Chapter 27

Lois backed away into a tree, Chris was standing in front of her, "Chris? Honey it's me. It's Momma! What are you doing?" She held out her hand as Chris stared back at her with malice.

He kept repeating to himself, "Kill Lois Lane."

Lois was shocked as he kept saying that. She heard laughter coming from behind a tree, she looked to see Winslow Shaw, Lois was in outrage, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?"

"You're son is in my hands now Ms. Lane. Pretty soon you will die by your own son, and he will rule the world under Lex Luthor's orders. He sends his love from the prison you sent him to. Your son will be able to break him out once you're dealt with."

Lois huffed out of anger, "Like hell!" She charged towards her son to try and rip the Diode off of him. Chris super sped towards her and pushed her a few feet away from him. Lois felt like the wind was knocked out of her. She cried in agony when her back smashed into a tree. She crawled closer to Chris. "Christopher. Honey. It's Momma." Chris looked through her with dead eyes. "I-I know you're still in there baby. Please. I know you're stronger than this you have to fight it! CHRIS!" Chris walked up to her and clutched his hands around her neck. Lois couldn't breathe as her own son was choking her to death. "C-Chris!" A tear fell down her face while Chris continued to choke her. In a flash, Chris disappeared before her. Lois fell to the ground, holding on to her throat gasping for breath. She felt arms wrap around her, she looked up to see it was Kara.

"Are you okay Lois?"

Lois looked around, "Where's Chris?" They both looked up from the ground to see Chris fighting Clark in his arms, struggling to get out of his arms. Clark held on to him tight, locking his arms to the side. He managed to rip the Diode off his neck. Chris twitched a couple times and then went unconscious. Clark knelt down with Chris in his arms. He waited until he opened his eyes.

"W-What the hell?" Toyman huffed out of anger and shock. He never thought the League would catch up to him.

Chris opened his eyes and stared up at Clark, "C-Clark."

Clark looked relieved, his son was okay, "Hey buddy! Oh my god I thought we lost you for a sec!"

Chris had tears in his eyes, "I-I'm sorry." He wrapped his arms around his father who held on to him for dear life. He suddenly felt a surge of pain. Chris felt the same pain and yelped. Clark slowly turned around to see Toyman sneering with a detonator. That could only mean one thing. Kryptonite bomb.

"Luthor told me to use this in case the boy failed. Say goodbye!" A second before he pressed the button, Clark turned around and threw Chris to where Kara and Lois stood a few meters away. Kara caught the little boy and took Lois and ran away from the site before it exploded. Once they came to a stop, Lois tried to run back to the place where Clark stood where the bomb erupted. Clark was nowhere in sight.

"NOO!" She screamed out, when she couldn't find Clark. She fell to her knees at the site. There was green meteor rock everywhere. There's no way Clark would've survived this. Lois buried her face in her hands crying. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see her son with tears streaming down his face covered with dirt. Lois pulled her son in a warm embrace, as she cried harder. She quickly walked far away from the site so that her son wouldn't get infected by the kryptonite. She buried her face in his shoulder and squeezed him so tight nothing could separate them.

Kara walked slowly towards the two and gently touched Lois' arm, "There's nothing we can do now. We should go Lois." Lois reluctantly got up with Chris in her arms as Kara flew them back to Watchtower.

Back at the scene, Winslow Shaw was ready to retreat, with a smile on his face he turned around, only to find himself surrounded by Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Arrow, who was pointing his compact bow at him. "And just where do you think you're going Shaw?"

Toyman giggled, "Oh just taking a walk boys... and girl."

Batman grimaced, "Like hell you are." With that, he punched him unconscious on the ground.

Green Arrow rolled his eyes behind his glasses, "Was that really necessary?" Batman shrugged. "Show off" Green Arrow huffed under his breath to which Batman smirked to himself.

Wonder woman rolled her eyes and lifted up Toyman effortlessly, "C'mon boys. The jury's gonna wanna see this guy back in jail. And no clearance this time!" They turned around to see Impulse standing there with black burn marks on his clothes.

"Impulse what happened?" Batman walked up to him, who was panting. He's never seen him pant before.

"We have a tiny problem." They all stared at him with confused looks.

Chloe stood in front of Kara, shaking her head in disbelief, "What do you mean he's gone?"

Kara looked tired and distraught, "I mean... he didn't make it. He was caught in a Kryptonite bomb." Chloe gasped and covered her mouth in shock. Kara looked down, "I took Lois home. She just wanted to be alone with Chris tonight. After everything that happened they need to be alone with each other right now."

Chloe sighed, wiping her tears away, "I don't think Lois will ever be able to get over this. I know her and all she's gonna be doing is blaming herself for all of this."

Tears started to form Chloe's eyes. It had been hours since she heard from the rest of the League. Suddenly, Oliver walked through the doors, "Another day in Metropolis saved!" Chloe started to choke.

She ran up to him and pressed her lips against his. "You had me so worried when you didn't answer any of my calls!"

Oliver cupped her face, "Can you forgive me?" Chloe smiled and kissed him again.

"Don't ever worry me like that Oliver Queen. It's not good for your daughter to experience her mother's stress level."

"Where're Bruce and Diana?" Kara asked walking up to him.

Oliver kept his arms around Chloe while he spoke with Kara, "They're admitting Toyman back to Bellereve. And there's no possible way for him to be released anytime soon. Now he and Lex can be cellmates." No one laughed at the joke he made. He stared back at Kara who looked like hell. Oliver blinked at the tension in the room, "What's going on?"

"Oliver, you don't know?" Chloe said softly.

Oliver turned back to her, "Know what?"

Kara blinked slowly, "Clark didn't make it... He was caught in the middle of a kryptonite explosion. There was no sign of him."

Oliver was speechless at what they were saying. He opened his mouth to speak, "Well... I hate to break this festive time but.." Chloe looked up at him shock. She couldn't believe his insensitivity, "Clark is still alive."

Both Chloe and Kara looked at him in utter shock, waiting for an explanation.