It was morning in the Royal Gotham Hotel and Lois was laying in her and Clark's bed, wide awake and looking out the window that lead to the balcony.

She had spent all night in the hotel after the party for safety. She was worried about Clark, whom had been out as Superman for so long that she was worried if Bane or someone else have gotten to him.

She had tried calling him but he wasn't answering her messages. She didn't want anything bad happening to Clark but Gotham was new territory for them, who knows what could have happened?

But not just him, Jimmy as well. Captured by a notorious criminal and terrorist Bane. She was worried for his safety and hoped that Clark would find him as soon as possible.

She grabbed her phone to check if he had left any messages overnight, but she couldn't see any. "Clark, where are you?"

Then, she heard the sound of the door opening and sat up to see Clark, dressed in his evening wear and looking tired.

"Clark!" Lois ran towards her boyfriend and tackled him in a hug that he returned.

She pulled out to look at his face and saw that he had bags under his eyes. "Clark?"

Clark sighed sadly. "I couldn't find him."

"Clark…."

Clark marched towards the bed and groaned in defeat. "I searched the city from top to bottom! I even checked the Bludhaven border and I couldn't find him! It's like he disappeared." Lois sat next to Clark and took his hand into her's so he knows that she was here for him. "I tried listening for him, I tried finding Bane, but I still can't find him."

"We're going to find him." Lois assured him.

"I should have tried harder!" Clark exclaimed before standing up and walking around the room. "If I just, tried harder then I would have found him!"

"Clark…"

"I shouldn't have got into that fight with Livewire and Bane and do everything I could to save Jimmy!" Clark held his hands by his head. "He's probably wondering where I am! Thinking I'm not going to-"

"Clark!" Lois interjected as she took his jacket. "Don't beat yourself! We are going to find him! You did all you could to find him! We will rescue him and he will be okay!" Lois calmed down. "I promise."

Clark stared at Lois just as tears fell from his eyes that she wiped away with her hands. "It'll be okay." Lois assured him. She then kissed his hands to comfort him.

Clark sighed and sat down on the bed with Lois to calm down, talk and perhaps come up with a plan to find Jimmy.

"Did anything else happen?" Lois asked.

"One of the Task Force X guys is here." Clark explained. "The one with swords."

Lois narrowed her eyes. "Dad."

"I don't think it's him." Clark assured her. "I hope not anyway. But he was there and tried to kill the District Attorney to get my attention."

"That's…A very impulsive and dangerous risk to get your attention." Lois remarked. "Killing someone who is doing something about the city."

"But then, Batman tackled that Agent and fought him." Clark explained. "The agent got away and I fought Batman."

"You fought Batman?!" Lois exclaimed. "What happened?!"

"Well, somehow, he was able to avoid me." Clark explained. "I couldn't even take him in. But the most baffling part is, he evaded me by jumping off a building. And when I looked down, he was suddenly gone. Like, he just vanished from my existence."

Lois gasped. "So that means, Batman is a supernatural being?"

"No." Clark responded. "I saw who Batman was through his mask."

Lois looked surprised. "What? You saw who he was?"

"Yes."

Lois placed her hand on her mouth. "Oh…My gosh…That's huge. Who is it?"

"I know this may seem hard to believe, but Batman is-"

"Bruce Wayne?" Lois reacted as she looked at the door.

Standing in the doorway was none other than Bruce Wayne. Clark gasped in shock over Bruce's sudden appearance in their room.

"What are you doing here?" Clark asked as he stood up off the bed looking angry at him being here.

"Sorry, I didn't know if you wanted me to come in due to the door being open." Bruce said. "But if it's too…" He noticed that the legs of the bed were broken and sighed. "Okay." Then he walked in the room and shut the door. "We still have that interview we need to do."

Lois stood up and put on a professional face. "Oh yes! Me and Clark are going to interview you. Jimmy can't make it…Because…"

"It's okay." Bruce stared at Clark. "I believe Superman has it, though I think Batman could handle it well."

Clark narrowed his eyes at Bruce. "I believe Superman can do well."

"And how's he going?" Bruce asked, causing Clark to clench his fist.

"So, what do you wish to start with Mr Wayne?" Lois asked. "Actually, I should start with the first question, how did you know what room we were in?"

"I own this hotel." Bruce replied as he closed the curtains.

"Uh….What's going on?" Lois chuckled nervously.

"It's okay." Bruce assured them as he turned on a nearby lamp. "Nothing bad is going to happen. Well I hope not anyway."

Clark briefly got into a defence position just in case Bruce had something up his sleeve to hurt him or Lois. He used his x-ray vision to look through Bruce's suit and saw that he had one of those batarangs up his sleeve that he looked like he was getting ready to throw.

"Listen Clark, I just need to ask you a question: Does she know?"

Lois became worried at what Bruce was implying and looked at him nervously. "What don't I know?"

"Mr Wayne, what do you think she might not know?" Clark asked.

"I don't know." Bruce replied. "Have you showed her your cape?"

Lois instantly knew what Bruce was implying and began to sweat. "Uh…Are you saying that, my boyfriend is…Batman?"

Clark looked at Lois with a surprised expression on his face. "Really?"

"What?" Lois reacted.

Bruce laughed. "Him? Batman? Sure. I can believe that."

Clark and Lois looked surprised. "Huh?"

"Oh yeah, big build, similar height, anyone could think that." Bruce said. "Except we have a problem. He's not Batman, he's Superman."

Lois and Clark froze in fear until Lois just began laughing. "My boyfriend, Superman?!" Lois wiped a stray tear from her eye which Clark noticed as either a nice touch or Lois was nervous. "Yeah! And I'm Wonder Woman. Mr Wayne, I know Clark, we have a bond I can rely on. If he was Superman then, let's face it, I probably wouldn't survive." Bruce exhaled and began walking around the room. "I mean, could you imagine what would happen if Superman was in a relationship with anyone? I don't know if it could work. Granted, it might work. I mean, who knows if Superman has a girlfriend?" Lois and Clark took nervous glances at each other. "Or maybe he might have a boyfriend? Or…Perhaps another kind of partner? But, I am flattered you think I am Superman's girlfriend but I am very much happy with-"

Suddenly, Bruce tossed the batarang from his sleeve and it hit Clark in the chest. This action caused Lois to freeze in terror while chuckling nervously. Whereas Clark was put off by the sudden action despite knowing what he was about to do.

"….Clark?" Lois looked to her boyfriend with a concerned look on her face.

Clark took off his glasses and placed them on a nearby counter. "Yes Mr Wayne, she knows. But you also revealed your secret."

Lois picked up the broken pieces of the little gizmo that Bruce threw at Clark. It was shattered in two so Lois could piece it together in seconds to see it become a distinct bat symbol.

Lois gasped and dropped it to the floor. "Oh my….God!" Lois exclaimed. "You're Batman?!"

"I am." Bruce replied bluntly.

Lois was in complete shock. "I…I…I don't believe it!" She narrowed her eyes at him. "What do you want? I know you don't like Superman!"

"I never said I disliked him." Bruce retorted.

"So, what is this Bruce Wayne persona?" Lois asked. "Do you just….Pretend to be some kind of eccentric and wild billionaire to hide the fact that you're a violent vigilante?!" She crossed her arms. "Very clever."

"Violent might be a stretch." Bruce retorted as he began walking around the room.

"Wait, how did you manage to figure out my identity?" Clark asked.

Bruce picked up Clark's glasses and began to analyse them. "These glasses might fool people like Gordon and Bullock, but not me." He began to tap the lenses and raised a brow before putting them back on the mantle piece. He turned to face the couple. "Listen, I know we might not agree with each other…"

"You're a vigilante." Clark said. "I should take you in!"

Bruce crossed his arms. "I wouldn't do that."

"Why not?!" Lois grinned as she picked up one of the pieces of his batarang. "These have your fingerprints on them! Plus, two eyewitnesses who have seen you throw that Batarang-"

"Batarang?" Bruce asked.

"Boomerang and bat…Like it?" Lois remarked. "People will know that Bruce Wayne and Batman are the same person."

Bruce instead of feeling threatened just smiled. "Impressive, but your fingerprints are on that as well."

Lois tossed the first half on the floor and just pointed at the other piece. "That one doesn't."

"Let's face it Mr Wayne, we can expose you." Clark said with a smug grin.

Bruce gave a small applaud. "You're right. You could."

Clark and Lois instantly became alarmed by how calm he was acting about this situation. "Uh…Mr Wayne?"

"You got your leverage against me…" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a folder. "….I got mine." He handed the folder to Lois.

She opened it and pulled out a few pieces of paper. Clark looked over Lois' shoulder to see what she was looking at. What they saw was shocking.

There were pictures of Clark and Superman side-by-side, some pictures of Clark changing into Superman and an overhead picture of buildings in Metropolis with lines drawn around that looked like trails.

They looked at where these trails lead, most of them ending in either The Daily Planet, Lois' apartment or Clark and Jimmy's apartment.

It was at this moment they knew that Bruce Wayne had all the evidence to expose Clark Kent as Superman to the world.

"It's amazing what a satellite can achieve." Bruce remarked. "Got evidence to expose you."

"Hey Lois, could I see that?" Clark took the papers from Lois' hand and then used his heat vision to burn the papers into ash. "What evidence?" Clark and Lois gave Bruce a smug grin.

Bruce sighed. "Well, I got copies, USB sticks, folders I have enlisted to trusted allies…." He noted the shocked faces on Clark and Lois. "…I got almost a contingency plan for anything."

"What do you want?!" Clark asked. "If you want us out of Gotham, that's out of the question! Because I'm not leaving without Jimmy!"

"And we're not leaving without knowing if you're Mockingbird!" Lois protested. "I don't care if you have evidence on my boyfriend, we will not-"

"I know." Bruce said.

"Huh?" Clark and Lois were shocked.

"I know you're too stubborn." Bruce said. "You did try to take me on after all." Bruce noted to Clark, whom just had his arms folded. "I know you won't leave Gotham no matter what I do. But unfortunately, I think I need your help on this."

"What makes you think we wanna help you?!" Lois asked accusingly. "You just blackmailed us!"

"Exactly." Bruce said. "But, you do need my help. I know you have a problem with seeing through lead."

Superman looked to one side with embarrassment. "That's….A problem."

"The point is, we might need to team up to deal with finding Jimmy, stopping Bane, finding Mockingbird and stopping Slade." Bruce suggested.

"Who?" Lois and Clark asked.

"Perhaps I need to explain the adversaries we are facing." Bruce placed a small bat shaped device on the desk and activated, causing it to project a holographic image of Bane. "Pretty sure you know of Bane. One of the most wanted terrorists in the entire world."

"Doesn't he know about 13 languages?" Lois asked.

"Fifteen." Bruce replied. "Committed around 24 acts of terrorism in the span of three years ever since he made his presence known. Additionally, 36 kidnapping charges, 22 assassinations, drug manufacturing and 122 assault charges. The only reason why people haven't taken him down, is because they're afraid of him. He has handed them death threats, bomb threats, killed their friends, families, their families friends even if someone tries to touch him. Not even the US government wanna lay their hands on him."

"So, he's essentially the modern day Al Capone?" Clark asked.

"I wouldn't compare him to Al Capone." Bruce retorted. "Not even Al Capone would do the stuff he did. But the question on our minds is, why is Bane here?"

"Well, kidnapping I assume." Clark theorised.

"Correct, but why did he kidnap Jimmy Olsen of all people?" Bruce asked.

"Because he's rich." Lois laughed. "I thought that would have been obvious."

"Bane has held billionaires for ransom." Bruce replied. "So why did he not kidnap people like Ted Kord or me? He got Oliver Queen and Harvey Dent, why didn't he capture anyone else? He wanted Jimmy Olsen specifically because he called him out at the party."

"I don't know." Clark shrugged his shoulders. "Turn his app into Pro-Bane propaganda?"

"I heard Bane tell Jimmy to cry out for you." Lois informed her boyfriend. "And he said it like he wanted it."

"Then it's clear, you're the target, not Jimmy." Bruce said.

Clark gave a frustrated groan. "Oh come on! Just what I need right now!"

"Additionally, Bane has captured Leslie Willis, Drury Walker and Matt Hagen." Bruce informed them while showing projections of the criminals he listed. "Whatever his intentions are with them, I intend to find out."

"Was there any info about his whereabouts?" Clark asked.

Bruce swiped the projection of the criminals to show live footage of Harvey Bullock interrogating two of Bane's criminals.

"Check for yourself."

"Alright you scumbags, how's about you tell me everything you can about where Bane and Oliver Queen are? Or otherwise I'll give you a taste of my prized weapons, Bill & Bob?!" Harvey showed the goons his knuckles.

"No revelaremos nuestros secretos a los cerdos gordos, sólo a Bane." They responded simultaneously.

Harvey just froze in wide eyed confusion. "Que?"

"They won't spill secrets about Bane." Bruce replied. "Every interview that has been conducted with every criminal that has been apprehended won't reveal anything about Bane. It's almost like they're a part of a cult. I don't think breaking a few bones will help."

"It won't." Clark narrowed his eyes at Bruce.

"It tends to have positive results." Bruce retorted. "Moving on, there's still that Mockingbird problem. We still don't know who they are. So I hope your suspicions about me being Mockingbird have been put to rest."

"Pretty much so." Clark replied. "What about everyone else?"

"Well…." Bruce swiped to some footage of Vicki Vale on a desk reporting for the Gotham Gazette.

"….Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent happen to have survived the attack on Bane. As you can see from this footage, Bruce Wayne and Bane appear to be talking to each other. Professional lip readers have come to the conclusion that Bruce Wayne and Bane were talking about Mockingbird. The weapons dealer importing weapons to criminals such as Bane and Leonard Snart. It looked like he was about to be executed along with Daily Planet journalist Clark Kent. But for some reason, they weren't executed and instead saved by Batman whom incapacitated their would-be executioners. Or so Bruce Wayne says, but how do we know those criminals weren't just playing along with the con and Bruce Wayne is indeed Mockingbird? He is the head CEO! HE is the one who is authorising everything! He is clearly the one dealing these weapons as they have his logo! They're his weapons! He knows what he is doing!"

Lois looked baffled. "That's the problem? Vicki slandering you?"

"She's just an annoying nuisance, not a problem." Bruce replied. "But, she could be. The more people listen to her slandering conspiracy theories about me, the more likely police will search every property I occupy and find out that Bruce Wayne and Batman are the same person. That's why I need to find Mockingbird and bring them to the police and fast."

"And what of this Slade?" Clark asked.

"What kind of name is Slade?" Lois asked. "I mean, that name sounds super fake. His name's probably Wade." She seemed slightly amused by the name.

"I don't think so." Clark said.

"Laugh at his name all you want, but he is one of the most dangerous mercenaries in the world." Bruce explained before swiping to a picture of Slade in some other getup. One that appeared to be made from a rough material compared to his high tech suit with orange on one side and blue on the other. "You now know him as Slade, but he's known by another name, Deathstroke. He takes contracts from anybody and he doesn't care who. Dictators, billionaires, governments, he doesn't care just as long as he has a job to complete."

"Have you encountered him before?" Clark asked. "Sounds like you have."

Bruce gave a long pause that looked like he was reminiscing. "….Yeah. I've met him a few times. You're lucky to be alive."

"But is he a threat?" Lois asked. "Will he get in our way?"

"He will be a distraction." Bruce replied. "But as far as I'm aware of, he's got no connections to Bane nor Mockingbird and is just a dog on the US government's leash."

"Well, that's a way to put it." Clark remarked.

"So, now we know who we're dealing with, what's the plan?" Lois asked.

"Clark and I will find Bane at night. Because when we find Bane, we find Jimmy and we find Oliver Queen." Bruce replied.

"But why night?!" Clark asked.

"I work better at night." Bruce replied. "I understand you work on whatever time. Plus, going out in the day would be too much of a risk. Especially with Slade running about."

"And what of him?" Clark asked.

"If he attacks, let me worry about him." Bruce replied. "You don't know him like I do."

"And what about me?" Lois asked. "You don't expect me to stay in the hotel and do nothing, right?"

"I would suggest you'd stay here for your safety." Bruce replied. "But reading your articles I know that you're impulsive, you like to trespass, you get into dangerous situations even when people tell you not to…"

Lois looked insulted by his analysis. "Why don't you tell me what fragrance I was wearing while you're at it?"

"You tend to apply a Vanilla flavoured perfume on your neck according to the scent I got out of you from last night." Bruce replied.

Lois narrowed her eyes at him. "What are you?! A detective as well?!"

"I do a lot of detective work." Bruce replied. "But what I'm asking you is to find out when the latest weapon's deal is happening. That way you can find the proof that I'm not Mockingbird and publish it on the Planet."

"Yeaaah, that's going to be an issue." Lois said. "Gotham is a very dangerous place." Lois gave a smug grin. "But I can handle myself."

"Yeah, her Dad was in the military." Clark informed him.

"Yes, I know that." Bruce replied. "I'm aware of your father's military background. But, you can never be to sure, so I'm sending someone to assist you."

Lois chortled. "The butler?"

"No. Alfred helps in the Batcave." Bruce responded as he picked up the holographic projection device.

Clark and Lois stared at Bruce in shock. "The butler knows?!"

"Since day one." Bruce replied as he opened the curtains. "Remember Clark, night, we meet. Top of Ace Chemicals. Make sure you're in costume."

"Hey Clark, can we talk?" Lois pulled Clark aside so they could talk. "Can we trust him?"

"I'm not sure." Clark replied. "But he seems to know things."

"But he has info about you!" Lois exclaimed. "If he sends this out then you will be hunted relentlessly! Maybe we should find Jimmy on our-"

"No. Something tells me that Bruce might be right about Slade." Clark said. "If I just go out there in the city looking for Jimmy then there's a chance I'll be a target."

"But what do we do during the day?!" Lois asked. "We can't just stay in our room and wait for sunset."

"We should investigate." Clark suggested. "We might find some information about Bane, Mockingbird and Slade that we don't know."

Lois sighed. "Okay. I still don't trust him, but at this rate, I will do everything I can to help you find Jimmy."

Clark gave his girlfriend a grateful smile. "Thank you, Lois." He kissed her forehead and turned to where Bruce was standing. "Mr Wayne, I-" He stopped talking when he suddenly realised that Bruce was no longer standing where he was.

Lois looked at where Clark was looking and stared at the empty room with a baffled expression. "Uh…."

"How did he do that without opening the door?" Clark began walking to the balcony. "And the doors to the balcony are closed." He looked at his girlfriend, who just shrugged her shoulders as a response to Bruce's inexplicable exit.