Authors Note: In some universe I own Smallville and it's about the day to day life of Clark and Lois, their two kids (Johnathan and Chloe) and their dog (Krypto). Unfortunatly that is not this universe.
Sorry for the delay but things have been manic on my end and finding time to write has been near impossible. Now I have a weird request. I'm getting to the time where I have to think about University (Collage for you Americans) courses and I'm thinking about doing English and Creative Writing. Good idea or should I dismiss it. Give me your opinons (preferably in a review)
For L, G and A
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Shocks and Revelations
Just as he was frying the eggs he heard someone knock at the kitchen door. Looking up he saw Chloe standing at the window. Opening the door she stepped through.
"Keeping up the breakfast tradition I see" Clark quipped.
Chloe said nothing instead looking around "is Lois up" she asked seriously.
Clark shook his head "no why."
Chloe put a stack of papers on the table before turning to Clark "the people who attacked Lois. They've been arrested."
Clark snarled his eyes flashing red "who are they"
Chloe opened the files "Austin 'Noose' Phillips and Mike 'Machine' Gunn. Enforcers for Morgan Edge."
Clark cracked his knuckles "right" he growled "I'll be back soon."
His blonde friend grabbed his arm "Clark you can't do anything." He gave her a sideways glance so she swallowed and tried again "Clark their in Police custody. It'll be a little bit suspicious if they end up torn limb from limb."
Clark shook her arm off "They hurt her Chloe. Lois was in a COMA remember."
"I KNOW CLARK" Chloe yelled back "YOU WEREN'T EVEN HERE. IT WAS ME WHO FOUND HER."
Clark looked stung and she took his hand in hers "I'm sorry Clark" she whispered "that was low of me. But I need you to promise that you won't do anything."
Clark sighed "We can't let them get away with it."
"They won't I promise. There's enough evidence to put them away for a good long time."
Clark collapsed into a chair and began fiddling with the tablecloth "how'd they get caught."
Chloe laughed "they tore up the Ace of Clubs in a bar fight. They legged it but left enough physical evidence to tie them to it as well as Lois' attack."
"So what happens now" Clark asked.
Before Chloe could answer a sleepy voice interrupted "What's going on."
The pair turned as Lois descended the stairs once again wearing one of Clark's shirts.
"Nothing" Clark said quickly as Chloe swept the files back into her messenger bag "Chloe just came round for breakfast."
Lois stood stiffly on the bottom step "what happened. Tell me."
Clark reached over to take her hand "you'd better sit down Lo."
Lois looked around at the pair "what is this about."
Chloe swallowed before pulling the files back on the table. "These are the guys who attacked you. They've been arrested."
Lois stood up and walked to the window "so what happens now."
"There'll have to be a trial" Chloe said slowly.
"Will I have to testify?"
Chloe shrugged "I don't know Lo. I'm sorry."
Lois turned on her heel "WILL I HAVE TO TESTIFY."
Chloe looked away "Probably."
Lois burst into tears and Clark walked over to envelope her in a hug "I'm so sorry Lo" he whispered "but I swear everything is going to be all right."
His girlfriend looked up at him "I'm going to change and go to the loft for a bit okay."
He nodded "I'll bring you something up. You go."
She hugged him hard before walking back upstairs.
Chloe gathered up her papers "I'll let you sort this out."
He gave her a one armed hug "I'll ring you when she feels better."
She nodded "Speak to you later."
A few minutes later Clark ascended the stairs to the loft carrying a tray. Setting it down on a side table he looked around and found Lois curled up on the couch.
"Hey Lo" he said sitting next to her and wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
She looked across at him "I can remember it" she whispered.
He pulled her closer "what Lois."
"The attack" she admitted "I can still remember it."
Clark looked shocked "why didn't you tell me."
"I didn't want to worry you."
"You should have told me Lois" Clark said slowly "I just want to help."
"I know you do Clark. It's just it's…..hard."
He turned her to face her "tell me. Please."
Lois sighed "okay if you insist."
Lois walked down the road bag in one hand, phone in the other and laptop bag slung over her shoulder. She didn't like to leave the farm in case Clark decided to come back but occasionally she had to come in to Metropolis mostly for work or to pick up shopping.
"Any luck Chloe" she asked tucking her phone beneath her ear and adjusting her bag strap.
Chloe was sitting at her computer back at the Daily Planet slowly tapping away at keys "sorry Lois" Chloe said "nothing. It's like he's vanished."
Lois cursed. Ever since Clark's disappearing act Chloe and Lois had been doing everything in their power to track him down. His disappearance had completely crippled Lois and despite the numerous offers from various males she had turned them all down.
"I've got a list of possible aliases though" Chloe continued "do you want to come over and have a look."
"Yeah" Lois replied "it's better than nothing. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"All right" Chloe said "I'll order some pizza."
Lois terminated the call and glancing at her watch realised that it would take a good ten minutes to traverse the three blocks to the Planet. "Unless I take the alley" she thought.
The Alley was a shortcut behind the Planet building that housed the rubbish bins. People usually tried to avoid it but at this point Lois wasn't thinking straight.
As she walked cautiously down the broken tarmac she heard the faint sound of footsteps behind her but by the time she turned there was no body there. Turning back she picked up her pace the bag of groceries banging against her leg.
Suddenly a gruff voice spoke from behind her "Hey lady."
Spinning around she found herself face to face with a tall bald man "What do you want" she asked cautiously.
"We just want a little talk about Mr Edge" he replied edging forward.
Lois spun on her heel but collided with a stockier man "You ain't going nowhere" he growled.
"I don't know anything" she whispered quietly.
"That's not what we heard" the bald man said "but if you ain't going to talk we'll have to convince you." He nodded to the other man who caught Lois with a right hook across the chin.
The last thing Lois thought as she collapsed to the floor and watched the Ben and Jerry's roll towards the dumpster was "I really shouldn't have turned down this alley."
Then she hit her head on the concrete and knew no more.
Clark kissed Lois on the top of her head as she silently wept into his shoulder. "I'm so sorry Clark" she repeated over and over.
"It's not your fault Lo" he said soothingly.
"But if I hadn't gone down the alley they ever would have caught me."
"Lois" Clark said firmly "they were probably waiting for a chance to ambush you. If it hadn't been then it would have been later. Now why don't you tell me something cheerful to make you feel better."
"Like what."
"Well Chloe said when you came round you could only remember me. Why don't you tell me what that was like or" he smirked "you could tell me when you first realised you loved me."
Lois smiled "well you know the two things actually coincide"
Clark shifted so he was more comfortable "fire away."
Lois opened her eyes stared at the white walls and groaned. She hated hospitals. "Why am I even here" she grumbled.
"Ah Miss Lane" a voice said "your awake."
Lois looked over and saw a white haired, hooked nosed man of middle height wearing a white doctor's coat. "Who are you" she said groggily.
"I'm Doctor Hamilton" the man said "I've been looking after you."
"What happened" she asked staring around her at the perfectly white walls.
"You were….attacked" Doctor Hamilton said slowly "you've been in a coma for quite some time now. We were beginning to wander if you would ever wake up."
"We" Lois said noticing for the first time that Clark wasn't where she expected him to be i.e. at her bedside.
"Yes" the Doctor replied "there's been a whole crowd of your friends waiting outside your room since you were bought in. One in particular will be most relieved."
"Ah" Lois thought "that'll be Clark. Should have known he would never abandon me."
"Shall I tell them to come in?"
Lois nodded "the worried one first"
The Doctor nodded in reply and a few minutes later someone entered the room. Only it wasn't the person Lois was expecting.
"Hey Lois" Chloe said sitting down on the edge of the bed and taking Lois hand in hers "we thought we'd lost you there cuz."
"Excuse me" Lois said in a strangled voice "who are you."
Over the next few days all of Lois' friends came by to see her but she didn't recognise any of them. Eventually Chloe went to see the Doctor.
"What's going on" Chloe demanded "she doesn't remember anyone."
"It's a usually case Miss Sullivan" Doctor Hamilton replied "when some such as Miss Lane receives a head injury they often suffer bouts of amnesia."
"Well how do we snap her out of it?"
The Doctor shrugged "we just have to wait for it to end by itself."
Meanwhile Lois was grilling one of the nurses "I don't suppose anyone else has been to see me" she asked "bout six feet. Wears red, blue and a lot of plaid."
"Sorry Miss" the nurse said "no one like that."
When Chloe re-entered the room Lois turned on her "Miss Sullivan can I ask you something."
"Go ahead" Chloe said "and remember its Chloe."
"Where's Clark?"
Chloe paled "umm he's away. But he'll be back shortly. I'll make sure he comes see's you as soon as he gets back."
Exiting the room Chloe pulled out her cell and scrolling to a particular number hit speed dial."
Over the next few days Lois gave up on talking to people instead spending most of the time pretending to be asleep. However one day she felt someone sit down next to her and take her hand. When they spoke her breath caught in her throat.
"Hey Lois" the familiar voice said "It's Smallville"
"Smallville" she said drowsily trying to sit up "you came."
"Yeah" Clark said "I did."
"What's her name Chloe said she wasn't sure you would?"
"I'm always here when you need me Lois you know that."
"Yeah" she said slowly "I do."
And it was then staring deep into his blue eyes that Lois Lane realised she loved Clark Kent.
"That's cute" Clark said kissing Lois and standing up "now I've got to go and get some work done." As he left he slipped Lois' MP3 player out of his pocket and passed it to her "I thought you might like this."
Lois nodded "thanks Clark."
Slipping the headphones into her ears Lois lent back into the soft couch cushions and closed her eyes.
In the back of a car on a road in the dark,
In the stillicide, silently falling snow,
I have packed everything that I own in a bag,
And I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho,
A poem for leaving, a reason to go,
So I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho.
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,
And I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,
I don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feet,
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho,
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
And oh, I've been dumb, I've been perfectly beautiful,
Lain on my back buying lovers with stealth,
But I'm sick of you all, and I'm sick of opinions,
And I'm sick of this war I wage on myself and
I don't know why I'm so gripped to go there
A universe riddle that only I know?
Mr. Robert he says, "It's all in the head!"
Tell me, Phaedrus, what's good, is it Idaho?
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,
And I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,
I don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feet,
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho,
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,
And I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,
I don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feet,
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho,
I don't want to fall asleep and watch my life from fifty feet,
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Idaho,
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
In Idaho.
An hour or so later Lois made her way back to the house and found Clark in the kitchen washing up for lunch.
"Clark" she said sidling up to him and wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Yeah Lois" he said turning to face her.
"Can we go to Idaho?"
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