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Chapter 10

Super Changes

It was early morning as Lana made her way to work. The sound of the city begins with cars driving down the busy roads. As she crossed the street she saw Kara and Barbara on a morning jog, the former enjoying showing off her athletic abilities, much to the annoyance of her partner.

"Tired already? We've only been running for what, three hours?" Kara teased.

"You know, humans... don't... have... the same... stamina... as you." Barbara panted.

"Morning lovebirds," Lana greeted.

"Morning," Kara returned.

"Hi, Lana," the other runner said as she caught her breath.

"I see you're going on a light jog," Lana teased.

"Well, for me it is." Kara joked, making her girlfriend roll her eyes.

"By the way, aren't you worried that someone might recognize you without your glasses?"

"Nah, I run too fast for anyone to get a good look at me."

"Or keep up," Barbara added.

"You got to admit she is fast... but her cousin is faster," Lana teased.

"Haha very funny," Kara sarcastically stated over her girlfriend's laugh.

"Well, I'm off. See you two later," Lana said before continuing on her journey. They waved goodbye to her before continuing their morning run.

Lana arrived at the museum at nine o'clock. It was a rather quiet morning as she made her way down the hallway. Then something small caught her eye. Lana found a small rock, curious, she bent down to pick it up. Suddenly she was struck with a minor headache. She put her hand on her head until it passed and placed the rock in her pocket before continuing her round.

Her day went on as normal as she worked on her dresses. She just finished when she got a call to meet the head of the organization in his office. On her way, he spotted Clark.

"Oh hey," she greeted.

"Hello, Lana."

"So, who are you interviewing this time?"

"One of the paleontologists."

"What's about it?"

"That's classified information."

"Come on you can tell me," she teased.

"Nice try."

"Oh well. Guess I'll have to do better next time," she joked, earning a small chuckle.

"Well, I have to be off. See you around, Lana."

"Bye, Clark," she smiled as he walked away.

As she walked she took one last look and chuckled to herself. Of course, Clark would have his Superman outfit under his work attire. She continued just walking past a man in blue but did a double take, did she really just see a man walking around in his underwear? Just then a woman walked by.

"What the-," Lana said in shock as she saw the woman in her pink underwear. She shook her head and looked at the woman again, this time seeing her fully clothed.

"I need to switch to decaf," she muttered to herself.

Elsewhere, Bruce and Zatanna sat down for lunch at the hotel's diner during a pleasant break.

"So how's the meeting going?" she asked.

"It's going well, although I don't want to bore you with the details."

"It's that boring? And you still have a few more weeks of it."

"We could trade places if you want?"

"Bruce Wayne, shirking his responsibilities? I must cast myself into another dimension." she teased earning a chuckle.

"I'm guessing it's not that interesting of a dimension if I'm the only one who is different?"

"Well the government would trust us for once," she whispered. They both laughed.

As they chatted they once again saw each other's eyes sparkle in the light. Like last time they didn't bother to mention this as they continued to chat. After their meal, they began to walk outside of the hotel's entrance.

"So, will you be at the show tonight?" she asked.

"I can't I'm afraid. I won't be free until eight."

"Oh well. At least I can look forward to seeing you for an evening swim?"

"Same here."

They parted ways, wondering why they had seen each other's eyes sparkle again.

Later that evening, Zatanna had just finished her show and was just about to go back to her room when a voice came from her communicator.

"Zatanna, are you there?"

"Here. What do you need?"

"We've got a monster problem in Smallville, Kansas."

"I'm on it, but I'm going need some help." she said then she teleported herself to the state.

Back in Gotham, Lana's day was getting weirder by the minute, she had managed to sow one of the dresses when she overheard a conversation between a young couple. The boy was complimenting his girlfriend on how beautiful she was. Then the fashion designer shot up. The Egyptian's exhibit was on the other side of the museum, how was she able to hear them talk?

As the day went on, Lana got even more surprises. She had managed to finish one of the dresses in three seconds, she had accidentally made her drink cold when she breathed ice into it, and finally, she managed to overhear Clark's interview. On the plus side, that did help her come up with a new design for a dress.

The evening came around with dark grey clouds rolling in as Clark walked out of the museum where, unbeknownst to him, three figures waited in the darkness.

Clark walked into an alleyway and removed his business attire to fly into the sky in his superhero outfit. He landed on a rooftop where Batgirl and Supergirl waited for him.

"Ready?" he asked.

Kara nodded. "Let's go find Ivy and Harley before that storm hits."

"We don't have time to look for them, we have to Lois, tonight."

"But what about Harley and Ivy?"

"We can find them later," he said firmly. "We've got to find Lois before it's too late."

"But we've looked almost everywhere in Gotham for her," Batgirl stated.

"Then where haven't we looked yet?"

Batgirl was just about to speak when she got a call from her communicator.

"Batgirl, come in Batgirl." a female voice said.

"Batgirl here, what's the situation?"

"There's a monster attack in Kansas. Zatanna already on her way but she needs help. You and the Supers have to get there, A.S.A.P"

"But there's no one to look after Gotham in our absence," Batgirl stated. "Can't you ask someone else to handle it?"

"No one else is available."

"Can one of us stay in Gotham just in case?"

"Alright, two of you will go."

"Got it." she ended the call. "Ready to go to the middle of nowhere?" she teased her girlfriend.

"At least we'll get to kick some monster butt," Supergirl said as she picked up her girlfriend.

"Do you think you'll be ok on your own?"

"I will. Say hi to Pa and Ma for me," he stated.

"Will do," his cousin said and took to the sky with the redhead on her back.

Clark was about to start his search when from the corner of his eye he saw something move in the shadows.

Batgirl and Supergirl arrived in Kansas just as Zatanna did. They spotted a strange purplish reptile attacking Smallville. People screamed as they ran for cover from the beast's snapping crocodile jaws, just missing them by an inch.

"So what's the plan?" Zatanna asked.

Barbara thought for a moment. "First we'll get everyone as far away from that thing as possible. Then, Kara and I will distract it while you cast a spell to capture it."

The other two nodded in agreement before jumping into action.

Amongst the fleeing citizens were Martha and Jonathan. As they tried to run, the elderly couple were almost crushed by the creature's foot but were thankfully saved by their daughter and her girlfriend. She took them to a safe spot, far away from the monster's rampage.

"You guys ok?" she asked with deep concern.

"I've been worse," Jonathan stated.

"We're fine sweety," her mom reassured her.

The two heroines smiled before going back to help the other townsfolk. Once everyone was a safe distance away from the calamity, the three set to work.

"Try and get its field of vision away from me," Zee requested them.

Kara flew towards the huge creature, carrying her partner with her.

The monster let out an earth-shattering roar before knocking down a small shoe shop.

"Hey, lizard brain, over here," Batgirl called.

The enormous reptile turned around to see the duo hovering nearby.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size," Supergirl taunted.

The monster growled and licked its dry lips before moving closer to them. They slowly moved backward as the monster opened its maw, but before it could attack, the beast was surrounded by a purple glow as Zee cast her spell. In less than ten seconds the monster was shrunken to the size of a bearded dragon and put in a small glass terrarium. Zee then used her magic to mend the broken buildings. The crowd cheered as Supergirl landed. They rushed over to thank them for getting rid of the beast.

Once the crowd had dispersed, the Kents approached their daughter and her friends.

"It's great to see you again," Kara said as she hugged her parents.

"It's lovely to see you too deary," Martha agreed.

"It's great to see you too, Jonathon."

"Same to you," he replied. "Thanks again for saving us."

"No problem," Batgirl said before turning to speak to her girlfriend. "I hate to break up the reunion so soon but we should get going before that lightning storm hits Gotham."

"You could stay at ours tonight if you like," Martha offered.

"I'm sure Clark wouldn't mind if you two stayed?" Zee added.

"Alright, thank you," Kara replied to her parents.

"Just let us get into something more casual," Barbara suggested holding the creature.

The three heroes escaped to an alleyway, where the sexy magician used her powers to change their clothing.

"Thanks for your help tonight, Zee," Kara nodded.

"You're welcome," she replied. "by the way, love the new fit, purple really suits you."

"Yeah, thanks," Barbara said.

"Thank you for holding on to him." Zatanna took the cage, "Now to take you to HQ."

Barbara looked up at the night sky. "You never get a view like this in Gotham."

"Yeah, one of the plus sides about this place is you get a really good look at the stars." Kara agreed.

"How would you describe them?"

"Sparkley."

"Just like my eyes," Barbara teased. Kara lovely smiled as she rolled her eyes.

"What'd you say?" Zee asked.

"Well, when I knew I loved her I saw a sparkle in her eyes."

"Really?"

"Well, we'd better get going. Goodbye, Zee," Barbara said before she and her girlfriend headed off.

"Goodbye, lovebirds," Zee teased, before teleporting to The Hall of Justice leaving her a moment to wonder if she had experienced the same thing as Kara.

While this occured Lana gathered her things on her way back to the hotel when she heard something. She crept out of her workshop and looked over the railing to see two robbers. She overheard one of them tell his comrade to head to the Art section while they would go to the Ice Age exhibit to steal a rare fossil. She backed away to call for help.

"Hello, Ms."

Lana gasped as she turned to see the third robber behind her.

"You weren't thinking about squalling on us to the police, were you?" he asked as took out his gun.

She slowly backed away as he gestured the gun to tell her to go to the open window. She did as she was told, the robber shoved her out of it before returning to his original task. Lana screamed and shut her eyes until she felt suspended in the air. She opened her eyes and let out a sigh of relief. She then turned to thank Superman for saving her but to her shock, no one was there. She looked down to see that she was somehow hovering.

"What the hell?" she said to herself. Looking up she decided to see if she could fly back to the window. It wasn't graceful, but she managed to get there. Just then she saw Superman on the ground floor.

"Superman!" she called.

He looked up and flew up to her. "You ok?"

"I'm fine," she reassured him. "I just saw three robbers break in."

"Did you see where they went?"

"One's heading to the Art gallery and the other going to the Ice Age exhibit."

"What about the third one?"

"I'm not sure. All I know is he was up here."

"Got it," he confirmed. Superman carried her to the ground floor. "I'll be back as soon as I can," he stated before going off to catch the robbers, neither of them noticing that they were being watched in the shadows.

Superman moved as quietly as a mouse until he saw the two robbers in a hallway with their stolen items.

"You got it?" one of them asked. The other robber showed him the painting.

"Good, now let's get out of here before Batman shows up."

"I think we've got someone else to worry about," he said, pointing behind his colleague.

He turned around to see Superman. They took out their guns but before they could fire, the Man of Steel grabbed them by the hand.

Lana waited in the main hall, when a figure walked out of the shadows.

"My, my miss, you're one tough cookie," he said as he slinked towards her.

"Stay back." She warned him, backing away until she was against the wall.

He chuckled once she was cornered. "Or what little ms..."

Lana quickly grabbed him by the neck, nearly choking him out.

Superman had cuffed the robbers. Suddenly the final one came flying around the corner. Clark looked through the lines of holes where Lana was standing at the end with a look of shock on her face.

Once everything was settled, Clark joined Lana in her hotel room now in his civilian clothes. She had explained about the rock and the things that had happened to her that day, in turn, he had clarified what it was precisely what the rock had done to her.

"So let me get this straight, I have powers now?" Lana tried to comprehend.

"Yes and I don't mean to offend you but that means you also have my responsibilities as well."

"You mean I have to wear a red skirt and blue suit," she joked.

"Lana this is serious. You now have a duty to protect others who are unable to defend themselves." he sternly stated.

"Clark, I'm not the kind of person who goes flying about saving people on a daily basis."

"You are now."

"I don't even know how to control them."

"I'll teach you."

"There's no way out of this, is there?" she said defeatedly.

"No," he asserted said.

She sighed. "Ok, but I'm designing my suit."

"Alright," he agreed.

"So, when do I start training, coach?"

He pondered for a moment, "Tomorrow night, once your off work."

"Alright," she begrudgingly agreed.

Barbara calmly paced around Kara's room in Kansas on the phone with her mentor.

"How have things been in Gotham?" Bruce asked.

"Oh you know, same old, same old."

"Any luck with finding Lois?

"Not yet," Barbara stated as Kara came up the stairs.

"Dinner's ready, sweetheart." she was informed by her girlfriend.

"Ok, I'll be there," she acknowledged before ending her prior conversation. "Bye Bruce."

"Goodbye." He hung up and wistfully chuckled to himself, "Young love."

His thoughts then wandered to Zatanna. For some reason, she had been on his mind for most of the day, so he grabbed his "inseam swim trunks and went to the pool.

Barbara and the Kents, meanwhile, sat for their meal. As they ate, the farmyard cat rubbed itself against the guest's legs.

"I see someone like you," Jonathan teased.

"I can tell," Barbara said then turned to her girlfriend. "You're not jealous, are you?" she teased. Kara playful rolled her blue eyes at her girlfriend's joke.

"So how has been in Gotham?" Martha asked her adopted daughter.

"Pretty normal," Kara replied.

"And how's Clark?"

"Um... he's been better."

"And Lois?" At Kara's hesitation, Martha pressed with deep concern, "What happened?"

Her daughter looked at her girlfriend, who gave her a nod, and took a deep breath. "She and Clark got into an argument so she left to cool off, but now she's gone missing."

"Good heavens."

"What were they fighting about this time?" Jonathan asked in exasperation.

"Well, it started when she saw him speaking with Lana and she may have accidentally called us... freaks." Barbara admitted.

"I take it Clark's hasn't been taking this well?" the older woman asked, earning a nod from the two.

There was an awkward silence before they continued their dinner.

Zatanna, once again in her revealing black bikini, joined Bruce at the hotel pool.

"Evening," she greeted as she sat beside him. "Sorry, I'm late, there was a monster issue in Kansas."

"That's alright, our duties always come first. By the way, how was the show?" he asked.

"It went as well as usual."

"Full house?"

"Of course, what else would it be? What are you up to?" she asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," he replied innocently.

Once she lowered her guard, Bruce playfully pushed her into the pool. Zatanna surfaced.

"Really funny Bruce," she said. Swiftly, levitated him until he was hovering over the water. She suddenly released him, resulting in a mighty splash.

"Touché," he laughed once he surfaced.

She smirked before exiting the pool, followed by Bruce, where they chose to relax in one of the hot tubs for a while.

"So how was the rest of the meeting?" Zatanna asked.

"About as fun as the first half," he successfully teased.

"Oh, you poor man. Stuck in a board room for hours."

"I've had worse," he agreed. "So, what was the monster problem in Kansas about?"

"Some weird reptile wreaking havoc in Smallville. It wasn't much trouble, I just had to shrink it down and done."

"Did anyone else help?"

"Your apprentice, Batgirl, she and her partner, Supergirl. They distracted it so I could work my magic," she clarified.

"Sounds like you three make the perfect team."

"We do, although I think those two prefer to work by themselves." she humorously admitted earning a laugh.

As he laughed, Bruce couldn't help but be mesmerized by the beauty of the most wonderful woman he had met. Zee smiled pleasantly as she gazed at whom she perceived to be the most handsome and kind-hearted man she had met.

Once silence settled between them, their eyes met with an amorous sparkle under the blue light. They slowly leaned into each other and closed their eyes as they kissed.

Lana, now in her nightgown, rested in her bed trying to comprehend her new life. One day she was a normal fashion designer and the next she was Superwoman, but that wasn't the only thing on her mind. She hadn't told Clark about one of her other concerns involving Lois's reaction. She shook her head, no matter what she said, she knew she couldn't get out of this. She had no choice but to face the music head-on.

Lana began to slowly drift off to sleep, unsure about what her new life had in store.

Bruce and Zatanna were spent in their hotel room, their swimsuits scattered across the floor. She snuggled in closer to her guest as he playfully squeezed her ass.

"You really know how to show a girl a good time," she whispered in his ear.

"You have a way of making it magical," he replied.

"Well, magic is my specialty, Brucey."

"Nice nickname, Zee Zee. Is it ok if I call you that from now on?"

"Maybe... unless you have any other nicknames you like to call me," Zatanna flirted.

"It's a shame you're leaving soon."

"Don't worry, the moment I'm back in Gotham, I'll show you some more of my... special tricks."

"I'll be counting down the seconds until then."

"What number are you on?"

"So far, I'm up to four," he joked, earning a chuckle from her.

"So when should we tell the others about us?" she sincerely asked.

"I'm not sure. Although I think we should at least wait until Lois is found before we tell Clark."

Zee hummed in agreement. Then they gave each other one last kiss and fell asleep, Zee resting her head on his muscular chest while he draped an arm across her body.

While still in the midwest, Barbara and Kara got settled in when the Kent's barn cat jumped onto the bed.

"Does he always have to sleep right next to my face?" Barbara asked as it curled up next to her.

"That means he likes you," her partner chuckled as she gently stroked the purring cat.

"Well can he at least not try and sit on my face at six in the morning?"

"I'll ask him but I think you already know his answer," she teased as the cat licked Barabara's nose. She wiped her nose while her girlfriend chuckled. "He was just kissing you good night."

Barbara lovingly rolled her eyes before joining in with a short giggle. She then noticed a slightly worried look on her girlfriend's face. "Is something wrong?"

"I'm just concerned about Clark," she admitted. "I've never seen him this upset and for so long."

"Do you think something happened between them, even before the museum incident?"

Kara hesitated for a moment. "Promise to keep this between us and my parents?" she asked. Barbara nodded. "Clark and Lois' spark, may have burned out a while ago, even before we started dating."

"You mean their relationship might be coming to an end?"

"No, no, no. They might just be in a rough spot at the moment."

"For eight months?"

"That's the part I'm concerned about. A month or two would one thing, but this…" Kara couldn't bring herself to continue, as tears began to form in her eyes. "I just want him to be happy in his life again."

"Don't worry, we'll do everything we can to make him feel better," Barbara promised, putting a hand on her shoulder. "I bet the moment we find Lois, that spark will be relit. And I know he'll be overjoyed to have her back."

"I hope they can get back to the way they were."

"I know they can. By the end of the month, he'll be his old self again."

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it," she said before letting out a sleepy yawn. "Night Karwy."

"Night Babsy."

They soon dozed off with the cat already fast asleep.

Downstairs, however, Jonathan and Martha sat in the living room having a restless conversation.

"Are you ok Martha?" he asked.

"I worried about him," she confessed. "We barely get to see him, and know every time we do, he's unhappy."

Jonathan joined his wife by the window to comfort her.

"I just want to see our little boy like he used to be."

"So do I, dear. So do I."