Chapter 26

Lois sat on her couch, fighting back tears. She was holding Chris' favourite toy and hugged it tightly. She was rocking back and forth on her couch when she heard a gust of wind. Lois winced as tears streamed down her face. She stood up quickly to find Clark and Kara stand before her. Clark walked up to her concerned, "Lois.." he whispered. He noticed her arm. It was red and bruised purple. "Lois what happened to you?" He gently pressed the tip of his fingers on her arm.

Lois moved his hand away from her, "That doesn't matter right now." She was breathing heavily, "Clark I don't know where he went! He's never run away before, he could be anywhere!"

Clark held her face and looked into her eyes, "Don't worry Lois. I'm gonna find him"

Lois started crying harder against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, "I-I can't lose him he's all I have!" She said against his chest. Clark stroked her hair.

Kara who stood quietly behind them finally spoke up, "Clark. We should call the League. You can't do this without them."

Clark shook his head, "Maybe I can hear him. I can find his heartbeat or his voice."

Kara shook her head, "I already tried that. I can't find him anywhere. He may be in danger."

"Kara..." Clark said through his teeth. He didn't want to worry Lois more than she already was.

Lois pulled away from Clark, "I'm coming with you to Watchtower."

"Lois I don't think that's a good idea considering the condition you're in." Clark said to her softly.

Lois squinted at him, "You don't expect me to just sit here and do nothing? I'm not just gonna wait for him to show up Clark!"

"Clark's right Lois. It's better if you just wait here. In case he comes back..."

Lois didn't say anything, she turned away from them staring out the window. Clark took a step towards her, "I'll let you know if we have any leads. I promise." Lois shut her eyes when she heard another gust of wind. They had left her alone, Lois finally broke down.

"Chris... baby where are you?" she said under her breath while crying.

Chris was running all over Metropolis, he didn't know where else to go. He felt so alone. He realized that he just hurt his mother. He was so ashamed of himself he started crying to himself. He wanted to go back and tell her how sorry he is. He doesn't actually hate his mother. He was ready to go back home, when he felt a weird feeling at the pit of his stomach. He felt as though he was winded, he never felt so much pain in his life. He grabbed onto his stomach and yelled out in pain, "Mommy!" He cried for his mother. His whole body felt limp, his blood boiled. All he wanted was for the pain to go away.

He suddenly heard laughter coming from behind him. He saw it was a man in a big trench coat and round glasses. He was holding a green glowing rock towards him. The closer the rock was getting to him, the more painful it got. Chris was rolling on the floor, crying in pain. The man bent over Chris, "Mr. Luthor is gonna be very proud!" Mr. Luthor? Lex Luthor? He heard his mother speak about him all the time. He was a bad man. What did he want with him? The man took out some sort of gadget out of his pocket. It was a small round metal diode. Winslow Shaw took Chris' head and stuck it on his neck. He threw the green rock away. Chris opened his eyes, but they weren't his eyes. He was being controlled by the diode on his neck. "Now. I want you to kill Lois Lane." Chris nodded at the man. Winslow sneered, "You will be my greatest prodigy my boy. Now go!"

Clark was standing at Watchtower with Chloe, Kara, Oliver, Bruce, Diana, and Bart. Clark was pacing back and forth while Chloe was searching through security surveillances for any sign of Chris. Chloe was staring at the screen shaking her head, "I have no footage of Chris anywhere. He's probably been speeding around everywhere that the camera's couldn't catch his face. I can't find him through this." Chloe hit her keyboard out of frustration. Oliver grabbed both her arms gently.

"Take it easy honey. There's no use getting mad over this." He was stroking her arm.

"I don't know what to do Clark. I don't know why we can't find him." She was shaking her head.

Bruce went up to Kara, "You sure you can't hear the kid from anywhere? Not a single heartbeat? Not a single word?"

Kara held out her arms in frustration, "I can't hear anything from him! I'm still trying but I have nothing!"

Clark closed his eyes, "I can't hear him anywhere either. I can tell his heartbeat from anywhere. It's like he's disappeared."

"Everyone needs to calm down. Now obviously there's a reason why we can't hear him. There's probably a radioactive glitch applied on him so that no one can trace him." Diana spoke up.

Clark turned to face her, "How do you know that?"

"I've looked through some research. I've looked through Oliver's files and he's had an employee who's created radioactive glitches called Diodes and it takes over the brain cells. Someone else controls them and they control their mind and it pretty much creates a shield around them which keeps heartbeats, breathing and the sound of their voice impossible to trace. Basically a shield that cuts sound waves around him."

"Who would make something like that?" Bruce asked, amazed by this toy.

Chloe raised her eyebrow, "There's only one guy I know who worked for Ollie that would make such a genius device."

Clark's breathing got louder, he clenched his teeth, "Toyman. That's why he was visiting Lex. They were targeting my son?"

Chloe shook her head, "I doubt it was Chris they were targeting. They're using him to target someone who's been the only one to be able to take down Lex."

Clark's face tightened, "Lois!"

Chloe nodded, Oliver spoke up, "They were waiting for the right moment to catch Chris and use him against Lois."

"I have to go to her!" Clark sped off to Lois' place. The door was swung off its hinges when he got there. Lois was nowhere in sight and neither was Chris. Chris may be protected from his super hearing, but Lois wasn't. He tilted his head to the side and heard Lois calling out their son's name. Clark sped off to where they were.

Chloe checked security surveillance of where Winslow Shaw was last seen, "Okay! I found him! He was last spotted at an abandoned road near the forest."

"I know that forest! Chris and I used to race down that track all the time!" Impulse called out.

"Let's go boys." Green Arrow said when Supergirl and Wonder woman cleared their throats, Green Arrow chuckled, "And ladies of course." He turned to Chloe, "I won't be long honey." He kissed her softly on the lips and bent down to kiss her belly, "Bye baby girl."

Chloe smiled, "Go save them Ollie." Green Arrow nodded as he left, followed by Wonder Woman and Batman. Impulse and Supergirl were far ahead of them.

Chloe breathed in nervously, "Please let everything be okay." She whispered to herself.