"You're crazy!" Lois said as they lay cuddled in bed for the hopefully the final time in 1989. "I think you have been watching too many movies."
"Let's go out with a bang, Lo." He kissed her forehead. "Let's get some sleep and discuss it in the morning."
Next morning, Lois and Clark were ready and packed. Clark had already been to see Dr Swann, and asked for a favour. The used car was left at the end of the road as instructed.
"Lois, it may not be the best car but it will do the job." He smiled, as they looked over the pasture at it.
After breakfast, Clark got up. "We will have to be heading off now."
"Do you want a lift?" Jonathan asked.
"No, there is a car at the end of the road. I called in a favour." Clark replied cryptically.
Martha had tears in her eyes. "You have only been here two weeks, but I feel like I have known you both forever. Thank you for stopping Jonathan and I from making the biggest mistake of our lives." Jonathan approached his wife, and put his arm around her.
"Please promise you will come back and visit when you get sorted." He remarked.
Lois hugged Martha. "We will! Please don't give up on having a child. I promise you it will happen in the near future." She whispered in her ear, as they turned around and left.
Martha smiled, and held onto Jonathan tightly.
Clark turned to Lois, as they headed up the drive. "We will save my father. I don't care if we change history. I am not willing to lose him."
"I know that." She placed her hand on his to show her support.
They got in the car and drove to a nearby clearing in the woods where they would leave the car and where Star was waiting to meet them. By Star's calculations, Dr Swann would be kidnapped in 20 minutes. Star, Clark and Lois went to the warehouse but far enough away for Brainiac not to realise they were there.
Right on time, Brainiac arrived with Dr Swann. Clark listened in.
"Why have I been brought here?" she heard Dr Swann demand to know.
"Because you are a threat to the future!"
"How is that? My work has only ever been for the good of humanity. I would never endanger it."
"I cannot allow you to help him become what he becomes." The voice replied.
"What are you talking about?" Dr Swann continued.
"The Traveller, The Kryptonian… whatever you call him, he will still become the same."
"But Lionel, you swore to protect the Traveller. You know that we need to protect him. That is why we founded Veritas."
"I am not Lionel."
"Who are you?" Dr Swann asked, trying to sound surprised.
"I am what you would call an android, but far more advanced than you could ever imagine. I was built on Krypton before it was destroyed."
"So why is the Traveller a threat?"
"He becomes Earth's saviour…the only one who can defeat me, and I will not allow that to happen."
Before Brainiac had a chance to finish his sentence, Clark rushed Star so she was positioned behind him. She placed her hands on his head, and started to try to incapacitate him long enough for Clark to act.
Clark could see she was starting to have an effect on the android. Suddenly Star collapsed to the floor; Clark wasted no time and grabbed Brainiac before speeding out of the warehouse. Seconds later he was at the local power station.
Dr Swann had interfered with the supply to the station, by instigating a power surge. Clark pushed Brainiac into the main grid at power station whilst at the same time activating his Legion Ring. The android exploded, and then all traces of him vanished into thin air.
He sped back to the warehouse to make sure Star was ok. She was being helped to her feet. "Star, it worked. Are you ok?" he asked her.
"I am fine. It just took a bit out of me, but I can still see what I can do with Lionel." She knelt down and made a connection with him. When she was finished, she announced. "He won't remember a thing."
"Look, Lois and I are going to have to hit the road." Clark announced, with some sadness in his voice. "Thanks for everything, Star. You are an amazing woman." He hugged her. "See you in the future!"
She pulled away from him, shock evident on her face. "Are you two crazy? Why would make such a crazy move?"
Lois knew that Star had seen their future plans. "Does it work?"
"Yes, it does but you're both still crazy!" Star smiled.
"Go to the movies in 1991 and it will all make sense." Lois replied with a grin.
Dr Swann shook Clark's hand. "Kal-el, it is an honour to meet you and I look forward to meeting you in the future."
"One thing… please let baby Kal-el have a childhood before you approach him." Clark explained.
Dr Swann nodded in understanding. "I will."
Lois hugged Star tightly. "Thank you for everything! Promise to come by the farm in 2006."
"Just try and stop me! Look after Clark." Star commented, just before she got a sudden glimpse of Lois's future. Before she could process what was happening, Lois and Clark sped off.
She looked at Dr Swann. "Oh my god, we have a major problem."
Clark put Lois down at the clearing where they had left the car.. "Why did I get the feeling we were flying there?" Lois asked in shock, but then realised that Clark had the same look of shock on his face.
"Because I think we were. I never thought I would be able to do that, well not so soon. Not that I am complaining." He smiled.
"I hope we can go flying when we get back to 2006." She said enthusiastically.
"I promise I will take you when we get back and I can still fly." They climbed in the car. "Are you ready for this?" he asked.
"You bet." Lois replied before leaning over and kissing him hard on the lips.
"Where are we headed?"
"The Rockies or we just aim for the Kansas Hills. We have to make a grand exit. I would have pushed for the Grand Canyon but it is a bit too far." Clark laughed.
"I think it is going to have to be the Rockies as I cannot remember ever seeing any massive drops in Kansas. Star thinks we are crazy and I must admit I did at first but then it started to make sense." She replied.
"Lionel will not stop hunting us down, even if he does not remember what has happened to him in the past few days. We have to make sure make sure no one can ever find out who Lucy Mason or Tom Bradley are. There will also be no one to mourn them, except maybe your parents." He suggested.
"I left a note." Clark admitted. "It explained that we were faking our own deaths to escape the Luthors and would hide out until we could clear our names. I did promise we would come back and visit."
"You sneaky dog. Well you weren't lying because we will be coming back to see them in about 16 years and then we can tell them the truth." Lois remarked.
She continued. "We also need to discuss what is going to happen with you and Lana. Things may have changed a bit but you will probably still be dating Lana and maybe thinking about proposing."
"Well I cannot propose. I gave the ring away to the first woman I came across."
She rolled her eyes, and punched him playfully in the arm. "No seriously, it is going to be difficult isn't it?"
"Yes it is but what else can I do. I am going to give up what we have for anything. I love you, and there will never be anyone else. I must admit that my parents and Chloe are going to have problems accepting us, as they will think it has happened all of a sudden."
"We will just have to tell them." Lois commented.
"I guess so. When are we going to call the police?"
"How about stopping just South of Colorado Springs?" he replied.
They pulled up at the next gas station and Lois volunteered to call. She ran back to the car and jumped in. "Hit the gas!" By the way are you playing the Thelma or Louise part?" She chuckled.
"I don't know. Let's see if we can find a wig shop and buy one so I look the part." He joked.
"What did you say to the police?"
"I told them that we had been spotted and I gave them a description of a car and the license plate." She smiled.
"Hopefully we can beat them there." He said as he put his foot down to get to the foot of the Rockies as they headed towards Royal Gorge.
"Have you been here before?" She asked.
"No, I haven't. We need to get there and check where would be best to drive the car off. I don't want to cause any more damage than necessary."
They were at the Royal Gorge in under an hour, and parked a few miles down from the Bridge.
"The police are obviously not very observant today." Lois suggested, as Clark scanned the gorge below until he found a perfect spot well away from the railway track and inaccessible to people except the craziest climbers.
"I will go to the Bridge and make a call. Then we can just wait for them." He sped off.
An hour later there was still no sign of the police until the silence was broken by the sound of a helicopter overhead.
"Looks like they are here. Let's hit the road." He announced.
They sped off in the car to make it look like they were trying to outrun the police, but as expected they were soon trapped by police cars approaching from all sides, and blocking every exit. Clark slammed on the breaks.
The police stopped a safe distance from the fugitives. Soon they heard a police speakerphone.
"Ms Mason and Mr Bradley. You have nowhere to go, so please make this as easy as possible." The voice said over the speaker.
Lois and Clark stayed in the car. "We had better go soon, or they may open fire."
"Ok, say goodbye to 1989…" he smiled, as he hit the gas, allowing the car to speed towards the gorge. Just then the police started to fire, obviously trying to take out the tires of the car. Lois closed her eyes, and felt herself moving at breakneck speed. She opened her eyes to see the car falling over the cliff in the distance, and heading into the Arkansas River. Clark hit it with his heat vision to make it explode mid-air to try and destroy any potential evidence. Luckily DNA profiling was not widely used in 1989.
Clark kissed her, and activated the Legion Ring….
"Have we got them, Jor-el?" Rokk voiced boomed across the ice fortress…
"Yes, they are safe. There is no other way we need to act now." Jor-el explained, as he and Imra joined forces to carry out the mind wipe on the unconscious Lois and Clark.