it before him.

"Clark, you're dad only gave you that for emergencies!"

Kal walks over to the mirrors, smiling smugly, satisfied with his appearance. "This is an emergency, Bart. My "pa" will understand." he saids, almost laughing on the last part.

"Mr Kent must be a really understanding Dad to let his son max out his credit card."

Kal turns around and pats Bart on the chest. "Don't worry about it, "Dude"...Right now, I need you to do me a favor."

x

Lois smiles, admiring herself in the mirror of the living room area, she turns her back to it, her head turned to view her figure in the back. She turns back, forward pleased with her looks as she runs her hands over the red, ruffled skirt.

Feeling the ripples under her palms, she lifts her hand to her hair, pinned up on top of her head with a few curls dangling around her face.

It was magic what Chloe could do with a few bobby pins, hair spray, curling iron and a determine mind set on doing something.

"Admiring the goddess within?" Chloe asks, surprising Lois who quickly turned around to see Chloe leaning against the wall, smiling smugly.

"...Or, imagining yourself wrapped in Clark's strong arms?" she walks over to sit on the couch, Lois cocks her head and places her hand on her hips.

"Pfffft, I'm just thinking, proudly how much I'm going to have Cla-...Carlos." she rolls her eyes. "...eating out my hands."

"Suuuuure." Chloe taunts, not believing her.

A knock sounds at the door, interrupting their conversing, Chloe looks over at Lois who only shrugs. It was still too early for Clark to come pick Lois up and they sure weren't expecting anyone.

Chloe raises to her feet and walks over to the door opening it up to her surprise to see Bart. A square white box clutched in his hands with a big red bow on top.

"Bart? What are you doing here?"

"Delivering a package to Lois from "K". " Bart saids, walking inside the room as Chloe closes the door.

"..."K"?" Lois asked, confused.

"Yea, "K" aka Carlos, aka Clark, aka whatever else he's calling himself." he saids, handing the package to her.

"He saids, he already knows about the red dress and that he wants to see you in this."

"What!" both Chloe and Lois shouts.

"Hey, I'm just the messenger, I'm just repeating what he told me." Bart said, his hands up in front of him.

Lois sits down on the couch and carefully tears open the package, Chloe beside her watching curiously. Inside was the same exact dress she wore, but the color was black with silver, glitter sparkles covering it.

She looks up at Bart who just shrugs. "He said, he likes black now and he wants you to match with him."

"So, he's going to be sporting a black halter top and ruffled skirt too?" Lois saids, sarcastically not knowing what to make of this.

Bart rolls his eyes and heads back to the door, he stops the door half open in his hand and looks back at Lois.

"Also he said, he's not picking you up, he wants you to meet him at "The Red Moon"...and yea to wear your hair down." he finishes, before dodging out the door.

To Be Continued...

A/N: Ok like I said above plans changed, I wrote allot (wow big surprise there. lol) and would be too much to read all at once so next chap I reapeat next chap will absolutely be the "Date" and you all know with who...just wait and see what happens, plus there still is the "Discovery" that "Will" happen in the Next chap also. hehehe.

Till then, I will have it up in a couple days if not 2mrw, Laters.
...btw THANKS ALL FOR THE FEEDBACK!