Chapter 8

Watchtower

Chloe was working on the computer, when Lois walked in, she ran up to Lois and gave her a big hug, "Lois! How are you?"

Lois shrugged, "I'm great. I heard you and Bruce were investigating Lex and I wanted to know if I can help."

"Bruce is in Gotham right now trying to get him and Diana into the presidents ball. Hopefully they can find something since its at the Luthor mansion. Lex is bound to leave something unprotected."

Lois nodded, "What are you doing?"

Chloe turned around to her computer, "Kara found an encrypted kryptonian box in space that she needed me to decrypt for her."

Lois shrugged, "So there's nothing I can do?"

Chloe chuckled, "Sorry Lois, but we don't even have any leads. It's gonna take a while before we actually find something."

At that moment, Chloe's computer started beeping, they both turned to look at the computer, and there were coordinates of a planet, and a lost city. There was an encrypted letter,

The lost city of Kandor had been found and restored in a far Galaxy. The population has been restored and the people of Kandor are in peaceful harmony. They are being watched over by Kal-El the last son of Krypton. Coordinates: 35-68-1002-4562

At the sight of his name, Lois kept reading the short letter. Lois turned to Chloe, "Tell me you didn't know about this."

Chloe swallowed, "Well Lois, we've had leads to where he was so Kara went to go find out. She found this box and we hoped we could find Clar-"

"DON'T say his name!"Lois exclaimed. She ran her fingers through her hair, "All those special assignments Kara was running off to. This was it? You were looking for him?"

Chloe took a step towards Lois, "Lois don't you want to know where he is?"

"It's been four years Chloe. He doesn't want to be found so why are you pushing it!"

"Don't you want your son to know his father?"

"Of course I do! But he left us! He made that decision and I don't want to go back to this! I've moved on and so should you Chloe we don't need him!"

"Lois I know you don't really mean that" Chloe pleaded.

"Chloe you have to understand, it's been four years. He never tried. So I've stopped. It's done. We're done."

Chloe looked down, they stood in silence for a while when they heard heels approaching, they turned to see Zatanna walk up to them, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything?"

Lois spoke with frustration, "How much did you hear?"

"Enough to know you two are in a lack of agreement about a certain former league member." Lois rolled her eyes.

Zatanna smirked, Chloe spoke, "Look this really isn't a good time."

"Well I'd say that I came at the exact right time." Zatanna smiled and gave one snap of her finger. Blue smoke appeared and struck both Lois and Chloe down to the ground.

They both got up, Chloe looked around, confused, "What did you do to us?"

Zatanna shrugged, "You'll see soon enough. I see that Oliver isn't here so I'll get out of your hair. I needed to know if there are any leads to who broke in to Watchtower, but I'll come back another time." With that, she disappeared.

Chloe turned to Lois and helped her up, "Lois are you okay?"

"Yeah I think so." Lois grabbed Chloe's hand and got up. "What happened?"

"Wish I knew. Do you feel normal?"

"Yeah I think so. Do you feel any different?" She patted herself down, making sure she was still in her own body.

Chloe nodded, "Whatever she did, I'm pretty sure it's gonna catch up to us at one point." Lois nodded and sighed.

"I have to get back." Lois turned to leave and Chloe grabbed her arm.

"Lois I'm sorry. I should've told you I was looking for him."

Lois shook her head and held Chloe's hand, "You gotta let him go Chloe. He's not coming back. He clearly doesn't want to. He's found the lost city of Kandor and he's found a new life. His old one doesn't matter anymore. So just let it go. Please. For me."

Chloe hesitated, "Lois I'm sure he thinks about you every day. It's not a matter of him being happier because I know he'd rather be with-"

Lois put up her hand to stop her, "Chloe please. Just stop this. I don't need him. If he's doing this for me, then he doesn't know me as much as I thought he did. I just don't want to keep going to the past. I need to move forward for Chris." She looked up at her watch, "Who should be back with Ollie any minute. I better get going."

Chloe nodded as she watched Lois walk away, as she did she had a weird feeling at the pit of her stomach, she held her stomach, she grabbed her chest. What was she feeling? Her heart felt like it was... breaking? Why? Suddenly, she choked back a sob at the back of her throat. She couldn't control her feelings for some reason. She looked up to see Lois out of her sight and suddenly the feeling was gone. She felt fine. Chloe got confused at that moment of... sadness?

The next day, Lois was following up on a story on Lex. She had went to a press conference where she had seen Brainiac stand behind him as Milton Fine. Oliver had filled her in on Brainiac and what exactly he is. He had infected Chloe's mind once, after her wedding to Jimmy, many years ago. She narrowed her eyes at the being and wondering how he had come back. Once the conference was over, Lex was escorted by security to the back of the building. She decided to follow them. Lex had gone back to the Luthor mansion, there stood Lois, ready to break in. She needed to know what Lex was getting himself involved in with Brainiac. The mansion felt isolated, there at the end of the hall, Lois found herself headed towards where there were flashing lights. There was a room to which she entered where there were millions of screens showing a countdown launch of a nuclear missile towards the planet. Lex was standing in front of the screens, but he didn't look like himself. His eyes looked like they were very distant, like he wasn't in control of his own mind. Lois stepped in, "Oh my god. Lex what the hell are you doing?"

Lex turned his attention towards Lois and smirked, "Hello Lois. Didn't anyone teach you it was rude to eavesdrop?"

"Didn't anyone tell you it was wrong to destroy your own planet?" Lois could tell from the computer screens that Lex was preparing a nuclear missile to destroy earth. But why? "Lex whatever it is you're planning to do, it's wrong. You can't just destroy this planet! You'll die too!"

Lex laughed, "Highly unlikely . You see I will be secured safely on a jet in the Arctic while the rest of this world is in collateral damage."

Lois shook her head in astonishment, "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I told him to." Said a voice behind her. Lois spun around to see Brainiac standing before her with a smirk.

Lois narrowed her eyes at him, "Who the hell do you think you are destroying our planet?"

Brainiac smirked, "You fragile humans disgust me. You should be taught a lesson from us kryptonians. Earth is a perfect place to recreate Krypton."

Lois huffed, "Krypton is gone! You have no place here you need to leave!" Lois took out a taser and pointed it towards Brainiac's neck. Brainiac simply laughed and absorbed the energy from Lois' taser. He shot it out of her hands and grabbed her throat.

Lois gasped for breath as Brainiac spoke, "You will not interfere." He threw Lois against the wall to which she fell unconscious.

Lex looked back at Lois and called his guards, "Tie up Ms. Lane and keep her guarded in the basement. Make sure she doesn't escape."