Chapter 20

Clark was back at the Kent farm, he felt exhausted. It was a long night, he wiped his face with his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, wincing. He heard footsteps walking slowly towards him, he opened his eyes to find Kara in front of him, with a sad look in her eyes. Clark sighed, he felt bad about what he said. Kara walked up to him and held out her hands to the side, "Well? Do you have anything else you need to get off your chest and hit me with Clark?"

"Kara-" Clark hesitated, he didn't know what to say to her. He took a deep breath, "I'm sorry for what I said to you. I- I wasn't myself tonight."

Kara shook her head, "Effects of Red-K. Chloe told me you were wearing it as a ring." Kara huffed, "What's going on Kal-El. You've obviously been hiding what you really feel about me. Why did it have to take a red ring to do it?"

"You don't understand. I lose all my inhibitions, I didn't mean it."

"Yes you did... You still hold it against me for giving Lois her feelings back."

"It's not that you gave Lois her feelings back Kara. I would never deprive her of that. I'm glad you did it, it was a mistake for me to do it in the first place." He walked past her and dropped his jacket on the floor. He turned towards her, "It's how you made me look like to her." Kara blinked, Clark continued, "You helped her feel pain like a human needs to. But Kara you made her feel hate too. Chloe told me what you said to get her to feel again. You kept reminding her that I left her. You never really reminded her why I left. Just the fact that I left." Clark started to get sad, thinking about it.

Kara took a deep breath and walked up to him, "Clark. I would never want that to happen. I was talking to Lois as if she was talking to herself. This is what she would've thought. At the moment, she didn't care why you left, but that you left her and your son alone. For good. You know she kept looking for you. Followed the news to try and ask you to come home. She never caught up to you. You know, even when I made her feel the pain, she still loved you and believed you would come home. She tried looking for you for nearly 7 months. She finally gave up. She realized you didn't want to be found, and then she decided to move on. Four years passed and she truly learned to block you out of her life. That wasn't me who did it. She made that decision all on her own Clark." Clark nodded his head. Kara's face softened as she put her hand on his arm, "I know it's been hard for you to see her move on Clark. But you have to know that I would never do anything to influence Lois' feelings towards you. You are the reason she's like this. Because YOU left. Don't put that on me."

Clark sighed and slowly walked away. He stopped at one point and stared at nothing, "I know that Kara. I need to take responsibility for what I did. I thought if I left then that would keep my family safe. But it turns out I hurt her more than ever."

Kara pursed her lips, "Well she knows you did it to protect her. And I believe she'll let you in, but the question is will you leave her again when something like this happens again. Because who knows when someone will find out your identity and use it against you."

Clark looked down and shook his head, "I can't imagine leaving them again. It was hard the first time. I can't do it again."

Kara nodded, "Then you still have a chance with her. I believe that."

Clark turned around and hugged his cousin, "Thank you Kara. And I'm sorry about before."

Kara smiled, "Don't worry about it. What happened to you after Lois dragged you out anyways?"

Clark pressed his lips together and shrugged, "Nothing. We... I ended up getting the ring off and we just left it at that." Kara continued to stare at him, somehow she knew he wasn't telling her the full story, but she wasn't going to pull it out of him. Clark started out the door, "I have to go talk to Bruce. Apologize to him about ruining his party." Kara nodded and he sped off.

Clark ended up at Bruce's loft in Metropolis and knocked on the door. His butler had opened the door and led him into the living room. Clark looked around his loft, it was very grand, with white couches, and a panoramic view of the city. "Clark. I was wondering when I'd see you again." Bruce walked in and shook Clark's hand.

Clark cleared his throat, "I uhm.. I wanted to apologize about earlier this evening. I'm sorry I made a scene, I wasn't myself."

Bruce walked over to his bar and poured himself a glass of scotch, he offered one to Clark, but he passed on the offer, Bruce took a sip of his scotch, "Red-K right?" Clark raised his eyebrow, Bruce chuckled, "Chloe told me all about it."

Clark rolled his eyes, "Is there anyone Chloe hasn't told yet?"

Bruce chuckled, "Nope. She got' em all." Clark sighed, Bruce tried to lighten him up, "It doesn't matter. It was a boring party anyways, same thing happens every time. Same snobby rich people trying to compete with one another. It's good to have some drama once in a while. Especially if it has something to do with our Lois."

Clark didn't like the way Bruce said our Lois. But he appreciated Bruce's remark, "Thanks."

"One question." Clark waited, "Why did you wear it? I'm sure you know what it does to you. So why put it on?"

Clark tilted his head to the side, "I don't know. It was hard seeing Lois with someone else. I just didn't wanna see it anymore, I didn't want to be there anymore. So I let myself go when I wear the ring. I'm not there anymore, it's Kal who's there. My kryptonian side, I lose all my inhibitions."

Bruce nodded his head, "Well you gave a good show to her date, Jason. You really had it in him when you knocked him down to the ground. I can tell Lois wasn't interested in him anyways if it helps. You sent him running out the door."

Clark nodded, trying to hide his face, "I sort of know that already..."

Bruce raised his eyebrow, "Meaning?"

Clark shrugged, "Meaning... Lois and I got to talking when we were alone. When I finally got the red meteor rock off, I was back to myself. I asked her what I can do to fix this. She never really gave me an answer. Maybe she didn't even know how I can fix it. Anyways we... we ended up... kissing ."

Bruce almost spat out his drink, "What! You and Lois? How?"

Clark shook his head, "I don't know it.. it just happened. It went farther than that... we did more than just kiss."

"You and Lane did the deed? Nice!" Bruce laughed, Clark was far from finding this funny, "You must've been relieved"

Clark furrowed his eyebrows, "How so?"

Bruce rolled his eyes. How dense is Clark exactly, "Well, she still has feelings for you. Meaning your chances of getting her back went from slim to... a lot!"

Clark was taken aback, "I don't know. After we.. you know, she just said she had to go home. I offered to take her, but she didn't even speak to me again, she just walked out. I was still jilted that I didn't even follow her. I didn't want to ruin what we just had."

Bruce chuckled, "So what? There's still passion. She still wants you, and you want her. That means there's no need to sign those papers because deep down, she still wants you to fight for her. She's just too stubborn to admit it." Clark stared back at Bruce as he continued, "Sleep it off, and when you go to work tomorrow, you need to talk to her about it."

Bruce patted Clark on the arm, Clark nodded and walked to the door, he turned around once more, "Thanks Bruce." Clark paused and thought for a moment, "You really thought I had slim chances of getting her back?"

Bruce shrugged innocently, "I saw how she yelled at you man. If she could shoot fire through her eyes, she would've used you for target practise."

Clark chuckled, "Sounds like something I would say." With that, he sped off back to the Kent farm.

Bellereve Penitentiary

"Luthor!" Lex looked up to see the guard standing before him, the guard said with a stern monotone voice, "Visitation."

The gate made a beeping noise as it opened, Lex was led to a dark room, he sat on a chair as a dark figure sat in front of him. Lex spoke, "What do you have for me?"

The figure chuckled to himself, "Oh Mr. Luthor I have made an interesting discovery."

Lex smirked, "This should be good. I need something concrete to be able to make Ms. Lane really pay for what she's done. Milton Fine is nowhere to be found so I'm counting on you. What do you have?"

The man gave a sinister grin "Her son."

Lex rolled his eyes, "What about him."

"He is definitely not human I can tell you that." The man slid a couple pictures across the table. Lex picked up the pictures and saw Lois Lane's son, with a member of the Justice League, Green Arrow. There was footage of him standing still, and then a picture of him speeding off in a blurred image of him.

Lex looked up at the man, "What is he? A meteor freak?"

The man shook his head, "This one's different. He has more powers." He slides another picture to Lex of little Lane lifting up Lois' car in the middle of an abandoned road while Lois was checking under the engine.

Lex smirks, "This kid. What's he some kind of alien?"

The man nods, "Maybe. It's a possibility."

Lex chuckles, "Perfect. I expect you know what to do next." The man nods, Lex's smile fades, "Take your time with this one. I'm spending my life here. I'm a patient man. Wait for the real opportune moment, then do what you have to do. Don't fail me Winslow."

Winslow Shaw smiled, "Don't worry Mr. Luthor. I won't let you down."