Chapter Two Part Three- What Really Happened?:

It had been hours since the shower incident and Clark was napping on the couch still exhausted from his time as Jor-El, the young farm boy's back muscled flexed as he moved to bury his face further into his pillow unaware that Lois was at the front door apprehensive at first to leave but soon slid out the screen door and hopped into Clark's mustang thanks to the keys he left upstairs in his room.

Now, she sat in front of her cousins grave just staring at the marble structure with her cousin's name engraved on the stone. All the thoughts and theories of where her cousin could be just flooded in, every idea that popped into her head led her to believe that someone in the Luthor family is responsible.

It didn't help matters that a strange young man dressed in a black shirt and brown trench coat appeared behind her demanding, "Where's Chloe Sullivan?"

Lois turns to face him asking, "Who the hell are you?"

The man steps towards her almost in a threatening manner, "You better tell me where she is."

Lois just chuckled, "I don't know who you are but I take it that your boss sent you here to get information from me, information that I don't have. So you two can both just kiss my ass" While she was talking, her hands reached into her coat pocket and pulled out the small can of pepper spray.

The trench coated man's hidden hand just morphed into a giant blade, he swings but misses.

Lois prepares to spray him but the trench coated man named Trent knocks her to the ground and prepares to plunge his blade into her but a shovel is whacked in front of Trent's face causing him to stumble back before the assailant grabs Lois's pepper spray and sprays him in the face causing the man to cry out in pain.

A hand shot out to help her up and Lois Lane was faced with the person she least expected to find back in Smallville.

"B-Bruce?"

Kent Farm:

Clark was hard at work with the blue tractor, the motor needed to be fixed and the fan belt needed to be replaced. There was a lot of farm chores he needed to catch up on as well as pick up twice the work since his dad was released from the hospital and the doctor restricted limited farm work until he was fully recovered from his three month coma.

Just then he turned to see his mustang pull to a stop with Lois behind the wheel, "I was wondering where you and my car disappeared to." he exclaimed while Lois got out of the car and handed him back his keys still frustrated from the event at the graveyard.

The smile on the farm boy's face soon faded away when a silver 1963 Aston Martin DB5 Coupe pulled to stop behind the mustang and Bruce Wayne stepped out with a small smile on his face when he approached Clark and shook his hand.

"Nice to see you again, Clark." Bruce says while Clark just looks back at Lois then back at Bruce saying, "The feelings mutual, Mr. Wayne."

Bruce just smirked and corrected, "Just call me Bruce"

Lois and Clark just stood there silent as well as nervous until the farm boy asked, "W-What are you doing back in Smallville?"

"I was visiting an old friend and when I heard about what happened with Lois's cousin, I decided to stop by the graveyard to pay my respects when I saw Lois getting attacked-"

Lois cut in saying, "He didn't really attack me. I just got caught off guard when his hand morphed into a blade."

The so called prince of Gotham couldn't help but smile at Lois, a feeling that didn't sit well with Clark who just spoke out saying, "I guess that means Lois owes you a thank you."

Lois just plastered on a fake smile and pressed forward to punch Clark which just caused her hand to throb as she turned back to Bruce saying, "Well, you've escorted me home. I think that maybe you should go back to Metropolis and prepare for your flight back to Gotham"

Bruce didn't say a word as he just looked from Lois to Clark before nodding and responding, "I'll be sure to tell Alfred that you said Hello."

They watched at the Aston Martin DB5 sped of the farm entrance, leaving Lois to turn back and say, "I'm gonna go…"

As she turns to head for the yellow farmhouse, Clark appears alongside her asking, "What happened with you and Bruce?"

Lois stalled at the question and kept her back to him for a good couple seconds before Clark pressed on, "Did you and Bruce have some type of falling out?"

She just shook her head saying, "Its none of your business what I do with my love life."

He just watched her walk back into the farmhouse, leaving the farm boy to just run his hands through his hair in frustration.

The Loft- Night:

Lois sat to bask in the darkness of Clark's fortress of solitude while the thoughts rambled through her mind until the lights kicked on and she turned to see the face of Clark Kent, who just flashed a small smile before stepping onto the final step of the loft saying, "Have you had enough time to cool off?"

She couldn't help but laugh before she replied, "You asked me what happened with Bruce…" she pauses to see Clark sit beside her anxious to know, what he read from the papers it wasn't really as extensive as the detail she could give him.

"We started out as friends and then a year after I was in Gotham, we decided to go on a date where it then progressed towards a more mature relationship then the one you and I shared. It was nice but last year at Lex's funeral, I saw you standing in the background like a shadow and all those old feelings just popped up again." she says with her attention focused towards the ground.

Clark sat there almost stunned by the confession, "D-Does that mean…you still have feelings for me?"

She stared at him and just rose to her feet to exclaim, "I don't know how I feel, there's apart of me that feels at peace when I'm with you then there's apart of me that feels free when I'm with Bruce. But it would be better if I stayed away from the romance scene and just focused on my life as it is."

Before the farm boy could question, a bright light burst through the barn loft and the sound of military boots pounding up the stairs caused both Lois and Clark to turn at the sight of General Samuel Lane, who just stood there with his stone cold stare as Lois just flashed a small smile and waved at her father saying softly, "Hi, Daddy."

Clark gulped instantly when General Lane looked at him before he turned back to Lois saying, "Outside. NOW!"

She turned back to look at Clark nervously before she bounded down the steps alongside the general, whose stern voice could be heard while Clark made his way into the yellow farmhouse anxious to put distance between himself and the general for fear of retaliation since their last meeting.

The general spoke his usual lecture about Lois breaking the rules that he had given her prior to her arrival to Smallville, but she just bantered back with sarcasm and frustration towards her father's behavior and soon voiced the problem at hand.

"Why is it that you treat Bruce better then you do Clark? The farm boy saved my life three years ago and he's been one of the most trusting people that I care about, why do you hate him more then my own ex?" She asked with both softness and anger.

General Lane ran his fingers over his balding head and simply replied, "The Lanes are notorious for fighting in wars and occasionally dying in them, if I were to be shipped out I want to make sure that my daughters have everything that I never had. I know that you loved Clark but he's a farmer's son who will probably inherit the farm where he'll marry the prom queen and have many other little Kents to run around the farm." he pauses at the hurt look that crossed Lois's face before continuing, "But with Bruce, you can have the luxury of a life that only other girls would dream of. You would be set for life with the chance to have a career in the big city, not in some pitiful small town like this."

Lois scoffed and walked past him saying, "I cant believe that you would think that about Bruce and Clark, they may be complete opposites from each other but they care more about this world then you can possibly imagine. Its one of the main reasons that I broke up with Bruce."

The general was surprised and asked, "So your break up had nothing to do with your feelings for Clark Kent?"

"I don't know what I feel for Clark, but I do know that Gotham needs Bruce more then he needs me and the fact remains that I cant allow my personal feelings to stand in the way of greatness."

General Lane and Lois walk into the yellow farmhouse sporting pressed smiles while they were quick to depart back to the base but not before Lois was quick to drop a little piece of information on Clark about her reasons for leaving.

Undisclosed Location- The next morning:

Crumbled up papers lay scattered on the floor near an almost full trash can while newspaper articles of the strange and unusual were littered on the wall similar to the Wall of Weird.

No traces of Chloe could be found, it seemed as thought she were there but left in a hurry as Clark Kent trekked through the small pitiful excuse of a safe house alarmed the farm boy even more when his gaze landed on the sight of LuthorCorp security laid on the floor with knife marks in their chests.

Lex and Clark confronted one another at this location where they were quick to settle back into the fighting stances that they had sported the day Clark had found Lex's secret room full of investigative tools that could prove threatening towards Clark's secret identity.

But before Clark could rush out in anger, Lex just turned back towards his old friend saying "Tell Lois that I said Hello."

Clark shook his head and proceeded to head out unaware of where Chloe Sullivan was located but also unaware that her life was in danger if Lois and Clark didn't locate her in time.

TBC…

I guess I kind of answered the questions as to what happened with Lois and Bruce and Why the general doesn't like Clark. REVIEWS or Comments would be nice.