I'm sorry it took me so long to reply to all of your wonderful comments. RL has taken a hold of me lately, but I really want to let you know that I appreciate all of you reading this story.
I really like the way you shift between Lois and Clark and Earl and Julianna and how their thoughts are mirroring each other - I know it happened in the episode, but yours is better
Thank you, Alicia! That was one of the aspects of the episode that I liked and I wanted to preserve it as best I could. I'm really glad that it worked.
Denzler is one of the best-written psychopaths I've ever had the pleasure to read about. I'll let you decide if that's a compliment or not.
Oh, I definitely take that as a complement, Hazel! Denzler even scared
me sometimes.
I must say, though, that even if my husband had rescued me from the jaws of death, I would *not* be in the mood for kisses after having duct tape ripped off my hands and mouth. Ow, ow, ow.
Oh my goodness, you're right! I'll have to add a couple of lines to that effect before I send this off to the archive. Thanks for the heads up!
was a little disappointed that Lois didn't get to honk the car horn while Juliana went over the bridge <g>, but then we wouldn't have had smoochies when Superman rescued her if you'd done it that way.
Yes, Labby, I took that into consideration. I was repeatedly reminded to have plenty of smoochies by one of my betas, so I would have been lynched if I'd not delivered. Plus, I kinda like smoochies too.
Clark, You know why?
Because you don't have imagination.
LOL, Maria! That's very true.
Nicely wrapped up. With smoochies.
And there is the smoochie fanatic I mentioned earlier. You all can thank Sas for every smoochie in this story.
i like the car horn, and i, for one, am glad that it was juliana. clark did all the rescuing, so it's nice to see someone else make it possible, for once.
Thanks, Paul. I'm particularly partial to episodes where characters besides LnC get to make the rescue. I'm glad that you liked how I used Juliana to wrap this up.
i was a bit surprised by denzler's sudden need for exposition... given his usual sniper tactics, it struck me as odd. i guess he kidnapped them because he didn't want to shoot them in public, and he told them why because he wasn't used to spending time with his victims?
That's pretty much it, Paul. He mentioned earlier in the story that he would have to make their deaths different because he didn't want them linked to the others. I suppose being out of his element made him a little more talkative.
Thanks for sharing this great story. I enjoyed it immensely and look forward to reading your next venture.
Thanks Tricia! I'm glad that you (and others) enjoyed this story. I'm currently working on a long, angsty, Alt-Clark story. I realize that saying that will probably make some people nag me, but I hope to have lots of writing time during my upcoming summer break so the nagging might have an effect.
well written and great ending
Thank you, Merry!
I can never say how ecstatic and appriciative I am that you all read this and had such wonderful and helpful comments through out the story. Thanks so much to everyone!
~Anna