It had been a rough week for Clark Kent and Lois Lane respectively.
On Monday, due to being up all night doing Superman business, Clark overslept and was late to work by one minute so he got quite the scolding from Perry for his tardiness.
Lois couldn't get any sleep the other night as for whatever reason, some of her neighbours were having a really loud indoor party just before the work day began, what were they even thinking?
On Tuesday, while flying out as Superman, Clark accidentally got hit on the head by a drone causing it to shatter into pieces. The owners however, blamed Superman for their reckless control of the expensive equipment.
While investigating so-called local community hero, Bruno Mannheim. The battery on Lois' phone died out.
On Wednesday, Clark had to apprehend an assassin known only as Bloodsport, who somehow got his hands on kryptonite bullets. He had a graze on his face from one of the bullets and had to come up with a story as to how and why a cat suddenly attacked him for Lois' Dad, who had come over for a visit.
While doing a report on the grand reveal of a Superman and Supergirl statue in Metropolis National Park, Lois accidentally got knocked into a pond by a dog, leading her to be covered in frogs, toads, weeds and leeches.
On Thursday, while having a break from saving a train full of people from crashing, Clark had noted his sandwich tasted too spicy. Even for his super powered tongue. That's when he realised, he accidentally took Lois' lunch.
Vice-Versa, Lois had taken Clark's lunch. She noted it was his once she realised how mild her sandwich tasted.
On Friday, Clark being busy with Superman business, almost missed the deadline on writing a report on the birth of the Princess of Markovia. He only had four minutes to write a report and thankfully, he had super speed to help him with that problem. But still, he could have missed it.
While writing a report on Bruno Mannheim, the internet at the Planet had gone out for a few hours and the worst part is, it somehow caused about five paragraphs of work to vanish.
On Saturday, Clark had to fight Livewire, Heatwave, Captain Cold, Mist, rescue Lois and had to deal with harassment from those drone users all in the same day.
Lois had somehow ended up captured by Bruno Mannheim for trying to expose his true intentions which lead to her super powered boyfriend to try and rescue her which succeeded of course.
Sunday was nothing new. Superman and Supergirl were currently dealing with a new threat. There was a huge dark blimp floating above Metropolis with all sorts of cannons ready to fire and megaphones blaring.
The person manning the blimp was a man around five foot one wearing a black top hat, a black waistcoat, a bow-tie with polka dots, black pants, shiny black shoes and sported a black goatee.
"Come and face me, Super family!" The man in the blimp commanded. "I implore you to do your worst as you face me! Your arch nemesis! The Prankster!" He evoked an evil laugh before he got into a coughing fit.
Superman and his cousin exhaled in annoyance. After a week of fighting threats like Livewire and Bloodsport, this guy just looked like a downgrade.
"And what shall happen if we do not adhere to your commands of confrontation?!" Supergirl asked.
The Prankster stopped laughing. "Uh….Oh. Um….I will….Uh…..Uh….Well…I shall taunt you until you do! Come on and face me you…Uh….Uh…Good looking…No, that's a compliment!"
The super cousins gave the man in the blimp some deadpan stares as they felt he wasn't really worth their time.
"I really don't have time for this." Superman sighed. "I got places to be."
"As do I." Supergirl said. "Jimmy is having a marathon of that fascinating TV a show about aliens and other cryptids called The X-Files at his place. You?"
"Lois needs help with a report on a Greek museum that's recently opened up in the city." Superman explained. "She's trying to write a good hook."
"Hey! Hey!" The Prankster exclaimed. "Are you listening to me?! Do you see how much of a threat I am?! Look down, even the residents fear me!"
However, the residents of Metropolis were just minding their own businesses as they were enjoying strolls or drinking cups of coffee at a cafe.
A waiter at the cafe was cleaning up a table, ignoring the menace. "I hear you, I don't fear you and I don't care."
"Well, you're not giving any reasons to fear you." Superman remarked.
"Sounds like you are striving for attention." Supergirl said. "Trickster, was it?"
"Trickster?" The Prankster reacted. "Trickster?! Do I look like I come from Central City?! It's Prankster!"
"And?" Supergirl retorted.
"Alright! If you don't take me seriously, then I will blow this city!" The Prankster exclaimed.
"Excuse me?" Superman reacted.
"Away! I will blow this city away! With a giant whoopee cushion!" The Prankster laughed.
Superman used his X-Ray vision to look at the blimp and saw that there weren't any kind of signs of a giant whoopee cushion.
"You're bluffing!" Superman said. "You don't have a whoopee cushion."
"I so do!" The Prankster argued.
"He is right." Supergirl said. "We have X-Ray vision in case you forget, Joker."
"Prankster!" Prankster screamed. "Do I look like a clown to you?!"
"A clown, no. A joke, yes." Supergirl retorted.
The Prankster screamed. "That's it! I did not want to go to this! I will attack the city with my cannons!" He pushed a few buttons on the control panel, unleashing a barrage of cannonballs into the city.
Now realising the serious threat the man is, the citizens all began running for their lives. It wasn't only them, but Superman and his cousin as well.
"I'll get the citizens to safety, you handle The Prankster." Superman declared.
"On it!" Supergirl and Superman quickly dashed towards their respective objectives.
Before any more cannons could make impact, Superman got in front of them, taking the hits. They did knock him to the ground, but something he could quickly get back up from. He did do his best to get a lot of residents to safety by getting them far away from the location.
He caught some of the cannonballs and tossed them at the blimp, causing it some damage. More cannonballs were shot out that Superman managed to stop by using his laser vision to quickly blow them up.
However, one cannonball hit a nearby building, causing debris to fall. The Kryptonian hero quickly dashed to the debris and managed to save a nearby passer by tackling them away.
"It's okay, you're safe." Superman assured the person, who was a purple haired boy in his late teens. He narrowed his eyes at Superman.
"You owe me a new drone!" He exclaimed.
Superman sighed. "Come on, give me a break."
Back in the blimp, Supergirl was narrowing her eyes at The Prankster whom was laughing. "Try and break the glass Supergirl! It's unbreakable! You can't-" Supergirl just casually broke the glass by flicking her finger. "…Break the glass like that!"
Supergirl began to hover towards the man with a deadpan look on her face. "Your terror ends here, Jokester."
"It's Prankster!" Prankster exclaimed. "Now, face the wrath of my silly string attack!" He removed two cans of silly string from his belt and began squirting them at Supergirl.
Unexpectedly, the substance wrapped itself around her, leaving her trapped. The Prankster laughed with glee before running away.
"Try and catch me, Supergirl!" He laughed as he made his way through the door. "You cannot escape from that."
However, she managed to escape from her confides instantly, leaving her somewhat disappointed. "I am missing that arsonist from Gotham." She remarked.
Back outside, Superman took the time to detach the cannons from the blimp and tossed them onto the roof of a nearby building.
At the same time, he stopped some cannonballs by catching them and tossing them back at the blimp, causing it more damage.
Inside the blimp, the Prankster felt his blimp getting damaged and froze to analyse the situation. "Perhaps I should have planned this better."
All of a sudden, Supergirl dashed in front of him. "Surrender now, Tricker."
"It's…." Prankster groaned. "…Forget it. Have a whiff of my flower." He aimed the flower on his right breast at his opponent. "It's acid!" However, the acid hit Supergirl on her cheek, but the burning liquid did not burn her in the slightest.
Supergirl just sighed. "Are you even trying?"
"Well…" The Prankster stuttered. "…I….Clearly have not studied you well enough."
Then, the two began to shake due to the blimp being hit with more cannonballs from the outside. She grabbed the man by his collar and held him close to her so he wouldn't take a lot of the debris she was about to crash through.
She kicked the door to the exit and jumped out just as the blimp was going down. She quickly hung him by his suspenders on a lamp post while she helped her cousin with carrying the aerial vehicle away from the city.
They placed it outside of the police station parking lot, startling a few officers. "This was illegally piloted by a man named The Prankster. It might be worth investigating." Superman said before him and his cousin flew off to deal with the man.
The Prankster hung off the makeshift prison struggling to escape. He reached into his pocket and managed to pull out a pair of scissors that he tried to use to cut his way out. He couldn't even get through a thread as the Super cousins had returned.
"It's over." Supergirl said.
"Give it, up Prankster." Superman said.
The Prankster narrowed his eyes at Supergirl and Superman. "Thank you…For getting my name right!" He tried stabbing Superman in the eye, but when the blade came into contact with his eye, the blade dented. However, due to not knowing how strong his eye is, Superman blinked at the same time, causing bits of metal to end up in the back of his eye.
"Ow! My eye!" Superman exclaimed.
"Are you alright?!" Supergirl asked.
"Bits of metal ended up in my eye!" Superman replied. "Oh this is more irritating than an eyelash."
The Prankster laughed. "Ha! I have claimed my revenge!"
Superman groaned as he covered his irritated eye with his hand. "Why did you want to attack us?!"
Prankster began to stutter. "Well…I…I…I…I…Well, I…Wanted to prove…That…I was…Uh…Strong?"
The super cousins raised brows. "I feel there is more to your pathetic story than meets the eye." Supergirl stated.
Prankster sighed. "Okay. I was having a bad week and I was having a mental breakdown. I know that sounds petty but I lost my job, I am behind on rent, I fell into a puddle, I broke my back saving a cat and I find out my girlfriend is cheating on me with my sister! You know what it's like having a bad week, right?"
Superman sighed. "Yeah. I do."
At Lois' apartment, the ambitious journalist was busy writing a report on the new Greek museum that had just opened in Metropolis. "Clark's probably busy with Superman business right now. Luckily, I worked on that opening hook. Still, needed an excuse for him to come over." She smiled. "Let's see Vale beat me this time." Then, she heard a ping coming from her phone. She picked it up to see wha5 the notification was about and she gave a bittersweet smile.
April 25th. Mom's BDay.
"Happy birthday, Mom." She said.
It had been a long time ago since her Mom passed away but the pain was still there. She sometimes wondered what would have happened if her mother pulled through and survived her illness. Would she have had a better relationship with her father? Would she have distanced herself from the people she cared about? Would Clark still be in her life?
She would have loved a life where her Mom was still alive, but would the good things that have happened in her life happened?
She tossed the thoughts aside and got back to working on her story. She eventually finished writing on the article and emailed it to Perry.
"Beat that Vale!" Lois exclaimed. "This terrible week will be all worth it in the end." She then heard another notification coming from her phone and got sent a link to the Gazette by Cat Grant.
When she opened the link, what she saw completely frustrated her. Once again, Vicki Vale had beat her to the punch once again as she had published a story about the Greek museum.
"Oh come on!" Lois shouted in frustration. "How?! That's impossible! I didn't even see her!" She began hitting her head on her coffee table in frustration. "Uhhhhh…"
She heard the sound of the door opening and her boyfriend walking in with a napkin in his eye. "Lois, I'm so sorry, I'm late. I had to deal with Superman business with Kara and…" He noted his girlfriend looking depressed. "…Hey, is everything okay?"
"Vale beat me to the punch again." Lois turned to face her boyfriend and noted how red his eye looked. "Woah! What happened to your eye?" She ran to her boyfriend to see if she was okay. "Did you get an eyelash in your eye again?"
"No, no. A piece of metal from a pair of scissors." Clark replied. "I think I almost got it out."
Lois sniffed her boyfriend and cringed. "Uh! Go and have a shower, Smallville. You stink."
"Yeah, that's Superman business for ya."
Clark used his speed to run up the stairs and to grab some spare clothes in Lois' closet. Lois just sighed in frustration before having an idea in that mischievous brain of hers. She walked up the stairs and stood outside the bathroom door.
In that moment, she took off her shirt and stood beside the bathroom door. "You done in there, Clark?" Lois asked flirtatiously. All of a sudden, Clark opened the door dressed in some spare clothes.
"Yeah, I'm done. You going in?" Clark queried.
Lois sighed. "No, I was changing a shirt." She walked to her bedroom and grumbled in embarrassment. "The pros and cons of having a boyfriend with super speed."
She eventually returned back downstairs with a changed shirt where she saw that Clark was slouched on the couch with a burnt out expression on his face.
She walked down the stairs and slouched next to him. "Rough week?"
"You're telling me. You?" Clark asked.
Lois just tilted her head on her boyfriend's shoulder and sighed. "Very rough. I'm burnt out. That dog knocking me into the pond was just the start of it! I'm still finding all sorts of plants from that pond in my coat!"
Then, a frog hopped past the couple, leading Lois and Clark to stare at it in surprise. "Did you…Get a pet frog recently?"
Lois sighed. "I thought I heard croaking. How's your cheek?"
"It's healed up nice." Clark replied. "Police are still questioning Mr Dubois as to how he maintained Kryptonite bullets. Did you get that report done on time?"
"I did, but once again, Vicki beat me to the punch again!" Lois groaned.
"I thought you were getting better." Clark remarked.
"I thought I was as well. By the way, who stabbed you in the eye?" Lois asked.
"Some guy having a really bad week." Clark replied. "I have gotta be honest, this week has left me burnt out."
"Me too." Lois said. "Even after that stressful encounter with Bruno Mannheim, this week just still can't help but give us a beating."
"I wish I could just give Superman a break that doesn't involve being captured." Clark said.
Instantly, Lois sat up. "Say that again."
"Uhhh…I wish Superman could have a break." Clark said.
Lois then smiled. "Clark, I think what we need…And I know this might seem like a sporadic idea…We take a vacation together. Now I know what you're going to say…."
"Lois, that is a great idea!" Clark said.
"Of course Superman business would…Wait. What?"
"Lois, a vacation would be excellent for the both of us." Clark said. "I really could use a break from being Superman. Besides, Kara can handle things while we are away."
Lois, happy with her boyfriend's response, instantly wrapped him in a hug and kissed his cheek. "You're the best, you know that?"
Clark chuckled. " I try to be."
"But where should we go?" Lois pondered. "I mean, where would couples go on their first vacation together?"
"How about France?" Clark suggested.
"Too cliche!" Lois exclaimed. "I got it, how about England?"
"I wouldn't exactly call that place romantic." Clark said. "I have been there once, to London. Never again. Worst place I have been to. Korea?"
"Korea's nice but, I wouldn't say it was couple based vacation." Lois said.
"Maybe we're overthinking this." Clark said. "What would be a perfect vacation. You don't have to think, Lois, just say it."
"Greece." Lois said. "Think about it, it's warm, it's got beautiful islands, the sea is crystal blue and those villas! Man, those villas!"
"You know what, Lois, Greece is a perfect spot for us." Clark said. "Just imagine, nothing but us relaxing and sunbathing. Well, you'd be getting a tan, I can't. Heck, I can't even get sunburn."
"Then it's decided, we are going Mediterranean!" Lois declared loudly proudly.
In a short amount of time, Lois and Clark would soon be taking a vacation together in Greece. With no Superman or Lois Lane chaos to distract them. Right? RIGHT?!